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New district maps shift party balance By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
This is the third story in a series exploring the complexities of elections to provide a better understanding of one of Americans’ most precious privileges, the right to vote.
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County champions! Friends Academy celebrated after defeating North Shore, 55-49, to win the Nassau Class A boys’ basketball championship on March 2 at Farmingdale State College. Story, more photos, Page 6.
A promise of a car wash unlike Grandpa’s on Pine Hollow Rd. By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
The hamlet of Oyster Bay and the surrounding villages are without a car wash, which forces motorists who don’t want to wash their vehicles themselves to drive several miles to do so. Some say they don’t mind, and that it’s important to preserving the historic nature of the hamlet, which should not include a car wash. But David Jacobson, who lives and works in Oyster Bay, would like to see that change. He spent roughly two hours on Feb. 29 at the Life Enrichment Center, introducing his vision for a state-of-the-art car wash, to be built on Pine Hol-
low Road, at the gateway to the hamlet — not in the historic section of town. For the most part, the crowd that gathered at the center seemed enthusiastic about the prospect. Jacobson owns a 27,000-square-foot vacant lot across the street from a 7-Eleven on Pine Hollow, where he would like to see a car wash, for a variety of reasons. It would not only benefit motorists, but also increase business in Oyster Bay, he predicted. After having their cars washed, many visitors would head into the hamlet to explore the shops and restaurants, Jacobson said. They wouldn’t be permitted to turn left from the property and head north on Pine Hollow, so they’d CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
T h e S t at e L e g i s l at u re ’s approval of the revised congressional district map for New York’s 26 congressional districts has marked a shift in the state’s political l a n d s c ap e. G ov. Kathy Hochul signed off on the Democratic-drawn map on Feb. 28, and it has tilted the electoral balance in favor of the Democratic Party, especially in key battleground districts. One notable change involves the North Shore’s 3rd Congressional District, where the newly elected Rep. Tom Suozzi stands to benefit. By replacing GOP-heavy Massapequa with sections of Huntington and Huntington Station, Suozzi’s prospects in this fall’s general
election could see a benefit. But these changes come with consequences for other districts in Nassau County. The 1st and 2nd districts are expected to lean slightly more Republican because of the redistricting process. Although Democrats drafted the new map, it primarily made modest adjustments to existing congressional boundaries. A dozen Huntington residents told the Herald they didn’t know about the new map, but Michael Berg, a registered voter unaffiliated with either political party, said the changes were justified. “For whatever reason, it seems that the Republicans have been gerrymandering these lines for as long as I can remember,” Berg said in a phone interview. “The gerrymandering that they do always contorts the lines to make the electoral votes in their favor. It’s about time to get ahold of that so we can have a real election.” Democrat Cheryl Lynnblum, CONTINUED ON PAGE 10