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Legislators Ferretti and McKevitt win third terms By Laura Lane and Scott Brinton llane@liherald.com, sbrinton@liherald.com
As midnight approached on election night, Republicans in Nassau County-wide races were inching toward a GOP sweep. As the Herald went to press, Bruce Blakeman, the Republican Town of Hempstead councilman, had surged past incumbent Democrat Laura Curran in the race for county executive, with 92 percent of precincts reporting. At press time, an official winner had not been declared, but Blakeman had 52 percent of the vote to Curran’s 47 percent. Close to 20,000 absentee ballots remained to be counted, however. What was certain: Republican Anne Donnelly, a 32-year career prosecutor in the Nassau district attorney’s office, was declared the winner in the contest for D.A. Donnelly defeated State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, garnering 60 percent of the vote. Voters overwhelmingly chose to re-elect Republican legislators Tom McKevitt and Tom Ferretti Jr. Ferretti, 38, of Levittown, is an attorney. “They’re rejecting
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TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD Councilman Bruce Blakeman is now Nassau County Executive elect after Tuesday’s victory over Laura Curran. progressive Democrats on every level,” he said. “We’re going to take this momentum and win the stage next year. The red wave was incredible, but not unexpected.” He added that Democrats raise taxes and “make our streets less safe.” McKevitt, 50, also an attorney, is a lifelong East Meadow resi-
dent and a former state assemblyman. “I am very humbled for the support in my community . . . and looking forward to getting back to work,” he said. “People wanted change for a better quality of life, and we have to deliver for it.” Absentee ballots have yet to be counted. All results are unofficial until certified.
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Bruce Blakeman (undeclared) – 52% Laura Curran (D) – 48%
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Ryan Cronin (D) – 39%
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Eileen Napolitano(D) –31%
15th Legislative District John Ferretti (R) – 74%
Matthew Malin (D) – 25%
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“She’s a very active member of the East Meadow community.” Rose has been with AFC Roxanne Rose says she pre- Urgent Care in East Meadow fers to be in the background since 2016, when it first opened. rather than out front, but her The East Meadow center is its community involvement sug- flagship location. She began gests otherwise. Rose, the com- working there after Lou Dionimunity relations sio, one of the mandirector at AFC aging partners at Urgent Care, was AFC East Meadow, honored as the East called her and Meadow Chamber asked her how he of Commerce’s 2020 could get involved Businessperson of with the communithe Year at the ty. chamber’s annual A t t h e t i m e, awards breakfast at Rose, who lives in the Crest Hollow East Meadow, was Country Club in the PTA Council ROXANNE ROSE Jericho last Friday. community relaRose serves on East Meadow tions representathe board of direc- chamber tive, chairing the tors of both the Businessperson Community RelaEast Meadow and tions Committee West Islip cham- of the Year from 2014 to 2018. bers, and is a mem“He asked me ber of the Farmingdale chamber how he could get involved in the as well. She also received the community, because the urgent 2021 New York State 17th Assem- care that they were using was bly District’s Women of Distinc- going to be very grass-roots, and tion Award. She joined the East the main purpose was to be a Meadow chamber in 2016. part of the community,” Rose “She’s a wonderful person, said of Dionisio. “. . . The PTA and I’ve known her for years and council president at the time and years,” said Frank Camarano, I met with him to tell him how to president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce. CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
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Rose is named Businessperson of the Year
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SKY BRUZGIS, 6, helped Patricia Schelin, right, decorate a Halloween pumpkin.
Early Halloween for seniors, thanks to a Daisy troop BY MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com
Generations came together on Oct. 24 to paint pumpkins ahead of Halloween. Daisy Troop 1119 paid a visit to the Sunrise Senior Center in East Meadow to help seniors get into the Halloween spirit. The troop from East Meadow handed out pumpkins, paint and paintbrushes to the seniors. Then together, they decorated them. The room erupted in loud conversation and a few laughs too. If any senior needed help or a creative suggestion, a Daisy was right there to assist them. Autumn Gonzalez, 6, described the event as “awesome.” “I really like helping the seniors paint,” she said. “It makes it fun for all of us.” This isn’t the first event that the Daisies have experienced with the senior center said Kim Gonzalez, the troop’s co-leader. They also played bingo and enjoyed iced tea with them at a party in June. “[The June party] was a big hit, so we said, ‘Why don’t we come back in the fall,’” Gonzalez said. “They were happy to have us here and we definitely were happy to come back to hang out with the seniors in East Meadow.” That the girls, Gonzalez said, love anything to do with crafts and helping others. They were when they learned that they would be going back to the center. “I think it’s really important for the
AUTUMN GONZALEZ, 6, left, and Faith Doelger, 6, helped Lavina Mitchell with her pumpkin. girls to connect with the community, especially with seniors here who don’t have family that come all that often,” Gonzalez said. “It benefits all of them. The girls love coming here.” Allison Vardakis said her daughter, Sophia, 6, misses the seniors, and always asks when she is going to see them again. “I like to paint and I like to be with them because there are so many people to be kind to,” Sophia said. She said her favorite part of the event was helping the seniors paint.
“I would send Sophia here as long as they want us to come here,” Allison said. “I know that my daughter absolutely loves coming here and has asked to come back here since the bingo event in June.” Pam Lowry, activities coordinator at Sunrise, said that the seniors adore the children and that she always positive feedback from them after events like the pumpkin painting. According the 2016 report done by Stanford University in California, “Hidden in Plain Sight: How Intergenerational
Relationships Can Transfor m Our Future,” aging adults play critical roles in the lives of young people. The report, sponsored by the Stanford Center on Longevity, Encore.org and the Packard Foundation, indicates that when older adults help with the well-being of young people, it creates a sense of purpose. There are benefits seen for both, the report said. The report indicated that intergenerational relationships are important for society. For children and teens, the relationships help them to receive attention and mentoring that they might lack. For the older population, they receive knowledge about new technology, trends and even get to experience the thrill of seeing the world through a young person’s eyes, the Stanford scholars wrote. “Older adults are exceptionally suited to meet these needs in part because they welcome meaningful, productive activity and engagement,” the Stanford researchers wrote. “They seek – and need – purpose in their lives.” Volunteering is one way to achieve these benefits, the Stanford report said. Older adults receive emotional, physical and cognitive benefits from spending time with the younger generation. “It’s great to have intergenerational activity, especially after the year they’ve had,” Lowry said. “Seeing the kids and being happy and interacting with them makes them feel good.”
