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A morning of fundraising and pancake flipping

By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com

The delicious smell of pancakes and maple syrup replaced the aroma of pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese in Borrelli’s Restaurant in East Meadow Sunday as the popular eatery hosted the East Meadow Kiwanis’s annual pancake breakfast fundraiser.

Hundreds of neighbors spent time eating and chatting while members of the Kiwanis Club and the Woodland Middle School Builder’s Club, an extension of Kiwanis, served them.

The breakfast has been raising funds for more than 30 years, and is the club’s second-largest fundraiser, behind only the Steven J. Eisman Memorial Golf Outing, according to Kiwanis member Gary Fromowitz.

“In the past, we’ve had it in March so it was always the day of daylight savings, and we would always remind people not to forget about the time change,” Fromowitz said. “But we’ve had it in rain, we’ve had it in snow and people still show up.”

After being a member for a few years, Fromowitz got involved with the pancake breakfast. “It’s a wonderful organization, we help so many people, especially focusing on children, and one of the ways we do this is fundraisers,” he said. “So when I was asked to take it over, I decided to do it.”

That was about 15 years ago, and he’s been helping run it ever since.

Money from the breakfast is used for Kiwanis scholarships for high school seniors and to send underprivileged children to Kamp Kiwanis, a sleep-away summer camp in Taberg, New York.

“It supports the initiatives we have for the community,” Jennifer Reinhardt, the club’s president, said. “Last year we raised thousands of dollars.”

Kiwanis Club members are great supporters of the event. “They’re here working, they’re here buying raffle tickets and eating and getting the word out,” Reinhardt said. “I’m really so grateful.”

The Builders Club kids, 16 in total, were excited to be involved in the fundraiser, said Randi Reiser, the club’s teacher leader.

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A day for rainbows Scarlett Peterson stood out from the crowd last Saturday at the inaugural PrideFest grass volleyball tournament in Eisenhower Park. More photos, Page 3.

It’s all about East Meadow at this year’s Pride Day

By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com

There is no shortage of love in East Meadow, and one way businesses and neighbors prove that is how they come together once a year for East Meadow Community Pride Day. Well, not the past two years, because of the coronavirus pandemic. But Community Pride returns on Saturday, celebrating its 31st year at Senator Speno

Memorial Park on East Meadow Avenue.

Forecasters predict warm temperatures and sunny skies for Pride Day this year. The idea for the event came from East Meadow’s own Greg Peterson — who, at the time, was the Town of Hempstead supervisor — and has since grown to be a beloved event.

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Rosenthal, of the law fir m Rosenthal Curry and Kranz.

“Not just businesses, but the residents. Just everybody in general.”

Peterson had asked the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce to take on the event. The only requirement was that everything had to be free.

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Nearly 50 local businesses are expected to participate in some fashion this year between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Whether it’s giving out food, running an activity or just setting up a table, businesses expect to be out there for their community.

“This event isn’t really about the businesses,” said Jim Skinner, owner of A&C Pest Management. “It’s really about bringing

everybody — all of the organizations — together because each and every one of us has been involved in some way in East Meadow.”

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The grass volleyball tournament was an all day event that drew over 150 players.

First-ever ‘PrideFest’ volleyball tournament

There was no shortage of pride at the festival. glenn yankow, founder of and managing director of VBLI, left, and Alexander Petrucelli, tournament director enjoyed the long-awaited “PrideFest.”

PuTra sumlang, lefT, and Liliana Khidr, from Queens enjoyed a snack between games.

The TournamenT was taken seriously by many of its attendees.

Friends, family and allies alike came out on June 11 to participate in the inaugural ‘PrideFest’ grass volleyball tournament hosted by Volleyball Long Island and PFY, for merly Pride for Youth, a division of the Long Island Crisis Center whose mission is to enhance the health and wellness of the LGBTQ+ community.

186 players showed their skills at Eisenhower Park at the event that was originally supposed to take place in 2020, and helped raise about 5,000 dollars for PFY. “From beginning to end, there was an excitement to ‘PrideFest’ that made it feel more special than any other tour nament we’ve hosted in the last 16 years,” Glenn Yankow, founder of and managing director of VBLI said in a statement. “After three years of planning, the entire occasion was everything we dreamed of.”

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It’s time to nominate your EAST MEADOW FIRE DEPARTMENT Long Island Red Cross hero EMFD wants residents to be BBQ-safe this summer

By JeFFReY BesseN jbessen@liherald.com

Do you know a hero? Someone who took extraordinary action to save a life or perform an unselfish and extraordinary act for a family member, friend, co-worker or a stranger? An act that changed a person’s destiny, or made a community impact.

If so, then submit that person’s name by Monday, June 20 to the AmeriCourtesy American Red Cross can Red Cross, giving them a chance to be honored at the 2022 Long Island The aMeRICaN Red Cross seeks submissions Heroes Among Us gala set for Thurs- to honor a Long Island hero at its Sept. 22 gala. day, Sept. 22.

To be eligible, that person’s heroic or executive. “We are proud to shine a light courageous action needs to have taken on one of our exceptional neighbors from place between July 1 last year, and the end Nassau or Suffolk counties, an everyday of this past May 30. Nominees need to live hero — or a group of individuals who in either Nassau or Suffolk counties, and acted together — whose actions made a agree to complete a criminal background life-changing difference in someone’s life.” check administered by the Red Cross if Heroes are expected to be chosen by the selected. end of July. A preferred hero and two Those who move forward in the selec- alternate heroes will be selected, that way tion process will share their heroic story if one ultimately declines to be honored, on video, and receive the Heroes Award at organizers will reach out to the runner-up. the gala. They’ll also have a chance to talk The Sept. 22 gala begins at 6 p.m., at the to reporters, and gain some much- Oheka Castle, 135 W. Gate Drive, Huntingdeserved publicity for what they accom- ton. Individual tickets start at $400. plished.

To nominate a potential Long Island “Long Islanders represent the best of hero, go to tinyurl.com/RedCrossLIHero. this country,” said Jose Dominguez, AmerTo purchase tickets or to become a gala ican Red Cross on Long Island’s chief sponsor, visit tinyurl.com/RedCrossGala.

With the unofficial start of summer already here, many have fired up the backyard barbecue grills, turning out a variety of meals. Unfortunately, with all those meals comes an increased risk of fire and injury.

According to fire safety officials, fire departments across the U.S. respond to an average of 8,900 home fires involving outdoor cooking equipment each year, including 3,900 structure fires and 4,900 outside or unclassified fires. In addition, fire safety experts note that half of Courtesy East Meadow Fire Department the grill injuries are ther- The easT Meadow Fire Department wants residents to mal burns. safely use their barbecues this summer.

