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Friday, July 27, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 30
SUMMER MANHASSET VIADUCT DINING REPAIRS FINISHED
MANGANO USED $900K IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS AT 11st st TRIAL
PAGES 33-40
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Greentree seeks environmental impact review
GIVING THANKS
Would delay advanced surgical pavilion construction 1 year plus: Northwell BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Greentree Foundation representatives called for an environmental review of North Shore University Hospital’s planned advanced surgical pavilion during a three-hour Town of North Hempstead Board of Zoning and Appeals hearing last week. “Greentree does not argue that the hospital should not be able to build on their property,” said Jeffrey Forchelli, an attorney representing the foundation. “However, the state and town took great measures to ensure that the groundwater and the precious ecological system in the North Hills area was protected by enacting the laws limiting construction in Special Groundwater Protection Areas, Critical Environmental Areas and Aquifer Protection Overlay Districts.” North Shore University Hospital Executive Director Alessandro
Bellucci said the review was unnecessary and if required would delay the already two-and-a-half year project by at least a year. “We understand Greentree’s concerns about the environment,” Bellucci said in an interview. “We are environmentally conscious, as environmental health is a component of community health. We have addressed those issues, including the impact on the water supply, and I think we have addressed those issues successfully. The risk of going further into a full environmental impact study would delay the construction of the building by probably a year to a year and a half.” Attorney Michael Sahn, representing Northwell Health, and Forchelli had brought doctors, architects and environmental experts to the July 18 hearing, which focused on the environmental impacts of the proposed $342 million expansion instead of the building Continued on Page 58
PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI
Dr. Bruce Rutkin, left, shows Holocaust survivor Jack Betteil how the artificial valve he received three months ago at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset works. See story on page 3.
North Hills seeks to increase traffic fines BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
neighborhood. Resident and attorney Marilyn Genoa wrote to North Hills Residents from a North Mayor Marvin Natiss and the Hills subdivision are seeking Board of Trustees on July 11, an increase in traffic violation Natiss said during the Board of fines to curb speeding in their Trustees meeting on Wednes-
day, asking to increase traffic fines in High Point at North Hills Condominium II on Powerhouse Road to $200. Natiss said anything more than $50, which can be executContinued on Page 59
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