Thursday, February 9, 2012
The assemblywoman is partnering with Long Island Cares.
Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel, D-Great Neck, is partnering with Long Island Cares to sponsor the first annual Hearts for Hunger Food Drive in the 16th Assembly District. Items in need include non-perishable foods, personal care items, baby products, pet food, first aid and school supplies. Collection boxes are available at the Port Washington Community Chest, 382 Main Street; Schimel’s district office at 45 North Station Plaza, Suite 203 in Great Neck; the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue; and the Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, Garden City Park. Questions? Call Schimel's office at (516) 482-6966.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Flower Hill residents want board member compensation stopped.
The Village of Flower Hill Board of Trustees anticipated addressing new restaurants and finish up old business. What they weren't expecting was to talk about something that wasn't on the adgenda: member compensation. Village residents thought trustee benefits would be on the agenda but Mayor Weiss granted them limited time at the end to voice their concerns.
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The event raised money to help fund research on rare cancer.
Port Washington residents Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, Betty Ann Caravella, Josie Bishop and Sam DeMarino did their part to help fight cancer by participating in the Cycle for Survival fundraiser on Saturday at Equinox Fitness Club in Roslyn. Cycle for Survival is the annual, indoor relay-style team cycling event at Equinox Fitness Clubs and satellite locations worldwide that funds research on rare cancers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In the past five years, Cycle has raised more than $9 million and directly funded 25 clinical trials and research studies. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, based in New York City, is the nation's preeminent center for research and treatment devoted exclusively to cancer. The innovation…
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel meets Chicago top cop Jody Weis to discuss microstamping.
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Monday, February 6
I recently met with Jody Weis, Deputy Director of the Chicago Crime Commission. Our discussion centered on reducing illegal guns in their respective states of New York and Illinois. Mr. Weis is the former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He spent 23 years in the Federal Bureau of Investigation where he investigated terrorism, narcotics, and violent crime matters. In addition, Mr. Weis also served on the Houston SWAT team and was a bomb technician. As the sponsor of a microstamping bill in the New York State Assembly, I met with Mr. Weis after learning of his interest in microstamping technology from a national news show where he spoke about his plan to push for microstamping legislation in Illinois. This technology enables …
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Black History Month, a Polar Plunge and Jazzy Night are on the schedule.
Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Town Clerk Leslie Gross, the North Hempstead Town Board have announced the third annual Valentines Day Marriage Vow Renewal ceremony at Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington. “We are so happy to be able to celebrate the love the couples married over 50 years have shared during their long lasting marriages,” said Gross, who conceived the event. “Perhaps the most important business of life is to learn how to love!” About 70 couples from across the town who have been married for 50 years or more are expected to recommit themselves to each other at the Feb. 14 ceremony themed “Over the Years, Flying High.” The celebration kicks off at 11 a.m. *** Kaiman, Councilwoman Viviana Russell and the North Hempstead Town …
The state senator on the MTA tax.
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Sunday, February 5
If you’ll indulge me, I’d ask you to imagine a very complex flow chart, one with a jumble of miniscule numbers and overlapping arrows pointing in every direction that are nearly impossible to decipher. That’s what government bureaucracies tend to create. But in my years of public service, I happen to have gotten pretty good at analyzing these labyrinths, tracing their complexities back to their respective centers. What’s more, I can now almost always predict what you’ll find there: an overburdened taxpayer that doesn’t know what hit him. You see, bureaucracies avoid coming right out and asking you for more money because they know it makes you angry. Now I know you’re saying “Are you kidding, Jack? Have you seen my property tax bill…
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Bollywood dancing, a book drive and perfect bowlers.
Some of the news from communities around Long Island this week. Spreading Indian Culture Herricks Middle School plays host to a different sort of class and courseload as was children and parents bustled about the building’s halls being taught dance moves by the Young Indian Culture Group. The YICG was formed in 1994 when Executive Director Rathi Raja, President Urmila Shivaram, Treasurer Vasundhara Sureka and Secretary Runi Ratnam came together in order to create a more structural basis for celebrating Indian culture. The group teaches a variety of 55 classes every Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m at the middle school, some of which include teaching, Hindi, Cooking, Tabla and Bollywood Dance among others. Chaminade Bowling Completes Perfect …
A weekly look-in at the news of Nassau County.
Nassau Restructures Police Precincts In an effort to cut back on spending, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Police Commissioner Thomas Dale announced Monday that four of the county's eight police precincts will be restructured. Four precincts will remain intact while the remaining four will be transformed into new Community Policing Centers, Mangano said. Click here for more information on the restructuring. Auxiliary Police Officers Needed The Nassau County Auxiliary Police is looking for residents to volunteer and serve as members of the Auxiliary Police. The Auxiliary Police are volunteers dedicated to making their community a safe place to live. Members patrol in marked cars equipped with a two-way radio and emergency equipment. …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Senators Jack Martins and Lee Zeldin introduced a bill to provide tax relief for Long Islanders.
In 2009, the MTA Payroll Tax was enacted, forcing taxpayers to pay a .34 percent tax for every $100 of payroll to pay the MTA. In December of 2011, legislation was signed to eliminate the payroll tax for businesses with a payroll of $1.25 million or less as well as public and private schools. Libraries, counties, towns and villages are still required to pay the tax. Senators Jack Martins, R-Mineola, and Lee Zeldin, R-Shirley, as well as others are trying to eliminate the tax for the remaining taxpayers. Nassau County pays approximately $3 million in taxes that goes towards the MTA, officials said.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
County Executive Mangano among politicians on hand as Cuomo discusses what is in store for the upcoming year.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed residents at Molloy College in Rockville Centre Thursday morning with an outline for his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan. The idea, according to Cuomo, is to build upon the "historic reforms" enacted last year and continue to move New York in the right direction. The governor cited "bipartisan cooperation" as a main reason for success in Albany. "Last year's successes have paved the way for us to present a direct and clean-cut budget that allows for significant reforms to reorganize government and make it more effective and efficient for New Yorkers," Cuomo said in a statement. Cuomo discussed a broad range of topics Thursday, ranging from current problems in the state's public education system to a …
Ira Alechman
10:51 am on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Thank you Port Washington Patch and especially Amanda Pugliese for covering this meeting. I am a resident of the Village of Flower Hill but could not attend the meeting. I did, along with my neighbors, sign the petition that was presented to the Board. It was great to see that the people demanded to be heard. As for the Mayor and the Board who thought that the people of the village did not care … more ›