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Friday, August 9, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 32
Port WashingtonTimes GUIDE TO SENIOR LIVING
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N. Hempstead to stabilize bluffs in Beacon Hill Erosion spreading to Summit Rd. homes BY J E S S I C A PA R K S
PHOTO BY JESSICA PARKS
Ed Galvin of Galvin Bros Inc. at North Hempstead Town Hall on Monday. His construction firm handled the bluff stabilization at Harbor Links Golf Course, and if approved next week will do the same at the Beacon Hill bluffs.
North Hempstead will soon start a project to stabilize the Beacon Hill bluffs, a vegetation-covered hill situated at the western end of Hempstead Harbor Woods and behind Summit Road in Port Washington. The area, which is adjacent to Harbor Links Golf Course, was formerly owned by the former Colonial Sand and Stone company. Many years of sand mining contributed to the heavy erosion in the area, which town officials fear is encroaching on the rear property lines of homes on Summit Road. The town purchased the land
from Nassau County in 2007. The project is expected to cost a total of $9.5 million to complete the two phases of the work. Phase one, which is expected to begin once the contractor is approved at the town’s Aug. 13 meeting, is projected to cost $6.1 million. The first phase is expected to be completed in five months. The stabilization project’s purpose is to make the bluffs more resistant to future erosion and facilitate long-term vegetation of native grasses and trees, according to North Hempstead’s public works commissioner Paul DeMaria at Monday’s informational meeting. Continued on Page 71
County ethics board may oust Leventhal BY T E R I W EST
was sanctioned for his performance during a 2017 court The ethics of the attorney case and did not indicate as who counsels the Nassau Coun- such when his contract with the ty Board of Ethics are under county board was extended that year, though the form only asks question. Lawyer Steven Leventhal for disclosures “with respect to
any professional license,” according to Newsday. The 2017 incident was never reported to the New York Attorney Grievance Committee, so Leventhal’s law license was not affected, the newpaper said. The county inspector general’s office brought the disclosure issue to light after reviewing documents and as a result, the Board of
Ethics has opened a new request for proposals to seek a new counsel, said Christine Geed, a spokeswoman for County Executive Laura Curran. Inspector General Jodi Franzese declined to comment because the matter is pending. Leventhal, a partner at Roslyn’s Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, said he could not comment but “was fully ethical in
meeting my obligations to the county.” According to Newsday, Leventhal’s sanction was for “frivolous, obstructionist behavior” during a case he worked on as Muttontown village attorney. State Supreme Court Justice James McCormack sanctioned and fined Leventhal but did not report the event to New York’s Continued on Page 69
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