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Friday, April 30, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 18
N E W H Y D E PA R K
MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS & DINING PAGES 29-36
SWASTIKAS PAINTED KAPLAN TOUTS ON PORT SCHOOL SMALL BIZ AID PAGE 3
Rice condemns acid attack on Sewanhaka grad
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HAPPY 100TH!
More than $500K raised to fund medical bills of Nafiah Ikram BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (DGarden City) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran condemned the acid attack that left a 21-year-old Hofstra student fighting for her life last month. Nafiah Ikram, a 21-year-old Hofstra student and a graduate of the Sewanhaka Central High School District, was the victim of the attack on the night of March 17 outside her Elmont home. She and her mother parked their car outside their Arlington Avenue home and were about to walk inside when an unknown man ran up to her and threw acid on her face. Footage of the incident was caught on a neighboring house camera. “The horrific acid attack on Nafiah Ikram in Elmont is under active investigation by our Police Department,” Curran said last Thursday. “What happened to Nafiah is unacceptable, and we are
committed to getting to the bottom of it.” When the acid was thrown in Ikram’s face, it caused her to scream and acid then got into her mouth. Her tongue and throat were burned as a result, according to a GoFundMe campaign that has raised more than $510,000 for Ikram and her family. Ikram ran into the house, where her parents attempted to help her, but the acid burned her parents’ arms and hands as well, the GoFundMe page said. The acid caused “severe burning” on Ikram’s eyes, chest and arms, according to the post. She was also wearing contact lenses, which were melted to her eyes as a result of the acid. “It’s still very cloudy and hazy. I can’t read out of my eye. I can’t, like if I close my eye, I can see there’s a light there, I can see what you’re wearing but I can’t see you,” Ikram said in an interview with Continued on Page 46
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Nassau County Police officers celebrated World War II veteran and Floral Park resident Dominick Critelli’s 100th Birthday on April 18.
Great Neck rally promotes unity throughout N. Shore BY K AT I E F E N T O N
ing a “Unity & Love” rally. The rally, which was orHundreds of people gath- ganized by the Great Neck ered at Firefighters Park in Chinese Association (GNCA), Great Neck on Sunday to con- featured speeches by local demn anti-Asian discrimina- leaders and officials, including tion and call for solidarity dur- U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen
Cove), state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and others. Suozzi opened his speech by addressing the increase in Continued on Page 45
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