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HEALTH, WELLNESS LONGER WATERFRONT LEGISLATOR’S ARREST & BEAUTY GUIDE MORATORIUM ROILS COUNTY POLITICS PAGES 31-34, 47-50
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Nassau residents say taxes are top issue, poll shows
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Homeowners polled view Democrats and Republicans unfavorably BY N O A H M A N S K A R Nassau County homeowners think taxes are the county’s most pressing issue and do not trust either major political party to serve their interests, according to a poll conducted last month. Some 65 percent of the 800 surveyed homeowners who are likely to vote in this year’s countywide election chose taxes as the most important issue facing the county, according to the poll conducted by the Parkside Group, a Manhattan political consulting ďŹ rm, from May 18 to 21. Roads and traďŹƒc problems are the second most pressing issue, with 13 percent of respondents choosing it, followed by public corruption with 11 percent, according to poll results obtained by Blank Slate Media. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are viewed unfavorably by half the respondents, and more than half said they do
not trust either party to stand up for their best interests, the poll results show. The Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, a Cedarhurst-based ďŹ rm that handles appeals of Nassau residents’ property tax bills, commissioned the poll, which has a margin of error of 3.46 percent. The poll only surveyed people who own homes, so it does not reect the opinions of Nassau’s total electorate. Homeowners account for about 80 percent of Nassau’s residents, according to the most recent available U.S. Census data. “The ďŹ ndings of the survey reinforce what we already know: property taxes are a crushing burden on Nassau County homeowners and those homeowners will aggressively protect their rights to avoid paying more than is legally required,â€? Shalom Maidenbaum, the founder of Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, said in Continued on Page 66
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
More than 400 Paul D. Schreiber High School seniors graduated on Thursday. See graduation section, pages 35-46.
Manorhaven lengthens mayoral term to 4 years Thursday voted 4-0 to lengthen the term of mayor to four years from two, making Manorhaven Manorhaven mayors will the only Port Washington vilsoon serve longer terms in of- lage with a four-year mayoral term. ďŹ ce. Trustee Rita Di Lucia was The Board of Trustees on
BY ST E P H E N ROMANO
not present for the vote. The change will take place after the 2018 mayoral election. Mayor Jim Avena, who was elected mayor in May 2016, Continued on Page 66
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