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Amsterdam residents push for bus route
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Committee seeks to expand N23 service on West Shore Road By St e p h e n Romano An Amsterdam at Harborside senior living community committee has launched a campaign to increase bus service on the N23 bus line along West Shore Road in Port Washington. The Public Bus Committee’s proposal for an expansion of the line is designed to connect people in the Harborside area with Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, committee members said. The expansion would connect either the N20 or the N21 to the N23 on Northern Boulevard in Roslyn by Mineola Avenue and continue up West Shore Road. Currently, the N23 stretches from Mineola to Manorhaven, running up the western side of Port Washington. “So many people could benefit from this,” said Dottie Bheddah, chair of the bus committee. “People don’t have cars and need
to get to and from the Long Island Rail Road.” Bheddah, who called the expansion vital for the transportation of employees and residents of the area, said it would add four miles to the round trip of the bus’ current route. On June 20, Lou Levitt, an Amsterdam resident, spoke at the Nassau County Legislature on behalf of the committee, breaking down the proposal and describing it as modest because he said it should only add 14 minutes. Levitt said he contacted Nassau Inter County Express to request the expanded service, but was turned down. “NICE sent us a very nice, polite boiler-plate-type letter,” Levitt said. “They said there were so many things to balance and that it couldn’t be done basically.” A resident of the Amsterdam for two years, Levitt said he sees how many people the lack of a bus Continued on Page 58
Schreiber art students in front of a mural they worked on at the Sands Point Preserve for the Senior Experience project
Marina residents must leave homes by July 31 By St e p h e n Romano
In May, residents filed a lawsuit against the marina’s landlord, Michael Boromand, Residents of the Haven but both parties are currently Marina have to be out of their trying to work out a deal to houseboats by July 31, accord- compensate the residents, said ing to Kathleen Sutherland, a Anthony Piacentini, the ma16-year resident of the marina. rina’s lawyer.
“Nothing has been completely worked out yet, and at this time the details are irrelevant because anything can change, but I believe a settlement will be reached very soon,” Piacentini said. “Both Continued on Page 59
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