Ted Phillips
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LI playgrounds get $6.1M in state money for upgrades (opens the original)
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Several Long Island playground projects will get a financial boost from the state with grants totaling $6.1 million, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week. The projects are part of the first round of grants under the New York Places for Learning, Activity, and Youth Socialization program, which is open to municipalities, school districts and nonprofits to help pay for outdoor playgrounds. The state awarded $67.5 million for 89 projects across New York State. Riverhead received the largest award
Federal water bill has $125M for Long Island communities (opens the original)
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved a water infrastructure bill that would award $125 million to several projects on Long Island, including in Long Beach, Garden City and Freeport. The bill would authorize $25 million to upgrade Long Beach’s water main, $11 million to remove lead pipes in Garden City and $3.3 million to install more pumping stations in Freeport to address tidal flooding. The Water Resources Development Act of 2026 still requires Senate approval and must be signed by Presi
Hempstead weighing plans for condo-hotel at former TGI Fridays (opens the original)
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A proposed "condotel" across the street from Eisenhower Park inched closer to approval following a hearing to rezone the property and amend the Hempstead Town zoning code. The Jericho-based Beechwood Organization seeks to build a 92-unit development on the site of a former TGI Fridays in Uniondale on Merrick Avenue. A condotel is a housing development in which individual units are owned separately but that operates as a hotel. When owners are not occupying their rooms, they are rented out as hot
Judge dismisses Garden City's lawsuit over casino zoning (opens the original)
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A state judge has dismissed the Village of Garden City's lawsuit that sought to nullify the environmental review and rezoning of the Nassau Hub in Uniondale. Las Vegas Sands had sought to build a $7.6 billion casino-resort at the 72-acre, Nassau County-owned property. But last year, the Nevada-based company backed-off from the proposal for the area around the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Despite the reversal, the Hempstead Town Board opted to rezone the property to allow for development of
Embattled Peninsula Public Library board faces public outcry over recent decisions (opens the original)
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Peninsula Public Library board trustees, facing a state ultimatum to come into legal compliance, introduced measures that drew outcry from the public at a sometimes chaotic meeting Wednesday. The meeting at Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst was attended by more than 70 people and punctuated by shouting and interruptions. Board president Akiva Lubin read a statement that included resolutions the board voted on and explained some recent controversial decisions, drawing shouts and howls of derisio
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