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Sag Harbor Holds Community Meeting on Housing Needs

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Sag Harbor Trustee Jeanne Kane speaks at a village affordable workshop on Saturday. KYRIL BROMLEY
David Berridge suggested a freeze on commercial property development would reduce the need for affordable housing. KYRIL BROMLEY
Lorraine Dusky asks a question from the audience at the Sag Harbor Village Board's workshop on affordable housing on Saturday. KYRIL BROMLEY
Anthony Brandt said the best place for affordable housing would be on Sag Harbor-owned land outside the village limits. KYRIL BROMLEY
Ed Hollander said the village could not solve the entire affordable housing crisis, but had to solve it for the people who make up its workforce. KYRIL BROMLEY
Members of the Sag Harbor Village Board, from left, Trustee Bob Plumb, Trustee Aidan Corish, Mayor Tom Gardella, Trustee Ed Haye, and Trustee Jeanne Kane at Saturday's affordable housing workshop. KYRIL BROMLEY
Ed Hollander said the village could not solve the entire affordable housing crisis, but had to solve it for the people who make up its workforce. KYRIL BROMLEY
Sag Harbor Trustee Aidan Corish said solving the housing crisis will require a regional effort. KYRIL BROMLEY
Trustee Bob Plumb said the village and towns would likely be limited in how much they could increase density beyond existing zoning laws for affordable housing developments. KYRIL BROMLEY
Former Sag Harbor Police Chief Tom Fabiano was one of many members of the public to speak at the Sag Harbor Village Board's forum on affordable housing on Saturday. KYRIL BROMLEY
Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni said the town was ready to help the town find solutions to its housing problem. KYRIL BROMLEY
Sag Harbor Mayor Thomas Gardella said he wanted to hear from a broad swath of the public on affordable housing. KYRIL BROMLEY
Trustee Ed Haye said the village was trying to provide housing for its workforce that would remain affordable in perpetuity. KYRIL BROMLEY
Sag Harbor Village Trustees Bob Plumb Trustee Aidan Corish, Mayor Thomas Gardella. Trustee Ed Haye and Trustee Jeanne Kane. KYRIL BROMLEY

Sag Harbor Trustee Jeanne Kane speaks at a village affordable workshop on Saturday. KYRIL BROMLEY

David Berridge suggested a freeze on commercial property development would reduce the need for affordable housing. KYRIL BROMLEY

Lorraine Dusky asks a question from the audience at the Sag Harbor Village Board's workshop on affordable housing on Saturday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Anthony Brandt said the best place for affordable housing would be on Sag Harbor-owned land outside the village limits. KYRIL BROMLEY

Ed Hollander said the village could not solve the entire affordable housing crisis, but had to solve it for the people who make up its workforce. KYRIL BROMLEY

Members of the Sag Harbor Village Board, from left, Trustee Bob Plumb, Trustee Aidan Corish, Mayor Tom Gardella, Trustee Ed Haye, and Trustee Jeanne Kane at Saturday's affordable housing workshop. KYRIL BROMLEY

Ed Hollander said the village could not solve the entire affordable housing crisis, but had to solve it for the people who make up its workforce. KYRIL BROMLEY

Sag Harbor Trustee Aidan Corish said solving the housing crisis will require a regional effort. KYRIL BROMLEY

Trustee Bob Plumb said the village and towns would likely be limited in how much they could increase density beyond existing zoning laws for affordable housing developments. KYRIL BROMLEY

Former Sag Harbor Police Chief Tom Fabiano was one of many members of the public to speak at the Sag Harbor Village Board's forum on affordable housing on Saturday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni said the town was ready to help the town find solutions to its housing problem. KYRIL BROMLEY

Sag Harbor Mayor Thomas Gardella said he wanted to hear from a broad swath of the public on affordable housing. KYRIL BROMLEY

Trustee Ed Haye said the village was trying to provide housing for its workforce that would remain affordable in perpetuity. KYRIL BROMLEY

Sag Harbor Village Trustees Bob Plumb Trustee Aidan Corish, Mayor Thomas Gardella. Trustee Ed Haye and Trustee Jeanne Kane. KYRIL BROMLEY

Both Sag Harbor Mayor Tom Gardella and Curtis Highsmith, the executive director of the Southampton Town Housing Authority, put a personal touch on the seemingly intractable problem of the lack... more

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