East Hampton Town Trustees - East Hampton Town Trustees

Beach Lane Wainscott Newly paved road after cable installation of South Fork Wind Farm. 5/23/23 EH Press Photo Mike Wright

South Fork Wind Farm- Cable Burial Finished

Beach Lane Wainscott Newly paved road after cable installation of South Fork Wind Farm 5/23/23 Photo Mike Wright EH Press Summer visitors returning to Wainscott this week for the first time since last September might never know the extent of the industrial construction that had taken place there overRead More

Pesticides- Public Registry Available: No Spray

Accabonac Harbor saltmarsh Photo Susan McGraw -Keber Great news for homeowners who don’t want the mosquito control program provided by Suffolk County Department of Public Works to spray near their property located near marsh and wetland areas. SMK On May 1, as part of its mosquito control program, theRead More

Spawning Season of Horseshoe Crabs

Horseshoe crab measuring and tagging During the month of May, lead by Trustee Tim Garneau, the annual spawning season and surveying of horseshoe crabs began. May 3rd was the kickoff of the 2023 horseshoe crab spawning survey . (Full Moon -2) Deputy Clerk Jim Grimes, and Trustees John Aldred,Read More

Meeting: May 22, 2023

Agenda I. Roll Call II. Public Comment III. New Business Set date for special meeting for Dock Inventory Trustee Front office sign IV. Old Business Quotes for Tree Removal on Bull Path Special Events – Update from meeting with Town Committee & attorneys V. Committee Reports Peconic Estuary PartnershipRead More

whale fluke photo from Whales Are So Common Now by David Lion Rattiner Hamptons.com

Protect the Whales – Organizations Request Federal Funding

In the past few years, the Atlantic Ocean coastline has seen several whales and other marine animals wash ashore, deceased. There are various causes that may have contributed to their demise. One of the main causes of death is from vessel strikes. The ocean is filled with large shipsRead More

Shellfish Harvesters in the Town of East Hampton

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Shellfisheries Section (Department) has determined that water quality in portions of Montauk Lake, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, Napeague Bay, and Accabonac Harbor adjacent to East Hampton Town has changed, requiring reclassification to protect public health. The Department has also determined that it was necessary to make technical changes to improve enforcement and readability of the regulations in portions of Montauk Harbor, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, Fresh Pond, Napeague Bay, Northwest Harbor, Northwest Creek, Accabonac Harbor and Georgica Pond.

On June 27, 2022, DEC filed a Notice of Emergency Adoption and Proposed Rulemaking to amend Title 6 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations, Part 41.3, “Sanitary Condition of Shellfish Land,” in Suffolk County. The new regulations are EFFECTIVE immediately (as of June 27, 2022).

Special Notice

Trustee Resolution 2022 – 28: To Appoint Counsel and Authorize Legal Proceedings

During the regular meeting of the Board on February 14, 2022, the Board of Trustees unanimously passed and approved a resolution to appoint Daniel A. Spitzer, Esq. and the law firm of Hodgson Russ LLP to represent the Trustees and the residents of the Town who wish to use the Trustees’ Fishing Reservation for commercial or recreational fishing, as the Trustees are currently a named defendant in the civil proceeding The Seaview at Amagansett, Ltd. et al/ v. Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of East Hampton et al. (Index No. 034714/20009). This resolution authorizes the intervention in the Town lawsuit and any necessary new proceeding, including action on behalf of individual residents or any class of residents and to authorize the entry into any joint defense or similar agreements.

Trustee Resolution 2022-28

Trustees Support Beach Access

The Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of East Hampton stand in full support of a condemnation of the 4,000 ft. stretch of beach known as “Seaview”” that was recently awarded ownership to adjacent homeowner’s associations in February of 2021 by a ruling of the New York State Supreme Court. The more recent decision of September 14th by the New York State Court of Appeals, denied a hearing of both the Town and the Trustees motions to appeal.