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Friday, June 28, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 26
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
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SEEKING ANSWERS TO BUSINESS REVITALIZATION
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Board takes on noise Trustees host plane activists
BY TOM M CC A RT HY At the New Hyde Park Board of Trustees meeting last Friday, an activist group advised village residents on how to protest flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport that generate noise. The board welcomed coPresidents Elaine Miller and Jana Goldenberg of the group Plane Sense for Long Island. Goldenberg shared a video of an airplane flying close to her home, saying “that is my house in Roslyn,” as Miller explained that it is 20 miles from the airport. Miller pointed out that in 2012 the Federal Aviation Administration started using a new satellitebased system that caused planes to come in at lower altitudes more frequently, raising the noise reaching homes. Miller said she believes that the lower altitudes are meant to save fuel. “The underlying fact is that the noise is very damaging to us. It’s damaging to our health,” Miller said. She explained that Continued on Page 71
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Animal rights activist Diane Madden promises to bring great change to the Town of Hempstead.
Madden announces run for supervisor Animal rights activist to oppose Gillen, Clavin as Libertarian BY TOM M CC A RT HY
tion with the traditional party system and said she would tackAnimal rights activist Diane le wasteful spending and misMadden has announced that she management. Highly critical of Supervisor is running as the Libertarian candidate for Town of Hempstead Laura Gillen, a Democrat, and the Republican candidate for susupervisor. Madden expressed frustra- pervisor, Donald X. Clavin, Madden promised a government that is transparent and just. She cited the findings of a county comptroller report on the management of funds at the town’s animal shelter
in Wantagh. In early June, Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman recommended that the town immediately undertake an operational audit of the animal shelter, including a detailed internal review of staffing, purchasing and the care of animals. Schnirman’s report recommended that the town should establish a registered 501(c)(3) charity to provide transparency and accountability with donated funds and
adhere to the town’s collective bargaining agreement, among other recommendations. “We found serious financial issues with how taxpayer funds, fees, and donations were collected, tracked and spent,” Schnirman said in a news release at the time of the report. In a news release announcing her candidacy, Madden said, “The outcome of Nassau County’s recent fiscal audit of the Continued on Page 69
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