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HEALTH, WELLNESS MARTINS PRESENTS LEGISLATOR’S ARREST & BEAUTY GUIDE ROILS COUNTY POLITICS OPIOID AGENDA PAGES 31-34, 47-50
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Taxes top issue for homeowners in Nassau: poll Corruption No. 3 concern in survey commissioned by tax appeals firm BY N O A H M A N S K A R Nassau County homeowners think taxes are the county’s most pressing issue and do not trust either major political party to serve their interests, according to a poll conducted last month. Some 65 percent of the 800 surveyed homeowners who are likely to vote in this year’s countywide election chose taxes as the most important issue facing the county, according to the poll conducted by the Parkside Group, a Manhattan political consulting ďŹ rm, from May 18 to 21. Roads and traďŹƒc problems are the second most pressing issue, with 13 percent of respondents choosing it, followed by public corruption with 11 percent, according to poll results obtained by Blank Slate Media. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are viewed unfavorably by half the respondents, and more than half said they do
not trust either party to stand up for their best interests, the poll results show. The Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, a Cedarhurstbased ďŹ rm that handles appeals of Nassau residents’ property tax bills, commissioned the poll, which has a margin of error of 3.46 percent. The poll only surveyed people who own homes, so it does not reect the opinions of Nassau’s total electorate. Homeowners account for about 80 percent of Nassau’s residents, according to the most recent available U.S. Census data. “The ďŹ ndings of the survey reinforce what we already know: property taxes are a crushing burden on Nassau County homeowners and those homeowners will aggressively protect their rights to avoid paying more than is legally required,â€? Shalom Maidenbaum, the founder of Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, said in a statement. Continued on Page 66
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HERRICKS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Standard-bearers Herricks High School valedictorian Setu Mehta (left) and salutatorian Alan Chen carry banners at the school’s commencement ceremony last Thursday. See graduation section on pages 35 to 46.
NHP, F.P. residents still wary of 3rd track plans BY N O A H MANSKAR Many New Hyde Park and Floral Park residents still oppose the Long Island Rail Road’s third track project even with recent
eorts to address their villages’ concerns. At a public meeting Thursday night, more than two dozen residents said any eorts to sweeten the deal do not negate the potential harm to those living along
the project’s 9.8-mile corridor between Floral Park and Hicksville. Many also expressed a lack of trust in the LIRR and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to live up to the memorandums Continued on Page 67
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