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Belmont Park may have leg up Wall for tunnel to access track infield to be completed by spring Kathy Hochul has signaled support for ending a statewide ban on new casinos by this year.

Renovations beginning this At the same time, Aqueduct spring at Belmont Park could Racetrack in Queens has been turn the Elmont racetrack into floated as a potential site for a the top horseracing facility in casino once the moratorium is downstate New York, officials lifted. said.

This would position a reimagConstruction that started last ined Belmont Park as the lead fall of a “retaining wall” neces- racing hub in southern New sary for the creYork, and some see ation of a tunnel the plans as a beneplanned to provide ficial development fans access to the for Elmont. racetrack’s infield “I think it would is expected to be be great for the completed by community,” said spring, according Pat Boyle, the exect o a s t at e m e n t utive director of released by the G a t e w ay Yo u t h New York Racing Outreach, an orgaAssociation. nization that proOnce the wall is vides programs for constructed, NYRA students in Elmont can begin building PAtRICk and its surroundthe t u n n e l , MCkeNNA ing communities. approved by New Boyle said NYRA Comms. Director York state in Januaccess to the raceary, which will track’s infield is allow vehicles and important because pedestrians access to the 55-acre it could be used for community infield from the north end of the events, and that modernizing racetrack.

Belmont Park could bring back The planned renovations have individuals lured away by online been announced amid a new gambling. landscape rising for racing and He added that with the newly gambling in New York, as Gov. Continued on page 4

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Courtesy Sewanhaka Central High School District

tHe SewANHAkA CeNtRAl High School District robotics team, known as the RoboPandas, won the Connect Award at the 2021-22 FIRST Tech Challenge Long Island Regional Championships last Saturday.

Robotics club wires together

Local students on ‘RoboPandas’ team evolve

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It’s not just about the robots.

That’s what Jack Chen, a teacher at Sewanhaka High School and the adviser for the Central High School District robotics club, said about what members of the team known as the RoboPandas took away from the experience of building robots in preparation for the FIRST Tech Challenge Long Island Regional Championships last Saturday.

“There are lots of opportunities to learn how to work cooperatively and as part of a team,” Chen said of the larger principles that drive the club.

This year’s Sewanhaka robotics team — made up of students from Sewanhaka, H. Frank Carey, Floral Park and New Hyde Park

high schools — qualified for and competed in the tech challenge at Syosset High School.

Sewanhaka was one of 16 high school squads that took part, and it teamed up with the Stony Brook School to win the main event.

Each year, participating teams compete in a different game. This year it was “Freight Frenzy,” in which teams and their robots were operating in an imaginary world where they had to “navigate a complex transportation system by traversing barriers and racing against time to load and deliver essential items to those who need them most,” according to a description on FIRST’s website.

Each team, and its robot, was paired with another school or district in an “alliance,” and the pair that scored the most points against another alliance during a 150-second match, Continued on page 3

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Residents feel spike in gas prices, adapt to new reality

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Residents and business owners from Elmont and Franklin Square said rising gas prices are affecting the day-to-day lives and operations of both community members and businesses as the average price for one gallon of regular gas nationwide spiked on March 8 to an all-time high of $4.17.

“It definitely has a tremendous impact on us,” said Regina Mendez, the owner of TrYSeafoodGrill Bar and Grill in Franklin Square, on the impact of the rise in gas prices on local residents and businesses.

On March 10, the price of one gallon of regular gas at various stations across Elmont and Franklin Square rose to $4, with one Elmont station charging $4.49 per gallon of regular gas.

Mendez said her business, which opened in 2019, relies on deliveries and also picks up its own inventory with company-owned SUVs, forcing the seafood restaurant to spend more on gas amid the rise in prices.

“I think we need to not rely on foreign oil as much as we are now,” said Frank Culmone, a resident of Franklin Square for 47 years, who called the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “driving force” behind the rise in prices.

He added, however, that he is okay with paying more at the pump to support Ukraine.

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the pRice of gas at Elmont and Franklin Square gas stations rose above $4 during the second week of March.

The price for a regular gallon of gas has risen by 50 cents since the beginning of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24. Before President Biden’s ban on Russian oil, which Culmone said he supports, eight

percent of U.S. oil imports came from Russia.

“We’re really feeling the aftermath of this,” Mendez said, explaining that while she sympathizes with Americans who are

hurt by rising gas prices, the effect of the war on Ukrainians is worse.

Culmone agreed, adding that the price hike is an “inconvenience” that residents can avoid by car pooling, working from home and taking other measures to avoid paying for gas.

“In California, they’re even worse,” said Lisa DelliPizzi, the president of the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce, comparing the average price of gas in California, which rose to over $5 on March 7.

DelliPizzi said residents should consider taking public transportation amid the spike in gas prices, an action already being taken by many people throughout the community, she added. “This is not going to last forever,” DelliPizzi said, encouraging community members to consider alternative modes of transportation.

Mendez expressed less contentment with these options.

“The pandemic is still here,” she said, cautioning that many people like her who have elderly parents and remain concerned about contracting the coronavirus may not be eager to turn to public transportation as a solution.

Culmone said he supports increasing domestic oil production, but that residents should consider adjusting their lifestyles in the short-term to counter paying rising gas prices.

“We can all bite the bullet a little bit as residents and cut back on unnecessary travel,” Culmone said.

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FRANKLIN SQUARE/ELMONT HERALD — March 17, 2022 Photos courtesy Sewanhaka Central High School District

The RoboPandas weRe part of the winning alliance last Saturday, supporting the Stony Brook School, which won the top award at the event.

