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Friday, September 6, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 36
N E W H Y D E PA R K
BACK TO SCHOOL
NHP PREPS FOR FAIR IN PARK
DiNAPOLI HITS LONG BEACH FOR PAYOUTS TO SCHNIRMAN, OTHERS
PAGES 37-44
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F.P. may sue over Belmont
HEMPST E A D B OA R D VOT ES O UT COM PTROLLER
Wants to talk to Cuomo first BY TOM M CC A RT HY The Village of Floral Park, which has long opposed the development of a sports arena in Belmont Park, is threatening to file a lawsuit over the project, but first the village wants to talk with Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “We did vote to authorize filing a lawsuit,” Mayor Dominick Longobardi said at a village board meeting Tuesday night. “The reason we have not filed that yet is that it is in our hopes that the governor will, and his staff, talk to us about possible issues that have arisen with the Belmont race track and the development that’s going to go on.” The board voted to approve filing a lawsuit at an Aug. 21 work session, Longobardi said. He said that the village and Cuomo administration have sent “quite a number of emails and phone calls” back and forth over scheduling a meeting with the governor about the development project “very soon.” Longobardi Continued on Page 67
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL FRICCHIONE
The Hempstead town board said Supervisor Laura Gillen’s appointment of Averill Smith as acting comptroller violated town code. See the story on page 2.
NRA fundraiser to return to NHP Activists, lawmakers protest event at catering hall on Jericho Turnpike BY TOM M CC A RT HY A planned fundraiser in New Hyde Park for the Nassau chapter of the Friends of the
NRA has set off protests for the second year in a row. The event will be held at the Inn at New Hyde Park on Jericho Turnpike on Sept. 19. According to a flyer from the group, the event, meant to celebrate a “legacy” of shooting sports traditions, will feature dinner, raffles and auctions, with attend-
ees given chances to win guns, gear, decor and collectibles. “While reasonable people across this country are looking for common-sense solutions to reduce the number of guns on our streets, the Nassau County Friends of the NRA plan on giving them away at their upcoming fundraiser in New Hyde Park,” state Sen. Anna Kaplan
(D-Great Neck) said. Kaplan went on to say, “I look forward to standing in solidarity with Long Islanders who’ve had enough of the NRA and their backwards agenda, as we protest the event on September 19th at the Inn at New Hyde Park.” “I will also be taking the opContinued on Page 67
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