Op-Ed: Don’t Demonize Apartment Dwellers

This week, the Huntington Town Board called a public hearing on a proposed new code regulating accessory dwelling units- basement or garage apartments in lay terms. The town board must be considering this action because they see the same demographic and economic trends we all Read More …

Letter: ‘Overdevelopment’ Allowed for the Wealthy

Dear Editor: The Huntington GOP swept the town elections in 2021, winning a 4-1 majority and the Supervisor’s office. Their platform, as published on Supervisor Smyth’s campaign page on the Huntington GOP website, centered on “stopping reckless overdevelopment” and “preserving open space.” The Supervisor was Read More …

Letter: Anti-Settlement Arguments Are Just Retreads

   In the late 1990s, when most of the people currently parenting Northport-East Northport students were still children themselves, in college, or otherwise beginning their adult lives, the Long Island Power Authority sent a letter to then-Huntington Town Supervisor Frank Petrone essentially promising not to Read More …