Team comprises students from four Sewanhaka schools Chen learned from his Sewanhaka which involved stacking wiffle balls, High colleagues that the average varsity plastic cubes and rubber ducks, was the football team holds 70 three-hour practicwinner. The RoboPandas teamed up es per year, for a total of about 210 hours with the Stony Brook School Bears, and per season. The RoboPandas doubled that. as it turned out, they were the winning Club members, he said, often spend five to alliance. six hours working on robotics after In another part of the competition, stu- school, heading home as late as 8:30 p.m. dents from each team gave a five-minute Altogether, they logged up to 500 hours of presentation, and then fielded questions work in meetings, getting together three during a question-andor four times per week as answer session. The presenwell as on Saturdays. tations included technical Chen emphasized that details about the robots the while preparing for the students built, and team FIRST Tech Challenge is members vied for a variety the club’s high-profile goal, of judged awards as well. participants are driven by Each award “reflects differa set of overarching ideals. ent aspects of the team’s The nonprofit FIRST experience during the seaRobotics’ guiding principle son,” Chen explained, addis “gracious professionaling that this part of the comism,” Chen said. The orgapetition calls on student’s nization aims to teach stupublic-speaking and presendents to treat one another tation skills. with respect, to be incluJack chen The Sewanhaka team sive and to work hard — Teacher, Sewanhaka won the Connect Award, and to be fair to others in presented to the team that High School competition. “most connects with their “The robotics communilocal science, technology, ty is competing with each engineering, and math other and helping each (STEM) community,” the FIRST website other improve,” said Chen, who has notes. taught in Sewanhaka High’s Career and While the RoboPandas fell just shy of Technical Education Department for 12 qualifying for the FIRST World Champi- years, and has advised the robotics club onships next month in Houston, Chen since he started at the school. stressed that what defines the team memLaura Dolan, whose daughter, Caroline bers is their work ethic. “What stands out Gilman, is a member of the team, about these students is that they’re will- described Chen as “an unbelievably dediing to work really hard,” he said. cated teacher” in an email. She praised

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The RoboPandas won second place overall at the March 12 competition held at Sysosset High School.

Chen for dedicating “hours and hours of his time” as both a teacher and an adviser for the after-school, extracurricular club, which attracts many students who take his pre-engineering elective course at the high school, as well as others.

The random pairings of teams in competition, Chen said, helps students understand a concept that is key to FIRST’s mission — working together with others.

The team’s commitment to this principle is evident in the RoboPandas’ work with other teams across Long Island prior to last Saturday’s event, in which they coordinated strategies to maximize points in the event that they were paired in competition. The team held an informal scrimmage with members of seven other

teams on a Saturday, and in the past has even donated equipment to other teams and helped customize it for them.

And while the team is, of course, dedicated to robotics, students with other interests are encouraged to join the RoboPandas, Chen said. They can take on a variety of roles and tasks as club members, ranging from marketing to community outreach to painting the robots.

Members also help with the elementary robotics program at Washington Street School in Franklin Square, demonstrating robots for younger students on Zoom.

“We’re helping each other all the time,” Chen said, “but we recognize that even though we’re in competition with each other, by helping, we raise the level of competition for everybody.”

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CONSTRUCTION OF A “retaining wall” set to be completed by spring is the first step in creating a tunnel at Belmont Park that will allow visitors to access the racetrack’s infield by 2024.

Track infield to be accessible by 2024 CONTINUED FROM FRONT

built UBS Arena next door to a revamped Belmont Park, the project would boost the aesthetic appeal of Elmont.

“That could be a real benefit for the community,” he said, adding that NYRA has reached out to community members and civic groups about the plans for the racetrack, which he said can be an “asset” for Elmont.

However, others are skeptical of the developments.

Ian Yogman, who has worked at Elmont Memorial Library for the past five years, said he does not believe the redevelopment would benefit the community at all.

“They don’t benefit one iota; it never does,” Yogman said.

He pointed to Monmouth Park, a racetrack in New Jersey that recently constructed an amphitheater, to make his case.

While Yogman complimented the aes-

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thetics of the amphitheater, he said there is a lack of quality infrastructure nearby to account for higher turnout – a concern Yogman said he fears would be recreated at Belmont Park.

He said Elmont residents are concerned about an increase in traffic as a result of bolstered turnout at the facility, a fear that may be tied to traffic issues at the UBS Arena stemming from a promised parking garage proposed for completion by spring.

Yogman also said he fears that booming revenues expected by many to come from a revamped Belmont Park will not materialize for residents.

NYRA said the renovations could allow the facility to host year-round racing as well as the Breeders’ Cup, a prestigious annual series of races, and provide other advantages.

State approval of the redevelopments is yet to be secured.

State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, who represents Elmont, has expressed support for the project, along with senators Anna Kaplan and Todd Kaminsky.

Solages wrote a letter to state legislative leaders Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Carl Heastie in February advocating for the funding authority.

The revamped racetrack could be the next part of a phase of redevelopment in Elmont.

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Belmont Park, which has not been renovated since 1968, would be the next major site in Elmont slated for construction, following the opening of the UBS Arena last fall.

“The significant reduction in the size of the Belmont Park backyard due to UBS Arena makes the project to unlock the infield that much more important,” NYRA said, tying the two Elmont projects together.

But the redevelopments planned at Belmont Park are unique in their own right, solidifying the racetrack as the top horseracing facility in the region.

NYRA said that beyond the alterations for the existing racetrack, plans are in the works to construct a new building to replace Belmont Park’s grandstand and clubhouse.

The organization stressed that a “complete re-imagining” of the facility is underway.

“A new Belmont Park would complete the overall transformation of the property, secure the future of thoroughbred racing downstate and create jobs and economic opportunity in Nassau County,” the statement continued. “NYRA envisions a building that will honor the history and traditions of this historic property while offering fans the kind of modern amenities they deserve.”

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Courtesy Joey Cinelli

Founded in 1986, Cinelli’s, located at 1195 Hempstead Turnpike, has become a mainstay in the Franklin Square community. bling experience.” Training new employees opened his eyes to the behind-thescenes aspects of the business and revealed to him the level of teamwork the staff exhibits daily, he said.

“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but we’re like a family.”

During the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cinelli’s was forced to close for two weeks, but the restaurant has recovered since. And during the 2008 economic recession, employees supported each other, he said.

Some employees, ranging from chefs to dishwashers, have worked at the business for 30 years, since Cinelli was a child, he said.

Since 1986, the restaurant has adapted

technologically to serve the community as efficiently as possible.

