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Port Jeff goes pink
also: ‘if i were a whaler’ exhibit in Cold Spring Harbor; ‘west Side Story’ in northport; SbU Sports
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Raisin’ hell The Huntington Blue Devils celebrate homecoming in style. For more scenes of the event, see page A13.
October is Pit Bull Awareness Month
Fees waived at Huntington shelter
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Town: A pair of powerful victories
Huntington wins two cases against lipa By RoHmA ABBAs
Huntington Town is touting two court decisions boosting its case against the Long Island Power Authority in an ongoing challenge over the assessment of the Northport power plant and the amount the utility pays in property taxes on the facility. The decisions, issued by State Supreme Court Justice John C. Bivona, were dated earlier this month and received by the town’s special counsel on Sept. 25. The first decision dismissed LIPA’s standing as a plaintiff in the case, since National Grid, and not LIPA, owns the plant, according to the decision. The second decision granted a stay in the assessment case until there is a final court determination of the town’s argument that
National Grid should be held to a 1997 pledge by LIPA not to challenge the plant’s assessment. So far, the town has won pretrial decisions in that case, according to a town statement. LIPA is suing Huntington Town to recover some $270 million in property taxes it paid since 2010, arguing the aging Northport power plant facility is grossly over-assessed. Northport-East Northport school district is also a party in the lawsuit. If LIPA wins, Huntington Town taxpayers could see a 15 percent increase in town property taxes and a 60 percent increase in school taxes, according to the town’s website. The judge dismissed LIPA’s standing as a party initiating tax certiorari proceedings. In one of lipa continued on page a13
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Huntington Town and LIPA are embroiled in a tax certiorari case.