News Nearby: Tax-Free SUNY Campuses, FEMA Reimbursement & More

There's plenty of news happening on any given day in Three Village, and the same can be said of the towns around us. Here's a look at the nearby headlines.

From Smithtown Patch: FEMA Reimburses Smithtown $6.2M for Sandy Cleanup. Smithtown Town officials are eagerly awaiting the arrival of a $6.2 million check that will help pay off debts from Hurricane Sandy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to reimburse the town for 90 percent of the $6.9 million Smithtown officials claim was spent on collecting, removing and disposing debris after Sandy, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer's office announced. It does not include rebuilding and restoration funds.

From Three Village Patch: State Lawmakers Approve Tax-Free Zones Around SUNY Campuses. With the passage of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "START-UP NY" bill in June, New York State is set to enact tax-free commerce zones on and immediately surrounding SUNY campuses. The governor's "Tax-Free NY" initiative, introduced a few weeks ago, has been incorporated into START-UP NY, a package of legislation intended to jump-start the upstate New York economy, and is meant to stimulate economic growth and job growth around SUNY and CUNY campuses across the state. The new law facilitates tax breaks – such as no corporate taxes, income taxes, or property taxes – for new businesses, or businesses from out-of-state that move to New York, that start up on SUNY campuses or within one mile of the campuses, taking up to 200,000 square feet of commercial space.

From Kings Park Patch: Roadside Activists Say Impeach Obama. A stand was set up on Tuesday morning outside of the 7-Eleven on Route 25a in Kings Park by members of a political action committee who said the'd like to see President Barack Obama impeached. Matt Guice and Daniel Burke, members ofLaRouche PAC, are hoping to gain some support and trumpet the political platform of Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time presidential candidate, now 90, from the mid 70's until 2004.