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‘My trust is shot’ Homeowners near UBS Arena question work on ‘green space’ against traffic and noise from the redevelopment project. According to the environmenThe developers of the soon-total impact statement, drafted in open UBS Arena in Elmont are 2018 and finalized the following renovating an area of land year, “A buffer composed of a deemed off limits in a 2019 docu- hedgerow with dense evergreen ment that was finalized after vegetation along a new replaceinput from the ment fence with c o m m u n i t y, privacy screening according to Flowould be provided ral Park resident along the northB i l l K e l l e h e r, eastern boundary whose home is of the North Lot to 1,200 to 1,500 feet shield the Floral away from the P a rk - B e l l e r o s e arena. School recreation In the docuspace from parkment, a final enviing lot activities in ronmental impact the North Lot.” statement, Empire Be ginning in S t a t e D eve l o p August, Kelleher ment, the state BILL KELLEHER s a i d , “ h e av y economic entity Floral Park machinery” began leading the conripping up the struction at the green space grass arena, agreed, along with arena and pavement in the parking lot. developer New York Arena Part- Throughout August and Septemners, to the creation of a “buffer ber, he said, vibrations from the zone” between the residential chopping up of pavement and area and the construction. It grass could be heard and felt by included “green space,” a trian- nearby residents. gle of grass in the northeast secKelleher said he believed the tion of the arena’s north parking developers were renovating the lot, which was to remain green space to add more room untouched. That area, Kelleher for arena parking. “To me, in my said, was to be filled with vegetation, to serve as a natural buffer CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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Scouts raise money for VFW Nick Marcino, left, and other members of Boy Scout Troop 93 held a car wash on Oct. 3 to raise funds for Marcino’s Eagle Scout project, which will include the installation of a new media center at the Franklin Square VFW.

F.S. students honor WWII veteran Eleanor Rizutto, 100, received hundreds of cards By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

Students at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square honored hometown World War II veteran Eleanor Rizutto on Oct. 1 by making her hundreds of cards and presenting her with red, white and blue flowers marking her 100th birthday, which she celebrated on Sept. 28. “I loved every single one.

Each one was better than the next,” Rizutto said of the birthday cards. “One had a soldier with a patch on his eye, another had a nurse with a hat. They did a beautiful job.” “At H. Frank Carey, we take a lot of pride in honoring our veterans,” Michael Farina, the chair of the social studies department, said in a statement. “It was an absolute pleasure meeting and speaking to her on Friday. I could not stop

smiling the entire evening.” Before meeting Rizutto, students were shown a video on World War II and learned about Rizutto’s service in the Army. She was stationed in Florida, and served in both North Africa and Italy during the war. A member of the 37th General Unit, a hospital unit, she was in North Africa at the height of German General Erwin RomCONTINUED ON PAGE 11

hat we have here is three local neighbors being dismissed by a conglomerate of partners.

Elmont schools add libraries aimed at guided reading Books include daily lesson plans to boost reading development By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

Guided reading materials designed by a pro-literacy organization will be added to the libraries at Elmont schools, according to a statement released by the Elmont Union Free School District. Between 150-200 works of literature of various genres spanning different reading levels will be added to the libraries for students between kindergarten and sixth grade. The classroom guided reading collection of Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, founders of Fountas and Pinnell Literacy, an organization that creates programs designed to bolster teacher-to-student literary instruction. Books added to the libraries will feature lesson plans made to increase reading development among students. Teachers in the Elmont schools plan to use these lesson plans daily, according to the statement. The authors explain the method on their website: “By bringing together a small group of children who are at a similar point in their reading development and guiding them to process a text that is leveled on a gradient of difficulty, you are able to provide an incremental amount of challenge at each reader’s edge of ability to process text.”

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ONE OF THE new guided reading libraries, located at Stewart Manor School, above. The Covert Avenue School’s library, at right, is also part of the district’s new program. Additionally, district-wide instructional coaches will provide teachers and students with guidance on how to use the materials throughout the 2021-2022 school year. “Guided reading is a research-based approach to literacy instruction that is

designed to provide differentiated teaching to support reading development and proficiency,” the statement said. “I absolutely applaud the school district for this initiative” said Claudine Hall, the president of the Jamaica Square Improvement League, a local organiza-

tion that has hosted benefit events for Elmont students. “Young people don’t visit or spend enough time in the library, and it’s important for them to be able to physically touch and read books, it’s a smart idea,” she added. “For the school district to add an entire curriculum for literacy… I think it’s great.”

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Residents raise concerns over arena opinion, it looked like the green space is becoming an extended part of the parking lot,” he said. Empire State Development did not respond to a request for comment. When he called the agency last month to ask about the construction, Kelleher said, he was told that work was being done to install electrical conduits for PSEG. This use of the green space, he emphasized, was not part of the developers’ agreement with residents. Kelleher said that concrete bases and 35-foot tall light posts have been erected in the green space. “The scope of the project has continually mushroomed after it got the OK,” said James McGovern, a 20-year resident of Floral Park whose home is also close to the new arena. “All of a sudden they were going gangbusters in this one particular spot,” McGovern added, referring to the north parking lot and the promised green space. “What always concerns me is that there are no answers,” Kelleher said, describing a lack of transparency about the construction. After he contacted State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and State Sen. Anna Kaplan about his concerns, they were given a tour of the site by Empire State Development representatives on Sept. 17, and confirmed that further construction was taking place in the area that had been designated as green space. On Sept. 20, New York Arena Partners released a statement that the work would continue, since the green space had already been renovated and conduits had been installed. Kelleher expressed frustration with New York Arena Partners’ lack of communication with residents. “When we originally communicated, NYAP promised ‘full transparency’ and a ‘good neighbor’ policy,” he said. “Just show me … I can go away and shut up, but just show me.” “With any project of this magnitude, it’s critical that all stakeholders and local residents have a voice, and that any concerns are heard and addressed as well as they possibly can be,” Kaplan said in a statement. “There have been a few bumps

Timeline of Floral Park residents’ concerns ■■ June:■ Bill■ Kelleher■ grew■ concerned■ about■what■he■claimed■was■previously■ unplanned■ work,■ which■ residents■ were■ not■ notified■ about,■ taking■ place■ in■ the■ north■parking■lot■of■the■UBS■Arena. ■■ August:■ Residents■ questioned■ the■ construction■in■the■“green■space”■of■the■ lot.■ Photos■courtesy■Bill■Kelleher

A VIEW OF the■ongoing■redeveopment■project■at■Belmont■Park.

