Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency

The college's Board of Trustees on Thursday authorized negotiating a purchase-and-sale agreement for the roughly 30,000-square-foot culinary center it has leased on Main Street in downtown Riverhead.

Assembly Member Fred Thiele, who chairs the Assembly's local governments committee, says his committee is reviewing more than a dozen bills directed at IDA reform. “We are looking to develop a package of legislation for later in the session," he told RiverheadLOCAL.

The Suffolk Industrial Development Agency today postponed until Dec. 14 a decision on the application of Culinary Arts Riverhead LLC for a new 10-year tax abatement.