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North Hempstead Supervisor Jen- eyes and we have a really good team of nifer DeSena will be vying for her seat people with experience on this ticket.” PAGES 21-32 Kaiman, a Great Neck resident, curagain as she faces former Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman, a Democrat, in No- rently serves as Suffolk’s deputy county vember, according to the Nassau County executive, a position he has held since Serving Great Neck, G.N. 2017. Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone Board of Elections. Plaza, G.N. Estates, Kensington, DeSena is a registered Democrat has served in his current role since 2012 Kings Point, Lake Success, who caucuses with Republicans. She and is term-limited from running for the Vol. 98, No. 23 Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock and Thomaston was elected to office in November 2021, position again in this year’s elections. Kaiman previously ran for New York’s which marked her first time serving in an PHOTO BY ROBERT PELAEZ 3rd Congressional District last year. He elected position. “I look forward to comparing my re- finished second in the August Democratic Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announces a deal between the county and Las cord of cutting taxes, increasing transpar- primary behind Robert Zimmerman, who ency, and fighting to reform our Building was later defeated by Republican George Vegas Sands on Wednesday. See story on page 6. Department with Mr. Kaiman’s, who dur- Santos in the general election. Lurvey will be leaving her current ing his time as supervisor, raised taxes, increased debt, and saddled the Town seat as a council member to run for town Park Hyde New North She will be running Hills and with many long-term issues we are still receiver of taxes. Manhasset Hills, againstNorth Flower Hill trustee Mary Jo Coldealing with to this very day,”City DeSenaPark, Garden Park, Floral BY B R A N D ON D U Serving New Hyde Park, said previously in a statement to Blank lins. F F Y former star on social media. The current receiver of taxes Charles Slate Media. “It’s impossible to describe Jim Brown, who began a Kaiman announced his bid on March Berman, a Democrat who has served in the procareer on found love and gratitude Guide Vol. 72, No. 22 to the fields of Manhasset that 7, alongside Councilwoman Veronica the position since 2010, is not seeking rewe feel for havwould lead ing the opportunity him to acclaim as one of Lurvey for town receiver of taxes, incum- election. the greatest of Jim’s incredible to be a small piece football players and then Lurvey has represented the town’s bent Councilmembers Peter Zuckerman life and legacy,” the go on to be- team said in a statement on Twitter. “We come a movie actor and and Mariann Dalimonte and newcomer 4th District as its council member since civil rights ac- mourn his passing, but celebrate the tivist, died Thursday in his Christine Liu on the Democrat Party January 2019. She was appointed to fill inLos Angeles delible light he PAGES 21-28 the Facebook the vacant seat and then elected for a brought to the world.” home. He was 87. ticket. Services she offers include perfamily and customers in B Y C A M E R Y N O A K E S to help people feel good about themPAGE 6 KES Brown moved to Great “I’m looking at this as moving for- four-year term in November 2019. Prior restaurant’s success. BY C A M E RY N O A His wife, Monique, announced manent makeup, scar camouflaging, selves. post for their Neck with his teenagePAGE 10 am – 5 pm all our customers, many, mother9 before moving to ward and applying what I am and what to her work in local government, Lurvey Brown’s passing in an Instagram Olga Lucia Permanent Cosmet- scalp tattooing and areola reconstrucOlga Lucia Permanent Cosmetics June 4, 2023 • “We thank Fisherman post on Manhasset where Sunday, and who I have become to this new world of local was a practicing attorney for more than After 66 years, the Jolly Friday afternoon. he played fi is celebrating 30 years in business and ics is located at 1129 Northern Blvd., tion. The newest technology she is many whose names we learned doors. during the early 1950s, earningve sports government. which has evolved over the 15 years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Mea& Steak House is closing its Facebook returned with their friends and children “To the world, he was an activist, the evolution that owner Olga Lucia Suite 301, in Manhasset. She has been now offering is microchanneling, a 13 varac- sity letters. PHOTO years since I was last town supervisor,” Continued on Page 45 tor, and football star,” Monique “It’s been a good run,” a COURTESY has implemented over the decades at this location for nine years. generations, celebrating birthdays Continued on Page 45 LACROSSE HALL OF across U.S. Scheiner said. “To OF FAME our family, Manhasset’s Jim Brown (right, In 2013, Brown was honored weddings and new post from Lori and Steven he was a loving and wonderleaning down) is considered in is time for us and anniversaries, Manhasset as an Allstate Awareness loved one’s passby many experts. the best football and best lacrosse ful husband, father, and grandfather.” states. “We