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EX FLOWER HILLS MAYOR DIES
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Nicolello gets top spot in Legislature NHP GOPer elected presiding officer BY LU K E TOR R A N C E
PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE
The Nassau County Legislature at its first meeting in January.
Richard Nicolello, a longtime county legislator from New Hyde Park, was elected as the new presiding oďŹƒcer of the Nassau County Legislature on Friday. He said he wanted to reduce the county’s debt and end state oversight of its ďŹ nances. “It’s very exciting, and I’m looking forward to working with all my colleagues,â€? Nicolello, a Republican, said after the meeting. He defeated Kevan Abrahams, the Democratic minority leader, on an 11-8 vote along party lines, as
many had expected. Nicolello takes over the position from Norma Gonsalves, who retired when her term expired last year. Nicolello has served as the legislator for the 9th District, which now snakes south from Manhasset down to Mineola and then west to New Hyde Park, since the county Legislature was established in 1996. He previously served as the deputy presiding oďŹƒcer under Gonsalves, a position he had held since 2012. That position will now be ďŹ lled Continued on Page 53
Lights fight lacks holiday spirit in Flower Hill lights display is not. The light display of Bob Young on Sunnyvale Road has The Christmas season might become a major attraction in the be over, but the battle over one village, but it has also caused Flower Hill resident’s Christmas problems with traďŹƒc and neigh-
BY LU K E TORRANCE
bors. Tensions between Young and village oďŹƒcials bubbled over the week of Christmas, which led members of the Board of Trustees to commit most of their January meeting to describe their side of the story and dispel rumors that had been swirling, which included a potential ban on holiday lights.
“The Village of Flower Hill has never discussed in any way, shape or form banning holiday lights,â€? Mayor Robert McNamara said at the meeting last Wednesday. “There is a rumor that started to that eect and I’m here to at out deny it ‌ you may also have heard the village is going to shut down charitable donations ‌ this is totally untrue.â€?
Rumors that the village was considering a ban on Christmas lights and donation boxes were tied to two requests that the village made of Young: to turn o several ashing lights and to move his charity box further back from the street, as it was in the village’s right of way. The Young family argued that the ashing lights had been Continued on Page 53
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