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Friday, April 19, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 16
EARTH DAY GUIDE
MANHASSET TRUSTEES GOP LEGISLATORS OPPOSE OK $99.5M BUDGET CONGESTION PRICING
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Inisfada back on market for $110 million
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VICTORY ON ICE
Development applications still on file for 46-home gated community BY T E R I W EST The 30-acre location formerly home to the St. Ignatius Jesuit retreat house, or Inisfada, is back on the market for $110 million. Manhasset Bay Group currently owns the space in the Village of North Hills, which it purchased in 2013 for $36.5 million. The developer has an application on file with the village to create a subdivision with 46 single-family homes. Manhasset Bay Group ha s not yet moved to gain final approval, North Hills Mayor Marvin Natiss said. Those plans would be passed on to the new owner, allowing the project to be completed if the village approves it, Natiss said. Should the applicant push it, the plans would likely be approved, he said. “Once they own it, they’re free to do whatever they see fit,” said listing agent Jason Friedman with
Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty. “They could go in a different direction with it. They could go in the direction that it’s going in. If some very wealthy person wanted to, they could buy it and build one house.” The property on Searingtown Road went on the market April 2 and there is already interest from domestic and international parties, Friedman said. Plans for the development of the property into a gated community date to 2014, when Manhasset Bay Group submitted plans to the Village of North Hills to create the “Manhasset Crest” subdivision. After purchasing the property, the group demolished the rundown retreat house constructed between 1916 and 1920 despite protests from local civic and historical groups. The last communication beContinued on Page 79
PHOTO COURTESY OF GIGI PILITOSKI
Tracy Wang of Manhasset, Amie Adjakple from Great Neck, and Alyssa Politoski of Manhasset, helped Team USA bring home another medal in synchronized skating. See story on page 4.
Hannan scores library trustee seat in tight race BY T E R I W EST Last Tuesday, Jack Hannan turned 18. The next day, he cast his first ever ballot and voted for his father. His ballot made a differ-
ence. William Hannan was elected to the Manhasset Library Board of Trustees with 289 votes, only four more than his opponent, Mukul Puri. “I would say there was a stroke of relief at the outcome
given how close it was,” Hannan said. With nearly 600 voters, the election drew about double Manhasset Library’s average turnout, and the results reContinued on Page 79
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