Steve Bellone: State, feds should close Fire Island breach now
Photo credit: Doug Kuntz | This photo shows the view looking north at the site of the new breach caused on Fire Island caused by superstorm Sandy. (March 9, 2013)
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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and leaders of South Shore communities yesterday called on state and federal authorities to close a breach in Fire Island created by superstorm Sandy.
By evening, the state Department of Environmental Conservation started administrative procedures to move quickly if it opts to close the breach, but the agency had not committed to closing the breach or...
