Long Beach Herald 11-03-2022

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HERALD Also serving Point Lookout & East Atlantic Beach

Time to fall back

Flach convicted in o’side stabbing

Remember to set your clocks back, and change your smoke and CO detector batteries

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long Beach holds Halloween carnival

Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday

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Recalling Sandy with a day of service By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

Courtesy City of Long Beach

Longtime Long Beach residents will never forget Hurricane Sandy a decade ago — but they will also never forget how the community came together after the devastating storm. The city focused on this positive takeaway last Saturday, as it commemorated the 10th anniversary of the storm. With activities, donations, a disaster preparedness seminar and a candlelight vigil, residents recalled the devastation, and the days and weeks of

CITy MANAgER DoNNA Gayden, center, joined American Red Cross officials last Saturday to help teach residents CPR.

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Developer seeks tax breaks to restore aging N.P. building By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

A Great Neck-based developer is seeking tax abatements from Nassau County economic development officials so it will be able to restore an empty former warehouse in Long Beach’s North Park section, but some residents are already voicing concern about increased traffic in the area and whether the project would bring new jobs. Additionally, Richard Kessel, chairman of Nassau County’s Industrial Development Agency, which will decide on the tax breaks, said late last week that Long Beach officials and com-

munity members must be in accord with the project before the agency will put its stamp on the plan. Dan Deegan, the attorney for the developer, Silverrock Development LLC, said that an introductory meeting took place on Tuesday with Long Beach city officials to discuss the project. On Wednesday, John McNally, a spokesman for the city, said, “We aired our concerns” about traffic and other issues related to the project. “We told them to keep us posted as they went along.” The IDA is an agency charged with drawing businesses to Nassau County to promote tax reve-

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e aired our concerns.

JoHN McNAlly

Spokesman, City of Long Beach nue and economic prosperity. Its board of directors has the authority to use tax breaks and payments in lieu of taxes in order to entice businesses to come to the county. The IDA has drawn criticism from some Nassau residents, who have said the agency should

not offer tax breaks to large developers, such as the $25 million, 25-year tax abatement it gave two years ago to Garden City-based Engel Bur man, which is developing the Superblock in Long Beach. The project is expected to bring hundreds of condominiums and rental units to what was once six acres of empty lots just off the ocean-

front. The IDA argues that the tax breaks encourage developers, which ultimately brings increased tax revenue and jobs to county municipalities. Silverrock, which has not yet purchased the 75,000-square-foot building at 750 Park Place, in the largely Black and low-income Continued on page 19


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