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HOME & DESIGN
DOUBTS OVER FIRED SUOZZI, VOTERS BEN’S WORKERS TALK AT TOWN HALL
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Bomb threat at JCC brings added policing
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Local religious and political officials condemn incident at Plainview Y BY M A X Z A H N Nassau County Police will increase their patrols at Jewish institutions throughout the county in response to a bomb threat called into the Mid-Island Y JCC in Plainview on Monday, the second such threat leveled at a JCC in Nassau this year. “We’ll make sure that our religious institutions have more patrols, you will see a heightened police presence in those locations,â€? Nassau Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said at a press conference on Tuesday. The threat called into the Mid Island Y, one of scores directed at Jewish institutions nationwide, has prompted condemnations from local religious and political ďŹ gures. On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced that he’s asking the Federal Communications Commission chairman to grant a waiver for tracing the
phone calls made to facilities that have been targeted, according to a Newsday report. “This news is alarming and continues a trend of anti-Semitism and hate talk of other religious and ethnic minorities that has been spreading throughout our country over the last several weeks,� U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said. “It’s now come to our community and it must stop.� At a press conference on Tuesday, County Executive Edward Mangano said, “A threat to any one person’s right to express freedom of religion is a threat to every citizen here in our county.� Speaking alongside Mangano, Krumpter said police are “aggressively investigating the case.� “We’re doing everything we can to bring the individuals to justice,� he added. David Black, executive director of Sid Jacobson JCC in Roslyn, said his community center has Continued on Page 21
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Roslyn High ranked 4th some school oďŹƒcials said rankings such as Niche’s should be Seven North Shore schools taken with a grain of salt becracked the annual list of best cause of the varying criteria high schools in the state re- used by the dierent entities leased last week by Niche.com. that rank schools. Roslyn Superintendent of But despite the honor,
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Schools Allison Brown said although Roslyn High School was listed at No. 4 in the state, the district pays little mind to the ranking. “While we always apContinued on Page 55
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