THE “VEGETATED BUFFER” shown■on■this■map■was■intended■to■complement■the■green■ space■that■Floral■Park■residents■argue■is■being■wrongly■renovated.■ in the road recently that needed to be worked out to ensure that everyone is happy with the final result … I believe we’re on a path to a positive resolution.” Kelleher stressed that despite early frustrations, community members are appreciative of the intervention of Kaplan and Solages. “We are all extremely g rateful for Anna Kaplan and Michaelle Solages and their lobbying on our behalf,” he said. Since New York Arena Partners issued

its statement, work on the green space has been stopped by an order by the state Franchise Oversight Board, which controls the state’s three racetracks as well all real estate development at Belmont Park. On Oct. 1, after Floral Park Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald met with Kaplan, Solages and Empire State Development representatives, Fitzgerald notified Kelleher and other residents that the Franchise Oversight Board had been notified of the renovation of the green space and had

■■ October:■ Kelleher■ raised■ concerns■ about■ the■ ESD/NYAP■ process■ for■ determining■whether■work■on■the■green■ space■ would■ cease■ or■ continue■ in■ the■ lead-up■to■the■arena’s■opening■on■Nov.■ 30. ordered ESD to halt construction. A letter from the board ordering New York Arena Partners to stop work on the space, which it said was owned by the people of the state and which NYAP had no authority to renovate, was shared with community members. This, Kelleher said, was the first update on the situation he had received since August. Kelleher, McGovern and other residents remain concerned about what will become of the green space. “November 30 is coming … what’s next?” Kelleher asked, referring to the opening date of the arena next month for the NHL home opener of the New York Islanders. McGovern emphasized that local residents feel as if the arena construction has upended their day-to-day lives. “We work hard to live in a nice area,” he said, “and we’re having it destroyed by an entity that has run amok.” “My trust with New York Arena Partners is shot,” Kelleher said. “In my opinion, what they’re doing is enhancing the parking lot for more parking and ultimately more revenue. What we have here is three local neighbors being dismissed by a conglomerate of partners.”

THE GREEN SPACE is■ part■of■the■north■parking■lot,■which■is■pictured■here■to■the■left■of■ the■Belmont■racetrack.

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The association purchased 26 cornstalks, and an anonymous donation allowed for the purchase of an additional The Franklin Square Civic Association 39 cornstalks. updated seasonal banners and placed “It was totally amazing and out of the cornstalks around the community to dec- blue,” Culmone said of the anonymous orate Franklin Square for autumn. donation. “It was amazing and heart“I hope it shows there are groups and warming,” McKenna added. “Hopefully, residents that care about the community people see this happen more often and and want it to do well,” said Frank Cul- decide to help with things in town.” mone, the treasurer of the civic associaCommunity members expressed suption. port around town when This project marks the they saw members of first time the organizathe committee placing tion’s Spruce Up the fall decorations, said Square Committee has the civic association’s decorated the community correspondence secrefor the autumnal season. tary, Adrienne McKenSeasonal banners on the na. Residents honked cor ner of Hempstead car hor ns and gave Tpke. and Franklin Avethumbs up to the nue were updated for fall, group’s volunteers as and the committee also they drove by, McKenplaced 65 cor nstalks na said. around the town. The decorations are The group purchased to remain in place until the cornstalks locally from after the Thanksgiving Garden World in Franklin holiday. The civic assoSquare to emphasize the ciation, which has decneed to buy from local orated the community small businesses. for winter in the past, “We want to support wanted to expand its Courtesy Franklin Square Civic Association efforts to “beautify the businesses in the community, because a strong, CORNSTALKS WERE PLACED town,” Grey noted. striving business area is by the civic association under“A little beauty, a litbetter for the whole com- neath the new banner on the tle pride,” Grey said of munity,” Culmone said. corner of Hempstead Tpke. and what she hopes the dec“The nicer the town looks, orations add to the Franklin Ave. the more people come into community. “I hope town, shop, and spend people are proud to time here,” said Membership and Record- spend time in and drive through Franklin ing Secretary MaryAnne Grey. Square.”

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standing academic promise,” according to a statement released by the high school. Eight New Hyde Park Memorial High School students, Rahi Bhatia, Samantha Chang, Hannah Kim, Anitta Kottai, Ivie Li, Miranda Lin, Eric Orbon and Prabhpreet Singh, received the award along with a letter of commendation. Courtesy Sewanhaka Central High School District; Compiled by Robert Traverso

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Friday, Oct. 15

Film: “Here Today” Join the Franklin Square Public Library at 2 p.m. in the library meeting room to watch the film “Here Today.” If you attend the viewing session of the film, you must wear a mask. Register online at the library’s website, https://www.franklinsquarepl.org/.

Senior Chat 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, Oct. 25 Lecture: A Twilight Zone Halloween with Phil Harwood

Lecture: The 1964-1965 World’s Fair with Arthur Zuckerman Join Elmont Memorial Library and Arthur Zuckerman at 12:30 p.m. in meeting room 2 for an in-person lecture on the 1964-65 World’s Fair, which was held in Flushing Meadow, Queens. Through narration, pictures, audio and video, this presentation will bring you back to the time of the World’s Fair. Registration for noncardholders begins one week before the program. Masks are required for all INPERSON programs, regardless of vaccination status. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Join Elmont Memorial Library and Phil Harwood at 7 p.m. in meeting room 2 to watch episodes of The Twilight Zone. Registration is required, and there is limited seating available. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Clean plate, clean heart Elmont Memorial Library is holding an interactive workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. about nutrition and heart health.

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Monday, Oct. 18

Line Dance Saturdays with Barbara Fraser

Online Program: Zumba

Join Elmont Memorial Library and Barbara Fraser between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. in meeting room 2 for an afternoon of line dancing. No experience is necessary. The class will feature simple moves set to music. Space is limited, and registration is open to Elmont Memorial Cardholders only. Registration begins two weeks before each class for Elmont Library cardholders. Masks are required for all in-person programs, regardless of vaccination status. Line dance classes with Barbara Fraser will also be held on November 20 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

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Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Kristen Fonte for a Zumba workout between 5:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Register online at the library’s website, www. franklinsquarepl.org.

