Vail-Leavitt Music Hall Deal Sparks Debate in Riverhead

Vail-Leavitt Music Hall
Dan’s Papers

Town of Riverhead officials’ contract negotiations to sell the historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall to The Jazz Loft, a Stony Brook-based nonprofit arts organization, have drawn calls for a more formal and transparent process. The Jazz Loft has offered $150,000 to purchase the 144-year-old theater, and plans to invest $250,000 in county grant funds toward…

Community Housing Funds Raise $44M as East End Rolls Out Plans

Michael Daly, founder of East End YIMBY
Dan’s Papers

David and his wife Jessica knew they were making a big, possibly risky, purchase. After three years of house hunting in East Hampton, they were finally negotiating on a modest three-bedroom, two-bathroom home. They stretched their savings thin, received some assistance from family, and kicked themselves for not having bought a home earlier when…

Riverhead Developer Charged with Check Crime

The G2D's Station One exterior in Riverhead
Dan’s Papers

A developer involved in the construction of mixed-use projects in the Town of Riverhead was arrested last month for an alleged financial crime, court records show. Gregory DeRosa was charged on March 23 with issuing a bad check, a misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in jail, stemming from an incident on June…