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Friday, July 24, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 30
GUIDE TO WILLISTONS MINEOLA STREET FAIR CANCELED AND MINEOLA
NASSAU MOURNS JOHN LEWIS
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Pressing feds for funds Bipartisan group seeks COVID aid BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Officials from Nassau County joined U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) in a call for action to provide municipalities with federal aid in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated the economy. Suozzi was joined by Nassau County Executive and fellow Democrat Laura Curran, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and North Hempstead Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey last Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone also participated in the bipartisan effort to pass legislation that will provide federal aid to states, counties, localities and schools due to the budgetary shortfalls caused by the pandemic. “It has been two months since the House passed legislation, which would bring billions in local aid to our state, counties, towns, cities, villages Continued on Page 26
PHOTO BY ELLIOT WELD
Brianna Taylor (left) and Taylor Lewis leading a march down Franklin Avenue.
Teens lead Black Lives Matter march Strong police presence as group calls for social justice outside county seat BY E LL I OT W E L D A group of about 30 people walked from Nassau County Dis-
trict Court to the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building last Thursday evening, carrying signs reading “Black Lives Matter” and chanting slogans for social justice. About as many police officers, if not more, were waiting at the legislative building and on the streets nearby, with lights flashing
and cruisers blocking traffic. Police stood around the building while the organizers, two Nassau County teenagers, and others gave speeches to the crowd. Among the speakers was state Assemblywoman Taylor Darling (D-Hempstead), whom the two organizers call their mentor. The organizers were Brianna
Taylor, 18, of Freeport and Taylor Lewis, 19, of East Meadow. The two stopped the crowd when they reached the steps of the legislative building and spoke about injustice toward Black citizens, specifically Black women, and urged the crowd to vote in elections at the state and county level. Continued on Page 27
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