During the late 1990s, the pizzeria installed ovens inside its delivery cars, a step not matched by Dominoes until 2017, Joey said. Additionally, the company introduced fuel efficient vehicles for deliveries in 2005.

More recently, the restaurant began offering online orders in 2012, relatively early for pizzeria restaurants across Long Island, and launched a mobile app that allows customers to order online and track deliveries as it is being delivered to their door.

Since the pandemic started and until today, these advances include requiring customers to order online before picking

up their food to keep customers and employees safe.

But the pandemic did not stop Cinelli’s from serving the community.

During the height of the pandemic, the restaurant donated food to the City MD in Franklin Square, the 5th precinct of the Nassau County Police Department, and other local hospitals.

Joey said the goal of the pizzeria and restaurant since 1986 has been to serve local people. We’re local people… we do our part,” he said.

“We are and continue to be grateful for the opportunity to prepare fresh, great tasting food for families in our community… especially now,” a statement on the restaurant’s website reads.

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From traversing Hempstead Turnpike during 1986 in white vans bearing the company’s logo to boost name recognition to launching a mobile app during the 2010s, Cinelli’s Pizzeria and Restaurant has adapted to the times to serve Franklin Square and its surrounding communities.

Founded in 1986 by Joe Cinelli and his three brothers, the pizzeria and restaurant, today run by Joe’s son, Joey, has become a staple in the Franklin Square community.

Joey, 29, began working in the family business when he was 15, helping customers and answering phones. Once he graduated high school in 2011, his role at the restaurant took off.

“It’s the family business, I wanted to bring it back to its great heights,” Joey said of his decision to take charge of the business full time.

Raised nearby in Elmont, Joey said he is proud of how long his family’s business has served the Franklin Square community.

“My husband took over the business and has been working hard to keep this family business thriving,” said Michelle Cinelli. She added that these aspects help “set this pizzeria/restaurant apart from others in town.”

Cinelli said becoming the head of the pizzeria and restaurant has been a “hum-

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community update Thursday, March 17

own brokerage firms, ran their own newspapers, and were the first women to address Congress and run for president in 1872. You will also learn about the double life of an entertainer who was also a war hero and a symbol of the Civil Rights movement, the fascinating life of the richest woman in New York, the special party held in Gramercy Park hosted by an American aristocrat, and many other stories. Limited seating is available, and registration is required.

Masks are required for all in-person programs, regardless of vaccination status. To register, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org.

St. Patrick’s Day Trivia with Theresa Maritato (Elmont) Take part in St. Patrick’s Day trivia at any time on March 17 through the Elmont Memorial Library. Register by emailing Theresa Maritato at theresaowens8@ gmail.com by Wednesday, March 16, with the subject line “ELMONT/ST.PATTY’S”. All trivia questions will be emailed to you on Thursday, March 17 and you’ll have until 11:59 p.m. to play. Everyone who plays will be eligible to win a $25 Amazon gift card, regardless of score.

Friends of the Library meeting (F.S.) Join the Friends of the Franklin Square Library for an in-person meeting between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. in the library’s meeting room. Meetings of the Friends are normally held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 10:15 a.m.

Project Hope (F.S.) Join Project Hope at the Franklin Square Public Library between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. at a table on the ground floor of the library where Project Hope will be providing helpful information. The organization has an emotional support helpline, educational materials, trusted referrals, and local provider agencies that are “all dedicated to helping you manage and cope with changes brought on by COVID-19… NY Project Hope Crisis Counselors understand what you are going through. Talking with them is free, confidential, and anonymous. Talk with someone who is trained, knowledgeable and never judges. Sometimes it’s helpful to talk with someone you don’t know.”

Project Hope recommends looking at the articles on their website (to learn relaxation techniques or coping tips) if you are not able to speak in person. For more information, visit the library’s website, https://www.franklinsquarepl. org/.

St. Patrick’s Day BINGO (Elmont) Children between grades 2 and 6 can play St/ Patrick’s Day Bingo at the library’ss Storytime Room and Craft Room at 7 p.m. To register, contact the

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Monday, March 28 Chair Yoga with Mary Mazzone (Elmont) Susan Grieco/Herald

Celebrate Women’s History Month at library lecture Tochi Ukegbu singing a rendition of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” in 2020 at Elmont Memorial High School. Learn about influential women in New York history, politics, business, culture and the arts during a lecture at Elmont Memorial Library on March 25 at 12:30 p.m. in meeting room 2. children’s department at (516) 354 5280 or via email at childrenservices@ elmontlibrary.org.

women and gardens in art. Register online at the library’s website, https:// www.franklinsquarepl.org/.

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Wed., March 23

Senior Chat (Elmont)

Lecture: Women’s History Month - Kelli O’Hara with Richard Knox (Elmont)

Join Elmont Memorial Library for senior chat with seniors from the community every Friday morning at 10 a.m. in meeting room 1. Participate or just listen to casual discussions on special interests, concerns, and other topics that happen to come up. To register, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@ elmontlibrary.org.

Monday, March 21 The Woman, the Garden in Art (F.S.) Join Louise Cella Caruso at 2 p.m. for a virtual lecture lecture on the role of

Learn about seven-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara during a virtual lecture at 7 p.m. This program will include video highlights of songs from many of her most memorable performances as well as an extended interview in which Kelli discusses her rise to fame and how she manages to juggle her stage career with the demands of being a wife and mother of two daughters. Registration is required.

To register, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org.

Thursday, March 24 Library Board Meeting (Elmont) The public is invited to attend the Elmont Public Library Board of Trustees’ regular meeting at 7 p.m. in meeting room 2 at the library. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. The agenda calls for the Board to meet in Executive Session at 7 p.m. For more information, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org.

Friday, March 25 Lecture: Women’s History Month Women of New York with Arthur and Susan Zuckerman (Elmont) Learn about New York’s influential women in history, politics, business, culture and the arts during a lecture in meeting room 2 at 12:30 p.m. In this presentation, you will learn about women who owned their

Join Elmont Memorial Library and Mary Mazzone at 1 p.m. in meeting room 2 for a chair yoga class. Registration is required, and there is limited seating.

