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Vol. 25 No. 46
NoVEMBER 9 - 15, 2023
By NIColE WAGNER nwagner@liherald.com
Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots for the Nassau County Legislature and the Hempstead Town Board. For Franklin Square and Elmont, one county seat and two town seats were up for grabs among other positions. In the race in the Legislature’s 3rd District, Democrat Carrié Solages declared victory over his Republican opponent, Sheharyar Ali. Solages, the 44-year-old incumbent from Lawrence, won with approximately 62 percent of the vote — receiving 5,914 votes out of the nearly 9,500 ballots cast, according to the unofficial results provided by the Nassau County Board of Elections as of midnight on Tuesday. Solages has held the seat for 12 years, and prides himself on getting things done for the communities he represents — from improving infrastructure to expanding the eligibility pool for tax benefits. “I would like to thank the residents for making the right choice and for picking the right man,” Solages said as he celebrated with supporters and
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Concerns over segregated school districts average. The Elmont school district is comprised of six elementary The Elmont school district schools. The other school diswas identified as one of seven tricts identified as intensely intensely segregated school dis- segregated in the report were tricts by ERASE Racism, a non- Freeport, Hempstead, Roosevelt, p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n t h a t Uniondale, Valley Stream 30 and researches racial inequalities Westbury. However, the statistics within on Long Island related to housthe Elmont school ing and public edudistrict varied from cation. the overall statistics A report, measured in the re l e a s e d by t h e report. organization last According to week, states Olivia Ildefonso, the “Enough is data consultant enough,” as enrollwho worked on the ment trends across report, Elmont is public school dislAuRA HARdING unique among the tricts on Long group of intensely Island and related president, segregated schools, funding inequities ERASE Racism as it experienced a have resulted in an loss of students in increased opportuthe past 15 years as opposed to a nity gap for students. From 2007 to 2022, the num- gain. In 2007, there were 3,944 ber of students enrolled in pub- students in the district. In 2022, lic schools across Long Island t h e e n r o l l m e n t n u m b e r declined by 12 percent. The size decreased by 20.3 percent to of intensely segregated school 3,142 students. The district has seen a 48 perdistricts, districts with 90 percent or more students of color, cent increase in the number of grew by 34 percent during that high-need students, particularly same period. In 2007, the dis- multilingual learners — those tricts were 12 percent larger who learn English as a second than all other districts. Today, language — over the past 15 they are 80 percent larger on Continued on page 6
By NIColE WAGNER
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County Legislator Carrié Solages declared victory at a celebratory gathering at Le Spot Café in elmont, as unofficial results from the nassau County Board of elections showed him leading with 62 percent of the vote as of midnight on tuesday. loved ones at a gathering at Le Spot Café in Elmont. “I’m humbled, and look forward to doing good for the residents and supporting the quality of services that they deserve. My opponent raised $400,000 in this campaign, and I only raised $30,000. Despite the money, it showed that financial might does not always make a right.” Ali garnered 38 percent of the vote, but the 30-year-old prosecu-
tor had only 3,553 votes at press time. His campaign focused on quality-of-life concerns. “People don’t really like the direction the country is heading in, you know, with the affordability crisis, the quality-of-life issues, the crime issues,” Ali said. “So we gave it everything we had, and at the end of the day, whatever happens happens.” Republican candidate ThomContinued on page 14
ElEction RESUltS Office
Leading
Opponent
Hempstead Town Supervisor
donald X. Clavin (R,C) ...... 65%
olena nicks (d, WFp) .... 35%
Hempstead Town Clerk
Kate Murray (R,C) ............ 63%
Susan e. Cools (d) ........ 37%
Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes
Jeanine C. driscoll (R,C) ... 63%
Michael F. Reid (d) ........ 37%
Hempstead Town Council-2
thomas e. Muscarella (R,C) .... 66%
Lawrence nedelka (d) ......33%
Hempstead Town Council-3
Melissa L. Miller (R,C) ..... 68%
ingrid g. izaguirre (d) .... 32%
Nassau County Legislature-3
Carrié Solages (d, WFp) ... 62%
Sheharyar ali (R,C) ........ 37%
unofficial results as of midnight eSt Wednesday
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he situation has to be looked at systemically.