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Friday, August 14, 2015
Vol. 3, No. 33
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Town to hold 9/11 in Manhasset
NY’s senators split on Iran
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Pols push for Alzheimer’s research bond
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Lavine, Carlucci sponsor bill to put $1 billion referendum on 2016 ballot B Y B ILL SA N A N TO N IO State lawmakers said Tuesday they have the support in the Assembly and Senate to reintroduce legislation for a $1 billion referendum for neuroscience research that if passed would be placed on the 2016 election ballot. During a news conference at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset featuring the bill’s sponsors, state Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) and state Sen. David Carlucci (D-Clarkstown), officials said the referendum would make New York a national leader toward the creation of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. “They call New York ‘the Empire State’ because we’re known for doing things that people said could never be done,” Carlucci said. “...If we can build the Erie Canal, we can find a cure for Alzheimer’s.”
Approximately 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control, a figure that is expected to spike to 16 million by 2050. It is the sixth leading cause of death in America. Lavine, who first introduced the bill in 2014, said the referendum would present a “rare and unique opportunity for New York to take the lead on this issue.” “Not only do we have millions of people suffering from this today in our nation, but we have so many millions more in families and caregivers making sure each day and each night that their loved ones are as comfortable as possible,” Lavine said. “Surely, we can do better.” The legislation calls for $100 million to be utilized each year over a 10-year period toward Alzheimer’s research, at a $7 per year cost to taxpayers. Continued on Page 42
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The band High Tide performed the final show of the Town of North Hempstead’s summer concert series Monday at the Mary Jane Davies Green.
Hicks family history linked by long ML-FD ties B Y B ILL SA N A N TO N IO
piling them into scrapbooks, documenting the family’s long ties to the Manhasset-Lakeville Photographs. Citations. Fire Department. “I’ve got so much of this Newspaper clippings. Preston Hicks Sr. and his stuff that I don’t know what wife Diane have begun com- to do with it,” said Hicks Sr., a
longtime Great Neck resident and 50-year volunteer firefighter who now lives in Westbury. “It’s all over the house.” The history is extensive, so extensive it spans 30 members Continued on Page 42
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