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Friday, August 5, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 31
N E W H Y D E PA R K
BEST OF NASSAU COUNTY
HOMICIDE IN MINEOLA
LAFAZAN MAKES CASE FOR CD3 NOMINATION
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NHP OKs one free guest for Memorial Village issues nearly 1,800 ID’s, Devane touts program BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y New Hyde Park residents will be allowed to bring one guest to Memorial Park for free starting on Monday, Aug. 8. The updated policy comes as Mayor Christopher Devane is trying to reach a compromise over the residential ID permits that were instituted this summer to use the park, he said during Thursday’s board of trustees meeting. Since May 16, village residents have needed a village ID to enter the park, which can be acquired at village hall. Non-residents, including residents of North New Hyde Park,
have to pay $10 per person per day to use the park. Devane said almost 1,800 ID’s have been given out to residents so far, a program which he called a success. “The whole purpose of this policy was security. To stop what was going on in the park and know who goes in and who goes out,” Devane said Thursday night. “Whatever was happening at this park this time last year is not happening anymore. It simply doesn’t exist.” Devane cited trash, inappropriate language, drug dealing on William Street, dilapidated basketball courts and hoops and graffiti as some of
the reasons he said conditions at the park were getting out of hand during a tense Board of Trustees meeting held in June. The mayor said that in the past month he had held two meetings with six residents who live in different parts of the village to continue searching for a compromise on the non-resident policy. Devane said he was grateful to the residents who shared their time and one non-resident who submitted a letter to him that he called thoughtprovoking, rational and civil. “We spent six hours on the nonresident guest policy,” Devane said. Continued on Page 38
Belmont’s fall meet moves to Aqueduct in Queens Vehicular, pedestrian tunnels to be constructed BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y
PHOTO COURTESY OF INSTAGRAM @NHPAH
The New Hyde Park Animal Hospital takes a walk with Chewy, which is temporarily boarding the dog.
The Belmont at the Big A fall meet runs from Thursday, Sept. The 2022 Belmont Park fall race 15, through Sunday, Oct. 30, and meeting will temporarily move to features 41 stakes worth $9.9 Aqueduct Race Track in Queens next million in total purses. “This investment in the future month as the first phase of a major renovation of the legendary Nassau of Belmont Park will transform our racing operations and pave the way site begins, the NYRA said.
for a broader re-imagining of the facility,” Dave O’Rourke, president and CEO said in a statement. “The shift to Aqueduct this fall will minimize the overall impact on the racing schedule and ensure continuity for the Belmont spring/ Continued on Page 39
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