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In Elmont, water tower needs repair Work delayed by state mandates Queens, “has become an eyesore, and gives the impression of blight in a community with an The north side of the Elmont average median income of water tower, on Miriam Parkway, $100,000,” and “leaves the has been rusting for years, and impression that Elmont is a comblue paint chips munity that is are constantly falluncared for.” ing off. But only a Pa l m e r, wh o few miles away, the can see the water Franklin Square tower from his water tower backyard on Nasappears to be in sau Street, said he good condition, h a d a s ke d t h e with its bright blue water authority paint and the name many times to of the town emblarepair it, but was zoned on the side. told that it would It was this disbe an arduous and parity that promptexpensive process, ed Elmont resident which he called Dwayne Palmer to “bureaucratic ask Nassau County talk.” Legislator Carrié JohN RyaN Joe Corbisiero, Solages, a Demothe authority’s Chairman, Water crat from Valley director of plant Stream, to pres- Authority of Western operations, said sure the Water Nassau County the tower has not Authority of Westbeen repaired ern Nassau County since the midto begin renovations on the 1990s, when it was under the conElmont tower in July. In a letter trol of the Jamaica Water Supply to Solages, Palmer wrote that the Company. water tower, which is one of the Corbisiero estimated that the first structures people see when repairs would cost $3.5 million to they enter Nassau County from Continued on page 8
By MEliSSa KoENig mkoenig@liherald.com
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NiCholaS ZaCChEa SPoKE about international finance management in 2016.
F.P. man runs against Solages Nicholas Zacchea campaigns for Assembly By MEliSSa KoENig mkoenig@liherald.com
For the past seven weeks, Nicholas Zacchea has been seen handing out his biography to passersby at Long Island Rail Road stations and at supermarkets in the 22nd Assembly District, as part of his bid to unseat Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages. The district was formed in 2012, when sections of three existing Assembly districts were pieced together,
and Solages, 35, has represented it ever since. It includes parts of Franklin S q u a re, E l m o n t , Va l l e y Stream as well as North and South Valley Stream, Floral Park and South Floral Park, Bellerose Terrace, North Wo o d m e re a n d S t ew a r t Manor. Zacchea, a Republican f r o m F l o r a l P a rk w h o declined to disclose his age, said he decided to r un because he was “becoming very disappointed in the way governance was being hand-
ed out,” and was upset with the rise of socialist rhetoric in the country. “My experience has been in government,” he added. “I k n o w h o w g o ve r n m e n t should work.” Zacchea was an auditor for the U.S. Gover nment Accountability Office for more than 30 years, providing legislators with information they needed to make informed votes on various bills, and even sometimes drafting legislation based on Continued on page 3
he financial impact of regulatory changes resulting from 1,4-dioxane and PFAs has been dramatic for the water authority.