Franklin Square/Elmont Herald 10-27-2022

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They’re women of distinction

Eight award recipients recognized for work in the community

By KEPhERD DaNiEl kdaniel@liherald.com

Eight individuals were recently recognized with Women of Distinction awards in a cere mony held at the Franklin Square Public Library.

The ceremony, now in its ninth year, was held in person for the first time since 2019. The event is usually held in March but was delayed due to Covid-19.

The event recognized eight women who have displayed out standing leadership, and high lighted the grass-roots work they have accomplished in Michaelle Solages’s 22nd Assembly Dis trict.

University Hospital at Down state in Brooklyn for the last 12 years and has nearly 30 years of experience in the field. She has spent the majority of her career working in underserved commu nities and has a passion for health equity. In June of 2021, Eason was recognized by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation as a champion of humanistic care for her work during the pandemic. Freire has been working at Key Food Valley Stream since 2012, and is in charge of custom er service appreciation day, which she organizes to give back to her customers who support the store.

Patricia McColley is chamber’s

Business Person of the Year

By KEPhERD DaNiEl kdaniel@liherald.com

The Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce has named chamber member Patricia McColley Business Person of the Year for her work with Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital.

A five-person committee made up of chamber presi dent Lisa DelliPizzi, previous honorees and chamber mem bers selected McColley for the honor. The nominee must be

an active member of the Chamber and have made a significant contribution to the local economy or the welfare of the local community.

“We felt that Patricia McColley was the most quali fied member of the Franklin Square Chamber of Com merce to receive this honor,” DelliPizzi said. “The integrity of this award is very impor tant to me.”

McColley started her career at Northwell Health in 2012 as the patient experience

manager for South Shore Uni versity Hospital in Bay Shore. In 2016, she accepted a posi tion as program manager on the Northwell corporate com munity relations team in Islip.

In 2019, as a program man ager for the central region, McColley was asked to help build relationships for LIJ Valley Stream and the com munities it serves while also assisting the corporate team in leading larger corporate

This year’s honorees were Lynette Battle, Elizabeth Forbes, Althea Brown, Julie K. Eason, Karen Freire, Rose Nacincik, Karleen (Leveille) Robinson and Nancy Youngfert, each of whom has made a significant effort to create positive change in their communities.

Brown, a native Jamaican who arrived in the United States with her two daughters, estab lished the floral and event design company Still Blooming in 2021, as a response to local loss brought about by the pandemic.

Eason is director of the respi ratory therapy department at

Nacincik, a resident of Belle rose Terrace since 1978, joined the Bellerose Terrace Civic Asso ciation in 1982. She also joined the ladies auxiliary, where she later became vice president and then president. In addition, she has served her community as a teacher at the Floral Park-Belle rose School.

Youngfert, a longtime resi dent of Franklin Square, was an original member and has served as treasurer of the Franklin Square Civic Association. She has also been an active member of the Franklin Square Histori

Courtesy Patricia McColley

PaTRiCia MCCollEy wiTh her husband, Richard Hall.

She was on the front line during Covid-19

events. “What we do at Northwell is work in the communities that we serve by looking out for their wellness, improving their ability to find food, and doing screenings that help with improving their overall health,” McColley said. “We focus on com munities near and dear to LIJ Valley Stream that really can use some support through health screen ings and education.”

One of her first projects in her new role at LIJ Valley Stream was to build a relationship with Baldwin High School. McColley is now a program manager for the community and population health team and has spent the last three years at LIJ Valley Stream assisting in and helping create community contacts and connections.

“My role during that time was to help them get the word out through a lot of community interaction, community involvement and community health screenings but with Covid that was impossible,” McColley said. “We had to take LIJ Valley Stream hospital into the community and sort of describe what was happening there during the transi tion.”

McColley has been on the front line of the pandemic, testing and vaccinating for both Covid and monkeypox across Long Island for the past two and a half years while maintaining essential communityfocused programs for the hospital.

With an eventful year providing vaccinations for the flu, Covid and monkeypox, McColley described

what she is most proud of from the past year.

“For me to go out into communities like Frank lin Square, Elmont and Inwood, which are all with in our catchment area for LIJ Valley Stream, and to provide health screenings, including diabetic glu cose screenings, out in the community this year was a big deal,” McColley said.

“We’ve never tested glucose testing before and as a result of the data that we collected back during vaccinations and testing, it was found that some of these com munities had a higher rate of diabe tes,” she added. “Now we’re creating programs in the central region, which includes Franklin Square, that helps focus on that, including working with supermarkets and other programs to create a healthier environment for these communities.”

McColley lives in Bay Shore and not only had to learn about Franklin Square, Valley Stream and Elmont but much of Nassau County and is grateful to the chamber for recognizing the work that she has done at LIJ Valley Stream.

“I think it’s amazing to me because it’s a job that I love to do, and then to be honored for it, it’s just, it’s mind-blow ing to me,” McColley said. “Being a board member in a chamber is a responsible position,” she added. “To support the town in a way that makes you go out and meet people, and they know who you are and they know how to reach you, you can effect change.”

BREAKING DOWN BOUNDARIES WITH CANCER BREAKTHROUGHS

LIJ Medical Center is in the top 10% of hospitals nationally for oncology, according to U.S.News&WorldReport.

