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Corbett won’t seek re-election By MARK NolAN mnolan@liherald.com
Kyle Chin/Herald file
MAYoR KEITH CoRBETT points to the 100-year-old train trestle which will become part of a new walking path as a result of the Whelan Field renovation, which is scheduled to begin this spring.
He makes a point to call himself “a public servant, not a politician,” but soon Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett won’t be either. Corbett is not seeking re-election in the March 21 village election, after four years as mayor following six as a trustee. A new work opportunity, he said, was too good to resist. “Even though being mayor is like three full-time jobs, it’s viewed only as a part-time job,” Corbett said. “An opportunity in my professional career has just arisen, and I have an obligation to my family. It would not be fair to my wife and children to not act upon that opportunity.” Corbin, an attorney, was appointed a trustee in 2014, and elected mayor in 2019. A Continued on page 10
Year-long construction begins on new police headquarters By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
Village officials broke ground last week on construction of new headquarters for the Malverne Police Department — a facility that they said would be built without increasing taxes. Construction workers joined officials at the 1 Arlington Ave. site on Feb. 15 to kick off a project that has been delayed three years due to the Covid pandemic. Mayor Keith Corbett said he made sure to budget the necessary funding so that construction could begin. “To build this facility three years ago, we would have had to
raise taxes dramatically,” Corbett said. “We worked really hard for three years to put money in a surplus, and we will be building this whole facility without raising taxes.” Some of the money for the project was generated by the construction of six new homes on Gianna Court in 2019. “Within six months of being mayor, we gained almost $30,000 in taxes,” Corbett said. The money was set aside in the budget for the new police building, and the fate of the current police building, at 1 Britton Circle, is under discussion, and includes the possibility of selling the property or turning it
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t’s an amazing facility, and it’s really reflective of what we’re doing here in Malverne. KEITH CoRBETT Malverne mayor
into a park. The village board of trustees will have the final say on its future. Corbett said that the new police headquarters would take “about a year to build out.” According to Corbett, the new facility would be “state-of-the-
art,” with new services being provided to the village. The new building would free up space in Village Hall, since the Office of Emergency Management would be relocated in the new 8,000-square-foot facility. The current Police Department building is old, and the new facility would have several upgrades, village officials said.
“We will have a state-of-theart locker facility and a state-ofthe-art OEM facility,” Corbett said. New high-tech equipment will keep the Police Department in touch with the Fire Department and the Police Reserve Department. According to Corbett, this will be helpful in emergency sitContinued on page 16