Registration for Elmont Library cardholders begins two weeks before each program. Masks are required for all in-person programs, regardless of vaccination status. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 x 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

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The owner of F.S.’s Murph’s Restaurant spent $10,000 preparing for St. Patrick’s Day in 2020.

The New York Racing Association is planning major renovations of Belmont Park in Elmont.

Franklin Square is a hamlet, an unincorporated area located within the Town of Hempstead.

Between March 1 and March 7, Elmont averaged 3.43 positive Covid-19 cases per day.

Between March 1 and March 7, Franklin Square averaged 3.1 positive Covid-19 cases per day.

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Long Island’s business leaders and elected officials gathered at the Bethpage Heritage Club for a breakfast of Spanish frittata, home fries and fruit at the Long Island Association’s “What’s New in Washington” event featuring Democratic Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer on March 4.

LIA’s President and CEO Matt Cohen welcomed guests, including State Sen. Anna Kaplan and Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, highlighting Long Island’s largest business organization’s 2022 goals centering on pandemic economic recovery, small business support, cost of living reduction and an inclusive economy.

Cohen introduced Schumer, reminiscing about his days as the senator’s 23-yearold direct report in the Long Island office with his deputy at the time and current LIA’s Vice-President Stacey Sikes.

Schumer discussed how Long Island has bent the curve and balanced public health, including through allotting over 13.5 billion to hospitals across the state and supporting vaccine rollouts, making Long Island boast one of the highest rates of vaccinations in the state.

However, he identified how state and local aid was missing in the Covid relief package, which was later passed in the American Relief Package. Over $1 billion was provided to local governments, with

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the Long isLand Association’s ‘What’s New in Washington’ event featured Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, who spoke of Long Island’s transportation, restaurants, small businesses and environment. $397 million going to Nassau, $286 million to Suffolk, and $84 million to Hempstead.

Schumer also addressed the pandemic’s effects on restaurants since “the places that suffered the most was where people couldn’t gather.” With the Restaurant Revitalization Plan, which the state government is trying to renew, provided $270 million to Long Island restaurants, including Baldwin’s own Canal House.

The bipartisan infrastructure bill drew applause during the breakfast, as it supports improvements in commutes through funding for the LIRR, the Penn Station

Rehab and $11.5 billion for the Long Island Expressway. “We will see more construction here on Long Island than we have ever seen here before,” exclaimed Schumer.

Then talk turned from pandemic to the environment and science. Schumer listed various environmentally-charged projects, including addressing the water contamination in Bethpage, Farmingdale, and Massapequa, stopping the sale of Plum Island, $106 million clean-up in the Long Island Sound and the $1.7 million Fire Island to Montauk Point Project to protect the sand bar.

■ Public safety support “Scientists are going to flock here like they go to Geneva,” said Schumer about the $2 billion competitive funding attained

by Brookhaven National Laboratory to build the most advanced ion collider ever.

This “premium machine of the world,” Schumer stated, will not only help foment new advancements but also create new and more jobs.

Schumer also discussed the bipartisanship in support of the Ukraine government, lauding President Joe Biden’s “tough as nails” sanctions, as well as pension relief programs and the $9 billion allocated to state school districts as a pump to our economy.

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Liquor dumped in solidarity with Ukraine Clavin said. “It has no place in our stores.”

While officials acknowledged that Not exactly the Boston Tea Party, but dumping vodka would not necessarily Town of Hempstead officials reaffirmed hurt the Russia econotheir support for the my, the symbolism Ukrainian people by demonstrates support joining restaurant ownof those tasked to ers in dumping Rusdefend their home sian vodka down the country. drain in a symbolic “We understand that gesture on Monday. we don’t have the abiliMore than a dozen ty to sink the economy bottles were emptied in Russia by pouring outside of Peter’s Clam out vodka and spirits,” Bar in Island Park.

Tow n C o u n c i l m a n Some 25 restaurants Anthony D’Esposito signed on to particisaid. “What we do realpate, according to Town ize is we need to send a Supervisor Don Clavin message of solidarity.”

— including major Solidarity that goes catering facilities — to beyond just vodka. dispose of the Russian “It’s a symbolic gesliquor. They included hammer + sicKle Vodka was ture, but it’s an importhe Mill Ridge Inn, The tant one,” Clavin said. among those that were disposed Coral House, JJ Coo“First, it’s the vodka. of in a sign of solidarity with pers, EGP Land and Then it’s not getting Ukraine.

Sea, EGP Oceanside, Lukoil gas and any of The Beach House, and the other products.”

The Ugly Duckling bar and restaurant.

But then again, it’s not about targeting “We are showing our commitment to the people of Russia, said Tim O’Hagan, tying in with the people seeking freedom owner of EGP Oceanside and EGP Land in Ukraine and the oppression that is tak- and Sea, but instead the country’s leaders. ing place, by pouring Russian vodka “Bars and restaurants have always where it belongs right down the drain,”

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Town of hempsTead Board and local bar and restaurant owners disposed of Russian Vodka as a show of solidarity with Ukraine. been a place for people to go socialize with their families,” he said. “Our goal is not to topple the Russian economy, but to show some strength and unity for the people of Ukraine. We hope people around the nation will join in our efforts and stand with us as well.”

Many large businesses have openly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — not just with words, but also with action. Credit card companies like Visa, MasterCard and American Express suspended operations in Russia, and vowed to no longer support cards issued in that country.

Clavin also called upon Gov. Kathy Hochul to stop the sale of Russian spirits

in New York via executive order.

“It’s time for our New York state government to get involved and sanction any products,” the town supervisor said.

“Withhold them from use, at least in state facilities. And if they can, pass legislation to stop the sale and promotion of Russian products throughout New York state.”

Hempstead town officials will compile a list of Russian products to share on official government social media pages, allowing the general public to know what they can boycott.

“We hope that this will be the first step and there can be more upstage initiatives throughout the state,” Clavin said. “This is our time to act.”

