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Vol. 65, No. 26
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3rd track key link to NYC, backers say
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Nassau commuters make most money; critics remain skeptical B y N oah M anskar With only about a fifth of its workforce commuting to New York City, Long Island is far from the “bedroom community” for the five boroughs it once was, said Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association. But those workers bring back paychecks worth 39 percent of Nassau and Suffolk counties’ income, according to a 2015 LIA study citing data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That’s part of the reason the Long Island Rail Road’s proposed Main Line third track is a key missing link between Long Island’s and New York City’s “inextricably” tied economies, Law said. “Being able to tap into New York City’s money and labor pool will complement what we’re trying to build out here as well, because
at the end of the day, we’re sort of one regional economy,” he said. The LIA, Long Island’s largest business group, and dozens of other organizations say the $1.5 billion, 9.8-mile third track between Floral Park and Hicksville would also ease commutes for younger workers living in the city, who Law said are crucial to the Island’s economic future as the population ages. But opponents question the notion that First in a series young workers would sacrifice “city life” and pay high LIRR fares for jobs in suburbia, especially as more Americans commute by computer, said Bill Corbett, leader of the Floral Park-based Citizens Against Rail Expansion. Dozens of local groups and residents of the third track’s corridor also worry the project would hurt local businesses without any Continued on Page 65
The students at Little Sprouts Preschool in New Hyde Park spent several days honoring their dads before Father’s Day during an annual event called Dads & Donuts.
Low turnout expected for 5-way Congress primary B y N oah M anskar North Shore Democrats will choose their nominee on Tuesday for New York’s Third Congressional District in a fiveway primary election that will cap more than five months of campaigning. Jericho attorney Jonathan Clarke, former North Hemp-
stead Town Supervisor Jon on Republican state Sen. Jack Kaiman, town Councilwoman Martins of Old Westbury in Anna Kaplan, Suffolk County November’s general election to replace Rep. Steve Israel (DHuntington). The Nassau County DemoELECTION 2016 cratic chairman, Jay Jacobs, said he expects around 15,000 of the district’s 194,508 regisLegislator Steve Stern and for- tered Democrats to vote in the mer Nassau County Executive “low-turnout race.” Tom Suozzi are vying to take Continued on Page 64
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