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REAL ESTATE & FINANCE
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CUOMO TARGETS PHILLIPS ON ABORTION
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Residents grill proposed cell facility for G.N.
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Verizon Wireless reps say it will boost cell coverage, ease pressure BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Dozens of residents flooded Great Neck Village Hall to hear about and debate a proposed Verizon Wireless facility for 307 East Shore Road at a zoning board meeting Thursday night, with critics describing it as an eyesore going against village code while mainly benefiting cell phone users in Manhasset. Representatives for Verizon Wireless came before the village board to seek a height variance that would allow antennas to be built 20 feet and three inches higher than permitted by village zoning laws. The facility would feature a backup generator and 12 antennas, which would be divided into sectors facing the northeast, southeast, and northwest. Verizon officials said the facility would boost cell coverage and ease pressure on their other cell
facilities. Martin Lavin, a radio frequency engineer with C-Squared Systems, said the new facility would give better coverage to more than 1,300 people while taking pressure off stations in Great Neck and Manhasset. “They have been out of capacity for a while and the need is even more desperately needed now,” Lavin said. Verizon representatives said the facility would be shielded on three sides and designed to match the design and texture of the building and its HVAC system. They also noted that the building itself – 38 feet, 10 inches tall – already exceeds the 31-foot maximum and their facility would only be around five feet higher than the rooftop HVAC unit and stair penthouse. John Ellsworth, a chief environmental officer with VHB Engineering, said the visual analyContinued on Page 58
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Nationally acclaimed brother and sister ballroom dance duo Artur and Alina Shvetsova will be visiting Great Neck Plaza’s ballroom dancing promenade on Wednesday, July 25. See story on page 27.
L.I. politicians slam Trump on Russia summit remarks BY LU K E TORRANCE President Donald Trump said Monday he had no reason to believe that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, a statement that was met with swift condemnation by officials
across the country. Politicians from Long Island were no exception. “The President has thrown America’s intelligence community under the bus and sided with the Russians while on foreign soil,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) in a
statement. “I cannot understand why the President continues to have a blind spot with the Russians and Putin,” Suozzi continued. “Something is seriously wrong.” Trump made the remarks Continued on Page 59
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