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Time flies when you’re working toward a common goal: The Long Island Housing Partnership is hosting its 20th anniversary June 23 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Westbury. There will be honorees, and those knowledgable about the agency won’t be surprised to hear they are Robert McMillian, founder of LIHP and former head, Jim Morgo.

The speaker — and apologies to Yankee fans — is former baseball player, Mo Vaughn, who played for rivals, the Boston Red Sox (MVP 1995) and New York Mets. But what Yankee fans can appreciate is Vaughn’s dedication to affordable housing issues.

Vaughn owns and operates OMNI New York, which has purchased and rehabbed 1,142 units of distressed housing in the New York metropolitan area. Now he's tackling projects in Nassau County.