Candidates Forum Join the Franklin Square Public Library and the League of Women Voters at 7 p.m. for a virtual candidates forum on Zoom. The following candidates have been invited to speak at the virtual forum: Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray and challenger Olena Nicks; Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald X. Clavin and challenger Jason L. Abelovel; Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and challenger Bruce A. Blakeman; Nassau County District Attorney candidates Anne T. Donnelly and Todd Kaminsky; Nassau County Legislature District 8 candidates John J. Giuffre and Nadia Holubnyczyi. Visit www.franklin-

squarepl.org/candidates/ for more information about the event.

Wed., Oct. 20 Eat for a Healthy Heart with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Join Elmont Memorial Library and the Cornell Cooperative Extension at 11 a.m. in meeting room 2 for an interactive workshop that will analyze the physical effects of too much fat & sodium in your diet, and how to make better nutrition choices. There will be a healthy snack after. Registration is required, and there is limited seating available. Registration for Elmont Library cardholders begins two weeks before the program. Registration for noncardholders begins one week before the program. Masks are required for all inperson programs, regardless of vaccination status. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Intro to Android with Todd Schlitt Join Elmont Memorial Library and Todd Schlitt at 7 p.m. for a virtual class on how to use Android’s widely popular Google operating system including Google maps, Gmail, Chrome and more. Virtual registration is open to everyone. A link will be emailed before the program begins. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Thursday, Oct. 21 Tai Chi/Chi Gong with Joseph Panico Join Elmont Memorial Library and Joseph Panico at 1 p.m. in meeting room 2 for an in-person tai chi/chi gong class, which consists of breathing and movement exercises that aim to reduce stress as well as increase flexibility. Registration ends one hour before class begins. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 x 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org

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The New York Islanders held a hockey clinic at Franklin Square’s Averill Park on Sept. 26 The Franklin Square Historical Society held its annual fall festival on Sept. 25 The new 19,000-seat UBS Arena in Elmont is set to open late next month In 2005, Elmont’s school district was among five districts the state deemed “well managed” Cara Castronuova, the two-time Golden Glove award winner, was born and raised in Elmont

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Abelove challenges Clavin for supervisor By Mike SMollinS

lion from the supervisor’s staff budget on my first day, and I eliminated “takehome cars” for top managers. I don’t drive a town car; I drive my personal car with over 200,000 miles on it. Our town’s fiscal strength under my administration has been recognized with credit rating upgrades from two top Wall Street credit agencies – Moody’s and Standard & Poors. I will continue to work hard to demonstrate the highest regard for taxpayers, while providing top-notch services, enhancing roadways and facility upgrades.

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Jason Abelove is challenging Don Clavin for Town of Hempstead supervisor. Clavin was the town’s receiver of taxes for nearly two decades before defeating Laura Gillen to become supervisor in 2019. Abelove, an attorney, is running for office for the first time. Ahead of Election Day on Nov. 2, the Herald asked the candidates questions about their goals and issues facing the community.

Abelove: The town has a $400 million

Herald: What would some of your top priorities be if elected? Clavin: Tax relief is at the top of my priorities. I worked alongside a bipartisan Town Board to freeze taxes for 202, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. On my first day in office, I slashed the supervisor’s staff spending by half, saving taxpayers $1 million annually. Keeping my word on improving roadways and facilities, I am dedicating $75 million to road repaving and infrastructure upgrades. In addition, I am spending $10 million on parks improvements, and look forward to implementing an array of enhancements to community parks across America’s largest township. I am committed to providing tax relief, while providing top-notch services and doing more for residents. I will also continue to work with my colleagues on the board to lead our township during the pandemic. Using millions of dollars in federal CARES funds, we provided over 7,000 free Covid-19 vaccines, thousands of no-cost Covid-19 tests, personal protective equipment kits for businesses, millions of meals to residents in need, aid to front line entities, air filters for seniors and more. Modernizing town government continues to be a priority, as we took a step by creating an online portal for Building Department services, streamlining the application process. Abelove: My top priorities are to lower

taxes and bring equity to the delivery of town services. For too long, the town has wasted money on high salary patronage jobs, bloated budgets, expensive mailers and inflated no bid contracts to Republican donors. It’s time we relocated our budget away from sweetheart contracts for campaign contributors to critical services and road repair. When I eliminate wasteful spending, we will improve our downtowns while investing in our local infrastructure.

Herald: Many local businesses took a financial hit during the coronavirus pandemic and have suffered from staffing shortages. What more can be done to help local businesses? Clavin: From the beginning of the pandemic, we worked to help business own-

Don Clavin Incumbent

Jason Abelove Challenger

Age: 52

Age: 51

Hometown: Garden City

Hometown: Oceanside

Career: Elected official, attorney

Career: Discrimination attorney since 1994

Political experience: Hempstead town supervisor (2019 to present); receiver of taxes (2001-2019)

ers struggling to cope with the health and financial impacts of it. For example, I worked with the board to establish our region’s first outdoor dining initiative in the spring of 2020, which waived all permit fees and expedited the process for restaurant owners to establish or expand outdoor dining options. This initiative potentially saved restaurant owners thousands of dollars in permit fees and provided them with the opportunity to offer additional dining options for customers as they returned to restaurants following the Covid-19 shutdowns. Hundreds of restaurants are participating in the program, which we are extending through the fall of 2022. We also assisted small businesses as they sought to reopen safely and successfully — through millions of dollars allocated in CARES funds, we distributed thousands of PPE kits to small businesses. I instituted an Economic Advisory Council, comprising a group of leaders in business, industries, higher education and community organizations to work on strategies to navigate businesses, residents and the local economy during the pandemic. In addition, through a partnership with Northwell Health, we provided free Covid-19 testing for essential workers, an effort to support the dedicated employees who were working throughout the heights of the pandemic to provide essential services to residents. We recognize the importance of our downtowns for the success of local businesses and the economy. Through Operation Clean Sweep, we have crews making their way through downtowns across Hempstead to keep these areas clean and pristine. In addition, we are revital-

Political experience: None

izing downtowns with brick-paved walkways, Victorian streetlights and more. Finally, I have worked in support of mixed-used development and other smart growth priorities, and will continue to work to support initiatives, projects and programs that spur our local economy and support local businesses as they recover from the pandemic.

