FOR NOW, CITY ISLAND HOTEL IS ONLY A RUMOR

Talks of City Island getting a 120-room hotel in the near future may end up being nothing but hot air, say local leaders, who are nonetheless still maintaining a close watch of the situation.

Mention of the possible development first surfaced around late November when a Manhattan-based real estate firm began sending out e-mails advertising a parcel of land as suited to the development of a hotel.

Community leaders were a little perplexed due to the lack of any plans made privy beforehand.