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Port North unveils Bay Walk
T R Y I N G T O P R E VA I L I N U N I O N D A L E
Waterfront park opens after 14 years BY ST E P H E N ROMANO After 14 years of planning and building, an old oil loading dock in Port Washington North has been turned into a waterfront park. Village oďŹƒcials on Saturday cut the ribbon on the Bay Walk, bringing a nautical park with kayak launch station, new PHOTO COURTESY OF BRITTANY BORSANYI benches, bicycle racks, a garden, a phone-charging station and Vincenzo D’Angelo, a professional boxer who runs a gym in Port Washington, will fight at Nassau Coliseum Saturday. more to Port Washington. See story on page 3. Joined by oďŹƒcials from the villages of Flower Hill, Manorhaven, Sands Point and Baxter Estates, as well as North Hempstead town oďŹƒcials and members of the Port Washington Police Department, Port Washington North Mayor Bob Weitzner said the park came alive because of residents’ ideas. counts of maintaining trailers trailers but has one for buildings permit. BY ST E P H E N “The project was and the In 2014, a Manorhaven under Section 148-3 of the vil- — and dismissed the tickets. ROMANO park is by the people and for the However, the original buildjudge ďŹ ned businessman Peter lage code. people,â€? he said. After a Blank Slate Media in- ing permit from 2008 for 30 Are they trailers or build- Dejana $69,000 for illegal trailThe park, which was created vestigation found that the trail- Sagamore Hill Drive permitted ers on two of his properties. in two phases, also has a agpole ings? The Board of Trustees ap- ers had not been removed nor the construction of “2 temp. ofIt depends on whether you dedicated to veterans, and on Saturday, an American ag and look at a judge’s ruling or a Vil- proved a settlement in 2016 had Dejana been ďŹ ned, the vil- ďŹ ce trailers.â€? The permit was obtained through a request under Continued on Page 59 lage of Manorhaven building that called for Dejana to either lage issued two tickets. Peter Gallanter, the judge the Freedom of Information Law. provide a legal argument “The judge made an indefor why the trailers are per- who ďŹ ned Dejana in 2014, ruled mitted under village code in May that the structures are not pendent review of it,â€? Mayor Jim or remove them. The settle- trailers, but are actually build- Avena said. “We will continue to ment also called for De- ings because the village code look into it.â€? Continued on Page 59 jana to plead guilty to two does not provide a deďŹ nition for
Permit calls Dejana structures ‘trailers’ Manorhaven building document seems to conflict with village justice’s ruling
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