Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino joined with numerous School Board Presidents from across the county, as well as Supervisor Jen DeSena of North Hempstead and Supervisor Don Clavin of Hempstead, to demand that State lawmakers eliminate the State Housing Plan to flood suburbs and single-family home neighborhoods with thousands of new apartments. In addition to resulting in high density housing flooding every community and spot zoning, this mandate would overcrowd classrooms and threaten the quality of education statewide.

 

“We join together to express grave concerns related to the Governor’s Housing Mandate and what overdevelopment could do to Long Island schools,” Supervisor Saladino said. “This plan will overcrowd classrooms and compromise the quality of our children’s education. Many schools would need to construct extensions onto their buildings and millions more in tax dollars would be needed to properly fund our schools. Aside from the financial impact, services would also be threatened. From before/after school programs to sports teams, many students are already unable to obtain services. The Governor’s plan will make this existing problem much worse.”

 

The three Town Supervisors joined local district officials to voice their concerns of how the Governor’s urbanization plan would negatively impact the environment, traffic, parking, emergency services, police protection, local utilities and schools. They also asked the public to join them in contacting state officials to demand that this proposal not move forward.

 

To help have their voices heard against this proposal, residents can visit www.oysterbaytown.com/sos and sign the petition telling state representatives their opposition to the plan.