Although the law has long favored the free and unencumbered use of property, the Broadway Flushing Homeowners Association, Inc. (“BFHA”) recently obtained a legal victory upholding a 1909 private covenant that continues to preserve the park-like character of its suburban neighborhood in North Flushing. See, Broadway Flushing Homeowners’ Association, Inc. v Eastern NY Enterprises,
The “Taking” of Neptune Beach Club – Will Southampton Town Buy the Nui$ance?
On September 10, 2013, the Town of Southampton adopted a Resolution authorizing the “acquisition” of the ever popular and quite infamous Neptune Beach Club (referred to by partygoers as “Neptunes”) located on Dune Road in Hampton Bays. The source of funding for the acquisition is the Community Preservation Fund (“CPF”) established in 1998 and adopted