Public Shows Up. Planning Board Silences Them. Again

2/21/24: In a Planning Board meeting abruptly scheduled one week prior, with critical documents to support developers' intentions uploaded to Town website only 24 hours beforehand, the Vineyard Bay Estates developers received conditional approval for development site plans despite strong community opposition.

Attorneys for the Nathan Hale Nature Preserve Committee, a steering committee of concerned residents, filed letters with the Town of Huntington Planning Board and the Town Board, asking them to pause their deliberations until New York State SEQRA determinations were investigated.

They were unsuccessful and the Planning Board voted to allow developers to proceed.

At the previous Planning Board meeting concerning the development, on October 11 , 2023, the public was not allowed to speak and the Board spoke for them, though they were in attendance and objecting.

At the first Planning Board hearing on Vineyard Bay Estates, August 2, 2023, public input was limited to 3-minute speeches, though the developers and their representatives were not constrained in their presentations.