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Former Port priest promoted by Pope Henning named auxiliary bishop for L.I. diocese BY LU K E TORRANCE Monsignor Richard G. Henning, a priest who got his start in Port Washington, was appointed last week as the auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre by Pope Francis. “I am grateful to His Holiness, Pope Francis, for the call to serve as an auxiliary bishop,” Henning said in a statement. “This is a moment of deep reflection and the humble acknowledgment of my dependence upon the grace of
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE
God and my joy in His service.” The announcement was made by! Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the pope’s representative, or apostolic nuncio,
in the United States, last Friday in Washington, D.C. Henning will serve as the fourth auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, which has 351 priests and a Catholic population of! 1,455,644, making it the eighth-largest diocese in the United States. He will replace Bishop Nelson Perez, who is leaving Long Island to become the bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland. Henning can speak Spanish and Italian fluently. His knowledge of the former will Continued on Page 58
Nassau IDA improves, but still lags neighbors PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI
Port Washington resident Lauren Berkman smiles to supporters as she finishes the eighth annual Katie Oppo Memorial 5K in Flower Hill on Sunday. See story on page 19.
Remains behind Suffolk, Westchester in bang for buck BY LU K E TORRANCE The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency gave out $3,003 in net tax exemptions per job created in 2016, the lowest amount for the county since 2012, according to! the New York state comptroller’s annual IDA report, re-
leased earlier this month. But the amount is higher than Westchester County’s!$2,961 per job gained and more than six times the amount of Suffolk’s IDA net exemptions per job gained. Of the three counties, Nassau had the most IDA projects with 173. The $88.6 million in tax exemptions was not only
the most of the three counties, it was the most of any county in the state by a significant margin (Westchester was second with $48.1 million). While Nassau recovered about half of that through payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs), its net tax exemptions of $43.6 million were the highest of any IDA in Continued on Page 69
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