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Friday, April 28, 2023
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Building damaged but store to reopen BY C A M E RY N O A K ES A car crashed into the side of Greenvale’s fine jewelry store Charles Krypell early Monday morning. Store co-owner Tyler Krypellsaid the incident occurred at 5:29 a.m. due to a two-car collision on Northern Boulevard. One of the cars, a silver SUV, struck the side of the store. Nassau County Police confirmed that the SUV slammed into the store following the collision. Krypell said it was a freak accident and not related to a burglary. He said staff were on site within 15 minutes of the accident to address the situation. Damage was done to the exterior and interior of the store, including custom cabinetry and walls, Krypell said. He said it was not known what the cost of the damage would be at this moment, but said it would not be cheap. Krypell said that while the store took a hit, no employees were present at the time of the accident. He also pointed out that since employees remove the products from the store every night, there were no retail items damaged either. “The thing that matters most is that no one was present at the store at the time,” Krypell said. “Everyone is safe. That’s the main priority.” Police said that the driver involved sustained minor injuries. Within hours after the collision, the exterior wall that had been damaged was already boarded up. Continued on Page 52
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Numbers questioned as gov’s plan fades Expert says new Nassau housing units undercounted by Hochul BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Gov. Kathy Hochul’s controversial housing plan that is not likely to be in the state’s 2024 budget used incorrect data on multi-family dwelling units on Long Island, according to Vision Long Island Director Eric Alexander. “We’re kind of low-balled here,” Alexander said in an interview with Blank
Slate Media Friday. The core of the plan, as of Friday, will not be included after strong opposition from local officials, according to Politico and multiple reports. Alexander, who has worked for the regional smart growth organization for 25 years, said that the multi-family unit census data used by the state in Hochul’s proposal was not an accurate
representation. The state, according to Alexander, used a figure of 6,500 multi-family dwelling units that were approved on Long Island during the past dozen years. A pair of 2022 spot checks by Vision Long Island and Carolyn Grossman Meagher, director of the New York City Regional Planning Division, revealed that in Long Island’s downtown areas,
there had been 16,000 such units approved in the past 17 years, he said. That figure surpasses 20,000 such units approved in all of Long Island during roughly the last 17 to 20 years, Alexander said. Data used by the state showed that Mineola had 300 such units, Alexander said, when the spot checks revealed the number was really Continued on Page 53
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