Abelove: The town received $133 million

in federal CARES money, three-quarters of which was used for raises and promotions to political insiders, and renovating the supervisor’s bathroom in Town Hall. The town also promoted a $40 million stimulus plan, but did not fund the plan. We will use the CARES money to provide direct support to small businesses. We will streamline permitting, promote job fairs and lower taxes to make business thrive in the town. Small businesses are the cornerstone of our community, and we must do everything we can to ensure the success of our small businesses throughout our Covid19 recovery. As a small business owner myself, I know the stress of making payroll every week. Under my administration, Hempstead will distribute the federal relief money following the Boost Nassau model.

Herald: What more can be done to provide tax relief to Town of Hempstead residents? Clavin: Tax relief is my top priority as I froze town taxes for 2021, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. Slashing unnecessary spending has been my commitment since I entered office. I cut $1 mil-

budget and is not responsible for police or other first responder services. With this bloated budget, I truly believe that we can provide more services for less money. Taxes are high because of the number of political appointees making six-figure salaries, no bid contracts and waste such as $5 million in needless mailings and placing elected officials’ names on every town sign. Having the political will to end the waste, putting taxpayer’s priorities over the politicians and running the town with an eye toward service rather than re-election will save our residents millions of dollars.

Herald: Given the number of infrastructure issues within the town, how can necessary projects be completed while still keeping taxes low and keeping the work within the proposed budget? Clavin: We have significantly increased

our investment in capital improvements for roadways over the previous administration. Working with a bipartisan board, we are dedicating $75 million in capital funds for roadway and infrastructure improvements. In addition, I recently introduced the “pothole patrol,” an effort to expedite roadway repairs using state-of-the-art pothole repair vehicles and promoting a hotline for residents to report potholes in their neighborhood. Our efforts to improve town infrastructure is critical for the safety and quality of life of our residents, while still freezing town taxes for 2021 and cutting town taxes in 2022.

Abelove: Our town’s primary responsi-

bility is local infrastructure, and as everyone can see, the current administration is failing. Our roads are crumbling before our eyes and the town is not being adequately cared for. The top priority should be infrastructure in every corner of the town, not just Republican strongholds. We will place our resources on infrastructure based upon need and place our focus on infrastructure issues over mailings, signage and photo opportunities. There is more than enough budgeted for the needed repairs. All we need is a change in leadership. When elected, I plan to trim the town’s bloated budget, while allocating additional resources to road paving.

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mel’s deadly attacks across the continent. Rizutto also worked at a hospital on the outskirts of Naples, Italy, treating wounded soldiers in tents and buildings near the hospital. She was almost sent to Japan, in the war’s Pacific theater, but instead was sent back to the U.S. and returned to her job as a nurse. Students between grades seven and 12 met Rizutto, who often advocates for teaching students about the War. “Many of them thanked her for her service and discussed the ways that she had personally inspired them,” the statement from the school said. Rizutto, who lives in the Franklin Square retirement home Plattduetsche Home MICHAEL FARINA Society, was recently flown Social Studies chair, with eight other area veterans H. Frank Carey High to Washington, D.C., by Honor Flight Long Island, a nonprofit School that has hosted over 240,000 veterans on flights to the nation’s capital since 2005. There they toured the World War II and Iwo Jima memorials, and attended a changing of the guard and a special wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Before Rizutto departed for the trip to the capital, Honor Flight Long Island President Bill Jones emphasized that veterans appreciate being honored for their service. “To be thanked at this time in their lives for what they did, preserving freedom for America, liberty throughout the world,” Jones said, is what veterans

ELEANOR RIZUTTO HAD a chance to participate in a recent Honor Flight Long Island trip to Washington, D.C.

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like Rizutto treasure. Rizutto said the trip to Washington, D.C, was “fabulous,” and that she particularly enjoyed visiting a pavilion that honored female veterans.

After weeks of being recognized for her service, Rizutto thanked the community for giving her a 100th birthday experience she thoroughly enjoyed. “The whole week was wonderful,” she said.

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GAMES TO WATCH Friday, Oct. 15

Boys Soccer: North Shore at Lawrence .................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: Garden City at MacArthur.................4:45 p.m. Girls Soccer: Hewlett at Clarke..............................4:45 p.m. Football: West Hempstead at Locust Valley ................ 5 p.m. Girls Volleyball: Kennedy at Long Beach .................... 5 p.m. Girls Soccer: Manhasset at South Side ..................... 5 p.m. Football: Bethpage at Hewlett .................................... 6 p.m. Football: Glen Cove at Long Beach ............................ 7 p.m. Football: Elmont at MacArthur ................................... 7 p.m. Football: Carle Place at Malverne .............................. 7 p.m.

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Football: Oceanside at Syosset ................................. 2 p.m. Football: Freeport at Uniondale ...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Port Washington at East Meadow..................... 2 p.m. Football: Roslyn at Sewanhaka ................................. 2 p.m. Football: Garden City at Mepham................................... 2 p.m. Football: Baldwin at Calhoun.......................................... 2 p.m. Football: New Hyde Park at Carey................................... 2 p.m. Football: V.S. Central at Herricks ..................................... 2 p.m. Football: Kennedy at Lynbrook ....................................... 2 p.m. Football: Mineola at V.S. North .................................. 2 p.m. Football: Manhasset at Wantagh............................... 2 p.m. Football: Floral Park at South Side .............................. 2 p.m. Football: Island Trees at East Rockaway ....................3:30 p.m.

