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At a press conference on Feb. 12 at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, commissioner of the county Department of Public Works; Jon Kaiman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special advisor for Long Island storm recovery; Ed Mangano, the county executive; and Todd Kaminsky, a state assemblyman from Long Beach, announced that the state would provide $150 million to upgrade the Bay Park plant with a nitrogen-removal system.

State promises $150 million to better treat sewage

New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean. more

By Brian Racow | 2/13/15

A biologist weighs in on structure

Q. I got a letter from the Department of Environmental Conservation regarding a proposed wall to build up my yard so I can limit the flooding that regularly happens at high tide. more

10/23/14

We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more

6/19/14

Dr. Greg Nelson, veterinary surgeon for Central Veterinary Associates in Valley Stream, held the a bird that was shot with a pellet gun in Hewlett Bay Park on May 11.

Heron shot at Hewlett Bay Park

A man roaming Hewlett Bay Park on Sunday night shot a yellow-crowned night heron, an endangered bird species. more

By Vanessa Parker | 5/14/14

A yellow-crowned night heron, similar to the one above, was shot in the left wing in Hewlett Bay Park on May 11.

Five Towns Crime Watch

Eyewitnesses identified the alleged shooter of a yellow-crowned night heron, a species protected by federal and state law, in Hewlett Bay Park. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/14/14

We need an outflow pipe to the ocean

Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants. more

1/23/14

The villages of Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Bay Park seek to end the problem of floating algae and muck in Willow Pond by treating them with enzymes.

Remediating Willow Pond

As rising temperatures, shallow water, and blooms of algae and duckweed are plaguing Willow Pond, the villages of Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Bay Park seek to restore the watering hole through a series of enzyme treatments, which would begin as early as July 29. more

By Ann Friedman | 7/31/13

Protect the bays — fund the Bay Park pipe

Last Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy drowned the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway with more than nine feet of saltwater, destroying its pumps, shutting down its operating systems and overwhelming the already weak facility. more

6/6/13

Eight homes in the Canals were destroyed in a fire during Hurricane Sandy.

Army Corps looking into storm protection for the bay

The Army Corps of Engineers has secured federal funding to conduct a comprehensive coastal protection study of the East Coast that includes Reynolds Channel, in what U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 5/16/13

Burnside Avenue land in Inwood is being considered for delisting from the DEC’s registry of hazardous sites and public comment is being sought.

Public comment sought on delisting of Inwood site

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public comment concerning the possibility of taking the property located at 525 to 535 Burnside Ave. in Inwood off its registry of hazardous sites. more

10/11/12

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