The East Meadow Fire District Board of Fire ■ Never leave the grill unattended while Commissioners wants everyone to enjoy a it’s on. fun and delicious outdoor grilling experi■ Make sure the cover is open before ence and offers barbecue safety tips.

Outdoor grilling safety tips from your lighting a natural gas or propane grill.

East Meadow Fire District Board of Com■ If you use starter fluid for a charcoal missioners: grill, use only starter fluid explicitly ■ All grills (propane, natural gas, char- made for charcoal, and never add any coal, or wood) should only be used out- other flammable liquid, such as gasoline or kerosene. doors.

■ If you smell propane or natural gas while cooking, immediately close the valve if you can do so safely, turn off the home’s electricity, stay away from the grill, and call the EMFD at (516) 542-0576.

■ County law requires that all grills are placed at least 6 feet away from the house or similar structure. Keep grills away from deck railings and do not use them under eaves or on porches.

■ Keep children and pets at least 3 feet away from the grill when used.

■ Ensure that the trays under the grill are free of grease and fat to avoid a grease fire. _______________

■ When finished grilling with charcoal or wood, let the embers cool completely before disposing of them in a metal container.

In case of a barbecue fire, turn off the burners (for a natural gas or propane grill) or close the grill lid (for a charcoal grill), and do not attempt to extinguish the fire yourself. Instead, call the EMFD’s emergency number at (516) 542-0576.

For additional barbecue safety tips and other valuable safety-related information, please visit www.eastmeadowfd.com and click on the “safety info” tab.

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

The East Meadow School District featured several programs and events to recognize Mental Health Awareness Month during the month of May. Many of the schools’ mental health awareness activities took place during Wellness Week, which aims to cultivate physical, emotional and mental well-being. During Mental Health Day at Bowling Green Elementary School, students wrote and shared positive affirmations on sticky notes. At W.T. Clarke Middle School and W.T. Clarke High School staff members wrote encouraging notes to their colleagues.

Additionally, students and teachers at both schools wore blue throughout the week.

Blue is a calming color that reflects inner peace and healing. Other activities in the district included Meadowbrook Elementary School’s physical activity obstacle course and Parkway Elementary School’s Wellness Walk. Many of the schools also took part in Screen-Free Friday to take a break from using technology.

Students and teachers throughout the district enjoyed promoting healthy practices, encouraging and supporting one another, and raising awareness about positive mental health.

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Tom Suozzi ready to solve problems in Albany

By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

Tom Suozzi’s path to the governor’s mansion won’t be an easy one — especially since he’ll have to win a June 28 Democratic primary that includes a popular incumbent, Kathy Hochul.

But Suozzi isn’t deterred, convinced that Hochul is vulnerable thanks to a few missteps and what he says is a hard lean to the left since her ascension following Andrew Cuomo’s resignation.

“Kathy Hochul was wrong for the job,” Suozzi told a team of reporters in the Herald Roundtable session. “She came in saying, ‘You know, I’m going to be a breath of fresh air. And there’s going to be the most transparent, most ethical government in the history of New York. I’m not going to be Andrew Cuomo.’”

But then Hochul passed what Suozzi called the state’s “most secretive budget” in decades, which included what he described as a “billion-dollar” giveaway to the Buffalo Bills for a new stadium.

“There was no public hearing,” Suozzi said. “It was the biggest giveaway in the history of the NFL.” The 59-year-old has represented a good portion of Nassau County as a congressman since 2017, and eight years as Nassau’s county executive, helping to quell a governmental financial collapse. He first took elected office in 1994, as mayor of

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u.s. rEp. ToM Suozzi says he’s leaving Congress so he can fix what’s broken in Albany — even if that means upending the incumbent governor from his own party, Kathy Hochul.

Glen Cove, where he earned high marks for his environmental efforts in cleaning up old industrial sites.

“Nassau County was rated the worstrun county in America when I got there,” Suozzi said. “I turned it around, and got it into the ‘A’ ranks. I left with the lowest crime rate in the history of Nassau County. I turned this county around.

“I’ve been in Congress for five and a half years,” he added, “and I’ve given up Congress to run for governor because I just feel so strongly about what’s wrong with our state, and it needs to be fixed.”

In fact, it’s Congress where Suozzi says

most of his preparation to take over as governor took place. He is vice chair of the House’s Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of 58 congressional members evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with the hope of bringing about more bipartisan consensus.

Among the caucus’s successes include President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, Suozzi said, which made it through both chambers last year.

Suozzi’s biggest focus in his primary challenge, however, is crime. He opposes the state’s cashless bail policy, and even took heat last month for tying bail reform

to the May 14 shooting in a Buffalo supermarket that claimed the lives of 10 people.

Talking to the Herald Roundtable, Suozzi instead blamed Hochul for not enforcing existing “red flag” laws that would remove guns from those who authorities believed could threaten the safety of others.

“It’s not been implemented,” Suozzi said. “We have to teach the cops. We have to teach the teachers. We have to teach the social workers, the mental health people.

We have to teach the family members that we have this great tool, and we can take the guns away from people who are mentally unstable.”

One recent study of congressional primaries showed that the chance of an incumbent being ousted in a primary is virtually nonexistent. But then again, this is New York, where incumbency doesn’t guarantee much of anything.

“I do things to build relationships,” Suozzi said. “I won’t compromise my values, and I’m not going to vote for something I don’t believe in. And having been doing politics since I was elected mayor of Glen Cove in 1993, I know how to get stuff done.”

Andrew Giuliani says New York ready for change

By MICHAEL HINMAN

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New York hasn’t backed a Republican governor since George Pataki was reelected for the second time some 20 years ago. But Andrew Giuliani is convinced the Democratic policies under longtime Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his successor, Kathy Hochul, have changed the viewpoint of many voters in the state, who are living with higher crime rates, historically high inflation, and ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions that even cost Giuliani a chance to participate in-person in a recent televised debate.

“I love looking at every single independent poll that has not been paid for by a competitor of mine that either has us winning this race or is within the margin of error,” the 36-year-old former Trump administration official told a team of reporters at a Herald Roundtable session. “I think it’s been really a tribute to the fact that at the very beginning of the campaign, we focused on trying to meet with as many of the 2.9 million registered Republicans — and frankly, the over 10 million New York voters. It hasn’t exclusively been Republicans. It’s been conservatives and non-affiliated independents, and certainly any Democrats that are looking at voting Republican.”

The son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Andrew Giuliani was first hired by President Donald Trump as an associate director of the White House public liaison office before being promoted to special assistant.

