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“It has got poisonous,” said Peter Van Scoyoc, East Hampton town supervisor, whose support for the wind farm has been castigated in vitriolic Facebook posts and now a new lawsuit. “We are a tight-knit community and there have been disagreements in the past, but they haven’t been personalized like they are now.” Others keep a more stoic silence when faced with the issue that has divided this affluent coastal community. “One guy I play tennis with wants to stop the project,” said Jerry Mulligan, a retired lawyer who is in favor of it. “We try to not talk ...

A group of residents say local officials failed to properly assess environmental and safety hazards in granting an easement to build a power line through the town of Wainscott on Long Island.  A wind farm like this one in the North Sea could be built off the coast of New York. LONG ISLAND (CN) — Plans to build the country’s largest wind farm off the coast of Long Island stumbled Tuesday after residents filed a petition to stop construction of a route to carry power from the turbines.  Residents of the hamlet of Wainscott claim the East Hampton Town Board approved a transmission cable r...

Wainscott Residents Sue East Hampton Town Over Wind Farm Cable Approvals 1 Photo Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott Chairwoman Gouri Edlich, with her husband Alex, during a Zoom meeting with other Wainscott residents in December. The group launched a legal effort to block East Hampton Town from signing agreements with wind farm developers. Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott Chairwoman Gouri Edlich, with her husband Alex, during a Zoom meeting with other Wainscott residents in December. The group launched a legal effort to block East Hampton Town from signing agreements with ...