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Friday, August 31, 2018
Vol. 93, No. 35
BACK TO SCHOOL
G.N. ESTATES’ CAT FIGHT ENDS QUICKLY
STATE LEGISLATORS DISCUSS L.I. SOUND
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G.N. Estates approves Old Mill project
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Trustees OK Clover Drive development 4-1, citing potential high costs if denied BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Village of Great Neck Estates trustees approved the building of 10 homes in the neighboring Village of Great Neck and one in their village despite seeing few benefits on Monday night, citing the potential costs of losing in court if a denial is appealed. Old Mill 2, which is managing the project for Frank Lalezarian of Lalezarian Properties, sought to subdivide three acres on Clover Drive to build 11 single-family homes, only one of which is in Great Neck Estates. The access road to the properties, which is at the state minimum width of 26 feet for emergency vehicle access, would also cut through Great Neck Estates. The Village of Great Neck approved the subdivision proposal in May 2014 after years of proceedings, although the approval process did not conclude there until 2016.
Applications were then filed in Great Neck Estates in October 2016. Great Neck Estates officials said that according to both village and outside counsel, they would likely lose in court if the applicant appealed a denial because of how much effort the representatives put in to addressing requests. This in turn could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and potentially cede over $1 million in mitigation costs promised to the village, they added, with the project still going through anyway. The trustees approved the project on a 4-1 vote. Mayor William Warner said nobody he has spoken to in the Village of Great Neck Estates seems in favor of the project, but he said the developer has a history of winning litigation and the village cannot afford to “gamble” in court. “[The Village of Great Neck has] backed us into a corner by approving the subdivision, approving Continued on Page 51
PHOTO COURTESY OF GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Alexis Namdar, Madison Kokhavim and Ariella Edelman of North High School are congratulated by American Sign Language teacher Kathy McAleer. See story on page 20.
Judge declines to release Doomchin in slaying case BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
should be released from jail to get treatment for mental and physical health problems, but a judge The lawyer for a Great Neck refused. Faye Doomchin, 66, of Great woman charged with seconddegree murder in a fatal stab- Neck, sought to “rid the house of bing argued on Tuesday that she evil” and fatally stabbed Denise
Webster, 61, with a kitchen knife on Aug. 13, police said. Prior to that, detectives said she was socializing with Webster and a mutual male friend at her home. Judge Robert Bogle denied Continued on Page 51
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