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VoL. 58 No. 44
oCToBER 26 - NoVEMBER 1, 2023
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Hochul vetoes bill related to Equinor wind farm project By BRENDAN CARPENTER BAL, LON, NAS, OCE, RVC
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State Sen. Kevin Thomas, far left; Historian Richard Skolnik; Rabbi David Siegel, Nassau County Hillel director; Israel Nitzan, Israel’s former acting consul general; Brian Rodriguez, of the Nassau D.A.’s Hate Crimes Unit; Michael Marotta, deputy commanding office of the 4th Precinct, Detective Sgt. Sabrina Gregg, NCPD liaison; Inspector Vincent Boden, commanding officer of the 4th Precinct, and, at lectern, Mindy Perlmutter, executive director of the JCRC.
At Temple Avodah, the topic was how to combat antisemitism
Israel’s conflict with Hamas has heightened community’s concerns about hate crimes By JASMINE SELLARS Intern BAL, LON, NAS, OCE, RVC
In a bid to address the rising concerns over antisemitism amidst the ongoing conflict in Israel, a diverse group of panelists met at Temple Avodah in Oceanside on Oct. 16 for an open discussion to foster unity and resiliency within the Jewish community. The panel was composed of community leaders, offering a wide range of perspectives about how they could address hatred and prejudice.
The event, entitled “Combating Anti-Semitism Locally and Globally,” featured historian Dr. Richard Skolnik; Rabbi Dave Siegel, executive director of Nassau County Hillel at Hofstra University; Mindy Perlmutter, executive director of Jewish Community Relations Council; and representatives from the Nassau County Police Department and Nassau County District Attorney’s Hate Crimes Unit. “I pray and wish for peace and hope to act in peace,” Rabbi Shai Beloosesky, spiritual CoNTINUeD oN PAGe 7 OCTOBER 26, 2023
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After months and months of discussion, back-and-forth and opposition, a clear decision has been made regarding Equinor. Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed the bill Friday was aimed at speeding up the planned offshore wind development off Long Beach’s coast and keep the city moving toward it. The bill also included that Equinor would have been able to run power cables to transfer the e n e r g y u n d e r n e at h L o n g Beach’s streets to an Island Park substation. Community members in all of the surrounding areas were loudly opposed to the cables. The Long Beach City Council openly opposed the idea, and sent a letter to Hochul in July expressing its opposition. The letter stated that the council is “fully in support of the necessary and urgently needed transition to renewable energy” and is ready to engage with an “offshore wind developer that proposes a reasonable project.” Following Hochul’s veto
F r i d ay, c o u n c i l m e m b e r s shared their appreciation. “ I c o m m e n d G ove r n o r Hochul for doing right by Long Beach and our residents. This project failed because Equinor thought they could steamroll their way over Long Beach and do as they please,” said President John Bendo. “Our Council was proud to stand with our residents in opposition to this, and we are grateful to Governor Hochul for standing with us. We look forward to continuing to keep an open dialogue with her office about this, and many issues facing our residents.” The $3 billion Empire Wind project from Equinor had caused a number of people living and working near the proposed project to share their opinions very openly — and some of the more prominent have been negative. Those thoughts were brought to the floor at Long Beach City Hall Oct.10 as part of public forums led by administrative law judges Ashley Moreno and Tara Kersey. But so were more details of the project itself, like those shared CoNTINUeD oN PAGe 26