‘Kiwanis Korner’ comes to Veterans Memorial Park RICHIE KRUG SR., left and John Mikulin, right, helped Peter Mancuso demonstrate how to play bocce.
BY MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com
The East Meadow Kiwanis received a little piece of Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday. “Kiwanis Korner” features three new bocce courts and will eventually include a boulder that will have a permanent placard, which will be dedicated to Peter Mancuso, Kiwanis International president and former East Meadow Kiwanis president. Kiwanis Korner, which was dedicated to the East Meadow Kiwanis by the Town of Hempstead and the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce, is part of ongoing renovations at Veterans Memorial Park. Aside from the bocce courts, there is a new recreation area for the community with asphalt pavement, new security lights and plantar boxes with mums and spaces for new trees. “I just wanted to take a moment to thank Peter for setting an example for what a true leader looks like that comes out of this community for the next generation,” Richie Krug Jr., president of the chamber said. “I’ve been counting down the days on my calendar, like a kid for his birthday, for this unveiling.” Mancuso was chosen as dedicatee because of all of the work he has done for East Meadow Kiwanis and Kiwanis International. He has been a member of the East Meadow group for 34 years. “This is a complete surprise and a
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wonderful display of affection and support on the parts of everyone,” Mancuso said. “I deeply appreciate it.” Mancuso described the East Meadow Kiwanis Club as active, generous and charitable. “I was fortunate enough to become a member of a club full of wonderful people who have evolved into the wonderful people now who really understand what it means to give of themselves for the bene-
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Peter for all of his accomplishments,” Jennifer Reinhardt, the president of East Meadow Kiwanis, said. “We couldn’t think of a better person to dedicate the bocce courts to.” Dedicating a section of the park to Kiwanis was Krug’s idea. The Chamber of Commerce has a section of the park that they maintain and Krug figured that Kiwanis deserved one too. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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fit of others,” he said. “They really understand what it means to share fellowship and concern for one another.” He has held numerous positions within the organization, including past president of East Meadow’s Kiwanis club and lieutenant governor of the New York district. He has also served as a past president of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce. “We are so tremendously proud of
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 “Kiwanis is very near and dear to my heart and I will be a Kiwanian for life,” Krug said. “It’s important to me that our club has a place of our own to call home.” Krug said that he hopes that Kiwanis uses the spot for meetings, events and fundraisers. “We’re so very proud of Peter Mancuso the first-ever Kiwanian International president to hail from the Town of Hempstead,” Councilman Dennis Dunne said. “...I want to thank [the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce and the East Meadow Kiwanis] for coming out today. We’re standing in front of the beautiful bocce courts thanks to the perseverance of two groups that worked with the Town of Hempstead to have them installed.” The temporary plaque unveiled at the event will soon be replaced by a permanent bronze plaque that will sit on a boulder. “He’s given so much to the community and he’s done everything with dignity, class and leadership,” Legislator Tom McKevitt said. “...We’re so proud of what he’s done.” The park renovations have been a project three years in the making said Krug. Past East Meadow Chamber of Commerce presidents Ted Rosenthal and Frank Camarano and CEMCO President Joe Parisi were driving forces behind this project as well. Together, the four of them
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NEW BOCCE COURTS were put in Veterans Memorial Park as part of Kiwanis Korner. have been working to get the park upgraded. Krug said he used to love visiting the park when he was a child, especially the pool. But after taking a look around the facility a couple of years ago, it was clear to him that the park needed some TLC. “We want people to come and we want them to come back,” Krug said. “There
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used to be a time where if you didn’t get to [Veterans Memorial Park] before 9 a.m., you wouldn’t get a parking spot.” Some work has already been completed, but there is still more to do. New light fixtures have been installed, new benches have been brought in, the bathrooms have been redone and the basketball nets have been replaced. A new splash pad will also
be coming to the park. At the completion of the event, a demonstration of the game bocce was shared by Mancuso, John Mikulin, assemblyman for the 17th District, and Kiwanis member Richie Krug Sr.
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The Council of East Meadow Community Organizations will be having a special meeting agenda at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place at the East Meadow Fire Department Headquarters located at 197 East Meadow Ave. on the second floor. The topic is Bloom Energy. The guest speakers are representatives from Bloom Energy. The meeting is to discuss a special exemption for a proposed public utility to have fuel cells on concrete pads and associated underground electrical, gas and water services. Natural gas would be used to generate electricity that would be sent to the grid. The proposed location is the south side of Hempstead Turnpike, 823.5 degrees east of Merrick Avenue. A 7-megawatt installation is proposed. For further information call Joseph Parisi, president of CEMCO at (516) 542-7609.
The East Meadow Kiwanis will be meeting at 7:15 p.m. at Borrelli’s at 1580 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow. New members are always welcome. Social distancing is enforced. Mask should be worn when not eating. For further information contact the club President Jennifer Reinhardt (516)-351-9891.
Friday, Nov. 5 Aurora lake Head down to Pinot’s Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., for a night of painting an aurora lake. Class is from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. and is $45 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events
Saturday, Nov. 6 Bartending Bash The Noon Inn at 382A East Meadow Ave., is having a bartending bash to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink from 3 to 6 p.m. It’s $20 per person to preregister or $25 at the door. This gets you food and one raffle ticket. There will be a cash bad. There will be a signature cocktail for the event called Real Men Drink Pink. To register visit https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/real-menwear-pink-bartending-bash-tickets191438747447?aff=efbneb.