Herald Community Newspapers provided a chance for all of New York’s gubernatorial candidates to meet with a select editorial team to present their views and answer questions.

The responses of the other candidates who took part in the roundtable sessions will be published next week.

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ANdrEw GIuLIANI Looks to be the first Republican to return to the governor’s mansion since George Pataki finished his third and final term in 2006.

Like his father, Giuliani has focused much of his campaign on crime, lambasting the cashless bail system, saying he would do away with it the moment he was sworn into office.

“On Day One,” he said, “I have pledged that I will sit down with Carl Heastie and Andrea Stewart-Cousins” — the speaker of the State Assembly and the State Senate majority leader — “and tell them very simply that unless there’s a full repeal of bail reform on my desk, I will not be funding their top priorities in our upcoming budget priorities.”

As far as the state budget is concerned, Giuliani pledges to carve out $5 billion to be used solely at the discretion of local or county law enforcement. “Let’s say a

sheriff ’s office is not getting the resources they need,” he said. “They can tap into the state to get those resources.

“Look, New York state leads the country in net out-migration, and that’s not just because of crime. But I do think that’s one of the main reasons why, under an Andrew Giuliani administration, we will look to curb that on Day One.” Giuliani would also try to oust Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who has been tasked with investigating some of Trump’s business dealings in the state.

As far as guns are concerned, however, Giuliani is not prioritizing stricter gun-control measures. Even after the May 14 mass shooting that claimed 10 lives in Buffalo, Giuliani says the prob-

lem is rooted in illegal guns — something law enforcement has failed to get under control.

“When I think about the overall defunding of the police movement, one of the things that this does is it makes it tougher for police to proactively police,” he said. “To have the resources necessary to actually get some of these weapons out of the hands of the criminals that are actually doing most of the crime.”

If Giuliani were elected governor, he would immediately face a heavily Democratic State Legislature that could curtail much of what he has planned. But that’s not something he expects to be a problem for long.

“I do think both of these super-majorities will cease to exist in 2023,” he said of the Assembly and senate. “I look at the state senate (district) lines, and I’m very confident that we will win back seats in the state senate. And who knows? With the right guy at the top of the ticket, we may even challenge to win the state senate back.”

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events and activities

Friday, June 17

Thursday, June 23

Juneteenth celebration

Chess club

From 4 to 7 p.m. at Eisenhower Park field 6 there will be an African American Night and Juneteenth celebration.

Chess club meets from 1 to 4 p.m. every Thursday at the East Meadow Public Library in the conference room in the lower level.

Motown band

Camelot

From 8 to 10 p.m. Dr. K’s Motown Revue will be playing at at Eisenhower Park field 6.

“Camelot” by Plaza Productions will be at Eisenhower Park field 6 from 8 to 10 p.m.

Easy exercise

Virtual chair yoga

Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Mirea will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.

Originally introduced to the fitness world as a modified version of Hatha yoga for individuals with health implications and for those of a certain age.

Improving flexibility, relieving cramps and stiffness, and creating a happy mental state are a few benefits that chair yoga can provide for us. Join the East Meadow Public Library virtually for this event at 4 p.m. Register at www. eastmeadow.info.

Public skate There will be a public skate at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow from 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 18 Dean Karahalis Dean Karahalis and the Concert Pops of Long Island will be playing from 8 to 10 p.m. at Eisenhower Park field 6.

Sunday, June 19 Sunday divine liturgy The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow.

Monday, June 20 Easy exercise Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Mirea will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.

Greek American night There will be a Greek American night celebration at Eisenhower Park field 6 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

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Community Pride Day East Meadow Community Pride Day will be back at Speno Park starting at 10 a.m. This event gives residents the opportunity to get together and connect with local businesses and organizations. The day will be filled with events and activities showcasing the best of East Meadow.

Independent film Craig Dudnick will be visiting the East Meadow Public Library virtually at 7 p.m. to discuss his film Evanston’s Living History. This is the story of a community’s struggle for justice; with roots extending to the town of Abbeville, South Carolina and the horrific lynching of one of its prominent citizens, Anthony Crawford. It is the story of Crawford’s granddaughter, great-granddaughter, and great, greatgranddaughter working alongside the families of Emmett Till, Michael Schwerener, James Earl Chaney, and Andrew Goodman to gain passage of United States Senate Resolution 39, which apologized for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation. It is the story of Evanston’s greatest generation, and their courageous fight to free Evanston from the

bondage of racial discrimination. To register visit eastmeadow.info.

Wednesday, June 22 Game day

Tuesday, June 21 Tai Chi Join the East Meadow Public Library for virutal Tai Chi at 11 a.m. Through the generosity of Man Cheng, there will be a weekly half hour class in Tai Chi. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.

Kiwanis meeting Join the East Meadow Kiwanis at Grand Stage Diner at 2490 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow at 7:15 p.m. For more info contact club President jennifer Reinhardt at (516) 351-9891.

Join the East Meadow Public Library for game day starting at 12 p.m. There will be tables set up in the makers space downstairs.

Easy exercise Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Mirea will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.

Marty G and the G-Men Marty G and the G-Men will be playing at Eisenhower Park starting at noon in parking field 1.

Head to family fun night at the Eisenhower Park Golf Corse on June 24.

The Nassau County Southern Rock Festival will be on June 24.

Free Eisenhower Park movie nights starts July 7.

Check out ice skating at Northwell Health Ice Rink.

Check the Eisenhower Park website for guidelines on how to plan your family picnic.

HAVInG An EVEnT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest.

All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to mwilson@liherald.com

Coming together for food and a good cause

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Photos by Katrina O’Brien/Herald

The 501sT Legion, an international organization dedicated to the creation and wearing of detailed replicas of villains from the “Star Wars” universe, stopped by to have some pancakes.

Tracy PuLice, far left, Donna Goldstein and Sharan Sokhey were ready to serve hungry people.

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“It’s so important to get them interested in being involved in the community and wanting to give back,” Reiser said. “They’re great at it and they really want to be involved and coming to events like this, is what they enjoy most.”

Reiser was involved in the Woodland Builders Club when she was growing up in East Meadow. “Getting them excited about being a part of the community, helping out, and just opening their eyes to different experiences is great when you’re starting them young,” she said. “Continuing to be a part of the club has been great.”

This is the second year the event was held at Borrelli’s. In the past, the fundraising breakfast of unlimited pancakes, sausages, eggs, and drinks was held at East Meadow High School but, because of Covid, changes were made. “It’s a pleasure to let them use the space,” Frank Borrelli, owner of Borrelli’s and Kiwanis member said. “It’s nice to give back to the community.”