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Polk Street School marks anti-bullying day Polk Street School students and staff wore pink in honor of Anti-Bullying Day, an annual event celebrated late last month by the school and people all around the world.

This year marked the school’s 10th year of supporting the event, which is also known as Pink Shirt Day and is commemorated in Canada and various other places throughout the world.

All students at the Frank-

the Franklin Square school has marked the annual event for 10 years as of 2022. The antibullying event is held each year in Canada and various parts of the world, and commemorators often wear pink.

lin Square school participated in a read-aloud of “I Am Human: A Book of Empathy,”

by Susan Verde, a children’s picture book about possibility and the human experience.

Students later gathered outside to position themselves to create a large peace sign image and spell the word “kind.” They also decorated paper shirts with messages of kindness and positivity, the district said.

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Dutch Broadway School in Elmont held a virtual Family Cooking Night in late January.

The school held the inaugural event, the Elmont Union Free School District said in a statement, “To inspire their students to experience different cultures while also spending quality time with their families.”

The event, which was sponsored by the school’s Building Advisory Committee, was part of a diversity initiative launched by the school. Each month, as part of the initiative, students “engage in a variety of activities that reflect the theme of the month,” the district said.

During the virtual event, first grade teacher Ciara Beaumont, who is Italian, shared facts about Italian culture as well as childhood memories of her Italian family.

She also provided step-by-step instructions on how to make stuffed shells, an Italian pasta dish. Participants were provided with directions to make the Italian meal after the event.

“This family event is a way our students can learn about the different cultures that represent our Dutch Broadway family,” said, Cynthia Qasim, the principal of Dutch Broadway School.

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BeaumOnt, a First grade teacher at Dutch Broadway School, with her son during the school’s virtual Family Cooking Night.

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OBITUARY

Andrea Halbfinger, 81, artist, Herald journalist Andrea Halbfinger, an artist and for- Post went out on maternity leave in 1964, mer reporter and editor for the Herald Halbfinger — then 23 — filled in. Her chain of newspapers, died at her home in weekly reviews crackled with assertive, authoritative prose — offhandedly disManhattan on March 1. She was 81.

She had been battling pancreatic can- missing pop art as “a fad doomed to pass,’’ cer and Parkinson’s disease, said her son, spotlighting the first exhibition of Native David Halbfinger, the politics editor for American art at an unusual venue of the Interior Department, and recommending The New York Times.

Halbfinger worked for the Herald books for parents eager to cultivate an newspapers in the 1990s, covering Valley appreciation for art in their young children Stream and Nassau County.

A law firm job for her husShe was a dedicated artist, band led the family back to producing more than 60 years Brooklyn before moving to of paintings and drawings.

Freeport in 1971. Halbfinger She started when she was a continued to write and also student at Bennington College took up art teaching, working and, according to her son, in with children in Bellmore and the overheated basement of Massapequa along with adults the family home in Freeport. in Oceanside, and leading She and her husband, M. Wiltours of New York galleries liam Halbfinger, raised two children — David and Westandrea halbfinger and museums.

Aside from her son and her chester County health departdaughter, she is also survived ment public affairs director by her brother, Dr. Steven R. Kanner of Caren. Her husband died in 1999.

Between 1971 and 2000, she painted viv- Lincoln, Massachusetts; sister, Dr. Ellen idly colored acrylics and oils with bold, B. Kanner, a Manhattan psychologist; and expressive shapes on large canvases she six grandchildren.

After the death of her husband, she stretched herself. These images represented “an ordering of chaos,” she wrote in married Lawrence G. Wasserman of Lido one statement accompanying an exhibi- Beach in 2004. He died in 2007.

She became a bat mitzvah as an adult, tion of her work.

Andrea Sue Kanner was born Feb. 17, was an active member of Congregation 1941, in Brooklyn, the first child of S. Lee B’nai Israel in Freeport and then of Congregation Ohav Shalom in Merrick, and Elsie (Frumkin) Kanner.

She graduated from Bennington Col- before moving to Manhattan after the lege in Vermont in 1962. Urged by her death of her second husband and eventufather to pursue a more practical career, ally joining Congregation Kehilath Jeshushe earned a master’s degree in journal- run.

Days after celebrating her 81st birthism from Columbia University in 1963.

That’s where she met Halbfinger, moving day, when asked if she was looking forwith him to Washington, D.C., after they ward to being reunited with her first husband, she smiled broadly and quickly married.

When the art critic for The Washington answered: “It’s gonna be great.”

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StudentS between kindergarten and sixth grade at Alden Terrace School created rainbows in honor of Maya Angelou during Black History Month.

Elmont students study icon of civil rights era Alden Terrace School in Elmont partnered with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture for a virtual assembly on Feb. 11 focused on the famed Black poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou.

At the event, which was held during Black History Month, childhood educators at NMAAHC educators “taught the students about the poet’s life and her many contributions,” the Elmont Union Free School District said in a statement.

Angelou, who died in 2014, was revered as a spokesperson for Black people and Black women, and her works revolved around themes of racism and Black identity. She is remembered for intentionally changing the structure of autobiographies, allowing her to become one of the

first female African-American writers to publicly discuss elements of her personal life.

Following discussion of Angelou, Alden Terrace School students participated in an arts and craft project with museum educators.

The activity was designed to highlight Angelou’s famous quote: “Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” Students created their own rainbows using colored pencils, tissue paper, glitter, cotton balls and other art materials.

The museum included an educator on the Zoom call who communicated in American Sign Language to ensure that the assembly was accessible to all participants, the district said.

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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 3/23/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES

WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 215/22. FRANKLIN SQUARE - Judi Aquila, Variances, lot area occupied, special exception to maintain shed with roof over & fireplace all attached thereto, higher & larger than permitted & exceeding horizontal maximum on both sides., E/s Ribbon St., 50’ N/o Naple Ave., a/k/a 257 Ribbon St. N.C.P.C. Local Determination.

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the School partnered with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture for the assembly on Angelou, a revered poet and spokesperson for Black Americans.

