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NEW YEAR’S DINING GUIDE

MANORHAVEN REPLIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL REQUEST

COUNTY LEGISLATURE OKs INDEPENDENT I.G.

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N.Y. Islanders score big with Belmont arena

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Cuomo announces return of Long Island’s hockey team from Brooklyn BY R E B ECC A K L A R When the New York Islanders left Nassau County, they left a hole in the heart of Long Island, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Cuomo then announced that the hole in the heart of Long Island was being ďŹ xed — the hockey team would be coming home by building a new arena at Belmont Park. “When they left and went to Brooklyn, Long Island lost something,â€? Cuomo said at a press conference Wednesday. “Because it was so much part of the identity and the culture of Long Island.â€? The Islanders, partnered with Sterling Development and Oak View Group, plan to create a 18,000-seat arena, a multipurpose event center, a retail center and a hotel. The Islanders beat out the New York City Football Club, partnered with The Related Companies, to build on the Belmont land. The proposals were in response

to an Empire State Development Corp. request for proposal to build on 43-acres of state owned land currently used for parking spaces at Belmont Park. Cuomo said “today is a win win win.� It’s a win for the fans, because Belmont is easier to get to than Barclays center, he said. It was also announced that the LIRR will have service to Belmont all year round when the arena opens. It’s a win for the team, he said, because it will increase attendance and passion. And, he said, it’s a win for the community because the “big economic development initiative is going to utilize this great asset that has been underutilized for years now.� But not all residents agree. While many Islanders fans are happy to see the team return to Nassau, other residents are not pleased with the chosen project. Continued on Page 79

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Glenn Bradford removes a ring from a display cabinet at his store in Port Washington. See story on page 3.

Haber, synagogue seeks to help Syrian refugees “The country is in disarray, and it reminded me of the Holocaust,â€? the East Hills resiWatching the evening dent said. “I lost a lot of family news, Adam Haber said, he in the Holocaust, and seeing felt sick to his stomach by the what was happening in Syria, reports of violence and suf- it touched a nerve.â€? Haber, who is a principal fering in war-torn Syria — a reminder of the not-so-distant for a commercial real estate ďŹ rm and a member of the past for him and his family

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Roslyn Board of Education, said in response to the violence and suering he began an extensive research in what he could do to help refugees from a civil war in Syria that as of last year was estimated to have claimed the lives of more than 400,000 people. Continued on Page 68

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