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Friday, November 15, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 46
N E W H Y D E PA R K
SENIOR LIVING
CANINE GROUP HONORS VETS IN NHP
REP. KING TO NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION
PAGES 27-32, 41-46
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NHP declines FAA suit
N H P C E L E B R AT E S V E T E R A N S D AY
Says town bid no help to village BY TOM M CC A RT HY The Village of New Hyde Park has decided not to join North Hempstead’s lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration because its outcome will not change much about airplane noise in the village, New Hyde Park Mayor Lawrence Montreuil said last Thursday. But the village did vote unanimously to allow a firm to file a lawsuit on the village’s behalf against pharmaceutical companies similar to lawsuits being filed by other municipalities for damages in their community from opioid use, Montreuil said. “While the Village of New Hyde Park, of course, is very impacted by low flying planes more so than our neighbors to the north,” Montreuil said. “The lawsuit, as it is looking right now, doesn’t seem that an outcome would be that favorable for the Village of New Hyde Park.” Montreuil said the town’s lawsuit is calling for planes in the area to fly at higher altitudes, Continued on Page 59
PHOTO BY TOM MCCARTHY
New Hyde Park Mayor Lawrence Montreuil said more action is needed to take care of military veterans at a Veterans Day event Monday. See story on page 3.
Judge denies Belmont work halt Mayor says developers have begun correcting issues raised in motion BY TOM M CC A RT HY A state judge has denied a temporary restraining sought by the Village of Floral Park on work at the Belmont arena project, Mayor Dominick Longobardi said Thursday.
Longobardi said in an interview he was not disappointed by the ruling because the project’s developers, New York Arena Partners, have begun correcting issues raised by the village in the restraining order motion. This included having New York Arena Partners instruct crews working on the project to not drive down Plainfield Avenue and through a gate near Floral Park Memorial High School as well
as start cleaning up debris and trash along Crocus Avenue, Longobardi said. But he said he wished that the changes were were made because of application for a restraining order. “All this could’ve been accomplished with a phone call or discussion,” Longobardi said. The request for a temporary restraining order did not ask for all construction on the project to be halted, Longobardi said. The
filing in state Supreme Court in Mineola was part of a lawsuit the village has filed challenging the project’s approval. Longobardi said in a previous interview that there had been a severe increase in traffic in the village after the “groundbreaking” for the Islanders arena in September. The main cause of increased traffic for the village is construction trucks for the project driving on Plainfield Continued on Page 59
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