Posted on: October 22, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) proudly voted on Monday, Oct. 21 to approve a five-year sublease between Nassau County and the New York City Transit Authority that expands the num...
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Posted on: October 15, 2024
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislature Minority Leder Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D – Glen Cove) and Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) welcomed Port Washington resident Mazzy Sass and her family to the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legisl...
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Posted on: October 10, 2024
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) partnered with the Nassau County Department of Assessment to bring the Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) to Valley Stream&rsquo...
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Posted on: October 7, 2024 | Last Modified on: October 7, 2024
Legislator Solages Joins Protestors Demanding
Safe Return of Sacred Sikh Religious Text
(GARDEN CITY PARK, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined with hundreds of peaceful protestors on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to urge...
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Posted on: October 2, 2024
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Patrick Ryder at the Shaw Avenue Elementary School on Tuesday, Oct. 1 to celebrate the Department’s “Operation Give Bac...
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Posted on: September 12, 2024
Haitian Community Rallies with Nassau County Leaders to Denounce Racist and False Remarks Made by Trump, Cruz, and Vance
- Legislators Call on Rep. Anthony D'Esposito to Break His Silence and Stand with the Haitian Community -
Elmont, NY (...
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Posted on: September 12, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with the Nassau County Department of Assessment to bring the Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) to the Gateway Christian Center on Tuesday, Oct. 8...
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Posted on: September 10, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) supported the New York Friends of Haiti Health Fair on Saturday, Aug. 24. Held in the parking lot of 479 Hempstead Avenue in Elmont, event organizers welcome...
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Posted on: September 6, 2024
(SOUTH FLORAL PARK, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined the South Floral Park Fire Department and the community on Saturday, Aug. 24 for a wet-down ceremony celebrating the Department&a...
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Posted on: September 4, 2024
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) - To help give local students a strong start to the 2024-25 school year, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) teamed up with the Green Acres Mall and community partners to host a back-to-sc...
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Posted on: August 26, 2024
WHAT – To help ensure local students get a strong start to the 2024-25 school year, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is teaming up with the Green Acres Mall and community partners to host a back-to...
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Posted on: August 20, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined with the Jamaica Square Improvement League on Saturday, Aug. 10 to support their annual back-to-school supply and backpack giveaway at Hendr...
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Posted on: August 20, 2024
Following a presentation of New York State Citations by Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, the Simon family presented plaques, featuring recent Valley Stream Herald articles about the festival, to Assemblywoman and Legislator Solages as a token of their app...
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Posted on: August 20, 2024
(FRANKLIN SQUARE, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined Meera Empowerment at VFW Post 2718 in Franklin Square on Saturday, July 27 for the organization’s fourth annual fashion s...
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Posted on: August 14, 2024
(MINEOLA and ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) welcomed Elmont’s 2-year-old math prodigy and youngest-ever “America’s Got Talent” contestant D...
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Posted on: August 5, 2024
MINEOLA, N.Y., Aug. 5, 2024 – The Nassau County Democratic Legislative Minority, led by Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, introduced emergency legislation that enhances penalties against criminals who use face coverings in the commission of a crime a...
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Posted on: August 5, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with the Nassau County Police Department’s Fifth Precinct, the Green Acres Mall, and an array of community partners to celebrate National Night ...
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Posted on: July 29, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with the Nassau County Police Department’s Fifth Precinct, the Green Acres Mall, and an array of community partners to celebrate National Night ...
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Posted on: June 28, 2024
(INWOOD, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined with the Inwood community on Wednesday, June 26 to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new residential building geared toward veterans and fir...
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Posted on: June 18, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream), ranking member of the Legislature’s Minority Affairs committee, joined his colleagues in government and the Elmont community on Saturday, June 15 ...
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Posted on: June 4, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Elmont) visited the Elmont School District’s Clara H. Carlson Elementary School on Friday, May 31 for the school’s Career Day. During his pres...
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Posted on: June 4, 2024
(ELMONT and VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) thanked the Green Acres Mall for their contributions toward a pair of important Third District community initiatives.
On Friday, M...
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Posted on: May 29, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) marched alongside his colleagues in government, civic leaders and local residents in Elmont American Legion Post 1033’s Memorial Day parade on Mond...
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Posted on: April 30, 2024
(GARDEN CITY, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) was a featured speaker during a fireside panel discussion at the third annual “BreaKING the Ice” Black Men’s Men...
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Posted on: April 26, 2024
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) will participate in a 1 p.m. fireside panel discussion at the third annual “BreaKING the Ice” Black Men’s Mental Heal...
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Posted on: April 23, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - In observance of April 22 as Earth Day, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) and a dozen local volunteers joined him on Saturday, April 20 for a community cleanup in Elmont. With a focus on the ...
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Posted on: March 26, 2024
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Valley Stream) and his colleagues in the Legislature’s Minority Caucus voted today to allocate $950,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds toward the Nassa...
