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Article: Paying bill for duck farm: Suffolk County, Brookhaven Town buy development rights to largest of its kind on LI, to prevent housing.
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- Newsday (Melville, NY)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2007
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Byline: Erik German
May 10--Brookhaven Town and Suffolk County have purchased the development rights to the 47-acre Jurgielewicz Duck Farm in East Moriches, a move officials billed as a victory for the environment, open space and Long Island's dwindling farmland.
At a news conference held yesterday amid the farm's quacking birds, County Executive Steve Levy hailed the purchase "not only because it's good for our economy, it's part of our history and it's a beautiful vista for anyone that drives by."
Along with Suffolk, the Town of Brookhaven put up half of the $5.6 million paid to the farm's owners as compensation for giving up the rights to ...