Starbucks, Crumbl coming to Port N.

Soundview Marketplace to house stores

BY CAMERYN OAKES

Crumbl Cookies and a drivethru Starbucks are the two newest businesses coming to the Soundview Marketplace in Port Washington North.

The two businesses were confrmed to be moving forward to soon be in the marketplace by the village’s Superintendent of Buildings Robert Barbach during a March 14 board of trustees meeting.

The Soundview Marketplace currently houses businesses including Target, T.J. Maxx and Carvel.

In a prior interview, Trustee Matthew Kepke told Blank Slate that bringing more businesses into Soundview Marketplace and revitalizing the shopping center has been a goal of his and the board.

Crumbl Cookies, a business specializing in unique cookies that have garnered mass popularity since being established in 2017, will be located next to Carvel.

“This is creating quite the buzz,” Mayor Robert Weitzner said during the meeting.

Kepke said that parent groups have responded positively, going “crazy” over the new business.

During the board’s last meet- ing on Feb. 14, the board voted to approve Crumbl Cookies’ permit to put up signage. Barbach reported at the meeting on Tuesday that the business permits have also been approved.

A Starbucks drive-thru will also be coming to the shopping center. While there are Starbucks already established in Port Washington, this would be the frst to include a drivethru.

Barbach said that the village has received the application for Starbucks’ base building and tenant ftout. He said that minor comments were provided in response for the tenants to review.

The construction contract for Starbucks is currently out to bid, but Barbach said that they are proceeding immediately. In the meantime, the village’s building department is processing their application.

As part of the approval for the new drive-thru Starbucks, a site plan was created for the marketplace for the tenants to abide by. These plans included landscaping additions.

Barbach said that the engineers conducting the site plan have altered the plans without presenting them to the village. This includes

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BY ROBERT PELAEZ

U.S. Rep. George Santos, in a letter to the Federal Election Commission Tuesday, said he will be running for re-election in 2024, despite GOP groups including the Nassau County Republican Committee saying they will not back him going forward.

Contributions have been made to Devolder-Santos for Congress, which has been designated as the embattled congressman’s campaign fnance committee, according to multiple reports.

Eforts to reach a Santos representative for ofcial comment were unavailing.

Nassau County Republican Com- mittee Chairman Joseph Cairo, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, newly-elected state Sen. Jack Martins and newly-elected U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito have been vocal in expressing their lack of support for Santos going forward.

“He’s disgraced the House of Representatives and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople,” Cairo said in a press conference earlier this year.

Santos has been the face of local and federal probes into his personal, professional and fnancial background. Articles from the New York Times and other publications

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Republican Town Councilmember David Adhami said he agreed with the general intent of Lurvey’s resolution but disagreed with its verbiage before voting no, saying there’s information included just to trigger people and it was poorly written.

DeSena motioned to amend the resolution to remove any mention of her name, saying doing so makes it a political and personal attack, which was voted down 4-3 along party lines.

The supervisor endorsed Santos during his congressional campaign and has since changed her tune following the unearthing of Santos’ personal, professional and fnancial track record.

Dozens of NY-03 constituents staged a “Drive Out Santos” caravan throughout diferent North Shore locations to highlight the parts of Congressman George Santos’ resume that

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