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Friday, January 21, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 3
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DeSena: no progress with Dems Partisan split remains in town BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said no progress has been made in keeping partisan politics out of the town since a highly contentious public meeting this month. DeSena, who spoke at the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations last Wednesday night, said a shift that moved board members from a shared room into “wings” separated by political parties remains in effect. She said, to her understanding, the Town Board had occupied the shared room for more than 50 years before the switch. The newly elected supervisor also said she visited Town Hall on Dec. 30, before her inauguration, and saw the offices being shifted around and asked for it to be stopped. DeSena, a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican line in November, said her request was denied. Having elected officials hear from their constituents, she said, Continued on Page 35
PHOTO COURTESY OF GREGORY D’AGOSTINO
Firefighters respond to a fire Friday night on Second Street in Mineola.
Mineola fire displaces dozens Apts., 2 businesses destroyed as 22 departments fight blaze that rekindled day later BY B R A N D ON DUFFY
100 firefighters, officials said. On the following day it apparently rekindled and firefighters A fire tore through a build- were forced to turn out again ing on Second Street in Mine- to extinguish the flames. No one was injured. ola on Friday, displacing about According to Nassau Couna dozen residents before being brought under control by over ty Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro, 22 departments responded to a mutual aid call on Friday after the Mineola Fire Department received an alert to respond to a scene involving
heavy smoke conditions. The fire in the two-story building at 178 Second St., which has apartments on the second floor and two businesses on the first floor, Metro PCS and the Discount Store, took about two hours to get under control, Uttaro said. Mineola Fire Department Chief Andrew Martone, who was in charge of the fire scene Friday, said that no occupants were trapped at the time of
the call and that whoever was present in the building was able to leave by a staircase. The Red Cross helped the displaced residents who lived on the second floor, where the fire began, according to Uttaro. An investigation into the cause of Friday’s fire was underway, Uttaro said. Arson and bomb squad detectives were at the scene, according to officials. Continued on Page 34
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