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BY KASSARA MCELROY Concerns over recent fluctuations in mask mandates dominated the discussion at this week’s Garden City Board of Education meeting. On Tuesday, the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the statewide mandate ordering students and staff to wear masks in schools is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. The governor appealed, and the Board was met with tension from the community after its legal counsel shared that there will be an interim stay of the mask mandate until the county and State’s Appellate Division meet and make a decision on said appeal. That decision is expected to take place on Friday, January 28.

Students at Stratford School in Garden City participated in the Valentines for Veterans program run through Councilman Thomas Muscarella’s office. The program encourages students to be creative and thoughtful as they write messages to the men and women who have served our country. Students were excited to be a part of this outreach to veterans. Photo courtesy of Garden City Public Schools

Village commission looks at solutions for traffic woes BY RIKKI MASSAND At the Garden City Traffic Commission’s meeting held Thursday, January 13 at Village Hall, the Commission members – Village Trustees Mary Carter Flanagan, Deputy Mayor Tom O’Brien and Trustee Colleen Foley voted to approve several items including a fourway stop sign at Adams Street between Chester and

Salisbury Avenues, a stop sign for the northeast corner of Oxford Boulevard and St. Paul’s Place, and removal of a No Parking sign in front of a home on Stratford Avenue. But for the village’s bigger picture, a series of traffic calming studies are likely to be discussed at future Traffic Commission meetings. Trustee Carter Flanagan announced that the Central Section’s Numbered Streets

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At the Board meeting on January 25th, Dr. Kusum Sinha, Superintendent of Schools, reported that after the recent winter break there were around 200 reported cases of COVID-19 among Garden City students. Positive tests have been on decline since, and currently stand See page 38

Environmental Board discusses lead in water

Traffic Calming study has resulted in a 57-page draft which was prepared by Creighton Manning. Garden City Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson and Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi have provided their comments on their report. Engineer Frank A. Filiciotto and senior planner Mike Amabile, AICP, from Creighton Manning joined

The Garden City Environmental Advisory Board and its chairperson, Village Trustee Mary Carter Flanagan, led a very well-attended, hybrid-format educational session at Village Hall and over Zoom on Wednesday January 26 regarding lead contamination that has detected in some homes’ drinking water. EAB member John Reilly led Wednesday’s presentation before residents asked questions and related their experiences with lead testing of the water at their homes. The physical effects on humans of consumption of lead contaminated water were also prominently discussed during the meeting, and some residents noted that they fear for their own health and safety as well as

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At this week’s school board meeting this week a large number of parents objected to the board’s handling of state mask mandates. The meeting was held one day after a state court judge struck down the mandate, and a few hours after the mandate was reinstated by an appeals court, pending its decision. In addition, several weeks ago the new Nassau County Executive, Bruce Blakeman, issued an executive order which supposedly allowed school districts to decide whether or not to enforce the state’s mandate. (The County Executive has no control over school districts, which are regulated by state officials and laws.) So undoubtedly the conflicting announcements left many parents con-

fused about the roles and powers of the Board of Education. Boards of Ed are regulated by state education law. If they fail to follow the laws they can be removed by the state Commissioner of Education, and the district can be penalized by the state. While it’s fair to offer opinions on whether the board should fight the mandate in court, there are those who have been advocating that the Board ignore the state, which is terrible advice. Board members, both on the Village and School Board, are all volunteers. As such they are committed to listening to their constituents, but they are also required to uphold the state’s laws. Let’s stop attacking them for doing their jobs.

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To the Editor: FABGC’s misleading political charge that there was no resident participation and/or feedback before FABGC is back. These false allegations served them well in last year’s election, so will apparently be a continuing theme this year as well, if recent comments in the GC News are an indicator. In the 15 years prior to the pandemic that I regularly attended BOT meetings, the vast majority of exchanges between the BOT and residents were polite and informative, therefore not newsworthy or useful. Some interactions were not, particularly in recent years, and these instances became the flashpoint for a successful political campaign. For many years, each of the POAs has held regular meetings where the trustees from their section give reports and take questions from any resident who attends. Other Village officials, such as the Village administrator, department heads and sometimes Trustees from other sections, have been invited to discuss a specific topic and hear residents’ concerns. The EPOA has hosted more than 120 public meetings over the last 20 years, meetings open to all residents. During that time frame, the two East Trustees always attended our meetings, gave a report, answered residents’ questions and both listened to and followed up on specific concerns. All residents were always encouraged to attend and to bring up any issues, both to the Trustees and to the EPOA. In addition, the EPOA for many years has maintained a highly informative website where any resident can reach out via email to ask for help in a particular situation. Hundreds have and the EPOA has helped them. A 12-page newsletter is mailed to every East household twice a year. Most recently the EPOA conducted a confidential resident survey via mail and online to get feedback on issues and concerns. Before FABGC, a self-described (527) political organization, the Village

Trustees represented all residents whatever their section. Now FABGC marks its territory, describing them as FABGC Trustees or CAP Trustees. The FABGC Trustees have been told not to attend POA meetings, a dictat that some FABGC Trustees follow. Their Meet & Greets, with the exception for the first time of this past Tuesday, have been limited to “their” Trustees. For FABGC it’s Politics 101, us against them. Whatever they preach, this is what they practice. FABGC should stop pretending otherwise. Christine Mullaney

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To the Editor: I would like to introduce myself and discuss the reasons for my candidacy for the Board of Trustees representing the Eastern Section in the upcoming Board of Trustee elections. My wife and I moved to Garden City in 1998 into an apartment on Stewart Ave and in 2002 moved to our current residence in the Mott Section. One of the things that my wife, Alicia, and I found most appealing about Garden City was the sense of community and the commitment to strong family values. Coaching my daughters Celia and Olivia on the playing fields of St. Paul’s is one of my utmost joys. I am now in my 15th year of coaching GC Centennials Soccer, while also coaching Garden City Rams Lacrosse. As my children have matured out of Village sports, I have become more and more aware of the issues regarding our Village Governance I attended Vanderbilt University and while working for several years, attended New York University’s Leonard N. Stern’s School of Business, earning an MBA in finance. Presently, I am currently part of the Adjunct Faculty at the New York University School of Professional Studies. I have worked at JPMorgan Chase & Company and Deloitte & Touche, LLP. I have experience in integrating business See page 48

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SUBMITTED BY FOR A BETTER GARDEN CITY

Transparency was one of our founding principles when we started FABGC in 2020. We believed that our village government had become secretive, hostile and unfair. The secretive aspect and the hostility were evidenced by the POAs rubber stamping renominations, trustee unavailability, trustees hostility to questions at public meetings and rigid enforcement of a four minute time limit on public comments at those meetings. The unfairness was evidenced in decisions, usually unanimous, fueled by an apparent absence of preparation and study, good faith and respect for taxpayer funds. The list is familiar and includes Raymond Court, Merillon Avenue RR Station, the Casino, St. Paul’s, handicapped parking and Franklin Court MEWS. In sharp contrast, since the last election, various steps have been taken by the Board of Trustees to foster availability and transparency. First, the public meetings are dramatically different with the four minute time now an unenforced suggestion with issues often being discussed, if not debated, in public enhancing transparency. Second,

the Meet and Greet Sessions at which all eight trustees are invited and several trustees are present and available to respond to any question have created accessibility, transparency and public accountability where none previously existed. Third, the Mayors Committees have created a level of community engagement in village government not seen in many years. The Committees, in and of themselves, create a unique kind of transparency in government in which the members use their expertise to reach recommendations that the Board of Trustees must address, presumably at public meetings or public hearings. Fourth, FABGC candidates are prepared to make a belated New Year’s resolution as requested by the NY Coalition for Open Government and urged by the Garden City News (December 30, 2021 Edition) and work to adopt all ten items, most of which are already in place. The first five resolutions relate to the operation of meetings and only one would be a significant change. The village already gives timely notice of meetings, posts agendas at least 48 See page 47

SUBMITTED BY THE JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION

The Property Owners Associations (POAs) have been the cornerstone of the Village of Garden City for over 100 years. Incorporated as IRS section 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, the POAs are operated for the promotion of the common good and welfare of the people of the community. While 501(c)(4) groups such as the POAs are nonprofit, tax-exempt groups, the statute allows for engagement in political activity, although it cannot be their sole motivation or primary activity. The POAs are comprised of dedicated volunteers who have consistently and generously given of their time and talent. Its volunteers have helped neighbors, served on Village committees, and provided a forum for direct communication between the Board of Trustees and residents. By contrast, For a Better Garden City (FABGC) is a political organization by design. By IRS definition and its own admission, FABGC is a political organization subject to IRS section 527 established for the purpose of directly or indirectly accepting contributions or

making expenditures, or both, to influence the selection, nomination, election or appointment of an individual to public office. FABGC has changed the way our political system is structured and functions. They no longer seek input from the POAs on committee assignments and by discouraging their elected trustees from attending POA meetings, they have unilaterally eliminated the unfettered direct connection the residents previously enjoyed with their sectional trustees. Importantly then, FABGC is a tax-exempt group with the right to raise unlimited funds from many different sources for its political activities. Those funds can be used to influence an issue, policy, or election in many forums, including local elections like ours. Thus, while the primary focus of the 527 organization is to get its candidates elected, the 501(c)(4) social welfare group is civic oriented first and is politically motivated only as a supplement to its mission. In our upcoming election the Village residents must decide whether its best interests are served at the direction of a politically motivated group or a civic See page 47

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Date: 01/13/2022 Sold Price: $911,007 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths Style: Cape Lot Size: .23 acres Total taxes: $15,188 Common charges: $385 MLS number: 3353279 The Seller’s Team: Norma Quigley and Laura Mulligan, Douglas Elliman Real Estate The Buyer’s Team: Norma Quigley and Laura Mulligan, Douglas Elliman Real Estate

The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes presented were selected based solely on the fact that they were recently sold.

Mortgage Rates this week from www.nerdwallet.com

Loan Term 30-year fixed 15-year fixed 5/1 ARM

Interest Rate 3.416% 2.559% 2.613%

APR 3.493% 2.690% 2.918%

Long Island Sales Data From One Key MLS Month Dec-2021 Nov-2021 Oct-2021 Sep-2021 Aug-2021 July-2021 June-2021 May-2021

Nassau County Median Sale Price Current Year Prior Year $645,000 $605,000 $652,500 $599,000 $650,000 $588,000 $660,000 $589,000 $670,000 $593,597 $670,000 $550,000 $644,500 $555,000 $635,000 $585,000

% Change 6.6 8.9 10.5 12.1 12.9 21.8 16.1 8.5

Come see this Garden City home on large lot- 100x100 in the Western Section of the Village. Great layout ready for new owners to make it their own. The first floor has living room, formal dining room, eat in kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and full bathroom, washer and dryer. Second floor has 2 additional large bedrooms and full bathroom. Basement has outside entrance. Two car attached garage. Huge yard! Close to 2 LIRR lines.

414 Stewart Avenue

Date: 1/21/2022 Sold price: $1,800,000 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 2 half baths Style: Tudor Lot size: .86 acres Total taxes: $34,092 The Seller’s Team: Maria Huei Sieh, RE/MAX 1st Choice The Buyer’s Team: Linda Brunning and Michelle Mcardle, Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Designed by renowned architect Olive Tjaden, this one of a kind Tudor home was hailed as one of the most distinctive styles of residential architecture! This prized house sits on almost an acre of meticulously landscaped property in Garden City. The house boasts grand living space featuring spacious living room with fireplace, library, formal dining room, eat-in kitchen, breakfast room, hardwood floors throughout, 5 sizable bedrooms that includes an oversized master bedroom suite, 4.55 bathrooms and a beautiful stone patio for entertaining! Basement comes with a fireplace and wet bar; large attic with high ceilings; 2 car garage. Absolute gem!

107 Wellington Road

Sprawling and renovated expanded ranch on rarely Date: 01/14/2022 seen 120x100 lot on Prime Estate tree-lined street. Sold price: 1$1,760,000 5 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1 half bath Close to 2900 square feet of living space with first floor Primary Suite , with additional first floor powder room, Style: Exp Ranch laundry and attached 2 car garage with additional Lot size: .28 acres parking spaces. Open concept renovated kitchen with Total taxes: $27,625 double island with granite counters, stainless steel appliMLS number: Exp Ranch ances and great room with wood burning fireplace. 2 The Seller’s Team: Laura Carroll, additional fireplaces including basement. 4 oversized Compass Greater NY second floor bedrooms with a full updated bathroom. Hardwood floors throughout, 2 zones of central air conditioning, and access to 2 LIRR train stops. Nearby to Stratford school, parks and trains.

This informational page is sponsored by Douglas Elliman Real Estate Houses featured on this page were sold by various real estate agencies

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A rockin’ time was had by all at last Friday's Rock N Bowl couples event! Guests enjoyed some friendly bowling competition, cold drinks, delicious food, and some great raffles. Thanks to Bowlero for hosting the event and to all who came out to join us. It was such a fun and memorable night! Calling all resident experts! If you have expertise in a certain field or trade and would be open to volunteering your time to speak to our group as part of our continuing education initiative, please reach out to welcomingclubbookclub@gmail.com. We are looking to line up some great speakers in the coming months! Are you an experienced babysitter and/or mother’s helper? The Welcoming Club is looking to help connect busy families with local sitters. Contact information will be shared with club members. Please email Alyssa at welcomingclubtoddleractivities@gmail.com if you'd like to have your information added to the list!

Upcoming Events

Members of the Welcoming Club enjoyed a Rock N Bowl couples event.

The Welcoming Club Welcomes You!

Are you new to town and/or interested in learning more about the club? We'll be hosting our next Newcomers Event this spring! If you think you'd like to attend, please complete the form found here on our website: https:// www.thegardencitywelcomingclub. org/newcomers-cocktail. Formal invitations will also be sent out in the mail within the next month.

Mark Your Calendar

Ladies Galentine's Virtual Event, Wed., 2/9, 8–10 p.m.: SOLD OUT! Spring Newcomers Event, Date & Time TBD - Visit https://www.thegardencitywelcomingclub.org/newcomers-cocktail to sign up to learn more! Formal invitation to follow as details are finalized.

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Book Club: Enjoy a good book amongst friends. The Book Club meets every 6 weeks to discuss the page-turner of choice. For upcoming book club events, please email WelcomingClubBookClub@ gmail.com. Craft Club: The Craft Club is a great way to meet with friends and get crafty. No experience necessary. We meet every few months to create a seasonal craft. If you are interested in joining, please email GCCraftClub@gmail.com. Supper Club: Bring your significant others out for this one! This is a great

way to make new friends as a couple. You will be paired up with 3-4 other couples to set up a rotation of dinner events. Host your new friends at home or head out to try local restaurants. Please email GCSupper@gmail.com for more information. Bowling Club: No experience necessary! We are looking for new faces to join our Wednesday league. Occasional pacers are welcome. Anyone interested, please contact Ellen (Diller05@aol. com) Carol (santa060@yahoo.com) or Liz (mcdea@aol.com). Bunco: This simple dice game is usually played in a group of 12. It is a great way to meet people and make new friends. The game is easy to learn and fun to play. If you are interested, please contact WelcomingClubBunco@gmail. com.

Toddler Activities: A great way for you and your little ones to make new friends. Activities include stroller walks each week around our beautiful village and a visit to the park. We also set up playgroups with kids of similar age. Please email welcomingclubtoddleractivities@gmail.com for more information. Come join the fun and make a difference! We invite you to join the club! For just $50 a year, you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs and events. Complete the easy online membership form today at www.thegardencitywelcomingclub. org in the “Join” section of the website. While you are there, browse the site for lots of great information about the club.

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Diligence. Professionalism. Integrity. No matter what your real estate needs may be, Maureen Lagarde is here to help. Your professional consultation is just one phone call away.

Maureen Lagarde Licensed Real Estate Salesperson maureen.lagarde@compass.com M: 516.850.7812 Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. No statement is made as to the accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage.

Prepare your home for the Spring market now with your trusted local Garden City Agent. Reach out for a complimentary market analysis of your home.

Bestselling author to speak at Adelphi New York Times bestselling author and poet Jacqueline Woodson will discuss her works and writing process at Adelphi University on Tuesday, February 8 at 7 p.m. Woodson will be in conversation with accomplished poet and novelist Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Adelphi professor and vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. “An Evening with Jacqueline Woodson,” is part of the “Great Books, Great Conversations” series, which features Adelphi authors. This event will be moderated by avid reader Sybile Val, MD, a 1999 graduate of Adelphi. Woodson, recipient of Adelphi’s honorary doctorate in 2016, is the author of more than thirty award-winning books for adults, young adults and children. Among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist and a two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. She received the 2014 National Book Award for her New York Times bestselling memoir “Brown Girl Dreaming,” which also received the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award and a Sibert Honor. In 2015, Woodson was named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. In 2020, Woodson was named a Macarthur "Genius” Fellow and awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. Her books include “Before the Ever After,” New York Times bestsellers “The Year We Learned to Fly,” “The Day You Begin” and “Harbor Me,” “The Other Side,” “Each Kindness,” Caldecott

Author and poet Jacqueline Woodson. Honor book “Coming On Home Soon,” Newbery Honor winners “Feathers,” “Show Way,” and “After Tupac and D Foster,” and “Miracle’s Boys.” She also has written the adult books “Red at the Bone,” a New York Times bestseller, and “Another Brooklyn,” a 2016 National Book Award finalist. This Adelphi Great Books, Great Conversations event is sponsored by the University’s Pleasures of Reading and Literature endowment. The online event is free, but registration is required. Learn more and register at adelphi.edu/events/jacqueline-woodson.

Garden City Seniors Bridge Results January 24th results: North/South 1st Place: Pat Fontaine & Ellen Moynahan 2nd Place: Pat Dolan & Peggy Farrell

Laura Carroll Licensed Real Estate Salesperson laura.carroll@compass.com M: 917.370.5354 O: 516.408.2231 Laura Carroll is a licensed real estate agent afﬁliated with Compass. Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by equal housing opportunity laws. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage.

East/West 1st Place: Carrie Flapan & Valerie Ignatowitz 2nd Place: Irene Christie & Dolores Furey

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7 Carteret Place Garden City | $3,900,000

88 2nd Street Garden City | $3,599,000

100 Hilton Avenue, PH 1 Garden City | $2,880,000

141 Locust Street Garden City | $2,199,000

93 Kingsbury Road Garden City | $1,199,000

UNDER CONTRACT

101 Dover Parkway Garden City | $825,000

222 7th Street, 3E Garden City | $499,000

360 Stewart Avenue, C3 Garden City | $450,000

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Gail Cunningham Licensed Associate RE Broker M: 516.384.0530

Colin Stewart Licensed Real Estate Salesperson colin.stewart@compass.com

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Danielle Nero Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.205.6501

Mairéad Garry Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.375.8434

Kerry Flynn Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 914.772.6169

Denice Giacometti Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.398.7468

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Julie Whicher Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.698.3975

Maeve Kilgo Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 917.576.9928

Stephen Baymack Licensed Associate RE Broker M: 516.216.0244

Laura Carroll Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 917.370.5354

Patrick McCooey Licensed Associate RE Broker M: 516.236.4287

Anthony Porcelli Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.244.6306

Adrienne McDougal Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.662.3872

Alexander Olivieri Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.306.7738

Nimesha Suleman Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 718.664.8905

Maureen Lagarde Licensed Real Estate Salesperson maureen.lagarde@compass.com M: 516.850.7812

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Michael Meule Licensed Real Estate Salesperson michael.meule@compass.com M: 516.713.8177

17 Chestnut Street Garden City | $1,295,000

Alexandra Parisi Licensed Associate RE Broker alexandra.parisi@compass.com M: 516.427.6878

Jen Sullivan Licensed Real Estate Salesperson jennifer.sullivan@compass.com M: 516.361.7190 Susan Gillin Licensed Real Estate Salesperson susan.gillin@compass.com M: 516.655.5662

Laura Baymack Licensed Real Estate Salesperson M: 516.537.3050

Pedro Diaz Licensed Real Estate Salesperson peter.diaz@compass.com M: 516.642.9881

Lauren Grima Licensed Real Estate Salesperson lauren.grima@compass.com M: 917.642.5036

Those listed above are licensed real estate agents afﬁliated with Compass. Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. No statement is made as to the accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage.

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The A.T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop BY MELISSA JAEGER “You’ve gotta have heart. Miles and miles of heart.” (According to the Eddie Fisher lyrics). With Valentine’s Day coming up, we ask you to look into your hearts and contribute to our food drive to benefit The INN. Why not scan your pantry? Or when you’re at the grocery store, pick up extra canned goods, boxed rice and pasta, and other items that could help to make Valentine’s Day special for a family. NOW through Saturday, February 12th, please bring your donations to the Exchange and place them in the bin just inside the shop. (Please don’t leave food items outside, especially since we can experience inclement weather at this time of year). When you contribute, you will receive 10% off your purchase, valid that day only. I’m also pleased to announce that we are collaborating with the Jewelry Garden (on Nassau Boulevard in Garden City South) to offer some beautifully designed jewelry, in addition to our regular selection, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Tommy Santorufo, the Jewelry Garden’s owner, has been in the business for over 30 years and does all his work on the premises. We have a nice selection of his sterling and cubic zirconia necklaces and huggies,

hoops and studs, many of them heartshaped, and all reasonably priced. These make ideal gifts for the girl or woman in your life. Remember: we’re here for you six days a week. We are open on Mondays!! And, for those of you who work, we are still open late on Wednesdays until 6:00 p.m. It’s a great chance to shop in peace and quiet. We get newly consigned merchandise almost every day! And we sell new merchandise – especially gift items – bought through the NY Gift Show. Therefore, I prefer to think of our shop as a Gift and Resale Shop. If you can’t make it in right away, please shop online at www. atstewartexchange.org and pick up your purchases at the Exchange. We also post photos on the AT Stewart Exchange Facebook and Instagram pages. When you do come into the Shop, please follow our established sanitizing protocols and social distancing rules to keep everyone safe. Consistent with NY State mandates, all customers must wear a mask. Even though all the volunteers have been vaccinated, you will see that we too continue to wear our masks. We offer hand-sanitizer when you enter the shop, and, to keep you feeling safe, we are running the air

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purifier which cleans the air in the Shop every hour. We get newly consigned merchandise almost every day! And we sell new merchandise — especially gift items — bought through the NY Gift Show. Therefore, I prefer to think of our shop as a Gift and Resale Shop. If you can’t make it in right away, please shop online at www.atstewartexchange.org and pick up your purchases at the Exchange. We also post photos on the AT Stewart Exchange Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as the TGCHS website (www.tgchs.org).