In addition to breakfast, there was a 50/50 raffle, prizes, and free blood pressure screenings. This year, the 501st Legion, an international organization dedicated to the creation and wearing of detailed replicas of villains from the “Star Wars” universe, stopped by as well.

“This event is awesome,” Reinhardt said.

“It’s just so nice that everybody’s able to participate and come together and share a meal.

It’s fellowship, it’s fun and it’s very Kiwanis.”

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Bringing local sports home every week

Herald sports Mo Donegal captures Belmont Stakes

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

A couple of hometown heroes in the thoroughbred horseracing industry celebrated a memorable victory last Saturday after favored Mo Donegal, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, drew away down the stretch to capture the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes before a crowd of 46,301.

The three-length triumph marked the fourth Belmont Stakes win for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and first Triple Crown victory for Mike Repole, who coowns Mo Donegal with Donegal Racing and also co-owns runner-up filly Nest with Eclipse Thoroughbred.

Nest, also trained by Pletcher and ridden by Jose Ortiz, overcame a stumble out of the gate to finish a clear second outkicking pacesetters We the People (fourth) and Skippylongstocking (third.) Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was never involved and finished sixth in the eighthorse field.

“First of all, it’s our family’s favorite race,” said Pletcher, who trained filly Rags to Riches [2007], Palace Malice [2013], and Tapwrit [2017] to Belmont victories. “Our kids grew up here and went to school here and we’ve always felt like it’s our hometown race. When we’re fortunate enough to win it, it adds some specialness to it. That hometown feel. That part of it is really cool.”

Repole is a Queens native and a lifelong racing fan who in 2007 started his own thoroughbred ownership business, Repole Stable. His most accomplished horse to date, Uncle Mo, is Mo Donegal’s sire.

“It’s a 40-year dream,” Repole said.

“Coming to this track [Belmont] and Aqueduct, being a kid from New York, this is New York’s race. In 2011, I came in second with Stay Thirsty and I watched the replay 150 times. I will no longer watch that replay.”

Mo Donegal was purchased in 2020 by Donegal Racing for $250,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Fifth in the Kentucky Derby in his previous start, he more than doubled his career earnings with Saturday’s victory to $1,511,800.

“I want to thank all the partners of Donegal Racing. They’ve believed and today they’ve been rewarded,” said Jerry Crawford, owner of Donegal Racing. “I think this victory today shows that the sport is more accessible than they may realize. I can’t say enough for Todd Pletcher and Irad Ortiz, Jr. for the great job they’ve done with this horse.”

We the People took command under Flavien Prat and led the field through splits of 23.99 seconds for the opening quarter-mile, 48.49 for the half, and 1:13.23 for six furlongs on the fast main track, with the Manny Franco-piloted longshot Skippylongstocking pressing from second position.

Nest, who stumbled at the start, advanced up the rail down the backstretch

Courtesy NYRA/Viola Jasko

FavOrITE MO DONEgaL, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, won the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes last Saturday before a crowd of 46,301.

JOckEY IraD OrTIz Jr. and Mo Donegal co-owner Mike Repole, far left, shared a moment with the Belmont Stakes hardware.

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to stalk from third position to the inside of Mo Donegal as Skippylongstocking continued to pressure the pacesetter. Ortiz, Jr. gave Mo Donegal his cue approaching the quarter-pole and he advanced with a powerful move, surging outside rivals at the top of the lane and got the jump on Nest, who then angled outside and followed her stablemate’s path to complete the exacta.

The winning time of the 1 ½ miles “Test of the Champion” was 2:28.28.

“Last time in the Derby, he didn’t have the best trip and he still got beat by [only] three lengths,” Ortiz, Jr. said. “I knew if I got a better trip, he could get there. When I asked him in the clear, he took off. He’s a nice horse.”

Much of the hype leading up to the race was about Rich Strike, the 80-1 historic upset winner of the Kentucky Derby who skipped the Preakness. Jockey Sonny Leon said Rich Strike didn’t seem comfortable on

the Belmont surface and never found another gear.

Said Rich Strike trainer Ed Reed: “We were hoping we could have been a little closer and our pace was slow. Our biggest change was deciding to stay a little off the rail and try to give him a good, open run where he could take off. The whole way, his head turned and he was trying to get to the inside. I guess we made a mistake not putting him on the fence.”

Preparing to celebrate the E.M. community activities than we’re ever done,” said Debbie Kirsch, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker American Homes in East Meadow. “There’s a whole long list of activities planned at different times.”

That list includes a color run — a run where participants are doused from head to toe in a different colored powder — as well as a pie-eating contest, and music inside the band shell.

The East Meadow Kiwanis will return its annual tree dedication memorial ceremony in honor of those KiwanHerald file photo ians who have died. This East MEadow Kiwanis has hosted tree dedication ceremonies before, but at this year’s East year its members have added a new g roup to Meadow Community Pride Day, trees are also dedicated to neighbors who died from complications remember as well: those related to Covid-19. who have died as a result of Covid-19.

The planning committee for this many more passionate about this Comyear’s event is made up of nearly 25 This year’s Community Pride is munity Pride Day, Skinner said.

“There’s a lot more energy because people covering different aspects of the about more than just food, although Rosenthal admits there will be a lot of everyone wants to do it,” he said. “We day.

For Richie Krug Jr., president of the h ave a l o t m o r e p e o p l e g e t t i n g it.

Chamber of Commerce, Community The two-year halt in activities made involved.”

East Meadow Community Pride day Set for Speno Park, 745 E. Meadow Ave., on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Among the activities the community can participate in are a volleyball tournament, basketball clinic, bicycle safety demonstrations, children’s rides, a walking story tour and more.

The event is free. To learn more, visit EastMeadowChamber.com.

Pride is especially poignant because he grew up going to this very event.

“It was very exciting to me then,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve felt this excited about this event since I was a kid.”

The event’s main purpose is to showcase how special East Meadow is, Rosenthal said.

“It’s a special town. It’s going to be a great day.”

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The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Program was established to recognize students in the community who demonstrate character and citizenship.

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In-house medical professionals at Nassau University Medical Center participated in the hospital’s Academic Research Day on May 20. This annual event, which has been held for at least a decade, showcases the academic and research endeavors of medical fellows and residents completed under the guidance of attending physician faculty.

Overall, the event fosters research relationships among faculty, residents, fellows, and medical researchers and contributes to the long-standing culture of academic excellence at NUMC. Sixteen physicians evaluated Case Report posters, Scientific Study posters, and oral presentations, with the top three competitors in each category receiving special recognition and a plaque for outstanding research.

