Business View Civil and Municipal | May 2021

48 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL MAY 2021 Congratulations to the Village of Patchogue and Mayor Pontieri for being recognized for Best Practices in City Management. H2M is proud for our long history of partnership with the Village in support of their focus on smart community growth and prosperity. BU I L D I NG COMMUN I T I E S S I NC E 1 9 3 3 631.756.8000 h2m.com need a strong municipal board that has political courage to develop on Long Island,” says Mike Kelly of the Kelly Development Group. “Mayor Pontieri and his administration personify those characteristics. When Paul came to office, his goal was to bring development back to Patchogue. He had a great vision and he’s executing on that vision. He’s the prototype of who a municipal leader should be. Paul has always had great team members on his administrations – everybody’s a pleasure to do business with – and he should be commended for that.” “Mike built the first development here in the Village,” Pontieri responds. “It was 80 units; 50 percent of them affordable. I’ve kept the rendering of it because he built exactly what he said he was going to build. He became that source of honesty for me. Because he did what he said he was going to do.” “Long Island has a reputation of NIMBYism –