Nassau to vote on acquiring Mill Neck estate

Legislature was scheduled to vote Monday on buying most of the 31-acre Smithers Estate in Mill Neck for about $8 million and preserving it as open space.

[Richie]

Why is Nassau County looking to AQUIRE open space in one place, yet seeks to get rid of it in another?

Why is nassau so hell bent on selling off its Parks such as Stillwell and Massapequa Preserve?

It makes NO sense!!!

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lipres02...

[evidently]

good point!!

[Southbound]

Are there underprivledged children in Mill Neck that need a park? Are there poor, hardworking people in Mill Neck without access to the water, or a pool to swim in? Will any Nasau residents be able to pack up a picnic basket and go to this park to hang out in Mill neck?
If the answer to these questions is no, then maybe this is an inside deal between Nassau and a rich 'friend' of the Nassau government. I'd be looking into how much the 8 million dollar property is actually worth!
This makes no sense... I smell a rat!

[sickofit]

Did'nt anyone notice all the open space purchases are NOrth shore. Looks like money talks. Suozzi and his cronies are taking care of thier own as usual. They don't care about what happens to places like the Massapequa Preserve.

Richie wrote:

Why is Nassau County looking to AQUIRE open space in one place, yet seeks to get rid of it in another?
Why is nassau so hell bent on selling off its Parks such as Stillwell and Massapequa Preserve?
It makes NO sense!!!
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lipres02...

[hmmmmmm]

I would think that the Mill Neck Village zoning laws are sufficient for preserving that space. Find something better to do with 8 million than maintain open space in the rich folks village.

[mike]

25 acres in mill neck would go for a lot more than than 8 mil to some developer.a nature park in mill neck would be a great place for nassau resident to go to on a nice day - save these locations when you can

[not so]

QUOTE......"The Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously Monday to buy most of the 31-acre Smithers Estate in Mill Neck for $7.8 million and preserve it as open space."

as a taxpaying resident of NC, i would have preferred to receive part of the 7.8 million dollars as a "refund".
NC already has enough parks, the land should have been sold to an individual buyer creating more money/revenue for the county, now the county gets stuck with another piece of property to take care of and maintain.
not good thinking on this purchase.....

[Eddie Mush]

When countless families are suffering under extremely high property taxes and could use some relief, more land is going to be taken off the top shelf rolls? This does not make sense. But then again, coming from Tom Suozzi, it makes all the sense in the world (to him at least).

[Si Senor]

not so wrote:

QUOTE......"The Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously Monday to buy most of the 31-acre Smithers Estate in Mill Neck for $7.8 million and preserve it as open space."
as a taxpaying resident of NC, i would have preferred to receive part of the 7.8 million dollars as a "refund".
NC already has enough parks, the land should have been sold to an individual buyer creating more money/revenue for the county, now the county gets stuck with another piece of property to take care of and maintain.
not good thinking on this purchase.....

You're totally correct, and besides the residents would rather have a few new homes built and occupied by people that can afford to live there rather than having park goers coming and going at all times of the day/night and the trouble that brings!

[Subsidy Housing]

NC should build affordable housing for poor people up there in Mill Neck.

[Wayne Williams]

Subsidy Housing wrote:

NC should build affordable housing for poor people up there in Mill Neck.

I agree. Get some brothers up there.
We need low income housing.
I would move there in a flash.

[Glen Cove Lady]

That price is a STEAL.

There's no way they'd allow low income housing there.

[Good job]

Excellent purchase

[JayK]

I agree that a burdened populace shouldn't bear the burden of buying open property like this. But then why did it approve the bond issue in the first place? There is simply no consistency in the people's complaints. Cut my taxes! Reduce the size of government! And oh yeah, borrow some money to buy big open pieces of property so we can keep them that way. Sorry, people, but you can't have all three.

[tango]

I know the property Wonderful purchase In the future residents will go there and at the same time visit Plantings Fields which is owned by the State As for the taxpayer in Colorado who is an NC tax payer in NC the tax refund he wants would have been less than 5 cents

[Oyster Bay Resident]

I am totally for this purchase. And true - this Bond was already voted for by the taxpayers, they had to use it to purchaseopen space. All areas are welcome to sumit suggestions for acquisition it's just a matter of finding large available plots of land. And this one was of significant environmental importance. Thank you Suozzi!

[hey there]

sickofit wrote:

Did'nt anyone notice all the open space purchases are NOrth shore. Looks like money talks. Suozzi and his cronies are taking care of thier own as usual. They don't care about what happens to places like the Massapequa Preserve.
<quoted text>

because no one cares about the south shore

[yup]

tango wrote:

I know the property Wonderful purchase In the future residents will go there and at the same time visit Plantings Fields which is owned by the State As for the taxpayer in Colorado who is an NC tax payer in NC the tax refund he wants would have been less than 5 cents

1.3 residents in NC, if all taxpaying, i said taxpaying people got a refund, it would be more like 2 or 3 dollars, not the 5 cents you stated. lol
the point i was making is that selling to a private developer would have been more profitable to the county, not spending more money, then having to raise taxes to help maintain and care for this property which we DON'T need. NC has enough parks and open area's already.
what the county should do is hire more security to keep the parks safe, so more people would actually use them.
and i do live in NC even thou my ISP address is elsewhere.

[Moe Litvak]

Si Senor wrote:

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You're totally correct, and besides the residents would rather have a few new homes built and occupied by people that can afford to live there rather than having park goers coming and going at all times of the day/night and the trouble that brings!

I cant wait for it to open so me and my biker friends can roll in bright and early to start some hard core picnicking.

[bay]

This purchase is great. Protecting the watershed will provide benefits that that we all can enjoy for what seems to be a fair price. Check out the you tube links. It makes sense ecologically .