Category Archives: Affodable Housing

Is This the Land of No?

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Saltbox

Sometime it feels like we’re living in the Land of No. There are quite a few things in recent memory to which one or another Sag Hampton group has said (or tried to say) NO!

Many folks said no to the NYS Department of Transportation a few years ago when they proposed a roundabout at the wharf end of Main …
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Can You Hear Us Now?

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Saltbox

Last Tuesday, a little jet-lagged, yet clear of purpose, I attended a public meeting called by the Planning Board of the Village of Sag Harbor to hear public comments on the proposed condominium project at the old Bulova watchcase factory. I went to speak, or more accurately, to lobby for the inclusion of some affordable units among the 81 condominiums proposed for this site. I figured that I would be one of two or three speakers to bring up this issue, and that I already knew who else would speak on this topic. Never assume… …
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What Sag Harbor Can Learn From Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Saltbox

Ordinarily, you wouldn’t expect to find a lot of similarities between Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. But while reading an Op-Ed piece in Saturday’s New York Times by Jennifer Egan (author of the novel The Keep), about the proposed Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, I was surprised at just how many parallels exist between Brooklyn’s struggle with that project, and our own issues
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And Now for the Not So Good

Posted on January 2, 2007 by Saltbox

A couple of weeks ago I made a list of some positive developments here in Sag Hampton in an effort to cheer myself (and you, if you needed it) up. It worked. I had a very pleasant holiday, barely giving a thought to local issues. I hope your holidays were equally pleasant. I called that post “The Good” and promised “The Bad and the Ugly” would follow. With the holidays over, now is as good a time as any to explore the clouds whose silver lining I praised last time. …
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The Good (Next: The Bad and maybe The Ugly)

Posted on December 18, 2006 by Saltbox

OK, so it’s the week before Christmas (Hanukkah’s already underway) and I’m pretty grumpy about how slowly grind the wheels of progress around here. But grumpy is just not an appropriate way to be feeling at this time of year. So, I’ve made myself a deal. Today, I’ll make a list of the positive developments in the Sag Hampton area in an attempt …
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