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A4 * THE LONG-ISLANDER « APRIL 19, 2018 LonglslanderNews.com Please mention The Long Islander Newspapers when doing business with our advertisers. HUNTINGTON Hospital Installs $4.7M Cooling System Officials: More efficient system to save $240 000 per year A bird? No. A plane? Nope. A new, more efficient cooling system was recently lifted into the air and placed atop Huntington Hospital. \We're always looking at ways to make the hospital provide the best care for our patients and be more efficient,\ said Randy Howard Jr., vicepresident of operations at the hospital. And the new system will do just that, he added, asthe around $4.7-million project is expected to result in energy bill savings of around $240,000 per year - a 10-percent de- crease. Howard continued, \These new state of the art cooling systems provide nec- essary and reliable climate control for our 12 operating rooms, which contain advanced diagnostic and surgical equip- ment. The new cooling system will also HUNTINGTON STATION One of four the Iarge-eapacfly, 400-ton, air-cooled chillers recently mstalled at Hunt- ington Hospital is lifted into the air before being placed atop the north wing's roof. Board To Cuomo: Include Station In Private Investment Program By Connor Beach cbeach(alongislandergroup.com The Huntington Town Board is ask- ing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include two portions of Huntington Station as part of a federal program to generate private investment in low- to moder- ate-income communities. The board approved unanimously last week a resolution that named Huntington Station census tract 1109.02 as the town's top priority, and census tract 1110.02 as the second highest priorityfor the federal Op- portunity Zone designation. TOWN OF HUNTINGTON The first area is bounded north- south by the Big H and Pulaski Road and east-west by New York Avenue and Oakwood Road. It has a poverty rate of 14.8 percent and an unem- ployment rate of 6.9 percent. The second area is bounded north- south by Crooked Hill Road and Pu- laski Road and east-west by Park Av- enue and New York Avenue. It has a poverty rate of 26.7 percent and un- employment of 10.6 percent. The two areas are among the three census tracts within in the Town of Huntington - and each with Hunting- ton Station that qualify for the program. Nearly 15,000 people, or 7.2 per- # y cent of the town's population, live in these lower income areas, according to 2010 census data. The Opportunity Zones program was established in the Tax Cuts and i. Jobs Acts of 2017 and is designed to encourage private investment in low to moderate-income communities by establishing for private investors tax benefits on unrealized capital gains within the communities without the use of tax credits or public funds. Instead, Opportunity Funds allow investors to pool their resources and increase the \scale of investments go- County, Board Renew HART Payment Agreement The Town of Huntington entered into an agreement last week with Suf- folk to obtain operating assistance for the town's mass transit bus system. The resolution approving the agree- ment, sponsored by Councilman Mark Cuthbertson and seconded by Coun- cilwoman Joan Cergol, calls for $845,850 to be deposited into this year's State and County Aid Bus Op- erations budget lines. HART, or Huntington Area Rapid Transit, is the only town-operated and town-maintained public transportation system in Suffolk. It operates both fixed route buses for the general pub- lic and paratransit vehicles for dis- abled persons and senior citizens. The agreement is a recurring con- tract with the county that is renewed every three years, according to town spokeswoman Lauren Lembo. The town also received $845,850 from the county last year. The money is used to offset HART's operatmg expenses. The $845,850 in subsidies accounts for roughly 21 percent of the HART op- erating expenses. Lembo said $753,895 is paid from the New York Statewide Mass Trans- portation System Operating Assistance Program that is distributed based on a formula calculated using passenger and vehicle revenue miles. HART is reimbursed the remaining $91,955 from the Suffolk County Reduced Fare Program for eligible reduced fares. Cuthbertson said in an email Wednesday morning that the town would have had to come up with ad- ditional funds to subsidize the HART bus system if an agreement with the county was not reached, He added, \By entering into this agreement with Suffolk County it al- lows the State Transportation Operat- ing Assistance to subsidize our HART Bus system therefore reducmg oper- ating costs to our taxpayers.\ -BEACH support several other patient care units. Water cooled systems require a great deal of maintenance to prevent the growth of Legionella bacteria, so this new cooling system also represented an opportunity for us to provide safer care : for our patients.\ Mineola-based Lizardos Engineering designed the four large-capacity, 400- ton, air-cooled chillers, which now stand on the roof of the hospital's north wing. On top of the energy savings, Hunt- ington Hospital officials announced a partnership with PSEG for rebates under the utility's energy efficiency program. The chillers will yield a rebate of around $200,000; the hospital also received re- bates of $40,000 for its new boilers and $31,500 for LED lighting in the new ED. -WROBLEWSKI J ufim lab Gov. Andrew Cuomo ing to underserved areas,\ according to information from Empire State De- velopment, one of the state agencies that Cuomo has tasked with research- ing and outlining all possible Oppor- tunity Zones. Cuomo has the option to nominate anywherefrom 25 to around625 cen- sus tracts for approval from the Treas- ury Department; there are around 2,500 eligible tracts in the state, ac- cording to the U.S. Treasury Depart- ment. Cuomo must submit no later than April 20 his list of nominees to the treasury department, which will review and approve Cuomo's list. Huntington - Supervisor - Chad Lupinacci, who co-sponsored the res- olution with Councilwoman Joan Cer- gol, said any federal aid to investors would help build on the development projects, including Renaissance Down- town's plans, which are already mov- ing forward in Huntington Station. Lupinacei added, \It willdefinitely help support and bolster the efforts that we have going on right now.\ 20 Pl