American Legion Post 1082 There will be an American Legion Post 1082 meeting at 294 Bellmore Rd., in
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Long Island Turkey Trot The Long Island Turkey Trot will be at Eisenhower Park, field 2 on Saturday, Nov. 6. The 5K and 1-mile fun run will benefit the Never Stop Running Foundation. The 5K starts at 9 a.m. and the fun run at 8:30 a.m. To register, visit http://events.elitefeats.com/liturkeytrot21. East Meadow at 11 a.m.
Roy White Head down to Lucky’s Sports Cards and Memorabilia at 1854 Front St., in East Meadow from 1 to 3 p.m. to meet Yankee legend Roy White. To get tickets visit http://www.luckysportscards. com/store/c89/Roy_White_Signing__11%2F6%2F21.html.
Veteran’s Day memorial The American Legion Post 1082 will be a having a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial at 1 p.m. in Eisenhower Park field 6. From 2 to 6 p.m. there will be food, drinks, a fire pit and good company and conversation back at the American Legion at 94 Bellmore Rd., in East Meadow.
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The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow. Those interested in the church’s ancient traditions and liturgical life welcome. Coffee hour follows. For further info email htocem@gmail. com.
LICAB walk/run The Long Island Coalition Against Bullying is having a 5K run/walk at 8:30 a.m. at Eisenhower Park, field 2 rain or shine. Proceeds go to The Long Island Coalition Against Bullying. For any questions email Joe Salamone at jsalamone@licab.org. To register visit https://events.elitefeats.com/licab21?fbclid=IwAR0px1UdLBrf8q6AtRHkSy
Psychic medium Robert E. Hansen will be at La Novella Ristorante at 364 East Meadow Ave., in East Meadow from 12:30 to 3 p.m. $75 per person plus tax and gratuity gets a hot buffet. Call the restaurant directly to reserve a seat at (516) 794-6248.
Monday, Nov. 8 Coastal morning Head down to Pinot’s Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., for a night of painting a coastal morning. Class is from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and is $45 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events
VFW Veteran’s Day Event Veterans of Foreign Wars will be having a Veteran’s Day event at 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park. All are welcome to come and remember those who served.
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There will be a Boy Scout fundraiser at the Greene Turtle in East Meadow on Nov. 18. at 12:30 p.m. Doc Gooden will be at Lucky’s Sport Card and Signings on Nov. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. The Nassau County Turkey Trot at Eisenhower Park will be Nov. 14. Brandy Rymer and The Little Band That Could will be playing at the EMPL on Dec. 12. Darryl Strawberry will be signing autographs at Lucky’s in East Meadow on Nov. 21.
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■ Make sure the fireplace has a sturdy screen to stop sparks from reaching the carpet or other combustibles. ■ Ensure fireplace ashes are completely cool before disposal in a metal container, and keep that container away from your home, porch or any other combustible structure. ■ Know the capacity of your electrical outlets. Many heaters or today's electric fireplaces may draw more energy than the standard outlet. This could cause a fire, particularly if the breaker fails. ■ Have a working smoke and carbonmonoxide detector on each level of your home and test each at least once a month. Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations on installation and locations. Remember: Most Carbon Monoxide incidents result from heating system issues. In the event of a heating system emergency, turn off your emergency switch. All occupants must exit the home. Call the EMFD hotline at (516) 542-0576 and prepare to inform first arriving units of the fire's location if known. Your East Meadow volunteers are well
trained and ready to handle any heating system emergency that may arise. The safety list above represents the many warnings from the National Fire Protection Association, as well as the many experiences of the volunteers here in East Meadow. Many of these warnings will also protect our East Meadow volunteers, since your actions will likely turn what could have been a large fire into a smaller fire, that can be handled with less risk. Below grade fires (basements/cellars) are the undisputed most dangerous home fire the firefighters will respond to. The EMFD has responded to fires where flammables were stored within inches of a burner, oil burners so dirty that carbon deposits sit on every surface in the room, and in 2017, a 20 pound propane tank found in the basement of a home during an oil burner fire. Help make your home safe this year, not just for your family, but also for the men and women who will respond to your home in a moment’s notice. Submitted by John J. O'Brien Sr., a former chief of the East Meadow Fire Department. He can be reached at JOBrien@JerichoFD.Com.
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As the cooler temperatures arrive across our region, so does concern for home heating safety. As soon as the temperature falls, the East Meadow Volunteer Fire Department begin a season of nearly six months of running to heating-system emergencies, as burners begin full-throttle operation to warm your family home, or business. Just last year the EMFD was tested with a basement fire in a home that was caused by the heating system. Volunteers were quick to extinguish the flames saving the home, but not before the fire gutted the boiler room, and caused smoke, water and heat damage in other nearby rooms. The chiefs, officers and members of the EMFD urge residents to take steps each year to ensure the safety of their loved ones. Heating equipment is a leading cause of home fire deaths in the USA, with half of all home heating equipment fires reported during the months of December, January, and February.
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Hewlett Senior Football WITH THE EXCEPTION of driving the team bus back to Hewlett, Winkler did it all for the Bulldogs on Oct. 22 when they defeated Lynbrook, 33-14, in a pivotal Conference III game. The secondyear starting quarterback rushed for 211 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries and also threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Mekhi Jean-Baptiste. On defense, Winkler made 11 tackles and forced a fumble, and on special teams he blocked a field-goal try.
