Letter: Assurances Needed For Proposed North Manor Estates

On March 29, an informational meeting was held to consider development of approximately 15 acres at Glen Cove Mansion. It was received with great concern. Twenty-five duplex buildings are proposed and will be known at North Manor Estates.

It was met with mixed reactions and became a venue for expressing concerns about roads, two years of construction, impact on schools, sewers, driveways and more.

From the desk of Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton: April 19, 2012

Morgan Stanley Deal - Not Ideal

This Monday I witnessed the legislature’s Rules Committee session, during which those legislators who support County Executive Mangano approved a contract between Nassau County and the investment bank of Morgan Stanley.

The deal they voted for would have Morgan Stanley financially evaluate our county’s sewer system (put a price on it), and then would have that same bank go out and broker a deal for someone to operate the system based on that information. 

Letter: An Act Of Betrayal

In the past few weeks, the first installment of the transaction entered into by Mayor Suozzi and the city of Glen Cove CSEA employees was paid out in the amount of $67,654.00.

This amount was calculated based on terms of the new contract, 1 percent increase, retroactive to January 1, 2010, to the city workers, the other increases are as follows: 1.5 percent retroactive to January 1, 2011 to be paid out in June 2012; 2.5 percent for the year 2012; 2.5 percent increase for the year 2013; and 2.5 percent increase for the year 2014.

Letter: A Vote For Toni Labbate Is A Vote For The North Shore Schools

Beginning with my first encounter with Toni Labbate, I have been impressed with her dedication to our school district. I have seen her function in a variety of roles from mother to book club leader to member of the Legislative Action Committee (LAC). She also has served as treasurer of the Glen Head Parent Teacher Organization and is currently a member of the fifth grade graduation committee.

Letter: Thanks for Making Glen Cove One of the ‘Best’

On behalf of the City of Glen Cove, I would like to thank everyone who made the City’s 100 Best Community Celebration such a success. As has been reported in the press, last fall, the City of Glen Cove was named by America’s Promise Alliance as one of the 100 Best Places for Young People in the United States. Glen Cove was the only community on Long Island to receive this designation, and one of only five in New York State. Over 300 communities from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico vied for this prestigious award.

Letter: Schmitt: No Tax Hike on the Agenda

I read your recent article covering Nassau County Executive Edward I. Mangano’s State of the County address with great interest (“Mangano Warns of 13 Percent Tax Jump,” Anton Newspapers, March 22 and 23), but I fear your story missed the point – by a longshot.

The county executive did not threaten a 13 percent property tax increase; in fact, he never even uttered the words. Further, setting the legislative agenda is among my many duties as presiding officer, and I assure you, there will not be a tax increase on the agenda this year, just as there was no tax increase on the agenda in the past two years. Where did you even get your information?

Letter: No Waste Water in Glen Cove

Some weeks ago, our State Sen. Carl Marcellino hosted a community forum at the Glen Cove Library. I don’t think he anticipated a packed room, nor the topics of concern: ‘fracking’ wastewater, the fate of the county STPs, and LGBT issues.

Letter: Police Commissioner Responds to Critics of the Community Policing Plan

Over the past several months, there has been much speculation and criticism about the future of Nassau’s eight police precinct buildings. Though critics of this plan have expressed skepticism on realigning the current eight precincts into four, it is important to remember that all eight buildings will remain open and accessible to the public. The realignment of the precincts only affects the boundary lines of administrative paperwork and criminal processing, not the locations in which officers are located on the streets as some critics have stated.

Letter: Gillibrand to USDA: Pull ‘Pink Slime’ Beef From School Meals Now

(U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sent the following letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and to Anton Newspapers on March 16.)

Letter: Glen Cove Board of Ed: A Failure of Representation

Having attended board of education meetings for the last eight months, dear neighbor, I couldn’t help but notice that you probably were not there. The meetings were sparsely attended, and the audience consisted mainly of persons from within “the system.” My purpose in attending was to understand why the Glen Cove School System continues to consume an ever-increasing amount of tax dollars yet, based on the results of standardized testing, ranks close to the bottom of the school systems in Nassau County.