Water Issue Discussed at Lynbrook Village Board Meeting

Lynbrook Mayor William Hendrick wants residents to know that he isn’t planning on taking a proposed price increase on water lying down. 

Long Island American Water (LIAW), Lynbrook’s water supplier, had That percentage was recently lowered to 12 percent after the issue was brought before the New York Public Service Commission.

However, the board is still not satisfied. Hendrick urged residents at Monday night's Village meeting to attend a meeting on Dec. 13 at the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion in Hempstead, to express their concerns about the increase.

Prior to the public portion of the meeting, the board voted to continue to converse with the LIAW president in hopes of bringing the numbers down further.

If the conversations do not go well, the board said they may decide to take further action to prevent Lynbrook residents from absorbing the financial brunt.

“I don’t want the water company to think that we’re rolling over and taking what they’re offering,” Hendrick said. “We’re still out there on the hunt to make this better.”

Small business was also a popular topic of conversation at the meeting. Trustee Hilary Becker spoke about new businesses who are interested in entering Lynbrook. T.D Bank, MRI center , Marriott, and a are looking to move into the village.

“All these projects look good, so we’re just keeping our fingers crossed,” Becker said.

Hendrick stressed that Lynbrook is open to having a multitude of businesses enter the area.

“This country is founded on business,” Hendrick said. “We are open for business because it’s good for the taxpayer.”

Becker added that the stronger Lynbrook’s commercial base is, the less taxes need to be raised from the residents. 

Chamber of Commerce President William Gaylor spoke about a new program entitled “Project Pride,” focusing on what is good about the Lynbrook community.

As a kick off, the chamber will be having a dinner to recognize local officials, including deputy mayor, Alan Beach. “The Project Pride Awards Dinner” will be held on Jan. 19 at the St. Mary’s Council Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m.

“With all the negativity in the media about the economy and the world, the chamber is launching what we hope will be a campaign to showcase how great we are,” Gaylor said. “We want to show how much pride we have in our village government, our school district, our community, and our businesses.”    

All money raised at the dinner will be given back to the community in the form of “charitable contributions.”     

The next village meeting will be held on Monday, Dec. 19.