07.18.2024 News Village brings CPF debate to Southold Should the Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund, which was created to preserve Southold’s farmland and open spaces, be used to support water quality protection efforts in the Village...
01.03.2023 News Thiele: Community Preservation Funds decline for 11 months of 2022 As is typical, money coming into local coffers of the five East End town to their Community Preservation Fund accounts lags the calendar by a few months. But because...
08.14.2022 Government Town Hall Notes: Using CPF funds, Southold Town to acquire parcel along Laurel Avenue The Town Board plans to purchase a 43.6-acre parcel along Laurel Avenue in Southold for open space preservation, according to a resolution passed Tuesday. The property would cost the...
03.16.2022 Government Southold Town Board starts discussion about community housing fund referendum The Southold Town Board indicated plans to hire a consultant to help lay out a blueprint for community housing funds ahead of a potential referendum in November. In October,...
09.06.2021 News CPF revenues continue to rise on East End Revenues for the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund during the first seven months of 2021 were 114.8% higher than for the same period in 2020, according to Assemblyman Fred...
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.
01.09.2019 Environment CPF money to be used for water quality improvements Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a pair of new state laws that will allow the five East End towns to use Community Preservation Fund money for water quality improvements...
12.08.2017 Editorials Editorial: Senate tax bill, if enacted, could impact CPF Local and state officials have come out strongly against a federal tax bill that has passed the Senate and is now in committee in the House of Representatives, which...
11.10.2016 Government Town considers raising income requirements for CPF exemption Only 17 properties in Southold Town would currently qualify for an exemption to the 2-percent land transfer tax that funds the Community Preservation Fund, according to an analysis done for...
11.09.2016 Government Environmentalists applaud landslide victory for CPF extension Local environmentalists are thanking voters for their overwhelming approval of the Community Preservation Fund, a proposition that was approved Tuesday by wide margins in each of the five East End towns.
