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Friday, July 8, 2016
Vol. 4, No. 28
LIVING 50 plus
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3rd track foe backs Phillips Senate bid
MOVING ON UP
Bill Corbett says a Dem would bend to pressure from Cuomo By N o a h M a n s k a r The leader of a group opposing the Long Island Rail Road’s proposed third track has thrown his support behind Republican Elaine Phillips for state Senate, saying a GOP majority is key to blocking the project. Floral Park attorney Bill Corbett, head of the coalition group Citizens Against Rail Expansion, or CARE, said he thinks a Democrat replacing state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury), a staunch opponent of the $1.5 billion project, would likely bend to political pressure from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fund it. “We know that a Democratic Assembly will give him whatever he wants and we know that a Democratic Senate will do the same, so it’s important that the Republican Party keep control of the Senate,” Corbett said. Phillips, mayor of the Village of Flower Hill, and Democrat Adam Haber of East Hills, a Roslyn school
board trustee and former Nassau Interim Finance Authority board member, are running to replace Martins in the 7th Senate District as he runs for Congress. Corbett, a registered Republican, said Phillips assured him in three meetings that she would block state funding for the plan Cuomo announced in January for a third track along the LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville. Corbett sent an email June 29 encouraging CARE supporters to attend Phillips’ campaign launch event June 30. About half a dozen showed up, he said. Corbett only speaks for himself in endorsing Phillips, he said, but CARE could agree to support her collectively after its dozens of members meet later this summer. Several other members have told Corbett they think it’s important to keep Martins’ seat Republican, he said. “I know that she would work Continued on Page 57
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Harbor Hill Principal Gina Faust distributes certificates to fifth graders at the moving up ceremony while Assistant Principal Mary Wood looks on.
Slant/Fin keeps their business in Greenvale BY C HR I S ADA M S
Slant/Fin Corporation, the self-proclaimed largest manuA Greenvale-based com- facturer of baseboard heating pany will remain in its location units in the nation, was apafter considering relocating, proved for an agreement with keeping 229 jobs in the area, the Nassau County Industrial company and Nassau County Development Agency at a June 28 meeting that will allow the officials said.
business to expand its current operation without moving. The company plans to put in $3 million to update their 188,048-square-foot building on 100 Forest Drive, according to a press release issued by Continued on Page 58
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