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Council OKs Haberman deal With lawsuit settled, developer could raise city’s tallest buildings By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com
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She has a way with words Nassau County’s new poet laureate, Long Beach resident Paula Curci, second from right, was honored by City Council members and City Manager Donna Gayden Tuesday night. Curci was chosen this year over 10 other candidates.
The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday night to allow developer Sinclair Haberman to build two oceanfront apartment buildings as tall as 13½ stories, the final step in a decades-long battle that included lawsuits that threatened the city’s financial future. The council’s vote came after a brief public hearing during which only three people raised questions about increased traffic in the city, and about how many of the units in the buildings would be designated affordable
housing. Carrie O’Farrell, a partner at the Melville engineering and architecture firm Nelson Pope, said that a study by the firm concluded that the Haberman development would not have an adverse impact on the area. O’Farrell added that the number of affordable units would ultimately depend on how many stories the developer decides to build. Haberman can build up to 13½ stories, and if he decides to do so, the buildings would be the tallest in the city. The council’s vote was a key part of an agreement reached in Continued on page 4
Gillen says poll shows her leading race for Congress By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com
With less than a week to go before Democrats in the 4th Congressional District go to the polls to chose a candidate for the November election, former Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen has released a poll showing her considerably ahead of her three opponents in the primary. Those opponents voiced strong doubts about the poll’s accuracy. Gillen said that her poll showed that she leads the field by 37 percentage points and would get 47 percent of the vote if the election were held today. The poll, she said, showed that her nearest challenger, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, is the choice of 10 percent
of voters in the district, which According to the poll, Gillen’s encompasses much of Nassau favorable rating was 46 percent, and County’s South Shore, her unfavorable rating, and that Malver ne 11 percent. The former, Mayor Keith Corbett she said, is more than has just 5 percent sup20 points higher than port. The poll did not any other candidate in indicate a number for the race. T he poll the fourth candidate in pegged Solages’s favorthe Democratic primaable rating at 25 perry, Elmont physician cent, and Corbett’s at 13 Muzibul Huq. percent. The poll was conThe primary is next ducted for Gillen by MUzIBUl HUq Tuesday. The winner Impact Research, a candidate, will face Hempstead national polling and 4th C.D. To w n C o u n c i l m a n consulting firm that Anthony D’Esposito, a conducted 244 “randomRepublican, in the genly sampled” interviews in the 4th eral election in November. All are C.D. between Aug 2 and Aug. 8, with hoping to replace U.S. Rep. Kathleen “likely” primary voters. The sam- Rice, a four-term member of Conpling error was 6.3 percent. gress, who is not running for re-
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election. Rice has endorsed Gillen in the primary. Gillen’s opponents rejected the results of the poll. Corbett, who became Malverne’s mayor in 2019, said, “Laura Curran was ahead in the polls when she ran against Republican Donald Clavin that same year[Hillary Clinton was supposed to win,” Corbett added. “They both lost. I have been running elections since I was 15 years old. I will defeat Anthony D’Esposito in November.” “That poll is misleading an untrue,” Solages said. He noted that Gillen conducted a poll in March that showed that she led by 29 points. Since the district was redrawn, Solages added, his numbers have improved, because the 4th Continued on page 5