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Friday, June 7, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 23
N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO NEW HYDE PARK
TWO TD BANK BRANCHES ROBBED
MANGANO’S TOP DEPUTY COPS PLEA
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Town faulted on pool Gramercy sees contract errors BY T E R I W EST The Clinton G. Martin Park pool renovation contract did not correctly represent conditions of the pool, which resulted in increased costs and delays, said Gramercy Group, the contractor that completed the repairs. Discrepancies between what was presented in the contract and what was present on site repeatedly arose as Gramercy moved to execute the repairs, company President Vincent Parziale wrote in a letter to the public works commissioner dated May 15. From underrepresenting the amount of asbestos to not providing steel needed for the bathhouse, errors by the town caused weekslong delays that made it difficult to complete the project by the contractually agreed upon date of April 24, 2018, he wrote. The May 15 letter came in response to one from Public Works Commissioner Paul DiMaria informing Gramercy Continued on Page 58
PHOTO BY TERI WEST
Floral Park Mayor Dominick Longobardi at his home, where Legislator Richard Nicolello announced county initiatives to combat airplane noise.
Nassau County battles aircraft noise Legislature to introduce law to hire consultant to review Port Authority reports BY T E R I W EST
years. The Legislature also plans The Nassau County Legisla- to introduce a resolution for ture is creating a new committee the county to hire a consultant on aircraft noise, an issue that to study the problem, Nassau county and village officials said County Legislature Presiding Ofhas been worsening in recent ficer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) told a news conference last Thursday. The consultant would review reports from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the
local airports, and advocate for the county, he said. The bipartisan aircraft noise committee will have its first hearing near the end of June, Nicolello said, to provide residents with a chance to hear from officials and voice concerns. “I’ve lived in the New Hyde Park community my entire life and there has been airplane noise all that time, but in the last several years it has become
exponentially worse,” he said. “Planes are coming in lower. They are larger planes. They are louder. They wake you up at night as if you hear thunder.” He announced the initiatives on the front lawn of Floral Park Mayor Dominick Longobardi’s home, where planes often drowned out the speakers. They come every 60 to 90 seconds on their way to John F. Continued on Page 57
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