Everything is just perfect right now for the Carey boys’ soccer team. The Seahawks pushed their record to 10-0 and moved closer to successfully defending their conference title with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a feisty Roslyn team that was fighting for a playoff spot. Colin Gervasi scored with 12 minutes remaining to break the scoreless tie and fellow senior Alessandro Perna continued his stellar season by adding the insurance marker five minutes later. Gino Cervoni needed to make just two saves for Carey’s sixth shutout of the season and second in as many starts against the Bulldogs. The Seahawks have allowed just five goals the entire season while scoring 34. The run has even impressed coach 16-year coach Matt Princi, even though his boys are used to winning. “I think you’re always surprised when you haven’t dropped a game out of ten,” he said. “This group, when they were in ninth and tenth grade, went undefeated on the JV team, and that was with me having Perna and Gervasi and Gino up with me on varsity. I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised with it, but when you’re playing soccer that well and we’ve beaten some of the teams that we beat, it’s impressive.” Carey faced winless Elmont on Tuesday and, assuming it wins, needs to beat or tie second-place Garden City in the season finale on Thursday to clinch the division. The Seahawks’ most impressive win this season was a 2-0 victory on the Trojans’ home field on Sept. 27, which was Garden City’s first defeat since it fell to Jericho in the Nassau Class A title game nearly two years ago. “It doesn’t take much to get the kids fired up for a game like that,” Princi said. “The kids responded really well. They clearly wanted that game more than Garden City did.” Perna scored both goals that day and has a team-leading nine this season. He had just two last spring. “He’s playing with a lot of confidence,” Princi said. “He’s always been really skilled with the ball and he suddenly became more skilled than he used to be. It all clicked for him.”

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OPPONENTS HAVE HAD a difficult time solving Carey goalkeeper Gino Cervoni as the Seahawks move closer to sealing the Conference A2 title. Senior Tyler Balsamo has also been a scoring force of late with three goals in his last three games, giving him five on the campaign. Balsamo earned All-County honorable mention honors last spring after collecting eight goals in 10 contests. “He’s doing what he’s always done,” Princi said. “He’s extremely fast and he’s skilled with the ball. If you’re not paying attention to him, he’s behind your back line.”

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Carey has never won a county title and even though the thought of that first one and an undefeated season entered Princi’s mind, he knows that the present is still more important than the future. “We’re always thinking about it,” he said. “It’s always a goal, but you’ve got to take it one game at a time. If you get ahead of yourself and start looking towards championships, you lose sight of what’s in front of you.”

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THE 2016 SPRING fair, held on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Square, included some of the same features planned to be offered at the community’s first annual Fall Fair on Oct. 16.

First annual Fall Fair coming to Franklin Square The first annual Franklin Square Fall Fair will be held on Oct. 16 at Rath Park in Franklin Square between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The fair, presented by the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce, will feature food produced by local Franklin Square restaurants and games for children as well a live DJ and a meet and greet session along with photo signing opportunities with local comic Anthony Rodia. “Community members should come to the fall fair to support the great communi-

ty of Franklin Square,” said Lisa DelliPizzi, the president of the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce. “This is something great for families and kids, as well as local businesses,” DelliPizzi added. Reach out to the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce at (516) 775-0001 or to Lisa DelliPizzi at (516) 319-3647 for more information about the fall fair. Courtesy Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce; Compiled by Robert Traverso.

Annual West Hempstead street fair set for Oct. 17 By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

The West Hempstead Community Support Association is hosting its annual West Hempstead Street Fair on Sunday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nassau Blvd. “Please join us for a day of fun with

family and friends,” said Maureen Greenberg, president of the organization that has held the West Hempstead street fair for a decade, in a statement. The statement urged potential vendors at the street fair to visit Nassaucountyfairs.com to register for a space at the event.

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In a municipality of more than 750,000 people, the Town of Hempstead’s clerk’s office relies on efficiency and transparency to provide various services to its patrons, which includes everything from parking permits to Freedom of Information Law requests. Incumbent Town Clerk Kate Murray will face challenger and first-time candidate Olena Nicks. In a Herald question-and-answer, both candidates provided remarks as to what can be done to improve the clerk’s office in order to best serve an increasingly large and diverse community.

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Nicks: The clerk’s office can be modernized by creating a FOIL queue system that monitors when requests come in, deadline to answer and whether the request has been responded to. The office also needs an agenda and meeting management system such as board docs that digitizes board meetings and agendas. We need to remove the typewriters, move to scanning all records and having applications electronically.

ing cost-effective and efficient operations in the town clerk’s office, launching a paperless [Long Island Rail Road] parking pass program. It’s reducing printing costs and conserving natural resources. I have also increased the number of online services in my office, making it more convenient for the public to do Herald: Do you support outreach to nonbusiness with the clerk’s office. I served English speakers? How can the office be the public throughout the Covid pandem- more inclusive? ic and kept all services open during the color version under pandemic. I initiated innovations such as Murray: I value all residents who come to curbside wedding licenses, Zoom wed- my office and work to ensure that they

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Nicks: Currently the office can be intimi-

dating to those who are non-English speaking. Truly, it is intimidating to those who speak English. My plan is to ensure that we get around to each community and educate them on the services we offer. Instead of leaving our residents

in the dark, outreach is a number one priority. I want to make sure we have the staff who can support individuals whose English may not be their first language and ensure we have applications in multiple languages. The clerk’s office can also work with an online translation program that will allow a resident to select their desired language when viewing the Town website.

Herald: How would you improve the clerk’s office, aside from further modernization? Murray: Providing tax relief is a key pri-

ority for me — assisting Supervisor [Donald] Clavin in crafting a tax freeze budget for 2021 and a tax cut budget for 2022. I am also controlling costs by implementing online and paperless services in the Clerk’s Office.

Nicks: I would look to streamline servic-

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE FRANKLIN SQUARE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the Franklin Square Union Free School District for the period beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on June 30, 2021 have been examined by an independent public accountant and that the report and management letter prepared in conjunction with the external audit by the independent public accountant has been filed in the Business Office, where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to Article 35 of the General Municipal Law, the District’s Board of Education may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of external audit and management letter prepared by the independent public accountant and file any such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons no later than 90 days after presentation to the Board. Catherine Mione, School District Clerk, Franklin Square Union Free School District, 760 Washington Street, Franklin Square, N.Y. 11010 127866

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Preliminary Budget for the Town of Hempstead for the fiscal year beginning January l, 2022, has been adopted by the Town Board and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, at Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, where it may be inspected by any interested person during Town office hours, 9:00am to 4:45pm, Monday through Friday. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town Board shall hold public hearings on the Preliminary Budget, showing such changes, alterations and revisions as may have been made therein by the Town Board pursuant to Subdivision 3 of Section l06 of the Town Law of the State of New York, in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, l Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on October 20th, 2021, at 2:30 p. m. of that day, and October 20th, 2021, at 7:00 p. m. of that day.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section l08 of the Town Law that the proposed salaries of the following chief officers of this Town are specified as follows: Supervisor- $160,000.00 Town Councilmembers $426,000.00 (Six at $71,000.00) Town Clerk $106,500.00 Receiver of Taxes $130,000.00 Dated: Hempstead, New York October , 2021. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127857

