In a first for Floral Park, and an opportunity to send a message to the Long Island Rail Road, Assemblyman Tom Alfano announced that the first hearing of the NYS Assembly Third Track Advisory Committee is taking place in Floral Park at John Lewis Childs Elementary School auditorium on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. FULL STORY

During the early morning hours of Sunday, March 9, gusting winds leveled a long-standing backyard tree that ran along the edge of a foundation excavation site. The Adams Street landholder (whose plot is between 9 Adams Street and 25 Adams Street) planned to split the land and build two houses while maintaining the tree. FULL STORY