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Guest Spot: On Election Day, vote yes on CPF extension
This Election Day, voters on the North Fork can take a huge step to improve water quality and preserve open space and farmland. Since 1999, the Community Preservation Fund has raised over $1 billion...
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Here’s what’s on the ballot for Tuesday’s election
The Nov. 8 ballot won’t just be about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. There are also races for Congress, State Senate and Assembly, a proposition to extend the Community Preservation Fund, and...
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Environmentalists applaud landslide victory for CPF extension
Local environmentalists are thanking voters for their overwhelming approval of the Community Preservation Fund, a proposition that was approved Tuesday by wide margins in each of the five East End...
View ArticleEditorial: Senate tax bill, if enacted, could impact CPF
Local and state officials have come out strongly against a federal tax bill that has passed the Senate and is now in committee in the House of Representatives, which has its own version of the bill. As...
View ArticleCPF money to be used for water quality improvements
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a pair of new state laws that will allow the five East End towns to use Community Preservation Fund money for water quality improvements for the first time. CPF, which is...
View ArticleAffordable housing fund bill passes State Assembly, Senate
The first in a number of critical steps necessary to establishing a funding stream for affordable housing has passed the New York State Assembly and State Senate. The legislation is similar to the...
View ArticlePreservation group criticizes Brewster House demolition
Preservation Long Island, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of Long Island, says Southampton Town needs to prepare a full environmental impact statement before demolishing the...
View ArticleCPF revenues continue to rise on East End
Revenues for the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund during the first seven months of 2021 were 114.8% higher than for the same period in 2020, according to Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor),...
View ArticleRiverhead passes on chance to place affordable housing tax on the ballot
There will be no referendum in November asking Riverhead residents if they support an additional .5% transfer tax to the existing Community Preservation Fund, with the additional funding going to...
View ArticleReport: Riverhead was the only East End town to increase CPF revenues in 2022
As is typical, money coming into local coffers of the five East End town to their Community Preservation Fund accounts lags the calendar by a few months. But because of the cyber attack on Suffolk...
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