64,000 Square Feet Not Enough--Rennert Wants More Space
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The Rennert property in Sagaponack. BY PRESS FILE
The Rennert property in Sagaponack. BY PRESS FILE
on May 21, 2013
Ira Rennert, whose Sagaponack compound is among the largest private residences in the nation and spurred more restrictive building codes, is now looking to expand. Representatives of Mr. Rennert have... more
The New York State Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Monday, March 24, that would acknowledge and reinstate recognition of the Montaukett Nation — if it can make it past the governor’s desk. The effort is the seventh such measure, with the last ending by way of a veto by Governor Kathy Hochul in December, despite unanimous support in the Assembly and the State Senate. A 1910 ruling in the State Supreme Court case Pharaoh v. Benson declared the tribe extinct when a judge sided with the descendants of Arthur Benson, a developer, in granting them Montaukett lands, the Express ...
by Jack Motz
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on May 21, 2013