Remember: all the profits from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of TGCHS Museum. Thanks to your generous support, work on the outside of the Museum continues. The Shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street. Shop Hours: Mon - Fri: 10:00–4:00 p.m., Wed: 10:00–6:00 p.m., Sat: Noon–4:00 p.m. For more information, call (516) 746-8900

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CARMEL QUILL, REALTOR OneKey MLSNY.COM and the Long Island Board of Realtors

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THE WYNDHAM of Garden City

AVAILABLE FEB. 15TH ONE BEDROOM. New York Designer & GC Contractor combined their skills to create this outstanding living space with a private rooftop terrace. Enjoy the luxury of private & open views from the top of the Wyndham. Living room with dining area, guest powder room, open concept kitchen with high end appliances, Primary bedroom with plenty of closets & new en suite bathroom, W/D, 24 hr concierge, valet. Wyndham offers storage, gym, exercise classes, entertainment room, heated salt water pool, landscaped gardens. Electric cars welcomed. Enjoy the lifestyle. $4,600 per month

RECENT SALES: 904 East 308 West 30 West RECENTLY RENTED: Wyndham M5 West Selling Wyndham since 1994

Carmel Quill at 516 732-6049 All third party information should be verified by Buyer. All offers in writing with proof of funds.

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Professor to lead discussion on human trafficking BY MELVA VICTORINO At the Garden City Community Church (GCCC), we bring attention to the congregation and the community timely issues to prevent becoming victims of predators. Across the globe, and right here at home in America, millions of people are being exploited for profit. Human trafficking, also known as modern-day slavery, is perpetrated for profits by control and exploitation of adults and children. It has affected some 40.3 million people globally and is estimated to be one of the most profitable forms of transnational crime. Human trafficking is increasingly perpetrated by organized, sophisticated criminal enterprises. It is an estimated $150 billion industry and is second to the international drug trade in profitability. Traffickers ensnare tens of millions of people. In the United States, human trafficking is reported in every state. In 2020, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received 16,658 calls from potential victims (Polaris Project). Sadly, 42 percent of victims (children and adults), are trafficked by someone in their family. To hear more about the prevalent crimes of human trafficking, the GCCC invites all (parents, grandparents, youth, educators, religious organizations, youth leaders, guardians, and the community) to the Evening Forum, on Wednesday, February 2, at 8:00 via Zoom. To connect and join the zoom forum, contact churchoffice@thegccc. org. Professor Robin Boyle Laisure will lead the presentation on “Human Trafficking & Coercion.” Professor Boyle will discuss the distinction between labor and sex trafficking, vulnerable targets of traffickers, the role of coercion, online recruitment, how to identify trafficked victims, and proposed preventative measures. For two decades, Prof. Boyle has been researching, writing, and presenting about various forms of coercion and its manifestations in civil and criminal contexts. She regularly presents at conferences both domestically and internationally. Last December, Prof. Boyle was a conference Keynote Speaker addressing the topic of human trafficking at Shanxi University, China. She is a Professor of Legal Writing at St. John’s University School of Law, where she has been teaching legal writing, contracts, and drafting skills for over 27 years. She serves on

Robin Boyle Laisure, J.D. the editorial board for the International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on topics pertaining to the cultic phenomenon, human trafficking, and legal remedies. She is an active member of the GCCC and currently serves as Chair of the Council of Trustees. She and her family are residents of Garden City. Whoever you are, wherever you are in your life’s journey, you are welcome at GCCC. We have services, events and programs for all ages. We have many ways you can participate in our church life, virtually or in limited in-person activities. Our Sunday Worship Service is in-person and live-streamed. Masks are required to be worn through the whole service. For information on how to attend our services virtually or in-person, please contact the church office at churchoffice@thegccc.org. To get information regarding our other 2022 virtual worship services and programs, visit our website at www.theGCCC.org. The Garden City Community Church is part of the United Church of Christ and is an Open and Affirming congregation that welcomes people of all ages, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations to participate in the life of our community. We are located at 245 Stewart Avenue between Whitehall Blvd. and Kensington Road. For more information, email churchoffice@thegccc.org or call (516) 746-1700. And as previously mentioned, you may also visit our website www.theGCCC.org.

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Do you know where Garden City get its drinking water? Do you know where New York City get its drinking water? Elizabeth Bailey, a resident of Garden City, will present some basic information about our drinking water supply at a meeting of The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead on Wednesday, February 2 at 1:30 p.m. at The Garden City Casino. She will provide an overview of where our drinking water comes from, and will discuss the differences between the situations of Long Island and New York City regarding their respective water supplies. She will discuss the challenges faced by our water suppliers in providing sufficient quantities of clean water and the steps you can take to help

preserve this precious resource for future generations. Ms. Bailey holds degrees in chemistry, computer science, theology and music. She is a member of several organizations that concern themselves with our water supply: Water for Long Island, a nonprofit that is dedicated to the preservation and management of Long Island’s aquifers, Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protections (LICAP’s) Conservation Committee and the Garden City Environmental Advisory Board. The Community Club encourages you to come and listen to this very important and informative lecture. Non-members are welcome to attend for a $5 guest fee.

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Have you grieved your taxes this year?

On Long Island, grieving your property taxes is the only way to reduce your tax bill. You can (and should!) file a tax grievance every year. Nassau Deadline: March 1, 2022

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Three mayors speak to Western residents

WPOA Board of Education candidate Arthur Gnecco (second from left) spoke to West residents at the Resident Electors’ Meeting. Gnecco is pictured here with (from left) Nominating Committee Chair Tom Nastasi, President RoseAnn Vernice and Vice President Maureen Dellacona. SUBMITTED BY THE WESTERN PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION Prior to hearing from three Village Mayors from the West, the Western Property Owners Association (WPOA) held its Resident Electors’ Meeting on January 18. Residents approved the Nominating Committee’s recommendation of Arthur Gnecco as the WPOA’s Board of Education candidate in the School District’s May elections. Since the Western Section did not have a candidate for Village Trustee because of applicant withdrawals, Nominating Committee chair Tom Nastasi proposed that the WPOA endorse current Western Section Trustee Mary Carter Flanagan, who is a FABGC candidate for re-election. Tom brought this proposal to Western residents with the agreement of his Committee and the WPOA Board of Directors. Residents voted to approve the West’s endorsement of Trustee Flanagan. The WPOA asked for volunteers to serve on its upcoming Nominating Committee for Officers and Directors. On this evening when the four Property Owners Associations met for their Resident Electors’ Meetings, the WPOA’s special guests were three past Mayors: Frank Tauches, Gerry Lundquist and John Watras. Each gentleman also served the WPOA as directors, officers and then Western Section Trustees. Mayor Tauches spoke about the POAs’ dedication to “preserving the legacy of the Village,” and “developing new legacies.” He commended residents over the years for their volunteer efforts on behalf of the Village. After his service to the Village, Frank went on to Command the local VFW post and remains active in Garden City

activities, continuing to serve the POAs and their requests. Declaring his belief in the traditions in Garden City, Mayor Watras expressed a desire to see “no more acrimony in the Village,” and his belief that “we have to help the POAs” in their efforts, “in any way shape and form.” Mayor Lundquist encouraged residents to “spend time at POA meetings, it’s very important, and bring a neighbor. We want to make this a better place.” He said that through volunteerism, residents learn the workings of the Village. “It’s very rewarding,” he added. “The POA is your grassroots organization. Come to Trustee meetings, too, to learn about pressing issues, and participate in discussion.” He closed: “I believe in tradition. Get involved; stay involved.” Trustee Mary Flanagan began her report to residents by requesting West residents not become complacent and skip coming out to vote in the Village elections on March 15, because the WPOA (Community Agreement Party) doesn’t have a candidate on the ballot. The WPOA reminds voters that in the Village elections, there is no distinction between the four sections of town. There are four seats on the Board of Trustees up for election on the March ballot; the top 4 vote-getters will be the winners. The ballot will have three candidates from the (POA) Community Agreement Party and four from the FABGC political party. Trustee Flanagan spoke to residents about the Environmental Advisory Board’s (EAB)focus on lead service lines possibility bringing GC water into some local homes. Residents can request free lead testing kits through the New York State Department

WPOA Officers and Directors welcome Mayor Tauches (first on left) Gerry Lundquist (third from left) and John Watras (sixth from left). Pictured with the mayors are (from left) President Vernice, Trustee Mary Flanagan, Director Nastasi, Vice President Dellacona, Treasurer Arnold Finamore, and Directors Steve Costello, Nick Vernice and Remy Bernardo. of Health. Email freewatertesting@health. ny.gov for your free kit. To find further instructions, go to the Village website (gardencityny.net), “Notifications and Alerts” in the center of the homepage, and click on the link to “Lead Update”. In addition, the Trustee mentioned the recent topic of gas-powered leaf blowers used by landscapers in Garden City. The Board of Trustees has scheduled a special meeting on February 1 for EAB to share information on this topic, allowing for discussion by the Board prior to setting a public hearing. WPOA Directors gave reports as follows: Remy Bernardo, Police, Fire & Safety Director, stated that the Nassau County Department of Public Works is scheduling traffic studies to review WPOA requests for traffic safety improvements of two intersections of New Hyde Park Road. For the intersection at Stewart Avenue and New Hyde Park Road, the WPOA has requested, and the Village Traffic Commission has approved, the following: (1) No Right Turnon-Red signs at all corners, (2) Pedestrian “Walk/Don’t Walk” signs, and (3) cameras to monitor speeding and accidents at the intersection. For the intersection at Dartmouth Street and New Hyde Park Road, the WPOA has requested, and the Village Traffic Commission has approved, a traffic stop 3-light signal and crosswalk. Mr. Bernardo said that the Village may consider the hiring of Creighton Manning Engineering, P.C. to perform a traffic calming/road diet study of New Hyde Park Road from Cambridge Avenue to the LIRR underpass. He said that the Village has hired Creighton Manning to perform a similar study of Cathedral Avenue from 6th

Street to 1st Street. Pending completion of the Village's review of the Cathedral Avenue study and any implementation of its recommendations, the Village may contract with Creighton Manning to perform similar traffic studies of other suitable County-owned roads such as New Hyde Park Road. In addition, he said that the Traffic Commission plans to forward for Board of Trustees’ approval a new proposal from Creighton Manning to perform seven satellite studies of different parts of Garden City, and for the firm to include integration of its findings and suggested remedies with each study for purposes of master planning and evaluating community wide impacts. Of the 7 satellite areas in the Village, 3 areas are potentially talked about for the Western section - Edgemere Road, Nassau Haven Park and Homestead School. Finally, Mr. Bernardo said that the Village Traffic Commission approved an Adams Street resident's request for fourway stop signs at the intersection of Adams Street and Chester Avenue (which currently has two-way stop signs). Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson supported the request noting that the busy intersection had multiple school bus stops with activity in the morning and afternoon, and a day care center and Village parking lot near that stretch of road. Membership Director Steve Costello reminded residents that the WPOA has begun its 2022 membership drive. Please go to the WPOA website (gcwpoa.com) to download a membership form or pay online. Mr. Costello said the POA will be scheduling future membership events. Residents should look for eblast alerts and check our website and social media.

Why Judy? Over 20 years volunteering • EPOA President • EPOA Vice President • EPOA Director – 9 years • Member – Traffic Commission • Current Member – Recreation Commission She is always the one to raise her hand to help, pull people together and get things done. Now, more than ever, the Village needs an experienced, calm, voice of reason to lead us through the coming years.

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“There are so many critical issues facing the Village right now. From broad issues like budgetary oversight and Village management to specific areas like water quality and traffic, I firmly believe we need a Board dedicated to collaboration and not focused on polarizing residents. I don’t think our residents want politics like everyone else; we want to be better.”

Elect Judy Courtney for Village Trustee The Community Agreement has existed for over 100 years to prevent a political party system and promote collaboration and vision for the good of the entire Village. The Community Agreement Team – a foundation in history with a vision for the future

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THE VIEW FROM HERE

Year Two for President Biden BY BOB MORGAN, JR. As President Biden enters his second year in office, the focus of his administration will likely change, as new challenges emerge. In his first year, Team Biden spent a great deal of energy dealing with the Covid virus, with some notable successes, including the rollout of vaccines to the majority of adults, even if the delta and omicron variants slowed progress in gaining a definitive victory over the virus. Two of Mr. Biden's attempted federal initiatives against the virus, an eviction moratorium and a vaccine mandate for large employers, were struck down by the Supreme Court. But, absent a major new variant, in most of Mr. Biden’s second year we likely will dealing with a post-pandemic world, where the virus will be around but major outbreaks will be relatively unusual. With growing public desire to get back to normal, Mr. Biden, working with the CDC, will need to calibrate a fairly rapid end of restrictions (for example masks in schools), even over the protests of some of his supporters. He also will have to deal with important hangovers from the pandemic, including disruption of the supply chain. Presumably Mr. Biden will attempt to improve the effective capacity of ports and also ease some of the regulatory burden on moving goods. Mr. Biden will also have to confront, as best he can, something in part related to the pandemic, and in part not — rising inflation. This has become a major concern in opinion surveys, and threatens to be the issue that inflicts big losses on Democrats in the midterm elections. While Mr. Biden can tinker around the edges in dealing with inflation, his big problem is that these efforts may well conflict with his other priorities. For example, the huge social and spending increases proposed by Team Biden will fuel deficits and likely increase inflation. It is unclear how much Mr. Biden desires to scale back these proposals, even after the rejection in the Senate of Build Back Better. Mr. Biden may also have

trouble getting gasoline prices rolled back, a key component of inflation, in light of his generally anti fossil fuel climate change initiatives. Foreign policy will be a larger concern in 2022 than it was in 2020, where the major issue was the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Like it or not, the situation in Ukraine, where Russian troops seem poised to cross the border, poses a major challenge for Mr. Biden There are a few important realities here. Whatever the merits of the Ukrainian position, there is zero appetite in the United States for getting American service personnel involved in a shooting war. In addition, while Vladimir Putin is a ruthless man who no doubt desires to make Russian into a regional superpower (and does not need to be encouraged to launch invasions), in the long run China rather than Russia is likely to be the biggest rival of the United States. While Mr. Biden made some misstatements during his last press conference, seeming to suggest that the United States might accept a limited invasion, he does seems to realize that this is a situation that must be resolved by diplomatic and nondiplomatic initiatives short of active involvement in a conflict. An editorial in the Wall Street Journal does a good job of laying out the task ahead. The basic goal is to “raise the cost of invasion so it becomes too painful for the Russians to sustain — or better, even to begin.”. There are numerous measures that can be taken, including encouraging allies like Germany to support more serious sanctions, sending the Ukrainians antitank and antiaircraft missiles, assistance with air defense, maritime security and counterintelligence. If the Russians were to install their own puppet government, we could support an insurgency. In sum, while few believe that President Biden hit out of the park in his first year, perhaps he will have more success with a rather different set of new challenges.

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Class of ‘86 donates to Historical Society

The Garden City Class of ‘86, which held its 35th class reunion during Thanksgiving weekend, raised funds to donate to the Garden City Historical Society. On Wednesday, January 19, a check was presented to the Historical Society. Pictured are GC Class of ‘86 committee members Suzanne Blair, Michele King and Patrick Dowden handing the check to Trustee/Past President Brian Pinnola. Let’s hear it for the Class of ‘86!

2022 EPOA scholarship It is with pleasure that the Eastern Property Owners Association of Garden City announces that it will once again award a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who resides in the Eastern section of the village. The candidates, or their family, must be dues paying members of the EPOA. They must be currently attending public or private high school and be attending college full time in the fall. Candidates

must be involved in some form of community service and must submit an application on the EPOA website at www.gcepoa.org. Applications are available on the EPOA website and in the Garden City High School Guidance Department. All interested seniors are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, April 19.

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able to purchase one ticket prior to the event. Parents and guardians are encouraged to participate. Get your student invitation/behavior contract from the GCHS website. Sign and submit as detailed on the form.

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DAR holds delayed Holiday Luncheon

Chapter Regent Carla Hall D’Ambra with Arlene Kister, veterans chair, holding a cozy gift bag for lady veterans.

Veterans Chair Arlene Kister with VA Medical employee Kewon, accepting gifts on behalf of the veterans.

The women of the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter NSDAR in Garden City, Carla Hall D’Ambra Regent, held its annual Holiday Luncheon gathering. In a year still impacted by COVID, more than a dozen masked and socially distanced ladies gathered to share the good cheer of the season. Chapter Registrar Nancy Mettz was unable to attend in person, but was delighted to join the

trips to bring to the veterans there. Arlene has been volunteering her time representing the chapter doing this good work for many years, and also serves veterans in the capacity of an ombudsman at an assisted living facility. The NSDAR, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, is a nation-wide community service group, whose members are bound

Upcoming PTA Meetings are Going Virtual

The upcoming PTA meetings in early February will be held via Zoom. Please watch your email for registration links – including within the PTA’s most recent monthly newsletter sent. • Feb. 7 - Middle School PTA Meeting at 9:15 a.m. • Feb. 9 - All Schools PTA Meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Parent University Has Kicked Off!

Garden City Parent University is back in virtual format again this year, with a diverse lineup of free educational programming for parents and lifelong learners! We thank the many

ladies by Zoom, thanks to modern technology. Service for Veteran’s Chair Arlene Kister was glad to receive cozy bag sets of new pillows and blankets donated by chapter members, and destined for the lady veterans at Northport VA Medical Center. Arlene conducts ongoing collections of needed goods, including health and clothing items, and makes periodic

together by their mutual Revolutionary War ancestry. While celebrating the joy of the season, members of the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter took the loving step of helping lady veterans. For more information on NSDAR, Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter, please contact Carla Hall D'Ambra at colaaronogdennsdar@gmail.com.

Garden City PTA News parents from around the district and at all grade levels who helped us kick off the program with our first round of seminars. The second and final round of programming will take place over Zoom on February 16 and 17, including: • Executive Functioning Overview & Deep-Dive sessions with Dr. Donna Thiele • The Benefits of Multilingualism with Dr. Suzanne Flynn • Career Paths in the Arts with staff from the NY Youth Symphony, ABC News, and Today with Hoda & Jenna For more information and to register, visit gardencitypu.com.

PARP Continues Its Reader-Centric Programming

The PTA’s dedicated “Pick a Reading Partner” program continued its ReadAloud series last week with a visit from Lisa Wheeler, author of “Someone Builds the Dream.” There are more great read-aloud sessions and events being planned for February and beyond, so watch your email for details from the PTA!

Renew Your Annual PTA Membership

The PTA is proud to support all students and provide a connection between home and school. We are pleased to offer quality programming to students and parents throughout the school year. None of our

endeavors would be possible without your continued support. To renew your annual membership for the 2021-2022 School Year, please visit www.gardencitypta.org and click on the “Membership” tab.

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THE OFFICE CAT Gas leak On January 18th a Garden City Police officer detected a strong odor of natural gas on Hamilton Place. GCFD was notified, responded to the scene, and determined the source of the leak was a boiler in a nearby apartment building. Firefighters rendered the area safe. Items taken from vehicle On Jaunary 19th items were reported stolen from a vehicle parked on Hampton Road. Credit card fraud A person to the Garden City Police on January 19th that there were unauthorized online purchases made against her credit card. Suspended registrations Two motorists were charged with driving on Franklin Avenue with suspended registrations on January 19th. Vehicle damaged A vehicle was reportedly damaged by unknown means while parked in Clinton Parking Field on January 19th.

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Transformer fire Officers responded to Rockaway Avenue one January 20th for a transformer fire. The transformer ignited a tree and resulted in local power outages. Firefighters safeguarded the area and extinguished the fire. PSEG responded, made repairs, and restored power. Phone scam On January 20th a resident reported receiving a phone call from a person claiming to be a Garden City Police officer. The caller advised the victim to provide payment to avoid being arrested for a criminal charge. According to Garden City Police, the call was a scam and did not originate from the Garden City Police Department. However, the suspect’s phone number on the victim’s phone erroneously came back to the Department. Residents receiving similar calls are advised to hang up and dial 911. Excessive speed A motorist on Stewart Avenue on January 21st was charged with driving with a suspended license and excessive speed.

Another vehicle entered Items were reported stolen from a vehicle parked on Hayes Street on January 21st. Leaving the scene On January 21st Garden City Police officers responded to Tanners Pond Road where a vehicle struck a tree and the operator was seen fleeing the scene on foot. Upon investigation, Garden City Detectives arrested the 39-year-old male driver on January 24th and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident and driving with 12 license suspensions. Unemployment fraud On January 22nd Garden City Police received a report that a victim’s identity had been stolen and used to file a false unemployment claim. Unlicensed operation A motorist on Meadow Street on January 22nd was charged with unlicensed operation, passing a Stop sign, and improper license plates. Missing person found On Jaunary 22nd a Garden City Police officer patrolling Garden City Plaza was investigating a suspicious vehicle when he discovered a missing vulnerable adult, as reported by NCPD Detectives. NCPD and the missing person’s family were notified. Do Not Drive A motorist on 9th Street on January 22nd was charged with unlicensed operation and disregarding a “Do Not Enter” sign. Porch pirates Surveillance cameras depicted two subjects stealing packages from the front porch of a Wickham Road residence on January 22nd. On January 24th additional packages were stolen from two homes on Princeton Street. Suspended license A motorist on Rockaway Avenue on January 23rd was charged with driving with a suspended license and passing a red traffic light. Identity theft On January 23rd a victim reported that his identity was stolen and used See page 31

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Special Board of Trustees Meeting

Please be advised there will be a special BOT meeting next Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss leaf blowers in person in the Village Hall Board Room and via Zoom. Please contact Karen Altman at kaltman@gardencityny.net before 3:00 p.m. on February 1 if you’d like the meeting link.

installed at four locations on Clinch Avenue, Greenridge Avenue and New Hyde Park Road, noting that these signs were not included in Third Track Constructor’s (3TC) Traffic Control Plan for this area during the LIRR’s third track expansion project.