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 61-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 61-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 61-2021, amending Section 197-5 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include “ARTERIAL STOPS” at various locations. Dated: September 23, 2021 Hempstead, New Y BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127861 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 21527 RESOLUTION NO.1160-2021 Adopted: September 23, 2021 Councilman Dunne offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND

SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY, SET ASIDE AS PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 1152-2021, adopted September 9, 2021, a public hearing was duly held on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: ELMONT LUCILLE AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 117 feet south of the south curbline of Burton Avenue, south for distance of 20 feet. (TH-297/21) LITCHFIELD AVENUE west side, starting at a point 283 feet north of the north curbline of Theodora Street, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-332/21) ROOSEVELT HANSOM PLACE - west side, starting at a point 180 feet south of the south curbline of Washington Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-296/21) MANHATTAN AVENUE west side, starting at a point 536 feet south of the south curbline of Frederick Avenue, south

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for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-325/21) MONROE AVENUE south side, starting at a point 445 feet west of the west curbline of St. Francis Street, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-336/21) SEAFORD HICKORY STREET - north side, starting at a point 310 feet west of the west curbline of Jackson Avenue, west for a distance of 14 feet. (TH-322/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for the distance of 20 feet. (TH-115(B)/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BROADWAY - east side, starting at a point 54 feet north of the north curbline of Belmont Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-285/21) MEREDITH LANE - north side, starting at a point 117 feet west of the west curbline of Mayfair Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-290/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: EAST MEADOW CHESTER DRIVE - north side, starting at a point 406 feet west of the west curbline of Devon Street, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-180/19 7/02/19)(TH-324/21) OCEANSIDE ROXBURY ROAD - east side, starting at a point 85 feet north of the north curbline of Campbell Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-184/14 - 6/24/14) (TH-287/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-115(B)/21) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting. The foregoing resolution was seconded by Senior Councilwoman Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows: AYES: SEVEN (7) NOES: NONE (0) 127863

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ong Island recently lost its last Sears, that once ubiquitous powerhouse retailer that sold a range of goods, from sturdy jeans to solidly built power tools and refrigerators. Started in 1893 as a mail-order catalog to peddle watches to farmers, Sears built a favorable reputation through much of the 20th century as a mainstay of America’s burgeoning middle class. By the time I was born in 1967, Sears was the world’s largest retailer, serving as an anchor tenant at malls across the land. Construction on Sears Tower in SCOTT Chicago — which became the world’s BRINTON tallest skyscraper, at 1,450 feet — began in 1969 and was completed four years later. Called Willis Tower these days, it’s now the world’s 12th tallest building. Sears once boasted locations throughout Long Island, including in Valley Stream, New Hyde Park, Garden City and Hicksville. The final holdout was at the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, where about a third of the storefronts are vacant, Newsday recently reported. My childhood is inextricably linked to Sears. Every year in August, my parents, both teachers, brought my brother and me to

Sears at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, in Suffolk County, to buy school clothes. I knew then that summer’s carefree days were fading, and classes would soon begin. It was always a big deal to make the trip from our home in then rural Yaphank to the mall, which, growing up in farm country, seemed to me like the epitome of modernity. At Sears, clothes were always purchased first. Then my mom and dad would spend time in the tools section. They were also artists with a two-story stone studio behind our house, where they kept all their carving instruments, always bought from Sears. After Sears, it was on to next-door Friendly’s for lunch or dinner. I ordered the same meal every time — the fried clams platter, followed by mint chocolate chip ice cream. Then we’d stop at the camping goods store to buy scouting equipment, the bookstore for art and children’s books, and the pet store for dog’s toys and treats. We followed nearly the same routine every trip to the mall. It was a family outing. More than that, it was a cultural experience shared by so many millions of middle-class Americans. To a kid growing up surrounded by forest and field, the mall — Sears in particular — represented the height of civilization. It seems strange to write this all these

years later, as we watch the slow death of the once mighty Sears. At its peak in the early 1970s, the company employed 350,000 people. When Kmart purchased Sears in 2004, Wall Street hedge fund manager Edward Lampert was appointed CEO of the new Sears Holdings Corporation. Over the next decade, the company’s revenue dropped precipitously, and 175,000 workers lost their jobs. Fewer than 50 Sears stores remain today. Sears gave us a number of iconic American brands, including Kenmore Appliances, Craftsman Tools, Allstate Insurance and the Discover Card. From 1908 to 1940, Sears even sold kits enabling people to construct their own homes. Today some 70,000 to 75,000 of these houses, most in the Northeast and Midwest, dot the land, according to a 2016 Popular Mechanics article. Kits started at $450. Today many of these homes sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In so many ways, through so many decades, Sears was an innovator, a paragon of American capitalism that helped define the American landscape, even the American psyche. Sears was the go-to store for our everaspirational middle class. What the heck happened? Apparently, Walmart happened, then Amazon. Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart Stores in 1962 as a discount chain. By 1990 it had become the world’s largest retailer.

hat the heck happened to the legendary retailer? Walmart and Amazon.

Walmart has never been about the shopping experience, about shared cultural identity, the way Sears and other such retailers once were. It has always been about selling goods at the lowest prices. With middle-class wages starting to stagnate in the early 1970s, shopping was no longer a pleasure-seeking experience for many, but an existential crisis. From 1973 to 2013, the typical American worker’s productivity rose 74.4 percent, but that same worker’s hourly compensation increased a paltry 9.2 percent, or a quarter percent per year — hardly enough to keep pace with inflation, which was out of control in the 1970s and early ’80s, peaking at 12 to 13 percent per year before starting to decline in the mid-1980s and averaging 2 to 3 percent per year since 1993. If you’re wondering why Americans abandoned Sears and other mall mainstays in favor of Walmart and, later, Amazon, it can all be summed up in a single word — price. No doubt, Sears executives made their blunders. At some point, the retailer stopped innovating. The Sears that I first strolled through as a child was pretty much the same Sears that my wife and I shopped in for appliances when we bought our Merrick home in 2002. Economic forces beyond the company’s control, though, were largely to blame. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

