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Friday, June 14, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 24
REVITALIZING DOWNTOWNS
L.I. LEADERS CALL FOR LEGAL POT
GOP DELAYS ASSESSMENT PHASE-IN VOTE
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Old Westbury, N. Hills voters head to polls Newcomer Jeffrey Baker runs to replace Trustee Leslie Fastenberg BY T E R I W EST Old Westbury and North Hills residents will vote Tuesday in uncontested village elections that, between the two, only have one new candidate on the ballot who is not an incumbent. Jeffrey Brown, who is seeking Leslie Fastenberg’s seat, is running for trustee in Old Westbury. Fastenberg announced that she was not running for re-election at the village’s May meeting and said she would not attend her final meeting, which will be held the day before the election. Both elections will be held at the village’s respective village halls from noon to 9 p.m. These are the candidates: Old Westbury •Cory Baker – trustee, fouryear term Baker has served one term as a trustee. He is an anesthesiologist with ProHealth and has lived in the village for more than 20 years.
•Jeffrey Brown Brown has lived in the village for about five years and is an attorney and partner at Leeds Brown Law. Baker is one of three trustees who won through a write-in campaign in 2015. The board has accomplished a lot since then, including extensive road repaving, tree planting and the implementation of a new water system, he said. “We’ve been able to modernize our laws, rebuild our aged infrastructure and we’ve done that without increasing our tax dollars as a result, so I think I’ve served the community, the residents well,” Baker said. He has four children in the East Williston school district. He’s someone who is newer to the village and is going to remain there for decades, Brown said, which he said would bring a different perspective to the village board. Continued on Page 57
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
CBS News producer Pat Milton is inducted into the Press Club of Long Island Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Smithtown.
Milton joins Press Club of Long Island Hall of Fame BY T E R I W EST Senior CBS producer and Roslyn native Pat Milton was inducted into the Press Club of Long Island Hall of Fame last Thursday night in Smithtown
surrounded by admiring colleagues and family. Milton opened the Associated Press Long Island bureau and covered the TWA Flight 800 explosion, earning a Pulitzer Prize nomination. She
moved to CBS News in 2008, where she is now the senior producer of the investigative unit and co-produces “60 Minutes.” “For me, journalism has Continued on Page 69
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