Southampton Town Supervisor Declares State of Emergency Over Breach of Ocean Water Into Shinnecock Bay, and more

New York City has dropped its litigation against Suffolk County, Riverhead Town and other jurisdictions statewide for blocking the relocation of homeless foreign migrants from the city to those places, according to court filings. Matthew Chayes and Tara Smith report on Newsday.com that the litigation, which targeted 31 municipalities statewide with similar anti-relocation policies, accused the jurisdictions of seeking to "wall off their borders" to keep out any of the tens of thousands of migrants who've arrived in the city from abroad. To ease the city's burden, the Adams administration has been trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to relocate some of the migrants throughout the state. The case against the Town of Riverhead was dropped Wednesday; the one against Suffolk County was dropped Aug. 30, according to the filings. Jonah Allon, a spokesman for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, said yesterday that the city dropped the litigation because of a judge’s adverse ruling last month that the city would need to fight each municipality's ban in its respective county, rather than all in Manhattan. In prepared remarks delivered Thursday morning, Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said of migrant relocations: “Not only would this type of emergency housing be in violation of our codes, but in addition would limit hotel space during our busiest tourist season thereby threatening the existing local jobs and the economy our community depends on.” New York City — which is under a unique-in-the-nation and decades-old mandate to provide room and board to whoever is in need — has promised to pay for the migrants’ living expenses when relocated. But the Adams administration has declined to say how long those payments would last and the breadth of the subsidies. ***Southampton Town supervisor Jay Schneiderman declared a state of emergency yesterday as town and county crews worked to prevent a breach of Atlantic Ocean water into Shinnecock Bay just west of Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays. Ryan Murphy, Southampton's public safety emergency management administrator, described the incident as a "washover" caused by Hurricane Lee. Officials closed a section of Dune Road that runs parallel to the ocean. The state of emergency, which covers areas of East Quogue, Hampton Bays and any other barrier island locations, is scheduled to remain in effect through Monday. On Thursday afternoon the Town of East Hampton closed all of its beaches and began preparing to protect coastal neighborhoods from flooding as large waves from approaching Hurricane Lee are causing hazardous conditions along their coastline. “We are continuing to monitor impacts and are planning to build a sand berm at the end of South Edison Street in Montauk, which is prone to overwash and flooding,” East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said yesterday. While the storm itself is not expected to impact the East End, swells from the storm are forecast to exceed 10 feet in height on the South Fork and could push higher than normal tides, posing a threat of overwashing ocean beaches and low-lying coastal areas.***Job seekers on Long Island and throughout the state will be able to see how much an employer is willing to pay when looking at job postings, under a state law that goes into effect Sunday. Victor Ocasio reports on Newsday.com that the pay transparency law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year, requires employers with four or more employees to disclose “good faith” salary ranges in job postings, both externally as well as internally. The intent behind the law is to help address pay inequity issues and discriminatory wage-setting and hiring practices, according to the state. New York City has had a pay transparency law in place since November. The