Water Update

Water Tower: The electrical subcontractor continued installing conduits and equipment boxes inside the tank this past week. The site subcontractor also completed electrical trenching, light/camera post bases and a temporary door. Well 7 (Waterworks site): As-builts are under H2M review. The final contractor payment has been sent to the Village. Well No. 7 construction documents are being incorporated into the Well Nos. 8 and 12 permanent structure bid. Well No. 7 rehabilitation is included in the bid package. Wells 8 and 12 (Rockaway Avenue site): Well No. 8 is being prepared for performance testing. Well No. 12 will be submitted to the Health Department for final works approval. The permanent project will be available to bid the first week of February. Well No 9 (Wilson Street site): Soil boring results indicate the building should be south of the abandoned ground storage tank and west of the existing booster building. Wells 10 and 11 (Clinton Road site): H2M is preparing a punch list for interim work. Well No. 11 has been cleaned and prepared for installation. The blower will be ordered for the Well No. 11 packed tower aerator. Wells 13 and 14 (Garden City Country Club site): H2M is progressing with permanent design. The contractor is exploring options of removing, re-planting or planting new landscaping on the south side of the site. Architectural landscaping (trees) plan is being prepared now. Wells 15 and 16 (Hilton Park site): Well Nos. 15 and 16 pump bowl assemblies and motors have been installed. Electrical work and interior work is continuing. Crews are preparing for performance testing by the end of February.

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Asst. Village Justice Stephen Bucaria

Mayor Cosmo Veneziale has appointed Stephen A. Bucaria an Associate Justice of the Village of Garden City to serve during the ensuing official year for a term expiring on April 4, 2022. He is appointed to serve the unexpired term of Associate Justice Brian T. Deveney, who resigned the position as of December 13, 2021. Mr. Deveney has served as an Associate Justice since 1997. We thank Mr. Deveney for his many years of service.

Vinyl Pool Liner

A capital project in the Recreation Department can begin ahead of schedule thanks to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. The project was originally scheduled for the 2023-24 Fiscal Year. The original estimate to replace the vinyl liner in the main pool has increased from $175,000 to $250,000. There has been a substantial increase in the cost of the vinyl material used for the liner from the time the project was originally budgeted, and the disposal costs of the old liner have also increased greatly. According to Village Treasurer Irene Woo, the Village was allotted aid of $102 per resident for a total of $2.2 million. The Village has received half of the aid for this year and is authorized to use part of the funds from the ARPA funding for the project. When the Pool closed for the summer season, deterioration was much worse than anticipated, according to Recreation Commissioner Paul Blake. The liner was installed in 2003 and came with a 10-year warranty. “The existing liner has outlived its expected life span,” Mr. Blake said.

Crosswalk Signs

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THE MAYOR’S UPDATE

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GC resident named new GC resident named communications manager COO of Cord Meyer

Kristina Packman FCA, a leading health and human services nonprofit organization on Long Island, recently named Garden City resident Kristina Packman, M.A., LMFT to the newly created post of marketing and communications manager. In her new position, Packman is responsible for FCA’s brand development through the coordination and generation of a wide variety of print, video and digital marketing campaigns that promote FCA’s programs and services and support FCA’s outreach to donors and consumers. She reports to FCA Vice President for Strategic Advancement and Chief Development Officer Craig Pinto. “Kristina is an outstanding professional with a full complement of experience and skills,” said Pinto. “Her understanding of the needs of our consumers and her ability to connect with them both personally and through social media is matched by her ability to engage our donor population with meaningful stories that communicate the value of FCA programs and the need for support.” “In the four years that Kristina has been with FCA, she has not only demon-

strated a keen ability to support our consumers and staff through stressful and extraordinary times; her passion for FCA’s mission drives her to consistently achieve outstanding results,” said Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of FCA. “Her proven ingenuity, commitment and outstanding communication skills serve us all well.” Packman joined FCA in 2018 as the senior case manager at Nassau Haven, FCA’s emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth. There she was responsible for the overall wellbeing of the residents of the 12-bed shelter, acted as a main point of contact for the program and as a liaison with outside partners, collaborative contacts, residents, residential staff, and management. When COVID struck in March 2020, Packman played an important role in the creation and implementation of COVID-19 protocols and policies that kept Nassau Haven’s residents and staff healthy and safe. She also took responsibility to develop, maintain, and oversee Nassau Haven’s social media outreach initiative and supervised online and in street outreach efforts, including a virtual drop in center that during the height of COVID was able to reach a larger number of users to help them find resources including jobs and housing. Packman grew the number of followers of Nassau Haven’s Instagram significantly in one and a half years after taking over management of the account. She also took on the role of education & training subcommittee chair for FCA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. A graduate of Villanova University, Packman earned a triple major in sociology, psychology, and gender and women’s studies, followed by a Master of Arts with Distinction: marriage and family uherapy from Hofstra University. Prior to joining FCA, she worked as a marriage and family therapist in private practice. Packman remains active in Hofstra’s Alpha Phi sorority as a member education & programming advisor. She lives in Garden City.

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John Simone John Simone, a senior real estate executive and resident of Garden City, has joined Cord Meyer Development Company as Chief Operating Officer. The announcement was made by Cord Meyer President and Chief Executive Officer Matthew Whalen. “John is an analytical decision maker with proven leadership and organizational skills,” Whalen stated. “I am confident he will strengthen current functions throughout the organization, set and meet new business objectives, and bring his significant real estate expertise to every aspect of Cord Meyer. It’s an honor to welcome John as Chief Operating Officer and I look forward to his many contributions as he assumes responsibility for day-to-

day operations.” A graduate of Bucknell University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in engineering, Simone began his real estate career as vice president of the Albanese Organization (Garden City) before joining NAI Long Island (Melville) where he successfully completed millions of square feet of sales and leasing transactions. Acting as managing partner, Simone guided the firm’s growth of its brokerage and management services into one of the leading real estate service firms in the tri-state area and orchestrated the successful sale of the company to Cushman & Wakefield in 2019. Most recently, he served as vice president-development at Mattone Investors (Westbury, NY), overseeing several large re-positioning projects in Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island. “Cord Meyer is actively exploring development opportunities while strengthening its existing assets and marketplace relationships,” concluded Whalen. “More than ever, it is critical that someone with John’s level of senior real estate experience serve as COO. His intricate understanding of all aspects of commercial and residential property will serve us well as John develops and implements the strategies, procedures, and business plans needed to enhance company growth and position Cord Meyer for future success.” Simone is an active member of many professional organizations including the Commercial/Industrial Brokers Society, the Long Island Real Estate Group, the Garden City Real Estate Professionals, the Long Island Association, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Mid-Winter Bridge Luncheon The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead will be conducting a Mid-Winter Luncheon Bridge Party at the Garden City Casino. It will be held on Tuesday, January 25, at 12 p.m. Please join the party for a delicious lunch followed by an enjoyable afternoon of bridge or the option of playing another game. There will be tables for non-bridge players, but please remember to bring the game of

your choice. You will be seated with other individuals wishing to play that game. There will also be a table for ladies who just enjoy good conversation. Reservation deadline is January 15, 2022. For further information, and to make a reservation, please contact Carol Lazar at 526-3141. With regret, walk-ins will not be able to be accommodated at this event.

Are you looking to forge a spiritual connection? Do you feel like something is “missing” in your life? A new and innovative Christian-based gath-

ering is happening at the Garden City Community Church. Wednesday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. will be the premiere of our Spiritual Coffeehouse, designed to strengthen your connection with God while building a spiritual community. All are welcome! This is an informal gathering which will spend 30 minutes together, exploring our Christian faith and expanding the spiritual community. Come prepared to sing, share and become spiritually fulfilled. The Garden City Community Church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York (a few blocks east of Nassau Boulevard). Questions? Contact the Church Office at 516-746-1700 or Christine Hanson at sundayschoolgc@aol.com.

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Holiday project continues for teens at NYU Langone

Garden City High School Miracle Club. Another year, participants of Teen Project and Charlie’s Champions Foundation’s Holiday Project raised over $20,000 to provide age-appropriate gifts to hospitalized teens. This is the fundraiser’s 8th consecutive year which has provided over $100,000 for age-appropriate gifts distributed to teen patients at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island through the Child Life Program and its NYU Langone Cancer Center for Kids— Mineola (CCFK). Teen Project’s Steven and Matthew Spirakis, along with T.J., Luke, Charlie and Tanner Schmitt of Charlie’s Champions Foundation partner to raise money and awareness for teen patients that were lacking during the holiday season. The gifts, provided by this project, are a wonderful way to show kindness and support to the teenagers being treated throughout the hospital. Ms. Nicole Almeida, the director of The Child Life Program, notes that the continuation of this project has become an instrumental component in their available resources for teen patients. "We are so fortunate to continue to be the recipients of the hard work and dedication of such a wonderful group of kids! The Holiday Project continues to be one of our biggest donations each year! The impact that these cards make on our patients is immeasurable and continues to bring a smile and joy to all of them!" Also a recipient of this fundraiser is NYU Langone’s CCFK— Mineola, whose manager, Ms. Heather Dall’Aste has worked close-

ly with the Charlie’s Champions Foundation. “Year after year, the altruistic Garden City community participates in the Holiday Project, generously providing gift cards to our Adolescent and Young Adult patients. These wonderful gift cards brighten our patients’ lives and help to transform the challenging times during treatment into more normal, and even joyous, moments. For this, we are truly thankful to Teen Project and Charlie’s Champions for their coordination of this effort.” This year’s campaign was online again utilizing NYU Langone’s Giving platform. Participants were able to join the Holiday Project team by creating their own online fundraising page sharing their message to help spread holiday cheer to hospitalized teen patients at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island. The Spirakis and Schmitt brothers utilized this opportunity to broaden their online outreach and engagement to teens on different social media platforms. One steadfast team member and top supporter, Delaney Zander, helped coordinate the project with students at the Garden City High School’s Miracle Club. This group of students gladly continue to contribute to the cause with the support of the club’s moderator, Mrs. Fleming. Other team members who created online pages for the Holiday Project and continue their support from prior years include: Richard Longo Jr, Anthony Asaro, Brayden Robertiello, Matt Mehling, Jack Campolettano, Jack Perrini, Erica Perrini, Katharine DeSanti, Matthew Romeo, Rory

Heather Dall’Aste (NYU-CCFK), Tanner Schmitt, Luke Schmitt, Matthew Spirakis, Steven Spirakis, Nicole Almeida (NYU-Child Life) Delaney Zander and T.J. Schmitt (not shown). Heslin, John Luca Antico, Kevin Byrnes, Julia Seoylemezian, Isabella Bucciarelli, Jackson Castellanos, Andrew Cresciullo, Peter Halloran, August Galli, Giana DeVito, Ronan O’Donohue, Gavin O’Donohue, Julia Seoylemezian, Madeleine McCarthy and Ethan Perez. The collaborative efforts of these individuals showed how team work and support of their peers helped them reach their goals. This event brings awareness that

hospitals continue to need the support from the community. Medical care can only support so much, and it is the donations raised in these campaigns, which help a teen thrive, both physically and emotionally. Teen Project and Charlie’s Champions Foundation are grateful for the time and hard work which was put into this Holiday Project to benefit all of the teen patients in this amazing way.

From page 26 to open an unauthorized bank account. No smoking GCFD and GCPD responded to Kellum Place on January 24th for smoke emanating from a building and determined the cause to be a malfunctioning boiler.

Excessive speed A motorist was charged with driving on Rockaway Avenue in violation of a restricted license and excessive speed on January 24th.

Truck hits bridge A truck struck the Cherry Valley Avenue overpass on January 25th. The driver was charged with disregarding bridge clearance signs.

Check fraud On January 25th a Garden City business reported a $22,000 fraudulent check was cashed against the company’s bank account.

Items stolen Items were reported stolen from a vehicle parked in Garden City Plaza on January 24th.

Excessive speed A motorist on Clinton Road was charged with unlicensed operation and excessive speed on Janury 25th.

Unlicensed operation A motorist on New Hyde Park Road was charged with unlicensed operation and using a portable electronic device on January 25th.

THE MAYOR’S UPDATE cveneziale@gardencityny.net From page 27 ty of a major winter storm this weekend, the following suggestions are once again offered in an effort to reduce inconvenience to residents and to assist the Village in serving your needs: • If possible, wait until the Village plows the street to clear the snow from your driveway entrance. If you can’t wait, shovel or blow the snow onto your property. Do not shovel or blow snow back into the street. • When you hear that a storm is expected, move your car off the street into your driveway. This will speed up the plowing operation and make the

streets safer for travel. • Park your car, or cars, as close to the end of the driveway as is safely possible. This eliminates the need for shoveling the entire driveway to free your car when the storm has ended and the roads are safe to travel. • If you are unable to shovel snow or are going to be away, make arrangements to have the snow cleared from your sidewalk. Please remember that you are responsible to shovel your sidewalks within 24 hours after the storm. This will be enforced by the Police Department. This is also applicable to the business community. • Please clear snow away from all

hydrants so that the Fire Department can reach them without delay. Also, make sure that the snow is not blocking the address number to your house. • To facilitate safe garbage collec-

tions, a clear path should be made from the sidewalk to where the garbage is kept. If this is not possible, it is suggested that the garbage be carried to the curb for pickup.

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It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults Through the Library January 2022 YA Book Picks

If you’re looking for a new book to read, check out one of the following books on our January Monthly Reading List: • “Tiger Honor” by Yoon Ha Lee (Grades 3–7) (Fantasy): To restore honor to the Juhwang clan after Uncle Hwan is declared a traitor, Sebrin sets out to clear Hwan's name, but nothing goes as planned as he is sabotaged and betrayed by someone he thought he could trust. • “Tidesong” by Wendy Xu (Grades 4–8) (Graphic Novel/ Fantasy): When she attempts to do magic on her own, young witch Sophie accidentally entangles herself with a water dragon named Lir whom she tricks into helping her get into the best magic school in the realm. • “Freedom Swimmer” by Wai Chim (Grades 7–10) (Historical Fiction) Two boys swim from mainland China to Hong Kong in search of freedom from poverty and oppression in this novel inspired by a true story. • “When You Get the Chance” by Emma Lord (Grades 7–12) (Realistic Fiction): In need of an ally to help her pursue her dreams of becoming a Broadway star, Millie Price searches for her birth mother and finds that her past somehow keeps bringing her back to what she’s had all along. • “You'll Be the Death of Me” by Karen McManus (Grades 9–12) (Mystery/Suspense): Deciding to ditch school together, former friends Ivy, Cal and Mateo, in one chance move, find their day turning from dull to deadly when another student is murdered right in front of them. Want more book suggestions? Check out the full January Book List on our website here: https://www. gardencitypl.org/young-adult-reading-lists/ Patrons can also find the list at the Library, so make sure to visit the Tweens and Teens Room to learn about the latest books! Plus, tweens and teens can earn community service for reading and reviewing the books listed above by joining our Tweens and Teens Best Books 2022 Committee! If interested, please sign-up to join the committee by visiting Garden City Public Library’s website at https://www.gardencitypl.org/tweens-teens-best-books-2022committee/ or for more information, please contact the Young Adult Department at https://www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/ contact-the-young-adult-tweensteens-department/.

January 2022 Book List for Tweens and Teens

Looking for book recommendations? Not sure what to read next? Stop by

the Tweens and Teens room to check out January’s book list for the most recent books for tweens and teens! Each month, the Young Adult Department will compile a list of recent books with the most buzz and best reviews. Tweens and teens can earn community service for reading and reviewing the books on each month’s list by joining our Tweens and Teens Best Books 2022 Committee! If interested, please signup to join the committee by visiting Garden City Public Library’s website at https://www.gardencitypl. org/tweens-teens-best-books-2022committee/ or for more information, please contact the Young Adult Department at https://www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/ contact-the-young-adult-tweensteens-department/. The January Book List is available on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl.org/ young-adult-reading-lists/ Patrons can also find the list at the Library, so make sure to visit the Tweens and Teens Room to learn about the latest books!

Teen Advisory Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board is Tuesday, February 1, 5 p.m.–-6 p.m. The meeting is for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12. Registration began Tuesday, January 25 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. If you are interested in helping to come up with programming ideas, volunteer ideas, or social media outreach ideas for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board. Online applications are available at https://www.gardencitypl.org/teen-advisory-board-application/ Applicants should be in Grades 6–12.

Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons

Join us for Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons on Thursday, February 3, 4 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Learn how to play the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons by participating in one of our monthly Dungeons and Dragons Meet-Ups! Beginners are welcome! Each meet-up will feature a new self-contained, oneshot adventure and players will be assigned premade characters to play. Please register via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this program. Registration began Tuesday, January 25 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

ACT/SAT Practice Exam with C2 Education

Take the practice ACT or SAT exam with C2 Education on Saturday, February 5 at 10 a.m.. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this program. Registration began Tuesday, January 25 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Registrants should choose either the ACT or SAT exam to take. Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

Teen Night: DIY Mason Jars

Join us for the program Teen Night: DIY Mason Jars on Wednesday, February 9, 6 p.m.–7 p.m.. Participants will receive a mason jar and can use paint, mod podge, sharpies, and more to decorate. This program is for Tweens and Teens entering Grades 6–12 in Fall 2021. Registration begins Tuesday, February 1 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

SAT vs ACT Workshop with C2 Education

Join us for an SAT vs ACT Workshop with C2 Education on Wednesday, February 16 at 10 a.m. Not only do many colleges require either the SAT or ACT or are at least test optional, the SAT and ACT can factor into scholarships and class placement as well. There are a lot of similarities between the two tests, but there are also key differences which may make one more suitable than the other for you. In this workshop, C2 Education will look at both tests and discuss how to decide which is right for you. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12 and their parents. Please register via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this program. Registration begins Tuesday, February 8 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

Six Word Love Story Contest

In the month of February, participate in our Six Word Love Story Contest! Tweens and Teens in Grades 6-12 can submit their love stories between February 1–28, 2022 in person at the Library. “Love” can be romance, family, friendship, or any other type of love you can think of. Love stories must be exactly six words. Multiple submissions

are allowed. Submissions must include a submission form, which can be found at the Library during the month of February. The winner of the Six Word Love Story Contest will be announced in March and will receive a $25 gift card to Amazon. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

January Teen Art Exhibit

In January, stop by the Library and visit the Lower Level Art Gallery to see the January Teen Art Exhibit! Thanks to all the teens who participated and submitted artwork to be displayed. Make sure to stop by before the end of the month to see the art made by the talented teen artists!

Computer Animation with Sharper Training Solutions

Learn how to use your computer to create web-based computer animation during the program, Computer Animation with Sharper Training Solutions on Saturday, January 29, 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.! In this hands-on class, create and edit animated GIFs, stick figures and much more. Students may bring a new external flash drive to save their work. Prerequisites: Good computer skills. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12 only. Registration began Tuesday, January 18 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

Volunteer Program Reviewers Needed: Programs to Review in January and February

Become a Volunteer Program Reviewer and earn community service by participating in Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens programs! In order to receive community service, volunteers must participate in the program and then fill out an online survey reviewing the program within two weeks of attending the program. Each volunteer will receive community service credit for every completed survey they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. Surveys will be emailed to program registrants only after the program is completed and they have attended the program. To participate, volunteers must register online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) for each program they wish to attend separately. Below is a list of programs Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12 (unless otherwise noted) can volunteer at as a Volunteer Program Reviewer in January and February:

Registration began January 18: 1/29 at 1:30 p.m.: Sharper Training Solutions: Computer Animation Register online beginning January 25 at 10 a.m.: 2/3 at 4 p.m.: Teen Dungeons and Dragons 2/5 at 10 a.m.: ACT/SAT Practice Exam with C2 Education Register online beginning February 1 at 10 a.m. 2/9 at 6 p.m.: Teen Night: DIY Mason Jars Register online beginning February 8 at 10 a.m. 2/16 at 7 p.m.: SAT vs ACT Workshop with C2 Education These programs have been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tree Ornaments for Community Service: Shamrock Ornaments

Earn community service by painting ornaments for the Garden City Public Library’s Tweens and Teens Department’s Ornament Tree! Each volunteer will receive three ornaments and a set of paint pens to decorate their ornaments at home. Paint pens must be returned to the Library. These ornaments will be used to decorate our new ornament tree each month! For the month of February, the ornaments will be shamrocks, which will be used to decorate the Tweens and Teens Ornament Tree in March. Registration begins Tuesday, February 15 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Completed ornaments must be returned by February 24 to the Library. Registrants will be asked to pick up their ornaments at the Library in order to participate in this com-

munity service program. Volunteers must return three decorated ornaments and their set of paint pens in order to receive community service. Volunteers will receive two hours for every three ornaments they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

GCPL Tweens and Teens Best Books 2022 Committee: Volunteers Needed!

