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Vol. 95, No. 27
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Sharp rise in school election turnout totals
HELPING HANDS
Great Neck district sees most votes cast since 2017-2018 races BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A flood of ballots poured in for school elections on the North Shore this year – at least compared with recent years. With residents casting absentee ballots for school board seats and on proposed budgets from the comfort of home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the vote total was higher than the past two years combined. The elections for school boards on June 16 saw incumbents retain their seats and 2020-21 school district budgets pass despite complications from the pandemic. In virtually every school district on the North Shore, budget and school board votes far surpassed those in previous years. Every budget increased from the previous year. The school districts included in these figures are Great Neck, Roslyn, Manhasset, Port Washing-
ton, Sewanhaka, New Hyde ParkGarden City Park, Floral ParkBellerose, East Williston, Herricks, Mineola and North Shore. The figures were provided by the school districts. Craig Burnett, an associate professor of political science at Hofstra University, said the increase in voter turnout can be attributed to the convenience of submitting absentee ballots rather than physically going to a polling location. “People enjoy having the ballot sent to them and being able to fill it out on their couch whenever they want to and mail it back in,” Burnett said in a phone interview. “We are a nation that thrives on convenience, and this election turnout certainly proved that.” The Herricks and Mineola school districts saw the highest increases in voter turnout this year compared with the three previous Continued on Page 37
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUZANNE SCHNEIDER
In response to growing food insecurity on Long Island, UJA-Federation, in partnership with Commonpoint Queens and Temple Beth El of Great Neck, delivered 100 bags of food to Saint Aloysius Church in Great Neck last Thursday as part of an interfaith initiative.
Five Plaza businesses are damaged in blaze BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
day, leading to the evacuation of 12 people in nearby homes, officials said. According to Nassau CounA fire tore through five businesses on Cutter Mill Road ty Police Officer Craig Beatty, in Great Neck Plaza last Thurs- the fire began around 3:30
p.m. between 7 Cutter Mill Road and 15 Cutter Mill Road and was out by 7:35 p.m. The five businesses that suffered damage in the blaze Continued on Page 38
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