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Posted on: February 29, 2024
(MINEOLA and ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined his Legislative colleagues in celebrating Nassau County’s Top Cops for February – Nassau County Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Police Officer Anthony DiGr...
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Posted on: March 19, 2024
(WESTBURY, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) and Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Siela A. Bynoe (D – Westbury) congratulated the honorees of the Gift of Writing Foundation for their advocacy for the children of Haiti dur...
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Posted on: March 19, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – March 17, 2024 marked three years since Elmont resident Nafiah Ikram was viciously attacked with acid outside her Elmont home by an unknown male assailant.
“During the last three years, Nafiah and her family have endure...
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Posted on: March 11, 2024
(INWOOD, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) had the high honor of being named one of the Inwood Civic Association’s Citizens of the Year on Sunday, March 10 during a celebration hel...
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Posted on: March 4, 2024
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Siela A. Bynoe (D – Westbury) joined with members of the Legislature’s Minority Caucus and community stakeholders on Monday, March 4 to discuss the key aspect...
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Posted on: February 26, 2024
Minority Caucus Reveals Blakeman Administration Has Spent Less Than $202,000 of $92.5 Million in Opioid Settlement Funds, Demands Immediate Deployment of Life-Saving Resources
The caucus later filed the “Families Against Fentanyl Act” a...
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Posted on: February 23, 2024
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) reminds residents that the deadline for Nassau County property owners to grieve the assessed value of their home has been extended to Monday, Marc...
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Posted on: February 7, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission (ARC) to host two free online community assessment grievance workshops to inform residents about how t...
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Posted on: February 2, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission (ARC) to host two free online community assessment grievance workshops to inform residents about how t...
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Posted on: February 1, 2024
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Valley Stream) proudly joined his colleagues in government at the 15th annual National Haitian American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON) Leadership Summit, which was held at th...
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Posted on: January 31, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) stood alongside more than 100 community members on Thursday, Jan. 25 to express their dismay that at an early voting site being taken away from the...
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Posted on: January 19, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with NuHealth and the Breast Imaging Center at Nassau University Medical Center to bring the breast cancer screening van to the Green Acres Mall from 8 a....
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Posted on: January 17, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in America, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) partnered with the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association and New York State Assem...
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Posted on: January 16, 2024
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) – On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The natural disaster is blamed for more than 300,000 deaths and lasting economic hardship and disruption that is sti...
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Posted on: January 16, 2024
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) has been elevated to ranking member of the Legislature’s Finance committee – a crucial role for delivering fiscal oversight of...
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Posted on: January 16, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – On Sunday, Jan. 14, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) joined with New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and dozens of community leaders outside Belmont Park to demand that ...
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Posted on: January 12, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with NuHealth and the Breast Imaging Center at Nassau University Medical Center to bring the breast cancer screening van to the Green Acres Mall from 8 a....
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Posted on: January 12, 2024
Legislator Solages, Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association, Assemblywoman Solages Host Free Legal Forum at Elmont Library
WHAT – In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in America, Nassau County Legislator Carri&a...
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Posted on: January 9, 2024
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission (ARC) to host two free online community assessment grievance workshops to inform residents ab...
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Posted on: January 8, 2024
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) was sworn for a new term representing the residents of the Third Legislative District during inaugural ceremonies held on Friday, Jan. 5. The newl...
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Posted on: January 8, 2024
WHAT – In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in America, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Valley Stream) is partnering with the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association and New York State A...
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Posted on: January 3, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Elmont) celebrated the grand opening of Sanjha Punjab Supermarket in Elmont on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Located at 1631 Dutch Broadway, the locally owned market specia...
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Posted on: January 3, 2024
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Elmont) celebrated the 220th anniversary of Haitian independence on Monday, Jan. 1.
Haitian Independence Day commemorates Haiti’s Jan. 1, 1804 declarati...
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Posted on: December 19, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) thanked his colleagues in the Legislature for voting unanimously on Monday, Dec. 18 to approve a $6,757 Hotel-Motel Occupancy Tax Fund grant for the Elmont Cultur...
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Posted on: December 14, 2023
(ATLANTIC BEACH, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) today applauded the start of EZ Pass toll service for motorists utilizing the Atlantic Beach Bridge.
The Wednesday, Dec. 13 activation ...
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Posted on: April 11, 2022
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Yesterday, on Palm Sunday, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) issued the following statement:
“As I enjoy my Palm Sunday in peace, I feel horrible for my Jewish brothers and sis...
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Posted on: January 13, 2022
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) was sworn for a new term representing the residents of the Third Legislative District during the first meeting of the 14th term of the Nassau County Legislature ...
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Posted on: January 13, 2022
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) joined Haitian community leaders on Wednesday, Jan. 12 for Memory Walk 2022, which commemorated the 300,000 lives lost in the earthquake that devastated Haiti and the Hait...
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Posted on: November 16, 2021
(LAWRENCE, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) joined with a team of community partners at the Five Towns Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 13 to support ICNA Relief’s Winter Giveaway.
During the e...