The Tweens and Teens Department is looking for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12 to volunteer to provide feedback on recently published Young Adult books as part of our Tweens and Teens Best Books 2022 Committee! Eligible books are those published between November 1, 2021 and December 6, 2022 and aimed at tweens and teens in Grades 6–12. Volunteers will be asked to read books on the Tweens and Teens Department’s monthly reading lists beginning this month and then write a 300-word review. Volunteers can also nominate a book not on our lists as long as it's published between November 1, 2021 and December 6, 2022 and the Library owns a physical copy in the Young Adult collection. Volunteers will earn community service credit for both reading and writing reviews on new books in the Library’s Young Adult Collection. The feedback used throughout the year will help the Young Adult Librarians compile the Best Books list for the year in December 2022. There are no requirements on how many books a volunteer must read and volunteers can read however many new books they are able to throughout the year. Volunteers can get credit for books they do not finish, as long as they provide 300-word feedback as to why they chose not to finish the book. The

committee may meet throughout the year if there is interest, but volunteers are not required to attend meetings and can still participate by reading and providing feedback on recent Young Adult books. If interested, please sign-up to join the committee by visiting Garden City Public Library’s website at https:// www.gardencitypl.org/tweens-teensbest-books-2022-committee/ or for more information, please contact the Young Adult Department at https://www. gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adult-tweensteens-department/.

Volunteer Teen Reviewers Needed

Would you like to be a reviewer for the Library? Need community service hours? Then become a Volunteer Teen Reviewer. This program is for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12. The Library is looking for teen reviewers to review books and media in the YA collection as well as digital content, such as ebooks and audiobooks, available on Nassau Digital Doorway. There might be a book you’ve already read in our physical or digital collection that you can write a review on! • Browse the physical collection here: http://encore.alisweb.org/ • Browse the digital collection here: https://nassau.overdrive.com • Submit a review here: https:// www.gardencitypl.org/submit-a-teenreview/ Reviews will be used to update the Tweens and Teens Library Review Page (https://www.gardencitypl.org/category/teen-reviews/) as well as update our social media pages. Reviews are subject to approval by the Young Adult Librarian. Please make sure to follow the guidelines for reviews in order for the review to count toward community service.

Follow Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram

Follow Garden City Library’s Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram! The Young Adult Department has been using both social media platforms as a tool to post updates, announcements, digital resources, ebook recommendations, and more during this time of social distancing. Here are the Facebook and Instagram pages for the Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Department: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ GCPLTweensTeens Instagram: www.instagram.com/ GCPLTweensTeens If you’re interested in participating and want to learn when new virtual events will be happening for tweens and teens (Grades 6–12), or if you have any questions, email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https://www.gardencitypl.org/ young-adult-department/contact-theyoung-adult-tweens-teens-depart ment/ .

Teen Advisory Board Applications Now Available Online

If you are interested in helping to come up with programming ideas or social media outreach ideas for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board. Online applications are available at https://www.gardencitypl. org/teen-advisory-board-application/ Applicants should be entering Grades 6–12 in Fall 2021. Email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https://www.gardencitypl.org/ young-adult-department/contact-theyoung-adult-tweens-teens-depart ment/ if you have any questions.

Book donation day on January 29 Donations of gently used books will be gratefully accepted at the Garden City Library on Saturday, January 29 between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Friends of the Library requests that the items be in saleable condition. Once again, they ask that no magazines or text-

books be included. Also, books that are soiled, have evidence of mold, or have pages that are underlined, mildewed or written on should not be sent. All of the donated items become the property of the Friends of the Garden City Library. Please know

that the Friends are most grateful for all the patrons who support the library by taking the time to follow these guidelines and make donations. While you are at the library, it would be a great time to check out the Book Sale Area toward the rear of the building. There is a great

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supply of recently published novels. The January Spotlight on Self Help Books will still be on display. Also, recently added, is a collection of biographies of the U.S. presidents — for both adults and children.

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News from the Children’s Room New To Overdrive!

New ebooks and audiobooks are available for children’s books! Titles include: “Unplugged” by Gordon Korman, “Room to Dream” by Kelly Yang, “The Beatryce Prophecy” by Kate DiCamillo, “Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey” by Erin Entrada Kelly, “The Swag is In the Socks” by Kelly Baptiste, and “Barakah Beats” by Maleeha Siddiqui.

Chinese New Year

2022 is a Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese zodiac, starting February 1, 2022, and lasting until January 21, 2023. The holiday is sometimes called the Lunar New Year because the dates of celebration follow the phases of the moon. Another name for this holiday is Spring Festival and is sometimes used to refer to the Chinese New Year in general. The origins of the Chinese New Year are steeped in legend. One legend is that thousands of years ago a monster named Nian (“Year”) would attack villagers at the beginning of each new year. The monster was afraid of loud

noises, bright lights, and the color red, so those things were used to chase the beast away. Celebrations to usher out the old year and bring forth the luck and prosperity of the new one, therefore, often include firecrackers, fireworks, and red clothes and decorations. Young people are given money in colorful red envelopes. In addition, Chinese New Year is a time to feast and to visit family members. Many traditions of the season honor relatives who have died. Among other Chinese New Year traditions is the thorough cleaning of one’s home to rid the resident of any lingering bad luck. Some people prepare and enjoy special foods on certain days during the celebrations. The last event held during the Chinese New Year is called the Lantern Festival, during which people hang glowing lanterns in temples or carry them during a nighttime parade. Since the dragon is a Chinese symbol of good fortune, a dragon dance highlights festival celebrations in many areas. This procession involves a long, colorful dragon being carried through the streets by numerous dancers.

Crafts for grades K–2 at the GC Library

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ Chinese-New-Year The Children’s room has a display of books for the Chinese New Year, including: “Ruby’s Chinese New Year” by Vickie Lee, “It’s Chinese New Year” by Richard Sebra, “Chinese New Year” by Ann Heinrichs, “Max Celebrates Chinese New Year” by Adria F. Klein and “Bringing in the New Year” by Grace Lin. Happy New Year!

February 2 is Groundhog Day

Will Phil see his shadow? We’re talking about that most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, the Western Pennsylvania groundhog. Will we enjoy an early spring? Groundhog Day is celebrated every year on February 2. Although the modern holiday is a uniquely American tradition, the history stretches hundreds of years back to European traditions and even ancient times. The most famous tradition today involves a groundhog predicting the conclusion of winter by seeing his own shadow. According to weather lore: • If the plump prognosticator emerges from his hole on a clear day and sees his shadow, he will retreat and there will be six more weeks of wintry weather. OR • If he emerges from his burrow and does NOT see his shadow, then early spring weather is right around the corner. What most don’t realize is that Groundhog Day is actually rooted in astronomy—and the movement of the Earth around the Sun. In the Northern Hemisphere, this date marks the midpoint between the winter solstice in December and the spring equinox in March. (Note: In the Southern Hemisphere, Groundhog Day marks the halfway point between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox.) Of course, it’s all in good humor. As the Almanac says, “If he sees his shadow, we’ll have six more weeks of winter; if he doesn’t, it’ll be six weeks until spring.” https://www.almanac.com/groundhog-day

Book Lists for Preschool-Grades 5

The Children’s librarians have put together suggested book titles for Pre-

school–grade 5. These book lists can be found online at www.gardencitypl.org - go to “about us” pull it down and go to Childrens, pull arrow down then proceed to Reading Lists. Hard copies are also available in the Children’s room.

January-February Programming

Please note it is Library policy that all children under age 10 must be accompanied by a parent or designated responsible person while in the Library. Also, if the young child is attending a Library program, we require the parent or designated responsible person to remain in the Library throughout the program and meet the child upon completion of the program. These programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Comic Book Making with Sharper Training Solutions for Grades 3–5

Saturday, January 29 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Meeting Room A (Small) This program is for Children in Grades 3-5. It is a two-hour program. Children will learn how to use MS Word to create panels, insert images, add titles, text, thought bubbles and more! Registrants can bring a NEW external flash drive to save their work. Children should have good computer skills. Sharper Training Solutions will bring laptops for the children to use. Online registration with a Library card on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) is required. Registration begins Jan. 18 at 10 a.m.. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend this program.

Pre-Taped:

Play Hooray January 24–February 7, 2022 Svailable through www.gardencitypl.org. This fun pre-taped program with a Transportation theme is for children ages birth–5 years. It incorporates music, movement and literacy. A Time for Kids February 1–March 31, 2022 Available through www.gardencitypl.org Another fun pre-taped program with the theme of “Winter Willies” for children ages 2–5. Includes music and movement and counting.

Getting the news shouldn’t mean breaking the bank. Children and caregivers creating a fun Groundhog stick puppet with Children’s Librarians Ms. Donna and Ms. Barbara during a session of Crafts for Grades K–2, which was held Wednesday, January 19 at the Library. This program was sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

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Frank X. Fields, Jr.

Frank X. Fields, Jr. of Garden City entered into eternal life on January 22, 2022 at the age of 78 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Frank was born in Brooklyn, NY to Frank and Eileen Fields both of whom predeceased him. He was the beloved husband of Lorraine (aka Lori) and dear brother to Victoria Fields Ott (Craig) and Christine Fields Brownie (Iain) and cherished uncle to a number of nieces and nephews. Frank was in the paper sales business for over 40 years, successfully negotiating with numerous companies in the New York City and the tri-state area and worked for a number of different companies, the last of which was International Paper Company from which he retired in 2011. Prior to becoming a sales rep

Frank X. Fields, Jr.

he was a high school history teacher for several years. He graduated from Yankton College in South Dakota. Frank was a man of incredible faith and for years he helped organize and run retreats at St. Ignatius Retreat House for the St. Anne’s Church men’s group. When that retreat house closed, he continued his ministry at the Cenacle Retreat House in Ronkonkoma, NY. Even as his cancer was progressing Frank was working to recruit new retreatants to join the group. Frank was a member of the Knights of Columbus and for many years, he and his wife Lorraine were a teaching couple in St. Anne’s pre-cana program. Frank loved people and was always trying to find ways to make them laugh, be inspired, or learn some-

IN MEMORIAM

Maureen McGovern

Ms. Maureen McGovern, 79, died peacefully on January 22, 2022 in West Islip, NY. Maureen was born on December 10, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. The daughter of the late Philip and Catherine McGovern and youngest of four children, Maureen grew up in Brooklyn and Richmond Hill. She was an extraordinary person and had a close knit circle of friends who loved her inimitable personality and her boundless sense of humor.

thing new. His special avocation was to collect and distribute jokes, true life stories, and health tips. As he would often say, if any item he distributed caused someone to smile or somehow trigger a positive change in their attitude he had done his job. He enjoyed many different sports during his lifetime – bowling, tennis and golf. He was a long-term member at the Garden City Country Club and was also an active member of the Long Island Senior Golf Association. Visitation was held on Wednesday, January 26, at Fairchild Sons Funeral Home and a Funeral Mass was held on Thursday, January 27, at St. Anne’s Church in Garden City. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Calvary Fund, Inc. at Calvary Hospital. The website is Fund.CalvaryHospital.org.

IN MEMORIAM

Her world revolved around her dear nieces, nephew, and their children, and she injected fun and flair into all of their lives. Maureen will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by her family: her nieces, nephew and their spouses, Barbara and Thomas Pescuma, Coleen and Victor Antico, Catherine McGovern, Siobhan and Thomas Hapgood, Deirdre and Brian Moore, and Philip and JoAnne McGovern; her sister-in-law Bridget McGovern; her grandnephews and grandnieces; and her many cousins in the United States and Ireland. She was predeceased by her three siblings, John, Barbara, and Philip. Friends and relatives paid their respects to the McGovern family on Wednesday, January 26th at the Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, 1201 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial celebrating Maureen’s life was held Thursday, January 27th at St. Anne’s Church, 35 Dartmouth St, Garden City, NY. Maureen was interred in the family plot in St. John Cemetery, 80-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, NY. The family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to the compassionate staff of Our Lady of Consolation in West Islip, NY for the care Maureen received.

Catherine Sullivan

Catherine V. Sullivan

Catherine Veronica Sullivan, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, died peacefully at home surrounded by family. Catherine, the family matriarch, lived every minute of her 101 years, bringing love, laughter, and joy to all around her. She will be missed beyond words. Catherine was born on March 27, 1920 to Herbert Bernard Hauser and Mary Flynn Hauser. One of five children, Catherine was predeceased by her husband, Robert Sullivan and her siblings, Jean Allen, Edna Woehr,

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Edward Hauser and Herb Hauser. She often described an idyllic childhood in Jamaica, Queens with activities centered around Our Lady of the Cenacle Parish.She worked as a travel agent for American Airlines, stopped working to raise her five children and went back to selling real estate in New Hyde Park after that. Catherine married Bob Sullivan on January 27, 1945 when he returned from overseas after the war. As a Great Generation couple, Bob worked and went to law school nights. By the time he graduated they had three children and one on the way. She did it all to make that happen causing Bob to put her name on his law degree. During their 50 years together, they raised 5 children Bob (Jackie), Mary (Jack), Tom (Barbara), Kathy (Steve) and Owen (Jo Marie). Catherine loved family, friends, golf, real estate and Italian food. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Anne’s Church 35 Dartmouth St., Garden City, on Wednesday, January 26 at 10 am with entombment at Holy Rood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please take a loved one to dinner and have a glass of wine.

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IN MEMORIAM

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IN MEMORIAM

William F. Frank

William Fielding Frank

William died at home in Highland, New York, on January 19th after a decline in health. He is survived by his children, Aaron and Toby; three grandchildren, Alex, Ethan and Madeline; his brother Karl; niece Cynthia Gilbertson and nephew Max Frank; nieces, Katie, Alex, Aki and Hannah; and ex-wives Linda Hainfeld Frank and Margaret Fiorino with whom his marriages ended amicably. Born in Brooklyn, NY William grew up in Garden City, where he graduated with honors from Garden City High School. He graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Philosophy, from the University of Chicago with a Master’s Degree in Philosophy, and the University of Pennsylvania with a PhD in Mathematical Linguistics. He and his first wife, Linda moved to Corvallis, Oregon where William taught Philosophy and Computer Science at Oregon State University After becoming President of the Faculty at OSU,

William moved on to business in systems architecture at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. William took lead roles designing financial enterprise systems for Citibank, Bank of New York, Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab and JP Morgan Chase first as an employee and later through his consulting firms. He enjoyed his work and those he worked with. William received awards from IBM, Citibank, Union Bank of Switzerland and Cedar’s Sinai for his innovative work in system design. He was significant contributor to the professional standards organization, the Object Management Group where he is remembered as a substantial contributor to the semantic and logical standards of the Ontology Group. William was brilliant, witty, good-natured, kind and generous. With his broad knowledge and interests, conversation was engaging and often full of laughter when William was among family, friends, or colleagues. His personal and professional lives were intermingled yet he retained an exciting mystique. He was a voracious and indiscriminate bibliophile with interests ranging from popular fiction to world history. He had a passion for sailing and spent time racing and took family and friends on bare boat charters in the Caribbean. William will be both missed and remembered fondly by all. A celebration of life will take place in warmer weather, time and place to be announced. William would have preferred donations to cultural or educational organizations, in lieu of flowers.

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Recently, I had my 3000th photo shoot. When I began as a professional photographer decades ago I numbered each shoot and referred to it as the “job reference number.” Some of the shoots were small like a family portrait or a ribbon cutting of a new business. However, others were quite large with over 1000 people like in the above photo taken by me at the Westhampton Country Club on the Fourth of July in 2009 just as the sun set and just before the fireworks began. Sooo 3000... it’s hard for me to believe. It was a moment to reflect on what has been a very interesting career. I know it’s not for everyone as you tend to work odd hours (mostly nights and weekends). However, I’ve loved it as I have met so many people that have come in and out of my life. Some lasting longer than others. Although a lot of my work was in Garden City, I have also had shoots all over Long Island and some in New York City and Westchester. Working as a freelance photographer allowed me to do a wide variety of photo shoots. Oh the stories I could tell you all! Maybe there’s a book in it down the road! It’s a very rewarding experience to capture “moments in time” for people. In fact many of you reading this right now have some of my work in your house. When I photograph a wedding, anniversary party, birthday party, graduation party or any kind of family oriented event I become part of that family for a day. I meet everyone there and get to know who’s who at the event. It’s actually (usually) very nice. However, it helps to have a sense of humor - which I do. It puts people at ease when I am photographing them. The ability to laugh at the world around you and even at yourself at times is an important human trait which too many seem to have lost. Some people go through life constantly being offended by everything which leads them to become miserable souls. Lighten up because life is short (trust me on that one). You should have at least one good laugh a day otherwise you’re not doing it right. Laughter is the best medicine to make you feel good immediately. No one at the end of their life regrets laughing too much!

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From page 1 the Commission meeting via Zoom and reported that the firm hopes to ‘turn around’ the comments on the Numbered Streets study within a 30-day window from mid-January. Filiciotto told the Commission that his firm began with some revisions made after the feedback from late last year, and that a Numbered Streets’ presentation on the study would soon follow. “Being that we received input and comments from Commissioner Jackson, we plan on making the edits, also within the next 30 days we are happy to come back to Garden City and present findings of the Numbered Streets study,” he said. Amabile noted that the draft study will be submitted to the village by January 21, and Creighton Manning was planning to prepare its presentation by the end of January. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi recommended having either a special Traffic Commission meeting organized for the Numbered Streets study presentation or having the next regular meeting of the Traffic Commission dedicated to this subject and Creighton Manning’s report. Trustee Carter Flanagan and her colleagues on the Commission were eager to plan a special meeting for the Numbered Streets study. “I think our community and not just the village’s Central section will be very interested in it, and my thought as we talk about village-wide traffic concerns, is that all of Garden City will benefit from hearing about this. With some of the strategies and observations for the Central section we may be looking to implement programs for other sections of the village. Let’s aim to present this to the entire community within the next 45 days or so and we can see where we’re at and then the village can start focusing on our other sections of town as well,” she said. Deputy Mayor O’Brien said accelerating the time frame for presenting it is a priority and the Board of Trustees will hope to ‘take parallel paths’ to apply traffic calming measures to the entire village. Administrator Ralph Suozzi commented that the Creighton Manning report can be published on the Village website ahead of a special public meeting on the Numbered Streets study presentation. Trustee Carter Flanagan asked about the potential for calling another Traffic Commission meeting to vote on the satellite studies for other areas of Garden City prior to the next regular Commission meeting, set for the third Thursday of March – St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. The Commission members decided to follow the advice of Commissioner Jackson and hold off on approval of the updated proposal for a Satellite Traffic Calming Proposal by consul-

tants Creighton Manning Engineering LLP. The item was first deferred at the November 18, 2021 meeting “pending further feedback and clarification from Creighton Manning LLP” regarding the proposal. Carter Flanagan stated the need to hold off is apparent without the comprehensive results of the first (Numbered Streets) traffic calming study.

Feedback from the county

Next, Suozzi reported that just prior to the January 13 meeting he heard back from Nassau County about the proposed Road Diet for Cathedral Avenue, for which Creighton Manning was originally retained. Suozzi said the feedback includes the need for Garden City and its consultants to “be more specific” on a few items, including the potential of repainting the road with the new traffic pattern indications. The County reported that the process there would involve more than just the scraping off and painting, such as preparation of the roadway. “The county provided its recommendations and Creighton Manning needs to look at them and then come back to Commissioner Jackson, myself and then to the board to say we’ve incorporated these things into the Road Diet plans. But I do not know if a cost factor or time factor (or both) will be involved, and if the Board will have to opine on that if a cost to the village is involved,” Administrator Suozzi said. Deputy Mayor O’Brien asked if Nassau County will approve the next set of revised plans once the Garden City Traffic Commission does, and Suozzi said that process is established. But he noted that one question he received from Deputy Commissioner of County Public Works Kenneth Arnold in late November/early December was on the Road Diet proposal calling for repaving of Cathedral Avenue. Arnold pointed out that Cathedral Avenue was repaved fairly recently. “Road repavings usually last for 15 to 20 years so I told them the expectation of the village, with possibly the exception of some bump-outs, was to accomplish Road Diet objectives with repainting of markings and striping as well as signage,” he said. Trustee Carter Flanagan asked if there was a timeline for the implementation of the Cathedral Avenue Road Diet, and Administrator Suozzi replied that timing will be determined by review of the county recommendations and a turnaround of the plan incorporating their feedback. The Commission considered a request for a four-way stop sign at Adams Street between Chester and Salisbury Avenues, with the request originating from an Adams Street resident. Police Commissioner Jackson provided the accident totals for Chester Avenue and Adams Street

for the Commission’s review back on November 17 as he noted it was existing as a two-way, north/south stop intersection. The Commissioner noted the school bus stop at this intersection. After presenting GCPD findings he explained how this all-way stop signage could be warranted with kids present and in a highly-traveled pedestrian area, as he told the village Traffic Commission “there is some concern for pedestrian safety at the location.” “Some of the issues we have is the survey data: there were 1,022 vehicles on Chester Avenue with an average of 85.5 cars per hour and an average speed of 24 mph during the period, representing the 85th percentile. I did research on the accident history over the last six years and also took data from the school district; 15 students ride the bus from that stop in the mornings and 15 dropped off in the afternoons. The kids are all attending the lower grades. We also contacted Our Precious Angels daycare on Chester Avenue, at that corner, and at least 51 students there are being dropped off and picked up at various times – but sometimes their kids are out at the same times as students at that bus stop,” Commissioner Jackson noted. He said there are requirements in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) that are not met at this intersection, but he did recommend the implementation of a four-way stop because of the “type and amount of pedestrian traffic there.” “Even though the average speeds came in considerably low, I have concerns about southbound traffic from New Hyde Park Road coming down to make a right turn. If you consider the ages of children present, with the preschool and the school bus stop for Stratford students, those are children ranging from 3 to 8 years old. Also the parents who are there and walking their children across the street have even younger children with them, some in strollers….It’s very concerning to me and this would be a full stop similar to one we approved for Salisbury Avenue over by Adelphi University. If the Commission wishes to approve, the four-way stop is warranted in my eyes,” Jackson said. Trustee Colleen Foley agreed with him as she said she travels that way to work each day and it’s near the light for New Hyde Park Road and Fairmount Boulevard, about a block from Saint Anne’s. “That area is heavily trafficked as people and buses are dropping off for the various schools. When you go to make the turn and you don’t know Our Precious Angels preschool is there, it can be an unexpected surprise,” she commented. Deputy Mayor Tom O’Brien suggested the Commission move ahead with approving the four-way stop signs

requested for safety. Trustee Carter Flanagan said she was clear on the safety concerns there and the four-way stop was soon approved by a 3-0 Commission vote. Administrator Suozzi said the village has the additional stop signs in stock and the village Department of Public Works would try to install them the week of January 20.

