Maragos, Venditto to speak at Hicksville center
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Nassau Comptroller George Maragos. (March 28, 2011) Credit: Howard Schnapp
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who is also a Republican primary candidate for the U.S. Senate, and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Hicksville Community Center on Carl Street.
Maragos will discuss Nassau’s financial condition, the county’s 2012 budget, its upcoming boot-and-tow program for parking and red-light camera scofflaws and what he is doing to save taxpayers money.
Venditto will answer residents’ questions about their town-level concerns. The event is free.
Photo: Nassau Comptroller George Maragos.
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'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.