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Friday, September 18, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 38
N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO LIVING 50+
G.N. PARENTS REPORT ANTI-ASIAN INCIDENTS
‘BAD EDUCATION’ GETS 2 EMMY NOMINATIONS
PAGES 27-30
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Ingram, Brown take trustee seats Village Justice Paul Lawless wins re-election in South Floral Park BY E LL I OT W E L D Deputy Mayor George Ingram retained his seat on the Village of South Floral Park Board of Trustees in Tuesday’s election, and his next-door neighbor Nyakya Brown also won a seat on the board. Ingram received 96 votes and Brown 121. They defeated Porsha Lyons, who had previously served as the deputy village clerk and received 59 votes. Village Justice Paul Lawless, who was running unopposed, was re-elected with 99 votes. Ingram has been a trustee for 20 years and deputy mayor for about a year and a half. He and Brown have known each other since Brown was a child and he said she would be “an excellent trustee.” Ingram is also the fire commissioner for the village and the hu-
man resources commissioner. He is a member of the Residents Party, which he said focuses on maintaining quality of life for the community, especially for seniors and youth, and increasing property values. He said property value is especially important because South Floral Park has no businesses to tax so a large part of the village’s revenue comes from property taxes. Ingram said he had not been able to campaign in person after the elections were postponed in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He focused on distributing flyers and using social media. He said this was “a different type of campaign” in light of the pandemic. Since the village is only about seven by ten blocks, Ingram said, he was able to reach much of the community with flyers. Brown is a long-time resident Continued on Page 12
PHOTO BY ELLIOT WELD
Floral Park held a remembrance of those lost in the Sept. 11 attacks 19 years ago. Eleven residents of the village died in the attacks.
NHP, F.P. remember those lost in 9/11 attacks BY E LL I OT W E L D
distancing in place. At Floral Park’s rememNassau County and several brance event, held Friday villages gathered police offi- morning outside Village Hall, cers, firefighters, religious lead- Mayor Dominick Longobardi ers and survivors of the Sept. spoke of a close friend who was 11 terrorist attacks 19 years killed in the attacks. The friend, Tom Hetzel, ago to hold annual commemorations of those lost, with social worked in the New York City
Fire Department, and died at age 33. Longobardi said he met his wife through Hetzel’s wife. “When we think about all those times we had together, Tom was a wonderful, wonderful man. He was a great New York City fireman. He worked Continued on Page 53
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