My name is Jana Goldenberg and I am a running on The Residents’ Party to become Trustee of the Village of East Hills.
During the 21 years I have lived in the village with my husband Rick and son Ross, I have strived and succeeded in implementing programs and projects for the betterment of our community despite not being an elected official and without a formal title.
Calling on my background as a manager of operations for a financial firm on Wall Street, I was an integral part of the initial Security Commission which subsequently became dormant and is now being revitalized with an election pending; was a member of the Architectural Review Board, tree chairman, co-chaired the Village Appreciation Brunch, Aircraft Noise and Air Pollution Abatement Committee, the Building, Zoning, Tree Review Committee, president of the Country Estates Civic Association and co-created the Roslyn Women’s Softball League.
As a result of my role and function in various Village committees, many residents have approached me to help with their concern about airplanes flying extremely low over our homes. I am now working with Plane Sense LI and the Town of North Hempstead Aircraft Noise Education and Outreach Committee that includes writing the white paper.
As a concerned citizen and member of the community I have attended roundtable meetings and seminars to help gather information needed so that we can keep all residents updated.
Outside of my participation with village committees, I have also been a volunteer at the Sid Jacobson JGC for the PTA, Auction for Excellence, and was co-creator for Game Day Mania to help support programs for senior citizens.
Once my son started school, my attention turned to volunteering for the Harbor Hill Elementary School, Roslyn Middle School and Roslyn High School doing fundraising, overseeing and coordinating the 5th grade dance, yearbook, directory, school fair, senior party, the Parent Interview Committee and the Budget Advisory Committee.
On behalf of my neighbors and the community as a whole I negotiated oil prices and service contracts for anyone who wanted to be part of the Roslyn Oil Group.
The group has over 300 residents and was extremely successful until I realized that bringing gas lines to our community needed to be explored.
Although others sought to take credit for my hard work, I started speaking with National Grid in 2013 to obtain the information to move forward with a gas project in Country Estates. It was solely as a result of my efforts that the first phase of installing gas mains for approximately 100 homes in Country Estates was started in December 2014.
As I continued working with National Grid and the Public Service Commission, I realized that the gas project could be extended to all of the community.
I worked with the Public Service Commission to get a pilot program passed to eliminate the 100 foot rule so as to enable the project to be brought to all residents in East Hills.
I hope that my accomplishments and dedication to my friends, neighbors and Village residents as a community leader will earn your support come election day on March 15, 2016.
On behalf of myself and my running mate Neil Foster, I can assure you that Neil and I will be a voice for all of the residents of East Hills.
