Posted on: October 16, 2023
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(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Amidst Haiti’s ongoing humanitarian and political crisis, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) and a coalition of Haitian American community leaders convened...
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Posted on: October 5, 2023
Statement from Legislator Carrié Solages on Displacement of Residents from Co-Ops at Elmont’s 1888 Foster Meadow Lane
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – The following is a statement from Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D &a...
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Posted on: October 2, 2023
Statement from Legislator Carrié Solages on Elmont Flooding and Evacuations
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – The following is a statement from Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) –“First and ...
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Posted on: September 28, 2023
Senator Kevin Thomas, Local Elected Officials Urge Passage of State Legislation to Rein in Politically Connected Tax Challenge Firms
Officials cited tax challenge firms’ donations to Nassau GOP as force driving willful neglect of assessments
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Posted on: September 26, 2023
Legislator Solages Salutes NCPD Detectives for Bringing Suspects in Assault, Robbery of Elderly Green Acres Mall Patron to Justice
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) congratulated the Nassau County...
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Posted on: September 13, 2023
WHAT: Ahead of the Friday, September 15 deadline for the Blakeman administration to submit its fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, members of the Nassau County Legislature’s Minority Caucus will make a major announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 13 related to th...
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Posted on: September 8, 2023
Legislator Solages, SONYMA and L.I. Housing Partnership Host First-Time Homebuyer Workshop at Elmont Memorial Library
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) is partnering with the State of New York Mort...
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Posted on: September 8, 2023
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) - On Thursday, Sept. 7, a 21-year-old suspect, whom Nassau County Police allege is a gang member, was charged with second-degree murder in the Aug. 21 shooting death of a 20-year-old man in the vicinity of an event space at 85 Ocean ...
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Posted on: August 28, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - To ensure students have the essentials for a strong start to the 2023-24 school year, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) partnered with Exit 13 Grooming Lounge and community partners from the Green...
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Posted on: August 22, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - The following is a statement from Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) –“We are all incredibly saddened by the senseless shootings in Valley Stream that claimed at least one life...
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Posted on: August 22, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) joined with the Jamaica Square Improvement League on Saturday, Aug. 12 to support their annual back-to-school supply and backpack giveaway at H...
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Posted on: August 22, 2023
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) is partnering with the Exit 13 Grooming Lounge in Elmont to host the shop’s inaugural back-to-school supply giveaway on Sunday, Aug. 27, where youngster...
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Posted on: August 15, 2023
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) is partnering with the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) and the Long Island Housing Partnership to host a workshop for first-time homebuyers at...
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Posted on: August 15, 2023
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) is partnering with New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and the Gateway Christian Center to host a back-to-school supply giveaway in Valley Stream on Sa...
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Posted on: August 8, 2023
(QUEENS, N.Y.) – The following is a statement from Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) –“Nearly three years ago, my constituent, a former student leader from the St. Boniface R.C. Churc...
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Posted on: August 8, 2023
(HEMPSTEAD and ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) joined forces with an array of community sponsors to present the second annual 03 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Lincoln Park in Hempstea...
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Posted on: August 4, 2023
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) is partnering with the Nassau County Department of Assessment to host a series of property tax exemption workshops for residents in the Third Legislative District.During the...
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Posted on: August 3, 2023
(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) partnered with New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, the Nassau County Police Department’s Fifth Precinct, and community stakeholders t...
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Posted on: August 1, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) is demanding action from the Town of Hempstead to address major, longstanding safety and quality of life issues at the Town of Hempstead Housing Authori...
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Posted on: July 28, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - This summer, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) has welcomed three young interns to his office and provided them with a first-hand look at the operations of local government and the law. Two of hi...
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Posted on: July 18, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) applauded the committee passage of capital plan amendments that will deliver crucial resources for traffic safety improvements to Dutch Broadway in Elmo...
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Posted on: July 12, 2023
(EAST MEADOW, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) congratulated the organizers of the 10th annual Creole-American Family Night at Eisenhower Park. Presented by Haitian Americans United for Progress...
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Posted on: July 5, 2023
(FLORAL PARK, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) was honored to receive the Leadership Award from the Gift of Giving Foundation’s Sewanhaka School District Student Ambassador Pr...
