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First, I want to thank you for your excellent news coverage of the LIPA vs. Town of Huntington tax certiorari litigation. At this writing, it’s certainly old news that I, along with three other members of the Town Board, voted in favor of the LIPA Read More …
The Huntington Town Board voted Thursday to accept a settlement with the Long Island Power Authority that will sharply reduce the utility’s taxes on the Northport power plant, a decision that could finally bring the lengthy legal battle to its conclusion. The vote was 4-1, Read More …
In 1990, I was hired as an engineer out of college by the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCo) and assigned to the Northport Power Station. I worked there for 10 years in various management roles with increasing responsibilities. In 1997, L.I.’s electric transmission system was Read More …
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 …
Updated 8:42 p.m. The Long Island Power Authority has offered an extra $3 million to the Town of Huntington as part of the proposed settlement on the Northport power plant tax assessment case. The town said Friday that the money was aimed at helping the Read More …
Councilmen Gene Cook and Ed Smyth attempted Tuesday to have the Town Board rescind a contract with a public relations firm but were unable to get the matter on the \meeting agenda. Mercury Public Affairs, a politically connected firm based in New York, was hired Read More …
The Long Island Power Authority and the Huntington Town Board have agreed on Sept. 3 as the date for a board vote on the proposed tax-assessment case on the Northport power plant. Councilwoman Joan Cergol announced the agreement for the delay at Tuesday’s Town Board Read More …
The Town of Huntington hosts the first of two public forums Monday night on the proposed settlement of the long-running LIPA lawsuit over taxes on the Northport power plant. Because of limits on the number of people who can attend the 6 p.m. forum at Read More …
The Town of Huntington said Thursday that its request for a pause in litigation over Northport power plant taxes was rejected by the Long Island Power Authority. In a letter dated Wednesday, the town and the Northport-East Northport School District had requested the pause because Read More …
Even as a judge’s decision in the Long Island Power Authority tax lawsuit over the Northport power plant is pending, some groups are keeping up the fight, some in new and novel ways. Newsday reported last week that a Nassau County lawmaker said a proposed Read More …
Political differences over a lawsuit, bail reform and LIPA exploded Wednesday in an ugly exchange of attacks between Huntington Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci, a Republican, and State Sen. James Gaughran, a Democrat. Lauren Lembo, who is the public information officer for Lupinacci, sent out a Read More …
Huntington Councilman Eugene Cook said Friday that the Long Island Power Authority broke the rules by not getting approval of a state board before filing a challenge to its property taxes. Cook said that unlike other cases that were turned down by the Public Authorities Read More …