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Lazy Point Homeowner Says East Hampton Is Dragging Its Feet on Stone Revetment Proposal

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The owners of a house in Lazy Point have sued the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals seeking to compel them to grant the property permission for a permanent sea wall to halt erosion at the property in an area where other houses have been lost to the sea as the shoreline has retreated. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The owners of a house in Lazy Point have sued the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals seeking to compel them to grant the property permission for a permanent sea wall to halt erosion at the property in an area where other houses have been lost to the sea as the shoreline has retreated. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The owners of a house in Lazy Point have sued the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals seeking to compel them to grant the property permission for a permanent sea wall to halt erosion at the property in an area where other houses have been lost to the sea as the shoreline has retreated. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The owners of a house in Lazy Point have sued the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals seeking to compel them to grant the property permission for a permanent sea wall to halt erosion at the property in an area where other houses have been lost to the sea as the shoreline has retreated. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The owners of a house in Lazy Point have sued the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals seeking to compel them to grant the property permission for a permanent sea wall to halt erosion at the property in an area where other houses have been lost to the sea as the shoreline has retreated. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The owners of a house in Lazy Point have sued the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals seeking to compel them to grant the property permission for a permanent sea wall to halt erosion at the property in an area where other houses have been lost to the sea as the shoreline has retreated. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Oct 25, 2023
The owner of a Lazy Point home that has been a flashpoint of the struggle against beach erosion and shore-hardening policies has sued East Hampton Town, asking a county court... more

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