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Friday, March 24, 2023
Vol. 11, No. 12
GUIDE TO PHILLIPS SAYS ASSESSMENT LIU, NCC BACK SPRING CASINO PROJECT FIXES CONTINUE PAGES 25-32
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Peters wins Roslyn Estates mayoral race Incumbent challenged for 1st time during his 6-year tenure by Teichman BY C A M E RY N O A K ES Roslyn Estates Mayor Paul Peters was re-elected on March 21 to serve another term. The mayor was challenged for the first time in his tenure by candidate Todd Teichman, the only contested election in Roslyn. Peters won with 250 votes, with Teichman trailing behind with 66 votes. This will be Peter’s fourth term as mayor of Roslyn Estates. Peters has been Roslyn Estate’s mayor for the past six years. Prior to his time as mayor, Peters was a member of the village’s Board of Zoning Appeals and a trustee for the village. Teichman has lived in Roslyn Estates for 2 1/2 years and has not served in the village government. He works in medical sales for 25 years. One of Peter’s main goals as mayor in this upcoming term is to continue fighting against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s housing plan, he said.The plan would require local governments to rezone areas within a half mile of MTA rail stations that serve the Long Island Rail Road to achieve 3% growth in housing over three years. Roslyn Estates residents also voted for two trustees, with Susan Rubinstein and Brett Auerbach running unopposed for re-election. Both trustees were re-
elected, with 220 and 203 votes, respectively. The village had five write-ins for the trustee positions, all of which received a singular vote. Overall, 316 total votes were cast in Roslyn Estate’s election. Roslyn and East Hills also held elections on Tuesday. In Roslyn, Mayor John Durkin, Trustee Sarah Oral and Trustee Marta Genovese all ran for re-election unopposed. Durkin received 58 votes, Oral 50 votes and Genovese 54 votes. There were no write-in votes. In East Hills, Mayor Michael Koblenz, Trustees Brian Meyerson, Trustee Stacey Siegel and Village Justice Howard Jaslow ran unopposed for reelection. All were re-elected. The Mayor received 237 votes, Meyerson received 248 votes, Siegel received 240 votes and Jaslow received 238 votes. In a debate on Sunday, Peters and candidate Todd Teichman, who are vying for the village’s mayoral position, debated Sunday about the village code and community initiatives. The League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset hosted the hour-long debate, which was requested by Peters, in the East Hills Village Courtroom at 3 p.m. About 50 people Continued on Page 47
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Kindergarten students making their purchases at the Heights Supermarket. See story on page 46.
New map gives Dems in county big edge BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Democratic enrollment outweighs Republicans in 15 of the 19 recently approved Nassau County legislative districts, a data analysis
done by Blank Slate Media shows. The Legislature voted 11-7 to adopt a map presented by the majority caucus on Feb. 27. Districts 1-7, 9-11, 13, 14, 16-18 all had more registered Democratic voters in 2022
than Republicans, according to data obtained by Blank Slate Media. The map was last redrawn in 2013. Democratic officials have chastised Republicans for their lack Continued on Page 48
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