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Residents Invited to Participate in Green Sustainability Effort

Public meetings set for March 5 and 6.

The public is invited to be part of a new Long Island sustainability plan developed through a Cleaner, Green Communities grant being led by the Town of North Hempstead and funding from the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority.

The sustainability plan will focus on greenhouse gas reduction and job creation within the topic areas of: water management, waste management, community development & housing, energy and transportation, land use & livable communities. The eight-month planning process will be completed by the end of April.

There will be a meeting for Suffolk County residents interested in participating on Tuesday, March 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Islip Town Hall West, 401 Main Street Islip.

An East End meeting is scheduled for Southampton Town Hall from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6.

Residents are invited to attend, be informed of the progress of the plan and offer input on what they would like to be included.

The steering committee of the Long Island region consists of The Town of North Hempstead, Vision Long Island, the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College, the Community Development Corporation of Long Island and AECOM. These groups will be presenting the work completed so far and soliciting input from all Long Island residents.

For more information call 631-261-0242.

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John Thompson May 19, 2013 at 10:26 pm
And so the taxpayer is once again asked to give more to an already out of control and bloatedRead More system. Every year the school districts on Long Island receive increases of millions of dollars to their budgets, and still they want to bleed the taxpayer for more. As two income families struggle to pay exorbitant tax bills, we’re asked to pay even more? We’ll here’s a novel idea, how about if the teachers union’s began demanding less? This early retirement baloney must stop, salaries should be capped, administrators and their staffs must be cut by at least eighty percent. In addition, educators and staff should have to pay for their own medical and retirement plans just as the rest of us must. Here on Long Island, families are suffering and sacrificing, and many are being forced to leave due to taxes which are out of control. It is time for educators to cease hiding behind children with threats of decreased student programs, and to make an honest and realistic observation as to why things are as bad as they are. To blame parents for not paying enough into the system to support the schools is ludicrous. The real problem lies in a system which is self serving, and run by incompetents blind to the harm they are inflicting upon our children and families.