John Street at Stewart Avenue

Another request before the Traffic Commission this month was to replace the existing “Yield” sign at John Street and Stewart Avenue with a stop sign. Commissioner Jackson again provided the accident totals for the Stewart Avenue and John Street intersection, and the request had been deferred back at the Commission’s November meeting pending the input from the Eastern property owners’ association. Administrator Suozzi noted that John Street is the only road in this section of the East that comes into contact with Stewart Avenue north and south that does not currently have any stop sign or a traffic signal. He says the recommendation to change the Yield to a Stop sign will be a more pronounced traffic control. Commissioner Jackson noted the accident totals there for the period of four years pre-pandemic, 2016 through 2019, would warrant a stop sign. He noted that John Street is different from other nearby blocks and the addition of the stop sign there will be a move to “make things more careful at that point to Stewart Avenue.” Another stop sign approved by the Commission on January 13 is one for the northeast corner of Oxford Boulevard and St. Paul’s Place. Commissioner Jackson provided the accident data and GCUFSD students’ bus stop information for the Commission to evaluate the proposal, after a December 27, 2021 letter from Oxford Boulevard Sheryl Mejia was received by the village. In his update to the Traffic Commission, Police Commissioner Jackson called this spot a “totally uncontrolled intersection.” Although the accident data there is not significant, there are eight Garden City students being dropped off and picked up at the school bus stop there. He suggested that the stop sign be installed as Mejia advocated for, with visibility for the westbound traffic at Oxford Boulevard that will be reaching the intersection. “You have a roadway that has a center median going northbound and St. Paul’s Place ends at that location. It is a highly traveled area with pedestrians and I am not a big fan of totally uncontrolled intersections where the median looks like a main road – especially not for school bus stops and with children around there walking to school,” Jackson said. Trustee Foley concurred and said See page 40

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Parents speak against mask mandates at BoE meeting From page 1 at around 20 active cases. Board President William C. Holub stated, “We are trending in a way of a lower number of cases and, again, I want to thank the community for doing their part in connection with all of this. In-person instruction is clearly what we’ve learned from this is the most important thing. I’m anxious to see this mandate expire too…but until it is lifted, we will comply…unfortunately having masks back on is disappointing but we have to follow the law.” He then opened up the floor for fellow Board members’ questions and comments in regard to a post-mandate way forward.

Board members discuss mandate

Trustee Matthew Wakeham was met with interjections from the audience after stating, “I just want to establish that the mandate is the law and we don’t want to encourage 4,000 students to break the law. Can we all act like respectable adults here?” He also requested more consistent contact with the district’s medical director and to strengthen consistency across schools when looking at a way forward on or before the mandate’s expiration on February 21st, 2022. Trustee Tom Pinou explained, “What I’d like to see is an accurate and clear survey of the 4,000 households of tax paying residents with kids in the district.” Board president Holub agreed, but added that he believes every taxpayer should have a say. The Board’s Vice President Stefanie Granville gave insight into the Long Island School Board Coalition, formed to promote collaboration among all Long Island school boards. “I represented Garden City last night at the Long Island Coalition of School Boards… there were 20 school districts in attendance across Nassau and Suffolk counties. I’ll tell you, districts are not on the same page…It was interesting to see how each handled it today. Dr. Sinha was very proactive about updating parents. I thank you for that because I was sitting in the meeting getting an email from you and that was not the case with the rest of the districts there.” “Nobody wants to wear a mask,” she continued. “I’m a teacher in an elementary school, I wear a mask all day every day so I know personally how hard it is. So of course I want to get the masks off the kids, we’ve all wanted that from the start and that’s our goal. If we can achieve that before February 21, great. We may have to wait until February 21 depending on the courts, we don’t have any power over that, but that’s our goal on February 21 if not sooner.” Trustee Tom Pinou advised the rest of the Board that, “once the expiration happens, we have no guarantee they won’t try to rinse and repeat.”

Trustee Michael Cassaro asked the community to keep teachers in mind during these types of ongoing discussions about the pandemic. “We always think about our kids, of course, but our teachers are tired. So much has been asked of them that they didn’t sign up for. They’re not here to indoctrinate your children, they’re not here to turn us communist, and there’s no agenda for these teachers other than educating your children. Some of you will hear this and some of you won’t but if you hear me maybe you can send a note to your child’s teacher tomorrow because they’ve been through a lot and if you’re not a teacher you don’t understand.” He also stressed the importance of continuing collaborative learning through the pandemic, which Dr. Sinha confirmed is a priority and always happening. President Holub acknowledged the strain these situations have also had on the parents and even on the Board itself. Cassaro explained that, “We [the Board] take what comes to us and that is the way it is. At the end of the day, we’re here because we have work to do in terms of guiding this District, providing coherent policy, providing vision and direction, financial and facilities planning; these are the core functions of the Board. This pandemic has impacted our ability to focus on those things. We need to find a way as a Board to refocus ourselves on enhancing this district… and giving students everything that they possibly want and need.” Trustee Cassaro added, “I’ve heard from several folks that kids are being laughed at and teased, both students who are and are not wearing masks. We have to be cautious of the fact that this is going to be an issue no matter what side you stand on. So what I’m simply asking for the district to consider is that we move towards a situation where some students will be wearing masks and some students will not be and that we respect their individual choices.” Cassaro concluded, “I want to be really clear that I know a lot of people didn’t think I was going to say exactly that when I began, but when we listen to one another we may realize that there are more points of connection than we initially think. For the love of God, if there is something we need in this community right now it’s more connection.” Dr. Sinha empathized by saying, “The frustration we see from our students and their families, we experience the same. The goal has been how do we keep our schools open and our kids in school. What’s number one is to make sure students are still enjoying school.”

The Community’s Pushback

Nicholas Rigano of Locust Street began by acknowledging the effort of the district but stressing the need for more timely action. “Today, my kids were jumping up and down with joy when I told them they didn’t have to

wear a mask. They had been crying almost every morning just because they didn’t want to go to school wearing masks. Their demeanor changed. Unfortunately, when I got home from work today I told them the bad news. But it’s okay we appreciate that they had that one day. I know other districts on the Island did not do the same so thank you. I am very pleased to hear all of you speak the way you did today about the masks and where we are and where we’re going. What I didn’t like is that we’re going to wait to vote on a resolution. Let’s do it now. I’m a litigator and I can tell you when you’re in litigation the last thing you want to do is speak publicly. And if you pass a resolution tonight, Hochul has to speak publicly. Pass a resolution tonight that puts pressure on her to speak. With this vote coming up on Friday, it will help. In addition to that, I would respectfully ask that you write a joint school board letter that talks about what you talked about today because the advocacy of parents alone, the disjointed voices, goes nowhere; it’s just lost in the abyss. But the power of a school board from a district on Long Island that represents 4,000 students and 23,000 goes a hell of a lot further. The time is now, not in two weeks.” Anthony Ziniti of Brompton Road stated, “About two weeks ago I shared a 37 page study from Brown University with Dr. Sinha with data that goes over the ridiculous problems we’re seeing with children. For children, 80% of communication is non-verbal and we’re depriving something so major in their lives every day they’re in a mask…children are committing suicide in record numbers, are proven to be in cognitive decline, drug use and overdoses are through the roof, anti-anxiety and depression meds are being prescribed at the highest rates ever and there are multiple month waits for child psychiatrists because of this…Do you all want to take responsibility for continuing to mask our children when it’s psychologically detrimental?” After some applause, Ziniti continued. “We want the Board to do proper due diligence and do it immediately when issuing its stance on masks being optional. Why not do it now? When this unconstitutional mandate expires on February 21st, we want masks to be optional because there’s literally no reason to continue. And you are not alone anymore, Massapequa has done it already. Please allow parents to choose…my son had tears of joy when we told him he didn’t have to wear a mask. He said ‘Mom, Dad, my teacher can see me smiling now’ and it broke my heart…everyone here if you have children the emotional stress you don’t see that we see it when they’re home… God wrote father on my forehead in indelible ink and I’m going to have to answer to him when I die. So I’ve decid-

ed that a mask for my son is a threat to his well being and many parents here have reached that same decision. You should know parents would do anything to protect their children. So we ask you to join us in this fight against tyrannical evil rather than continue to cooperate and be complicit.”

Cloth masks ineffective

“I’ve said this before, many times, masks don’t work,” said Katherine Haanraadts of Locust Street. “The pores in fabric masks are much too large to stop a microscopic airborne viral particle. They go right through it. You don’t have to be a scientist to figure this out for yourself. Put your cloth mask on, go outside when it’s 20 degrees and see your own breath coming right through it. That’s how well it works. Have you ever seen a medical professional ever wear a cloth mask? No, you don’t because it doesn’t do anything to prevent the spread of anything at all. And the surgical masks all they do is redirect your breath if your breath was trapped in there you’d suffocate you have to expel your carbon dioxide and take in fresh air or you asphyxiate and die…If we have treatments and vaccines for a virus that is nowhere near as deadly as it used to be and children are the least at risk, what is the purpose of forcing children to wear masks in schools? They can go anywhere and catch COVID. School isn’t some magical place where COVID is more dangerous. Our leaders have been hyper focused on COVID and ignoring all the other problems their solution creates. A generation of children who don’t see their friends’ faces, developmental stunting, for absolutely nothing.” She then shared details on masking’s impact on her child’s unique circumstance. “My daughter has Apraxia, which is a life altering and permanent speech disability - but it can improve. She needs to be able to see other people’s mouths moving to be able to speak. My child’s life is going to be impacted by this. This is a disability that can be corrected with intense intervention but she has a plastic partition between her and her speech therapist. Her speech therapist is supposed to be able to touch her face and help manipulate her mouth because of this neurological problem. She needs to see physically how that’s done and she’s been robbed of that for two years. She tried to tell me yesterday, ‘Mommy masks are bad for me. I have trouble speaking.’ Really think about that. All of society is on the wrong side of history on this. No one but the parents have been fighting for logic or reason or science. This is how you’re going to be remembered…We have to stand up to the State. I really think this insanity is toppling like a house of cards and you’re all going to get crushed under it.” Christine Oswald of Adams Street,

a teacher herself for seventeen years, then took the mic. “I want to start off tonight by saying how incredibly thankful I was that the Board stood by what they said they would do in August to make masks a choice. Unfortunately, it was short lived and showed us all the fight is not over. There is no winner in this debate. Our children lost the minute they were masked 16 months ago. We have let politicians into our homes and tell us what to do with our children’s bodies, which to me is unacceptable. What this last decision showed us is that our children are pawns in this political game and to those who are celebrating masking children shame on you…To know what it’s like for a child to sit with a mask all day, why don’t some of you who want to mask the children try it… get to work in a mask and don’t take it down for hours unless you have a fifteen minute lunch break. Then when it falls down slowly below your nose I want you to be reprimanded before your colleagues. If that was your reality I guarantee you would have a serious problem with it. To the Board, I hope you understand the consequences that have been done to these kids…A famous author once said ‘selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” Many parents focused on an executive order from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman that calls for schools to decide whether to enforce a mask mandate. Kristen Griffin of Kensington Road said, “The Garden City Parents United has been a great place for this community to engage, collaborate, and discuss what our needs are. We’re really pleased that Mr. Holub and Cassaro have joined the page but we want action. Today and last night were the most inspiring pieces of what we’ve done over the last two years. Why? The faces we got to see at the bus stop this morning. The most important thing for us to do is to vote on Bruce Blakeman’s executive order. He has asked you to do this by the end of the month. We cannot wait until the next meeting so I ask you to do that tonight.” “My name is Marybeth Kane of Hudson Road,” the next speaker shared. “I am a teacher who has never stopped educating and mentoring my students during this pandemic. I am a coach who has kept my clinics and training available to students throughout even the trickiest times during this pandemic so that they had a positive, healthy outlet. I have never stopped fighting for my students and my athletes...I’m fighting for parental choice…Please stand behind me and allow myself and this beautiful community to take a breath of fresh air that we have the constitutional right to take…I have had COVID and it felt like a sinus infection. I am not afraid of COVID. I continue to teach, coach, and

parent. What I am afraid of is losing my rights and the rights of my children. Board, I respectfully beg and ask you to hold the public vote on parental choice by the end of January per Bruce Blakeman’s executive order.”

County Executive’s Order

Maria Oliveri of Chestnut Street “The one person who is on our side with parent choice is Bruce Blakeman. On January 6, I was present when he signed executive order 1-2022 protecting the fundamental rights of parents to make health and education decisions for their children. I have a copy right here if you’d like one. He said all Boards of Education in the county of Nassau must vote in the month of January 2022 to determine whether or not parents and children should be granted the constitutional right to reject mask mandates while in the classroom. This needs to be voted on now. We the parents choose what is best for our children whether that is to mask or not.” Joanne McNaboe of Adams Street expressed, “I’m exercising my free speech. I wasn’t planning to speak but as I listened I had some questions. I think this example of the last 24 hours is why we never give up local control. Our district with many others gave it up and didn’t fight for it. What are you doing right now to get local control back? Why are you not outraged? The second thing is with regard to the survey that we’ve been begging for for two years but never got. Today was your survey. Today you saw parents exercising their rights. Bruce Blakeman’s executive order says that you need to have a vote by January 31 on parental choice. It is an executive order. Do you follow just the executive orders that meet your agenda or all of those that are put forward by Nassau County’s elected officials? I have a plan for you - the children have a choice and they go to school normally and stay home if they are sick like they are in a majority of states in this country… You comply because you want it to end, but it’s because you comply that it will never end. Stand up for our kids.” President Holub responded that the Board does not report to Bruce Blakeman in any capacity, but to the State of New York and Governor. A student, Drew Melendez of Kilburn Road, spoke up next. “I woke up today knowing, because my dad told me, we didn’t have to wear masks anymore. I was excited to go back to school and to see my friends again. When I got into school everyone was celebrating that we got to talk to each other and stay near each other. We got to play together. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to see each other face-to-face. We’re always being separated. We can’t see each other, we can’t talk, and we can’t really hear each other. What do masks do? They’re not that effective.” Lastly, a parent from Kensington

Road expressed embarrassment on behalf of her generation as far as being able to hear and understand both sides of the argument. She then stated, “I respect the decisions and thoughts of my community members. We all love our children and that’s why we’re here. My husband and I, we don’t love masks. I more than anyone else would love to see my child go to school and get an education like we did. Right now, things are a little complicated and we are trying to adjust with the times in a way that makes sense for our family and the health of our children. Thank you for everything you have done to keep our kids safe. What concerned me was the way we went about last night’s decision. When there’s limited transparency we don’t know how decisions are being made. I am a student of public health, spent a lot of time at Hopkins, spent my career at community-based healthcare organizations. The one thing I would ask is that as you move forward, if a decision deals with a public health matter, have health experts guide that decision...and communicate with parents on the steps your taking in this process…I need to spend time with my five year old and explain to her that when she goes to school tomorrow there is going to be a divide. I don’t want to tell her that one person is good and one person is bad. I need time to think about how I want to communicate with her. In any decision that you make, if you can communicate a plan on how we can share next steps with our children that will impact how we manage your choice.” Others brought to the Board’s attention that the pandemic has caused changes to child’s day that lead to too much screentime and a lack of organic social time. President Holub then highlighted that he and the Board have a pulse on the community and are invested in their needs. “I’m a member of the Garden City Parents United group. There are a lot of comments directed towards me, some good and some bad. I honestly do try to read them all. Tom Pinou and I were talking at 11 p.m. last night and reading the emails from various community members. Are we perfect? We are not. We are trying to do the right things…every time something is

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Parents speak against mask mandates at BoE meeting pointed out, Dr. Sinha and her team of principals and leaders take a look at this stuff and say how can we do things better?… I know because I probably talk to Dr. Sinha more than I actually talk to my wife…I think it’s important for the community to understand that we’ve all struggled with this…but we are trying. I’ve poured my heart and soul into the last two years just like every other Board member here. You folks have agreed with some of the things I’ve said and more times did not agree and I accept that and respect it. It has been a pleasure to lead this district through all of this. I could look back but again that’s part of learning and growing as an individual. Thank you all for being here, and giving us your opinions.”

Some remaining agenda items tabled

Though much of the conversation reverted back to mask mandates, the meeting also included a presentation by four seventh grade students, an all-female team made up of Bridget Coviello, Isabelle DeNoto, Samantha Racich and Elsie Ross, outlining the design of their that has been officially chosen by the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program to be performed at the actual International Space Station. The experiment will determine how microgravity affects the germination of cherry tomato seeds and results will be analyzed once it returns to Earth. Considerations, sensitivities, and implementation plans surrounding Erin’s Law were then discussed by district social workers, health educators and curriculum development representatives. Erin’s Law was signed by the State into legislation requiring schools to teach prevention-oriented child sexual abuse lessons to children in grades K-8. Detailed Board discussion around the treasurer’s report, budget report/ transfers, recent grants, retirees, and next year’s school calendar were tabled until further notice, after several pushes from the audience to open the discussion up to public participation. The next Garden City Board of Education public work session will take place on February 8, 2022 at the Garden City High School auditorium beginning at 8:15 p.m.

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Environmental Board discusses lead in water From page 1 that of young children and grandchildren. In some instances people shared that they or someone they know has suffered health problems related to the lead contamination of the drinking water at their homes. Village Administrator Ralph V. Suozzi spoke about the purpose of this initial educational meeting on the lead contamination in water and the steps that can be taken by homeowners. “I think the purpose of tonight’s meeting is to make as many people as possible aware that this issue exists – there is a problem, not just here in Garden City but nationally, across the United States. This is a national problem and issues about lead in drinking water have persisted over a long period of time. There are concerns about piping and materials, and brass fixtures in your homes and even products stated to be ‘lead-free’ that might have a small percentage. Even our fire hydrants have this concern. The lead in drinking water can be detected house-by-house. All the factors considered, there needs to be awareness and public outreach on top of all the things H2M [an engineering firm hired by the village] and I have talked about with both the Nassau County Department of Health and the New York State Health Department,” he said. As part of the initial presentation, concerns for the health and well-being of children and pregnant women were put at the forefront of the graphics presented. Reilly presented data from the Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), the CDC, as well as New York State Department of Health; the State

DOH recommends that residents should run water from the tap for at least 30 seconds to flush out lead or until the water turns cold before using it as drinking water. “Use only cold tap water for cooking, drinking or making a baby’s formula. Lead dissolves more easily in hot water so avoid cooking with or drinking hot tap water; do not use hot tap water to make baby’s formulas. Remember that children are at the highest risk, and please note that boiling water will not be effective in reducing lead,” he explained. A major part of the EAB’s discussion centered on part of the NYSDOH recommendation to replace any plumbing fixtures found to contain lead, as Reilly suggested investigating plumbing fixtures’ material content. He and Administrator Suozzi would continue to advocate for all homeowners to have their household water service lines that connect to Garden City water mains checked in case those are pipes made of lead. But the issue may go beyond this as data is still being compiled from residents who have self-reported the status of their pipes.

Excessive corrosion?

Paula Calame of Wyatt Road has lived in Garden City for four decades. She said she spoke to Administrator Suozzi before Wednesday’s meeting, and she considered a conundrum with the lead contamination possibilities. She said while Reilly’s presentation focused on lead pipes that could be servicing many households in Garden City as a root cause, she believes the village-l discussions should delve into what is causing lead pipes to corrode.

Village commission looks at solutions for traffic woes From page 37 she is in favor of stop signs at school bus stops. The item was soon approved by a unanimous vote of the Traffic Commission. Finally, after they were installed the village’s new crosswalk signs were ratified by the Commission for signage up at four intersections in the area newly created by the Long Island Rail Road’s Third Track project: Clinch Avenue, Greenridge Avenue and New Hyde Park road approaching the New Hyde Park LIRR stop. Garden City Mayor Cosmo Veneziale lives in the Western section and on his rounds in the neighborhood, he noticed the unmarked crosswalks in this area. Village Administrator Suozzi said the mayor reported this after he crossed in

the new road’s crosswalk from Clinch over to New Hyde Park Road. Village Engineer Craig Bandini advised that the village had installed crosswalk signs with directional arrows at the four locations on Clinch, Greenridge, and New Hyde Park Road. Bandini and Mayor Veneziale noted that these signs were not included in 3TC’s Traffic Control Plan for this area adjacent to its work on the Third Track project and New Hyde Park Road crossing. “We put up the first one and there were two other unmarked crosswalks there; one right near New Hyde Park Road and the other near Greenridge Avenue. We’ve added this crosswalk signage as it makes it better and safer for pedestrian traffic,” Suozzi advised.

