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Friday, April 13, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 15
BLANK SLATE MEDIA April 13, 2018
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MANHASSET WINS NIFA SEES POSSIBLE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP $100M COUNTY DEFICIT
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Renegade Dems unite under party control; GOP maintains majority BY R E B ECC A K L A R State Sen. Elaine Phillips was appointed to serve as the state Senate Banks Committee chairman on Friday by Majority Leader John Flanagan after a group of Democrats who had been caucusing with the Republicans reunited with their conference. The renegade Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference,! broke off in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s first week in office, giving Republicans control of the state Senate. The Independent Democratic Conference under the leadership of state Sen. Jeffrey Klein voted against traditional party lines. Klein will now serve as deputy minority leader under Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Despite the deal, the control remains with the GOP, with a 3129 majority.! There are two vacant seats. A single holdout by Brooklyn’s
Simcha Felder, a Democrat who said he will continue to caucus with Republicans, brings the GOP majority to 32. The decision, which The New York Times reported “came together [last] Tuesday over coffee and cookies at a Manhattan steakhouse,” wasn’t expected until after the April 24 special elections. There are 11 vacant spots in the state Legislature, nine in the Assembly and two in the Senate. Only one special election falls in Nassau County, for the 17th Assembly District; the seat was vacated upon the resignation of Thomas McKevitt, who became a county legislator. Two other Assembly seats up for re-election are in Suffolk County. The elections are in the 5th Assembly District, with the resignation of Alfred Graf (R-Holbrook), who became a judge, and the 10th Assembly District, with the resContinued on Page 57
PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. MARY’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Nursery students in the Early Childhood Education Program at St. Mary’s Elementary School are eager to learn through a stimulating activity that presents skills for learning math while having fun to create an edible insect from snacks of various shapes and textures with their teacher Samantha Moraitis.
St. Mary’s gives parents power on social media BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
their children safe from threats commonly found on social media, such as cyberbullying, inA Manhasset school is one appropriate content and online of six New York institutions predators. St. Mary’s Elementary partnering! with SafeStudents Online to help parents keep School in Manhasset will of-
fer the platform for parents of students in fifth through eighth grade to monitor their child’s social media activity without invading their privacy. SafeStudents Online Vice Continued on Page 56
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