Brighter Future
Parents, essential workers, young professionals, business owners, seniors and community leaders across Long Island agree that our antiquated model for creating community housing has failed us and that we need a new approach. The Peconic Bay Community Housing Fund, passed...
A Traffic Nightmare
At the recent meeting of the North Sea Citizens Advisory Committee, members discussed Suffolk County’s proposal to use the remaining 11-foot right-of-way on County Road 39 to provide pedestrian sidewalks on either side of the roadway [“Sidewalk Construction Will Mean...
A Travesty
The proposed buildings on an agricultural reserve at 625 Butter Lane in Bridgehampton contain a gross misrepresentation that, if not rejected, will set a precedent with dire consequences for Southampton and surrounding agricultural reserves. The applicant has repeatedly attempted to...
Sidewalk to Nowhere
I have been recently apprised of the sidewalk project proposed for the west end of County Road 39 [“Sidewalk Construction Will Mean Regular Lane Closures for Two Years on County Road 39,” 27east.com, March 8], with the tone-deaf plan to...
It Affects Us All
The Suffolk County Public Works Department is proposing a $9.6 million sidewalk plan for the north and south sides of County Road 39 in Southampton [“Sidewalk Construction Will Mean Regular Lane Closures for Two Years on County Road 39,” 27east.com,...
Overrule His Dictates
Just as Jay Schneiderman’s contempt for the public was apparent when the Nelson Pope Voorhis contract failed to delete comments that revealed the town’s intent to disparage opposition as NIMBY-ism, labeling it “public outreach,” so is his latest outrageous overreach:...
Housing Alternative
The issue of accommodating housing requirements for our young working families has got me thinking. Michael Daly [“Housing Pickle,” Letters, March 9] raised some good points in his discussion of the development of a lot for a 10,000-square-foot mansion vs....
Punishing Workers
I agree with Steven Welch [“Fix Was In,” Letters, March 16]: The closing of Somerset Avenue represents homeowners who want the services of workers who come from west but punish them for wanting to get home at the end of...
Losing Marion
On Monday, The Express News Group began posting Letters to the Editor on 27east.com that will appear in that week’s paper. One letter, by former Southampton Town Democratic Committee treasurer George Lynch [“We Listen,” Letters, March 16], caught my attention....
No Sense
Timothy E. McCarthy is totally correct [“A Huge Mistake,” Letters, March 16]: The county is building a sidewalk to nowhere. The road floods badly, and that should be addressed before adding a sidewalk that no one will use. A sidewalk...