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Legislator Ellen Birnbaum Joins Herricks Student Volunteers for “Herricks Earth Day Clean-Up”

(NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.) - In observance of Earth Day, Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) joined Herricks High School student Pranati Patnam and student volunteers on the grassy area adjacent to Nassau County Storm Water Basin 130 in...

Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum Visits Searingtown School

(ALBERTSON, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) recognized youngsters at Herricks School District’s Searingtown School on Wednesday, April 14 for their contributions to their recent Poetry Day observance. Students...

Ellen W. Birnbaum Donates Hand Sanitizer to St. Aloysius R.C. Church’s Interfaith Food Pantry

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) visited the St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in Great Neck on Thursday, April 1 to deliver a donation of 100 two-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer. The St. Aloysius Interfait...

Birnbaum Attends Interfaith Candlelight Vigil for Atlanta Victims and All Victims of Hate

(MINEOLA, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) on Thursday, April 1 gathered with her colleagues in government and leaders from across Nassau County for an interfaith candlelight vigil on the front steps of the Theodore Roos...

Birnbaum Attends Walkout Ceremony Honoring Retiring Sixth Precinct Inspector Michael Holfester

(MANHASSET, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum attended the retirement walkout ceremony for Inspector Michael Holfester, Commanding Officer of the Nassau County Police Department’s Sixth Precinct, on Thursday, March 25, where she...

Birnbaum Thanks Lakeville Estates Civic Association for Bicycle Donation to NCPD Foundation

(NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) was pleased to join County Executive Laura Curran, other colleagues in government, leaders of the Lakeville Estates Civic Association of New Hyde Park, and the NCPD Founda...

Birnbaum Secures Passage of Inter-Municipal Agreement for County to Fund Great Neck Water Pollution

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) secured passage of an inter-municipal agreement (IMA) on Monday, March 22 that clears the way for $150,000 in capital plan funding to be allocated to the Great Neck Water Pol...

Legislator Birnbaum Joins Great Neck Cub Scout Troop 178 for its Annual Pinewood Derby

(GREAT NECK, N.Y.) - Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) joined Great Neck Cub Scout Pack 178 and students from Great Neck’s Elementary Remote Program (ERP) at the Parkwood Aquatic Center in Great Neck on Saturday, March ...

irnbaum Joins ‘Stand Up to Hate’ Rally To Condemn Violence Against Asian Americans

(MINEOLA, N.Y.) -  In response to an alarming increase in bias incidents and violence against Asian Americans, Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) proudly supported “Stand Up to Hate,” a rally that drew...

Searingtown School Welcomes Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum as Virtual Guest Reader

(ALBERTSON, N.Y.) – Through the power of video chat technology, Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D – Great Neck) “visited” the Herricks School District’s Searingtown School in Albertson on Wedne...

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...