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Friday, January 21, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 3
N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO HOME & DESIGN
MCCORMACK FAMILY TO FILE SUIT
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DeSena says no progress with Dems Lurvey claims supervisor is wasting time, calls for bipartisanship amongst board BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said no progress has been made in keeping partisan politics out of the town since a highly contentious public meeting this month. DeSena, who spoke at the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations last Wednesday night, said a shift that moved board members from a shared room into “wings” separated by political parties remains in effect. She said, to her understanding, the Town Board had occupied the shared room for more than 50 years before the switch. The newly elected supervisor also said she visited Town Hall on Dec. 30, before her inauguration, and saw the offices being shifted around and asked for it to be stopped. DeSena, a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican line in November, said her
request was denied. Having elected officials hear from their constituents, she said, may be the most effective way to end the examples of partisan politics she outlined. “We can’t afford to let this turn into Washington,” DeSena said. “I don’t know how we’re going to make progress, but I really think that the town council members have to hear from their constituents that they want to get back to work.” Various town residents expressed that sentiment during the Town Board’s meeting on Jan. 6. Former state Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, said that the previous supervisor, Judi Bosworth, a Democrat, would not have stood for what took place. “What changed between the administration of Jennifer DeSena now and the administration of Judi Bosworth a week ago, where Continued on Page 35
PHOTO COURTESY OF GREGORY D’AGOSTINO
Firefighters respond to a fire Friday night on Second Street. in Mineola. See story on page 2.
DeSena, board Dems disagree on fund source BY B R A N D ON DUFFY
in 2022 transferred $93,407 worth of payroll from the Yes We Can Center in Westbury to The Town of North Hemp- the Department of Services for stead supervisor’s office says a the Aging, which the office says personnel resolution passed at is the amount needed to cover the first Town Board meeting a political appointee’s transfer
from the clerk’s office. The resolution, passed by the Town Board on a party-line 4-3 vote with Democrats in the majority, moved nine Democratic political appointees from Continued on Page 34
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