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Friday, March 29, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 13
HEALTH & B&N PROPERTY OWNER SUOZZI, KING PRESENT WELLNESS SEEKS MEDICAL STATUS IMMIGRATION COMPROMISE PAGES 37-52
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Hannan, Puri vie for library trustee seat
PURIM FUN
Library budget, also up for vote April 10, tentatively set at $5.4M BY T E R I W EST Two candidates are competing for a seat on the Manhasset Public Library Board of Trustees as Trustee William McLean prepares to step down after a five-year term. The library’s April 10 election will allow Manhasset residents to select a new trustee and vote on the 2019-20 budget, which, as proposed, sits at $5.4 million. Trustee candidate William Hannan said that his 25 years in public finance could serve the library board well, and candidate Mukul Puri said he would make gathering feedback from the public a top priority. Hannan has lived in Manhasset since 2004. He is the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce secretary. He currently works at Hamptons Risk Management Insurance Brokerage. Puri moved to Manhasset it
2015. He has experience as the vice president of RCS Real Estate Advisors and as a commercial real estate consultant. Both candidates say that the library is a valuable resource. “We have always found the library to be the heart of our community – for fun-filled Saturdays with our kids, attending the many children’s programs or taking my parents when they visit,” Puri wrote in a candidate statement. “It serves to be a great resource for both physical books and digital formats.” Hannan said he sees the library as a community center of sorts that provides space and resources for a variety of uses. He currently co-chairs Manhasset Secondary School’s Frolic event for seniors, which holds planning meetings at the library, and when studying for an investment advisContinued on Page 20
PHOTO COURTESY OF SID JACOBSON JCC
Members of the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center’s Early Childhood program dressed in costumes last week to celebrate the holiday of Purim.
Proposed budget would invest in facilities: district BY T E R I W EST The Manhasset Public Schools’ proposed budget of $99.5 million accommodates an additional elementary school counselor, more “future-
ready” classrooms and additional security at the secondary school, all of which Superintendent Vincent Butera listed as highlights of a plan that he said would both enhance the district and respect taxpayers’
pockets. It also includes the district’s most significant investment in district facilities in a decade, said Deputy Superintendent for Business and Finance RoseContinued on Page 73
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