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  • Senator Phillips Honors Childhood Cancer Fundraising Efforts in Memory of Floral Park Resident

  • Senator Elaine Phillips announced that the New York State Senate passed her resolution commemorating the 9th Annual St. Baldrick’s Shave Off and the 4th Annual Ladies Night in honor of Aiden Binkley, of Floral Park, who passed away on December 30, 2010 at the age of 11 after losing his courageous battle against cancer.   [...]

  • Ra Presents Scholarship to Help Local Softball Player Attend College

  • Assemblyman Ed Ra is pleased to announce the recipient of this year’s Sen. John J. Marchi Memorial Athletic Scholarship as Marissa Nicoletti, a senior at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square. The $3,000 scholarship is offered yearly by the New York Conference of Italian American State Legislators to high school students who show [...]

  • Senator Phillips Joins Colleagues to Call for Passage of ‘School Bus Camera Safety Act’

  • Senator Elaine Phillips joined fellow legislators and officials from the educational, law enforcement and advocacy communities at a press conference to call for passage of the “School Bus Camera Safety Act,” which authorizes the installation and use of stop-arm cameras on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses.   “Ensuring [...]

  • Senator Phillips’ Legislation Ensuring All New York Children Learn Holocaust History Passes State Senate

  • Measure Would Help Guarantee Students Learn the Important Lessons from this Horrific Part of History and Future Generations of New Yorkers can Live Up to the Pledge of “Never Again”   Senator Elaine Phillips announced that the New York State Senate passed her bill that requires the State Education Department to review specific school districts’ [...]

  • New York Blood Center Declares Blood Emergency

  • Organizers hope the appeal will encourage an additional 1000 – 1500 donors each month throughout the summer to help save lives   Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford would like residents to know that the New York Blood Center (NYBC) has declared a blood emergency. The organization is asking people across New York City, the Hudson [...]

  • Legislator Ferretti Congratulates Recipients at the Kumon Math and Reading Center Awards Ceremony

  • Legislator John R. Ferretti, Jr. was privileged to be the keynote speaker at the Kumon Learning Center of Levittown Awards on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Awards were given in many categories honoring students’ academic achievement in both the math and reading comprehension program. Legislator Ferretti said “I am so proud of all my young constituents!” [...]