• County Votes YES To Ram Sewer Consolidation Down Residents Throat •
On Monday, June 8th, by an 11 to 8 vote, Nassau County voted YES to enter into an inter-municipal agreement with the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence to close down their sewage treatment plants, convert them to pump stations and send the sewage from those two villages to the county run Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant despite the pleas of concerned citizens from the Bay Park/East Rockaway community that feel the sewer plant is already overburdened and major upgrades are needed at the facility to prevent an environmental disaster and the impending demise of the marine ecosystem in the bays and estuaries of the South Shore.
Despite the fact that over the past 18 months hundreds of Bay Park/East Rockaway residents gave elected officials first hand accounts of the many environmental and quality of life issues that already impact us negatively due to living within yards of a sewage treatment plant that processes over 60 million gallons of raw sewage each day, the county voted YES.
Despite the fact that hundreds of questions from concerned residents of Bay/East Rockaway pertaining to the future environmental impact consolidation would have upon the bay went unanswered over the past 18 months, the county voted YES.
Despite the fact that the county's "back door" funding of the consolidation project may prove to be illegal, they voted YES.
Despite the fact that all Nassau County residents will see increased sewer rates due to the consolidation project and only the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst had their sewer rates frozen for 10 years as part of this deal (their rates will not change even if the rest of the county’s does), they still voted YES.
It is a sad day in Nassau County for all of its citizens when the voice of the people falls upon deaf ears as elected officials choose to ignore the concerns of their constituents and impose their will upon the very people they were elected to represent.
Stay posted as news of our valiant effort to stop the consolidation plan from happening goes forward. In the meantime please email or phone the county legislators who voted YES to sewer consolidation and tell them you are a concerned citizen that is against sewer consolidation and demand the county provide significant upgrades to treat the effluent and secure the funds to build an ocean outfall pipe from the Bay Park plant before any more sewage is added.
Legislators Who Voted YES To Sewer Consolidation
Jeff Toback - (516) 571-6207 • email: jtoback@nassaucountyny.gov
Kevan Abrahams - (516) 571-6201 • email: kabrahams@nassaucountyny.gov
Roger Corbin - (516) 571-6202 • email: rcorbin@nassaucountyny.gov
Denise Ford - (516) 571-6204 • email: dford@nassaucountyny.gov
Joe Scannell - (516) 571-6205 • email: jscannell@nassaucountyny.gov
Judy Bosworth - (516) 571-6210 • email: jbosworth@nassaucountyny.gov
Wayne Wink - (516) 571-6211 • email: wwink@nassaucountyny.gov
Dave Mejias - (516) 571-6214 • email: jmejias@nassaucountyny.gov
Judy Jacobs - (516) 571-6216 • email: jjacobs@nassaucountyny.gov
Diane Yatauro - (516) 571-6218 • email: dyatauro@nassaucountyny.gov
Dave Denenberg - (516) 571-6219 • email: ddenenberg@nassaucountyny.gov