Our doctors are raising health by pioneering innovative approaches to cancer from novel chemotherapy techniques to first in the nation robotic mastectomies with minimal scarring. Because when it comes to cancer, there’s no status quo. There’s only “how far can we go?”

Courtesy Lisa DelliPizzi

Patricia Mccolley’s work with LIJ Valley Stream Hospital earned her the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce’s Business Person of the Year award.

M y role during that time was to help them get the word out through a lot of community interaction.

Patricia Mccolley

Harlem Chamber Players to Play Elmont

The four-piece musical ensemble makes its Long Island debut on Nov. 5

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

The Harlem Chamber Players will treat the Elmont community to a classical music performance at the Elmont Memo rial Library on Nov. 5.

The concert will begin at 4 p.m. and will feature the classical music of Black composers. The Harlem Chamber Players are an ethnically diverse group of profes sional musicians from the Harlem School for the Arts, bringing their live music to people in the Harlem community and beyond.

The performance will feature sounds from Black and Hispanic composers who have been overlooked when it comes to classical music, such as Chevalier de Saint-Georges, William Grant Still, Tania León and Jessie Montgomery. The concert will be performed by the Harlem Cham ber Players strum quartet of Ashley Horne, Claire Chan, William Frampton and Wayne Smith.

The quartet is made up of freelance musicians and has become a regular group. The Harlem Chamber Players encompass more than 40 classical musi cians, and the chamber music series began in 2008 as a partnership between clarinetist Liz Player and the late violist Charles Dalton.

Player, 57, lives in Harlem and was enamored by classical music at a young age, having studied clarinet when she was 11. She is the executive and artistic direc tor and founder of the Harlem Chamber Players and was inspired and encouraged by the late Janet Wolfe, the founder of the New York City Housing Authority Sym phony Orchestra and long-time patron of minority classical musicians. Wolfe, who lived to the age of 101, founded the hous ing symphony orchestra in 1971, a musi cal group that lasted for more than 40 years but grew smaller as Wolfe got older.

“She was a big inspiration for us start ing the group,” Player said. “This group, in many ways, is a continuation of what she started. The housing symphony orchestra gave opportunities mainly to Black and Latina musicians who are underrepresented in the classical music arena, and that’s what we’re doing. We wanted to continue her legacy.”

The chamber players started off per forming at St. Mary’s Church in Harlem. After Dalton passed away in 2010, Player’s husband, Carl Jackson, who is also a clar inetist, helped her build up the group and came up with the official title of the Har lem Chamber Players. Player decided on emphasizing an ethnically diverse group of musicians based on the landscape of classical musicians, which she saw as very homogenous.

“If you look at the major symphony orchestras in this country, less than 4 per cent of musicians are Black or brown,” Player said. “The classical music arena is one of the last art vehicles that has so few Black and brown musicians. In some ways, we started the Harlem Chamber Players to provide opportunities for Black and brown musicians who weren’t being

hired as much by orches tras and other chamber music organizations.”

The Harlem Chamber Players have performed at many different venues, including the Apollo The ater, St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University, Merkin Concert Hall, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Public Library and Carnegie Hall. The chamber players are a community-based orga nization, with most of their concerts held in Harlem, Brooklyn and the Morningside Heights area in Manhattan. The scheduled performance at Elmont Library will be the group’s Long Island debut, and Player’s goal is to expand further out from Harlem.

“Harlem is our home base, but we would like to be everywhere,” Player said.

The chamber players have partnered with numerous organizations, including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Harlem School of the Arts, Harlem Opera Theater, Columbia University, Goddard Riverside Communi ty Center, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. The group grew dramatically during the pandemic, focusing on creating online content, which is how the regular quartet came about. While the chamber players have come a long way since 2008, Player said she still has high aspirations for the group.

“We have been around, we’ve had many successes and while we are growing and doing a lot better, we’re still operating at a budget that is a fraction of what other groups get, so I would like for us to get further,” she said.

THE HARLEm CHAmBER Player quartet features Ashley Horne and Claire Chan on violin, William Frampton on viola and Wayne Smith on cello.

THE HARLEm CHAmBER Players are looking to expand their reach with a Long Island debut.

Photos courtesy Liz Player

THE HARLEm CHAmBER Players quartet performed at the Met Museum in Manhattan.

Eight are honored for their civic involvement

Battle, a Valley Stream resident, is PTSA president for Elmont Memorial High School and has served on the board of Nassau regional PTA. Battle also is director of economic development for bridge street development corporation, where she designs and executes marketing and sales strategies for small businesses in central Brooklyn.

“This is me doing what comes naturally,” Battle said. “I wasn’t expecting anything, so when somebody acknowledges you, it feels good.”

Battle said she is most proud of the reinstatement of principal Kevin Dougherty to his post at the Elmont Memorial High School.

“We got our principal back and after getting the com munity together behind the situation, now they’re mov ing forward,” Battle said. “They feel empowered and that’s heartwarming.”

Robinson, a national Emmy award-winning producer and television anchor, is the owner of Leveille Entertain ment and Publishing. She became the first woman and first person of color to direct Fandango’s 2017 coverage of Comic Con. She is also an anchor for CBS News affili ate WBNG 12 News. In July, Robinson and her husband, Ron, opened a business in Elmont, hiring youth from the community to train and inspire them to pursue media careers. After being honored, Robinson highlighted the importance of local community work.