Tova Plaut, DO, Rebeca Tamarkin, DO, Parini Patel, DO, Hillary Ramroop, DO, and Paul Pipia, MD, of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, won first place for their case report poster titled, “Geriatric Gait Dysfunction Caused by Neurosyphilis.”

Mathew Saleem, MD, Eli Harris, MD, Tashina Dussie, MD, Ashley Roper, MD, Amgad Makaryus, MD, and Roman Zeltser, MD, of the Department of Cardiology, won first place for their scientific studies poster titled, “Echocardiography Derived Parameter Predicts Mortality in Sepsis Patients.”

Timothy Gesner, DO, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, won first place for his oral presentation titled, “Postpartum Preeclampsia Readmission in Patients Previously Treated for Preeclampsia.”

As a teaching hospital, NUMC receives medical students for clinical on-site training, as well as internal medical residents – physicians who have completed medical school and are now in the mandatory 3-year post-education training program.

NUMC also provides additional 3-year fellowships for residents preparing for specialty practice areas, such as cardiology or child and adolescent psychiatry.

Research is a core responsibility for both junior and senior faculty and ensures NUMC remains at the forefront of medical knowledge. NUMC’s culture of academic excellence is particularly evident in the planning, organization, and competition of the hospital-wide Annual Research Day. This year’s competition welcomed presentations from physicians in the Departments of Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Radiology, Surgery, Cardiology, OB/GYN, Orthopedics, and Psychiatry. Topics of research varied widely, from evaluations of factors for leaving against medical advice during inpatient substance use detoxification treatment during the Covid-19 pandemic, to the effects of perceived social support and its effects on treatment compliance and quality of life in cardiac patients, to knowledge about Covid-19 vaccines in pregnant women influencing their decision to vaccinate during pregnancy.

Presentations were given in three formats consistent with nation-wide medical research conventions, namely case reports poster presentations, scientific studies poster presentations, and oral presentations. In this way, the event encourages practice-based research and scholarly activity, fosters necessary research and presentation skills among faculty, residents, fellows, and medical studies, and provides a forum in which to present research in preparation for nation-wide medical research conferences.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, Against BERNADETTE O’ROURKE A/K/A BERNADETTE GONZALES, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 11/02/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, On the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on 6/27/2022 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 218 Belmont Ave, East Meadow, NY, 11554 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 50 Block 251 Lot 308-310. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $669,424.95 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 501-14. Ellen N. Savino, Esq., Referee.

Interested bidders are asked to pre-register with the Referee by emailing esavino@sahnward.com by 6/24/2022.

Preregistration is optional, but is encouraged to ensure that the auction occurs in a sufficiently sized room to comply with COVID-19 policies and procedures. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Dated: 3-28-2022 File Number: 33493po 131619

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Plaintiff, vs. KAZIM ALGIN, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on May 3, 2022 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, North Side steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on July 11, 2022 at 3:00 P.M., premises known as 2475 PUTNAM DRIVE, EAST MEADOW, NY 11554. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate,

lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 0050, Block: 00407-00, Lot: 00016.

Approximate amount of judgment is $724,886.98 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 008781/2012.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee.

JANE P. SHRENKEL, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 131930 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against JAMES J. ALIPERTI JR, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC, 7 Wells Street, Suite 205B, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 21, 2016, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 14, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 424 Wellington Road, East Meadow, NY 11554. Sec 51 Block 274 Lot 24. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buidings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $500,125.24 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 001916/2011.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules.

The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST THEODOROS KOMIS AKA THEODOROS K. KOMIS, CONSTANTINO KOMIS AKA CONSTANTINOS KOMIS AKA DINO KOMIS, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 17, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 13, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 2490 INGLEWOOD STREET, EAST MEADOW, NY 11554. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 51, Block 47, Lot 107. Approximate amount of judgment $208,514.40 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #611287/2018.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accorda nce with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 19-000490 71517 131881

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITEDLIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MM3 Auto Service, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 03/14/22. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:202Coolidge DriveEast Meadow NY 11554 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

131276 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 28th day of June, 2022, at 10:30

o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations: ISLAND PARK NEW YORK AVENUE (TH 99/22) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Saratoga Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

NEW YORK AVENUE (TH 99/22) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Saratoga Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

LEVITTOWN SUNRISE LANE (TH 217/22) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Hook Lane shall come to a full stop.

ROOSEVELT ALLERS BOULEVARD (TH 218-22) STOP - all traffic north on Hale Place shall come to a full stop.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: June 14, 2022 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 132051

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 28th day of June, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-13 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” at the following location: LEVITTOWN FARMEDGE ROAD (TH 210/22) North Side - NO STOPPING 8AM TO 4PM SCHOOL DAYS - starting at a point 31 feet east of a point opposite east curbline of Celestial Lane, east for a distance of 330 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 197-13 “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” from the following location: LEVITTOWN FARMEDGE ROAD (TH 210/22) North Side - NO STOPPING 8AM TO 4PM SCHOOL DAYS - starting at a point 40 feet west of a point opposite the west curbline of Jupiter Lane, east for a distance of 160 feet. (TH 107/72: 4/25/72)

Herald picks up seven awards including Lane, with two STAFF REPORT In its first in-person gala since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Press Club of Long Island handed out a number of awards on June 2 — including seven to Herald Community Newspapers.

Laura Lane — a senior editor over papers on Nassau County’s North and South shores — led the way with two first-place wins for her story “Is it Erma Drive or the Indy 500?” about hazardous traffic situations in East Meadow for both the neighborhood/community category, as well as for “solutions journalism.”

A team of current and former Herald staffers claimed the top spot in the breaking news narraLaura Lane/Herald tive category for their coverage of the April 2021 shooting at the SEniOR EdiTOR LAuRA Lane won two first-place West Hempstead Stop & Shop. awards at the PCLI awards.

Peter Belfiore, Jim Bernstein, Scott Brinton, Sue Grieco and tion. He has also partnered with Elizabeth Nakeem Grant were honored for their Bonora Cowles as a founding member of work that appeared in the Malverne/West PCLI’s East End chapter.

Hempstead Herald.

Brown has worked in radio, print and Brinton, the former Herald executive now television. She has worked at the editor, collected a first-place award for News and Observer in Raleigh, North best column in the Merrick Herald. He Carolina, as well as the Chicago Tribune also shared second-place recognition with and Newsday. Brown has also been a senior editor Michael Smollins forhead- reporter, editor, administrator, editorial line writing in the Lynbrook/East Rocka- writer, columnist and commentator. way Herald. Brinton also placed second Scott has spent a half-century in broadfor editorials. casting as both a radio and television Nassau Herald editor Jeffrey Bessen journalist. He has won multiple Emmy and reporter Lisa Margaria took home a and National Edward R. Murrow awards. third place education.

