President Joe Biden signed the Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of Fentanyl and Xylazine Act, a bill introduced by 1st District U.S. Representative Nick LaLota, on December 23. The law creates a new statutory responsibility for the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security to carry out research, development, testing, evaluation and cost-benefit analysis to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of drug...
For decades, the water quality at Havens Beach, Sag Harbor Village’s lone bathing beach, has been questionable at best, with stormwater runoff from the 2-square-mile...
It seems abundantly clear to me that Mayor Chris Fiore has one overwhelming goal: to preserve the North Haven that we love before it is too late and prevent its abuse at the hands of those whose intentions are self-serving [“Proposed North Haven Code Changes Bring Out a Crowd,” 27east.com, February 25]. We do not need to spend $200,000 of taxpayer money for a revised plan to tell us that houses that are too tall or too large for a...
I read with great dismay about the bureaucratic holdup for the Target Corporation at the Bridgehampton Commons, as they attempt to take over the Kmart square footage [“New Target Store in Bridgehampton Expediting Renovations, But Will Have To Clear Planning Hurdles,” 27east.com, February 28]. It seems they want to reduce the amount of parking directly in front of the store from 543 spaces to 537 to accommodate their cart corrals. It’s a six-space reduction — less than 1 percent —...