“I think people don’t realize how everything starts at the grassroots of your community,” she said. “Barack Obama came from grassroots community service, Oprah Winfrey was cultivated in small-town community ser vice. It’s here that all the things you need to happen in your life happen. I’m happy about supporting women

and continuing to empower others.”

Forbes, who was born and raised in East Harlem, is the founder of the Gift of Giving Foundation. Forbes’ organization has served more than 800 children in the last three years and is piloting the Student Ambassadors Program for juniors and seniors in the local school dis trict in collaboration with local businesses. After being

honored, Forbes said she is even more motivated to help the Elmont community and acknowledged why honoring local women for their accomplishments is important.

“I think a lot of times as women we get pushed to the backburner because as mothers we’re doing so many things and we’re not being acknowledged for everything else that we do outside of parenting,” Forbes said.

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The 2022 Women of Distinction were recognized for all the grass-roots work they have done in Assembly District 22.

Getting into the Halloween spirit, safely

Families lined up at the Dogwood shopping center behind the Lidl grocery store in Franklin Square for a safe Halloween experience on Oct.

8. The Morton Civic Associa tion hosted its second annual Trunk or Treat event, in which people could decorate the trunks of their cars and hand out candy to children in costumes. “Trunk or Treat is something that we can do to give back to the community and to the children, and give them an opportunity to trick a treat safely,” said Joseph Romeo, Co-president of the Morton civic association Over 100 people Communi

ty members brought their cars to attend this year’s Trunk or Treat. Morton Civi’s Vice Pres ident of events, Gloriana Fratarcangeli, Gracie Romeo, and Vincenza Ciaccio make up the event committee within the Morton Civic and helped organize this year’s Trunk or Treat. This year’s festivities included a magic show, face painting, and balloons, as kids and parents got dressed up for the occasion.

“It’s because of the contri bution of the local Morton community, these things would never happen,” said copresident, Domenico Ciaccio.

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Photos courtesy Joseph Romeo

Kids got into the Halloween spirit with safe trick-or-treating hosted by the Morton Civic Association.

Hundreds eagerly attend Herald’s Senior Health Expo

BY ALEXA ANDERWKAVICH aanderwkavich@liherald.com

Guests happily lined up at the Temple Beth Am in Merrick to attend RichnerLIVE and the Herald’s Senior Health & Beyond Expo, presented by UnitedHealthcare on Oct. 13, the second in a highly-anticipated series of Expos for 2022.

The free Expo is a multi-faceted event, where a myriad of trusted companies and facilities — as well as budding businesses — share their products and services with the Long Island community.

“It’s so nice to have our Expo bring the community together,” Executive Director of Corporate Relations & Events at Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLIVE Amy Amato said. “We’re proud to host this series and bring so many innovative services and pioneers in health together for the community to benefit from.”

More than 50 vendors lined the lobby and ballroom to share their expertise in wellness, services, lifestyle tips, estate planning and insurance, helpful products, and more. Attendees could also receive a free flu-shot, — provided by Mount Sinai South Nassau and Molloy University nursing students — just in time for the chilly season ahead; enjoy snacks and refreshments — courtesy of Bagel Plaza and Walker’s Shortbread; and participate in raffles.

Massages and reiki cleanses from Charmed Eclectic Healing Shoppe put guests at ease — and to take their bodies’ abilities higher, a movement session from Club Pilates introduced attendees to the wonderful world of pilates and all the benefits it can offer.

The panel discussion was kicked-off with keynote speaker Michael Krantz, licensed sales representative from UnitedHealthcare, who educated the attendees on how he helps retirees and pre-retires on their journey through the world of Medicare.

“Medicare in particular is always a complex subject matter and it was an amazing experience to be able to provide information and answer questions at the local community level” UnitedHealthcare Representative Krantz said. “I always look forward to helping those in need of understanding their different options.”

Guests also heard from panelists Hannah Glenny, manager of patient engagement strategies at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals; Khurshid Ibrahimi, PT, from Long Beach Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Cassena Care); Dr. Lawrence Cardano, Au.D, from the Hearing Center of Long Island; Jill Wasser, utility consumer program specialist at NYS Department of Public Service; Margaret Gonzalez, senior account manager of business development at Aetna; and Donna Stefans, ESQ., founder and lead attorney at Stefans Law Group.

The audience interacted and asked questions between each speaker, with topic-titles ranging from “Clinical Trials,” “Healthy Aging and Your Hearing,” “What You Need to Know about Managed Long Term Care,” “Posture and How to Lift Heavy Objects” and more.

Dr. Cardano also offered free hearing screenings during the event; attendees

lined the hall patiently awaiting their checkups — one of the many services offered at the expo. Others included senior I.D. cards from the Town of Hempstead with Town Clerk Kate Murray, antique appraisal from Syl-Lee Antiques, and tarot card readings from the Holistic Healing Goddess — who engaged with guests on a mystical plane.

Attendees received a goody bag — courtesy of Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Oceanside Care Center — filled with special-event sections, keepsakes, information and a whole bag of bialys from Bell’s Brooklyn Bagels.

