LATEST NEWS FROM NHNP

10/23/24: Planning Board Issues Negative SEQRA Declaration; NHNP Refiles Article 78
9/25/24: NHNP Rebuttal Postpones SEQRA Vote
9/24/24: NHNP Fires Back on Latest VBE Document
9/12/24: New VBE Vendor Submits New EEAF Form
8/24/24: NHNP Outlines Flaws in Latest VBE Submission
8/13/24: NHNP Asks State Experts for Help
8/8/24: Developers Issue Expanded EEAF
8/5/24: Another NHNP
Plea for Positive SEQRA Declaration
8/5/24: Unkechaug Chief Warns Board Against Potential Desecration
6/26/24: Town Planning Board Tables Vineyard Bay Estates Resolution...at Developers' Request
5/30/24: Town Reverses Previous Vineyard Bay Estates Resolution
4/15/24: NHNP Brings Fight to New York State Supreme Court

NHNP IN THE PRESS

Times Huntington & Northport 7-18-24: TOH Planning Board revokes approval of Halesite development

Newsday 7-8-24: Board's Retracing Its Steps. Town of Huntington reverses approval of development after lawsuit cites errors.

Northport Observer 6-6-24: Subdivision rescinded after town failed to follow the law

Long Islander 6-6-24: Letter to the Editor from
George C. Pezold

Newsday 4-26-24: To Develop or Not Develop

The Times of Huntington-Northport 3-21-24: Residents plead with Huntington Town Board to take action

News 12 Long Island 3-12-24: Halesite residents say 'no' to subdivision

The Times of Huntington-Northport 3-9-24: Town of Huntington preliminarily approves Vineyard Bay Estates

8/8/24: Developer’s Environmental Vendor Issues 144-page Expanded EEAF In Effort to Prove Buildability of Halesite Land

Updated: Sep 24, 2024

A 144-page document from the Vineyard Bay Estates environmental vendor Nelson Pope Voorhis purports to address serious issues raised by the Nathan Hale Nature Preserve civic association on the destruction of Halesite land slated for a proposed subdivision.

The expanded EEAF form and attorney's letter accompanying it are available below.

8/5/24: NHNP Agains Petitions Town Officials for Positive SEQRA Declaration on Halesite Land

Neighbors united as the Nathan Hale Nature Preserve Inc civic group again formally petitioned the TOH Planning Board to coordinate with all appropriate state and local agencies in a full SEQRA investigation of Halesite land slated for a subdivision

See document here

8/5/24: Unkechaug Nation Chief Asks Planning Board Halt Halesite Land Development; Warns Against Potential Desecration

Updated: Sep 20, 2024

In a formal letter, Harry Wallace, Chief of the Unkechaug Nation, vehemently objected to the development of Halesite land slated for the proposed Vineyard Bay Estates and requested the Town of Huntington Planning Board halt further activity. Referring to the land’s designation by New York State as archeologically sensitive, Chief Wallace stated, “This property is an area that contains known burials of our people as well as archaeological artifacts of significant spiritual and cultural value.” To eliminate the possibility of desecration, he petitioned for a thorough investigation and archeological survey under the oversight of an independent monitor.

In interviews with the Nathan Hale Nature Preserve Committee, Chief Wallace identified ground penetrating radar as the investigative tool that should be employed when searching for burial sites and archeological artifacts of the Native Americans who were the First Peoples of Long Island.

The full letter from Chief Wallace to the Town of Huntington officials is available here.