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Safe Streets project study moves forward One of his priorities during the request for proposals process, he said, was ensuring the study The Village of Sea Cliff took would be sufficient to support a another step toward a planned speed-limit reduction if the vilvillage-wide reduction of the lage chose to move forward. “The goal here now is to speed limit to 25 mph on Monday night, as Traffic and Safety lower the speed limit village Committee Chair Dan Flanzig wide to 25 miles an hour,” he briefed trustees on the legal said. “Any roads that are not framework, the ongoing grant- village roads default to the county speed limit, funded study and so we can’t touch rationale behind the that.” proposal. He added that Flanzig, a village municipalities resident and personacross New York al injuries lawyer, State and the countold the Board of Trustees that a 2022 try have already amendment to state adopted similar law, Assembly Bill limits, including A1007A, gave local villages, cities, and municipalities new suburban towns. authority to set Flanzig emphaDANIEl FlANzIg their own speed limsized that any its on village-owned Chair, Traffic and change applies only roads, provided a Safety Committee to villa g e-owned qualifying study is roads. Three councompleted. Prior to that change, ty-owned roads (Prospect Avevillages were constrained by nue, Sea Cliff Avenue, and Glen state and county rules unless Cove Avenue) fall outside vilthey sought special permission. lage jurisdiction, though the Flanzig said that require- village has historically coordiment helped shape the village’s nated with Nassau County on application for a federal Safe traffic matters. Streets for All, or SS4A grant, Several trustees and village which is funding a comprehen- officials asked questions about sive safety study being conduct- and discussed enforcement and ed by engineering firm NV5.
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Delia DeRiggi-Whitton presented the Arts Council with a $10,000 grant on Jan. 6, which will pay for projection equipment and support the council’s goal of organizing a Sea Cliff Film Festival.
DeRiggi-Whitton secures $10k grant for Sea Cliff Arts Council film festival By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
A 25-year effort to expand arts programming in Sea Cliff took a significant step forward following the approval of a $10,000 Hotel Motel Occupancy Tax Fund grant awarded to the Sea Cliff Arts Council through Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton. The grant, announced Jan. 2, is intended to support tourism and cultural development on the North Shore and will allow the nonprofit arts organization to invest in new film screening equipment and lay the groundwork for a potential Sea Cliff film festival. The funding comes from a portion of
county hotel and motel taxes that are earmarked for initiatives that draw visitors and stimulate local economies. Each county legislator controls a limited share of those funds for use within their district. “There is a line in our budget, it’s called a hotel motel line,” DeRig gi-Whitton explained. “That money is specifically used to basically boost tourism and the arts.” DeRiggi-Whitton said she has used the funding mechanism to support a range of cultural institutions over the years and described the Sea Cliff Arts Council as a natural fit. She said the application process took more than a year to complete and credited the council for its patience throughout the approval process. ContinueD on pAge 14
he goal here now is to lower the speed limit villagewide to 25 miles an hour.
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