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Friday, July 19, 2019
Vol. 94, No. 29
SCHOOL YEAR
GOING FOR GOLD WITH CAR WASH
COUNTY GOP INTRODUCES ASSESSMENT CHANGES
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Mashadi center gets design OK
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Trustees weigh plan for shuttle BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Village of Great Neck trustees approved the design of a proposed recreational facility by the United Mashadi Jewish Community of America on Tuesday night, but held up on finalizing a parking waiver following a lastminute submission of a revised PHOTO BY JESSICA PARKS shuttle bus agreement. Trustees had approved the Bart Cosolito, a Port Washington resident and former Grumman engineer, recollects his experience on the Apollo site plan and special use for the program. See story on page 3. community center planned for 189-195 Steamboat Road and found the building would have “no adverse environmental impact” under state environmental quality review on July 2. They also approved a 123-space parking waiver pending the completion of a shuttle bus agreement. The Iranian Jewish facility that year’s Village of Great Neck dox groups” trying to “take over ten the email. BY JA N E LL E was scaled down after the Nas“My conscience is clear but, mayoral race after it resurfaced the village.” C L A U S E N sau County Planning CommisMarkowitz said his record nevertheless, I accept responsiin the 2019 mayoral contest and sion recommended rejecting Steve Markowitz, the chair- led some to believe he is anti- could be seen in his service as bility for the email in question the proposal in December. The president of Temple Israel, a from four years ago and offer proposed building’s total usable man of the Holocaust Memorial Orthodox. member of the Jewish Commu- my sincere apology to all those Markowitz said in a letter and Tolerance Center of Nassau floor area was cut by more than County, has issued an apology to Blank Slate Media on Satur- nity Relations Council, and his offended by it,” Markowitz, vice Continued on Page 58 for an email sent in 2015 during day that he had a strong record 10 years as a Zoning Board of chairman of the Nassau County of friendship with the Or- Appeals member. Any “hostile Democrats, said Monday. “I thodox community and did public statements attributed to hope those who are leading the not recall sending a divisive him,” he went on to say, were charge against me will accept my apology and that we will all now email calling on supporters “absolutely untrue.” In a previous interview, Mar- focus on ending the divisiveness to tell people the election was about “rightwing Ortho- kowitz claimed he had not writContinued on Page 59
Markowitz issues apology over email 2015 message led some to say Holocaust center chair from G.N. was anti-Orthodox
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