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3rd track foe backs Phillips Senate bid
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Bill Corbett Sr. says Dem Senate would support Cuomo’s plan B y N oa h M ans k ar The leader of a group opposing the Long Island Rail Road’s proposed third track has thrown his support behind Republican Elaine Phillips for state Senate, saying a GOP majority is key to blocking the project. Floral Park attorney Bill Corbett, head of the coalition group Citizens Against Rail Expansion, or CARE, said he thinks a Democrat replacing state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury), a staunch opponent of the $1.5 billion project, would likely bend to political pressure from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fund it. “We know that a Democratic Assembly will give him whatever he wants and we know that a Democratic Senate will do the same, so it’s important that the Republican Party keep control of the Senate,” Corbett said. Phillips, mayor of the Village of Flower Hill, and Democrat Adam Haber of East Hills, a Roslyn
school board trustee and former Nassau Interim Finance Authority board member, are running to replace Martins in the 7th Senate District as he runs for Congress. Corbett, a registered Republican, said Phillips assured him in three meetings that she would block state funding for the plan Cuomo announced in January for a third track along the LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville. Corbett sent an email June 29 encouraging CARE supporters to attend Phillips’ campaign launch event June 30. About half a dozen showed up, he said. Corbett only speaks for himself in endorsing Phillips, he said, but CARE could agree to support her collectively after its dozens of members meet later this summer. Several other members have told Corbett they think it’s important to keep Martins’ seat Republican, he said. “I know that she would work Continued on Page 57
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Dr. Wafa Westervelt congratulates a graduate from Daly Elementary School. See story on Page 24.
Sands Point group to host congressional candidates B y N oa h M ans k ar The Sands Point Civic Association will host the Third Congressional District candidates, Jack Martins and Tom Suozzi, on July 13, their first joint ap-
pearance as they vie to succeed U.S. Rep. Steve Israel. Martins, a Republican state senator, and Suozzi, a Democrat and former Nassau County executive, will discuss issues and answer questions from the crowd at Sands Point Preserve
and Conservancy, said the association’s president, Peter Forman. “Steve Israel was a great representative of our community. Those are very big shoes to fill,” said Forman, also the Continued on Page 58
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