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Friday, February 21, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 8
N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO SPECIAL OCCASIONS
HUEGLIN, EX-DEM TOWN CHAIR, DIES
REASSESSMENT SUIT MOVES FORWARD
PAGES 27-38
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Dems announce Sillitti as nom for D’Urso seat
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Manorhaven resident has spent two decades working in town, county gov. BY R O S E W E L D ON Manorhaven resident Gina Sillitti will be the Democratic nominee for the 16th Assembly District seat being vacated by Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (D-Port Washington), the Nassau County Democratic Party said Monday. D’Urso, 80, whose district includes Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn Heights, North Hills, Flower Hill, Lake Success, Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Sands Point, announced last month that he would retire after two terms in office. Sillitti, 41, who has worked in town and county government for the past 20 years, was chosen as the nominee at the Nassau County Democratic Committee Convention on Feb. 11, where the party selected candidates to run on all levels in 2020. The Republicans have not yet named their candidate. Sillitti’s career in politics be-
gan in the Nassau County Legislature in the early 2000s, working for former Nassau County Legislator Dave Mejias, who represented parts of Plainview and Farmingdale, among other areas. “We were a Democratic official in a Republican area, and it was there I learned the value of constituent service,” Sillitti said. “Our constituents came first, and I worked for them.” Sillitti later worked in the Department of Community Services for the Town of North Hempstead, where she organized “constituentbased” community events. She later worked for Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman as his director of legislator affairs and deputy chief of staff. “I worked with the Town Board members on resolutions for the public agenda, vetting items, and was the primary point of contact for town’s lobbying in Washington and Albany,” Sillitti said. Continued on Page 52
PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
On Jan. 30, professional boxer Cletus Seldin visited Denton Avenue School and gave students a chance to try some safe moves. See story on page 63.
Team teaching to return to Herricks in fall of ’20 BY S A M U E L GLASSER
School in September after an absence of several years. The Board of Education in a major makeover of voted at its regular meeting last how the school day is struc- Thursday to accept the plan aftured, team teaching will re- ter hearing a presentation by turn to the Herricks Middle Middle School Principal Brian
McConaghy, also attended by several Middle School administrators and teachers. The main goals of the new schedule include adding recess time to lunch, creating teams, Continued on Page 51
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