have decided it and Environmental mourning “Hometown Heritagechildren, Friday, June 9, 5pm-10pm Our Nautical player ever Hall of Famer” and as the Celebrating “We knew your Brown’s former NFL team, to say goodbye.” namesake On Tulipstates. Avenue! and ings,” the post the the newly-reopened multi-purpose of Cleveland Browns, paid The Scheiner family has owned drinks, your preferred tables, field tribute to the steak house preferred We operated the seafood and Continued on Page 43 Serving Williston Park, special food preparations. PAGE 8 in Roslyn since your East Williston, Mineola, restaurant at 25 Main St. SCHOOL DISTRICT PAGE 2 thank you for choosing us.” SHORE NORTH generations THE Albertson their Vol. OF three to of 72, 21-60 No. shoutout 24 and Searingtown PHOTO COURTESY 1957, in the hands They gave a specialPAGES of the family. staff along the way as well. for a Buck” one day a wall for the school’s “Stuck “We have had people work Rufa successfully taped to the post Glen Head principal Peter us and others for 45+ years,” 49. “We have had people for of house, the fundraiser. See story on page BY B R A N D ON D U states. “Back of house, front FFY ban the use of Native American work one day for us... staff is the heart of our business.”reflected mascots, ing to officials. Lori and Steven Scheiner The state Education Department team names, logos and depictions April secretary for the Shinnecock others for 45+ years... on their Districts that do not make 18. Indian Na- tive American business’ stay in Roslyn, thanklast week released an 11-page necessary tion General names, mascots or logos its changes according to the guidelines Council, in a statement. document The resolution means aff providing additional guidelines by the the staff is the heart may “We’re real people ing the village and appreciating ected dis- have state aid that are still here and state June 30, 2025 deadline from the withheld, which the State lic school districts that need for pub- tricts–including Manhasset and Sewan“upon a showing of good growth as a restaurant destination. Duck still exist” Department called a “last of our business.” to cause,” resort.” their Native American mascots,change haka–are required to “identify a plan to “Our view over the Roslyn Districts must submit applications which the state defined as approximate“Speaking for myself as team eliminate all use of the Lori and Steven Scheiner Pond has been a source of beauty and names and logos. ly 75% of necessary work a tribal for capital construction prohibited name, leader already comand as an indigenous person, OWNERS projects, which pleted to the restaurant B Y Rwork, or O mascot B E R within T The P the release peace for us arriving at adhere to the guidelines. E a L reasonable can A comes after New EZ be funded through building message that is being sent “Requests for aid from by this is that the state, Board of Regents unanimously York’s time, which shall be by no later than the “Although rebranding might each day,” the post states. the memo said. we’re not a symbol, we’re votedThe not be to driver end of the 2024-25 tables was a constant strugnot a mascot, charged easy for communities, the school with year,” accord- we’re not killing Extensions may be granted the late our window harm that the history,” said Germain Smith, two Roslyn teenagers in and demand. And for dis- continued use of One former owner was a car crash tricts that are unable to team names, mascots, father, gle between supply eliminate NaFred Scheiner, Steven Scheiner’s owner some were very demanding!” for the last month was traveling 95 miles per Continued on Page 48 open The $68,889,276 budget hour on the wrong side million who on top of being a restaurant and The restaurant will stay ownof the road dents also voted in the $68.9 school year, a 3.88% in- while drunk a pilot and with cocaine in his and family man was also the end of June, with the R A N D O N D U F F Y budget for the upcoming school year. 2023-2024 B current Y through the B from on PAGE spot a spending 20 in visiting system, prosecutors said approve crease civil rights activist who earned ers inviting guests to continue until on Friday. PAGE 5 Residents also voted to list. passed with 1,026 of 1,554 Roslyn notable dishes PAGE 21 President Nixon’s enemies resident Amandeep East Williston Board of Education a proposition establishing a capital budget, sup- and enjoying their defeated Singh was charged with ten total votes, or 66.02%. He was an early and constant civil they close. President Mark Kamberg multiple ofPage 45 fund of $7 million over on reserve King’s we a Continued Luther for when us fenses, including aggravated porter of Dr. Martin “We hope you will miss challenger Denise Tercynski resi- years. among his primiss you,” district lar homicide, first-degree vehicurights initiatives and was are gone, we know we will three-year term as school vehicular manslaughter, second-degree mary financial backers. mantheir staff, the post states. slaughter, leaving the The Scheiners’ thanked scene auto accident with a fatality, of an to close the foundation aid attempts While Intoxicated and two Driving AEZ spending PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN counts of BY R