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Friday, October 19, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 42
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Suozzi, DeBono clash for first time at debate night
PA I N T I N G FA C E S
Candidates attack each other’s stances on immigration, budget; agree on little BY LU K E TOR R A N C E
PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHERINE CRISS
“Swinging Signals” by New Hyde Park artist Katherine Criss on display at the Shelter Rock Public Library. See story on page 11.
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and his challenger, Republican Dan DeBono, clashed over immigration, tax cuts and the environment Tuesday at their first debate. DeBono had criticized Suozzi for not debating him earlier in the race for the 3rd Congressional District, and both candidates wasted no time attacking each other in the event at Amsterdam at Harborside in Port Washington. “We can all make promises,” Suozzi said in response to a ques-
tion about fixing the budget. “I’m a Democrat, he’s a Republican, and the Republicans have blown a hole in the deficit with this enormous tax cut.” DeBono, meanwhile, slammed Suozzi for taking money “from corporate interests” and said the country would be harmed by allowing amnesty for illegal immigrants. “There’s too much immigration,” he said. “We need to put workingclass and middle-class Americans first.” Suozzi said that he would support a path to citizenship for “DreamContinued on Page 67
Civics doubtful of dispensary intentions BY T E R I W EST
marijuana and how tightly they run their business last Wednesday. At a meeting of the Council But the civic leaders remained of Greater Manhasset Civic Asso- steadfast in their opposition to the ciations, MedMen representatives company moving into Manhasset. MedMen political affairs discussed the benefits of medical
manager Landon Dais said that the medical marijuana company’s intended move from an office complex in Lake Success to 1575 Northern Blvd. in a retail section of Manhasset is to destigmatize the drug and make it more accessible to its Manhasset clientele. In discussion after the MedMen representatives left, civic association members
seemed convinced that the company is using the move to position itself should the drug be legalized for recreational use in New York. “They’re not going to invest in this pretty fancy store if it has no potential to be converted,” said civic association secretary Sue Auriemma. When recreational marijuana was legalized in California, MedMen’s Beverly Hills’ store clientele
grew from about 75 customers per day to 250, Dais said. The Town of North Hempstead should ban the sale of recreational marijuana to exempt it from potential state policy, said Jen DeSena of the North Strathmore Civic Association. Towns in New Jersey have done so in anticipation of their state legalizing the drug, accordContinued on Page 66
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