Uhl Supports Consolidation Of Sewer Districts

Says Suozzi Plan To Merge Local Districts Will Save Taxpayers Money

Lauding County Executive Tom Suozzi for taking the first steps toward the meaningful consolidation and elimination of costly and wasteful special districts, Michael Uhl, candidate for County Legislator in the 8th LD, was quick to urge legislators to approve the plan.

"The consolidation of local sewer districts, involving four municipalities [the Villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence and the Cities of Glen Cove and Long Beach] will be the first step toward reducing waste and eradicating duplicative services," said Uhl.

The municipalities have agreed to consolidate their sewage treatment operations with the County’s Sewer and Storm Water Authority.

"This will be a great savings to homeowners," Uhl said, referencing the efforts of Residents for Efficient Special Districts, a non-partisan, not for profit civic organization devoted to advocating for the most efficient and effective provision of Fire, Sanitation, and Water services. "Taxpayers have been paying too much for too little for far too long!"

The consolidation proposal must pass muster of the Nassau County Legislature, as well as local and town authorities.

"If this measure is still pending before the County Legislature when I take office in January," declared an optomistic Uhl, " you can count me as a definite 'Yea.'"