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Community Support To Pass Potential Casino Project

Cove) issued a rebuttal to Blakeman’s address, claiming that the Majority Caucus has not called a meeting of the legislature’s assessment committee, which was established in 2020.

The legislator criticized Blakeman for not taking action on lingering issues, including hundreds of homeowners still receiving erroneous tax bills.

“While I truly understand the complexity of this issue, promises must be backed with action,” DeRiggi-Whitton said in her rebuttal. “Holding a public hearing of the Assessment Committee would be an important frst step.” in 2008, a practice that was continued by former Executive Ed Mangano for eight years before Curran lifted it in 2018. During that period, thousands of residents fled grievances on the value of their homes, winning reduced assessments and shifting the tax burden onto others who did not challenge their assessments.

Blakeman also spoke more on the Sands’ proposed casino and entertainment venue at the site of the Nassau Coliseum and the surrounding 80 acres of property known as the Nassau Hub.

Sands Vice Presidents Ron Reese and David Paterson, the former New York governor, said the company’s plan includes a casino, hotel, a live performance venue, restaurants and a spa.

A Newsday report from 2019 showed some $2.7 billion in property taxes were shifted over the eight years and people who did not challenge their property taxes were assessed at a level 29.2% greater than those who did.

Philips, in her report, said the Department of Assessment was not fxing property information and data weaknesses before the reassessment. The comptroller’s report did not dispute the overall accuracy of the program.

Nassau County Democratic Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D-Glen

Sands Vice Presidents Ron Reese said the hotel will be at least 800 rooms, the live performance venue will have a 5,000-7,500 seat capacity and there will be roughly 400,000 square feet of “corporate meeting facilities” to go along with other amenities.

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