The Expo was made possible thanks to presenting sponsor United Healthcare; gold sponsors Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Stefans Law Group; silver sponsors Aetna, Parker Jewish Institute For Health Care and Rehabilitation, Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Hearing Center of Long Island, New York State Department of Public Service, Full Circle Medicaid, refreshment sponsor Long Beach Assisted Living.

Join us at next Senior Health & Beyond Expo on Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Glen Cove YMCA. Call to register at 516-569-4000 ext. 219.

ATTENDEES LISTENED INTENTLY as professionals presented on topics such as "Healthy Aging and Your Hearing" and "Medicare Made Clear."

THE TEAM FROM Friends for Life Homecare came with a fun-filled booth with decorations, candy, and prizes.

CHRISTINA SAMMARTINO, ESQ. and Lauren Reilly from Stefans Law Group PC raffled off a free Legal Consultation along with a candy tower.

MOUNT SINAI SOUTH Nassau’s team and Molloy University nursing students came out to administer free flu vaccines to the community. There were many engaging activities for the attendees, all of which improved their quality of life.

All photos Tim Baker/Herald

PSEG CAME TO provide educational materials on all things energy.

ATTENDEES WERE ABLE to get a free flu vaccine, courtesy of MSSN and Molly University nursing students.

NEW HORIZON COUNSELING Center representatives

UNITED HEALTCHCARE LICENSED Sales Agent, Michael Krantz; Herald publisher, Stuart Richner; and United Healthcare representative, Joseph Bouquet.

DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL Estate Agent, Tiffany Balanoff spent time with attendees on how to navigate the real estate market.

KHURSHID IBRAHIMI, PT answered questions after presenting on the topic of "Posture and Lifting "

MANAGER OF PATIENT Engagement Strategies, Hannah Glenny, from Otsuka to speak on “Clinical Trials.”

HEALTHFIRST’S BOOTH WAS there to provide helpful information to attendees about their available insurance plans.

AETNA SENIOR ACCOUNT manager and speaker Margaret Gonzalez

PARKER JEWISH INSTITUTE For Health Care and Rehabilitation representatives at the Expo.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM HUMANA brought plenty of materials to educate guests on how to select the right health insurance plan.

SUNHARBOR MANOR GREETED guests at their booth with information on their rehabilitation services.

BEACH TERRACE CARE Center treated guests to donuts and provided information about their services.

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Carey back on volleyball map

By BRiaN KaChaRaBa sports@liherald.com

What a difference a year makes.

After struggling through a one-win sea son in 2021, the Carey girls’ volleyball team is returning to the playoffs this fall thanks to a 10-win campaign fueled by a trio of sophomore stars and a veteran group of seniors who continue to produce consis tently on the court.

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Though the opposition may not be as formidable as it was last year, coach Nicole Sabbatino credited the impressive turn around to being more aggressive on the court and tight knit off it.

“They just want to raise their level all of the time,” Sabbatino said. “They want to run plays, they want to be better every game. Status quo is not good enough. They want to be top-level players.”

Resiliency has been one of the big themes for Carey (10-5) this season and that was illustrated during a four-match stretch to end September. The Seahawks trailed 2-0 at Bethpage before rallying to force a fifth set in an eventual loss on Sept. 16. Five days later, Lynbrook carried a 2-1 lead into the fourth set before Carey rebounded to win and the Seahawks took the final three sets in a stunning victory at Plainedge on Sept. 28.

Carey improved to 7-1 two days later after winning the last two sets to win at Great Neck North behind senior Kaylee Darrell’s 18 digs, six assists and four kills.

“They have this hidden gear that they can tap into sometimes,” Sabbatino said. “If they do it all at the same time, then it’s awesome to watch.”

Sophomore Dierdra Brennan has been the offensive catalyst this season and sits among the Nassau County leaders with 418 assists, including a whopping 54 against Bethpage. She also has 80 digs on defense to go with 34 aces.

“She’s a rock,” Sabbatino said. “She’s silent but she’s consistent. The girls trust her explicitly as the setter. They know she’s going to make a smart choice and put the ball to the hitter who has the hot hand. It’s been fun to watch her grow.”

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with almost 100 kills and over 50 blocks, while fellow sophomore Isabella Caban emerged as the team’s top server statisti cally with a club-best 39 aces.

Senior Caylee De Meo, who Sabbatino called “the heart of the team,” has been the top recipient of Brennan’s passes with a team-leading 172 kills and is among the best on the team with 128 digs.

Seniors Erica Montemarano and Isabel la Montenegro switch off at libero and there is no downgrade defensively when either fills the role.

“They are my two best defensive play ers,” Sabbatino declared.

Brianna Suarez-Oubina has had a strong senior season and just surpassed the 60-kill mark. Olivia Cacioppo and Oliv ia Asciutto have been consistent defenders and Ana Simancas-Franco and Annabella Piretto have filled in admirably off the bench.

Carey was mired in a four-game losing streak at press time and had one last chance to right the ship before the playoffs in Monday’s rematch with Plainedge.

STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

Stacy Bennett Party: Democrat

Age: 51

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 1989, and a juris doctorate from Ohio Northern University in 1992.

legal career: Began her career as an associate with the Richard M. Weiner & Associates firm in 1992. Became a partner of Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in 2000. Has served as a Nassau County Family Court judge since 2007.