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6 Conference I
(8) Port Washington at Massapequa (1) (7) East Meadow at Oceanside (2) (6) Hempstead at Syosset (3) (5) Freeport at Farmingdale (4)
Conference II
(8) Elmont at Garden City (1) (7) Long Beach at MacArthur (2) (6) V.S. Central at Mepham (3) (5) Carey at New Hyde Park (4)
Conference III
(8) Division at Plainedge (1) (7) Hewlett at Wantagh (2) (6) V.S. North at Bethpage (3) (5) Floral Park at South Side (4)
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(8) Island Trees at Seaford (1) (7) Malverne at North Shore (2) (6) East Rockaway at Clarke (3) (5) West Hempstead at C.S. Harbor (4)
The term “turf magic” was trending this fall among sporting crowds at East Meadow. And for good reason. Playing its home games on newly-laid crumb-rubber synthetic turf, the East Meadow field hockey team pulled off a kind of presto change-o routine – shedding its recent sub-.500 guise to rematerialize as a Nassau Class A semifinalist. Hocus-pocus aside, the Jets’ 8-3 finish in Conference 2 (a half-game out of second place) – and subsequent return to postseason play for the first time since 2018 – came courtesy, mainly, of the league’s second-leading offense (2.63 goals per game). Still, 12th-year coach Courtney Castle stressed the new playing surface played a prime role. “It took our game to another level,” said Castle, whose club fell to spring Class A runner-up Massapequa in a semifinal matchup Oct. 30. “We used to be a grass team that would have to go play turf teams on their fields. Now that we have it, it’s easier because we get to practice on turf all the time. So, we say we had a little turf magic this year.” With an act that featured making lots of shots disappear into opponents’ goals, senior forwards Lauren Canto, Nikki Turrisi, and Sam Goldstein led the Jets to a 6-0 start. Canto’s team-leading six goals and eight points (two assists) were both third-highest in Conference 2, while Turrisi’s five goals ranked fourth in league, and Goldstein’s overtime winner at home led the Jets past Oyster Bay Oct. 14. “Lauren is a powerhouse up there,” Castle said. “She has a strong drive, and she’s super smooth. Nikki really worked to earn her spot as a starter; she became a real asset. Sam has improved tremendously over the last year. Her confidence has grown and she displays that with her success on the field.” Perhaps spooking foes by seeming to appear in several places at once, superutility senior Kim Smolen had three goals and two assists as a forward/midfielder, and was 2-0 with 13 saves as the Jets’ backup goalie, while junior midfielder Mikayla Verdi – an All-Conference selection in
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SENIOR ASHLEY FELDER, right, played an integral role on defense for East Meadow, which won eight games and qualified for the Nassau Class AA playoffs. spring – turned in two goals and three assists for East Meadow, supplementing another fine defensive season. “Kim’s very athletic and fast, with great ball skills” Castle said. “Everywhere we needed, she filled the gaps. She stepped up as our backup goalie. Mikayla works hard and it shows; her skills are above and beyond. She’s always got new tricks. She’s just fun to watch.” First-year starter Briana Deakoum posted 37 saves and five shutouts for East Meadow. The junior goalie allowed just
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one goal throughout the Jets’ seasonopening six-game win streak. “Briana’s very sold and gets the job done,” Castle said. “She’s very quick and agile around the goal, communicates well to the defense. She’s awesome.” In addition to turf – and any of its supposed occult properties – Castle identified another key ingredient of her team’s special season. “This team is a family,” she said. “The girls care about each other and work hard together. And that becomes success.”
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Strong seasons for EMHS Jets’ volleyball teams Eight EMHS students named Commended Students Eight East Meadow High School students were named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. The honorees, Sherlyn Alex, Shawn R. Balgobind, Sarah J. Eisenberg, Sheila Lorentzen, Aavi Lund, Helen Mun, Branden A. Sattler and Donato J. Zampini, earned a special certificate in recognition of this accomplishment.
Commended students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2022 competition by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. About 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their academic performance.
a playoff position. The varsity offense is led by Alex Kimak who has an average of 13 kills per game, Hayden Adelman with 28 assists per game and constant support from Sam Parker, Shawn Haber and Dan Jasmin who on average add at least five to eight kills each. The defense starts at the net with Tony Catalano, who also carries the Jets at the service line, and behind him is Libero Brandon Wanatick and Alex Rodriguez who dig about eight to 10 attacks per game. On October 19 and October 21, the teams played home games designated as “Pink Out Games,” in which the teams and fans wore pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each player selected a teacher or faculty member to honor in an appreciation game at East Meadow High School on October 19.
