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L.B. receiving over $1 million in state aid ing the greatest fiscal pressure receive real support,” Gordon Tepper, Hochul’s Long Island Last month, Gov. Kathy press secretary, explained in an Hochul announced the alloca- email. “For Long Beach, this tion of $150 million in financial $1.1 million will help protect support to municipalities out- essential services in the shinside New York City. Of that, ing City by the Sea, and it $1.1 million will be directed to reflects Gover nor Hochul’s commitment to the City of Long standing with local Beach. gover nments and The funding is the taxpayers they part of the state’s serve.” Temporary MuniciThe gover nor’s pal Assistance proExecutive Budget gram, which allows for fiscal year 2027 the distribution of was initially set to additional financial include $50 million aid to cities, towns in temporary aid and villages across the state. according to Boosting the supregional needs and port to $150 million the availability of is likely to be a benstate money. As a e f i c i a l , h oweve r whole, Long Island is set to receive $6.3 GoV. KATHy HoCHul transient, influx for the affected locamillion, and Long tions. Additional Beach’s share will be larger than any other munic- state funding can vary from ipality on the Island. The City year to year — in 2025, Long of Glen Cove will receive near- B e a ch re c e ive d j u s t ove r ly $990,000; the Town of Hemp- $366,000 in temporary assisstead, just over $800,000; and tance. Because of the annual flucthe Village of Atlantic Beach, tuation, the city’s budgetary slightly more than $2,000. “These allocations are driv- planning can become inconsisen by objective, needs-based tent and potentially inaccurate, formulas so communities facContinued on page 27
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anissa Moore created the Women’s empowerment group during her tenure as the first Black City Council member of Long Beach.
Women keep empowering women in Long Beach By CHRiS ColuCCi ccolucci@liherald.com
Next week, the Women’s Empowerment Group will meet at the Long Beach Public Library for the first time in 2026 — its January and February meetings were both canceled due to snowstor ms. The womanfocused organization has been getting together for nearly 10 years, having done so for the first time at the library in 2017 and once a month ever since. The group began as a project created by Anissa Moore, who, nine years ago, was halfway through her groundbreaking term as the first Black member of the Long Beach
City Council, and would go on to become the first Black council president in 2019. The first meeting, Moore recalled, was meant to be a one-time event to highlight women of the community, but she quickly realized it needed to continue. “When we all connected, we pretty much said we all need this,” Moore said. “We need support. We need the encouragement. So we made a pledge to each other — a commitment — that we would meet once a month. And we’ve been doing it ever since.” The group met virtually during the pandemic, but returned to in-person gatherings at the library when it was safe to do so again. Continued on page 11
his funding is crucial to putting all of our cities, towns and villages on stronger financial footing.