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Long Beach Herald 03-30-2023

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L.B.’s top cop wants to be city manager he became city manager. Walsh, who has been in public service for three and a half While Long Beach is search- decades, was hired as Long ing for a new city manager to Beach’s police chief in early replace Donna Gayden, who 2021. He previously spent nine resigned in January after nearly years on the Locust Valley Board three years in the post, Ron of Education, and served on the Walsh, the city’s police commis- Nassau-Suffolk school board as sioner and now its well. Before coming acting city manager, to Long Beach, he has said he is interwas chief of support ested in taking the for the Nassau Counjob permanently. ty Police DepartIn an interview ment. last weekend, Walsh, Walsh’s salary in 57, who has been Long Beach is about o ve r s e e i n g C i t y $189,000 a year, and Council meetings he received a waiver since Gayden left, from the state to colsaid he would be lect his Nassau interested in becom- RoN wAlSH County pension, ing city manager police which is also over should the council $100,000. Without the ask him to assume commissioner waiver, he would not the job. have been able to Earlier this month, the coun- earn over $35,000 or so in Long cil hired a search firm to help it Beach and keep the pension. find a new city manager. It con- Walsh is a resident of Freeport. tracted with Pracademic Part- Neither he nor Long Beach ners LLC, of Livonia, “for an ini- police officers are required to tial 30 days at a cost not to exceed live in the city. $5,000,” the agreement states. Walsh said he would like to Walsh said he has not been remain police commissioner campaigning for the job, but even if he becomes city manager. added, “I am confident of my He said he wanted to remain “a abilities, and I am all for Long certified police officer” in the Beach.” He said he knew of no event that he wanted to return to major changes he would make if Continued on page 4

By JAMeS BeRNSTeIN jbernstein@liherald.com

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Courtesy Crystal Lake

feNCeS weNT uP last weekend in the city’s North Park section as flood mitigation work began.

FEMA-funded flood mitigation work underway in North Park By JAMeS BeRNSTeIN jbernstein@liherald.com

A pair of iron gates went up last weekend on the north side of Riverside and Rev. J.J. Evans Boulevards, in Long Beach’s North Park section, signaling that work is finally about to begin to mitigate the flooding that has plagued the largely Black neighborhood for years. At a City Council meeting two weeks ago, the city’s public works commissioner, Joe Febrizio, said that contracts for the work had been signed and that it would begin shortly, intended to bring to an end years of flooded streets and basements in North Park.

Febrizio said that at some point in the construction process, the entire Reynolds Channel waterfront area would be closed to pedestrians and traffic. In the meantime, he said, much of the work will involve planning and engineering, and will not be visible to the public. North Park residents have been demanding protection from flooding for years. In December, the City Council announced an agreement to end a seven-year dispute with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over the construction of bulkheads to prevent water from the channel from spilling onto local streets. The city is to receive $39 million in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Continued on page 11

am confident of my abilities, and I am all for Long Beach.


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