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LIPA agreement complicates school budgets By Tom CARRozzA tcarrozza@liherald.com
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NAssAu CouNTy AND LIPA came to agreement this week that will lower taxes on the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park.
A tentative a g reement between the county and the Long Island Power Authority, announced on March 30, would see taxes lowered on the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park. The agreement could also have some consequences for the Island Park Union Free School District, which uses LIPA’s payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, as a source of revenue for its budgets. The proposed 2022-23 spending plan,
totaling over $42 million, includes a $741,650 payment from LIPA. Property taxes fund over $34 million of the proposed budget. Former Island Park Superintendent of Schools Dr. Rosemarie Bovino was concerned in 2020 that easing taxes on the plant would shift the burden onto local homeowners. The current superintendent, Vincent Randazzo, updated the school community in a letter posted to the district website on Monday, in response to the tentative agreement. “Our goal is Continued on page 5
Food drive set to get everyone ready for Passover By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
The Nassau County Police Department’s Shomrim Society and Hatzilu Rescue Organization are gearing up for their annual Passover food drive. Every year the Shomrim Society and Hatzilu team up to hold the drive and distribute food packages to needy families across Nassau County. Shomrim comprises Jewish law enforcement officers in Nassau County and is a branch of the National Conference of Shomrim. Gary Koffsky, who has been Nassau Shomrim president and a member for 30 years, described the partnership between the two groups in helping families across the county. “For the past 30 years, over three
decades, we’ve been providing food for Jewish families throughout the county that are in need,” Koffsky said. “Hatzilu has helped us for quite a few years, getting us people that need help. Some people have medical issues, some people are strained financially. We get together as a group, we assemble food packages, and then we coordinate deliveries throughout Nassau County.” Koffsky estimates that this year, between 75 and 100 families will be
helped by the Passover food drive. The drive will be held on Sunday, April 10, when the food will be collected by Shomrim from a kosher food warehouse. Hatzilu is a volunteer organization that helps those who have fallen on hard times, assisting Jewish families and then expanding the reach to all families across the county. With no large corporate donors, the organization depends on individual donations and a small group
of volunteers. “To get 50 people to take their own cars and pay for their own gas to deliver food to families,” Dona Schwab, who is on the Hatzilu board of directors and runs the food warehouse, said in describing the volunteer efforts of the organization. “There are really good people out there.” Both Shomrim and Hatzilu provide support to those in need all Continued on page 9
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