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Friday, November 1, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 44
NASSAU’S ECONOMY
TOWN EYES FAA SUIT
CURRAN UNVEILS SHARED SERVICES PLAN
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4 town seats up for vote on Election Day
GREEK TO ME
De Giorgio, Zuckerman, Bosworth seek re-election, Lurvey seeks first win BY R O S E W E L D ON Four races for seats on the North Hempstead Town Board in Tuesday’s elections will decide the Manhasset area’s representatives on the board for the next two years. Two other races will decide Nassau County’s district attorney and receiver of taxes for the next four years. Democratic Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey of Great Neck is running her first campaign to retain her seat on the Town Board. Lurvey was appointed to the position after now-state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) stepped down in January. Lurvey said taxes and downtown revitalization are among the prominent issues in the district. Running against her is Republican David Yaudoon Chiang, a
Manhasset resident. As the president of the Chinese American Association of North Hempstead, Chiang is a proponent of bringing more diversity to the Town Board. They are running in the town’s 4th District, which encompasses Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, North Hills, Manhasset, Kings Point, Great Neck, Kensington, Thomaston and Great Neck Gardens. Two-term Republican incumbent Dina De Giorgio of Port Washington is running against Mariann Dalimonte, a Democrat who is Greater Port Washington Business Improvement District executive director, to represent the areas of Flower Hill, Munsey Park, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandome Manor, Manorhaven, Port Washington North, Sands Point and Baxter Estates. Dalimonte has accused her opContinued on Page 58
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
Fresh baklava is sliced at Herb & Olive Marketa on Plandome Road. The café and market, founded by business partners Julia Petropoulos and George Vatakis, sells products with Mediterranean origins, such as pasta, olive oils, and house-made tzatziki sauce.
Council may OK parking in town lot on weekends BY R O S E W E L D ON
The change, proposed by on Thursday by Councilwoman The Town of North Hemp- Veronica Lurvey, would allow stead will consider a proposal for public parking during specito allow members of the public fied hours on Saturdays and to park in the Town Hall park- Sundays in the lot adjacent to Andrew Street behind to Town ing lot on weekends.
Hall. Currently, the lot consists of 80 numbered parking spaces, which is only allowed for use by town employees with permits, is closed to the public Continued on Page 69
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