Three days before Earth Day, about 200 residents gathered at Kings Point Park to protest the potential that 2.48 acres of parkland could be turned into a parking lot. Last year, Assemb. Daniel Norber (R-Great Neck) and State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) proposed bills to transform the section of the 175-acre park abutting the United Mashadi Jewish Community of America's community center into parking spaces. Martins' bill passed, but Norber's bill did not make it to the floor before the legislative session ended in June. Read more in the link in bio. (Photo credit: James Carbone) . . . #longisland #politics #longislandpolitics #earthday #earthday2026