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Friday, July 15, 2016
Vol. 65, No. 29
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‘3-STEP MURAL’
Endorsement draws fire from 3rd track foes F.P. civic leaders say fight shouldn’t take political sides B y N oah M anskar Some members of a Floral Park-based group opposing the Long Island Rail Road’s third track project criticized its leader’s support for a Republican state Senate candidate, Elaine Phillips, saying their fight should stay nonpartisan. An officer of the South Side Civic Association, Matthew Sexton, said Bill Corbett, leader of the Citizens Against Rail Expansion coalition opposing the LIRR’s $1.5 billion, 9.8-mile proposal, should be
removed from the Village of Floral Park’s Third Track Task Force following his endorsement last week of Phillips to succeed Sen. Jack Martins in the Seventh District. “He’s perturbed the community in general because this isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue,” Sexton said. “It’s a community issue.” Corbett said last week he supports Phillips, the Village of Flower Hill’s mayor, because he thinks a Republican state Senate majority is key to blocking funding for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s
plan for a third track along the LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville. A Democrat would more likely bend to pressure from Cuomo and other party leaders, Corbett said. But Sexton and other leaders of Floral Park civic groups listed as CARE members worry that Corbett’s taking political sides could compromise opponents’ ability to negotiate and alienate state lawmakers, especially Democrats. “By Corbett doing this, you’re potentially setting up Continued on Page 58
Winthrop starts merger talks with NYU Langone Mineola-based hospital says deal would help growth Photo courtesy of Katherine Criss
New Hyde Park artist Katherine Criss is creating a mural in Riverhead as part of East End Arts’ JumpstART program. See story on Page 3.
B y N oah M anskar Winthrop-University Hospital has begun discussing a merger with NYU Langone Medical Center that would help its expansion, the Mineola-based hospital announced Thursday. The two health-care groups signed a non-binding letter of
intent to start talks about uniting to create “an integrated healthcare network for the New York metropolitan region,” according to a joint news release. They will now start a due-diligence process before negotiating the terms of the deal and seeking approval from regulators, the release says. “As Long Island’s first community hospital, we have
grown into a major academic medical center, and with our services in such demand, it became obvious that we needed to expand further, physically and geographically,” Winthrop President and CEO John Collins said in a statement. Winthrop, which runs a 591-bed hospital and recently opened a medical research inContinued on Page 59
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