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G.C. proposes $65.4 million spending plan there,” she said, emphasizing the importance of using reserves to stabilize taxes and Glen Cove Mayor Pamela maintain services during ecoPanzenbeck presented a $65.4 nomic downturns or when the million budget proposal for city is faced with unforeseen 2025 at the City Council meet- expenses. ing on Monday, which includes Her efforts have not gone a 1.98 percent property tax unnoticed. Panzenbeck proudly increase for homeowners — noted that Moody’s had upgradro u g h ly $ 5 5 p e r ed Glen Cove’s year for an average c re d i t r at i n g t o home in the city, BAA1, its highest valued at $575,000. since 2010, one tier Before introducbelow Moody’s lowing the specifics of risk A3 category. the spending plan, She added that Panzenbeck highState Comptroller lighted several of Thomas DiNapoli’s the key achieveoffice recently catements of her tengorized Glen Cove u r e , w h i c h s h e PAMElA as having no fiscal credits with signifistress, an imporPANzENBECK cantly improving tant milestone, Glen Cove’s finan- Glen Cove mayor because the city cial condition. has been deemed “We’ve had three susceptible to fiscal stress in consecutive years of operating the past. surpluses, totaling $5 million,” While these successes have she said. She noted that by the laid a solid foundation, Panzenend of the 2023 fiscal year, the beck was candid about the chalcity’s operating deficit had lenges ahead. Assembling next been eliminated, leaving Glen year’s spending plan, she said, Cove with a surplus fund bal- was no easy task. ance of roughly $780,000. “It’s difficult to formulate a “ T h i s i s a s i g n i f i c a n t budget, considering how much improvement,” Panzenbeck is required to upkeep the city,” said, recalling the deficit of she said, noting that her adminover $2 million that she inherit- istration has always sought to ed when she took office. She balance fiscal responsibility acknowledged that while the with the need to maintain city city still lacks substantial services. financial reserves, unlike largThe proposed budget is $2 er municipalities and counties, million larger than the current she remains committed to $ 6 3 . 4 5 s p e n d i n g p l a n , a n building them up. increase of about 3.11 percent. “ We ’ r e wo rk i n g t o g e t ConTinued on PAge 11
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Mojgan Pourmoradi, director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, and Alan Mindel, its chairman, reflected on the Hamas attacks one year later.
Survivor of Hamas attacks speaks at Holocaust Center By RoKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
It has been a year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, the deadliest in the country’s history. Since the attack, many survivors, like Shir Zohar, have traveled across the United States, describing their own experience of the harrowing events. Last Sunday, Zohar shared the details of her narrow escape with a gathering at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. Dressed in black, she recounted attending the Nova Music Festival in Re’im with her best friend, Esther. As missiles filled the sky, they tried to flee, but
encountered terrorists disguised in the uniforms of the Israel Defense Forces. Desperate to escape, Esther drove through the attackers, but their car was hit by gunfire and they were forced to flee on foot. The pair found temporary shelter with a young man named Ori Arad, who selflessly tried to help them escape. Despite his efforts, their car was shot at again, and crashed, after which Arad was killed while trying to protect them. Zohar and Esther, injured but alive, pretended to be dead to avoid being taken by terrorists, and were eventually rescued by IDF soldiers. Zohar described her constant fear of capConTinued on PAge 6
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