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Friday, November 1, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 44
N E W H Y D E PA R K
NASSAU’S ECONOMY
STATE ASKS FOR CURRAN UNVEILS BELMONT SUIT TOSS SHARED SERVICES PLAN
PAGES 33-40
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Four Hempstead seats up for vote in election
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C H A L K T H I S W AY
Gillen, Clavin, Madden face off: Tom Tweedy going for Town Board bid BY TOM M CC A RT HY Laura Gillen, the first Democrat to be elected as Town of Hempstead supervisor in 100 years, is seeking re-election in Tuesday’s balloting in a race against a longtime Republican official, Donald X. Clavin Jr. Voters in the New Hyde Park area and Floral Park will also decide races for the Town Board, receiver of taxes, town clerk, county district attorney and county Legislature. Voters within the parts of New Hyde Park incorporated in the Town of North Hempstead will be voting for town supervisor, the 2nd District seat on the Town Board, town receiver of taxes and the 9th Legislative District seat. In the Hempstead supervisor race, besides Clavin, the town receiver of taxes, Gillen is facing Libertarian candidate and activist Diane Madden.
Gillen often clashes with the Hempstead Town Board over the direction of the town and cited an action when the board tabled five resolutions to move the town forward, including helping the town clerk’s office go fully digital. Voting for Clavin would be “going backwards,” she said. Clavin, who has been tax receiver since 2001, said that the town should emulate what private companies are doing to create a more efficient government. He said he would take away “take home” cars for town commissioners, slash the supervisor’s budget and ask for the resignation of all current town department heads. Madden said she believes that the town is in need of more watchdogs and fewer political gatekeepers. She promised a “people’s administration” and said she would not accept a salary. Thomas Tweedy, the former Continued on Page 58
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEW HYDE PARK-GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT
Third-grader Olivia Bender at the Hillside Grade School had a reminder for everyone. See story on page 20.
North Hempstead seeks village help in FAA suit BY R O S E W E L D ON The Town of North Hempstead is looking for additional villages to join its upcoming lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration over
airplane noise, pollution and low flying planes. At the council’s Oct. 24 meeting, the Town Board voted on a resolution calling for “the execution of an intermunicipal agreement with
various villages for the retention of counsel to initiate legal action against the FAA.” The resolution, introduced by Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, asks municipalities afContinued on Page 59
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