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Posted on: July 5, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview), Minority Leader Kevan M. Abrahams (D – Freeport) and Legislators Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence), Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D – Glen Cove) and Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) partnered wit...
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Posted on: July 5, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) celebrated the rich cultural diversity of the Elmont community during the Perfection Dance Center’s annual Kiddie Cultural Fete parade on Saturday, July...
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Posted on: July 5, 2023
(FLORAL PARK, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) congratulated Bishop Christopher T. Cox II of Elmont’s Family Life Worship Cathedral on 28 years of pastoral service. During the Monday, ...
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Posted on: June 30, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – The following is a statement from Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence)
“Today's decision by the Supreme Court to ban the use of affirmative action in college admissions w...
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Posted on: June 21, 2023
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) invites the public to support the premiere of “Ayiti Pap Peri” (“Ayiti Will Not Perish”), a documentary by Elmont-based fi...
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Posted on: June 8, 2023
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview), Minority Leader Kevan M. Abrahams (D – Freeport) and Legislators Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) and Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) are partnering with the Long Island Council on Alcohol and Drug ...
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Posted on: June 7, 2023
WHAT - Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Kevan M. Abrahams (D - Freeport) and Legislators Siela A. Bynoe (D - Westbury) and Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) are partnering with Town of North Hempstead Councilman Robert J. Troiano, the Joysetta & ...
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Posted on: June 2, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – The following is a statement from Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) –
“Yesterday, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s administratio...
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Posted on: June 1, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – The following is a statement from Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) –
“This Sunday, the HOT 97 Summer Jam will be coming to the UBS Arena. I want to...
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Posted on: May 31, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Inwood) joined local veterans, residents, students, law enforcement personnel, first responders and his colleagues in government in Elmont on Monday, May 29 for a Memorial Day parade...
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Posted on: May 11, 2023
(WHAT) – In recognition of May as Haitian Heritage Month, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) and New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages are joining forces with community partners celebrate the rich history,...
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Posted on: March 22, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) - Just days after the two-year anniversary of the horrific acid attack on Elmont resident Nafiah Ikram, Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) joined with Nafiah and her family and County offic...
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Posted on: February 28, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – Minority Caucus lawmakers applauded the unanimous Monday, Feb. 27 passage of a Minority-spearheaded proposal that will ensure Nassau County’s volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers receive the maximum property tax exemption allowab...
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Posted on: February 24, 2023
WHAT – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) and New York State Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, Chair of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, are partnering with c...
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Posted on: February 14, 2023
WHAT - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is partnering with the Elmont Cultural Center to inform residents about the Biden administration’s expansion of a humanitarian parole program that offers migrants from Vene...
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Posted on: February 9, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) – With a March 1 deadline looming for property owners to grieve their assessment, Nassau County Legislators Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) and Joshua Lafazan (D – Woodbury) today demanded answers from the Blakeman ...
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Posted on: February 8, 2023
(ELMONT, N.Y.) – Nearly two years after Nafiah Ikram was the victim of a horrific acid attack in the driveway of her Elmont home, her assailant remains at large, and her case remains unsolved.
Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D...
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Posted on: February 3, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) commemorated Wednesday, Feb. 1 as World Hijab Day by welcoming Wazma Wardak Hassan, founder and CEO of Afghan Americans of New York (AANY), to the Theodore Roosevelt Execu...
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Posted on: January 31, 2023
(WEEHAWKEN, N.J.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) proudly joined his colleagues in government at the 2023 National Haitian American Elected Officials Network leadership retreat, which was held in Weehawken, N.J. from Fr...
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Posted on: January 27, 2023
(LAWRENCE, N.Y.) – On Jan. 2, 2023, Nassau County issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking a vendor for a long-term lease to operate what is now the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence. Amidst questions and concerns about the future of t...
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Posted on: January 12, 2023
(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) joined with Haitian community leaders on Wednesday, Jan. 11 to commemorate the upcoming 13th anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti and the Haitian diasp...
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Posted on: January 9, 2023
As we embark upon 2023, Nassau County taxpayers should take stock of what County Executive Bruce Blakeman has - and has not - achieved during his first year in office. While he made many promises on the campaign trail and during his first year in office, ...
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Posted on: December 30, 2022
WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D - Lawrence) is partnering with the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission (ARC) to host free virtual community assessment grievance workshops to inform residents about how to challen...
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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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