Southampton Town Board Candidate Rick Martel Seeks Second Term
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Southampton Town Councilman Rick Martel TOM GOGOLA
Southampton Town Councilman Rick Martel TOM GOGOLA
Tom Gogola on Nov 1, 2023
Rick Martel kicks back in his office chair at his business, Skidmore’s Sports & Styles sporting goods store on Main Street in Hampton Bays, and points to a framed article... more
It’s tempting to say that, when it comes to the affordable housing crisis on the South Fork, the hard part is over — the heavy lifting that it took to get the Community Housing Fund approved in Albany, and by local voters in a referendum, was no small feat. Now that it’s in place, the money is flowing freely: Just a year in, both Southampton and East Hampton towns already have upward of $10 million to spend. For years, the lamentation was “if only we had the money …” Full marks to everyone who addressed that. But an Express Sessions ...
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