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EAST MEADOW HIGH School students were named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The East Meadow High School Jets’ junior varsity and varsity boys volleyball teams are having terrific seasons. Led by 10 outstanding seniors — Hayden Adelman, Tony Catalano, Alex Kimak, Peyton Kahl, Joey Kane, Dan Jasmin, Michael Cunningham, Casey Provitera, Shawn Haber and the Class of 2022 valedictorian Brandon Wanatick — these student-athletes have been amazing, both on and off the court. The junior varsity team is extremely successful under the leadership of sophomore setter Justin Hendler. Sophomore Karl Kraker has been a strong force at the net. Julian Kimak and Joe Lanza are both freshmen playing a big role for the junior varsity team thus far carrying the offense. The teams are competing in conference A-2 and the varsity has locked in
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NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS The annual Firematic Awards Ceremony was on Sunday, Oct. 24. This special recognition ceremony was held to express the town’s gratitude to heroic firefighters from across America’s largest township. The event was held at the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion in Hempstead. The Town of Hempstead and local fire departments throughout the township worked in partnership to keep residents safe over the past year and a half – the town provided financial aid support local fire departments distributed PPE to firefighters and also established Covid-19 testing and vaccination programs for first responders. Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin and members of the Hempstead Town Board presented the town’s Firematic Service Award to firefighters who were nominated by their departments in recognition of their heroic and dedicated service to the community. The Supervisor thanked all of the firefighters in attendance for their selfless and continued service throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. “Hempstead Town’s Bravest served throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, putting their health and safety on the line to help keep our residents safe,” Supervisor Clavin said. “The Town of Hempstead is proud to welcome fire departments from across our township and recognize several outstanding firefighters for going above and beyond in
The 2021 Firematic Award Honorees ■ Baldwin Fire Department: Honorary Chief/Dept. Secretary Frank Slover ■ East Meadow Fire Department: 2nd Lieutenant Edward A. Licciardo and Chief James Walsh ■ East Rockaway Fire Department: Honorary Chiefs Paul Wolf, John DeSantis, Bruce Dwyer and Robert Renner ■ Freeport Fire Department: Ex-Captain Edward Friedman ■ Lynbrook Fire Department: Ex-Chief Kevin Bien Courtesy Town of Hempstead
EAST MEADOW FIRE Department Chief James Walsh, center, was congratulated by elected leaders for being one of the 2021 Firematic Award honorees. service to our community.” This ceremony marks the return of the annual event to Hempstead Town Hall after last year’s location change. In 2020, the town held the nation’s first drive-thru Firematic Awards at Town Park Point Lookout – recognizing many heroic firefighters in a safe and socially distanced manner. Offering the Invocation for the 2021 Firematic Award Ceremony was Very Rev. Father Michael Duffy of St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, while Captain Fred McFarland of
the Levittown Fire Department performed the National Anthem and God Bless America. Supervisor Clavin was also joined by Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Councilman Bruce Blakeman, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito (former chief of the Island Park Fire Department), Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr., Councilman Tom Muscarella, Councilman Chris Carini, Town Clerk Kate Murray and Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll.
■ Rockville Centre Fire Department: Honorary Chief Louis Mirando ■ South Hempstead Fire Department: Ex-Chief Vincent Castelli ■ Wantagh Fire Department: Chief Kenneth S. Kelly “Thank you all the brave men and women in the fire service for their unwavering commitment and dedication to our community,” Supervisor Clavin said. “The Town of Hempstead will always support our local firefighters and recognize the dangerous job they do and the amazing sacrifices they make to keep America’s largest township safe.”
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Programs benefit businesses, families get involved, and he offered me the job.” As director of marketing and community outreach for AFC Urgent Care Long Island, Rose has begun many programs to benefit businesses and families in East Meadow and surrounding communities. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, she reached out to businesses in the community to safely get employees back to work by using federally approved Covid-19 testing and workplace screenings for employees and their families. “I contacted Chamber of Commerce businesses and said, ‘Listen, you have to stay up and running,’” Rose said. “People couldn’t close their doors; it wouldn’t be fair. What I had to offer to them was my rapid testing.” AFC Urgent Care in East Meadow was among the very first urgent cares in the country to offer rapid testing in April 2020. “She helped out the community tremendously during Covid,” said James Skinner, the chamber vice president and owner of A&C Pest Management in East Meadow. “When people needed tests, she was right there to help out.” She worked long hours at the height of the pandemic and was available to help around the clock, Skinner said. She created the Teddy Bear Urgent Care Program at all AFC Urgent Care Long Island sites. The program invites
community organizations like the Girl Scouts to bring children and their stuffed animals to an AFC Urgent Care, where a “teddy bear clinician” is on hand to treat their bumps, lumps and bruises. Children register their stuffed animals and interact in a Vitals Station and Boo-Boo Station, and receive hands-on practice calling 911. She also created a program at AFC Urgent Cares to provide East Meadow and West Islip high school seniors the opportunity to fulfill senior project hours. For this program, students shadow staff to learn about the internal workings of urgent care centers, while also learning about the medical field. All AFC locations now provide scholarships to high school seniors in East Meadow, West Islip and Farmingdale to further pursue an education in health care. Rose served as PTA council president from 2011 to 2013, spending a great deal of time in the community. “Being president of the PTA council, you are out in the community, so you try to use what the small businesses offer,” she said. “Everyone needs to work together. It’s so important that the community and the small businesses all thrive together.” She joined the PTA when her oldest daughter was in kindergarten. Rose and her husband, Peter, have two daughters, Victoria, 23 and Rachel, 20. Rose joined because she was a stay-at-home mom and another woman asked her to join with
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 11/10/21 at 9:30 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 635/21. 637/21. LEVITTOWN - Robert Floccari, Variance, front yard average setback, maintain 1-story addition attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain 2nd accessory structure (shed) larger than permitted & exceeding horizontal maximum on both sides; Variance, side yard, maintain oil tank attached to dwelling., S/s Pelican Rd., 333.58’ E/o Kingfisher Rd., a/k/a 18 Pelican Rd. N.C.P.C. Local determination.
638/21. 639/21. LEVITTOWN - Peter & Joanne Craine, Variance, front yard average setback, maintain open masonry porch attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain 2nd accessory structure (metal shed)., W/s Coleridge St., 114.98’ S/o Epic La., a/k/a 368 Coleridge St. N.C.P.C. Local determination. 648/21. LEVITTOWN Daniel Mestizo, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units on platform attached to dwelling., S/s Castle La., 243’ E/o Ranch La., a/k/a 33 Castle La. N.C.P.C. Local determination. THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 651/21. EAST MEADOW Rosa Anna Nappo, Use variance to maintain 2family dwelling., E/s Bellmore Ave., 115’ N/o Sylvan La., a/k/a 689 Bellmore Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination. 654/21. EAST MEADOW Robert Klein, Variances, lot area occupied, side yards aggregate, construct 1-story addition attached to dwelling (remove screened in room)., S/s Sally Ct., 222.15’ S/o East Sally Ct., a/k/a 1386 Sally Ct. N.C.P.C. Local determination. 1367/21. EAST MEADOW
- Council of East Meadow Community Organizations & Paul Stokes, Appeal the determination of the Commissioner of the Department of Buildings in denying the application # 21-356 (Bloom Energy case # 476/21) as a public utility., S/s Hempstead Tpke., 823.5’ E/o Merrick Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in East Meadow and Levittown within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ hearings/107-hearing-1110-2021 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ board-of-appeals/livestreaming-video. Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those
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Roxanne Rose was honored as East Meadow’s 2020 Businessperson of the Year at the annual Businessperson of the Year and Legislative Breakfast last Friday. her. “Once you start being in PTA, you don’t stop. You do it for the kids,” she explained. “PTA’s slogan is, ‘Every Child, One Voice,’ and it can’t be more true.” Volunteering is rewarding, she said. “It can be tough at times, but it’s so worth it,”
she said. “It’s something that everyone needs to do.” She added that it’s important to get involved in your community. “Your community is what you make it,” she said. “. . . If a community is strong, it’s because the people within made it better.”