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Posted on: November 15, 2021
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - In observance of Veterans Day, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) proudly joined with the members of Elmont American Legion Post 1033 on Thursday, Nov. 11 for a Veterans Day parade and ceremony honoring the ...
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Posted on: November 12, 2021
WHAT - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) will join a team of community partners at the Five Towns Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 13 to support ICNA Relief’s Winter Giveaway. Participants in the event will rece...
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Posted on: November 10, 2021
WHAT - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) invites the community to commemorate Veterans Day in Elmont by attending American Legion Post 1033’s parade on Thursday, Nov. 11.
The parade is scheduled to step off from th...
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Posted on: November 9, 2021
WHAT - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) invites the community to commemorate Veterans Day in Elmont by attending American Legion Post 1033’s parade on Thursday, Nov. 11.
The parade is scheduled to step off from th...
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Posted on: October 27, 2021
(NORTH VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is pleased to announce the completion of repaving work on North Fletcher Avenue between the Southern State Parkway and Hendrickson Avenue.
During the last sever...
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Posted on: October 19, 2021
(LAWRENCE, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) partnered with the Nassau County Office of Hispanic Affairs to connect residents with housing, education, healthcare, unemployment and social services resources during a ...
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Posted on: October 8, 2021
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence), in conjunction with the Nassau County Department of Assessment, reminds Third Legislative District residents to register for two upcoming Property Tax Exemption Workshops in...
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Posted on: September 24, 2021
(MEADOWMERE PARK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) has secured from the Department of Public Works (DPW) additional resources to the gridlock-snarled intersection of Rockaway Turnpike and East Avenue in Meadowmere ...
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Posted on: September 24, 2021
(INWOOD, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) thanked the Manna Project for hosting a pop-up Food Pantry and Back-to-School Drive at St. John’s Baptist Church in Inwood on Saturday, Aug. 28. Legislator Solage...
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Posted on: August 30, 2021
Take Advantage of Excluded Workers Fund
DEAR EDITOR:
New York’s Excluded Workers Fund, which is intended to provide much-needed relief to workers cut off from government unemployment benefits and stimulus checks during the pandemic, is ...
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Posted on: August 27, 2021
(NORTH VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) - Following extensive advocacy by his office, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is pleased to report that New York State has completed long-awaited repairs to the entrance and exit ramps at South...
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Posted on: August 25, 2021
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) commemorated National Health Center Week on Friday, Aug. 13 with a visit to the Elmont Family Health Center’s community health fair and COVID-19 vaccination clini...
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Posted on: August 17, 2021
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence), in conjunction with the Nassau County Department of Assessment, announces the return of in-person Property Tax Exemption Workshops for Third Legislative District residents. During th...
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Posted on: August 13, 2021
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) partnered with New York State Assembly Member Michaelle Solages, Empowering Young Professionals of Long Island, Affinity Health Plan, Young Muslims, and Masjid Hamza t...
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Posted on: August 12, 2021
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) invites residents to join him at the Five Towns Community Center from 2 - 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15 for the return of Inwood Day.
Spearheaded in partnership with the Five To...
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Posted on: August 2, 2021
WHAT - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is partnering with New York State Assembly Member Michaelle Solages, Empowering Young Professionals of Long Island, Affinity Health Plan, Young Muslims, and Masjid Hamza to support I...
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Posted on: July 30, 2021
WHAT - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) invites residents to join him at the Five Towns Community Center from 2 - 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15 for the return of Inwood Day.
Spearheaded in partnership with the Five Towns Commu...
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Posted on: July 2, 2021
(HUNTINGTON, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) recently congratulated Nancy Ventimiglia on the occasion of her retirement from her role as Political Coordinator at Local 1102 RWDSU UFCW. During a Thursday, June 24 c...
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Posted on: June 23, 2021
(ELMONT, INWOOD and VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) joined community leaders in observing Juneteenth across the Third Legislative District. Legislator Solages attended a community barbecue at Inwood...
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Posted on: June 8, 2021
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) - Following a year and a half of advocacy, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is pleased to announce that the resurfacing of a nearly mile-long span of North Central Avenue in Valley Stream, between Hen...
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Posted on: May 27, 2021
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - As 21-year-old Elmont resident Nafiah Ikram continues the struggle to regain her health after being attacked with acid in her own driveway, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is urging officials to again inc...
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Posted on: May 14, 2021
(LAWRENCE, N.Y.) - Amidst a climate of ongoing violent turmoil in Haiti, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is urging President Biden to put an end to the accelerated rate of expulsions and restore Temporary Protected Status...
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Posted on: April 27, 2021
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) today announced that the Department of Public Works will embark upon long-demanded traffic safety improvements along Dutch Broadway and Elmont Road.
In response to extensive...
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Posted on: April 22, 2021
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) today urged residents to call police with any information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of the man responsible for a gruesome acid attack...
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Posted on: March 31, 2021
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) commemorated Women’s History Month by honoring three local leaders for their contributions to the Third Legislative District. The honorees - Raven Brewington, Ana...
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