Village of Westbury trustees heard public comments from residents living close to the Westbury Manor regarding vibrations and loud music emanating from the building. Residents also asked who will be the new tenants at the 210 Post Ave., which currently houses an empty Rite Aid.

Maddalena Buffalino, who lives directly across the street from the Westbury Manor, said she had made a previousnoise complaintto Mayor Peter Cavallaro. During the meeting, Buffalino brought a letter with signatures from her neighbors, who said they have made similar complaints and have experienced falling trees, which have caused power outages.

“There are base vibrations on my house, my neighbor’s house, seven days a week, at 1:30 in the morning on Tuesdays,” Buffalino said. “It’s disrupting sleep. There’s been repeated complaints, discussions and the problem has not been solved.”

Cavallaro said he knew about the complaints, and said he would personally go out to the manor at odd hours to determine if he can feel the base vibrations from the venue’s loud music. He said that he has done so in the past but has not witnessed any violations.

Cavallaro said he has spoken with Tony Crimani, executive chef at the Westbury Manor, and general manager, Jerry Scotto, about the late-night music.

“[Tony] can try to mitigate better than what he’s mitigated already, and he’s committed to us that he’s going to try to do that,” Cavallaro said. “We’re going to continue to enforce it, as I indicated [before], though we can’t write a summons unless we have proof of a violation.”

Later in the meeting, Chester McGibbon asked the board about the new tenants of 210 Post Ave. The board said they had been approached by several potential tenants who had previously proposed a grocery store and a Dollar Tree, which both fell through.

Joe Brillantino, superintendent of buildings, said the most recent potential tenant has proposed to fill the space with a Chinese buffet restaurant. Before a tenant can come in, the board must approve the tenant for special use.

The board also approved the capital and general funds, which amount to $28,927.10 and $70,727.03, respectively, which amount to a grand total of $99,684.13. Cavallaro said the funds will be used for finishing the village’s street paving and sidewalk repairs projects, which he said could wrap up in August.

Cavallaro said the village is still awaiting funding from the state’s final budget, which he said has portions allocated forrehabilitation projectsof theCommunity Center Parkon Post Avenue and the Alphonse Campbell Park up on Powells Lane. The state budget, which was supposed to pass April 1, was recently passed by legislators on May 28, for$268.1 billion.

Source: LI Press