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Friday, September 10, 2021
Vol. 96, No. 37
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Flooding from Ida impacts N. Shore areas Hochul visits Great Neck train station, Curran surveys damages to homes BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
PHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN
Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Great Neck train station last week to discuss the impact of flooding from Ida.
Flooding from Ida resulted in delays on the roads and the Port Washington branch of the Long Island Rail Road, along with damage to some homes across the North Shore last week. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Great Neck station last Thursday to speak about some of the delays that the Port Washington line endured as a result of the storm. Though record rainfall was seen in parts of Nassau County and Long Island, Hochul
said, preparations will be made in case the area sees similar rainfall in the future. “We’re not treating this as if it’s not going to happen again for 500 years,” Hochul said. “What we saw, the record rainfall that precipitated, the situation out here in Great Neck ... it was an unbelievable amount of rainfall in an incredibly short amount of time.” According to the National Weather Service, Great Neck received more than 5 inches of rain last Wednesday Continued on Page 34
Thomaston delays hearing on apartment BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
75-unit apartment building on South Middle Neck Road scheduled for next week. Village officials sent out a The Village of Thomaston postponed a public hearing for news release on Friday informan application to construct a ing members of the public that
a public meeting that was initially scheduled to take place at the Village of North Hills’ Village Hall on Sept. 14 to discuss the application was postponed and may take place virtually. Last week, the state Legislature permitted villages to conduct meetings and public hearings virtually. “Once a decision has been made as to the manner
in which the public hearing will proceed, notices of the new date, time and location of, and access to, the public hearing will be published, posted and otherwise noticed as required by law,” the news release said. “Notice also will be posted on the Village of Thomaston website at www.villageofthomaston.org.” The village was forced to reschedule an initial meeting to
discuss the application in midAugust due to an excess number of people in attendance at Thomaston’s Village Hall. Most of the people in attendance opposed the proposed five-story structure at 124 S. Middle Neck Road. The project’s applicant, 124 Middle Neck Realty LLC, acquired the property, formerly the Continued on Page 35
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