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Friday, February 28, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 9
HEALTH ELECTION BOARD RULES TO COUNTY OFFICIALS PRESS & BEAUTY ALLOW F. HILL SIGNATURES REVISIONS TO BAIL REFORM PAGES 27-38
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Developer accuses schools District denies discrimination BY R O S E W E L D ON The developer behind a proposed mixed-use building on Warner Avenue has accused the Roslyn School District of discriminating against children living in multifamily housing. Roslyn resident Jerry Karlik and his development firm J.K. Equities had requested a change of zone from commercial to mixed-use in hopes of building a structure with one floor of retail and three floors of apartments on Warner Avenue near the Long Island Rail Road station. Roslyn’s Board of Trustees had originally set a public hearing to consider a zoning change for the proposal on April 13, but changed the date to April 25 after the school board president objected to the date. In an email sent to board members of the Roslyn Chamber of Commerce, Karlik wrote that the hearing would be “the first step in the legal process for the Village to allow our petition for the mixed-use development at Continued on Page 61
PHOTO COURTESY OF HBO
Hugh Jackman, center, stars as former Roslyn School District Superintendent Frank Tassone in the film “Bad Education,” set to be broadcast on HBO on April 25.
School scandal film gets air date
Hugh Jackman-starring movie will be broadcast on HBO April 25 BY R O S E W E L D ON
A brief teaser trailer published to YouTube on Friday, which “Bad Education,” the film shows footage of the film, noted based on the embezzlement scan- its premiere date as Saturday, dal that plagued the Roslyn school April 25, airing at 8 p.m. The film is based on former district in the early 2000s, will air on premium cable channel HBO Roslyn Superintendent Frank Tasin April, according to a trailer re- sone, who headed the school district at a time when approximately leased over the weekend. $11.7 million was embezzled. Tassone, who pleaded guilty to first- and seconddegree grand larceny, was sentenced in 2006 to 4 to 12 years in prison, and was giv-
en an early release in 2010. As recently as last year, he received a six-figure pension, as he did in prison. Assistant Superintendent and scandal bookkeeper Pamela Gluckin, the first district official to be caught, obtained a plea deal for a 3-to-9-year sentence in 2006, and was paroled in 2011. She last received a government pension in 2014, in a yearly sum of $56,870. Actor Hugh Jackman stars as Tassone, with Oscar-winner Allison Janney featured as Gluckin.
Emmy- winner Ray Romano has a supporting role, as the fictional president of the district’s school board. Roslyn alumnus Mike Makowsky wrote the screenplay, and is credited as a co-producer. In a letter sent to parents in the fall of 2018, the Roslyn school district said that it had not had any input on the film and that the production would not be shooting scenes on school property. Several production Continued on Page 52
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