Garden City Enters Memorandum of Understanding With LIRR/MTA

The Garden City Board of Trustees, at its Feb. 27 meeting, authorized the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Long Island Rail Road/Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Deputy Mayor John DeMaro, who serves on the LIRR Third Track Committee with Mayor Brian Daughney, Trustee Stephen Makrinos and Department of Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco, said of the document: “This MOU is a culmination of many months of negotiations. We believe there are a significant number of benefits and protections for the Village in this MOU.”

The MTA/LIRR and the Village entered into this MOU to “memorialize commitments” both parties, in the spirit of cooperation, reached so the LIRR could address Village concerns with respect to possible impacts of the Third Track Project on the Village in general and on residents of and businesses located within the Village.

Copies of the MOU were made available at the February 27, 2018 Board meeting. To read the MOU in full, visit Garden City’s homepage, under Notifications and Alerts, at www.gardencityny.net.