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ome octopuses probably could score better than I did on an SAT. It’s hard to figure, though, since they can’t hold a pen or read the questions, but that’s just me being humancentric. Scientists have discovered that cephalopods, octopuses in particular, are super smart and seemingly capable of what we humans call feelings. If you saw the Netflix documentary “My Octopus Friend,” you get it. A diver forms a relationship with an octopus that swims to him whenever he scuba dives and RANDI actually cuddles her KREISS body against him. It is a powerful account of crossspecies attachment. In one memorable study, hidden cameras in a marine lab caught an octopus climbing out of his tank at night to crawl into a neighboring tank where he could dine on starfish. The big brains couldn’t figure out why the starfish were disappearing until they checked out the lab’s videotape. Today is World Octopus Day, which coincided with me turning the last page on a love-

ly read, “The Brilliant Abyss,” by Helen Scales. (And yes, her last name is also a happy coincidence.) She studies life in the vast deep oceans around the world, focusing on creatures that live 3,000 to 7,000 feet below, in the freezing, murky darkness that has been a mystery up until recent years. Her book and World Octopus Day remind us of yet another natural resource we are about to squander. Scales mentions the deepsea fish known as orange roughy, which has become quite popular in recent years. The real name of the fish is slimehead, which was a no-go. So the name was changed, and the fish, which live at extreme depths, are now being caught by the mega-tons with new technology. Scales agrees that orange roughy is delicious, but she points out that the fish live to some 200 years. They have thrived in the black world 5,000 feet below unharmed until now. The entree on your dinner plate could have hatched 50 years before the Civil War. According to Scales, the trawlers have nets and weights that crash into the underwater mountain ranges that are loaded with coral and destroy the outcroppings in the process. Some of those corals have been alive

for millennia. She says that submersibles have collected samples from the deepest parts of the oceans that reveal new life forms, even new bacteria, which may hold revolutionary cancer-fighting properties. We need to find out before it’s gone. Swimming through the abyss are giant octopi, some growing to 20 feet across. They have been found as deep as 5,000 feet. At the same depths, whale carcasses have been found, covered in blankets of red, furry worms. The oddities and miraculous discoveries abound. Naturally, human beings are about to sink the ship. Scales talks about the emergence of underwater mining. Technology has permitted mining for metals at ever-greater depths. Giant ocean-going machines have begun to dig up the bottom of our seabeds, disturbing animals and coral and minerals that have lain there for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. Only now are environmental groups beginning to take action against these mining operations. The first day that the first human dropped a line into the ocean was a bad day for marine wildlife. Nearly every species is under pressure from overfishing, even as

espite our degradation of its home, an octopus cuddles with a familiar scuba diver.

fishing technology is improving, making it possible to kill tons of fish at a time. Giant net fishing creates collateral damage for tons of innocent victims, the turtles and dolphins and other species that are caught up in the nets. In the 1900s, humans killed more than twice the number of sperm whales that remain alive today. We used up what was within reach and now we are digging at increasing depths. Swimming below, a mile under the surface, are creatures like zombie worms and vampire squid, nine-foot tube worms, phosphorescent jellyfish, and awesome red feather worms without guts of any kind that carry their own harem of dwarf males waiting to fertilize their eggs. Some of the deepsea gossamer jellies disintegrate as soon as they hit the air; they have only been seen through the tiny viewing windows of submersibles. These precious life forms swim among singular geological formations like hydrothermal vents in the bottom of the oceans. We’ve gone a long way toward fouling up outer space with junk, and we are equally irresponsible in the trashing of our oceans. One of the groups that are trying to preserve the seas around us is ocea Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Recalling Long Island’s Indigenous peoples

olumbus Day has been celebrated in the United States since 1971, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation proclaiming it a federal holiday. For years, the holiday has been controversial. It is a source of pride for many ItalianAmericans who commemorate the global reach of Italy’s most celebrated explorer. At the same time, for many others, particularly Native Americans, Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492 represents the beginning of centuries of enslavement and war. On Oct. 8, President Biden became the first U.S. president to also proclaim Columbus Day, on Oct. 11 this year, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which began in 1992 as a celebration of native cultures — and a counter-narrative to Columbus’s legendary exploits. For years, American schoolchildren have been taught the Christopher Columbus poem, which begins: In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.

crew of about 90 enslaved six natives of the island, according to history.com. They went on to enslave many others, and to force untold numbers of natives to convert to Christianity through extreme cruelty. The Columbus poem mentions none of this, leaving schoolchildren with only a partial image of the explorer. Long Island was no different than the rest of what became the United States. Native Americans had inhabited the Island for millennia, whaling and fishing for subsistence and sharing a common Algonquian language. Once there were 13 Algonquin tribes spread across the 118-mile-long island, according to the Matinecock Tribal Nation of Long Island. From west to east, they were the: ■ Canarsies ■ Rockaways ■ Matinecocks ■ Merricks ■ Nissequogues ■ Massapeques ■ Secatogues ■ Setaukets ■ Unkechaugs

He sailed by night; he sailed by day; He used the stars to find his way.

■ Corchaugs

A compass also helped him know How to find the way to go.

■ Manhasetts (which were actually on the very east end of the North Fork, not on Nassau County’s North Shore)

Columbus, as is widely taught, had originally sailed west from Spain, thinking he could arrive in India to trade in spices. He could have, except North America was in the way. He first landed on an unknown island in the Caribbean. The Columbus poem states: Indians, Indians!” Columbus cried; His heart was filled with joyful pride.”

