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I.P. takes step toward storm resiliency will include an overhaul of the village’s storm drainage system and municipal bulkheads. It is As part of an ongoing attempt funded by the Federal Emergency to mitigate storm damage village- Management Agency and adminwide, the Island Park Department istered by the state Division of of Public Works installed a tidal Homeland Security and Emerflex valve at Suffolk and Warwick gency Services. roads, near Harbor Isle Bridge, The overall project will feature on Sept. 17. an upgraded T h e va l ve i s municipal storm designed to help drainage system, keep bay water out including 42,000 feet of the storm drain of new storm sewsystem, which is a ers, tidal gates, subvital step toward surface storm storm resiliency, water retention and according to Mayor 2,000 feet of upgradMichael McGinty. ed bulkheading. “We are moving Phase 1 of the forward with our project was comdrainage improvepleted in the summent project to mitof 2016 for $1.8 MiCHAEl MCgiNTy mer igate the flooding million, and Phase issues in the vil- Mayor, Island Park 2, for which FEMA lage,” he said. “At awarded the village present, we are $5 million, began in installing a tidal October 2018. The flex valve as a pilot second phase is 60 project toward that goal. Our goal percent into the design and engiis to complete the emergency neering stage and is set for commanagement center resiliency pletion at the end of 2020. The hardening project that will projects fall under FEMA’s Hazrestore our Emergency Manage- ard Mitigation Grant Program, ment Center.” which enables officials to focus The project comes as Island on increasing the state’s storm Park continues a three-part, $40 million mitigation project, which Continued on page 9
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RoBERT TiMpERio, of E.W. Howell, warmed up his swing at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital’s annual golf outing on Sept. 14.
Mount Sinai South Nassau scores big with golf outing By BRiANA BoNfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com
Mount Sinai South Nassau raised more than $280,000 for the Oceanside hospital’s Covid-19 relief fund at its 36th annual golf outing on Sept. 14. The sold-out event, a socially distanced affair, honored MSSN’s entire 3,565-person staff, which cared for patients during the worst of the coronavirus outbreak in the spring.
“It was truly a great day, in recognition and celebration of our dedicated and courageous health care professionals,” said Richard J. Murphy, the hospital’s president and CEO. “I commend our golf committee for organizing an outstanding event, and thank our sponsors for their generous and steadfast support.” The golf outing’s co-chairs, Rockville Centre residents Tony Cancellieri and Jeff Greenfield, led a 40-person committee of volunteers in
organizing the event, which was more challenging than the past 35 years. “We wanted to try to make people feel comfortable coming to the outing,” Cancellieri said. “And boy, did we hit a home run. It was a wonderful outing.” The event attracted 280 golfers, despite the strict healthy and safety protocols. There was no barbecue, as in past years, but instead a graband-go breakfast and a grilled lunch. Four separate golf sesContinued on page 3
ur shared goals will ensure Island Park’s renaissance recovery and revitalization.