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A $5 million sewer expansion project will connect dozens of Sea Cliff homes to the village’s sanitary system, part of a wider effort to reduce nitrogen pollution in Hempstead Harbor.

The project, which officials said could break ground as early as next year, will connect 45 homes on four streets in the village to the sewer system with 2,860 linear feet of piping. 

An Iranian American man from Great Neck Estates who had been held in a notorious Iranian prison for more than a year has been released, according to the U.S. State Department.

Kamran Hekmati, 62, who had been held at Evin Prison in Tehran, is still under an exit ban, which means he cannot leave the country, according to a global nonprofit and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove). 

A transfer of wealth from young to old, an education system that ill-equips young people for today’s economy and technology platforms engineered to polarize us have produced a generation of Americans who no longer believe in America. According to Gallup, 75% of baby boomers feel very or extremely proud to be an American, compared with just 41% of Gen Z. We are raising the most isolated, anxious and disconnected generation in our history.

Two survivors of human trafficking have teamed up with Rep. Tom Suozzi to pass legislation aimed at helping and protecting other victims.

The Preventing Child Trafficking Act and Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act would fund anti-trafficking programs, including training teachers and school districts to recognize signs of human trafficking.

The bills each have bipartisan support.