Scott has covered the Son of Sam arraignAlong with the awards, PCLI also ment, President Bill Clinton’s impeachinducted Brian Boyhan, Joye Brown, ment, the TWA Flight 800 crash, and the Drew Scott and Chris Vaccaro into its attempted assassination of President Hall of Fame.

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Dated: June 14, 2022 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 132053 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 184 of the Town Law of the State of New York, a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, on Tuesday, the 28TH day of June, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, for the purpose of considering a contract with the Westbury Fire District for furnishing fire

protection services within the South Westbury Fire Protection District for a period of five (5) years commencing January 1, 2022 and expiring December 31, 2026 for the annual sum of $7,027.00 for the year 2022; $7,203.00 for the year 2023; $7,455.00 for the year 2024; $7,716.00 for the year 2025; and $7,909.00 for the year 2026.

The proposed contract is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Hempstead Town Hall, l Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, where the same may be inspected during office hours.

ALL PERSONS interested in the subject matter will be given an opportunity to be heard in reference thereto, at the time and place above specified.

Dated: Hempstead, New York June 14, 2022.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD KATE MURRAY TOWN CLERK DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor 132047

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Issue Date: 6/1, 6/8, and 6/15/22 2,200 people throughout Nassau and SufOur ideal candidate will: Size: 3.125” x 6” folk Counties. We appreciate our employ*Possess a supportive, studentees and our staff’s longevity is proof! centered approach, geared toward We offer: This ad prepared students by with a variety of levels • Flexible schedules SMM Advertising and learning styles • Great Pay & Excellent Benefits 631-265-5160 *Be understanding of and sensitive to • Low-Cost Healthcare Insurance the principles of social, emotional, and • Tuition reimbursement cognitive development • Paid Training *Work collaboratively with • A diverse, inclusive fun team colleagues to foster holistic • Wellness incentives approaches to educating students • College Loan Forgiveness *Foster a love of yahadut and • Housing Assistance embrace our diverse Orthodox • Employee Recognition community FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION: *Communicate proactively, Call/Text Zach: 516.727.0507 sensitively, and warmly with all stakeEmail: zcorreale@AHRC.org holdersAHRC students, parents, faculty, and staff NASSAU Requirements: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, *Have prior teaching experience, Proud of Our Workforce Diversity. preferably in the independent school setting *Possess an advanced degree and/or One phone call, one New York State teaching certification. order, one heck of a To learn more about our school good price to run your community, please visit www.halb.org. ad in any state, or We look forward to hearing from you! across the country.

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Q. We’re buying a house with multiple issues,

A. If you define “big deal” as having things to do, then, yes, there are things to do, and expenses to go along with each item. It will take months and several thousand dollars to rectify the permit and final inspections leading to certifications.

The people advising you each have a different intent than you do.

Consider that the outside onte eeper items each have issues that range from zoning to construction correctness in order to pass for permits and for final certifications. For example, the municipality has regulations on the size of a shed, the area of the lot that all sheds and decks can cover and how close the pool, shed or deck can be to a property line. In each municipality there are several zones designated for different kinds of uses and sizes of properties.

There will be a difference between types of properties based on width and street front length, the allowable area you can cover and heights.

A zoning variance request, which is a request to “vary” from ordinances if the deck or shed is not compliant, adds considerably to the time it takes to get a permit, possibly several months. Building permits aren’t instantaneous, and can take one to two months in smaller villages and three to four months in larger towns — if the volume of applications coming into the building department is lower.

In a bustling economy, it can take much longer, and the time in a building department should be added to the zoning variance time.

Many people make the mistake of lumping the two time frames together in the hope of convincing themselves that this is no big deal. The deck, pool shed and garage conversion to living space all have very specific requirements under state building code. The general public assumes that codes for construction are local ordinances, but they aren’t.

Construction regulations are based on the International Building Code, used by the majority of states.

To get more specific, when I’m asked to look at conditions that may arise before a sale is complete, I see that about 90 percent of just the decks I look at do not comply with proper foundations or connectors from each wood part to the next, and beam spans are undersized for the allowable-size lumber, based on structural capability, even if they seem fine. I hope this helps with making things less of a big deal. Good luck!

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olitics is generally of little interest to the average citizen.

Getting to and from work, taking care of family needs and trying to have a little joy is much more important. Most people don’t think of politicians as people, and the daily machinations of the political world often go unnoticed. But elected officials are human beings, and the system in which they live can be a very cruel one.

The State Legislature recently approved new district maps that JERRY will play a decisive role in deterKREMER mining which candidate will represent you in Albany and Washington. For some of the incumbents, the new lines were pretty much the same as the districts they have represented. For a few others, however, the proposed maps are either the end of their political careers or the beginning of a life-or-death campaign for survival.

On Long Island, there were two notable changes, both affecting Democratic incumbents. State Sen. John Brooks saw most of his current mid-Island 8th Dis-

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trict disappear, and had to decide whether to run for re-election in the newly drawn 5th District. At first he chose not to run, but then he did an about-face, and will run for the seat in the new district after all. Brooks is a dedicated official, and he fought successfully this year to get Gov. Kathy Hochul to give Long Island a massive increase in school aid — but the mapmakers don’t reward devoted public service.

State Sen. Jim Gaughran currently represents the 5th District, which for now stretches from Glen Cove, in Nassau County, to Commack, in Suffolk County.

Gaughran has been a Huntington Town Board member, a Suffolk County legislator, chairman of the Suffolk County Water Authority and a strong environmental advocate in the State Senate. He is respected by both parties. But the mapmakers eliminated most of his 5th District, and facing an impossible uphill battle, Gaughran decided to leave the political arena.

The most notable change in the electoral map is taking place in Manhattan, where two long-serving members of Congress will now face each other in a primary contest. Under the old district

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lines, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney represented most of the Upper East Side, and Rep. Gerald Nadler represented the West Side, both for more than 25 years. When the maps were redrawn, Maloney and Nadler were thrown into the same district. Nadler suggested that Maloney run in an adjoining district, but since most of the new district is in her old territory, she declined to run elsewhere.

This battle of two senior members, who have been good friends and hold major committee chairmanships, made me recall my own history on the subject of legislative reapportionment. Back in the 1970s, when new State Assembly district lines were drawn, my South Shore district was combined with that of the late Assemblyman Eli Wager, a friend and fellow Long Island Democrat. Wager and I attempted to resolve our dicey situation by proposing that one of us run for the State Senate. That compromise ended quickly when attorney Karen Burstein announced that she was running for the Senate.

