Nassau: Non-Profit Plans Island Park Veterans Village

"The Tunnel to Towers Foundation plans to tear down a derelict motel in Island Park and build more than 40 apartments for homeless veterans on the site — the state's first veterans village. The foundation made the announcement Monday morning with local and county officials to redevelop the site of the condemned Long Beach Motor Inn on Austin Boulevard," reported Newsday. "The county donated the property to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which hopes to build 42 apartments at the facility, as well as providing services such as mental health counseling and job placement... Officials said the new facility will also include veteran support services for benefits, medical care, education and addiction treatment. 'That building's been vacant for the last 10 years since Superstorm Sandy and just sat as an eyesore and in no way reflected the community that was around it,' Nassau County Legis. Patrick Mullaney (R) said." WNBC-4 TV also covered the project.