The Town of Islip approved roughly $7.5 million in tax breaks for a plan to build a warehouse on the site of a former landfill in Bay Shore.

The site covers 22 acres at 1612 Fifth Ave. The western part of the land was the site of a municipal landfill from 1963 to 1986, according to an environmental review filed with the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Hubbard Sand & Gravel has been operating there since 1947 or earlier, according to the review.

Tuesday's vote by the town board was 4-1, with councilman James O'Connor casting the lone dissenting vote.

The developer, Fifth XNY LLC, wants to invest $97 million in the property to build the warehouse. The company plans to fill at least 115 permanent jobs. The warehouse would be a speculative industrial project, meaning the dev

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