06.23.2015 Government CPF changes pass, though Riverhead still stuck paying just debt Legislation is awaiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature that would permit all five East End towns to use up to 20 percent of its Community Preservation Fund dollars for water quality...
03.27.2015 Editorials Editorial: Let’s keep the ‘bay’ in goals of Peconic Bay CPF The Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund has never been just about protecting agriculture, farms and open space. At its heart, the program, which took effect in 1999, has always...
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...
11.12.2014 Environment Could Community Preservation Fund be used to protect water, too? While lawmakers have proposed legislation to deal with deteriorating water quality such as mandating the use of costly wastewater treatment systems, one East End legislator has an idea for...
02.07.2014 Government CPF revenues up, though fund still ‘bankrupt,’ supe says Last year was a pretty good year for the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund. The fund, which uses money raised through a voter-approved 2 percent real estate transfer tax...
02.06.2014 Editorials Editorial: No town should be left behind in CPF program One of the last words any taxpayer wants to hear an elected official say is “bankrupt.” But that’s how Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter describes the town’s Community Preservation...
10.30.2013 Government State adds sea level rise as reason to justify CPF purchases Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted a law last week aimed at protecting and preserving East End coastlines that are at significant risk to climate change and sea level rise. Proposed...
10.11.2013 News Long term CPF debt looms large in Riverhead While Riverhead Town officials are primarily concerned with overcoming a deficit in the town’s general fund next year – which will be closed with $3.5 million in reserves –...