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Birnbaum Celebrates Lunar New Year with Joy Fu Chinese Senior Club

(NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) visited Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park on Tuesday, Feb. 23 to ring in the Lunar New Year with the Joy Fu Chinese Senior Club.

Volunteers distributed goodie bags an...

Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum, Village of Kings Point Announce County Support for Tree Replanting

(KINGS POINT, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) and leaders of the Village of Kings Point have announced that a County-funded portion of the Village’s ongoing tree replanting initiative is complete.

Through an in...

Birnbaum Invites Residents to Attend Upcoming Free Virtual Community Tax Grievance Workshhops

WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D – Great Neck) is partnering with the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission (ARC) to host free virtual community tax grievance workshops to inform residents about how to challenge their property taxe...

Birnbaum Applauds Great Neck Water Pollution Control District for Successful, ‘Shed the Meds'

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) thanked the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District for hosting a successful COVID-safe “Shed-The-Meds” event at their East Shore Road location on Sun...

Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum Joins Town’s ‘Mask Up North Hempstead’ Campaign

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) partnered with Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Town Council Members Lee Seeman and Veronica Lurvey, and an array of Great Neck mayors to support the Town&am...

Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum Secures Grant for Gold Coast Arts Center

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) recently secured a grant from the County’s Hotel-Motel Occupancy Tax fund to support the programming of the Great Neck-based Gold Coast Arts Center.

Grant ...

Legislator Ellen Birnbaum Supports Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department’s Blood Drive

(MANHASSET, N.Y.) – To help address the urgent blood shortage caused by a decrease in donations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D – Great Neck) participated in Manhasset – Lakeville F...

Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum Secures $30,000 for Upgrades to Kensington Village Green

(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) has secured passage of a $30,000 Community Revitalization Program (CRP) grant for the Incorporated Village of Kensington. The Village will utilize those funds to install automat...

Birnbaum Thanks Sephardic Heritage Alliance, Inc. For its Ongoing Community Meal Delivery Program

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassa...

Legislator Birnbaum Announces Approved Contract for Cutter Mill Road/Bayview Ave Bridge

(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) announced that the Rules Committee of the Nassau County Legislature voted on Monday, July 13 to enter a $587,560 professional engineering design services with KS Engineers, P.C....

Birnbaum Joins Curran to Commemorate Juneteenth at Manhasset’s AME Zion Church

(MANHASSET, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran at the historic Lakeville AME Zion Church in Manhasset to commemorate Juneteenth.Juneteenth is the oldest nationally recognized cel...

Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum Applauds Great Neck Community for Donating Thousands of Masks to Nassau

From left, Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Office of Asian American Affairs Executive Director Farrah Mozawalla; Joseph Sakhai and Legislator Birnbaum on Friday, May 8.

(GREAT NECK and MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator E...

Legislator Birnbaum Recognizes ‘Food is Love’ Campaign Founder Tamara Toro for Supporting Frontline

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) – Lifelong Village of Great Neck resident Tamara Toro says her friends in the medical field and a brother-in-law in the restaurant business provided the perfect catalyst for a spark of civic-minded inspiration during the COVID...

Legislator Birnbaum Thanks Iranian American Jewish Federation of NY for Distributing 1,000s of Masks

Legislator Birnbaum Thanks Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York for Distributing Thousands of Masks During Drive-Through Event at Great Neck Library

PHOTO CAPTION – Legislator Birnbaum, second from left, is pictured outside the Great Ne...

Center Street Elementary School Welcomes Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum as Guest Reader

Legislator Birnbaum reading to Ms. Valetutti’s Kindergarten class

(WILLISTON PARK, N.Y.) - Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D – Great Neck) had the privilege of serving as a guest reader at the Center Street ...

Birnbaum Announces 3rd Annual Observance of Norooz The Persian New Year Has Been Cancelled

WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) has decided to cancel the Third Annual Observance of the Persian New Year on Tuesday, March 24.

“In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19), I have decided to cancel the observance of ...

Legislator Birnbaum Announces Third Annual Observance of Norooz

WHAT: Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) will recognize Norooz - the Persian New Year - in the Legislative Chamber of the Nassau County Legislature on Tuesday, March 24.

Legislator Birnbaum became the first Nassau County L...

Legislator Birnbaum Supports Long Island Cares’ Ninth Annual Legislative Pet Food Drive Challenge

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D – Great Neck) is once again proudly participating in Long Island Cares’ ninth annual Legislative Pet Food Drive Challenge in conjunction with Great Neck House.

Each year...