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DeSena touts transparency, collaboration Supervisor urges board to set aside partisan divisions State of Town BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y In her first State of the Town address, North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena touted the need for collaboration and transparency in town government. “I want to say we are doing this together,” DeSena said of her fellow Town Board members, four of whom were in attendance. “We are committed to doing the work for the town and we are committed to being collaborative and bipartisan in cooperation.” DeSena’s 30-minute address marked the 35th anniversary of the address and was the first to be delivered by a Republican supervisor since 1989. The early months of DeSena’s tenure have been marked by tension between her and the Democratic majority on the Town Board. And any ideas of bipartisanship seemed to dissipate after a Democratic member of the board, Veronica Lurvey, recorded a response that praised progress under DeSena’s Democratic predecessor and talked of Democrats’ priorities. Lurvey then was attacked by DeSena’s spokesman, who accused her of injecting partisan politics into town govern-
ment. State, town and village officials from across the county came to Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington for DeSena’s address, which was held in conjunction with a luncheon featuring the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset. As she has since beginning her PHOTO COURTESY OF CARIN FORMAN campaign for office, DeSena emphasized her focus on streamlining govChildren plant pinwheels at Blumenfeld Family Park Saturday during Pinwheels for Prevention in ernment operations and making the town more efficient where possible. the Parks. See story on page 3. DeSena announced several proposals aimed at cutting through red tape and showing constituents how their government operates. North Hempstead TV in its decade-plus of running has not featured Town Board meetings. DeSena plans on changing that to make it more accessible to residents who cannot make it to Town Hall in Manhasset on Thursday nights or go to the town’s website, where it is livestreamed and race at the state qualifying meet and said we had been disqualified,” McBY M I C H A E L L E W I S recorded. had earned a time that would send Ginty recalled. “And we were so con“I believe residents should have The four members of Schreiber them to the New York championships fused because no one said anything greater access to watch our Town to us at any time.” a few weeks later. Board meetings,” DeSena said. “Town High School’s 4×800 boys track team Unbeknownst to the Schreiber As they rested and recovered five Board meetings are where the real were feeling pretty good on Feb. 16. minutes later, one of them got a text runners and coaches, a violation had Terry McGinty, Kevin Taylor, business of government is conducted.” occurred during the race. One of from a friend. Continued on Page 33 Maxwell Meehan and Colin Funk, all “It said that the [results] website seniors, had just completed a strong Continued on Page 34
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