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Primary responsibilities are to answer phones, buzz people in the door, typing, filing, and data entry. Computer experience and a working knowledge of: Microsoft, Word, and Excel a must, database experience a plus. Reports directly to Temple Administrator. Send resume to: info@templehillel.org.

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Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships.

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Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X286 PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

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Q. I own apartments, and like to think I’m a fair landlord, but I have a tenant who keeps their apartment at an extreme — like near 80 degrees — but also keeps the windows open. Recently, because of the high energy bills, which they don’t have to pay, since it’s a fixed rental fee, I looked into getting control of the thermostats and controlling them remotely. I need to keep energy costs in line, and I’m exasperated after talking with the tenant several times about this. Is there a legal limit to what the temperature can be kept at, and how do I make sure I don’t get a violation for what I’m about to Ask The do?

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his modern villa includes a kitchen and guest room with a full bathroom on the main level. A winding stairway brings you to sumptuous primary suite and lavish bathroom. There are also 3 more bedrooms and 2 more bathrooms on this level. The massive basement includes bathroom and outside entrance. Absolutely gorgeous!

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unpleasant parts of being a landlord is when tenants have no sensitivity for the cost of owning and running a building. It makes many well-meaning landlords not so wellmeaning, and that’s when the friction for control takes place. onte eeper The regulations for Nassau County, where your building is, do not include all communities. Two cities, Glen Cove and Long Beach, have their own regulations, as do some villages — namely Cedarhurst, Freeport, Great Neck, Great Neck Plaza, Hempstead, Lynbrook and Rockville Centre. Nassau County requires that, from Oct. 1 to May 31, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., the indoor temperature must be at least 65 degrees.

From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., the temperature must be at least 68.

Most of the other jurisdictions have similar requirements, but you should go to their websites, because each is just a little different. Cedarhurst allows the temperature at night to be 62 degrees.

Rockville Centre is the same as Nassau County.

People living in a multi-family building, such as a condominium or a co-op, with a board and a superintendent, are advised to discuss the temperature with one or both of them. The bylaws and regulations for multi-family buildings can vary, and they may be allowed to establish their own regulations, but tenants have rights that could require the local governing authority to step in.

Single-family rentals and two-family homes whose owners occupy at least half the dwelling are not covered by the regulations.

In spring and fall, when temperatures fluctuate to greater extremes, people pay more attention to their thermostats. They also start asking more about insulation and windows. It isn’t uncommon to get calls from tenants of homes and apartments asking if they can get their landlord to increase the insulation, change the windows or raise the heat.

Even though architects and engineers are aware of how it’s possible to save energy by finding ways to improve a building’s composition, the legal aspects are recommended to be handled by the health departments or housing authorities that make the rules and govern your jurisdiction. Good luck!

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f it were up to me, every president would be required to have a cat in the White House.

The Bidens have dogs — Commander, a 4-month-old purebred German shepherd puppy, and Major, who was shipped back to the family home in Delaware after some unfortunate encounters with the White House staff.

But the first family finally adopted a cat at the end of January — Willow, a green-eyed tabby.

Jill Biden fell in love with the feline after it JAMES jumped up on a during a BERNSTEIN stage speech she was giving. She named the cat after her hometown, Willow, Pa. Dogs are fixtures at the White House.

One famous pooch was Checkers, Nixon’s cocker spaniel, whose name he evoked to gain sympathy in a famous speech in 1952 to save his spot on the Republican ticket. Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reim-

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burse him for his political expenses. His speech worked, and he became Dwight Eisenhower’s vice president for two terms.

Checkers is buried in a pet cemetery in Wantagh.

Going back further, Franklin Roosevelt had his Fala, a Scottie; John F. Kennedy was given Pushinka, the daughter of Strelka, who had traveled into space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik, as a gift by then Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The Clintons had Buddy, a chocolate Labrador, and the Obamas had Bo, a Portuguese water dog.

It seems almost expected that the president will have a dog. Not so much a cat, at least not so publicly. Perhaps this is because all of our presidents so far have been men, and men are supposed to love dogs and not necessarily cats, silly as this may sound.

And maybe because dogs are still considered a part the American dream, along with the white picket fence and the station wagon (now an SUV).

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left his dog, Fido, home in Springfield, Ill., when he was elected. He was given two cats by Secretary of State William Seward. He fed them from the expensive White House china. His wife, Mary Todd, disapproved, But Lincoln, who had no love for his predecessor James Buchanan, who did little if anything to stop the rise of the Confederacy, said, “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.”

Lincoln was so enamored of cats, the story goes, that his attention was distracted by meowing at Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters in City Point, Va., during the Civil War Battle of Petersburg in March 1865, weeks before the president was assassinated.

There were other first felines. Teddy Roosevelt had a six-toed cat, Slippers, who was often spotted in the kitchen.

Herbert Hoover’s Persian, Kitty, roamed the floors of the White House.

The Coolidges owned Tiger, Blacky, Bounder, Timmie and even a bobcat named Smoky.

Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, had

one other than Abraham Lincoln fed his cats on White House china.

Socks. Socks had a song, a book and a website that was all about him. He was important at the White House. The president once became enraged at the White House press corps when camera crews enticed Socks to come closer by offering him cat food.

But Socks never got along too well with Buddy the Lab, and eventually found a home with Clinton’s secretary, Betty Currie.

According to presidential historians, only two of the nation’s chief executives — James K. Polk and Donald J. Trump — had no pets in the White House. Polk, who was only 49 when he was inaugurated in 1845, was viewed as ultra-serious, and busied himself with annexing a bunch of states during his time in office.

When asked about his petless presidency, Polk responded, “No president who performs his duty faithfully can have any leisure.”

We can all think of a few presidents who would disagree.

Can we imagine a future presidential candidate whose platform would include welcoming a cat in the White House?

Such a pledge would be purrrfect!

Jim Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this column? JBernstein@liherald.com.

War in Ukraine evokes banality of evil

uddenly, a weekly newspaper seems just the right place to be talking about a war unfolding in real time. As I wrote last week, the minute-to-minute news of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine leaves us feeling both horrified and helpless.

