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Town of Huntington
News Release From the Town of Huntington
Council Office • 100 Main Street • Huntington, NY 11743
Town of Huntington Councilman Eugene Cook responds to a lawsuit he filed against Long Island Power Authority and National Grid
Attached is the memo that was submitted yesterday, August 3, 2020, to the Supreme Court of Suffolk County for […]
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Residents and visitors advised to take precautions
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott announced today that 15 additional mosquito samples, all Culex pipiens-restuans, have tested positive for West Nile virus. The samples were collected on July 21 and July 22, 2020 from Huntington Station (1), West Babylon (1), Brentwood (1), Bay Shore (6), Islip (3) Great River […]
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July 20, 2020
Dear Editor,
When the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) was created, the New York State Legislature laid out clear “rules of the road” in the Public Authorities Law, that LIPA would be required to follow. It stated that “projects” would require Public Authorities Control Board (PACB) review and approval, before going forward. LIPA ignored […]
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Huntington Town Attorney Nicholas Ciappetta today released details regarding the proposed settlement framework for the tax certiorari case on the Northport Power Plant.
The latest proposal comes as a court decision on the valuation of the Northport Power Plant appears imminent.
“The proposal represents the latest offer presented to the Town to date. Under the proposed settlement, […]
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As you watch every day and listen to the Federal Task force or the New York State briefings from the Governor or like me I’m on with the County executive you feel like it is ground hog day again and again and again. You question when is this going to end, when can we get […]
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Update 3:34pm Conference call with County Executive Bellone, Bellone stated “that there will be an update on this issue in a few days. And there should be some help.”
Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci signed onto a joint letter sent May 19, 2020 by the Suffolk County Supervisors Association requesting Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone waive property tax payment […]
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Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci has requested that residents and landscapers refrain from gas-powered and other types of leaf blower use during the Coronavirus pandemic.
“We are asking residents and landscapers to refrain from using gas-powered and electric-powered leaf-blowers during the remainder of the Coronavirus pandemic for the purposes of public health and safety,” said Supervisor Chad A. […]
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Councilman Cook last week presented the idea to stop LIPA suit. Because the Town board decided to ignore this idea, this week Councilman Cook is suing for:
Plaintiff contends that in order to execute his duties as a Huntington Town Council Member, Eugene Cook to consider proposed resolution of the long Island Power Authority v […]
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Bloomberg, Bezos and Town of Huntington. What, you may ask, do these three have in common?
Councilman Cook explains about LIPA and National Grid’s failure to obtain required approval to initiate the Northport Power Plant tax challenge.
A New York State Agency, the Public Authorities Control Board (PACB) had the ability to stop the plans of Bloomberg, […]
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Deirdre O’Connell, Chief Executive Officer of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, one of the nation’s leading realtors, has been recognized among the 200 most powerful leaders in the residential real estate brokerage industry. O’Connell was named to the SP200 (Swanepoel Power 200), widely recognized as the definitive ranking of the leaders and executives in the […]
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