OB E RT PE L North Shore Hebrew Academy gap between school districts’ RUBIN/NEWS-PHOTOS-FEATURES.COM to second-degree assault. marches in the Israel Day the disparity continues Parade in New York City. in North per pupil, The two killed were Roslyn Spending per student a hyperlocal level. continue to grow on dle Schoolers Drew Hassenbein MidDistrict is Shore school districts will The North Shore School and the 2023-2024 Ethan Falkowitz, both 14. to allocate roughly $47,627 show a wide disparity in increase in projected stuSingh appeared at a Brooklyn of its anticipated 2,527 school year despite a large apan analysis by for each year, the most among anapeals court on Friday where state aid, according to dents next his attorney, James Kousouros, Blank Slate Media. advocated for per pupil lyzed districts. Park-Bellerose School his client to be released OAKES on The range of spending The Floral PHOTO BY CAMERYN a bond. fewdistricts in the “He has longstanding projected to allocate the in the 11 public school commumore than District is nity ties, he $24,250, out of the 11 Hyde is North Shore ranges from student, 35 New years per est of age, during accord2023-24 enon the lawn of village hall no criminal record, he has he has $47,000 to less than $24,000, districts, though projected a degree the flags as they are raised in civil engineering from not provided by the disVeteran Rick Wright salutes ing to the analysis. New York more rollment was University and owns The districts will receive Friday. Park’s Memorial Day ceremony. BY R OB E RT PE L a successful aid for the trict as of the analyAEZ business in which he employs email to the community than $204 million in state to a 7.1% Other school districts in from South and were up to en85 people,” Kousouros said later High School Principal 2023-24 school year thanks did not provide projected A group of Queens in Christopher by Lake Success caught and detained of the incident, obtained to New York’s sis that for the 2023-24 school year teenagers Gitz. Three of ment to Blank Slate Media. a state- with increase in assistance by Newspolice officers.” the students a Taser, switchblade-style state aid rollment Hyde “He is day, said the teenagers Gitz, in a Dec. 19 email knife the school in the morning, entered married with two children school districts. The overall average are Mineola, Sewanhaka, New “said that I and pepper spray entered to the shouldn’t tell and owns by an according community, Herricks. Great anybody anything or a home in which his for those 11 will increase said a South High BY B R A N D ON D U Park-Garden City Park and South High School in December,Neck to Gitz. It is unclear when the other family lives. inF FWhile Y gave the trespassers access student they would come after me next.” The The board approved of $4.2 million or 31.6%. The data used for all districts we certainly its firstcording million acknowledge the into the student, according ap- to district officials and ac- six entered. plication under Herricks will receive $26.7 year, clude the approved 2023-24 budgets to a transcript from docuthe new guidelines The Village of Mineola seriousness “Approximately nine non-Great school. Gitz met with the student, a a of the offenses, ments school in obtained by Blank Slate under Friday projections for Jan. 3 disciplinary May to redevelop junior, in state aid in the coming Media. Neck teenagers the will be recognized for the site of the forand state constitutions $19.2 and either enrollment attempted to enter write on Dec. 19 and asked him to trespassers wanted hearing, said the The nine teenagers all creating itsfederal as mer Piccola Bussola, followed by Port Washington’smillion, 2023-24 or the most recent 2022-23 entered South High School,” down his encounters with to be directed to two business overlay which burned Continued on Page the building Dec. 16, according $14.9 districts on down in the the locker room. the 41 gures. fi million, Great Neck’s an August 2020 fire, into to an “Most of the trespassers email read. trespassers. Jericho Turnpike and downtown. New Hyde enrollment into aca fled the scene While no injuries were four-story residential Mineola’s $14.6 million, The analysis did not take The student’s written Mineola is a 2023 reported, a training ex- building. $12.1 million, account in Europe and during tax values, special Pereira first mentioned Park-Garden City Park’s Satur- warhonoree Continued on Page 42 for the celebration said Day Long Park-Belle- count property Island the poswent down. Devan Park’s Memorial Smart adult education his planesibility Growth S E ercise K A programs, O Roslyn’s $12 million, Floral N Y of R having E education Awards, an overlay district hosted by Vision Long BY C A M Shore’s $9.7 day morning. instantly and his family Is- during rose’s $10.3 million, North $7.4 mil- programs, English as new or secondary his two other just 24 years he was killed land, a was state of the village nonprofit This lieutenant including hisfirst that advocates other external devastated, speech million and East Williston’s figures. go fight for was in September language programs, or up to projects. New Hyde Park Mayor Christopher old when smart war and 2022 during growth he signed