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Friday, April 7, 2017
Vol. 66, No. 14
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NASSAU COLISEUM REOPENS
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BROTHER ON THE RUN
Applause and then a resignation call GOP legislators press Mangano to step down BY N O A H M A N S K A R Norma Gonsalves, the Nassau County Legislature’s Republican majority leader, introduced County Executive Edward Mangano’s annual State of the County address shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday in the newly renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, a major achievement of Mangano’s administration. Gonsalves and other Nassau legislators applauded Mangano, also a Republican, as he touted the county’s economic growth and ďŹ nancial progress
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Brother Thomas Cleary, president of Chaminade High School in Mineola, was among more than 800 runners at the March 25 Run for Tomorrow’s Hope in Garden City. The event raised more than $18,000 for the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation, which supports Catholic schools.
Hempstead Councilman Ambrosino arrested, fired PAGE 22 in the eight years since he was elected. But three hours later, Gonsalves and eight other GOP legislators called for Mangano’s resignation outside his Mineola oďŹƒce — more than ďŹ ve months after his indictment on federal corruption charges. “We need to lift the cloud that is above our county government,â€? said Legislator Richard
Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park), the Legislature’s deputy presiding oďŹƒcer. “We need to restore the public’s faith in its elected oďŹƒcials. ‌ We believe that for the good of the county, of Nassau County, and the residents that we serve, that our county executive should step down.â€? Gonsalves, Nicolello and Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Valley Stream) — the Legislature’s top three Republicans — sent Mangano a letter Monday afternoon asking for his resignation “with great sorrow.â€? Continued on Page 70
No rise in property taxes but hike in 9 E.W. fees Board OKs $340K in capital projects for 2017-18 ees unanimously approved a $2.56 million 2017-18 budget Monday night that keeps revEast Williston residents enue from property taxes at won’t see higher village taxes and allocates $340,000 for in the coming year, but will three major capital projects. The board also unanimoushave to pay more for certain ly voted to increase nine fees village permits. The village Board of Trust- and create a new one in an ef-
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fort to better cover village costs and bring its charges in line with neighboring municipalities, Michael Delury, the village treasurer, said. “I don’t like to recommend increasing fees, but if I think it’s appropriate, I would make Continued on Page 71
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