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Company sues F.P. over solicitation ban Claims village restriction ‘unconstitutional,’ hurts biz BY R E B ECC A KLAR A pest control company is suing Floral Park over what the company claims is an unconstitutional village ban on door-to-door solicitation that the company says hurts business, according to court records. The Utah-based company, Aptive Environmental, calls the ban a “flagrant violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments,” according to court records. The code is enforced by
the village “as a means of depriving [Aptive Environmental] of protected speech,” court documents state. John Ryan, the Floral Park village attorney, declined to comment. Court documents show that village officials agreed to a temporary injunction with Aptive on Aug. 21 that allows the company to solicit for the time being. The temporary agreement allows Aptive representatives to solicit in the village between 9 a.m. and dusk. Floral Park’s code, passed
in 1943 and amended in 1984, bans all commercial solicitation in the village; it does not allow any corporation or representative to “hawk, vend, peddle or solicit order” for goods or other commodities. Aptive says the ban hurts its business, which is done almost exclusively through doorto-door solicitation, according to court documents. Nearly half of Aptive’s sales occur between 5 p.m. and dusk, according to court records. The company also requires Continued on Page 58
Voting moved from NHP Memorial to Tully Park PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Caterina Fox hanging off the high elements course as part of an obstacle course duing Herricks new staff orientation. See story on page 19.
Public push gets primary election out of school BY R E B ECC A KLAR Following pushback from New Hyde Park residents, primary election voting will not be held at New Hyde Park Memorial High School, district officials said on Wednesday. Several parents and Se-
wanhaka Board of Education Trustee James Reddan, who serves the New Hyde ParkGarden City Park community, objected to the Nassau County Board of Elections’ decision to place polling at the high school following a five-year long community effort to get voting out of the elementary district’s
schools. Polling at schools compromises students’ safety by undermining security protocols, community members said during a recent Sewanhaka Board of Education meeting. Next Thursday’s primary voting will now be held at MiContinued on Page 71
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