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On April 16, during the Western Property Owners Association meeting, guest speaker Nassau County Executive Laura Curran updated residents on several issues going on in the county. Topics included the recently rolled out assessment plan, the HUB project at the Nassau Coliseum, the Belmont project and the status of construction at the new Family Court building on 11th Street. Additionally, County Executive Curran honored WPOA President Gerry Kelly with a citation recognizing all his hard work and dedication over the past two years.

Updates on various Village topics from WPOA Directors and Trustees were presented. Many questions and concerns from those in attendance were also addressed.

The WPOA would like to thank the owners of BK Sweeney’s Uptown Grille, Repeal and Prost for their generous donations of gift cards that were raffled off at the meeting. Congratulations to the winners!

Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer kicked off the WPOA (Western Property Owners Association) special meeting on County Reassessment and an update on the 3rd Track. The County’s property reassessment initiative drew a large crowd to Homestead School  and Nassau County Legislator Schaefer walked the residents through the tax Assessment Notice. A lively question and answer followed as the implications of the reassessment require some mathematical understanding and locating important sites on the county web site to file an appeal. The WPOA will have resources under our notices section at our web site gcWPOA.com and will review basic steps at a special March Board meeting.  The deadline for filing an Appeal is April 30th.

Additionally, members of the Third Track Consortium updated residents on the New Hyde Park Road traffic plan and other impacts to the Western Section in conjunction with the third track expansion project.  Links to various parts of this project will be posted on our web site in the coming week.

The WPOA would like to thank Calegeros Restaurant, French Workshop and the Seventh Street Gourmet Deli for contributing to our raffle. A special thank you to Timmy O’Hanlon for bringing Hoops for Hope to the GC gym and for the egg sandwich gift certificates.

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen spoke at the WPOA General Meeting highlighting her first year in office. Supervisor Gillen addressed concerns regarding the “Nassau Hub” ( Nassau Coliseum site east of GC), the NY State plans for the Belmont complex ( west of GC), as well as residents questions on Town of Hempstead Parks, Beaches and Recreational facilities. 

Residents in the WPOA appreciated Supervisor Gillen’s message of streamlining services: making government more efficient and also updating antiquated paper system that perpetuate Town of Hempstead facilities.  Town of Hempstead Clerk Sylvia Cabana, echoed the Supervisor’s concerns and both hope investment in technology will save taxpayers time and money.  The move to computer data systems  will also add to transparency in our local government and access to our residents.

At the end of their presentation to the Western Property Owners Association, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen and Town Clerk Sylvia Cabana presented Dr. Nicholas Vernice a Certificate of Appreciation for his dedication to disaster relief as a forensic dentist.

Residents appreciated the insights of both elected leaders and thanked Supervisor Gillen and GC’s own Town of Hempstead Clerk Cabana for coming out and speaking to the WPOA. 

In our resident electors meeting preceding the General Meeting, Stephen Makrinos (Village Trustee) and Bill Holub (GC School Board) both were unanimously confirmed. 

[September 12, 2018 – Garden City, NY]: Work at the Stewart Manor train station, including the installation of shelter shed art glass, curb replacement, sidewalk and plaza replacement with stamped concrete, railing replacement, new bike racks, landscaping and grade crossing fence replacement, is nearing completion.

“This project is in the final phase and we look forward to the finished product, which should better serve the residents who rely on this station every day for their daily commute,” Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco said.

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is reusing the temporary waiting room area to stage this work space. This process has begun and is having minimal impact on commuters. Village staff held a pre-construction walk-through with LIRR project managers and will also to do a walk-through of the area with the LIRR project manager to review, first-hand, the progress.

The project scope includes full replacement of both station platforms, new platform shelters featuring artwork displays, new LED lights throughout the station, new signage, security cameras, Wi-Fi accessibility and customer help points where assistance with medical or other emergency situations can be summoned by the push of a button. New light poles will also be installed, along with new stairs and concrete work, and new speaker systems to improve station announcements and customer communications.

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