Hector LaSalle

Party: None Age: 50

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1990, and a juris doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993.

legal career: Began his career as an attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in 1993. Became the deputy state attorney general in 1999, before becoming a justice a decade later for the Suffolk County supreme court.

Lisa Cairo Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 45

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Loyola College in Maryland in 1999, and a law degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 2002

legal career: Began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coshignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions.

Became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger in 2006, before earning her way to a partner role in 2011.

Francis Ricigliano

Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 59

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Manhattanville College in 1985, and his juris doctorate from St. John’s University in 1988.

legal career: Is a Nassau County Court judge in Mineola since 2014. Before that, worked at Santangelo, Benvenuso, Slattery.

C. Stephen Hackeling Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 66

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Buffalo in 1978, and a law degree from Albany Law School in 1981

legal career: Was an attorney with the Macco Law Group LLP between 1983 and 2002. Was a Suffolk County legislator between 1993 and 2000, serving as the presiding officer beginning in 1998-99. Has been a judge in Suffolk County District Court since 2002, acting as county court judge assigned to the supreme court between 2015 and 2018.

Frank Tinari

Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 68

Education: Juris doctorate from Western New England College School of Law in 1980

legal career: Attorney with Tinari, O’Connell and Osbormne in Central Islip. Worked for the Suffolk County district attorney’s office between 1980 and 1985.

FAMI ly COURT JUSTICE S El ECTIO

Joy Watson

Party: Republican Age: 63

Hometown: Hempstead village

An adjunct professor at Molloy University since 2006, and served as a Nassau County District Court judge since 2013.

She also was the principal law clerk for the state supreme court between 2006 and 2010, and was a teaching fellow at Pepperdine University School of Law.

She was a deputy comptroller for Nassau County between 2010 and 2013, after spending nearly 20 years as an assistant district attorney later becoming a bureau chief.

She was president of the Kiwanis Club of Nassau County Courthouses, the New York Women’s Bar Association, and the American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement.

She has said she would institute a no-exception residency policy for prosecutors, and would dismantle the district attorney’s Early Case Assessment Bureau, where prosecutors review cases at the time of arrest.

Colin O’Donnell

Party: Republican Age: 60

Hometown: Bayville

Was an attorney for Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, and a former Nassau County assistant district attorney.

He also was a deputy bureau chief for the county district attorney’s office. He was a founding partner in a general practice law firm, a special assistant U.S. Attorney.

He has represented the Locust Valley Fire District and the Nassau County DA Investigator’s Police Benevolent Association.

He first joined the District Court in 2012. He was president of the Nassau County District Court Judges Association, and board of directors president for the Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club.

Eileen Gogglin

Party: Democrat Age: 61

Hometown: Long Beach

Started her legal career as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society.

She is a member of a number of bar associations — including the one for Nassau County — serving as chair of the animal law committee.

She currently serves on the board of directors of Long Beach Reach and Project Challenge.

She has served as Long Beach city councilwoman since 2013, and was a principal law clerk for a Nassau County judge between 2010 and 2014. Before that, she spent seven years as a Nassau County deputy attorney.

She also served as Nassau County special prosecutor on animal abuse cases.

Sylvia Cabana

Party: Democrat Age: 55

Hometown: Garden City

She is the sole proprietor of a law practice in West Hempstead, specializing in immigration and family law for nearly 20 years.

She belongs to numerous groups, including the Garden City Indivisible for Democracy, Nassau Democratic Women’s Caucus and Nassau Bar Association.

She was elected as Hempstead town clerk in 2017.

COUNTY COURT JUDGE

Teresa Corrigan

Party: Democrat; cross-endorsed

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany in 1986, and juris doctorate from New York Law School in 1989

legal career: First elected to the county court bench in 2013, and appointed to serve as an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court that same year.

Personal: Girl Scout leader, chair of parent association, and basketball coordinator for the Catholic Youth Organization

Rhonda Erin Fischer

Party: Republican; cross-endorsed

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oneonta in 1990, and juris doctorate from Touro College in 1993

legal career: First elected to the district court bench in 2008. Started practicing as an associate at the Law Offices of Robert L. Ostrov, later becoming a deputy county attorney for the Nassau County Attorney’s Office.

Personal: Member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association and the Nassau/Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association

Helene Gugerty

Party: Cross-endorsed

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany in 1985, and a juris doctorate from St. John’s University School of Law in 1988

legal career: First elected as a county court judge in 2012, and is an acting justice on the New York State Supreme Court. Was a private practice attorney between 1995 and 2008.

Personal: Has received accolades from the Nassau County Bar Association and the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association.

Ass E mblY Dis TR i CT 19

Career: Lawyer Political Experience: Assemblyman since 2010

On the issues:

Legislative priorities include building transparency and accountability in the state budget process, with an aim to root out public corruption.

Ed Ra

Republican Age: 40

in: Garden City South

Describes himself as an advocate for public safety, leading the effort to roll back and repeal bail reform. He also advocates to properly fund police departments, and to support mental health rehabilitation.

He says he has helped senior citizens and the disabled with a bill intending to increase the cap on a tax exemption municipalities can grant to them by raising the annual income

threshold from $29,000 to $50,000.

He hosts blood drives, annual breakfast food drives, and helps with the annual Valentine’s for Veterans program, where students create crafts for vets.

