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Belmont arena approved Clears return of Islanders to L.I. BY TOM M CC A RT HY The $1.3 billion arena to house the New York Islanders in Belmont Park was approved last Thursday by the key state agency amid strong calls of support and disapproval. “Today, the Empire State Development board voted to approve a major project which will turn underutilized parking lots at Belmont Park into a world-class destination and the new home of the New York Islanders,” ESD Chairman Howard Zemsky said. He continued, “We are proud of the open, public process this project has gone through over the last two years, strengthened by the input and support of community members who made their voices heard and helped improve the plan, resulting in today’s positive outcome.” The six members of the state board voted to approve the project after hosting two hours of public comments in Continued on Page 51

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Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen and state Sen. John Brooks (D-Seaford) are calling on the state to conduct an audit of the town’s building department.

Gillen, Brooks call for Sandy audit Officials say Hempstead dept. withheld info on damages from Hurricane Sandy BY TOM M CC A RT HY State Sen. John Brooks (DSeaford) has joined Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen in calling on the state to conduct an investigation and operational

audit into how the Hempstead Building Department assessed damage after Hurricane Sandy. “We’re still reliving the nightmare seven years later because of inaction and flawed practices by the town’s Building Department throughout the Murray and Santino administrations,” Gillen said about the department’s actions after Sandy. At news conference on

Monday, Gillen said that allegations she has heard about the Building Department include delaying the issuing of select building permits, “looking the other way” on certain code violations and expediting permits for “favored” homeowners and businesses. Gillen said that the agency failed to notify “thousands of homeowners in the town” that they could be living in poten-

tially dangerous homes. Gillen said that homeowners are at risk of flood insurance payments skyrocketing and having to pay “out of pocket” to pay for elevating houses. “The continued inaction on behalf of the Building Department, despite my multiple directives to proactively alert homeowners that still have no clue if they are living in a subContinued on Page 50

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