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Glen St. project has council’s early support the MTA parking area and nearby parcels along Cedar Swamp Road — an area of 1.88 After a three-hour debate on acres — to allow the construcTuesday, a sharply divided City tion of a four-story residential Council voted 4–3 to advance building as tall as 55 feet. Cedar zoning and environmental Swamp Redevelopers LLC, actions for a proposed transit- described by City Attorney Tip oriented development at the Henderson during the meeting as “a renowned Glen Street Long developer of affordIsland Rail Road able housing,” has station. The vote foloffered $750,000 in lowed a contentious community benefits meeting marked by to address infrawarnings about the structure issues, strain on infraincluding water serstructure, gaps in vice. the environmentalPanzenbeck review process and stressed that the increased housing vote did not approve density. construction. “This The council is just the start of a adopted a negative MICHAEL process before they declaration for the KTISTAKIS get to go to a site proposal under the City councilman plan approval at a State Environmenlater date,” she tal Quality Review Act, a determination that it explained, framing the project would not have a significant as a response to demand for environmental impact. Council more housing. “We get critim e m b e r s G r a d y F a r n a n , cized because we don’t have Michael Ktistakis, John Macca- affordable housing,” she said, rone and Mayor Pamela Pan- adding later that “75 percent of zenbeck voted for the resolu- the units are affordable.” Opponents argued that the tion, while Danielle Fugazy Scagliola, John Perrone and city lacks sufficient information to issue a negative environJohn Zozzaro opposed it. The proposal would rezone CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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Chipping in for a greener Glen Cove The Beautification Commission, elected officials, the Department of Public Works and residents gathered early last Saturday morning for the city’s annual Chip-a-Tree event. The event collected 111 trees, which were loaded into a wood chipper and turned to mulch. The mixture will be used for the planting of flowers and trees throughout the city. Story, more photos, Page 10.
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