He joined colleagues calling for $500 million in relief for the “Invest in Veterans” relief package to help support veteran’ services and organizations across the state.

He also joined colleagues to further the call from county and local highway superintendents across New York for increased state support for local roads, bridges and culverts.

He is focused on financial relief, and has spoken about working with Gov. Kathy Hochul to invest in education, health care and infrastructure.

Sanjeev Kumar Jindal’s campaign could not be reached to provide further information on the candidate, and has released few details on his candidacy to the public.

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DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Jaclene Agazarian

District: 1

Education: CUNY School of Law

legal career: Nassau County Matrimonial Center in Mineola.

Marie McCormack District: 2

Education: Boston College Law School

legal career: Court attorney referee in the Nassau County Supreme Court, presiding over matrimonial trials.

Michael Montesano

District: 4

Education: Bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University, and law degree from CUNY School of Law at Queens College in 1989.

legal career: Former detective with New York Police Department, started own private practice law firm in 1990. Served as acting village justice and a village prosecutor for Roslyn Harbor.

Assemblyman since 2010.

Geoffrey Prime

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Old Westbury, and a law degree from Pace University.

legal career: A criminal defense attorney, founder of Prime & O’Brien in Garden City. Former mayor of South Floral Park, and a former chair of Nassau Community College’s board of directors.

Formerly worked in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

Norman Sammut

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate from Fordham University.

legal career: Practicing attorney for more than 30 years at his own Garden City law firm, concentrating in estate planning, estate administration, elder planning and business planning

Arieh Schulman

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University, and juris doctorate from Touro Law School.

legal career: Senior Assistant District Attorney in the appeals bureau of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, and was a counsel to the Nassau County executive

Joseph Nocella

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, and juris doctorate from Columbia Law School.

legal career: Sitting district court judge, and former town attorney for Oyster Bay and Hempstead. Former litigation associate for White & Case LLP, and Dewey Ballantine LLP. Was a district court, and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal division.

career:

Was a lawyer focused on securities regulation, defamation, employment law and intellectual property. Adjunct professor at Hofstra University.

Political experience:

Elected Hempstead town supervisor in 2017.

on the issues:

With a focus on affordability and the economy, has supported repealing the cap on state and local tax deductions passed by Congress in 2017. She also looks to combat price gouging which she says is hurting the economy, especially from fossil fuel companies during the recent gas crisis.

Touting a past record of what she says was lowering taxes as Hempstead town supervisor, has committed to protecting worker rights, addressing housing affordability, and reducing taxpayer costs.

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Wants to address affordability issues in higher education with a pledge to dedicate more resources to public colleges and trade schools.

Backs universal background checks, and expanding “red flag laws” programs to keep weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill and increased access to mental health care.

career:

Former detective with the New York Police Department. Member of the Island Park Fire Department.

Political experience:

Hempstead Town councilman since 2016. on the issues:

County Court Judge

Wants to lower health care costs across the board. Has committed to give Medicare the authority to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs.

Family

Disagrees with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which is said to have reversed the court’s previous position on abortion access established through Roe v. Wade. Has committed to codifying the rights once guaranteed by Roe into federal law, believing reproductive decisions are made by a woman and her doctor.

career:

Volunteer firefighter, retired member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 28

opposing the so-called “defund the police” movement, and opposing efforts to institute cashless bail.

Anthony D’Esposito

Party:

Strongly advocates for small government, touting the slogan “doing more with less.” Says he would cut “wasteful government spending” and that he would try to help streamline the federal government.

He has indicated that this small government approach could help tackle the issue of inflation.

Advocated for the rollback of business regulations and the lowering of taxes to help what he says would re-energize the post-pandemic economy. Also called for the rollback of state and local tax exemption caps.

Jaclene Agazarian

Says public safety a top priority,

District Court Judge

Norman A.

F.

N.

District Court Judge

State Supreme Court Justice

Political experience:

Bellerose mayor since 2020, former village trustee

on the issues:

Has made it a point as mayor to address the dayto-day issues impacting the lives of his village, and to remain accessible and available to them.

Ken Moore

Party: Democrat Age: 61 Lives in: Bellerose

He says he’s committed to protecting Long Island’s natural environment, supporting efforts to make it a top destination in green technologies by investing in wind and hydrogen technology to reduce the carbon footprint while creating what he says are high-paying union jobs.

Says he has prevented wasteful spending at the village level as a way of protecting local taxpayers, all while

Representative in Representante en

Robert P. Zimmerman

His public safety plan includes some modest reforms to firearm accessibility. He supports raising penalties for the criminal possession of firearms, along with improving training requirements and background checks. Does not endorse a ban on military-grade assault weapons.

He opposes a federal ban on abortion, but has attacked state legislation he claims would expand late-term abortion rights.

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Laura A. Gillen

He has called for a “secure” border, promising to increase spending for border patrol and end sanctuary cities.

State Senator

Senador

John E. Brooks

Considers national security a top issue. Has advocated for “peace through strength,” including robust support for the military, strong support for the state of Israel, and opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.

Dist.

State Senator

Senador

Kevin M.

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Senador

keeping Bellerose fiscally strong. In Albany, he wants to fight against wasteful spending and to vote against tax increases that he says would hurt working families.