We are thousands of miles away, but the war can feel as close as the devices in our pockets pinging out the latest news.

Writing week to week offers some perspective.

As a woman born just after World War II, I am seeRANDI ing this time with KREISS some distance and even hope. I believe that somehow, the killing will stop, and the world will turn again.

Born in 1947, I have been a witness to the history of the Korean War (my dad was drafted), the Prague Spring, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Vietnam War, the Six-Day War in Israel, the Iraq War, the 2013 uprisings in Egypt, the brief flame of democracy in Tiananmen Square, the Afghan War, the brutal wars in Rwanda and Congo, the uprisings in Cuba and Central America.

As we watch the Ukraine invasion, the wide-angle lens offers more hope than the micro view, which is excruciating. Just a few minutes ago, the media broadcast the most recent atrocity: Russian bombs destroyed a children’s hospital, burying an unknown number of children and maternity patients. This morning, the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl lost power, threatening radiation leaks, according to Ukraine authorities.

The images of war are iconic, and we have seen them before. It is the knowledge that we have been here and done that and will likely be here again that is a discouraging commentary on humanity’s inability to live in peace.

I saw a photo of parents putting young children on trains to neighboring Poland, mothers and fathers with hands pressed to the hands of the sons and daughters inside, saying goodbye. We have seen this before, too, when parents in Nazi-occupied European countries sent their children off in the arms of strangers.

War has its own language, its own imagery. There is a banality to the deaths and separations and loss. We get

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24/7 news streaming live from the foreign correspondents who report from the ground war as bombs explode in the background. Their work also has precedent. It was the reporters on the ground in Vietnam, like the young Dan Rather, who broadcast the truth of the conflict home to America, even as our leaders were betting on the fog of war to garner support for a wrong-minded intervention.

I saw images yesterday of thousands of people sheltering in subway stations or the basements of buildings night after night as Russian bombs flattened their cities. That made me think of the Blitz in London, when Nazi planes flew overhead every night for 57 nights, destroying buildings while people took shelter in the city’s Underground.

A few days ago, The New York Times ran a front-page photo of a family hit by shrapnel as they ran down a street in Ukraine. Two children lay there dead on the sidewalk. You can see the blood on their heads and clothes. I couldn’t help but remember the 1972 Vietnam War photo of a naked 9-year-old girl running from a napalm attack. At the time, readers questioned the ethics and taste of

ow shameful that it has become almost a cliché in human history.

publishing such a shocking and intrusive photograph. I thought about that when I saw the dead children on the front page of The Times.

The reporters on the ground in Ukraine are covering another war phenomenon: the displacement of more than 2 million people, fleeing the fighting. The big wars in my time have produced massive migrations, and this war, too, will destabilize the lives of all the neighboring countries. The refugees have no idea when or how they might return. How shameful that this dislocation has become almost a cliché over the course of human history.

We all want to help. Every agency needs money and, according to NBC, the best way to find a reliable charity is through websites like Charity Navigator or CharityWatch, which evaluate and track charitable organizations.

The war in Ukraine is like many others in its images of bombed-out buildings and traumatized families. It is unique, sadly, for those caught in the fighting, whose lives are irreparably changed. It has also become a moment for us Americans to remember who stands with us in support of democracy, and who wears the face of calculated aggression.

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

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It may be impossible at times to think beyond our own family budgets when it comes to skyrocketing fuel costs, but the cost at the gas pump affects everything around us that isn’t sourced and produced in our own backyard. And that’s pretty much everything — groceries, clothes, medicine, even this newspaper. If even a single drop of gasoline is needed to get a product from where it’s created to your front door, expect the cost of that product to jump.

We haven’t seen a surge in gas prices like this since 2008, when the tail end of a decade-long energy crisis spiked the cost per gallon by more than 35 percent over the previous year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Something needs to give, and soon.

Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature want to provide a little bit of help by suspending the gasoline sales tax here.

That’s a 4.25 percent levy, which last year amounted to 12 cents per gallon, but is now up to 19 cents. A savings of $2 to $3 per fill-up might not seem like a lot, but that would add up.

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letters Randi’s out of line To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “A nation divided by pandemic, or splintered?” (Feb. 17-23): Kreiss calls people “stupid,” and she characterizes people who like Trump as being “ignorant of science” and as people who put politics over all else.

That is disrespectful, and unprofessional.

She seems to be obsessed with attacking former President Trump rather than just pointing out his faults with respect. She calls him a “cancer.” She then attacks GOP officeholders as people who are “willing to traffic in lies to keep power.”

Then Kreiss proceeds to attack eight Republicans by name, and she refers to them as “reprehensible,” calling one a “nut” and Trump’s metastasis. This is clearly not respectable disagreement. It is literary political hostility toward Trump and Republicans, and it is unprofessional.

She calls the Republicans “a heartless group” who cruelly use the uninformed and vulnerable, and who are stepping over dead bodies in their rush toward 2024. It was clearly a political hit piece.

that proposal, but the county has been making at least an extra nickel per gallon over the last several months, so it could still finish ahead.

Lawmakers in Albany want to take it a step further by suspending state gas taxes. That would be a heftier savings — nearly 48 cents per gallon. But unlike Nassau, the state hasn’t made any extra money during the gas price surge, because its taxes are flat, not a percentage. The state took 48 cents out of every $2.84 gallon of gas purchased a year ago, and is taking 48 cents out of every $4.47 gallon of gas purchased today.

That money — more than $1 billion a year — goes toward maintaining our highways and bridges, and provides hundreds of millions of dollars to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. There was no windfall there, and so any losses, as Gov. Kathy Hochul has pointed out, could have devastating effects on New York’s already stressed infrastructure.

If Nassau were to indeed suspend its sales tax, and if Congress temporarily slashed federal taxes — which account for more than 18 cents per gallon — gas prices could fall nearly 10 percent. That is, if other factors don’t keep pushing those prices higher.