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Q. We just bought a house and want to add to it. We talked to our village inspector, and he said we have limitations because the house is in a flood area. We want to add a two-story addition to the house if we can avoid raising it. What do you suggest, and how can we avoid lifting the house, which we think will make our plans unaffordable?
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A. You probably should have asked this question before the purchase, not after. In general, the Federal Emergency Management Agency requirement is that the building must be mitigated, made resilient to the potential of flooding, if either the dollar amount or area to be added on or worked on exceeds 50 percent of the existing buildonte eeper ing. That was what the official was telling you. People are often in denial about the extremes they will need to go through, and think this issue is negotiable. Buying a house in a flood zone with the intention of making major changes or additions isn’t a good idea if you aren’t prepared for the expense of major lifting to get the habitable level at least 2 feet above the base flood level for the zone the house is in. When I meet with people who are proposing to do any kind of major work in a flood zone, I often have to deal with seeing the disappointment in their faces followed by the discussion of how their project is either going to be the exception or nowhere near the threshold of where a house would need to be lifted. People buying in a flood zone need to be made aware before purchase that they may as well be ready for the possibility of an eventual lift of the entire home. The basement is required to be filled so that the area below the house can drain by gravity with special flood vents. If you weren’t prepared for these expenses, then you’re going to have to make a hard decision. It’s possible to do less work and phase things in over time so you don’t meet the 50 percent threshold, doing part of your master plan now, more in a year or two, etc. But don’t do anything without discussion and agreement with the building official who will be in a position to decide whether the amount of work isn’t exceeding the threshold, and what waiting time must be taken before filing for a permit for the next phase. This isn’t necessarily the “spirit” of the regulation, but some municipalities will work with you to help out so you don’t go broke trying to meet your needs. Understand that safety and survival of an extreme storm condition are still a primary intention of how your home should be designed and approved. Without all this effort, we would all be paying the price to rescue people, paying in taxes over and over. Good luck!
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must confess that the older I get, the more time I spend thinking about all of the crises our country has endured in my lifetime. I was a young boy when America was going through the horrors of World War II. As I progressed from career to career, the nation had to deal with wars in Korea and Vietnam and the tragedy of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. All of these events had one thing in common. The people of America were totally united and determined to fight our enemies. JERRY I think of those challenging KREMER days and contrast them with the nation’s response to the coronavirus disaster. If you look at a national map showing the vaccination rates of the states, it looks almost identical to a political map highlighting the red states and blue states. With a few exceptions, the states populated by a majority of registered Republicans have the lowest rate of vaccinations, in contrast to states dominated by Democrats.
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If you look at states like New York, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and New Jersey, the vaccination rates are in the 66 to 70 percent range. Most of the time those states support Democratic candidates over their Republican challengers. In sharp contrast, states such as Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota, West Virginia, Mississippi and Alaska are in the 40 per cent range. All of those states are considered solidly Republican. While crowded hospital intensive-care units are a distant memory for New Yorkers, people are dying in record numbers in red states for the sake of partisan politics. Not a day goes by without a story about some red state governor screaming about vaccine mandates and telling his or her citizens that it is their choice whether to get vaccinated or not for Covid protection. The irony of the state resistance to vaccinations is that all of their schoolchildren have been required to get a series of vaccinations in order to attend their local schools. I contrast the craziness of these grandstanding politicians with stories from across the Atlantic Ocean. Recent
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reports from overseas highlight the fact that many of those countries are far ahead of the U.S. in vaccinating their residents. Portugal is a good example, because their vaccination rates tell an interesting story. According to the Wall Street Journal, close to 100 percent of people over age 50 in Portugal have received at least one vaccine dose. For those between ages 25 and 49, the rate is 95 percent. To date, 89 percent of the entire population of 10 million has had at least one dose. And Portugal’s high numbers are surpassed by the United Arab Emirates, which exerts strong control over its residents. The owner of a souvenir shop in Lisbon, Portugal, stated the best case for why our red states should be pushing for their people to be vaccinated. “I need tourists,” said Paula Margues. “Otherwise I have no business.” Places like Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota and Alaska need tourism to keep their economies stable, and they spend millions each year to attract visitors. Instead of pushing for a healthy populace, their leaders spend most of their days battling federal mandates and looking for
artisan bickering over a vaccine will be recorded as a low point in our history.
ways to attract the approval of former President Donald Trump. There is another ironic twist to the red state resistance to vaccinations. Most of the people who are dying of Covid are also their favored voters. While the overall death numbers are small in comparison with the Eastern states, red state governors are allowing their people to suffer needlessly because of government inaction and the numerous false claims of anti-vaccine groups. This is pure government malpractice. I hope that in the not-too-distant future, the coronavirus pandemic will become nothing but a memory. But the partisan bickering over a life-or-death solution will be recorded as one of the bleakest times in the history of our country. Our citizens have every right to stand up for their personal beliefs, but not at the expense of millions of people whose lives were lost because politics got in the way. 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.
