Advocates call on state to extend Empire State Trail onto Long Island

A group is now creating plans -- and garnering support -- to develop the Long Island Greenway.

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Sep 28, 2021, 10:54 PM

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Long Islanders are calling for state support to extend the Empire State Trail.

Called the EST, the 750-mile trail stretches from Buffalo to Manhattan.

Advocates say the trail excludes the 8 million New Yorkers who live east of the city.

A group is now creating plans -- and garnering support -- to develop the Long Island Greenway.

"Trust for public land working with others developed a full plan to extend from Manhattan to Greenport and Montauk. The first phase would be a 25-mile section that begins in Eisenhower County Park and ends up here at Brentwood Park," Sen. Alexis Weik explains.

A budget to complete the project will be presented to Gov. Kathy Hochul in December.