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Vol. 6, No. 12
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ANTI-CORRUPTION GROUP PROTESTS PHILLIPS’ OFFICE
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Roslyn elections draw few residents Incumbents win uncontested races in four villages BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSLYN SCHOOL DISTRICT
The children at Heights School attended the Math Magical assembly on March 5. Through magic, the children were taught the importance of math skills from addition and subtraction to fractions and probability.
The uncontested elections in four Roslyn villages brought few residents to the polls on Tuesday, with two villages registering single-digit vote totals for candidates. In Flower Hill, Mayor Robert McNamara received 54 votes. “I’m proud to have the support of the village,” he said. “Fifty-four votes is a lot for an uncontested race.” He said that turnout was low for that reason — there were no competitive races. Trustee Kate Hirsch received 49 votes,#Trustee Randall Rosenbaum received 48 and Gary Lewandowski received 48.
McNamara said that the fact that no one was challenging him or the trustees meant that residents were happy with the work the village was doing.
See election chart PAGE 71 “It shows that we have a good village and people aren’t particularly concerned about anything,” he said. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Flower Hill population in 2016 was 4,817. McNamara was appointed to the position in December 2016 after state Sen. Elaine Phillips was elected to fill the
7th District seat. In Roslyn Estates, Trustees Stephen Fox and Brian Feingold were re-elected with four votes each. Fox was elected as a writein candidate to replace Paul Peters when he transitioned to mayor last year. According to the Census Bureau, the Roslyn Estates population in 2016 was 1,245. In Roslyn Harbor, Trustees Sandy Quentzel and James Friscia were both re-elected with eight votes. Quentzel was appointed to replace# Cheryl Mora in 2012 and was elected in 2013. Friscia was elected in 2012 after spending a few years on the village’s planning board. Timothy O’Rourke, the forContinued on Page 71
Worst train service in 18 years: comptroller BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
mance in 18 years last year, according to a new report from the state comptroller’s office. More than 21,000 trains The Long Island Rail Road had its worst on-time perfor- were late, canceled or termi-
nated in 2017, the report says, and the on-time rate fell to 91.4 percent — a far cry from its 95.2 percent on-time rate in 2009. Millions of riders were adversely affected and nearly $75 million in productivity was lost, the report said. “In total, 21,362 trains
were late, canceled or terminated in 2017, nearly one-fifth more than in 2016,” the report said. “Performance was affected by an increase in Amtrak-related incidents (Amtrak owns and operates Pennsylvania Station), as well as an increase in incidents attributed to the LIRR.” The report noted that a commuter train is considered
“on time” by the LIRR if it arrives less than 6 minutes after its scheduled arrival, meaning only a small portion of LIRR trains were late or canceled. “However, many commuters had a different experience because of their route or time of travel,” the report said. The report said Amtrak was Continued on Page 59
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