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COMMUNITY UPDATE Infections as of July 8
1,477
Infections as of July 5 1,474
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Opioid lawsuit is first sign of accountability approximately $15.3 million of a $230 million settlement with the state by pharmaceutical manuNassau County has estab- facturer and distributor Johnson lished a revenue fund to help end & Johnson, which has been opioid abuse, officials announced accused of helping to fuel the opilast week. oid crisis in New York. With the The Special Revenue Fund settlement, Johnson & Johnson will bring Nassau avoided going to trial County “one step with several other closer to ending the opioid manufacturheroin and opioid ers. abuse epidemic,” In a statement on County Legislator its website, Johnson Rose Marie Walker, & Johnson said that who chairs the Legisthe settlement was lature’s Health Comnot an admission of mittee, said in a guilt, and that “the news release. money given will The funds will be provide New York, directed toward eduand all involved, cational programs to funding to help help addicts, Walker address any and all said. “We want to opioid-related issend a clear message LAURA CURRAN sues.” The company to the residents of said it had discontinNassau County that County executive ued making prescripwe are committed to tion pain medicadoing everything in tions in the U.S. our power to take on these drugs Last month, a class-action lawthat have ruined our communi- suit filed by Nassau and Suffolk ties, broken up families, and con- counties and state Attorney Gentinue to put our children in eral Letitia James convened in harm’s way,” she said. court in Central Islip for opening Daniel Schrafel, the communi- statements. The lawsuit accuses cations director for the Legisla- pharmaceutical giants including ture’s Democratic caucus, said Teva Pharmaceuticals, Amerithe county was set to receive CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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Honoring a longtime community leader Roosevelt Street in Glen Head was renamed for civic leader George Pombar, center, with his wife, Rosemary, and son, Carl, on Sunday. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Sea Cliff buys NYAW waterfront property for $540K in settlement BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
The Village of Sea Cliff recently bought the property at 325 Prospect Ave. from New York American Water. The purchase of the 2.5 acres of waterfront property continues the efforts of the Village of Sea Cliff to preserve open space and protect historically significant structures,
officials said. “The Village of Sea Cliff is excited to announce that the purchase of this property is a legacy project that will benefit generations of residents of Sea Cliff,” Mayor Elena Villafane said. The property contains two historically significant structures and over 2 acres of scenic open space. In 2017, Sea Cliff sued New York American Water, claiming
that accounting inaccuracies inflated customers’ bills. Village officials contended that rates and fees were irrational, inequitable and contrary to law. The two parties settled the suit last week. After concluding that the extraordinary rate increases were based on accounting inaccuracies, NYAW agreed to variCONTINUED ON PAGE 7
assau County is paying a painful price to heal the damage caused by the opioid epidemic.