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Nassau County Legislator Joseph Scannell
Court OKs GOP’s redistricting map
In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore. more
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Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.
Autism bill passes Legislature
The State Senate and Assembly passed legislation on June 17 to ensure that people with autism receive insurance coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. more
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State Senate passes DUI legislation
The New York State Senate passed legislation last week sponsored by Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. that would close a loophole allowing someone arrested for driving under the influence with a conditional … more
Legislator Norma Gonsalves displayed the T-shirt created by VFW Post No. 2736, led by Post Commander Sal Pellegrino, right. The post thanked the legislator for her leadership during a long battle to get a new and improved health clinic for local veterans.
Veterans thank legislator for securing health clinic
On the day of the grand opening of the new health clinic for veterans at the Nassau University Medical Center, members of East Meadow’s VFW Post No. 2736 wore T-shirts expressing their … more
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The Veterans Health Clinic opened its doors at the Nassau University Medical Center on April 8, to the delight of Legislator Norma Gonsalves, center, who worked with members of VFW Post No. 2736, above, and various agencies for more than a decade to move the facility from Plainview to East Meadow.
A new home for Nassau's veterans
As she toured the new Veterans Health Clinic at the Nassau University Medical Center a week before its official grand opening, Legislator Norma Gonsalves could hardly conceal her emotions. … more
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Members of the Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Task Force toured the forests behind the Brookside School in North Merrick on Monday. They were, from left, Kyle Strober, County Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, Brian Schneider and Richard Schary.
Hike reveals woodlands vandalism
North Bellmore environmental activist Richard Schary was hurrying through the woods behind the Brookside School in North Merrick on Monday morning, dashing from tree to tree in search of graffiti. He had little trouble finding it. Vandals had spray-painted dozens of oak and maple trees along a well-worn path through the forest. more
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State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.
Legislator wants autism treatments covered
State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, has introduced legislation to ensure that people with autism receive insurance coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. more
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Legislator Norma Gonsalves and a team of volunteers continue keeping watch on the neighborhood as part of CEMCO’s Civilian Patrol.
Volunteers look out for their neighbors in East Meadow
They’re the eyes and ears of the police. They drive their own cars. They look for, and report, suspicious activity. But they don’t carry weapons or handcuffs. They don’t make … more
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The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce discussed plans for an upcoming “Envirothon” at a meeting on Monday. The group is headed by Legislator Norma Gonsalves, at head of table, and Legislator David Denenberg, at right. At the Envirothon, the task force will announce a plan to allow fishing at Mullener Pond in North Merrick, where it has been prohibited. Clockwise from left were Brian Foley, deputy regional director, New York State Department of Parks; Gonsalves; Donald Hohn, planner, county Planning Commission; Heidi O’Riordan, aquatic biologist, state Department of Environmental Conservation; Brian Schneider, hydrogeologist, county Department of Public Works; and Denenberg.
State eyes fishing at Mullener Pond
Shaped like a footprint, Mullener Pond abuts the Meadowbrook Parkway amid a stand of oaks and maples just south of Jerusalem Avenue in North Merrick. It is a quiet place, hemmed in by a six-foot … more
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Howard Sobel, Oceanside past president of the School Board
The lever is back
Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook – 14th A.D.) co-sponsored Assembly Bill 3093, which allows villages that administer their own elections to use lever voting machines in those elections if they so choose. more
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