Nearby: Adelphi Expansion Wins OK

Adelphi Expansion Wins Approval
Garden City Village trustees unanimously approved Adelphi University's application to erect a nearly 100,000 square foot two- and three-story building on a portion of its Garden City campus after the continuation of a public hearing on the matter.

The Nexus Building and Welcome Center is expected to take 21 months to complete. The application must again go before the village's Architectural Design Review Board and Planning Commission before coming back to the village board, which has the authority to grant final site plan approval.

Cosmos Cut Ribbon at Mitchel Field

The New York Cosmos celebrated the ribbon cutting of their new practice facility at Mitchel Field this week. 

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was in Bay Shore Friday morning for a tour of North Shore-LIJ's Mildred and Frank Feinberg Division of the Unified Behavioral Center for Military Veterans and Their Families. 

The facility, which opened at 132 E. Main Street in 2012 in collaboration with the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs, offers behavioral health care to both veterans and their families in one location. 

Long Beach Urges HUD to Change Rules 
The Long Beach City Council is calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to waive a policy that would negatively affect Sandy victims who rejected Small Business Administration (SBA) loans in the aftermath of the storm because they could not afford to take on more debt.

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, which comes in the form of a grant, not a loan, is intended to supplement other forms of available aid and cover only “unmet need.”

In determining that amount, HUD regulations provide that any SBA loans for which a homeowner is approved are counted against the amount of unmet need, even if the loan was not accepted by the homeowner.

McCarthy Reveals Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who has represented the 4th congressional district since 1996, announced in a statement Monday that she has a treatable form of cancer.

The 69-year-old former nurse from Mineola said that her annual health physical led to a diagnosis of lung cancer. 

Huntington Chamber President Dies
Lawrence A. Kushnick, sworn in less than two weeks ago as chairman of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce, died suddenly Monday. He was 51 years old. 
Kushnick was actively involved in many organizations and could frequently be found at civic meetings, including a community meeting Thursday in Huntington Station led by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. 

He also served as chairman of the Long Island Fall Festival and was frequently spotted during the festival, zipping around the park in a golf cart with Bob Bontempi, who he succeeded as chamber chairman.

He was buried Wednesday in Huntington Jewish Cemetery, Huntington Station.