Lynbrook/East RockawayFrom the communit
HERALD
y.
For the community.
We help Nassau residents save.
Villages to host 9/11 ceremonies
Business is lynbrook staple
Page 4
Page 5
Vol. 27 No. 37
THE LEADER IN PROP ERTY TAX REDUCT ION
Sign up today. It on ly takes seconds. Apply online at mptrg .com/heraldnote or call 516.479.9171
Hablamos Español
A big honor for the Elks lodge Page 15
Maidenbaum Propert y Tax Reduction Gro up, LLC 483 Chestnut Street, Cedarhurst, NY 11516
SEPTEMBER 10 - 16, 2020
1095792
Also serving Bay Park
$1.00
NYAW rate hike delayed to January ing tax relief le gislation,” NYAW President Lynda DiMenna said in a statement. DiMenna’s remarks echoed Amid an outcry from resi- those by Lee Mueller, the utilidents and elected officials, New ty’s external affairs manager, York American Water officials who said last month, before the announced they were postpon- hike was pushed back, that ing a rate hike that was set to much of the increase is caused take effect on Sept. 1. The deci- by state taxes, and noted that sion came after legislation recentthe utility took ly proposed in the part in discusState Senate would sions with the eliminate those state Department special franchise of Public Service taxes. and decided “The fastest a g a i n s t m ov i n g path toward signifahead with the icant rate relief is increase as the reducing the coronavirus panunfair tax burden demic drags on. levied on our cusThe hike was BRuNo RoMANo tomers,” DiMenna originally slated s a i d . “ . . . We East Rockaway mayor for April 1, 2019, p l e d g e t o wo rk but was delayed to with the [Long April 1 this year. At the height Island state legislative] delegaof the pandemic on Long tion to double down on their Island, the utility delayed it efforts and ensure that legislaagain until Sept. 1, and now it tion is passed by both houses of is postponed until Jan. 1. the Legislature.” “In addition to the postponeIn addition to postponement ment, it is our sincere hope of the increase, a system that the Long Island delegation improvement charge, schedtakes action to unburden our uled to take effect Aug. 1, and a customers from excessive taxes revenue adjustment clause/ that make up 31 to 55 percent of their water bill by reintroducContinued on page 8
By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
N
Courtesy Nikki Diaz
JASoN DiAz wAS one of five young Lynbrook residents who got in the pool early on Aug. 17 to raise money for cancer research as part of Swim Across America.
Donation makes a big splash Swim Across America aids cancer research By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
After 10 straight summers at the Lynbrook Village Pool, the annual Swim Across America event had to be altered this year. That didn’t stop five young Lynbrook residents from doing their part to raise money for cancer research through this event. For a decade, the Lynbrook pool has hosted Swim Across America each August, and over the years, hundreds of
swimmers dived in to raise more than $160,000 for cancer research. With participation in this year’s event reduced because of the coronavirus, residents Jason Diaz, 12, Sofia and Steven Michelakos, 12 and 9, and Joseph and Rebecca Wolk, 10 and 8, decided they would host their own event at the Lynbrook pool. They reserved the pool at 8 a.m. on Aug. 17 and decided to swim laps to raise money on their own. “Swim Across America is
an important event because it helps people with cancer, and we couldn’t let Covid stop us,” Jason explained. The five friends pooled their resources, so to speak, and through family and friends, they raised $1,600 for the cause. After the National Swim Across America Committee canceled all pool and openwater events, it announced a SAA Personal Challenge, in which participants can create Continued on page 3
ew York American Water should not raise their rates at all.