Recently, I have been fascinated reading about significant amounts of New York state monies being designated to assist South Valley Stream for repairs to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy and for infrastructure construction in preparation for future such storms.
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12/19/13
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I have just read Mayor Ed Fare’s message in the Valley Stream Guide published by the Herald. The mayor has included a paragraph that, as a Gibson and School District 14 (Hewlett-Woodmere) resident and taxpayer, I resent.
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8/29/13
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In the legal community, there is a well-known adage that goes “When you don’t have the law, argue the facts. When you don’t have the facts, argue the law. When you have neither, pound on the table and yell a lot.”
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By Joseph Margolin and Carol Crupi
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8/8/13
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On Monday evening, the Village of Valley Stream held a public hearing to determine whether the village would endorse and approve FEMA’s revised flood zone maps.
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7/18/13
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More than 1,500 homes in Valley Stream will be removed from the high-risk flood zone following the adoption of a new map by the village board on Monday night.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/17/13
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Valley Stream residents will get their say on July 15 on proposed new flood maps that would remove more than 1,500 homes in the south end of the village from the high-risk flood zone.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/11/13
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Roughly 1,600 homes are coming out of the high-risk flood zone in July when the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new maps take effect for Valley Stream, but more than 900 homes are to remain in the flood zone.
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By Brian Croce
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3/26/13
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Since the meeting held at Village Hall on Jan. 2, I have chosen to wait patiently for the dust to settle and see where the problem with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps is situated. Unfortunately, I have not seen certain questions resolved and/or clarifications by the village forthcoming.
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3/14/13
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It’s been a long and often bumpy road to get to this point, but Valley Streamers have finally gotten some closure on the flood zone issue with the release of revised maps three weeks ago by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/24/13
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Residents living in Valley Stream’s high-risk flood zone should challenge their property assessments, leaders of the Valley Stream Community Association and a property tax expert said on Dec. 10.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/19/12
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