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Friday, July 24, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 30
NASSAU MOURNS NHP-BASED FIRM KEY COUNTY OKS FUND T JOHN LEWIS IN SILVER SENTENCING FOR MORLEY PROJECT PAGE 9
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Questions on Lumber Road apartments
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Trustees express interest, concerns on four-story plan BY R O S E W E L D ON Members of the Village of Roslyn’s Board of Trustees expressed interest in a proposed apartment building for 45 Lumber Road, but said the plans need work at their monthly meeting on Tuesday night over Zoom. A company called 45 Lumber Road LLC is seeking a special use permit from the village to construct a four-story building consisting of 33 two-bedroom apartments. Under village code, only 27 apartments would normally be permitted in a structure of this type. Originally, the building had been said to be 12 stories, and drew ire from residents and the Roslyn school district at a public hearing in September. Roslyn Mayor John Durkin said at the outset of the hearing at the meeting that with the new designs, he was “overall in favor of the application,” but did have
some reservations. “It’s a project which is consistent with the zoning for Lumber Road and can greatly improve the area by introducing residential use, which generally additionally generates less traffic than commercial use, which was the prior use,” Durkin said. “That much is pretty self-evident. However, I do have some concerns and some suggestions as to how the project can be improved.” Among his suggestions was making some of the planned apartments one-bedroom, which he said would assist in a desired “demographic mix” in Roslyn. “I think the applicant is willing to do that,” Durkin said. He finished by briefly discussing the traffic in the area, a point of contention for some. “We’ll know that the traffic will be heavier in the morning rush, in the evening rush, and in between there’ll be less traffic because of Continued on Page 37
IMAGE VIA THE NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
“Met Museum Interior” by Mark Innerst is among a number of works being shown in the Blue exhibit at the Nassau County Museum of Art.
Suozzi, officials call for increased federal funding BY R O B E R T P E L A E Z
response to the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated Officials from Nassau the economy. Suozzi was joined by NasCounty joined U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) in a sau County Executive and felcall for action to provide mu- low Democrat Laura Curran, nicipalities with federal aid in Town of North Hempstead
Supervisor Judi Bosworth and North Hempstead Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey last Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Peter King (RSeaford) and Suffolk County Continued on Page 27
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