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Friday, December 13, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 50
HOLIDAY GUIDE
SPECIAL DISTRICT G.N. NATIVE SEEKS RACE RESULTS CONTROL OF METS
PAGES 27-46
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North Shore District voters pass $39M bond Money will make needed repairs to five schools BY R O S E W E L D ON Voters in the North Shore School District approved a proposed bond of $39.89 million to repair the school’s infrastructure. The district, which includes Glenwood Landing, Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Brookville and parts of Roslyn Harbor and Greenvale, received more than 1,400 votes on Tuesday night, with 955 residents voting yes and 512 voting no. According to the district, the bond will cost $39,899,786. Of that amount $19,318,705
will go to instructional projects, $13,565,192 to infrastructure projects, $4,014,787 to health, safety, and security projects, $2,709,547 to air conditioning, and $291,555 to other necessary site work. The district’s school board had voted to hold a referendum on the bond, which would fund renovations in all five of the district’s schools. District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo said in a statement that the bond would provide a “unique” opportunity for the district. “The District consulted
with our Bond Counsel to calculate the borrowing power that would not cost our taxpayers any additional money,” Giarrizzo said. “They advised us that we could achieve this goal if the proposed bond was under $40 million. This is a unique, if not, rare opportunity that will allow us to address the major safety, security, infrastructure, and instructional needs of the North Shore Schools as the proposed projects are too large in cost to be addressed within our annual budgets.” Continued on Page 59
County execs announce task force against anti-Semitism PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
Residents gathered at the Ellen E. Ward Clock Tower on Thursday, Dec. 5 to witness the lighting of Roslyn’s menorah and Christmas tree, presented by the Roslyn Chamber of Commerce.
Respond to second incident in two weeks BY R OB E RT PELAEZ & ROSE WELDON Nassau County Executive Laura Curran joined her Suffolk County counterpart, Steve Bellone, on Monday in announcing an island-wide coalition that will combat antiSemitism and hate symbols.
The announcement was made at the Nassau County Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove following the second discovery of anti-Semitic graffitti on the center’s premises in two weeks. Over 40 elected local and state officials, religious members, and community activists were present to address the
most recent examples of antisemitic graffiti that were spraypainted on the center’s grounds last week. “The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center and the community were shocked and saddened when graffiti including swastikas appeared on the grounds of Welwyn Preserve,” Continued on Page 58
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