Long Islander of the week: Students of Uniondale High
STUDENTS OF
UNIONDALE HIGHAll decent people feel sympathy. This weekend's grief is impossible to avoid. But when the earthquake hit near Port-au-Prince, it sent some of its most severe aftershocks to places like Uniondale High School, where 163 students are of Haitian descent. "It's very, very hard," Principal Florence Simmons said. Sophomore Javan Williams couldn't reach his father. Pierre Julie Abraham was still holding out hope for her brother. Senior Aide Jean got a call at school from her mother. Her father, an accounting professor in the Haitian capital, was crushed to death in class. What's a teacher or a principal or a caring community supposed to tell such kids?
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
