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Herricks to vote on 2 trustees, $114M budget
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Hassan, Feinstein run unopposed; levy increase within tax cap BY R E B ECC A K L A R
The average tax levy percent increase in the last three years, inNancy Feinstein said she has cluding the proposed 2.55 percent, always been active in volunteering is 1.44 percent. “It’s really challenging … to and one day thought she wanted to use her time helping in her own operate under the tax cap,” Feinstein said. “We manage to do that community. Feinstein, a Roslyn resident, is and maintain [and] expand pronow seeking re-election to the Her- grams for all of our students, all while having a pretty low per pupil ricks Board of Eduspending – as comcation for her third pared to our [comterm. School election parative] school Feinstein is runpreviews for the districts.” ning uncontested in Feinstein has the election on Tues- Great Neck, Sewanhaka day. Board President and New Hyde Park - three children, who have all attended Brian Hassan, an Garden City school Herricks schools. Albertson resident, districts Her eldest son is also unopposed in is graduating from his bid for re-elecPAGES 20 and 21 State University of tion to his third term New York at Bingon the board. During the vote at the Herricks hamton later this month, and her Community Center from 7 a.m. to middle son is a rising junior at 9 p.m. the public will also vote on Michigan State. Feinstein’s daughter will gradthe proposed $114 million budget. The budget is an increase of uate from Herricks at the end of 2.86 percent from the current bud- this school year and will attend get. The proposed tax levy percent the University of Wisconsin in the Continued on Page 20 increase is 2.55 percent.
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Susan Brockmann, a member of the environmental nonprofit group All Our Energy, left, and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran attended a news conference Monday when Nassau County legislators announced a proposed bill to add a plastic bag fee. See story on page 8.
Lake Success doc pleads guilty to botching abortion BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN A doctor from Lake Success pleaded guilty last Friday to criminally negligent homicide in a botched abortion that
took the life of a 30-year-old woman, avoiding a manslaughter charge that carried a longer sentence through a plea deal. According to prosecutors, Robert Rho, 53, of Lake Success, lacerated the victim’s cer-
vix, pierced her uterine wall and severed the uterine artery during the abortion procedure. Rho then performed a second surgery to try fixing the damage, prosecutors said, but did Continued on Page 87
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