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La Parma building under new ownership
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Restaurant to remain at location BY LU K E TOR R A N C E The buildings at 415 and 413 Main St. in Port Washington, home to La Parma restaurant and Campbell’s Carpet, are under new ownership. In December, the property was sold by Frank Nuzzolese to Dr. Alan Yao, a!gastroenterologist with offices in Flushing and Huntington. Both La Parma and Campbell’s have signed leases with the new owner, keeping them at their current location for the near future. Nuzzolese, who resides in Florida, said it was time to let go of the property. By selling to Yao, he said, he was leaving it in good hands. “I! can’t stress enough that he’s a real gentleman, a really nice man,” he said. Days before Yao closed on the sale, the Town of North Hempstead approved a moratorium on development along Manhasset Bay at the behest of Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio. No new development in the stretch along Manhas-
set Bay from Dolphin Green to the Town Dock, an area that includes the newly purchased! property, would be approved during the moratorium. The moratorium is set to expire at the end of June. Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth denied that the sale, or any rumored sale, spurred the moratorium. “It’s just a sense of, we see that development is in the future, many of the properties are older properties so it would make sense that people are looking to repurpose them,” she said. “So we want PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE to make sure that we have a plan that will benefit our residents and town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth during last week’s state of the town and work to [property ownTown address. See story on page 8. ers’] advantage as well.” Christopher Shannon, a legislative aide to De Giorgio, said the town is not immediately aware of private sales. De Giorgio said when the moratorium was announced that she was aware there was an interest in development along the water but did not name any specific properties. Continued on Page 44 B Y R E B E C C A K L A R the team will return to Nassau in Brooklyn back to Nassau Coliseum to play half its games County, Cuomo said during The New York Island- while the new arena at Bel- a news conference at Nassau Coliseum. ers will “rock the barn,” once mont Park is built. Nassau County Executive It is part of a transitional again, co-owner John Ledecky said on Monday when Gov. An- phase of the Islanders mov- Laura Curran and state Senate drew Cuomo announced that ing from the Barclays Center Continued on Page 43
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