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Friday, April 5, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 14
GUIDE TO SPRING
CHALLENGING COUNTY REFUNDS STUDENTS TO INNOVATE $150M
PAGES 41-64
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Flower Hill adopts $4.15M village budget
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FOOD AND L AUGHTER
Figure is 7.68% higher than current budget with property taxes up 0.75% BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Village of Flower Hill Board of Trustees adopted a $4.15 million budget for 2019-20 on Monday. The budget represents a 7.68 percent increase over the current budget. Village property taxes will be raised by 0.75 percent. Suzanne Tangredi, the village treasurer and deputy clerk, said the increase includes a new truck for the Highway Department. She said if the truck, which will be paid for from village reserve funds, is excluded from the budget the increase would only be 1.11 percent. The truck will cost the village about $239,000, which Mayor Bob McNamara said would be partly covered by the sale of the old truck, about $45,000, and a potential state grant amounting to $128,000. The balance will be covered by the village. Tangredi said that the vil-
lage revenues have increased due to continued impact fees and new buildings being constructed around the village. Village employees received an average salary increase of 2.8 percent, which village Clerk Ronnie Shatzkamer said matches the rise in the cost of living this year. There were no comments on the budget during the public hearing and trustees unanimously approved it. Trustees discussed raising some of the village’s fees in order to bring more money to Flower Hill without increasing residents’ taxes. Some of the ideas include an increase in hotel tax, the cost of sign permits and the cost of food permits. Nassau County imposes a 3 percent tax on all hotels within the county. Flower Hill is home to a Holiday Inn in the Roslyn area of the village. Continued on Page 88
PHOTO COURTESY OF SID JACOBSON JCC
Auction co-chair Jeff Buslik at the Sid Jacobson JCC’s 24th annual “Eat. Bid. Laugh!” event. See story on page 2.
Greek eatery MP Taverna closes in Village of Roslyn BY T E R I W EST The celebrated MP Taverna, named after and owned by Greek restaurateur Michael Psilakis, has closed its doors in the Village of Roslyn.
It opened in 2011 on Old Northern Boulevard and was one of four MP Tavernas that Psilakis has owned. The last existing location is in Irvington. Previously there were restaurants in Astoria and Williams-
burg. In addition to MP Taverna, Psilakis’ restaurant group owns Kefi, a Greek restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Psilakis was unavailable to Continued on Page 100
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