Tara Smith

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Joshua Needelman |Tara Smith

On a Tuesday in early March — just days after the Ukrainian president's contentious Oval Office visit — two Long Island residents weighed in on the Ukraine-Russian war at separate town hall meetings some 60 miles apart. At North Hempstead Town Hall in Manhasset, Nina Gordon, of Great Neck, wanted to know if board members still stood with Ukraine. At Riverhead Town Hall, resident John McAuliff urged council members to sponsor a resolution affirming support for the country in its war with Russia.