Imagine what it’s like when two elected officials who sat together in the same office, and have close family ties, are forced into a public battle for survival.

hen friends run against each other, there is rarely a happy ending.

There could be only one winner, and for 60-plus days we battled each other with every ounce of energy. On primary night, I was declared the winner by a margin of 1,800 votes, but the bitterness lingered for a number of years.

When colleagues are pitted against one another, there is rarely a happy ending. Luckily, months later, I got a call from then Gov. Hugh Carey, asking whether it was OK with me if he appointed Wager to the State Supreme Court. I encouraged Carey to make that move, and two elections later, Wager won a 14-year term on that court, where he served with distinction.

No one can predict who will win the battle between Representatives Maloney and Nadler, but when it’s over the public will have lost one great public servant.

The redrawing of district lines is required by law every 10 years. It primarily involves a juggling of constituent numbers, and is a heartless process.

Sadly, there are few happy endings when the final vote count is announced, which is what makes this process so cruel.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Is our democracy becoming a royal pain?

s it too late to bring back King George III? We had all the right intentions in 1776, and a terrific starting lineup, but we seem to be making a mess of this experiment called democracy.

Lately I’ve been thinking that everything British is better. Well, not everything (Boris Johnson) but many things.

Maybe not the food.

Still, God Save the Queen. You have to love a woman who embraces stoicism as her reason for being. Her Majesty does everything the old-fashioned RAnDi way, and with such KREiss grace. She even wears a tiara with aplomb.

She is heroic in her steadfast devotion to duty. No matter how the world turns, no matter the dalliances of her children or her in-law kids, she embraces tradition with dignity and, I imagine, personal sacrifice. Democracy is so messy and divisive, but there is real comfort in the elaborate ritual of royal pomp. As evolved as I am as a woman in the 21st century, I would still enjoy a spin in a Cinderella carriage. With footmen, of course.

How sweet it would be here and now in America to have a royal figure to maintain some decorum as so many elected officials run off the rails. I’m telling you, we just didn’t think the whole 1776 thing all the way through.

Part of my escape over the Pond includes immersion in World War II novels and nonfiction. Literature featuring British history has all the elements of reallife thrillers. This month I listened to “In the Garden of the Beasts” and “The Splendid and the Vile,” both

by Erik Larson, and “Munich,” by Robert Harris, all superb nonfiction accounts of the days and months leading up to and into World War II. The Brits had an uphill fight to beat back the Nazis. They were blessed with a brave and self-sacrificing queen and a once-in-a-lifetime prime minister in Winston Churchill, who inspired his people with soaring rhetoric and unflappable courage.

I keep thinking about the Londoners during the blitz, not knowing how it would end but getting up every morning to drag bodies out of the rubble and then go to work. The high-mindedness of it all

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contrasts painfully with the skeevy machinations of today’s American politics.

Half the people running for office can’t compose or articulate a proper English sentence.

When I turn on the telly, it is to mysteries and thrillers on BritBox or Acorn TV. The stories presume some intelligence on the part of the viewer. No one shoots anyone in British police procedurals. They chase one another up and down buildings and across the countryside, but you rarely see a weapon other than a bloody knife. The writing is nuanced, which means every other word isn’t a four-letter one. Characters sometimes quote Shakespeare.

British TV actors look like real people.

That’s key. They have wrinkles and messy hair, lumpy bodies in shabby clothes. You see very few scantily clad women; when you do, they usually have a compelling story, something beyond their cascading curls and rising flesh. The character actors are especially talented, commanding their scenes without affecting cheap technique or $200 hairstyles. They look like regular people, which is the idea of acting, isn’t it?

ow sweet it would be here to have a royal figure to maintain some decorum.

One of my favorite series is “Midsomer Murders,” which has been on the air so long that the actor playing the main character, the village detective, retired from the role and passed it to his younger onscreen “brother.” Every episode features a ghastly murder in a village of 150 people. They just don’t run out of bodies.

And it isn’t so much a whodunit as a walking tour of the village eccentrics, all of whom are played by marvelous actors.

In my escape to the United Kingdom, I include Irish novels, many of which are gems, little-known literary sleepers like “The All of It” and “Northern Spy.” For some reason, books about the Troubles and the lives of the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland just pull me in and pull me out of my worries.

In general, the Queen and her subjects elevate the conversation, any conversation, unlike here in the States, where incivility and aggressive ignorance are increasingly common.

In one of the big production numbers in the show “Hamilton,” King George sings a solo to the American rebels.

“You’ll be back,” he warns, “soon, you’ll see. You’ll remember you belong to me…”

It has taken 246 years to come to this point, but maybe he was right.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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here is seemingly no place safer than home, but schools are supposed to be the next best thing. A place to learn about the world, to learn about one another. To grow. To mature. Really, a place to blossom.

Not too long ago, parents sent their children to schools without a second thought — worried only about grades and the occasional bully. Now it’s lockdown drills.

Secured classroom doors. Constant vigilance by those who we have otherwise tasked to teach.

And these words won’t make any of that better. Because if there is anything we have learned from Uvalde, from Parkland, from Sandy Hook, it’s that we can never do enough to protect our most precious resource: our children.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t try. And it’s time for a much broader approach — the kind only the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association can lead.

It’s so sad that we, as a country, can even say this, but there is a lot of experiential data available on how vulnerable our schools are to those intending to inflict harm. Yet we can’t dwell on why

that information exists. We must use it to prevent those tragic stories we read about and watch from elsewhere from ever landing at our front door.

The school boards association doesn’t have the authority to demand, of course.

But it can certainly advocate — something it’s been doing since 1959 for more than 100 school districts across Long Island.

Sure, most of that has been on the financial end — schools are always starving for money, thus making funding at all government levels a priority. But that doesn’t mean the organization can’t pursue school safety as well.

And it’s not that our local school districts aren’t trying — they are. The knowledge and skills to effectively fortify a school from a shooter are not something that can be piecemealed, however. It requires centralized planning — not as big as New York, but at least as big as Long Island.

The school boards association has the infrastructure to help lead that planning, and even effect real change.

The group can start by pushing for an audit of every single building, every sin-

gle door, every single window in Long Island schools. How are campuses accessed? How are visitors controlled?

How can those campuses keep weapons off their grounds, without making them feel like prisons?

Some ideas that have been promoted elsewhere include video cameras outside every exterior door with direct feeds to a security officer. Classroom door locks that can be activated by a teacher. Even bulletproof glass.

