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Friday, May 18, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 20
BANKING, FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE
WHEATLEY RANKED 180th IN STATE
TERRY JAILED
PAGES 37-44
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Herricks votes for 2 trustees, $114M budget
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Nancy Feinstein, Brian Hassan re-elected to serve on school board BY R E B ECC A K L A R
maintain [and] expand programs for all of our students, all while havThe $114.3 million Herricks ing a pretty low per pupil spending school budget for 2018-19 passed – as compared to our [comparative] on a 885-382 vote on Tuesday night. school districts,” Feinstein said. School board members Nancy This will be Feinstein’s third Feinstein and Brian Hassan, both term on the board. The Roslyn resiincumbents running unopposed, dent has three children who have were voted in with all attended Her928 and 774 votes, ricks schools. Her See related respectively. youngest daughter The budget rep- election coverage will graduate from resents a 2.68 perthe high school this PAGES 20, 21 cent, or $3 million, year. increase from the Hassan, an Albcurrent budget. ertson resident, will also be serving The tax levy will increase by his third term on the board. He has 2.55 percent. Including the 2018-19 tax levy, two children who have graduated the average tax levy increase over from the Herricks schools and a daughter currently completing her the last three years is 1.44 percent. The number of residents regis- junior year at the high school. Feinstein said in a previous intered to vote in the district is 19,900. terview that she is looking forward Feinstein, in a previous interview, said she is proud the board to continuing the positive relationhas managed to operate under the ship between the board and the administrators and teachers. tax cap. “We manage to do that and Continued on Page 21
PHOTO COURTESY OF MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Two Jackson Avenue School students, Gianna-Rose Leggio, left, and Kaitlyn Claros, recorded their audio with the school’s new production equiptment.
Garden City police to pay $150K to Mineola man B Y R E B E C C A K L A R officers beat and wrongfully to court documents filed last The Village of Garden City will pay $150,000 to a Mineola man who sued the village, its!Police Department and four officers, saying that
arrested him based on his Tuesday. The judgment was signed race!outside a Mineola superon Monday. market in November 2016. Lanier’s suit, filed in The man, Ronald Lanier, accepted the $150,000 of- 2017, sought $50 million. fer of judgement according Continued on Page 65
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