Congress doesn’t appear ready to do much of anything, and neither does the Republican majority in the County Legis-

lature. County Executive Bruce Blakeman even went so far as to blame America’s dependence on foreign oil as the key cause of the crisis, and to push for the reopening of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

Yet only 20 percent of the oil consumed in America is imported, and most of that comes from Canada. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, its oil accounted for just 2 percent of the American supply. It’s not our dependence on Russian oil, but instead the dependence of other countries — especially European ones — that drives up price.

America already exports more oil than it imports, according to the Energy Information Administration. So it’s really unclear how much of an impact opening more domestic sources would have. And when it comes to Keystone XL, it was designed to transport Canadian oil to the U.S. There could be some light at the end of the tunnel. After gasoline prices jumped to more than $3 per gallon in 2008, the average price plummeted to $1.84 the following year, according to the EIA. But credit the Great Recession for that.

Another severe recession would be the worst way to solve this crisis. But if our elected leaders don’t come together and act soon, an economic crash is most assuredly in our future.

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cross the USA, headlines cite skyrocketing energy costs and the strain they are putting on American families. Here on Long Island, homeowners and businesses are feeling pain in their wallets not felt for years.

In 2019, when I was Hempstead town supervisor, I spearheaded an energy program that today would be collectively saving town residents millions of dollars on their energy bills. It would have been the first such program on LAUrA A. Long Island, and if it had moved GiLLen forward, participating residents’ and businesses’ utility bills town would now be 50 percent lower, according to published National Grid rates.

Sure enough, the Town of Brookhaven just implemented the program, and I applaud Supervisor Ed Romaine and the town board for their leadership. But the Hempstead Town Board killed the program in 2019, without explanation and without reason in a move that demonstrated a callous disregard for town taxpayers.

While I was supervisor, I learned

about a program called “Community Choice Aggregation,” which allows municipalities to enter the marketplace to collectively negotiate for better energy costs for their residents and businesses.

The theory is that thousands of residents’ bargaining power exceeds that of any individual. The program is strictly regulated by the state Department of Public Service to ensure that residents are protected, and the program only moves forward if there are demonstrable savings.

There is a regulated process: A municipality must first pass enabling legislation to allow it to seek vendors. After that, it does so by way of a bidding process. Once a vendor is chosen, a second resolution, awarding a contract, must be passed. Then the vendor negotiates on behalf of the municipality, obtaining the best rates and, with a third resolution, the municipality approves a contract for residents at those rates.

There are strict notice requirements and opt-out options to protect residents.

In August 2019, I offered the first resolution to begin the process. The Long Island Association, the LiiNCS, multiple civic associations and residents voiced their support for it and the Town Board passed it. The project went out to bid to, and after a bipartisan review process, a

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ure enough, the Town of Brookhaven just implemented a program I proposed.

Letters This is not the first or only time that Kreiss has written a scathing anti-Republican/Trump column in the Herald. (“Is it fair to ban Trump from social media?” July 8-14, 2021.)

DAN MONK SR. Freeport

In Nassau, we’ll say no to ‘Don't Say Gay’ To the Editor: Recently, a so-called “Don't Say Gay” bill, which would ban teachers from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary schools, was introduced in the Florida state legislature. The measure would also allow parents to sue school districts if they think a violation occurred.

A lead sponsor of this measure filed an amendment in February to require schools to inform parents within six weeks of learning that a student identifies as LGBTQ+. The amendment allows for no exemption in cases where there is a reason to believe outing the student would result in abuse, neglect or abandonment.

vendor was selected.

At a Town Board meeting that December, I put forward a resolution to award the contract so the selected vendor could begin negotiating with utility providers.

But a motion was made to table the proposal.

“I urge my colleagues to change their minds,” I pleaded, “because we have the opportunity right now to deliver some savings to our residents in this town.

And this will only move forward if residents save money, and if we delay this, there is very little chance that any resident will be able to save money this season.”

Nevertheless, every councilmember voted to table the item, and stopped Community Choice Aggregation from moving forward.

Had the resolution passed that December, the vendor would have had a generous 90-day window to negotiate rates, a period that would have stretched from January or February to April or May 2020. That March, coronavirus shutdowns caused the price of energy to plummet. Energy was trading at such historic lows that town residents could have gotten rates on natural gas not seen in roughly a decade.

National Grid records show that the average price for natural gas in March

Laura A. Gillen, who served as Hempstead town supervisor from 2018 to 2021, is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 4th Congressional District.

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As a committed ally of the LGBTQ+ community, I am disgusted by every wrinkle of this abusive proposal, which is nothing short of an act of state-sanctioned cruelty directed at America's marginalized, vulnerable youth. I am horrified by the strong likelihood that it will pass and be signed into law.

The Florida bill is part of a nationwide assault that has reached more than a dozen statehouses, and I am not so naïve to think that this fight could not arrive at our doorstep at some point in the future. That’s why I’m continuing the fight to enshrine county-level protections focused on gender identity in our human rights law and am preparing legislation to create an LGBTQ+ Advisory Board to investigate challenges the community faces here in Nassau County so that we can implement solutions.

At a time when the LGBTQ+ community is under attack across America, I am committed to doing all I can to elevate Nassau County as a beacon of acceptance and affirmation.

ARNOLD W. DRUCKER Plainview Nassau County Legislator, 16th District

2020 was 39.1 cents per therm, and in April, 34 cents. The town could have locked in a fixed rate in this range — and likely a bit lower — for years. The average price per therm last month was 72.4 cents — roughly double.

Skyrocketing costs are painful to all, and crippling to those on fixed incomes.

There was zero risk in moving forward with this program, only a potential upside — and residents would now be saving 50 percent on their National Grid bills.

I urged incoming supervisor Don Clavin to take up the program after I departed Town Hall, but he and the board have taken no action to move it.

My deputy visited other municipalities to urge them to explore Community Choice Aggregation in the hope that that might pressure Hempstead. Brookhaven is moving on the program, and other municipalities aren’t far behind. The sensible voices of those who actually serve residents need to prevail in Hempstead and across New York state. The alarming headlines about energy prices continue, and constituents would be wise to demand that those in office move this program forward when rates are favorable.

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