What to do before the winter snow flies
inter is coming, meteorologically, astronomically, politically and “Game of Throne”-y. Let us embrace this brief, bridge season between fall and early winter, when the weather is transitioning and the clouds are gathering. We could exhaust ourselves with political knife fights or try to figure out how our Great American Democracy came to hinge on the advice and consent of a fractious group of legislators, but we have all winter for that. RANDI We still have KREISS November and early December. There is practical stuff to consider during these weeks. I don’t feel like watering my annuals anymore, being lazy and more inclined to let them wither and die, but I feel guilty. How many more days do they have to enjoy their favorite activity, photosynthesis? So although they are ragged and quite pathetic, I douse them once in a while as an end-of-life gesture. It’s pretty much each living thing on
its own. The trees and big bushes had better be hardy enough to withstand a tough winter, because we don’t believe in coddling the plant life with fertilizer or plastic protection from the elements. We do close the windows in our porch and throw covers over the outdoor grill and chairs, but that’s about it in the way of preparation. Come the first cold snap, we’ll turn on the heat. For now, however, on good days the windows are open, and fresh air blows through the house. I feel a certain urgency to get out and do some of the activities I put off because, after all, we had “all summer.” So, come along and cash in on these warmenough days. Head for the boardwalk or the park for a brisk walk; before too long, we’ll be walking against the chilly winds of late November and December. Before too long, we’ll need hats and gloves to venture outside. Get out of town. I like the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where I can walk around the area where my great-grandparents began their life in America. The city beckons, with its pedestrian-friend-
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ly districts and communities, and now is the time to go and walk, from the High Line to Battery Park. You can almost pretend that Covid doesn’t exist if you stay outside and dine at food stands. You can almost pretend that “surge” and “spike” and “antivax” aren’t part of the lexicon. In a few weeks, our city streets will become wind tunnels, inhospitable to the daytripper. Another perfect fall destination is the East End, to visit the vineyards and the corn mazes and experience the last perfect days on the beach. The crowds are gone and the restaurants are still open. Or head north a bit and pick apples. When my kids were young, that was probably our favorite fall activity. Recently my husband and I went back to one of the orchards we knew, and it had become overcrowded and commercial. But there are still growers who allow picking, and it’s worth a ride to wander through an orchard, pick a bag or a bushel and head home to make applesauce or cakes and pies. This is the moment. Soon the apples will be done
ash in on these warm-enough days before we break out the hats and gloves.
and it will be too cold to wander anywhere north of Westchester. Back home again, it’s time to plant bulbs for next spring. This is much more than guaranteeing a bit of color next May and June. It feels like an investment in the future, a declaration that come what may in January and February, we know the seasons will turn again, the sun will drift further north and the tulips will bloom. I think of it as an act of faith. In the same way, I spend some of these days preparing soup and packing it away in containers for the cold nights when I may not feel like cooking. Maybe that’s a little bit squirrely of me, storing food away for the hard times, but it feels good to do so. Kids are in school, beach clubs are closed and the days are getting shorter. Still, we have this autumn interlude. With all the tumult in the world, these few days seem like a metaphor for grasping what is good in our lives when we can, because we can. Something about knowing this time is finite propels me out the door and into the ebbing light. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Setting the record straight on county policing
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our years ago, as the race for Nassau County executive between then Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat, and then State Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, was heating up, the state Republican Party attempted an all-too-common GOP political tactic: It tried to paint Democrats as weak on crime, saying Curran would allow the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13 to run wild across the county. The GOP did so in a last-minute mailer that showed three shirtless, tattooed Hispanic men grimacing angrily. The flier, mailed to homes across Nassau, read, “Meet your new neighbors. Laura Curran will roll out the welcome mat for violent gangs like MS-13.” The flier, which was inherently racist, came at a time when fears of MS-13 were running high after young Hispanic men, hacked to death with machetes by the gang, were found buried in the woods in Baldwin, Freeport, Merrick and Massapequa. It was a low blow that played to voters’ basest fears. And it was wrong. Voters saw past the Republicans’ attempt to win by any means possible, electing Curran, and MS-13 never overran Nassau, as predicted. In fact, we’ve heard little of the gang since a series of high-profile arrests of numerous gang leaders. Thankfully, we had had, as of press time Monday, relatively little of such political chicanery. Curran’s opponent this time around, Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, was laserfocused on lambasting Curran over the county’s property-tax reassessment, and said relatively little about crime. During an endorsement interview with the Herald editorial board leading up to the election, however, Blakeman tried to make it sound as though Nassau was not, in fact, the “safest county in America” two years in a row, as judged by U.S. News & World Report. There had been an explosion of crime during the coronavirus pandemic, he said, that was not factored into the magazine’s rankings. He ticked off a list of recent violent crimes, wondering why they had not garnered greater media attention. That got us thinking: Is Nassau really as safe as the magazine says it is? Curran made public safety a cornerstone of her campaign, and regularly touted the U.S. News assessment. Nassau, we found, is indeed a very safe place to live. We could not undertake the county-by-county assessment that the magazine did. We did, however, look into the crime statistics for 2020 and 2021, Nassau County Police Department precinct by precinct. And, we are pleased to report, crime — particularly violent crime — has
Violent crime in Nassau County Precinct
Rapes 2020-21
Murders 2020-21
1st Precinct: Baldwin 2nd Precinct: Woodbury 3rd Precinct: Williston 4th Precinct: Hewlett 5th Precinct: Elmont 6th Precinct: Manhasset 7th Precinct: Seaford 8th Precinct: Bethpage
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Source: Nassau County Police Department. Statistics do not include cities and villages.
