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tion to the state for tax credits on the project can be expected back sometime in March, Gallo Residents of Dogwood Ter- said. If tax credits were awardrace — an affordable senior ed, breaking ground on conhousing complex at 1178 Mar- struction would take place tha Place in Franklin Square sometime after that. “What we’ll likely do is wait — continued to express concer ns about being forced to until early next year,” Gallo relocate while the complex said. “Hopefully we’ ll hear about the award of tax credits, undergoes renovations. and if we do, we Many of their will set up the questions about meetings so that being displaced we can do the reloremain unanswered, they said. cation.” D av i d G a l l o, Once the project president of the is given the godevelopment com- JoHN HEApHy ahead, each resip a n y, G e o r g i c a Member of the dent of the comG r e e n Ve n t u r e s, Dogwood Terrace plex will be set up addressed residents residents’ advisory with a relocation of the complex at a board specialist to work meeting on Nov. 10 o n e - o n - o n e a t t h e D o g wo o d through the proTerrace apartment complex. cess, according to Miriam MilGallo told them that applica- grom, outside council for the tions have been sent to both town’s housing authority for the state’s division of Housing the Dogwood Terrace project. and Community Renewal and “Until we have commitment the U.S. Department of Hous- with the financing, there’s no ing and Urban Development, reason for us to start that proand are pending approval. The cess right now,” Gallo said of town’s housing authority and relocation discussions. the developer have also subConstruction could take 16 mitted a building permit to the to 24 months, Gallo said. The Town of Hempstead for review. revamp would expand the The status of the applica-
By NIColE WAGNER
nwagner@liherald.com
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Christine Rivera/ Herald
The Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department dedicated its new three-story training facility to the late former fire district commissioner Joseph Torregrossa, who was highly involved with the installation of the facility before he died last year. Local elected officials, members of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire department and Torregrossa’s family honored his memory at the dedication ceremony on Nov. 19.
Franklin Square Fire Department remembers former commissioner By REI WolFSoHN
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The Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department’s new training facility now bears the name of the late former fire district Commissioner Joseph Torregrossa, who helped design the much-needed facility. The new on-site facility, located at Liberty Place, was formally dedicated in honor or Torregrossa during a ceremony on Nov. 19. Torregrossa died last year after being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and prostate cancer in 2014. He was heavily
involved in the project, despite his battles with these illnesses related to his work at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks. “He worked so hard and diligently throughout the years, and pushed everyone to get this finished,” his daughter Gina Torregrossa said. The new facility will allow the department to train through interior fire operations, bail out rescue operations, confined space and forceful entry. It took two years from Torregrossa’s origCoNTiNueD oN page 16
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