Members of the Environmental Advisory Board during meeting, which was also broadcast on Zoom “Lead in and of itself is a very stable material that by itself does not leach lead into the drinking water. One part in tonight’s presentation displayed how what goes through a pipe can cause corrosion, with chemicals, acidity and pH levels noted. To me it appears that the problem is really with the municipal water and not really with the lead pipes because what’s been flushed through the pipes has, over the years, possibly been the source of what has caused our pipes to leach lead and has also caused the copper piping to have a significant amount of pinholes – across the village, the copper pipes have beyond too many pinholes, and in every area of Garden City. Has it been evaluated in the past 10 to 15 years?” she asked. Calame also said the solution is not so clear that it involves every household in Garden City getting their water tested and homes’ pipe service lines checked, and then the issue could be put to rest. She said the long-term issue will not be in check once that occurs. Administrator Suozzi noted that bacterial samples of Garden City water are taken each week, and quarterly samples for detecting 1,4 dioxane are performed. He says pH levels are constantly checked and the village has aerators and GAC systems (granulated activated carbon) functioning at all times to remove other volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) in the water supply through equipment at the well sites. Since October 2021 the village has been testing the water, pumped straight from the ground ‘raw’ much more aggressively and the samples are provided to the Health Department. “We are testing and testing and testing and we do triangular lead testing where the departments are telling us what we as a water supplier have to do. We passed in 2017, we passed in 2020, and on Friday (January 21) Nassau County asked us to perform the testing now but to extend the sample size

from 30 homes to 60 homes’ of which 50% will have lead pipes..…I am open to speaking with any residents but I did not build your homes, nor did I put this into the water – what I am trying to do is spread communication about the problems and solve them. Once I get calls, I jump into action. I can’t present to you the 10 to 15 years’ worth of science and chemistry that has gone on, but I know that the water is the most heavily-regulated service in our community. It is overseen by the New York State Department of Health under regulatory influence by the U.S. EPA and that jurisdiction extends on down to our local county (Nassau County Department of Health).” Trustee Carter Flanagan responded that the task at hand for the municipality remains the message and getting resources and information to community members across several platforms, in print and online, and with new attempts to reach residents by any means possible. She says a review of the history of water treatments in the last decade or more can be incorporated into February’s Environmental Advisory Board meeting program. The EAB is tentatively scheduled to meet on Wednesday February 16. “We (the village EAB) have a much broader water informational session scheduled for next month, and the focus for tonight is the timeliness with lead contamination as the issue. We must have the importance of the messages presented to our community prevail – especially for families with children and any expecting mothers. And next month a guest speaker is going to be able to participate with us,” she said. The New York State Department of Health is providing free lead testing of drinking water. For information call 516402-7650 or email FreeWaterTesting@ health.ny.gov

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Off-Beat Winter Getaways coffee, tea, mini-fridges, s’mores and firewood. The property offers grills, fire pits, lawn games, a seasonal pool with weekend hours, and a nature walk. Lorca ADK is about 20 minutes from Oak Mountain, and about 30 minutes from Gore Mountain Resort. Lorca ADK, Sabael, NY, 518-3003916, hello@thelorca.com, thelorca. com/adk

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Skiing Oak Mountain in the Adirondacks

It’s 2:30 pm when we leave Lorca ADK, our lodge just up the road from Oak Mountain. By 3 pm we’re on Einstein’s Express, the quad chairlift that takes us up this delightful ski area, likely overshadowed by nearby major Adirondacks ski destinations, Gore Mountain and Whiteface. Looking behind us, the snowy Adirondack lake vista of Speculator bears a beauty that reminds us of that spectacular scene when you ski down Heavenly Mountain and come upon that sweeping view of Lake Tahoe. Our first run down is Sacandaga, a lovely green cruiser with gorgeous views, some nice bends, and exquisitely groomed snow. Our Weather app says it’s 9 degrees, but in the sun we don’t notice it. Perfect warm-up run. We check out Upper Ryan’s Run (a black) and Lower Ryan’s Run (a blue). For a small, very family-friendly mountain that is so close to Lake Pleasant, Indian Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, and other popular Adirondack lake towns, Oak Mountain surprises us with its variety of trails to explore. Nova, Alternate, Skidway, and the other trails on that side of Einstein’s Express aren’t open, but we enjoy an hour of runs down Oak Mt. Run, Fifth Ave, and the trails surrounding Sacandaga. It’s fun (and educational!) to see the local high school ski team practice as we ride the chairlift. It inspires us to work on our weight-shifting and carving for the remainder of our spontaneous Friday afternoon ski outing.

Winter for Nonskiers: Take Advantage of OffSeason Rates at Five-Star Broadmoor Resort

Oak Mountain ski area in New York State’s Adirondacks has been delighting skiers since 1948 © Laini Miranda/goingplacesfarandnear.com We hear great things about Acorn ing at Oak Mountain. Pub and Eatery down at the base (Capacity is limited, and lift tickwhere there is often live music. We’ll ets, rentals and lessons must be need to check it out next time for booked in advance online.) après ski. Oak Mountain is a three-season This quaint ski area – popular resort in the Southern Adirondacks, with families since 1948 though a new an easy drive from Albany, Utica or discovery for us – offers 22 trails Lake George. (snowmaking on 40%), a 650-foot verOak Mountain, 141 Novosel Way tical from base (1,750 feet) to summit Speculator, NY 12164 518-548-3606, (2,400 feet), and four lifts (quad, two www.oakmountainski.com T-bars and a surface lift). The longest Oak Mountain’s website lists run is 7,920 feet. nearby accommodations and “Play In addition to downhill skiing and Stay” packages. and snowboarding, Oak features Among them is Lorca ADK, our four lanes of snow tubing and miles lodge which we recently renovated of snowshoeing trails that take you from a historic motel, to accommothrough a majestic forest. date stays year-round. Lift tickets to Oak Mountain are Lorca ADK is a classic drive-in very reasonable. Full-day tickets are lodge, reimagined as a self-check $44, four-hour tickets are $37, and property for the contemporary traveltwo-hour tickets are only $30. We er. It’s surrounded by forests, across highly recommend starting or ending the road from Indian Lake with gorthe day with even just an hour of ski- geous islands. The eight units provide

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If you are the sort who prefers après-ski to actual skiing and luxury at value rates, explore a Colorado resort that isn’t all about the downhill, The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Winter is The Broadmoor’s off season, so nightly rates at the Forbes Five Star resort are as low as $259/ night in winter/early spring (a major savings compared to their starting rates of $555+ in summer). And with 784 guest rooms, suites, cottages, and brownstones, there’s usually plenty of inventory during the winter, making it perfect for a last-minute getaway. And you’ll be anything but bored or feeling left out from the Colorado outdoor fun. Here’s what makes The Broadmoor the best winter resort for non-skiers: Winter Outdoor Adventures • Fat Bikes keep guests riding throughout the winter at the resort using locally-made Borealis fat bikes. These highend bikes are designed to handle the winter snow of Colorado Springs’ terrain. Guided tours or rentals are available. • Falconry is considered the sport of kings, and The Broadmoor’s Continued on next page

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team of master falconers gets guests up close to the birds of prey, all year-long. NEW FOR WINTER 2022: you can even participate in a falconry hunt and experience Harris Hawks in pursuit of live game, including pheasants, rabbits or squirrel. Hunts are offered by reservation only through March. Fly Fishing in winter is a great option to opt outside, from quick one-hour casting lessons to full-day trips with The Broadmoor’s professional guides. Hiking with The Broadmoor Outfitters can be customized to fit interest and fitness levels. Rock Climbing can be arranged in the winter months. The Broadmoor’s guides work with everyone from newbies to seasoned climbers. Develop your Wild West skills with a chance to try your hands at archery, tomahawks, and pellet guns during a two-hour group experience that’s perfect for families who enjoy some friendly competition. Ziplining at The Broadmoor’s Seven Falls continues in winter, offering stunning views of the secluded South Cheyenne Canyon, often dusted in snow. Spa + Relaxation The Spa at The Broadmoor is

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known internationally for its innovative services and integrated approach to health and relaxation. In winter, guests love the Oxygen Infusion: a cutting-edge treatment that delivers oxygen under hyperbaric pressure to infuse an active serum to the deeper layers of the skin. And the spa’s large indoor pool is open for guests to enjoy yearround, no matter the weather. Take in a Movie at the resort’s own theater, including popcorn. It’s free and open to guests with showings each evening and matinees on the weekend (often featuring films that are still in regular theaters). The Broadmoor’s Portales Library offers an intimate setting and warm/glowing fireplace. Indoor Activities Spend a fun-filled evening at Play, a Broadmoor restaurant with six bowling lanes plus a host of games including shuffleboard, a pool table, foosball, Xbox, PlayStation and Wii. Tennis and pickleball are very popular at The Broadmoor, even in winter. Two of the resort’s hard courts are covered by an illuminated, heated bubble during the winter months, and lessons can be arranged. A bit indoor AND outdoor… you can travel to the top of Pikes Peak on the heated rail cars of The Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway. Winter

rides are typically offered Friday through Monday. Food… Glorious Food • NEW FOR 2022: During winter weekends, The Broadmoor now offers hands-on cooking classes. In February, it’s all about Italy. • The Broadmoor has 17 restaurants, cafes, and lounges that range from fine dining to casual patisseries. To book, 877-527-3828, www.broad moor.com.

Winter in Moab, Utah’s Secret Season for Uncrowded Adventure

MOAB, UT– Even in the winter, the rocks can feel warm to the touch as they absorb the sunshine that kisses the world-renowned, red rock playground of Moab, Utah. While campsites are closed for the winter season, there is comfortable lodging and dining open in and around Moab, while Moab Adventure Center (https://www.moabadventurecenter.com/), offers various activities and tours during the off-season between now and early March. Two, three, and four-hour Hummer Safari tours are available beginning in February. Rates range from $98 to $215 per person depending on the off-road excursion. All safaris are conducted in comfortable 4×4 off-road vehicles. Your driver adds meaning to the spectacular canyon vistas and stops along the way. Arches National Park tours are conducted year-round by land or air.

Land tours are four hours long and air tours range from 30-60 minutes. On the land tours guests have an opportunity for short hikes to phenomenal vistas of famous arches. Air tours give a birdseye view of Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park; a new flight allows visitors to capture spectacular vistas of Capitol Reef National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park. Local experts recommend first visiting the Moab Giants Dinosaur Park & Tracks (interactive) Museum (reopens for the season Feb. 18). A Dinosaur Discovery Tour reveals Moab as the original Jurassic park. The surrounding expanse comprised of Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park invites the curious to ponder where those ancient creatures might have ambled and foraged. Hiking Arches National Park: a fourhour morning tour for hikers exploring this ancient plateau concealing more than 2,000 natural arches, representing the highest concentration of such wonders on the planet is offered year round. Throughout the year guests can rent four-door Jeep Wranglers so they can do their own exploring of the region. The jeeps hold up to five people and can be rented for 10.5 hours. Contact Moab Adventure Center, 435-2597019 or 866-904-1163. ______________________________________ © 2022 Travel Features Syndicate, a division of Workstyles, Inc. All rights reserved.

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All-America Selections Vegetable Winners for 2022 BY JEFF RUGG

Last week we looked at the flowers that won the 2022 All-America Selections awards, and this week we look at the eight new vegetable winners. The AAS is an independent, nonprofit organization that tests new plants. They have about 80 test gardens from Alaska and Canada to California and Florida. They also have almost 200 display gardens all across the continent that are not used for judging but are used to show gardeners how well the plants grow locally. The judges evaluate the plants all season long, not just an end-of-season harvest. Only the entries with the highest nationwide average score are considered to be worthy of a national AAS Award. Some plants will do better in a hot, dry climate or a cool, humid region and wouldn’t win a national award, so the country is divided into six regions where a plant might win one or more regional awards. The vegetable plants are evaluated for desirable qualities such as earliness to bloom or harvest, disease and pest tol-

erance, novel flavors, total yield, length of harvest and overall performance. The most planted vegetable in everyone’s garden is the tomato, and this year we get three good new ones. Tomato Sunset Torch F1 has a plumstyle fruit that’s 2 inches long, borne in clusters of a half dozen or more. It doesn’t split as much as other small tomatoes. It has high resistance to tomato mosaic virus, verticillium wilt and fusarium, and moderate resistance to other diseases. Tomato Purple Zebra F1 is also resistant to many common tomato diseases. It has 4-ounce fruit that are striped dark green and dark red that are excellent for making pretty BLT sandwiches. For tomato growers in the Southeast and Midwest, Pink Delicious is a large, 11-once, beefsteak-style tomato that has very good disease resistance. It has a higher yield of sweeter-than-usual fruit that do not crack as much as normal pink tomatoes. Gardeners that love watermelons know the popular heirloom variety, Moon and Stars. Now we have a new

seedless version called Century Star. It yields 10-pound fruits on long vines. The fruit still have the dark green skin with yellow spots resembling moons and stars. Inside, the flesh is crisp, sweet and seedless. There were two pepper winners this year, one sweet and one hot. Dragonfly is a sweet bell pepper with 4-inch fruit that go from green to purple to red. They taste great at any stage. Buffy has 1-inch fruit that have a 500,000 Scoville unit heat. They are abundant on the plant and held above the leaves, giving the plant an ornamental value for patio containers. If you are looking for white plants to grow in your moonlight garden, you could try the new eggplant called Icicle. The bright white fruit are about 8-inches long and only an inch or two in diameter. The plant has fewer spines than other eggplant varieties and it is more resistant to insect damage. Many people relegate lettuce to springtime salad bowl gardens. Oakleaf lettuce is a delicious and versatile edible that is fast and easy to grow in the gar-

den. It can be harvested at the baby leaf stage or grown into the full-size head. The new award-winning variety, Bauer, has a uniform, compact size that can be grown in the ground, containers, window boxes or hydroponically. Email questions to Jeff Rugg at info@ greenerview.com. COPYRIGHT 2022 JEFF RUGG DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS

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Black History Month: NASA’s Dorothy Vaughan BY CLAIRE LYNCH February is Black History Month and I am focusing on one of NASA’s “human computers” at Langley Research Center in Virginia, Dorothy Vaughan. First, some background. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was founded in 1915 to advance aeronautical research. NACA had what it called the West Area Computing unit located at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia. This group of AfricanAmerican women mathematicians was called “West Computers” or “computers” for short. They did complex computations and analyzed data for aerospace engineers and provided information essential to the space program. In 1958 NACA was dissolved and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed. In her book “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race,” Margot Lee Shetterly outlines the achievements these women made. The 2016 movie “Hidden Figures” features Dorothy Johnson Vaughan, Mary Winston Jackson and Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson. Vaughan was played by the Academy-Award winning Octavia Spencer. Dorothy Johnson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 20, 1910. When she was two her mother died but her father remarried and her stepmother taught young Dorothy to read before she started school. As a result, the girl was able to skip two grades. When she was eight the family moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, and Johnson entered Beechurst High School, graduating in 1925 as valedictorian. Vaughan received a full-tuition scholarship from West Virginia Conference of the A.M.E. Sunday School Convention to attend Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio, which is the oldest traditional African-American college. In 1929, when Vaughan was 19, she earned her B.A. in mathematics and French. In fact, Vaughan graduated as a Mathematician Graduate Cum Laude. Vaughan wanted to study at Howard University but because of the Great Depression she had to help her family financially so she taught mathematics at Robert R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. In 1932 she married Howard S. Vaughan, Jr. and the couple moved to Newport News, Virginia. The Vaughans had six children. In December 1943 Vaughan began a 28-year-career as a mathematician and programmer at Langley Research Center where she specialized in calculations for flight paths, the Scout Project and computer programming. Her career started during the height of World War

II and she went to the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory thinking that it would be a temporary war job but it became her life’s work. In doing the mathematical computations for the engineers, Vaughan and others conducted aeronautical experiments. Using slide rulers, calculators and film readings, they provided the engineers with the data needed to conduct various performance testing, such as the variables effecting drag and lift of the aircraft. These experiments were conducted in the wind tunnels at Langley. Vaughan worked as a “computer” - a section of women mathematicians who performed complex calculations for NACA - and in 1949 she was promoted to lead the “West Computers.” Vaughan was the first African-American supervisor and one of a few female supervisors thanks to the executive order President Franklin Roosevelt signed in 1941 prohibiting discrimination in the national defense industry. She was a tireless advocate for other women at NACA who she believed deserved promotions and pay increases. Vaughan was both a respected mathematician and NACA’s first AfricanAmerican manager. In 1958 when NACA was absorbed into NASA she was part of the NASA Analysis and Computation Division comprised of men and women of all races. She became an expert at FORTRAN, a computer programming language used for scientific and algebraic applications. She taught FORTRAN to her coworkers to help prepare them for the transition from the world of paper to the world of digital (non-human) computers. Dorothy Vaughan also collaborated with fellow computers Vera Huckel and Sara Bullock to compile an algebraic methods handbook for the mechanical calculating machines used by the group. During her career Vaughan worked with Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson on the mission to launch astronaut John Glenn into space. During World War II if a woman had a talent for math, she usually became a math teacher. Starting in 1943, with the men sent out to war, there was a sudden shortage of mathematicians. The women who excelled in teaching math started by working on airplanes. In the 1960s, these women began working on NASA spacecraft. They worked to solve the question: How can we send a satellite into space with someone inside and bring them safely back to earth? They were the black women engineers and mathematicians - the “computers” who were whizzes at numbers - and they helped make history. The reality is that there were hundreds of these black women human computers according to the experts’ estimates.

She challenged herself to learn new technology so that NASA could have the very latest computing technology for research applications. In a 1994 interview, Vaughan said working at Langley during the Space Race felt like being on “the cutting edge of something very exciting.” Vaughan applied for but never received another management position. She retired from NASA in 1971 at age 61. A member of the Zeta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, an African-American sorority, Vaughan was an active member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She participated in music and missionary activities and wrote a song called “Math Math.” Dorothy Vaughan

died of natural causes at the age of 98 on Nov. 10, 2008, in Hampton, Virginia. When she passed away, Vaughan was survived by four of her six children, 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. In 2019, Vaughan was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Also in 2019, “Vaughan crater” on the far side of the Moon was named in her honor. This name was chosen by planetary scientist Ryan N. Watkins and her student, and submitted on what would have been Dorothy Vaughan’s 109th birthday. In November 2020, a satellite named after Dorothy Vaughan “ÑuSat 12” or “Dorothy,” COSPAR 2020-079D was launched into space.

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Lapses in Service and Advice at the SSA BY TOM MARGENAU

Today I’m going to write, once again, about lapses in service and advice from the Social Security Administration. I cringe every time I write one of these kinds of columns. When I worked for the SSA between 1973 and 2005, I was often so proud of my agency. We were always winning awards for public service and program efficiency from the overseers and watchdogs who monitor government programs and services. I’ve shared this line before from a former colleague -- who ended up becoming the SSA’s Historian. He said that the Social Security Administration was “an honorable institution engaged in a noble public service.” But oh, so sadly, times have changed. Every single day, I get emails from readers either complaining about the poor service they received from the SSA -- or even worse, about bad advice or incorrect information they got from an SSA representative. Complaints about poor service can be partly explained away by COVID-19. Dealing with the virus, and having so many agency employees working from home, has obviously put a huge strain on the agency’s ability to deliver services. Social Security offices around the country remain essentially closed, with only a skeletal, and mostly managerial, crew on duty. The SSA says it can only handle the most critical issues via an in-person appointment in a local Social Security office. Everyone else is encouraged to take care of their Social Security business either online at www.socialsecurity.gov or via phone by calling 800-772-1213. This circumstance obviously puts a strain on these service delivery systems. But still, we should not have situations such as this one I heard from a reader recently. She said: “I am receiving SSA benefits and my husband’s SSA benefits application is in the pipeline. Since COVID, SSA is not taking in person appointments. I have had three occasions where questions I have had could not be answered by the frontline representative at the 800 call in number. They set up a time for someone to call me back. Each time, I received a text and written letter telling exactly when a representative would call back. On all 3 occasions, no one called at the appointed time or anytime thereafter. Each time, I called the 800 number to find out why and no one could give me an answer. I imagine I’m not the only one this has happened to. Can you look into this?” I feel so helpless when I get emails like this because there really is nothing I can do. I frequently will suggest the person call the local Social Security office and demand to speak to the manager. If that person is as service-oriented as I was when I worked for the agency, he or she should help the person cut through the red tape. As I recall, that’s what happened in this person’s case. (Sadly, I get

so many of these complaints that I can’t remember the outcome of each one.) As I said, service delivery issues can be partly explained away because of COVID. But if you reach an SSA rep and then get wrong information or knuckleheaded advice -- well, there is just no excuse for that. Here is an example. I heard from a 67-year-old guy who just started getting Social Security benefits. He has a 40-year-old son who has been disabled since birth. That son is getting a “disabled adult child” benefit on his record. He also has a 57-year-old wife who doesn’t work outside the home. She stays home to provide full-time care to their disabled son. This retiree did some research and figured out that his wife should also be getting benefits on his record. (A wife gets benefits if she is over age 62 or if she is under 62 but caring for a minor or disabled child.) The money she is due would be reduced by a rule that limits benefits payable to a family. But the bottom line is that she is due something. His wife called the SSA’s 800 number and was told she was not eligible for benefits. That’s when the couple wrote me. I told the wife to call the SSA back and insist on filing a claim. She did that. She was once again told she is not eligible for benefits. And when she insisted on filing a claim, the agent told her, “I am not going to take your claim because you are not eligible for benefits.” This was not only bad information; it was downright shameful. This woman has every right to file for any kind of Social Security benefit she believes she is eligible for. In fact, I always tell people to insist on filing an actual claim for any benefits they think they might be due. Why? Because then they get a formal and legal decision on that claim, and not just some SSA clerk’s opinion on the matter. (Or for that matter, some Social Security columnist’s opinion!) And here is yet another example of bad advice. In a recent column, I explained to people who are turning full retirement age sometime later in 2022 that it might be to their advantage to file for those benefits in January. The reasons why they might want to do that are just too complicated to explain in today’s column. If you really want to know, look through old editions of your newspaper or go to my syndicator’s website, www. creators.com, and look for the column. It ran a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, last week I heard from a guy who had the perfect scenario for making use of this “file in January” tactic. He was turning full retirement age in May, but his earnings were such that a January application date made sense. He’d get slightly smaller ongoing benefits (by starting them 4 months before his full retirement age), but he’d get 4 extra Social Security checks he wouldn’t get if he waited until May to file. He called the SSA’s 800 number and

told them he wanted to file for his benefits now (in January). And the agent told him he could not do that. He was told he’d have to wait until May to file for benefits. That’s when he asked me for help. I told him to call back, and if he got the same bad information, to ask to speak to a supervisor or manager. He reported to me this week that he did call back, and he did get the same knuckleheaded advice. So, he asked for a supervisor. That person came on the phone, said he was indeed due benefits, and took his claim. So, repeat after me: If an SSA rep

