Programs

The Nassau Point Property Owner's Association board works year round to ensure our neighborhood is safe and well maintained in the manner in which it was originally founded. The board also initiates programs and repairs deemed necessary due to current weather events and environmental changes. 

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Deer Management

Over the past few years, the NPPOA board has been dealing with the growing deer population on the Point and the dangerous impact it has on our community, including:

• Tick born diseases

• Threat to natural forest regeneration (prevents reseeding and perpetuation of the forest canopy, destroys habitats for native animals, birds and plants, invites the spread of invasive species (i.e. garlic mustard) and increases runoff and pollution of our waters)

• Increased landscaping costs (due to lost plants and vegetation, repellants and fencing)

• Risk of vehicle collision 

Deer Overabundance is still an issue and the DEC just issued an informative report about the problem. 

Please review these additional articles about the hazardous environmental and health affects of deer:

• Deer Are Ravaging Long Island Forests (NEW)

• William & Mary Environmental Review (NEW)

• Scientists Uncover Details on the Rise of a Tick-Borne Disease on Long Island

• Tick-borne Diseases Reach Epidemic Levels on Long Island

Duties of the Deer Committee

Due to the overpopulation of deer on Nassau Point the Deer Committee initiated a program under auspices and regulations of the N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct a deer cull each Fall/Winter season, to reduce the population to a manageable and humane population. The Deer Committee manages and supervises the cull which is coordinated by a licensed professional managing a group of local amateur bow hunters dedicated to ecological and ethical practices. We communicate to the NPPOA members findings and results of the deer cull, and importantly, we raise the necessary volunteer contributions to support the cull.

Please consider donating to the NPPOA Dear Fund. Our fundraising letter details the continued need of funds for this program (please click here to read). Checks can be mailed to:

NPPOA PO Box 346 Cutchogue, NY 11935

Questions can be directed to: Arnold Blair.

Adopt-a-ROW

Nassau Point is blessed to have a series of Rights of Way (ROW) that allow our members who do not own waterfront property to access the water (bay or creek) very near their homes. According to various estimates, there are over 30 ROW’s on the Point.

The program which was approved by the board at the March 2017 meeting is asking members, neighbors, and users of the ROW’s to take responsibility in maintaining the ROW they chose to “adopt”. The “maintenance” can take various forms and can be performed by an individual, a family or a group of families. The “adopter” can either chose to do the work themselves or can agree to have someone, say their landscaper, maintain it for them. We need to determine the scope of maintenance for each ROW as it is not feasible that someone would undertake rebuilding a bulkhead, stairs or maintenance of the property at their own expense. Having said this, as more and more ROW’s become accessible, neighbors may decide to undertake or underwrite larger projects. 

Adopters agree to take on tasks such as picking up trash and debris, mowing or weed whacking as appropriate/necessary, trimming of trees, vines, and shrubs to keep the ROW passable and tidy. Work can also be done to prevent erosion, a major problem at most ROW’s. Since the adopter will hopefully be a user of the ROW they can report any problems, discrepancies or issues to the Property and Planning Committee who shall take action to remedy the situation or report it to the board. 
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For more information, please contact Robert Deak, Al Martinez-Fonts or Jack DiPaola.

Adopt-a-Drain

​Over the past few years as more development has taken place on Nassau Point the parallel problems of runoff and drainage have started to cause serious degradation to our environment. The runoff from properties as well as the natural runoff from the impervious streets has caused gullies on the side of the road and the storm water to ultimately wash into our creeks and bay polluting them. 

We have had several discussions with Highway Superintendent Vinny Orlando about the lack of adequate drains and the maintenance of existing ones. As a result of our visit, last fall the Superintendent placed Nassau Point on a priority schedule and a number of drains were cleaned. The cleaning made visible improvements in the most problematic locations of water accumulation.

The Superintendent has informed us that among the biggest problems they run into are the effects of sand, grass, and leaves. As a matter of fact the sand, grass and leaf combination is deadly to the drains as it creates a hard packed and almost impermeable surface preventing the water from flowing into the drains. The sand is from the winter season when the department spreads it to prevent slipping and sliding during snowstorms. The grass and leaves are just a part of Nassau Point life but in some cases, homeowners and landscapers are purposely blowing them into drains.  We will try to get a commitment to sweeping our streets earlier in the spring to avoid the sand from going into the drains, but we need your help keeping the grass and leaves out. 

​The board has approved a program to encourage our neighbors to “Adopt-a-Drain” by committing to keep it free of debris and reporting problems to the Highway Department. The Superintendent has personally shown a great deal of interest in this program as we believe he would ultimately like to roll it out as a town-wide program. 

For more information, please contact Al Martinez-Fonts or Jack DiPaola.