were also in the a lieutenant lion, according to the budget will see a factors aside from the overall budget of the attack brothers who a Mineola wake “It’s the an goodbye. of Commerce Devane shared the story of honor to be recognized chance to sayChamber War II, his country in never had Long Island as a whole asthemeeting. many students were enrolled He said 67the time comSmart Growth Award winner in the Air Force during World made upon Pearla Harbor. state aid as and how Continued on Pageat who by Vi- mercial $771 million increase in to go to development needed training Retail sionheLong was Island. $31.3 in the district. the son of Irish immigrants In 1943, the fewto be as we knew reimagined New Hyde part of a budget that provides Floral Park-Bellerose has it from when I grew up in light of retail busithe ultimate sacrifice, at – a $2.1 in Mineola, nesses in PHOTO COURTESY OF billion in school assistance Continued on Page 66 the THE VILLAGE OF MINEOLA unfortunately, is not year. While coming back longer being traditional sense no A float supporting Portugal’s billion increase from last and we needed to think able to thrive. F.C. Porto makes its way down outside the Sunday, June 11. Mineola Portugal Day Parade “By creating these new box to create new ways overlay on to encour- districts we age smart development,” have Mayor Paul lines to property given clear guidePereira told Blank Slate owners and develMedia. opers on what will and In December, the village will not be unanimously passed zoning board acceptable, allowing them to invest es for the strip of Jericho chang- back into their properties and back between into our Village,” Willis Avenue and Marcellus Pereira said. “The Road board and I will and downtown on Main Street, First work to ensure continue to do the Street and Second Street we between best place to live keep Mineola the Mineola Boulevard and on Long Island.” Willis. Additional honorees for the FriDevelopments in those approved, can now exceed areas, if day night event to be held at Crest mum height of 25 feet the maxi- Hollow Country Club in Woodbury but not go include the above 40 feet within City the districts, Town of Riverheadof Glen Cove, the BY B R A N D ON D U which places a cap on and the Town of F F Y Got Talent,” which sends what him to the reographed lage’s master plan enacted the vil- Oyster Bay for increasing affordable routine to Billy Porter’s in 2005 housing and transit-oriented Lambros Garcia, a 10-year-old next round. allowed “Love Yourself.” develLambros, who dances at dancer from Glen Head, opments. Mossa Lambros got four “yeses” won ap- Dance Academy proval from all four judges in New Hyde Park, the from judges. Contestants need in the brought the crowd at least June 6 airing of NBC’s and judges to three to “America’s their feet after make it past the qualifiers. performing his choContinued on Page 37
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Leeds Ponds hearing moved to July 20 Residents petition against development application BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The Plandome Manor Board of Board of Zoning Appeals will continue a public hearing to consider issuing a permit for a developer to place 500 cubic yards of site fill on a property that sits on Leeds Pond. The five-person board closed the hearing June 15 and reserved a decision on the matter until at least July 20. The record remains open at this time. Opponents of the application submitted by 1362 Plandome Road LLC, primarily led by attorney Christopher Murray, who is representing adjacent neighbors at 1 Stonytown
Road, have two weeks to review any documents with the application and submit any written correspondence they may find necessary. 1362 Plandome also has two weeks following that to respond as well. Village code allows up to 50 cubic yards of site fill, according to the code. Ahead of the June 15 meeting, an online petition was started that opposed the application. The petition calls upon the village, North Hempstead – which owns the pond – Nassau County and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to preserve and protect the health of the pond.
Leeds Pond is part of Nassau County’s 35-acre Leeds Pond Preserve, which overlooks Manhasset Bay. It is approximately 21.4 acres in size with a tributary watershed area of approximately 2.275 acres. Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno said the “Save Leeds Pond” petition and accompanying flier disseminated to residents contained inaccurate and misleading information. Donno said the application itself has nothing to do with Leeds Pond and is entirely about the property at 1362 Plandome Road. The mayor stressed that the project has full apContinued on Page 41
North Hills re-elects unopposed incumbents Natiss, Sgambati, Cohen, Reisman retain village posts BY C A M E RY N O A K ES PHOTO COURTESY OF MANHASSET PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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In a race with only incumbents running, the Village of North Hills re-elected Mayor Marvin Natiss, Trustee and Deputy Mayor Dennis Sgambati, Trustee Gail Cohen and Village Justice Jerome Reisman on
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