06.25.2019 Government Affordable 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.
03.01.2019 Government Board discusses affordable housing proposal, supervisor says it’s up to voters Town Board members discussed a proposal that would provide affordable housing assistance in the five East End towns through money raised from the Community Preservation Fund.
02.01.2019 Government Legislation introduced to establish East End Town Community Housing Fund New legislation introduced by Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) could allow the five East End towns to establish a Town Community Housing Fund. If created, the fund could be...
02.16.2018 Real Estate Can Thiele’s proposal provide first-time homebuyers leg-up? Alana Schwab and her boyfriend Nathaniel Golz want to make a home together on the North Fork, where Mr. Golz was born and raised. They’re both in their early...
10.19.2017 Government Race for Congress: Thiele out, Browning in Longtime state Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) has decided against a bid to challenge incumbent 1st District Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin of Shirley in 2018.
02.02.2017 Editorials Editorial: Riding is believing with North Fork train service promises It’s time for words like “could” and “might” to be stripped from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s vocabulary when discussing additional Long Island Rail Road service to and from the...
01.31.2017 Government Thiele: Additional North Fork train service coming by the end of 2017 An effort to increase train service to the East End has come one step closer to fruition, State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) announced in a press release Monday.
05.13.2015 Government Thiele calls tax relief ‘top priority’ for State Legislature The most important priority the State Legislature needs to concentrate on in its remaining five weeks is to provide real property tax relief, Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor)...
03.27.2015 Editorials Editorial: Let’s keep the ‘bay’ in goals of Peconic Bay CPF The Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund has never been just about protecting agriculture, farms and open space. At its heart, the program, which took effect in 1999, has always...
11.21.2014 Editorials Editorial: A quality water-quality idea Because it’s not something that’s very visible to the untrained eye — or even, really, the trained eye — deteriorating water quality can go overlooked and underemphasized. When you...