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Is housing affordability for the middle class disappearing BY PHILIP A. RAICES Over the last number of years since the bottoming out of housing prices in 2011, things have only looked up since then and also due to the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic coming onshore in the U.S. Prior to the pandemic, the market seemed to be cooling a bit and then wham things changed quite rapidly overnight as people migrated away from large city populations and demand for housing totally outstripped available inventory. More important was the vast majority of builders didn’t want to get caught again in another potential downturn. So construction decreased severely from 2008 and 2015; while at the same time able purchasers continued coming into the market every year during that time period. By the time new permits were issued and construction began, there was a substantial lack of inventory and it became apparent that demand was reducing the number of homes that were available. Today, middle class has been described as 52% of the population by the Pew Research Center. Others describe it differently, ranging from household income to aspirational goals. Defining middle class today can be very challenging and complicated to answer depending on what variables you might use. However, how far your money goes will depend on where you live in the U.S. and how you spend and save. If you live locally on Long Island you can best be described as middle class, but it also depends on what towns and zip codes which can be a determinant too. The middle class is being squeezed and some feel they are mostly being pushed down to a lower level and the Pandemic has been a contributing factor. Jeffrey Wenger, senior policy researcher at the Rand Corp says, and I quote, “It’s a sense of security.” “It’s a certain amount of income.” “It’s a certain amount of human capital.” It’s a certain amount of community involve-

ment and engagement. All kinds of factors are part of the equation in determining middle class status. According to this estimates, as of 2020, annual income has been from $50,641-$15,042 annually depending on the number of people in your household. However, based on the census of 2020, which was very difficult in ascertaining due to the Pandemic, Rakesh Kochhar, senior researcher at the Pew Research Center, middle class income lies more between $51,200-$153,000. This number might have been lower if more people of color were counted but Covid-19 reduced the number of families that went uncounted. In other ways, besides income alone is owning a home, car and affording a college education for your children, health and retirement security and an occasional vacation. What is hurting many GenZ and millennials that might have been middle class are their exorbitant student loans. Unfortunately, this has caused those individuals over the years to very slowly pay them down, or not being able to pay them at all, lately, due to the Pandemic, while reducing their wealth and not being able to purchase a home. If this is the future “supposed middle class” then it is disappearing slowly but surely. However, on Sept. 27,2018, an article was published by Homi Kharas and Kristofer Hamel of the Brookings Institute about the middle class and the wealthy. At that time they calculated that the middle class represented about 50 percent plus of the global population and the other half were vulnerable or poor. The article was very lengthy in explaining their methods of determining how they came to their answers. They did say and project that almost 9 in 10 of the next bil-

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lion middle class consumers will be Asian spread around the globe through 2030. But it appears that more will reside outside the U.S. (China’s middle class is approximately 707 million). The middle class is the most crucial and largest segment of demand in the global economy. As housing costs have been escalating at a faster pace than salaries and wages, and add to that the burdensome student loans, there are those that will never be in a position to buy, unless they can get themselves out of their overwhelming cycle of debt. How we define “middle class” in the future will be even more challenging as many more will no longer be considered within that group. Future incomes will define what labeled group that one will fall within. If home prices don’t adjust downward in the future, and greater supplies of reasonable housing aren’t built, then affordability for those considered middle class will not exist. The government will then need to step in to provide greater assistance with grants and programs. But with the historic printing of money today will there be any available in the Federal budget to be able to consider such programs? However, making it too easy to purchase for those that don’t fit the profile with sufficient consistent income and credit worthiness will only cause us to repeat the easy lending mistakes made back in 2000’s. Middle class in the U.S. is declining based on current trends and will continue going forward. Unless wages and salaries catch up to the cost of purchasing, or higher paying positions come about or greater educational opportunities are created there will most likely be the “haves” and a greater percentage of “have-nots” outside the middle class. They will be destined to be permanent renters and never experience becom-

ing homeowners. Here is a link to an article from The Rand Blog on 5/14/21 about the future of the middle class: https://www.rand.org/blog/2021/05/ most-americans-consider-themselves-middle-class-but.html#:~:text=Chances%20are%20that%20you%20 believe%20you%20are%20in,and%20 just%201%20percent%20thought%20 they%20were%20upper-class Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 40 years experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.). He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI) or go to http://WWW. Li-RealEstate.Com and you can “do it yourself (DYI) and search on your own. For a “FREE” `15 minute consultation, as well as well as a “FREE printout or digital value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s market without any obligation or “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality, and our Seller’s and Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling, investing or Purchasing your Home. You can email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your request or ideas, suggestions or interview you for a specific topic and a Q & A for a future column with your name, email and cell number. He will email or call you back and respond to your request ASAP as long as he has your complete name, cell, email and/or full home or business address. Again, for a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, he can also be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions and concerns in selling, investing, purchasing, or leasing residential or commercial property.

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I See the Light TRACY BECKERMAN My husband, apparently, is a superhero. For some reason, when he needs to fix something in the house, he believes he can do it because he has super fix-it skills. He doesn’t. I think, in part, this comes from him going to those giant big-box home repair stores and getting hypnotized by all the big, shiny tools. Never mind that he can barely hang a picture straight. While he is there, he is convinced that there is no repair too big, too dirty or too complicated for his abilities. In his toolkit trance, he will buy drills and bits and chainsaws and a backhoe and bring them home to... Change a lightbulb. “I thought you were just going out for lightbulbs,” I said to him, looking at his enormous home repair haul.

“I was, but I realized there were a few other things that need to be fixed around here, so I got some other stuff.” “Did you get the lightbulbs?” I said. He paused. “I forgot.” When he returned a second time, he announced that it was time to save the world, or at least change all the dead lightbulbs. And to do this, he needed to change into his alter ego... Super Lightbulb Man. I should mention that this was not the first time my husband had declared himself to be a superhero. Back in the summer, he’d revealed his other alter ego, Super Grill Man. Super Grill Man had a monogrammed titanium grill tool case and a lead apron, which protected him from the searing heat of the grill, as well as from any dastardly villains who may have been lurking about, looking to steal his barbecue sauce. Super Lightbulb Man is not nearly

as super as Super Grill Man, but he still has some superpowers up his sleeve. He uses his super vision to figure out which lightbulbs need to be replaced. He is able to leap tall countertops, or at least stand on a ladder without falling, to replace a dead bulb. He is impervious to any shock he may get from forgetting to turn off the lights when replacing the bulb. In fact, there is only one thing that can stop him from completing his super mission. The wrong bulb. Off to the store he went again and returned many hours later with new lightbulbs, along with a cement mixer, a bulldozer and a rocket booster. At this point, it’s taken so long to get the bulbs changed that I’ve already started using kerosene lamps to light the kitchen while making dinner. Meanwhile, Super Lightbulb Man had only half finished the task at hand when

he got distracted by one of his shiny, new tools and started working on something else. I looked around at all his tools and his half-finished projects strewn across the kitchen floor. “You forgot something.” I finally said to him. “What?” he said. “What could I have possibly forgotten?” I sighed. “Someone to install all this stuff for you.”

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Sneak a Peek at the Springtime Sky BY DENNIS MAMMANA Week of January 23-29, 2022 I know it’s still quite cold and snowy in many locations, but every year around this time I begin to get excited about the upcoming springtime season of stargazing. During evening hours in late January and early February, we on the Earth’s night side look outward toward the stars we recognize as the “winter sky”. If you’d like to get a sneak preview of the stars of spring, however, all you must do is rise before the sun and head outdoors! Right now, one of my favorite stellar groupings shines midway up in the eastern sky during pre-dawn hours. It’s named Boötes (pronounced boh-OHteez), after the herdsman who eternally shepherds the polar stars in their daily and annual revolutions around the North Celestial Pole. Boötes is marked by the yellowishorange star Arcturus, the fourth brightest in all the heavens and the brightest in the northern half of the sky. Located 37 light-years away (“only” about 220 trillion miles), Arcturus is a stellar giant with a diameter 27 times that of our sun. You can scour the area for an image of a herdsman if you like, but I think Boötes looks more like a kite, with Arcturus forming its base where a tail streams nicely off to its side, or an ice cream cone with Arcturus at its pointy end and a single scoop outlined by the

stars to the left. In the southeastern sky lies Spica, the brightest in the constellation Virgo, the maiden. Its name comes from the Latin word meaning “ear of grain” and in many depictions of the constellation the star represents a shaft of wheat. Now appearing below Boötes you will find Hercules, the strong man -- famous in ancient Greek mythology for his 12 labors. Hercules outlines the fifth largest constellation in the sky but, because it doesn’t contain any very bright stars, it’s not particularly prominent. You should easily spot its central “keystone” of four stars, however. As a native son of the Keystone State (Pennsylvania), I always make sure I proudly show this figure to stargazers. Between these two star groupings you’ll be able to spot one of the prettiest (and tiniest) constellations in the springtime sky: Corona Borealis, the northern crown. Corona Borealis is an ancient constellation that symbolizes a jeweled crown, or wreath, worn by Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, when she wed Bacchus. Another story suggests that its stars represent a braid of golden twine. Whatever the story, Corona Borealis is one of the smallest constellations in the heavens. In fact, it ranks 72nd out of 88 constellations, and its brightest star -- Alphecca -- isn’t terribly bright at all, fainter even than Polaris, the North Star.

Finally, look low in the northeast for the rising jewel Vega, the brightest star of Lyra, the harp. Vega is one of the three bright stars of the Summer Triangle, and whenever I see this star appearing I know the magnificent summer sky and Milky Way are not far behind.

But that’s a story for another time; right now, we can rise before the sun to enjoy a terrific preview of the upcoming springtime sky! Visit Dennis Mammana at dennismammana.com. COPYRIGHT 2022 CREATORS.COM

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NOTICE OF FORMATION JPN Solution, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on (May 14,2021). Location: (Nassau County). SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: (Richard Blake 29 Lawrence Rd Hempstead, N.Y.11550). Purpose: Any lawful purpose. GC 1259 6X 01/07,14,21,28,02/04,11 PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that commencing on February 15th, 2022, will sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by February 11th, 2022 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per sixmonth period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucountyny. gov/526/County-Treasurer Should the Treasurer deter-

mine that an in-person auction shall be held, same will commence on the 15th day of February 2022 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer. A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/17674 A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 03rd, 2022. Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715. Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, NewYork TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale

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may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at

the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale. Furthermore, as to the bidding, 1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates. 2. The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids

at specific interest rates. 3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid. 4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made in connection with said bid shall be forfeited. Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York GC 1264 2X 1/21, 1/28 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO: THE PURCHASING DIVISION Incorporated Village of Garden City 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00 AM EST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following: VILLAGE BUILDING AND VEHICLE CLEANING SERVICES Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of: Inc. Village of Garden City Rosemary Monahan Purchasing Agent Dated: January 28, 2022 GC 1266 1X 01/28

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Locust students dive into GC students connect with Germany through pen pal project Penguin Awareness Day

Locust students show off their penguin hats.

Ninth grade students held a virtual meeting with pen pals in Pirna, Germany. Photo courtesy of Garden City Public Schools Ninth grade students in Frau Rupes’ German class at Garden City High School are connecting with students overseas. The ninth graders became pen pals with students at a school in Pirna, Germany. Recently, they had the opportunity to gather through Google Meet. During the virtual meeting, the class shared their experiences as a group before heading into smaller breakout rooms with their individual

pen pals. Students were excited to have a face-to-face connection, after sharing a number of letters with each other. This experience enabled students to develop their communicative competence in German and learn more about the German culture. The Garden City students are looking forward to learning more about their new German friends and hope to establish long-lasting relationships.

Enjoying a classroom activity learning about penguins. Students at Locust School in Garden City celebrated Penguin Awareness Day on Jan. 20. They learned about the animals themselves, how global climate change is affecting the animal’s habitat and took the time to understand the situation penguins are in. Throughout the day, students celebrated all things penguin. They created art projects that included facts

about the birds and displayed them on a bulletin board near the main lobby. Students made their own penguin hats and even waddled down the hallways of Locust when traveling to specials. In addition to the engaging activities, classrooms had a visit from special guest, Acting Principal Mr. James Curran, who read the book “Tacky the Penguin” to students aloud.

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Garden City Senior Center is Open

Garden City Recreation and Parks’ Senior Center is now open. Our hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Anyone visiting the Center is encouraged to wear a mask during their visit if not fully vaccinated.

Chi Kung Exercise and Meditation

Please join Andrea Albergo for chi kung, which is considered a beautiful, peaceful path for body, mind and spirit. Andrea will show how to create a peaceful body by combining movement, breathing and meditation. This class is geared for seniors or the beginner adult. The six-week session began Thursday, January 27 and will be held at 1 p.m. at Garden City’s Senior Center. The price for the session is $ 36. To register this class, please visit the Recreation and Parks office at 108 Rockaway Avenue, or, if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Exercise with Joy

Start your day with low impact exercise! Joy Cody has set a program with our senior and beginner population in mind! Classes will take place on your choice on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 9 am at the Senior Center. The one hour class will run for 10 weeks at a cost of $60. This program is open to any resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Classes begin the week of February 1st. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

“Open Studio” for Seniors on Tuesdays Recreation and Parks has set some time aside for senior artists who are res-

idents of Garden City to gather together to socialize and share your talents. The Senior Center will be open for this on Tuesdays from 2 to 4:15 p.m. Bring your own supplies, table covering, table easel (only) and enjoy sharing with other interested seniors. Please note - you are responsible to clean up your area when you are finished.

Pickleball Resumes Again in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse

Pickleball is now open in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse to Garden City resident adults. The sessions will be as follows: Tuesday through Friday – 9:30 to 11 a.m. OR 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Play is drop in and rotate in on a first come, first served basis for Garden City residents only, no Non residents will be allowed at this time. The fee is $6 per person, payable per session by check or credit card only, no cash will be accepted. A resident may also purchase a five time pass for $25 or a ten time pass for $50. These passes may be purchased either at the door or at the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Senior Exercise with Felicia

Come join us for Senior Exercise with Felicia at the Garden City Senior Center! Classes will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 10 a.m. In order to attend a class you must pre-register. You may pre-register up to two days before the class you want to attend by calling the Senior Center between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 3858006. For a Monday class, you may call the Friday before. Space is limited.

Stark differences: Why the POAs are the right way forward From page 3 minded group. To learn more about the POA candidates for Village Trustee - Judy Courtney, Tracey Williams, Michael Daab - and to volunteer and donate visit www.gardencitycap.org and be sure to

Follow and Like the POA candidates Facebook Page - @gardencitycap. RoseAnn Vernice, Maureen Traxler, Kelley Hochheiser, Evelyn Fasano, Jonathan Debrich, June Michalak, Michele Harrington, Tina Rio

FABGC: Working towards full transparency From page 3 hours before a meeting and posts draft meeting minutes in a timely manner in addition to the live streaming of official meetings. As to the one meeting item that would be a significant change, that would be allowing public comments on any item at the beginning of a meeting. FABGC candidates support this item with a four minute time limit enforced on the beginning of the meeting comments with everyone being allowed to make additional comments at the end of the meeting. We understand the effort it takes for a resident, at the end of a Thursday, to go to a meeting to make a comment and we want that to be as easy as possible and, therefore, would support a time limited comment at the beginning of each meeting. Regarding the other five items, FABGC candidates support limiting executive sessions and will support providing more information on recessing such as “litigation with MTA regarding third track construction” rather than “litigation” and will support requiring a financial conflict avoidance disclosure statement like the one required of state elected officials. FABGC, which was often poorly served by the FOIL process of the village, fully supports the two suggested FOIL reforms, posting as much material on public sites and simplifying and expediting the process. FABGC candidates will also support a semi-annual reporting requirement which should provide sufficient accountability for the village’s FOIL process. In addition to this “New Year’s Resolution”, the FABGC candidates are delighted to point residents to the Promises Made a year ago as featured on fabgc.org under the convenient tab “Promises”, most of which have already been fulfilled, with others remaining a part of our platform for 2022, What could be more transparent than making promises and fulfilling them in full public view? The Casino got a long term agreement and the $10 Million Edgemere firehouse renovation was halted until a needs analysis was completed. The Andy Foundation is back at St. Paul’s and we will continue to work to bring the Jay Gallagher Tournament back to St. Paul’s resurrecting one of the best days each year. Open meeting laws have been followed, citizens committees have been formed and the third track

committee has been reconstituted. The EAB is addressing many environmental issues, the St. Paul’s Committee is working on a referendum and residents and their questions are not only respected, but welcomed at meetings. In addition, in a striking example of the new transparency and community outreach of the BOT, the Fire Safety Committee not only uploaded all information to the village website but also held a public meeting to present the report and take questions. To continue the work of FABGC to improve the village, the candidates are committed to a detailed and transparent platform consisting of eleven principles. First, the Arbor and Parks Initiative which will not only survey all village green space to make it parkland but will also seek to secure green space that becomes available, create a Land Bank and implement an arbor initiative, which will involve rehiring an arborist and accelerating the rate at which new trees are planted. The ravages of the MTA, hurricanes, maple disease and the age of many trees have greatly depleted the village’s inventory of healthy trees. Now, with our arbor initiative, the village has the opportunity to keep the Garden in Garden City. In addition, the FABGC candidates will support the implementation of the recommendations of the fire safety committee and the holding of a referendum on St. Paul’s later this year. We will also support a thorough review of all water issues to make certain that each home has clean, safe water. As part of transparency, we also support public meetings to discuss each change so that all policies are open to public scrutiny and discussion. That is part of the overarching FABGC transparency, availability and accessibility. In addition, FABGC candidates support a village wide traffic survey. Of great importance to the long term vitality of the village, FABGC candidates support a political process with self-nomination of candidates and open elections with POAs ending their nominating committees and focusing on community work, creating the most transparent of nominating and election processes. At that point, FABGCs work would have brought transparency to not only the operations of government but also the election of its officials.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Email: Editor@GCNews.com From page 2 and operations, and technical skills in delivering solutions that I believe will help the Village examine the challenges ahead. Although I was a volunteer for many years, I was excited to see what FABGC accomplished in last year’s election, and now realized the chance to participate in the Village Government was open to those like myself, that were not part of the POA clique. I read the Garden City News and followed the POAs and had read the Community Agreement and loved the ties to our history. Like many residents, I assumed it was functioning properly and I focused on my job, children, coaching and teaching. Unfortunately, as time passed, I have watched certain situations unfold in Garden City that led me to question whether the POAs were properly supporting the community. My first realization that all was not working well in our Village was the never-ending St. Paul’s saga. A beautiful piece of architecture that represents the history and strength of Garden City. Due to the lack of a leadership, it has become an abandoned building where we as a community are spending tax dollars to “stabilize” a structure without any clear future use. Once one was at least able to drive by, admire the architecture, and hope for the best. Certainly, last year’s building of a 1000yard fence around the property, besides blighting the view, is now a constant reminder that we need bold leadership to resolve this issue. I support Mayor Veneziale’s St. Paul’s Committee and their stated goal of a referendum to decide the fate of St. Paul’s: Develop or Demolish. The 555 Stewart Ave development was a disheartening change to Garden City, that when completed, will directly impact my neighbors in the Eastern Section. The change from a reasonable amount of townhouses by a “special zoning board” was wanted by few in the Village, and certain none in the East. If the POAs are supposed to represent the residents in their section, where was the Eastern POA? The most recent incident, and in some ways most upsetting, was the installation of a parking lot at the north end of Raymond Court. The last 20 years, we all knew in the East, that when the parking lot was full on Stewart Ave, we drove around the school and parked in the large, and always empty, Stewart School Parking lot. Why spend $400,000 to build a parking lot, ruin a dead end street where children without access to a park closer than Hemlock Park, could play in the street? Who does that to children? You don’t ruin a neighborhood when a sign would just have easily directed cars to the Stewart School Parking lot. And certainly the recent

statements by Raymond Court residents saying they were either ignored, or not even listened to, makes me question whether that parking lot should be removed. The common theme in all of these situations is a clear disconnection in our POA-CAP village leadership in understanding their role in supporting and protecting the people of Garden City. I think in part the lack of a competition led the previous POAs, BOT and Mayors to basically act in their own self-interest without any concern of recourse. FABGC changed that with the last election by providing Garden City residents a choice. That choice is between either the fossilized system which has lost touch with their community and a group of people that want to bring Garden City government back to what it is supposed to be in representing the needs of our tax paying residents. I have known Mary Flanagan for over 15 years and Terry Digan for over 12 years. In speaking with them, along with meeting Cosmo, Bruce, and Charlie, I have found people who share a common view that the BOT is here to serve the citizens of Garden City and not to satisfy their own personal goals. I support the platform and think the introduction of term limits is well overdue. I have almost 30 years of experience on Wall Street building managing and delivering multi-year and multi-million dollar projects that bring efficiency and new business opportunities. I would like to use these skills to help Garden City grow and prosper for the entire community, keeping the needs and voices of the community as focus. I think the FABGC candidates have done an excellent job to date, but there is still much work that needs to be done. That work will only be accomplished when we have a BOT that listens to the citizens and acts in the best interest of Garden City. I hope that the citizens of Garden City see the value that FABGC has brought to the BOT and will be kind enough to allow me to help this group continue the new direction of open and respectful governance. Larry Marciano

