Serving The Willistons, Albertson, Herricks, Mineola, and Searingtown
/ litmor publicAtions A blAnk slAte mediA speciAl section july 10, 2015
It’s Never Too Late from a late
How to rebound start to saving for retirement
Talk Ticker heart running Keep your strong well into your golden years
Revisiting Your Regimen Trendy exercises to rev up your workouts
$1
Friday, july 10, 2015
vol. 64, no. 28
Guide To LivinG 50+
naPoLiTano eLecTed ed Board PreZ
PoLs BLasT Gun-shaPed cases
paGeS 29-41
paGe 2
paGe 6
Nassau iDa lags behind other counties
L i B r a r y pa r t y
Westchester, Suffolk generated jobs at lower cost from 2010-12 By B i LL san anTonio The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency generated more jobs than its contemporaries in Suffolk and Westchester counties just once from 2010-13, despite regularly approving more projects and granting many millions more in tax breaks, a Blank Slate Media analysis of state comptroller data has found. Nassau’s IDA during that period also recovered from businesses a smaller percentage of the tax breaks it approved through payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements, also known as PILOTs, than their counterparts in Westchester and Suffolk counties. In 2013, the most recent year for which state comptroller data of IDA activity is available, the Nassau IDA granted $23,611 in exemptions for every job it gained, more than 10 times the state median and considerably higher than Suffolk
($644 per job) and Westchester ($1,563 per job). That year, the Nassau IDA approved 278 projects worth more than $2.9 billion and granted $43,325,571 in net tax breaks, recovering 37 percent of the exemptions through pilots. Joseph Kearney, the Nassau County IDA’s executive director, told Blank Slate Media in early June that the IDA’s 2013 data was inaccurate and that updated figures would be submitted to Albany. Kearny said Tuesday the updated 2013 data has not been sent to the state comptroller’s office yet, and that they are waiting for three not-for-profit companies to send the IDA their numbers. He said the three companies were “not included in the last go around.” He said the IDA would reach out to the three companies Tuesday, adding he expected to submit the numbers within a week to 10 days. Continued on Page 54
kate and Maeve Mckenna celebrated at Williston Park Library’s Summer Reading Club kickoff party on July 1. See photo spread on page 45.
W.P. couple seek to honor active service members By J usT i n e schoenBarT
decided she wanted Williston Park to raise its own flags to honor those in the local community. “What we saw high on light When Tina Farrell noticed military members receiving rec- poles truly touched me,” Farrell ognition for their service while said. “Hanging were banners moving her son into college, she with pictures of local men and
women presently serving our armed forces. “‘What a wonderful place this must be,’ I said to myself.” With that, she began working on launching the HomeContinued on Page 54
For the latest news visit us at www.theislandnow.com D on’t forget to follow us on Twitter @Theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow