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Friday, February 12, 2016
vol. 4, no. 7
SChool aNd N. hillS To hEar MorE EdUCaTioN gUidE oN iNiSFada PlaNS
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No one to challenge incumbent
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Unopposed races in five villages By a d E da M ol a agBoola aNd JoE NikiC The deadline to file petitions to run in all of Manhasset’s five village elections on March 15 closed on Tuesday with all incumbents seeking re-election seeing no challengers. In the Village of Munsey Park, Deputy Mayor John Lippman and Trustee Jennifer Noone, whose terms are set to come to an end have filed to run for re-election in a race that will see both of them unopposed Noone and Lippmann ran on the Residents for a Better Munsey Party ticket in 2014 and defeated Trustee Susan Auriemma, and trustee candidate Eileen Cuneo who ran on the Village Party line. Lippman, a five-year resident of Munsey Park, has served on the village’s building advisory committee as well as the Manhasset School District’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee for Finance. Continued on Page 54
Screen grab from Northwell Health’s Superbowl ad uploaded on Youtube shows daniella Malakov of Forest Hills holding her newly born child. See story on Page 6.
‘My big fat Greek inauguration’ Singas attributes success to immigrant parents and family B y N o a h M a N S k a r emony swearing her in as Nas- my cousins — we’re proof that parents forbade her and her sisMadeline Singas couldn’t help calling it her “big fat Greek inauguration.” His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zela of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America gave the invocation at the Jan. 25 cer-
sau County’s district attorney, and a contingent of her Greek relatives was in the crowd. Like Singas’ parents, her aunts and uncles came to the United States from small Greek villages, overcoming many hardships to create better lives for their families, she said. After addressing her family in Greek, Singas, a Manhasset resident, told the crowd: “The fact that I’m here, and my sister, and all
this is the greatest country in the world.” At the inauguration, Singas and the speakers who introduced her indicated her success as Nassau’s top prosecutor was as much a testament to her upbringing and her family’s strength as it was to her more than two decades of experience. A first-generation American, Singas, now 49, grew up in Astoria, Queens, where her father opened a family pizzeria. Her
ter, Dr. Effie Singas, from working in the restaurant so they could focus on their studies, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at Singas’ inauguration. She was admitted to the Bronx High School of Science, one of New York City’s top high schools. She graduated near the top of her class despite the struggle that came with her mother’s leukemia diagnosis when Singas was 14, Dr. Effie Singas said. Continued on Page 54
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