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Friday, August 19, 2016
vol. 4, no. 34
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Crowded lot gets 25 spots added by town
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Officials continue to seek solutions to Roslyn LIRR parking complaints By C h r I s a Da M s Twenty-five parking spaces have been added to the Long Island Rail Road station lot in Roslyn in response to commuter complaints about a lack of available spots. The North Hempsteadowned lot is primarily used by commuters taking the train to Manhattan for work, but lot users were reporting that about 20 spaces were being taken by noncommuters, Councilman Peter Zuckerman said. A number of new office buildings and businesses near the train station added to the congestion in the lot, according to a news release issued on Thursday. As a fix, the town had the lot re-striped to create more spaces, increasing the total number to 263.
“We are hoping that the addition of 25 parking spaces will alleviate the lack of parking issue and will make our constituents’ daily commute a bit less stressful,” Zuckerman said. In June, the town began seeking remedies for the limited parking, including the addition of spaces and the possibility of paid permits restricting lot use during commuter hours. Nearby train lots, such as the Manhasset and Port Washington stations, have a parking permit system, which charges drivers to preserve their use as commuter lots. The Roslyn station currently doesn’t have a fee system and Zuckerman said he fears the added spaces will continue to be used by noncommuters if there is no restriction in place. Depending on how the Continued on Page 59
PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE
Volunteer Fran Matinale poses with a dog at a North Shore Animal League event after the no-kill shelter rescued 40 dogs from being euthanized in Arkansas. See story on page 22.
Roslyn ed board OKs small tax increase By C h r I s a Da M s
The district’s 2016-17 budget of $105,097,968 The Roslyn Board of Edu- shows an increase of 1.2 percation approved a tax levy last cent from last year’s financial Thursday that, for now, will plan. Through other revenue raise the yearly bill for taxpay- streams like state grants, the district was able to pay a maers by 0.31 percent.
jority of the difference, reducing the taxpayer levy to the approved 0.31 percent. The levy represents a minor increase for homeowners in the district, and would add Continued on Page 59
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