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Friday, December 13, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 50
N E W H Y D E PA R K
HOLIDAY GUIDE
SPECIAL DISTRICT G.N. NATIVE SEEKS RACE RESULTS CONTROL OF METS
PAGES 27-46
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MTA eyeing full closure on NHP road: Berger
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Plan from developers of LIRR third track features no bypass route BY TOM M CC A RT HY The developers of the LIRR third track are considering a plan that would completely close New Hyde Park Road off Jericho Turnpike with no bypass route during construction work to eliminate the grade crossing there, New Hyde Park Trustee Rainer Berger said at a village meeting Thursday. “Both the MTA and the 3TC again are evaluating a complete closure of New Hyde Park Road,” Berger said. “Basically, they’re looking at no bypass road.” For now, the closure of New Hyde Park road will not take place until Feb. 2020, Berger said. Berger said he and New Hyde Park Mayor Lawrence Montreuil are still advocating for 3TC to build a single-lane bypass road to mitigate traffic on New Hyde Park Road. He said the bypass route is still the plan and said that a final closure plan will be discussed at a
meeting on Dec. 9. “Right now, the construction drawings we have still have a bypass road,” Berger said. Montreuil said if the road was fully closed at the grade crossing, then it would become a “dead end” by the New Hyde Park LIRR station. Berger also said that it has become increasingly challenging to navigate New Hyde Park Road, as preliminary construction has already begun, noting that the striping of lanes on the road are hard to see, especially at night. “I couldn’t even figure out the lanes and the way to ease back and forth,” Berger said. He said issues like that will be discussed at the village meeting with 3TC. The New Hyde Park Road grade crossing in the Village of New Hyde Park is one of eight street-level crossings along the LIRR Main Line corridor being Continued on Page 59
PHOTO BY TOM MCCARTHY
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran helped cut the ribbon at the grand opening of ProHealth’s new neck and back pain center in Lake Success. See story on page 4.
County execs launch task force against anti-Semitism Initiative will educate youth, adults, and law enforcement BY R OB E RT PELAEZ & ROSE WELDON
Suffolk County counterpart, Steve Bellone, on Monday in announcing an island-wide coalition that will combat antiNassau County Execu- Semitism and hate symbols. The announcement was tive Laura Curran joined her
made at the Nassau County Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove following the second discovery of anti-Semitic graffitti on the Continued on Page 69
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