Community Corner
Senator Carl Marcellino in Northport
Marcellino will host a Q&A at 7 p.m. What questions would you ask him?
State Sen. Carl Marcellino, R-Syosset, will host a town hall-style Q&A meeting at the Northport on Woodside Avenue (off Main) tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to talk with constituents about how proposed laws will affect their lives, and to relay information on bills, committee hearings, resolutions, and floor activity.
Marcellino and State Sen. John Flanagan, R-East Northport, recently signed a letter to the Suffolk County Department of Health opposing the at the proposed in East Northport.
The letter is attached as a PDF. The Department of Health is expected to decide on the plant this month.
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Elwood group "," formed with the encouragement of the Elwood Board of Education, are urging Marcellino and others to lobby for , asking for the public's help in identifying three mandates most critically in need of reform. One mandate suggested at a late November meeting was the 1982 Triborough Amendment which prevents public employers from altering any provision, including increment, in an expired labor agreement until a new agreement is reached.
What issues in the community concern you the most? What questions do you have for Marcellino?
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