been astonishingly low here the past two years. Nassau’s murder rate on any given year is 2 per 100,000 people. The nationwide average was, by comparison, 7.8 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is not to say there is no violent crime here. This is not the Mayberry of “The Andy Griffith Show.” This is one of the country’s most densely populated counties — with nearly 1.35 million people — outside the largest city in the nation, so we expect to see crime. We cannot dispute the claim, though, that Nassau is either the safest or one of the safest large counties in the country. At the time of this writing, we had no idea who would win the county executive’s seat. The Herald endorsed Curran this year, as we did four years ago. Unlike 2017, she had a record to run on this time, and when it came to policing, she made the grade. So, win or lose, we should thank her for her continual support for the men
and women in blue who patrol our streets and keep us safe. Blakeman attempted to link Curran to the movement to defund police. In no way, however, did she ever promote a plan that would reduce funding for our police force. Quite the opposite. Throughout her first four years in office, she touted a singular message: She unequivocally supported the NCPD. At the same time, she was able to win a concession from police, who agreed, finally, to wear body cameras in exchange for an annual stipend. It was an important win for police accountability. We now encourage whoever wins the county executive’s seat to seek greater diversity in the police ranks. The latest class of police cadets to go through the academy this year, while more diverse than past classes, was still largely white. That must change as Nassau’s demographics change. We hope and trust that it will. If it does not, residents must demand reform.
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he United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, began last Sunday and will run through Nov. 12. Participants will include more than 190 government representatives and business leaders who are expected to discuss efforts to ensure that countries and companies live up to climatechange agreements made at the 2015 Paris climate conference. Former Secretary of State John Kerry, now the special presidential envoy for climate change, is ALAN heading the U.S. delegation, which SINGER includes several members of President Biden’s cabinet. Biden, who is also scheduled to attend, reportedly plans to call on nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — a still-devastating number. Long Islanders should pay close attention to this conference, because climate change will likely have a profound effect here, given that it’s causing sea levels to rise, and we live on an island. Unfortunately, the Biden administration has so far been unable to pass its ambitious climate agenda in the Senate. Climate villains include Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and virtually every Republican in the Senate
and House. Manchin’s political career is funded largely by fossil fuel companies, and he owns millions of dollars in coal company stock. He is trying to force the Biden administration to drop renewableenergy subsidies from the federal budget. American corporations often claim they are good environmental citizens. According to Alberto Carrillo Pineda of the Science Based Targets initiative, however, “You can look at a company’s website and see their sustainability report and it will look great, but then when you look at what is behind it, you’ll see there is not a lot of substance behind those commitments, or the commitments are not comprehensive enough.” A recently released report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project highlights how the short-term hunt for profit and market manipulation make U.S. finance one of the world’s biggest climate villains. While countries, including the U.S., are plagued by drought, forest fires and hurricanes because of climate change, the secretive private equity industry has invested more than a trillion dollars during the last decade in fossil-fuel companies. Virtually singlehandedly, the industry keeps some of the worst-polluting oil wells, natural gasleaking towers and coal-burning power plants pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Three of the corporate players high-
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apitalists pollute and warm the earth, but socialist countries don’t do much better.
LETTERS East Side Access is a year from completion To the Editor: I recently joined Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials to take a special Long Island Rail Road test train to Grand Central Terminal, giving the public one of the first looks at the new 350,000-square-foot East Side Access passenger terminal there. This is the largest new train terminal to be built in the United States since the 1950s and the first expansion of the LIRR in more than 100 years. Together with the LIRR third-track project, the new connection will add 50 percent to the LIRR’s capacity into Manhattan, with up to 24 trains per hour, and cut travel time for Queens and Long Island commuters traveling to the East Side by 40 minutes per day. It will also reduce crowding on commuter rail at Penn Station and on the subway by dispersing commuters and allowing passengers to go directly to Grand Central Ter minal from destinations across Queens and Long Island. The new com-
lighted in the Private Equity Stakeholder Project report are the Blackstone Group, KKR & Co. and the Carlyle Group/NGP Energy Capital. Blackstone is the world’s largest “alternative” asset manager. While its ClearGen subsidy is committed to promoting “sustainable-energy infrastructure,” Blackstone invests in 25 fossil-fuel companies. Among its recent acquisitions is the pipeline company Tallgrass Energy, which is developing an “oil export terminal in Louisiana that would emit more than 500,000 tons of greenhouse gases annually.” Tallgrass is also responsible for releasing thousands of gallons of oilfield wastewater contaminating North Dakota farmland. And Blackstone is notorious for investing heavily “in polluting plants located in proximity to communities of color.” KKR plans to partner with the renewable energy consulting firm Crossover Energy Partners to develop solar and wind power projects. However, it also partners with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to produce and distribute petroleum products, and is expanding natural-gas fracking projects in Wyoming. Overall, KKR invests in 28 fossilfuel companies. The Carlyle Group/NGP Energy Capital plans to invest in Amp Solar Group, “a Canadian-based global energy transition platform,” but it is also investing in expanding oil production in Colombia and Ghana. Overall, it
holds assets in 68 fossil-fuel companies. While capitalists pollute the Earth and speed up global warming, nominally socialist countries like China aren’t doing much better, and belong on the climate villains list. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, promises that it will start reducing greenhouse gases by 2030, and will be carbon neutral by 2060. Meantime, it is increasing coal production and the use of coal-fired power plants. The plants receive tax deductions and are greenlighted for bank loans. The list of climate villains must also include Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Libya, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil, all nations that are expected to attend the Glasgow conference. Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco, the world’s leading oil producer, recently announced plans to increase its production by at least a million barrels a day by the 2030s. Stateowned oil companies in the other countries are also planning to increase production. The UAE was the first Persian Gulf country to pledge net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Meanwhile, it is investing more than $100 billion in new oil and gas projects. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.
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muter rail route and concourse will officially open in December 2022. The East Side Access concourse is a model for modern transportation systems as we look to the post-pandemic future. This is yet another example of New York leading the way as we recover from the pandemic, and I look forward to the East Side Access concourse and route fully opening. GOV. KATHY HOCHUL
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