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Resident urges council to address developer abatements and school funding cuts, calls Health & Technology Center payout unnecessary
Summary
Resident Vincent Lepore told the Long Branch City Council on March 25 that developer tax abatements and a governor-proposed education cut (about $1,275,000) are shifting costs to taxpayers and criticized an approximately $8,149,000 payout for a Health and Technology Center as unnecessary; he also raised concerns about Brookdale College real estate activity and the health department director's absences.
Vincent Lepore of 33 Ocean Terrace used the public-comment period at the Long Branch City Council meeting on March 25 to press elected officials on several fiscal and accountability concerns. Lepore said the governor's budget includes a cut that will reduce the city's Board of Education funding by about $1,275,000 and argued that long-term tax abatements for developments — citing a 30-year abatement for the Palone Pier Village…
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