Trustees from the East

To the Editor: At the January meeting of the Eastern Property Owners Association (EPOA) last Tuesday, January 18th, Judy Courtney was nominated to be the next Trustee of the Village. The vote of all of the residents present was unanimous. Judy had gone through the nomination process that has been in place for decades under the Community Agreement. She has every positive attribute that a trustee should have. The nominating process is through and very

extensive. Fifteen minutes later the other trustee from the east, Tom O’Brien, appeared by Zoom (not bothering to show up in person) and gave a report of a few things. I asked him a direct question: “Now that the resident electors had unanimously nominated Judy Courtney to be the next trustee from the East, would he support that nomination?” He said “no.” When I asked why not, he said, “that there might be some other candidate out there.” When I asked him who, he became silent. While I have known Tom for many years and believe he is a nice guy, his association with the group that has taken over the Village is disturbing. Even the mayor on the front page of the GC News admitted that their group, which Tom is part of, has as one of its intentions, to get rid of the property owners associations. That would be a great mistake for our Village, which has become uniquely wonderful under the Community Agreement. John Pittoni

No plans yet for Cathedral House site

To the Editor: The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and the Cathedral of the Incarnation have, from the time of the Stewart family’s original bequests, been a fellow landowner and neighbor of numerous generations of Garden City residents. As its eighth bishop, I feel the need to respond to various comments made through social media and in other public forums regarding the Cathedral’s plans with respect to portions of the Cathedral property. In 2021, the governing board of the Cathedral—the Cathedral Chapter— made the difficult decision to demolish the “Cathedral House” which sat directly adjacent to the railroad tracks between Cherry Valley and Cathedral Avenues. The building no longer met the needs of the Cathedral and would have required tremendous rehabilitation expense for an uncertain outcome. Prior to demolition, the site had been leased to local utility companies in connection with the rewiring of electrical service to the Garden City community. The site is currently being leased to a contractor hired by the MTA to construct and replace the railroad trestle over Cherry Valley Avenue. That lease will run for a minimum of 18 months during which time the Cathedral must consider how to utilize the site for the greatest benefit of its mission. The financial status of both the Diocese and the Cathedral are on solid footing. It should be noted that the current renovation project involving the Cathedral building has been undertaken using funds already available without the necessity of seeking new sources of funding. When completed, this reno-

vation project will bring the Cathedral into the 21st century regarding access for the disabled and broaden its potential use by the Cathedral congregation, residents of Garden City, and its surrounding communities. The same can be said of the organ restoration project currently underway which will bring new vitality to the Cathedral’s vibrant music program. However, plans for providing upgrades to the Cathedral property, new space for Cathedral offices and educational programs, and expansion of the Cathedral’s social programs and outreach within the Diocese and the Village of Garden City, require proper stewardship of its assets into the future. The Cathedral has solicited preliminary interest from the business community as to what use might be made of the Cathedral House site once the railroad bridge project is completed. We expect to receive inquiries from a broad spectrum of interested parties. To the extent that the Cathedral and Diocese consider any suggestions, they will be evaluated with primary concern for the religious and charitable goals of the Cathedral in Garden City, the Diocese and its member parishes throughout Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn, and Queens. We wish to make it clear that no decisions have been made regarding how, or even whether, the Cathedral House site shall be reimagined in the future. Rest assured that the Diocese and Cathedral remain committed to being an integral part of the Village of Garden City as we move forward together in a challenging 21st century. The Right Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano Bishop of Long Island

Masks reduce the spread

To the Editor, This is in response to letters by Geri Moratti and Ronald Young, each of whom does not appear to believe in wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID. I do agree with Mr. Young about Fauci’s, shall we say, lack of permanence in his opinions. But as far as masks are concerned, all I can do is share my personal experience. I eschewed the masks at the beginning of the pandemic. In April, 2020 I tested positive for COVID, although I was fortunately asymptomatic. My regular doctor was covering at a hospital, so the covering doctor put me on a two week quarantine. When my regular doctor came back and found out I was asymptomatic with normal temperatures, she took me off quarantine but advised me to wear a mask. I have since then. I have been exposed to COVID three times since February, 2021, twice maskless (took off the mask to take a sip of coffee and my son’s girlfriend came to visit) and once wearing a mask, and

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Email: Editor@GCNews.com have tested negative each time. On one of those occasions I had not yet been vaccinated. Masks cannot 100% prevent catching COVID. Nothing can. The only two guaranteed methods of not catching COVID are to live in an isolation bubble or not breathe. But what the masks CAN do is prevent larger particles from entering your body, and can prevent you from spewing particles into the air. They cannot stop the spread but can significantly lower it. I do not like wearing a mask. It is uncomfortable and fogs my glasses in

A total of 1,375 students were named to College of the Holy Cross’ Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2021-22 academic year. The following Garden City students made the list: Brendan Campbell, a member of the Class of 2023, majoring in economics Kathryn Cappello, a member of the Class of 2024, majoring in psychology Clare Casey, a member of the Class of 2022, majoring in political science Frances Curley, a member of the Class of 2024, majoring in undeclared Kathryn Fargione, a member of the Class of 2025, majoring in undeclared Sofia Guzzo, a member of the Class of 2025, majoring in undeclared Rose Kelly, a member of the Class of 2022, majoring in history Christian McGannon, a member of the Class of 2023, majoring in accounting Kara Metzler, a member of the Class of 2023, majoring in history Alexa Peters, a member of the Class of 2025, majoring in undeclared Alice Russo, a member of the Class of 2022, majoring in mathematics, economics Timothy Smalls, a member of the Class of 2024, majoring in undeclared Caroline Sullivan, a member of the Class of 2023, majoring in English Dermot Sullivan, a member of the Class of 2025, majoring in undeclared Jessica Toscano, a member of the Class of 2023, majoring in sociology Fiona Walsh, a member of the Class of 2023, majoring in English n

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed 626 new initiates from 23 universities during December 2021. Students initiated into the Society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35% of their class, demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the five pillars, and embrace the ODK ideals. Fewer than five percent of stu-

winter. The alternative is much less pleasant. I lost one of my best friends in the world to COVID in April, 2020, and while I have never been one to dress in black and walk the hills in mindless grief, I miss him terribly. R.I.P, Bill. I dreamed the other day he was still alive. My son in May of 2020 tested presumed positive, and for a week sounded as if he belonged in a tuberculosis ward; it suddenly cleared. I wish anyone who is reading this knew what it is like to go to sleep and wonder if you will wake up again. I urge my Nassau County neigh-

bors to wear a mask in public, social distance, and wash hands frequently. While I do not advocate not living your life, I advise to avoid large gatherings of people as much as possible. Free advice worth what you want to make it. As far as Ms. Moratti’s statement about where was Hochul when Cuomo was allegedly harassing women and sending people to Nursing Homes, I urge her not to confuse the message with the messenger. Nat Weiner

The “Biden Cabal”

To the Editor:

College Notes

dents on a campus are invited to join each year. Local students include: Briana Frandina of Garden City (Long Island University Post) Robert Metzger of Garden City (Long Island University Post) n

Lehigh University has named the following Garden City students to its Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester: Harrison Ernst and Bradley Jeffrey Dean’s List status is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses. n

Rebecca Melkonian of Garden City is among the students named to Emerson College’s Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester. The requirement to make Dean’s List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester. Melkonian is majoring in media arts production and is a member of the Class of 2025. n

Sela Scarangella has been named to the Siena College Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester. Sela is from Garden City. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student’s grade point average for the semester must be between 3.5 and 3.89. n

The following Garden City students have been named to the University of Delaware Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester: Thomas Allen, Lauren DeLuca, Sydney Ehrhart, Julia Ford, Kelsey Macri, Vanessa Marchhart, Meghan Monaco, Mary Mulvihill, Regan Padala, Anne Sullivan, Catherine Sullivan, Arianna Vranka, To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester. n

Erin Flanagan of Garden City was

named to the Dean’s List with High Honors at Connecticut College for the Fall 2021 semester. He is a member of the Class of 2024 and is majoring in theater.

The leftist Democrat party has flooded the media with a fictitious narrative about the “seditious attack” on our Capitol. The leftist Democrat party has also extensively propagandized about the so-called inequalities in our voting system... pure hogwash. All of this nonsense is meant to divert our attention from the horrors perpetrated on our civilization by the “Biden Cabal.” God help us. Angelo DiPippo

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. She is a student at the School of Business

Tommy Casey of Garden City was named to the Dean’s List at Marquette University for the Fall 2021 semester. He is majoring in business economics.

Julia Fornasar of Garden City has been named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College for the 2021 fall semester. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have carried throughout the semester a course load of four or more graded credits with an average of 3.5 or above. Fornasar, a sophomore, is a graduate of Garden City High School.

Hofstra University congratulates the following local students who were named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievements. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean’s List. The following Garden City students who made the Hofstra University Dean’s List academic are: Michael Acierno, Christopher Braun, Kalei Bremer, James Cahill, Daniel DeSimpliciis, Jarred Gentile, Isabella LiMandri, Kristen Motto, Julia Riccobono, Sebastian Viti, Jennifer Wise n

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Fall 2021 Provost’s List, which has recognized the following Garden City students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average: Isabel Cara, Liam Ferris, Katerina Van Noy n

The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the Fall 2021 Dean’s List. Garden City students include: Stephen Debany, Riley DeGearo, Andreana Moutopoulos To be included on the Dean’s List, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades which are GPA applicable during a semester and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. n

The University of WisconsinMadison has named Maggie Riceman to the Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Garden City residents were named to The University of Scranton’s Dean’s List for the 2021 fall semester. The Dean’s List recognizes students for academic excellence. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours during the semester to make the Dean’s List. The students are: Grace Ascher, a freshman nursing major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies. Michaela Andriola, a sophomore early and primary teacher education major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies. Jessica Yoo, a sophomore occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies. Danielle Sbeglia, a junior occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies. Samantha DeLaCruz, a senior counseling and human services major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies. Emily Dirks, a senior counseling and human services major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies. Owen Ascher, a junior accounting major in the University’s Kania School of Management.

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GCHS Boys Fencing rebounds with two consecutive wins

Joe Armstrong scoring a point in foil. Despite a tough defeat against Syosset’s fencing team the previous week, the Garden City Boy’s Fencing Team was victorious against Oyster Bay last Friday followed by another win against Herricks on Monday. The boys faced off against Oyster

Louis Rivera on the attack in épée.

Trey Plastaras beating opponent in foil.

Nicholas Michael attacks in sabre. Bay on Friday, January 21. It was a home meet and the boys got off to a good start with the sabre squad opening with 2 wins and 1 loss, and then the foils added 3 straight wins to make the score 5-1. The team never looked back on their way to

an 18-9 victory. The foil squad had 8 wins, sabre squad had 6 wins and epee squad had 4 wins. Co-Captain senior foil fencer Jordan Denaro and freshman Trey Plastaras had 3 wins each, while co-captain senior foil fencer Joe Armstrong had 2 wins.

Sabre co-captains Alex Pasqualina and Nicholas Michael also swept the competition, contributing 3 wins each. Junior épée captain Michael Siragusa added 2 wins, while seniors Niall Cowie and Chris Ng each won 1 match.

Niall Cowie faces off in épée.

Alex Pasqualina scoring in sabre.

Jordan Denaro striking foil opponent.

On Monday, January 24, the boys travelled to Herricks where they got off to a rocky start where they trailed after the first five matches, but then stormed back to take the lead and never gave it up for the rest of the meet. They stepped up their game and were victorious with a final score of 16-11. The foil squad had 8 wins and the sabre and épée squad each contributed 4 wins. Co-captain senior foil fencer Jordan Denaro had 3 wins, Co-captain senior Joe Armstrong and

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GCHS Boys Fencing rebounds with two consecutive wins freshman Trey Plastaras had 2 wins each, while junior Eric Hartmann had 1 win. Sabre co-captains Alex Pasqualina and Nicholas Michael added 2 wins each. Junior épée Louis Rivera contributed 2 wins, while captain Michael Siragusa and senior Chris Ng added 1 win each. Congratulations to the boys and we wish them luck as they face off next against perennial powerhouse Great Neck South.

Michael Siragusa attacks in épée.

Chris Ng attacking in épée.

Pat Bohn preparing attack in sabre.

Harrison O’Grady scoring a point in sabre.

Coach Williams discussing strategy with the team.

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December events at Scout Troop 55

GCAA Little League Baseball, Softball Registration Registration is now open for the 2022 GCAA Baseball and Softball season on the Garden City Little League website: www.leaguelineup.com/gcaa The GCAA Baseball and Softball Program is offered to children that are residents or attend school within the Village of Garden City.

Please visit the GCAA website for more information about the age groups, available programs and to register. Please register early - Late fees start on March 1. Registration will close on March 8. The GCAA looks forward to seeing everyone on the field in the spring.

Kindness counts at Garden City Middle School

Scouts paying respect after laying wreaths at the Veterans Memorial.

Each month, students at Garden City Middle School are nominated for the Kindness Counts Award when a staff member notices them doing something kind for others.Congratulations to December’s award recipients: William Bailey, Dan Curley, Andrew Creaco, Caroline Carey, Sophia Follender, Madelyn Gebhard, Caroline Graser, Brendan Gullace, Cooper Glick, Faith Greenwood, Amanat Jain, Abigail Loeven, Kaitlyn Milo, Zachary Olson, Eli Pineda, Dean Polizotto, Trent Reinhardt, Leonardo Vessio and Peter Winter. Photo courtesy of Garden City Public Schools

Cluttered? Scouts anxiously waiting for the puck to be dropped at the Islanders game. BY TROOP HISTORIAN KEVIN BYRNES Last December, scouts from Troop 55 had an amazing time participating in many fun activities. On December 12th, the Troop held their last Court of Honor for the year. At the Court of Honor, scouts received merit badges and rank awards that they had earned throughout the fall. The Troop had a great time exchanging gifts at their traditional Secret Santa holiday party. On December 18th, scouts participat-

ed in Wreaths Across America which is an organization that lays wreaths for our fallen heroes. Troop 55 donated 8 wreaths and placed them at Veterans Memorial Park Plaza on Seventh Street. The highlight of the month for the scouts was attending the NY Islanders game on December 19th. The Islanders played the Vegas Golden Knights, but lost that night with a score of 4-3. Troop 55 ended 2021 on a high note and are looking forward to an exciting 2022.

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“Wild World” Art Class

Are you ready for an art expedition? Let the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom inspire your empathy, curiosity, and creativity. Learn about lions, elephants, sharks and more, and find out how wildlife conservationists are working to protect species around the globe. Experiment with a variety of art techniques, and use Crayola® products to create animal-inspired art projects, from frog paintings to polar bear sculptures! Let your creativity run wild, and bring your handiwork home to build a menagerie of animal-themed masterpieces. This six-week, one-hour program will be held in the St. Paul’s Center on Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m. starting on Friday, February 4. The cost will be $160, checks only, made payable to LI STEAM Group. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. Space is limited and at this time, masks will be required to attend this program.

Mad Science Program Coming to GC Recreation

Garden City Department of Recreation and Parks is proud to present a Mad Science Of LI After School Enrichment Program on Tuesdays 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. beginning February

1. This six week program is open to GC residents in grades K to 4. The cost of this weekly program is $160 per student (includes all materials & takehomes). Checks only please, made payable to Mad Science of LI. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. Space is limited and at this time, masks will be required to attend this program.

Adult Dance Performance Group

Our Dance Company’s Adult Performance Group will began on Thursday, January 13. Classes are held each Thursday in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall from 8 to 9 p.m. Anyone who is interested in learning ballet, jazz, and hip hop can join this group. The group practices each week and learns choreographed routines that will be performed in our annual showcase. The cost to join this program will be $295. This class will be taught by Felicia Lovaglio. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue or, if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Pickleball Resumes Again in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse

Pickleball is now open in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse to Garden City resident

adults. The sessions will be as follows: Tuesday through Friday – 9:30 to 11 a.m. OR 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Play is drop in and rotate in on a first come, first served basis for Garden City residents only, no Non residents will be allowed at this time. The fee is $6 per person, payable per session by check or credit card only, no cash will be accepted. A resident may also purchase a five time pass for $25 or a ten time pass for $50. These passes may be purchased either at the door or at the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Adult Evening Programs at the Fieldhouse

Recreation Adult Programs for Garden City residents will take place in the Field House according to the following schedule: Mondays - Mens’ Basketball: 7:30 – 10 p.m. Wednesdays - Mens’ Basketball: 7:30 – 10 p.m. Thursdays - Adult Volleyball: 7:30 – 10 p.m. Thursdays - Adult Soccer: 8:30 – 10 p.m. These programs are open to residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City who have graduated high school. A picture ID is required to sign in to

any program. For further information, please contact the Recreation Office at 465-4075. A fee schedule will be place for any resident adult interested in participating in Adult Activities in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse. All programs are open to any resident who is a high school graduate or older. The fee schedule is as follows: 10 Play Pass – Good for any Fieldhouse sport for 10 visits - $50 5 Play Pass – Good for any Fieldhouse sport for 5 visits - $25 A participant may also “pay as you go” but payment will only be accepted by check or credit card only, NO CASH ACCEPTED. “Pay as you go” prices will be $6. Passes may be purchased at the fieldhouse when arriving for your sport. A participant may bring up to 2 non- resident guests. These guest must arrive and leave with the resident. There are no passes for non- residents. The daily fee for the non-resident guest is $8. To purchase one of the passes, you will be able to purchase a pass from our St. Paul’s staff. All payments must be made by either a check made payable to the “Inc. Village of Garden City” or credit card only. No cash will be accepted.

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GCAA Basketball Results Week 5 Girls 2nd and 3rd Grade Standings

Team Celtics Knicks Lakers Mavericks Nets Nuggets Rockets Warriors

Won 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Girls 4th thru 6th Grade Results

Date 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022

Score Warriors -29 Lakers -16 Celtics -24 Knicks -14 Nets -13 Nuggets -12 Mavericks -21 Rockets -8

Girls 4th thru 6th Grade Standings

Team Celtics Mavericks Nets Warriors Rockets Knicks Lakers Nuggets

Won 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 0

Lost 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 5

Boys 2nd Grade Standings

Team Celtics Knicks Lakers Mavericks Nets Nuggets Rockets Warriors

Won 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Boys 3rd Grade Results

Date 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022

Score Lakers -15 Warriors -10 Celtics -20 Knicks -8 Nets -22 Nuggets -10 Mavericks -22 Rockets -6

Boys 3rd Grade Standings

Team Mavericks Celtics Lakers Nets Warriors Nuggets Knicks Rockets

Won 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 0

Lost 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 5

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Date 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022

Score Warriors -37 Lakers -17 Knicks -18 Celtics -14 Nets- 34 Nuggets -21 Mavericks -14 Rockets -12

Boys 4th Grade Standings

Team Nets Nuggets Warriors Mavericks Rockets Knicks Celtics Lakers

Won 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 0

Lost 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 5

Won 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 0

Lost 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 5

Tied 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

Boys 6th Grade Results

Date 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022

Boys 5th Grade Results

Date 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022 1/22/2022

Boys 5th Grade Standings

Team Nets Lakers Knicks Celtics Warriors Rockets Nuggets Mavericks

Score Lakers -36 Warriors 34 Knicks -43 Celtics -26 Nets -29 Nuggets -21 Rockets -15 Mavericks -0

Score Lakers -49 Warriors -30 Celtics -54 Knicks -51 Nets -42 Nuggets -41 Mavericks -30 Rockets -28

Boys 6th Grade Standings

Team Lakers Nets Mavericks Nuggets Celtics Knicks Warriors Rockets

Won 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 0

Lost 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 5

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111 Cherry Valley Ave, #708 Garden City, NY 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath. MLS# 3349143. $715,000. SO LD

111 Cherry Valley Ave, #506 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3327156. $799,999.

SOLD

111 Cherry Valley Ave, #306 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3341251. $875,000.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, #M22W Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3367613. $995,000.

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Out of Town Listings 111 Cherry Valley Ave, #906 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3310186. $995,000.

100 Hilton Ave, #406 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3326485. $998,000.

100 Hilton Ave, PH6 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3307569. $1,900,000.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, PH2 Garden City, NY 3/4-bedroom, 3.5 bath. MLS# 3281947. $6,500/month PENDING

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Lynbrook, NY 3-bedroom, 1-bath. MLS# 3358566. $499,000.

Baldwin, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3371578. $598,000.

E. New York, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. MLS# 3360665. $639,000.

Seaford, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 3353751. $669,000.

Westbury, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3328902. $750,000.

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Condos, Co-Ops & Rentals Floral Park, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. MLS# 3324713. $775,000.

Southold, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 3369433. $799,000.

Midwood, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. MLS# 3370865. $799,000.

Bellerose, NY 2-bedroom, 1-bath. MLS# 3346887. $299,000. SO LD

Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 3367662. $515,000.

Garden City, NY 1-bedroom, 1-bath. MLS# 3331740. $369,000.

Rockville Centre, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3367056. $598,000.

Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 3286519. $750,000.

Westbury, NY 2-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 3361200. $839,000.

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PENDING

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 3355550. $1,175,000.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath. MLS# 3364178. $855,000. SOL D

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3369108. $1,199,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3347276. $1,399,000.

SOLD

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 3331681. $1,625,000. SO LD

SO LD

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath. MLS# 3338017. $1,695,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 3350540. $1,899,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 3370666. $2,100,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath. MLS# 3350429. $2,299,000.

Garden City, NY 6-bedroom, 4.5-bath. MLS# 3342730. $2,399,000.

100 Hilton Ave, M24 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3336732. $810,000.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, M18 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3316468. $999,999.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, #709 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3365911. $925,000.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, M33 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3278442. $999,000.

100 Hilton Ave, M26 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. MLS# 3334082. $1,150,000.

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