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Former Sears building may go off Village tax rolls
VALENTINES FOR VETS
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Road and Stewart Avenue. Chief Strysko was asked about remodeling the aging station or building a modern facility at the site. “The Station 2 building is very old and every time it rains there’s water leaking all down the stairwell, water goes all over and there’s mold observed inside. The problem is that with the building built in the early 1900s, when there
At the Estates Property Owners’ Association meeting held Wednesday, February 12 at Stratford School Garden City Village Trustee Brian C. Daughney said that the former Sears building may go off the Village tax rolls if it is leased by NYU Winthrop hospital. This would be a loss of about $460,000 in taxes, he said. Daughney explained that several large tracts in the Village of Garden City are not taxable parcels for the municipality including the Waldorf School of Garden City, Adelphi University, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Christ Church Saint Anne’s Parish and the Church of St. Joseph (and their affiliated schools). All churches, schools and religious organizations don’t pay property taxes as they are classified as nonprofit organizations and entities. “I know they’ve started some work at the Sears building (1111 Franklin Avenue) but we as village trustees do not have approval over what goes into Sears but it’s going to be NYU-Winthrop and then, probably it will be off the village tax rolls. That will be somewhere around $460,000 per year off our municipal tax rolls, almost equivalent to 1% of the annual Village Budget (around $59 to 63 million per year). So guess who makes up the rest of that? Resident and commercial property taxpayers,” Daughney said. Estates’ POA Vice President Jeff Minett asked why NYU-Winthrop Hospital as an operator/tenant of the property would be exempt from being on the tax roll, but the hospital is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and its Mineola campus holds a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center. Any affiliated offices, clerical or functional spaces to be located within the Sears property would belong to the same organization. He transitioned into explaining the correlations between the costs of green spaces and not-for-profit organizations’ operating in the village and the tax burden shifting largely onto the residents. “We have less of green spaces in this village, and green space or open space depending on who owns it is very expensive for the village homeowners/taxpayers. In
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Hempstead Town Councilman Tom Muscarella visited Stewart School in Garden City on February 7th, to collect Valentines for Veterans that were created by the students.
Village to celebrate 100 years of Fire Dept. BY RIKKI N. MASSAND The Estates Property Owners’ Association meeting on February 12th Garden City Fire Chief Thomas Strysko, announced that there will be a village-wide celebration, grand parade, block party and drill on Saturday June 13 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Garden City Fire Department. Chief Strysko invited all resi-
dents of the village to attend and join neighbors and volunteers in acknowledging the sacrifices and contributions of the fire department past and present.
Fire station renovation plans
On Tuesday, February 25 at 8 p.m. in Village Hall, consulting architects will present draft plans for a rejuvenation of Village of Garden City Fire Station No. 2 in the West, located at Edgemere
Garden City HS Trojans basketball playoff run ends PAGE 46 Garden City Pool membership fees, wages to remain flat
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