■ Shinnecocks

■ Montauketts Dutch and British colonialists settled on Long Island in the 17th and 18th centuries, chasing most of the Native American tribes from the lands they believed they would peacefully share with the Europeans. Many of the natives were brutalized

If only that were true. On his very first day in the New World, Columbus and his

LETTERS Remembering our fallen heroes To the Editor: On the 20th anniversary of troops first being deployed to Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency and local veterans gathered to break ground on a new war memorial to commemorate the members of the military who bravely served our country in Afghanistan and Iraq. The new monument will be located at Veterans Memorial Park in Eisenhower Park, and will be the first on Long Island, and one of the first in New York state, dedicated to these wars, honoring the 7,000 service members who perished in those

and placed in indentured servitude, spending the rest of their lives enslaved. By 1670, most area Native Americans were gone, according to Newsday’s history project, Long Island Our Story. Today Native Americans remain here in small numbers, primarily concentrated on the Shinnecock Indian Nation reservation, in the Town of Southampton, and the Posspatuck reservation, in the Town of Brookhaven. The Posspatuck reservation has yet to receive federal recognition. The Shinnecock Nation didn’t receive that recognition until 2010, after a 32-year battle to obtain it. Federal recognition allows the nation to operate independently from state and local governments and to build a casino on its reservation. In February this year, it proposed doing just that. About 600 Native Americans live on the 1,200-acre Shinnecock reservation, while another roughly 600 tribal members live off it, and 200 call the 55-acre Posspatuck reservation home. When the Dutch arrived here, there were several thousand Native Americans in the Island’s 13 tribes. Before Europeans’ arrival on Long Island, Native Americans had inhabited it for 11,000 years — more than 550 generations — primarily living in peace. It was a largely unspoiled wilderness; the native peoples had long lived lightly on the land. This is the history that has so rarely been taught in Long Island schools. The decimation of Indigenous peoples has so often been thought of in terms of westward expansion of the United States — the battles for lands across the Midwest and West. How easily we forget that Native Americans were exploited here as early as two centuries before territorial expansion under manifest destiny in the 19th century. This, however, is the history that should be taught, so we might, as Long Islanders, understand why we must fully support the Native Americans who remain here today.

OPINIONS

he race to the progressive left is under way in New York state, with word that New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is forming an “exploratory committee” and may launch a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul. No serious politician launches an exploratory committee to ponder whether to run. Williams is running. In case you’ve lost track of his political pedigree, he is a founding member of the Progressive CoaliRONALD J. tion. One revealsnapshot of ROSENBERG ing his ideology dates from last year, when he told NY1 that he would seek to block the city’s budget because it didn’t go far enough to defund the New York City Police Department. As a progressive, Williams practices what he preaches. His decision to run a primary against Hochul has enormous implications. It not only means he is making a move on

the governor’s mansion, but it also triggers a series of decisions and events that could crater New York’s future. Hochul will feel the need to move even further left, Attorney General Letitia James will now consider whether she will enter the primary contest, and moderate New Yorkers are going to look far more closely at what the Republican Party has to offer. While James is keeping her own counsel regarding a primary move on Hochul, she has dropped hints at public speaking opportunities in Manhattan that she is seriously considering the race. More insightful, however, is her sudden uptick in appearances on Long Island, a voter-rich target, where she has recently been a keynoter at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage and County Executive Laura Curran’s gunbuyback news conference. If James were to become governor, even more New York City progressives would emerge in Albany’s version of musical chairs, as former gubernatorial primary candidate Zephyr Teachout has now signaled her intent to run for attor-

oters may end up looking far more closely at what Republicans have to offer.

LETTERS conflicts. Over the past two decades, 2.5 million men and women have volunteered to serve our great nation and protect our freedoms — many of whom did not make it home. All those Americans deserve our deepest gratitude and recognition for their service to our country, and with this memorial, we finally honor the next generation of Americans who have chosen to serve. Thank you to the Nassau County Council Veterans of Foreign Wars, Heroes Among Us and other organizations for partnering with the county to make this monument a reality. The monument will honor those who served and those who perished in battle, but it will also be a tribute to the 30,000 post-9/11 veterans who have died by suicide. The Council Veterans of Foreign Wars will raise funds for the monument, design it and install it. A rendering of the monument was created by 23-year-old Maia Fernandez, of Franklin Square. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive

Re-elevaluating our transit needs To the Editor: David defeated Goliath when Gov. Kathy Hochul recently put on hold the

ney general if a vacancy were to open. To put things in context, the Progressive Change Committee proclaims Teachout as “one of us” on its website, and back in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Teachout’s failed run for attorney general. In a state where the population north of the Harlem River is relatively small and New York City teeters on de facto de Blasio socialism, no candidate can take Long Island’s massive voting bloc for granted, which could very well make the difference in whether Hochul, Williams or James is able to defeat the Republican gubernatorial candidate. For the moment, that GOP standard bearer is Long Island’s own Lee Zeldin. Yet much could happen to the current frontrunner between now and his party’s nominating convention. His recent announcement that he is currently in remission from leukemia is a dramatic reminder that life can intrude on candidacies. This much is clear: The state’s business community, which depends on a stable, safe and rational environment in

which to employ tens of millions of people, would develop the dry heaves if a progressive candidate were to become New York’s next governor. Progressives’ unequivocal anti-business manifesto, which ran Amazon’s proposed headquarters out of Queens, was a clear message to every CEO, entrepreneur and employer. It is no longer a question of Republican or Democrat. Williams’s potential decision to run for governor defines a very clear ideological abyss that will have moderates, and the business community as a whole, contemplating their future as New Yorkers. One can hope that there is truth to the axiom that American politics has always been about pendulum swings, but with a statewide political party that made the closing of Rikers Island and defunding the police stated policy, it might be time for Long Island to consider that aspirational dream of becoming the 51st state. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

FRAMEWORK by Christina Daly

LaGuardia Air Train project, to the dismay of all the pay-to-play special interests, such as construction contractors and unions, that made political contributions in recent years to then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hoping for a piece of the $2 billion initiative. Since Cuomo failed to deliver, will they now ask him for refunds from the $18 million campaign re-election fund that he no longer needs? In our new Covid-19 world, the Port Authority, New York City Transit subway and bus, and Long Island and Metro North Rail Roads all have had to re-evaluate anticipated future ridership growth projections. Who has seen the updated anticipated ridership figures for the Air Train? Were there really going to be 9,000 daily riders? Is there an independent cost-benefit analysis to justify the cost of this project? Who would go to an LIRR Station, wait for a train, change at Jamaica, then Woodside for a Port Washington train to Mets Willets Point to reach the Air Train? Most would drive, take a car service, Uber or taxi, which would be faster and more convenient. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

Egrets in Oak Neck Break — Bayville

CORRECTION Due to an editing error, Jerry Kremer’s column in the Sept. 23-29 issue, “What’s next for two sharp, young county executives?” mistakenly stated that the combined population of Nassau and Suffolk

counties is larger than that of 37 states. The two counties’ combined population of just over 2.83 million is larger than that of only 15 states, according to census.gov.

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