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Friday, November 1, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 44
NASSAU’S ECONOMY
FLOOD GATE PLAN SEEN AS UNLIKELY
CURRAN UNVEILS SHARED SERVICES PLAN
PAGES 33-40
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TIME TO GO PINK
Seven seats up for vote in elections Zuckerman, Lafazan, Bosworth seek re-election to posts BY R O S E W E L D ON Seven races for seats on the North Hempstead Town Board and Nassau County Legislature in Tuesday’s election will decide the Roslyn area’s representatives for the next two to three years. Two additional races will decide Nassau County’s district attorney and receiver of taxes for the next four years. In one of several races for the North Hempstead Town Board, incumbent Democratic Councilman Peter Zuckerman of East Hills is challenged by
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
The iconic Ellen E. Ward Clock Tower was lit up pink in recognition of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Oct. 24. Also on that day, the local breast cancer foundation Go With Courage, founded by Roslyn Country Estates resident and breast cancer survivor Robyn Jaslow, held its first Day of Shopping event in the village, with 20 percent of proceeds from over 20 stores going to support breast cancer research. See more photos on page 19.
Republican Ragini Srivastava of Manhasset Hills and Green Party candidate Cassandra Lems of New Hyde Park for the
2nd District, which includes Roslyn Harbor, Roslyn Heights, Albertson, East Hills, East Williston, Glenwood Landing, Greenvale, Herricks, Manhasset Hills and Searingtown.
Zuckerman, who is running for his third term, said he wishes to implement a cultural master plan for the town to “maximize potential” of commercial and downtown districts. Srivastava, a small-business owner, is in favor of creating a “downtown development corporation or similar organization,” and Lems, a paralegal, says she would encourage shopkeepers and arts organizations to “band together to create events that draw people into commercial areas.” Continued on Page 58
Town seeks villages to join lawsuit against FAA E. Hills among first to join N. Hempstead in planned suit BY R O S E W E L D ON
for “the execution of an intermunicipal agreement with The Town of North Hemp- various villages for the retenstead is looking for additional tion of counsel to initiate legal villages to join its upcoming action against the FAA.” The resolution, introlawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration over duced by Town Supervisor airplane noise, pollution and Judi Bosworth, asks municipalities affected by noise, pollow flying planes. At the council’s Oct. 24 lution and low-flying aircraft meeting, the Town Board to join them. So far, the villages of Upvoted on a resolution calling
per Brookville and East Hills have joined the lawsuit. A press release from the town states that legal costs would be shared by the municipalities. “This is the first step toward potential legal action against the FAA in hopes of alleviating the burden of lowflying aircraft on the residents Continued on Page 69
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