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Express Sessions: Affordable Housing Funds Are Building, but the Challenges Are Towering

Express Sessions: A Year of CHF: Grading the Nascent Community Housing Fund

1 Video & 14 Photos

Panelist, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, Supervisor of East Hampton Town. DANA SHAW
Panelist and Director of Housing, East Hampton Town, Eric Schantz. DANA SHAW
Panelist and Director of Housing & Community Development for Southampton Town, Kara Bak. DANA SHAW
Panelist and Executive Director of the Southampton Housing Authority, Curtis E. Highsmith Jr. DANA SHAW
Audience member Dede Gotthelf Moan asks a question. DANA SHAW
Audience member Steve Abramson. DANA SHAW
Kirby Marcantonio. DANA SHAW
Myron Holtz. DANA SHAW
Sag Harbor Village Trustee Ed Haye. DANA SHAW
Sag Harbor Village Trustee Jeanne Kane. DANA SHAW
Rob Calvert. DANA SHAW
Greenport Mayor Kevin Stuessi. DANA SHAW
Barbara Fair. DANA SHAW
The panel at the Express Sessions, "A Year of CHF: Grading the Nascent Community Housing Fund, " on January 9 at Union Burger Bar in Southampton. DANA SHAW

Express Sessions: A Year of CHF: Grading the Nascent Community Housing Fund

Panelist, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, Supervisor of East Hampton Town. DANA SHAW

Panelist and Director of Housing, East Hampton Town, Eric Schantz. DANA SHAW

Panelist and Director of Housing & Community Development for Southampton Town, Kara Bak. DANA SHAW

Panelist and Executive Director of the Southampton Housing Authority, Curtis E. Highsmith Jr. DANA SHAW

Audience member Dede Gotthelf Moan asks a question. DANA SHAW

Audience member Steve Abramson. DANA SHAW

Kirby Marcantonio. DANA SHAW

Myron Holtz. DANA SHAW

Sag Harbor Village Trustee Ed Haye. DANA SHAW

Sag Harbor Village Trustee Jeanne Kane. DANA SHAW

Rob Calvert. DANA SHAW

Greenport Mayor Kevin Stuessi. DANA SHAW

Barbara Fair. DANA SHAW

The panel at the Express Sessions, "A Year of CHF: Grading the Nascent Community Housing Fund, " on January 9 at Union Burger Bar in Southampton. DANA SHAW

East Hampton and Southampton towns have seen the coffers of their respective Community Housing Fund accounts swell after a year of revenue generated from a half-percent tax on most real... more

Assessing the Impact of the Community Housing Fund | The Sessions Report Podcast

A new half percent tax on real estate purchases in Southampton and East Hampton towns ... 17 Jan 2025 by The Express News Group

Express Sessions Forum Tackles the Challenge of Solving the Sag Harbor Parking Puzzle

The five panelists at this week’s Express Sessions discussion generally agreed that solving the parking ... 10 Dec 2024 by Stephen J. Kotz

A Helping Hand: South Fork Nonprofits Work Tirelessly To Uplift Communities | The Sessions Report

As the holiday season approaches, there is an opportunity to take a moment to appreciate ... 21 Nov 2024 by The Express News Group

Nonprofit Leaders Discuss Challenges and New Ways Forward at Express Sessions Event

Leaders from seven of the East End’s nonprofit organizations — all of them women — ... 13 Nov 2024 by Cailin Riley

Cannabis and Its Economic Role on the East End | The Sessions Report Podcast

Since the recreational use of marijuana was legalized in March 2021, the rollout of the ... 1 Nov 2024 by The Sessions Report

Cannabis Sales on the South Fork Are Coming; Express Sessions Event Taps Expert Assessments

The start of legal sales of cannabis in New York State has been a rocky ... 30 Oct 2024 by Michael Wright

VIDEO: Express Sessions - Cannabis and Its Economic Role

The Express News Group held the latest in its Express Sessions panel discussion series in ... 25 Oct 2024 by Staff Writer

In Hampton Bays, Dueling Visions Voiced at Express Sessions Forum

Hampton Bays is in a state of flux. In the eyes of some, the hamlet’s ... 16 Oct 2024 by Michael Wright

Shifting Sands: Is Beach Nourishment the Best Option to Protect the Oceanfront? | The Session Report

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed an $11 million project that widened the ... 9 Apr 2024 by The Sessions Report

The Future Is Wet

Montauk was closest to mind at last week’s Express Sessions event focusing on beach nourishment: The results of a recent federal effort to bolster the sandy beaches and protect the hamlet’s business district were visible through the windows of oceanfront Gurney’s, which is safely up on the bluff. But the content of the discussion was of great importance to the entire South Fork: Beach nourishment is either part of the past, present or future for the length of the oceanfront, and even parts of the bay side. Beach nourishment is expensive, but it’s also largely effective both as a way ... by Editorial Board

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