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A rider demanded a board member apologize for mocking her speech, while the committee also approved a Westbury housing project and reported a $365 million budget surplus.

Deaf and disabled riders pressed the board on emergency alerts and paratransit scheduling as officials detailed a nine-day A train shutdown and the Eagle team fare-enforcement pause.

The committee also heard updates on signal modernization, accessibility projects and a Metro North viaduct finished years ahead of schedule.

Residents spoke for and against proposed battery storage facilities in Manorville and Holtsville as the town board adopted senior and veteran tax exemptions and bond measures.

Residents challenged a proposed 2027 budget that could raise taxes beyond New York's cap, while the board closed public hearings on gas-piping fees without voting.

Huntington and Northport-East Northport school officials asked for earlier notice on PILOT deals as the agency approved the Silver Fox Northport facility.

Residents and descendants urged denial of a 3-lot subdivision that would raze an 1870 home in Setauket's Bethel Christian Avenue district; the board held the matter pending a state review.

Officials worked through nearly every line of the 2026 budget, weighing whether to pull more money from a building-fund reserve to bring the tax levy increase down from 6.5% to about 4.5%.

Shinnecock Shores residents described flooded yards and costs up to $100,000 as trustees weighed a six-month pause on non-like-kind bulkhead replacement permits.

Residents debated a petition to allow dogs on the beach in the off-season as the council also discussed several tax settlements and contracts without a recorded vote.

The town board rejected recycling bids, set a $1.09 million farmland purchase hearing and heard residents and a farm advocate disagree over a proposed poultry operation.

The county attorney told a budget committee his office is also working to settle a lawsuit with exposure topping $200 million.

A deleted permit requirement in the town's dock-repair law let several West Neck Harbor projects proceed without town oversight, officials said.

The town board also heard pleas from two food-assistance groups to direct $90,000 in federal grant money their way next year.

Residents and the Northport-East Northport school district raised concerns over a proposed PILOT for an 86-unit assisted living project on Pulaski Road.

The county's budget review office projected a $284 million surplus but flagged sales-tax volatility and a proposed cut to a health emergency fund.

A planner presented an environmental study on golf course zoning while officials detailed a water-main flushing plan and proposed budget amendments cutting the tax levy increase.

The board also found a long-running concrete-crushing facility's environmental review incomplete and heard a request to redraw a subdivision's school-district lines.

The project, funded by congestion pricing, will add four elevators and new fare gates as the agency also faces questions over a fare-enforcement altercation.

The board also heard public comment on a disputed home listing, driveway damage from a sidewalk project and a request to rename Red Creek Park.

Lawmakers also advanced dozens of bond measures and heard public comment on hotel tax money owed to East End towns and a closed child care assistance program.

A Port Washington resident pressed the town board on a proposed 12% sewer district budget increase as members certified the town's own preliminary budget for a hearing set Oct. 28.

The board also approved shed and setback variances for two Deer Park homes at a Thursday meeting on Long Island.

A resident told the Public Safety Committee police let a supervisor's family avoid charges in a stalking case; legislators also pressed Flock Safety on data privacy.

The board closed hearings on a veterans tax break and new EV charging regulations without voting, while approving a deadline for a vacant Amityville house.

Gov. Hochul said the expansion follows a pilot at 20 stations that cut fare evasion by an average of 35%, with the agency aiming to cover all 472 stations.

The town board also approved a Calverton farm appraisal, sought proposals for a Main Street site and heard disputes over a developer's tree clearing and immigration policy.

City officials detailed storm damage and the council approved about $6.9 million in state grants and contracts for drainage, parking lot and street projects.

The town board closed hearings on a Deer Park motel renovation and a vacant-corner redevelopment, reserving decisions on both applications.

Lawmakers also advanced four budget items while abstaining pending further hearings, and a legislator asked when a gas tax holiday bill would get a vote.

The Brookhaven Town Board set a Nov. 5 hearing on the budget plan and also approved a Centereach stormwater project and zoning changes for a Farmingville medical campus.

The agency took no vote on either project, leaving written comment open after a manufacturer pitched a plant at EPCAL and no one appeared for a downtown hotel hearing.

The contract covers work between Spuyten Duyvil and Hastings-on-Hudson, part of an $800 million investment in a line where officials say half the tracks already face flood risk during storms.

County officials warned of 4 to 5 inches of rain and winds up to 60 mph, canceled Saturday events and weighed a Fire Island evacuation.

The town board also swore in two new police officers and adopted tax and zoning changes as advocates pressed for an immigration accountability law.

Neighbors described years of nighttime humming from the North Oak Street facility as the board pressed the applicant on further noise mitigation.

Disability advocates asked the agency to move AccessRide's 5 p.m. reservation deadline to midnight, while officials outlined safety steps after a flagger was killed on the tracks.