Owners of multimillion-dollar Hamptons beachfront homes shouldn't have been allowed to install steel bulkheads and boulders to protect their properties after Superstorm Sandy, town officials said in a recent lawsuit. Southampton Town trustees — elected officials charged with protecting beaches for public benefit — argue that the structures behind at least eight homes erode public beaches and make surrounding dunes more vulnerable during storm surges, Newsday reported Tuesday. The trustees filed the lawsuit Dec. 24 against the Southampton Village government and the state. The suit points to state coastal policies that call for responding to storm damage by...
Southampton trustees sue over post-Sandy bulkheads
Owners of multimillion-dollar Hamptons beachfront homes shouldn't have been allowed to install steel bulkheads and boulders to protect their properties after Superstorm Sandy, town officials said in a recent lawsuit. Southampton Town trustees — elected officials charged with protecting beaches for public benefit — argue that the structures behind at least eight homes erode public beaches and make surrounding dunes more vulnerable during storm surges, Newsday reported Tuesday. The trustees filed the lawsuit Dec. 24 against the Southampton Village government and the state. The suit points to state coastal policies that call for responding to storm damage by...
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