Sure, these measures are designed to prevent the symptoms of this overall issue, not the issue itself. But they are measures that will help keep our children safe today, and buy time for more expansive measures like gun control, assault weapon bans, and addressing the emotional needs of a school — and a community — right down to identifying signs that lead to a potential tragedy, and stopping it before a shooter’s plans are realized.

We can’t just talk and do nothing. We need to take action, and we need to speak with a unified voice. If we don’t, that next tragedy we read about could very well be our own.

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letters Abortion is more than just personal To the Editor: In his letter “Abortion is personal — a pandemic is not,” last week, Eugene Artemyeff precisely states the universal error of those who, in defense of abortion, claim that a woman has the right to do as she pleases with her own body.

He concludes that “abortion is a personal experience that physically affects that person and no one else,” that the physical aspects of that decision start and stop with only the woman involved.

I cannot understand how the rights of the developing fetus, the unborn, can be so overlooked and disregarded. The unborn is not part of the mother, but, genetically, a new and unique individual, and abortion ends its existence. Killing another person cannot but equate with murder or manslaughter. Of course there will never be agreement as to when abortion is justified, but if the life of the mother-to-be is threatened by the pregnancy, it would be. Less objectively, perhaps, abortion would be a legitimate recourse in cases of rape or incest, although by the end of the second trimester, that option should have been decided on one way or the other.

Thus, it is a question of when, in the course of a pregnancy, abortion might

be justified. It is not a yes-or-no issue, regardless of how the extreme position holders would portray it. But for a fetus, particularly a viable fetus, to have its life ended is inconsistent with our belief in life as a society.

I am always amazed at how often the right to life of the unborn is never even raised in the abortion debate.

That the pandemic presents a challenge that

requires members of society to act in a mutually respectful and considerate way makes sense. But even if a “society” involves just two people, mother and unborn, respect and consideration should be just as warranted and forthcoming, particularly when one holds the life of the other in her womb.

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ur country mourned the tragic events of a school massacre — again. But the day after the shooting at Uvalde, school life here at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck went on as usual. From Monday through Friday, my routine remained unchanged: I woke up, ate my breakfast, grabbed my backpack and kissed my parents goodbye before I hopped on the bus to head to school, my home away from home.

My school friends and I don’t have to make a conscious effort to Ilana walk in the shoes your average GREEnBERG of American student.

It’s not hard for us to understand and sympathize with the victims of the horrific tragedy in Texas and feel their grief.

What we can’t wrap our heads around is why it is so hard for our country to actually do something — anything — to stop this horror from happening again and

again and again, I am not fooled by my seemingly sheltered Long Island upbringing in Nassau County, the safest community in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The unfortunate reality is that the shooting in Uvalde could have happened anywhere.

The statistics are staggering. More innocent children die from irresponsible and unregulated guns than from car accidents, according to Sandyhookpromise.org. Sixty-eight percent of school shooters used guns that were accessible in their homes. At any time, one or more of the 4.6 million American kids who live in a home with a loaded gun can bring it to school and use it to end lives.

School-aged children like me have enough to worry about. We’re exposed to harmful vape smoke and all types of drugs. We’re warned against the dangers of drinking and texting while driving. We battle bullying, and mental health problems, and Covid. And yet, gun violence has become the leading cause of death

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was taking a chemistry test, and started thinking about someone firing a gun.

lEttERs The Supreme Court was political long before the leak To the Editor: Re attorney Ronald Rosenberg’s op-ed piece “A leaking Supreme Court puts us at risk (May 26-June 1): I respectfully disagree. I think it is the Supreme Court itself that puts our democracy at risk.

Mr. Rosenberg writes that the leak of a draft decision on Roe v.

Wade “sought to politicize part of our democracy that was deliberately set above and beyond politics by our founders.” The Supreme Court is above and beyond politics? That’s news to me. In fact, today’s court may be the most politically partisan branch of our government.

When then candidate Donald Trump promised to appoint only judges that would outlaw a woman’s right to choose, that wasn’t political? Of course it was. And look what it got us: Neil Gorsuch, who was opposed by just about every civil and human rights organization in the U.S.; Brett Kavanaugh, whose “I liked beer” whine at his confirmation hearing is now a YouTube favorite, and Amy Coney Barrett, who served as a handmaid in an extreme religious organization.

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among young people.

News outlets covered the heartwrenching days that followed the shooting in Uvalde, but I fear the world has already become desensitized and diverted its short attention span to newer headlines. But for me, I suspect that no matter how long ago or comparatively distant the shooting took place, there will always be this constant, gnawing anxiety clawing through the depths of my subconscious, that something like this could happen to anyone — to my young brothers, to my friends and teachers, to me. I have an enduring fear, knowing that no school building is completely impervious to a safety breach.

Recently I was taking a chemistry test when my mind drifted, and a thought suddenly came to mind: If a student next to me were to start firing a gun, how would the security guard all the way at the front of the building stop him?

My peers and I have been trained in the event of a shooting to scan a class-

room and think, where would be a good place to hide?

Our doors have automatic locking mechanisms, so when a student returning from the bathroom innocently knocks at my classroom door, I have to look to my teacher for reassurance that our lives aren’t in danger and that the person that we’re about to let into the room doesn’t want to kill us.

When I ask my 7-year-old brother what he learned in school, he brings up safety drills, in which the phrase, “Stop, drop and roll” has been replaced by the instructions to “Hide, don’t make noise, and don’t open the door to anybody, not even the principal, who might have a gun to his head.”

When the world encountered a global pandemic, we came together to tackle the problem as best we could. Schoolchildren are now living through their own national crisis, but as our cries echo in the classrooms, the rest of the country stays silent.

When will we wake up from this living nightmare?

Ilana Greenberg is a freshman at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck.

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nell, denying even a hearing for Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland. That wasn’t political? McConnell said that a new appointment to the court shouldn’t be made only eight months before the next election. Later he allowed Coney Barrett, a diehard Republican who had never tried a case to or argued an appeal, to be confirmed in a Republican senatorsonly vote just a week before Election Day 2020. No politics there, right?

The truth is that we have ended up with a Supreme Court that is an arm of the Republican Party. Its decisions have consistently espoused the GOP’s political principles — or, rather, the lack of them.

These rulings were made by unelected judges with lifetime jobs, and they include decimating voting rights, gutting the Clean Water Act, permitting the proliferation of handguns and assault rifles and diminishing a woman’s right to choose.

I do not argue with Mr. Rosenberg’s contention that the founders were well intentioned when they tried to create a Supreme Court that would be above and beyond politics. But it seems today’s court verifies the aphorism “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

JOHN TURCHIANO Long Beach

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