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Rally against potential city layoffs hard down here. We’re a team. We do what we have to do for the city to take care of our residents CSEA Local 800 union mem- and our neighbors. It’s a shame.” bers gathered on Tuesday night In addition to possible layoffs, near the back entrance of Glen the roughly $64.3 million spendCove City Hall to ing plan, which is protest potential laynow under review offs. by the Glen Cove Among the layCity Council, would offs, which would raise city residential come with the pasproperty taxes by sage of the city’s 8.48 percent. The proposed 2021 budincrease would get, would be Parks exceed New York a n d Re c re at i o n state’s tax-levy cap, Director Darcy Belywhich for Glen Cove ea and a laborer in is set at 1.56 percent the department. A this year. A tworoads laborer, a sanithirds majority vote tation laborer, a perof the City Council sonnel clerk and a would be needed to finance clerk would approve the also be laid off, with increase. their positions elimiA public hearing Courtesy Cit of G.C. nated. on the budget will be DARCY BELYEA, The positions of held Oct. 27. PARKS and food service helper If the council Recreation director, at the Glen Cove does not exceed the may lose her job. Senior Center and cap, city officials golf course adminissaid, that would trator, currently unfilled, would leave a budg et deficit of be done away with as well. about $2.3 million, and it was “It’s pretty serious at this unclear at press time how that point,” Angel Bonilla, a sanita- hole would be filled if that were tion employee, said at the pro- the case. test. “It’s pretty bad. We all work CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
Jennifer Corr/Herald Gazette
JAMES PASCUCCI WAVED to each passing car during the birthday parade.
‘King of the wine fairies’ gets big birthday parade bash By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
Glen Cove resident James Pascucci, 53, received a birthday celebration fit for a king last Sunday, and it was a day he said he would never forget. After meeting in the Connolly Elementary School parking lot, the Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department and the Police Department, sirens blaring, led what seemed like an endless stream of cars down Smith Street, their passengers bearing gifts
for Pascucci, who has Down syndrome. As he waved from his front yard, he wiped away tears of joy. “I still have chills from it,” Pam Giorgi, Pascucci’s older sister, said afterward. “I had no idea it would get to this level. I mean, I’m still shocked by it. I can’t wait to watch the videos. To see a turnout like this, it was amazing.” Just six months ago, many of the participants would have been strangers to Pascucci. What brought them all together was a Facebook
group called “Wine Fairies of Glen Cove, Glen Head, Sea Cliff, GWL and Locust Valley.” Breanna Cruz, 24, of Glen, and her mother, Laura Cruz, started the group in May after they noticed that, because of their distance from other communities, there were few North Shore members of Long Island “wine fairy” groups, in which women exchange addresses and drop off gifts, usually including wine, at one another’s doorsteps. CONTINUED ON PAGE 18