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He supports funding local police departments, fire districts and other emergency services. He also wants additional money for communitybased violence intervention programs to help keep disadvantaged youth from making choices that could negatively impact their futures. He says he wants to ensure Nassau County remains a safe places to live.

Believes women should have access to abortion services, and says he is committed to fighting for medical privacy, bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.

Gun control and reform are also main points for him, hoping to strengthen “red flag” laws and close loopholes in the sale of firearms.

career: Attorney, accountant Political experience: Malverne village trustee, deputy mayor on the issues:

Says she will push to protect the school tax relief program, delivering tax relief to middle-class Long Island families. Also supports more state funding for Nassau County’s public schools, while demanding more accountability in state government.

She is against so-called “defund the police” efforts, and says she would repeal bail reform laws as a way to keep criminals off the streets.

Says she wants to work as the “fiscal watchdog,” stopping what she has described as runaway state pending. She also wants to cut taxes and make student tax relief rebate checks for homeowners permanent, providing them with a tax break

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through an upfront savings on their tax bill.

State Senator

Kenneth M.

With inflation on the rise in the wake of supply chain disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic, she has pledged to ensure making ends meet isn’t any harder than what she believes it should be.

She believes Nassau gets shortchanged when it comes to state funding. She believes the county sends more money to Albany than what comes back for schools, highways, public safety and transit.

She wants to restore government accountability, saying she’ll work to restore trust in the government for the people who are served by it. She also wants to investigate further nursing home deaths related to Covid-19.

Laura Gillen

Party: Democratic

Rockville

Joseph Nocella, Jr.

Arieh D. Schulman

Teresa

career:

Access services supervisor at Hofstra University library

Political experience: Assemblywoman since 2012

on the issues:

An education advocate, has taken credit for steering state funds to local school districts, working with educators, parents and organizations like Nassau BOCES.

Michaelle Solages

Party: Democrat Age: 37 Lives in: Elmont

Advocates to expand universal prekindergarten on Long Island. Pushed for the creation of a regional technical assistance center, tasked with helping school districts and boards implement quality, access, and equity in pre-K and early education programs.

Also says she is focused on securing additional funds for energy and utility assistance, advocating for public power on Long Island in efforts to keep energy costs down while

Assembly District 22

providing accountability of providers.

During her time in office, sponsored bills intended to increase access to cancer screenings and treatment options.

Also advocated for Laverne’s Law, which would permit the statute of limitations for a lawsuit about a failure to diagnose cancer or a malignant tumor to only commence once a patient becomes aware of any possible medical malpractice.

She supported a bill intended to eliminate annual deductibles, co-payments and co-insurance payments for mammograms, breast ultrasounds and MRIs. She also supported a legislative package designed to combat housing discrimination, especially among the disabled and people of color, adding a fund for fair housing testing and increase penalties for brokers who’ve violated fair housing laws.

career:

Journalist, boxer and trainer, sports announcer, television personality

Political experience: Activist on the issues:

career: Business analyst

Political experience:

Undergraduate student at New York University

on the issues:

Student government committee chair at NYU.

Liaison to Central High School board of education.

Anthony Cruz Party: Democrat Age: 20 Lives in: Valley Stream

On the Issues: Has a focus on increasing communication between the government and the people it serves by focusing on empowerment, infrastructure and accessibility.

He wants to create a database accessible to the public providing a timeline for infrastructure projects, including the repair and renovation of roads and highways under the town’s jurisdiction.

He also wants to review the accessibility of public town meetings with the hopes of continuing in some

Created “Citizens Against Political Persecution” website that claims the Capitol riot participants placed under custody were held because of the U.S. Justice Department’s selective persecution of their political views, rather than their specific charges. She claims they remain in solitary confinement.

Party:

Recent forays into political advocacy include helping to spearhead the “New York Liberate” movement to protest the state’s coronavirus lockdown measures that including business closures in 2020. She also states to advocate for those who were “injured” by vaccination, and those forced to wear face masks.

Also helped organize the “Justice for J6” rally last year at the U.S. Capitol calling for the alleged release of hundreds of individuals placed under custody for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, while condemning the violence that took place.

She considers herself a moderate Republican, whose main issue is community safety especially because of its close proximity to New York City. She is against cashless bail and criminal justice reform previously passed by legislators. However, she has expressed a willingness to work with Democrats to come up with what she describes as a better solution for criminal justice reform.

She also seeks to provide financial relief to taxpayers by cutting what she describes as wasteful spending that “supercharges inflation,” while also repealing the commuter tax.

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fashion the possibility of having a remote option for all meetings through online videoconferencing apps like Zoom.

He also wants to improve public access to documents and information, making all of them available on the town’s website and database.

Also supports LGBTQ rights, and other protections for minorities, working to ensure they are properly represented in government.

career: Leader with Compassionate Care New York

Political experience: Former Assemblywoman, Hempstead town board on the issues:

Has now dedicated more than 25 years to health care, services and the well-being of children stemming from her experience raising two children with complex medical problems, and losing daughter Melanie to a rare disease. She has trained pediatric residents to understand the range of social, emotional and physical challenges faced when working with chronically ill children.

Melissa ‘Missy’ Miller

Party: Republican Age: 58 Lives in: Atlantic Beach

Compassionate Care New York, a statewide group of patients, providers and organizations advocating to relieve the suffering of extremely ill patients.

