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Trump’s travel ban derails Haiti relief By STACY DRIKS sdriks@liherald.com
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Frantz Dorsainvil, the assistant principal of Walnut Street Elementary School, who was born and raised in Haiti, has been doing everything he can to deliver humanitarian aid to schools in that island nation. But now, in the wake of a travel ban issued by the Trump Administration on June 5 that included citizens of Haiti, Dorsainvil’s work has come to a standstill. The ban impacted 18
Hayden Bernard, far left, Obelto Desire, Marie Desrosiers and Casseus Nadalette celebrated Haitian Flag Day in Hempstead on May 18.
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Goodbye to the maddening ‘East Garden City,’ hello, ‘Uniondale’ By STACY DRIKS sdriks@liherald.com
The push to erase “East Garden City” is gaining traction for sections of north Uniondale, but for those leading the charge, a name change is just the beginning. T he Long Island Power Authority substation once labeled East Garden City now bears a new name, the Stewart Avenue–Uniondale Hub Substation. Advocates say it marks a symbolic shift that brings Uniondale one step closer to reclaiming its identity — a change that LIPA approved in
fall 2024, with the support of local leaders, including Nassau County Legislator Olena Nicks. Nicks, who is from Uniondale, stated in a news release on June 18 that names are not arbitrary, and that they are anchors of the identity of a community. “The renaming of this substation is not just a symbolic gesture,” John Rhodes, LIPA’s acting chief executive officer, said in a news release when the renaming was announced in 2024. “It’s a concrete ste p towards addressing the historical divisions that have affected the hamlet of Uniondale. We
are grateful to the Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition, Jeanine Maynard, and all those in the community who have voiced their concerns to us.” Maynard, co-coordinator of the Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition, has been a member of the Community Advisory Board for a year, and from the start, she raised the issue of the East Garden City name, explaining that it has been a longstanding problem for the community. The board responded promptly, demonstrating a willingness to address a con-
cern that matters deeply to residents. The renamed facility is one of 27 substations operated by LIPA across Long Island, forming the region’s power network. In 2015 before she became a state senator, then County Legislator Siela Bynoe introduced legislation to prohibit the use
of “East Garden City” in all county documents, communications and records. “There is no East Garden City,” Bynoe said after the subs t at i o n w a s re n a m e d . “ I t doesn’t exist. It was erroneously created in some way or another during the census.” The name was reportedly CONtiNueD ON page 7