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06.13.2017 Government

County urges state to pass law clarifying farmland program

Suffolk County lawmakers are urging the passage of state legislation that would permit development for agricultural uses on protected farmland.

02.08.2017 Agriculture

Farmers urge county to pass law to sidestep court ruling

More than a dozen farmers, most from the East End, spoke at a Tuesday public hearing in Hauppauge in support of a proposed Suffolk County law that would sidestep...

01.13.2017 Editorials

Editorial: Where does the public fit in this farmland debate?

A feud between Suffolk County officials and a local environmentalist over farmland development rights is reaching a fever pitch. Essentially at stake is whether farmers have the right to...

01.10.2017 Agriculture

Suffolk drafting law to help farmers sidestep court ruling

Jeff Rottkamp, owner of Fox Hollow Farm in Baiting Hollow, had been preparing to join Suffolk County’s farmland preservation program. But those plans changed in September, when a New...

12.28.2016 Columns

Guest Spot: Big win on farmland for voters, taxpayers

Christmas came early for Suffolk County voters in the form of a New York State Supreme Court decision on preserving farmland.

11.22.2016 Agriculture

Suffolk appeals ruling against development on preserved farmland

Suffolk County lawmakers and farmers are supporting the county’s decision to appeal a recent New York State Supreme Court ruling that deems development on preserved farmland illegal.

12.16.2015 Environment

Cuomo OK’s changes to CPF regs; referendum coming next year

The Community Preservation Fund, which has been used to protect over 10,000 acres of land on the East End since it was signed into law in 1999, will now expand...

03.26.2015 Letters

Featured Letter: Don’t touch the CPF fund

To the editor: Richard Amper should tinker in his own toolbox, not the 2 percent tax fund. The reason for the land preservation program was to preserve farmland, to...

03.19.2015 Columns

Amper: Expand preservation fund to tackle water quality

On April 2, East Enders will celebrate an important milestone: The Community Preservation Fund will have generated over $1 billion and preserved more than 10,000 acres of open space...

06.05.2014 Agriculture

Settling a dirty water dispute: Bellone, enviros reach agreement

After environmentalists sued Suffolk County earlier this year for “raiding” more than $30 million dollars from the county’s Drinking Water Protection Program, environmentalists and county leaders announced an agreement that...

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