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Amityville halts multifamily housing units board. Officials said the surge in new development has strained The Amityville Village Board services — particularly the Amhas approved a six-month mora- ityville Fire Department, which reported a signifitorium on new cant rise in emerapplications for gency calls since multifamily housthe new buildings ing developments opened. The deof three or more partment is priunits. marily volunteerThe board votrun. ed unanimously To better unat its Dec. 8 meetderstand those ing, with Mayor impacts, the Michael O’Neill board voted to isand trustees saysue a Request for ing the pause will Proposals and give the village hire a consultant time to study the to compile and impact of recent analyze data. The development on study will evaluservices, infraate issues such as structure and vilsanitation, school lage character. enrollment, emer“This is to help gency response ensure that we MICHAEL O’NEILL, and infrastrucdon’t oversatu- Amityville Village Mayor ture stress. rate the village,” “This (the morO’Neill said. In the last several years, atorium) gives us some breathAmityville has added about 500 ing room,” O’Neill said. “We new apartment units, including continue to get approached by large complexes such as Ava- developers, and we need time to lon Bay on Broadway and Vil- assess what’s already here.” Amityville has approxilage by the Bay on County Line Road. That growth represents mately 10,000 residents. There a 20 percent increase in total are about 2,800 single-family housing units, according to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
By CAROLYN JAMES
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Photos courtesy Amityville Rotary
Pictured with November’s Rotary Student of the Month Kassandra Ruiz Esquival, third from left, is left to right, Amityville High School assistant principal Mary Hopkins, guidance counselor Ashley Borja, and Rotary Club President Carolyn Dodd.
Amityville Rotary honors Students of the Month By CAROLYN JAMES cjames@liherald.com
Every month the Rotary Club of Amityville Rotary Club recognizes a student from Amityville High School. The students are nominated by their counselors and teachers for their hard work, dedication and overall academic achievement. The students are then invited with their counselors and parents, to join the Rotary Club for breakfast at Brownstones. They are presented with a certificate and a gift card. The December 2025 Student of the Month was Allison Gallindo, an Amityville High School Interact Member. She is pictured at right with with Kathleen Thorn, Rotary member, left, and Jayne Grasso, Amityville High School Art teacher, right. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
his gives us some breathing room. We continue to get approached by developers, and we need time to assess what’s already here.