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Friday, July 19, 2024
Vol. 12, No. 29
KIDS GUIDE
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Giuseppe’s to take over Stop & Shop Greenvale location to switch hands as 1 market expands, other shrinks BY E R I C A S C H WA RT Z The Greenvale Stop & Shop location is set to close alongside three other locations on or before Nov. 2, according to a July 12 press release from Ahold Delhaize, Stop & Shop’s parent company. The Long Island stores are four of the 32 Stop & Shop locations Ahold Delhaize plans to close due to “underperformance.” Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace is taking the opportunity to open up a store of its own in Greenvale. The high-end, full-service grocer specializing in Italian food, Uncle Giuseppe’s will open a supermarket in an approximately 52,000-square-foot space at 130 Wheatley Plaza in Greenvale in the first quarter of 2026, said Carl DelPrete, CEO of the Melvillebased chain of 11 stores in New York and New Jersey. Uncle Giuseppe’s signed a lease for the Greenvale store about two months ago, according to DelPrete. “Uncle Giuseppe’s is always looking for opportunities in great neighborhoods in certain areas with the right square footage and this opportunity happened to come up. We’re very ex-
cited for Greenvale.” Gordon Reid, president of Stop & Shop, said the company chose to close these stores after evaluating the overall portfolio of each store. He said the closings will help create a foundation for the company’s growth. According to Reid, closing these lowperforming stores is one element of the brand’s current growth strategy. “Stop & Shop is focused on growing through large, multi-year price investments and a stronger customer value proposition, both in-store and online,” he said. “This means we’ll be focused on delivering lower everyday prices, as well as even more savings for our customers through strong promotions.” Reid also says no employees of the closing stores will be laid off. All employees of the affected store will be offered other employment opportunities within the company. “Our associates are a strong community dedicated to growing and working together, and all of our store associates will continue to have a place in the Stop & Shop family as we look forward to serving customers at other nearby locations,” he said. The other Long Island store locations closing are in Hempstead, East Continued on Page 37
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signs a bill banning transgender athletes from women’s competition into law. Within hours, he was sued by New York States Attorney General Letitia James for this.
James sues county over transgender athlete law BY M I C H A E L MALASZCZYK State Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil Liberties Union sued Nassau County and County Executive Bruce Blakeman Monday in a move to overturn a county law that bans transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sporting events at county-run parks and facilities. James filed her lawsuit imme-
diately after Blakeman signed the legislation into law at a ceremony attended by county legislators. The law, approved by the county Legislature in a 12-5 vote along party lines, would apply equally to private and public school teams, recreational leagues of all ages, charity events, and even competitive professional and amateur adult teams with their own rules on participation. The law closely mirrored an executive order issued by Blakeman in February.
A Republican State Supreme Court justice ruled Blakeman had exceeded his authority by issuing the order because there was no “corresponding legislative enactment.” Neither Blakeman nor members of the Legislature have provided a single case in which the law would apply. James said the law he had just signed into law conflicts with state laws protecting New Yorkers from discrimination based on their gender identity or expressing it. Continued on Page 37