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Friday, April 13, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 15
N E W H Y D E PA R K
BLANK SLATE MEDIA April 13, 2018
PHOTO COURTESY OF
MATTHEW WINTHROP
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THE DEAD BRING G.N. ALUM HOME
HEMPSTEAD OFFERS TOWN APP
NIFA SEES POSSIBLE $100M COUNTY DEFICIT
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Dems unite, Phillips named banking chair
PA R A C H U T E F U N
GOP senator benefits following renegade Dems reconciliation 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,a 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.a 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 AsContinued on Page 56
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Third-graders at Floral Park-Bellerose School practiced the design process by creating parachutes in science lab. Madison Montalvo tried wax paper for her canopy. See story on page 47.
Herricks research teacher honored by Harvard Club BY R E B ECC A K L A R
Barcia also teaches students to “approach one’s life One of Renée Barcia’s for- with open eyes, heart and mer students said the Herricks mind,” Setu Mehta, a former teacher excels at more than Herricks High School student just teaching her science re- who is expected to graduate from Harvard in 2021, said in search curriculum.
a Harvard Club of Long Island news release. Barcia was named a Distinguished Teacher of 2018 by the Harvard Club of Long Island after being nominated by Mehta. Continued on Page 56
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