She has supported passing New York’s medical marijuana law, the Compassionate Care Act, which made New York the 23rd state to authorize such treatment for people with debilitating and life-threatening illnesses.

She backed that the medically prescribed oil form of marijuana with a low concentration of THC, claiming it can substantially reduce the frequency and severity of seizures.

She also supports “lower taxes, safer streets, and greater access for our disabled populations.”

In the Assembly, she has co-sponsored bills advocating for the disabled community something she also championed as a leader with

Cara Castronuova

STEPPING OUT

Swinging to a cartoon ‘beat’ Musical mayhem

By Karen Bloom

xpect the unexpected when The Queen’s Cartoonists are on stage.

When the six musicians who make up TQC are performing, traditional boundaries of what we know as a “concert” are redefined. The Queens-based band — thus the name — has found inspiration in synchronizing jazz tunes and classical composers to classic and contemporary animation.

‘A Flea in Her Ear’

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For Artistic Director Joel Pierson — a trained pianist-keyboardistcomposer with a Ph.D. in musical composition — TQC is an expression of his personality and desire to reach a broader audience.

“I was looking for a way to expose audiences to jazz and classical music, without alienating the more traditional, older concertgoing audience,” he says. “One day I noticed that there was some overlap between the golden age of Jazz and the golden age of animation, and bam!”

In 2015, Pierson — who had established himself as an in-demand musician collaborating with artists as diverse as the New York Philharmonic, the Kronos Quartet, the Philly Pops, the Cleveland Orchestra, Linkin Park, Ke$ha, and even Wayne Newton — recruited his fellow bandmates and The Queen’s Cartoonists emerged. They play in front of a screen, where classic cartoons, cult favorites and modern animated films are projected. The band either recreates a cartoon’s soundtrack note-for-note — performing works from jazz composers like Carl Stalling, Raymond Scott and Duke Ellington alongside classical giants like Mozart, Rossini and Richard Strauss — or write their own fresh compositions to accompany the on-screen action.

Tying everything together is TQC’s unique brand of comedy — anecdotes about the cartoons and their composers, humor, and elements of what Pierson describes as a “musical circus.”

TQC was founded in search of an answer to the question: Is it possible to create jazz and classical

music in the 21st century that appeals to everyone? Pierson, with his bandmates Greg Hammontree (trumpet, trombone), Mark Phillips (clarinet, soprano saxophone), Drew Pitcher (flute, tenor saxophone), Rossen Nedelchev (drums), and Malik McLaurine (bass), are confident they’ve arrived at the answer, breathing new life into two uniquely American forms of art: jazz and animation. The Queen’s Cartoonists are fresh off a 30-day residency at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, about which Fringe Review wrote, “The whole show is a treat for the eyes and ears.

It is a thoroughly entertaining hour that leaves the audience wanting more.”

Pierson describes their performances as a “theatrical concert.”

“It is mainly focused on presenting characters from classical American animation. But there are also contemporary elements, plus the ‘musical circus’ that people didn’t know they wanted to see,” he adds.

“There are a lot of classical themes, but a lot of the material is played in an old jazz style à la Raymond Scott and John Kirby, our two biggest influences.”

He describes his ensemble as “a good old-fashioned jazz band.” But there is nothing old-fashioned about their performances.

“We will screen about 15 films and perform their soundtracks. Everything is highly energetic and synchronized. It’s hard to talk about — you just have to see it.”

Don’t leave the kids at home.

“While this show is not constructed for children, kids will totally enjoy it,” Pierson adds. “The show should keep people guessing from start to finish. I want people to think they’ve never seen anything like it before. For younger audiences, I hope this is an introduction to concert halls and also a reminder that music can be both serious and fun.”

There are plenty of laughs to be had in Nassau Community College’s theatre department’s production of Georges Feydeau’s farcical French confection. Set in Paris in 1900, life insurance executive Victor Chandebise becomes the subject of an elaborate ruse concocted by his wife, Raymonde. She suspects that her husband’s sudden lack of passion in the bedroom signifies that he is cheating on her. With the help of her best friend, Lucienne, Raymonde writes Victor an anonymous letter, requesting a meeting at the dubious Frisky Puss Hotel. As is the case with stories of mistaken identity, hilarity ensues as Raymonde, Victor, Lucienne and a host of other characters gather, everybody wondering what on earth is going on.

Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 27-29, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. Nassau Community College, Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. Tickets $10; NCC students free with valid ID; $8, veterans, alumni, seniors 60-plus, students and NCC employees. Tickets available at Nassau. BookTix.com.

Valerie June

Memphis singer-songwriter Valerie June has taken the music world by storm with her atmospheric mix of blues, soul and African rhythms. She blends these with traditional Appalachian elements into a refreshingly timeless sound. Finding recognition with her breakout fourth album, 2013’s ‘Pushin’ Against the Stone,’ Valerie carried on her success with 2017’s ‘The Order of Time.’ With her unmistakable raspy vocals, innovative and gorgeous instrumentation, she has curated a dedicated fan base across the globe, garnering critical acclaim along the way. Not only is her music intoxicating, but June is also famed for her dynamic live performances.

Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. $46, $40, $36. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Photos courtesy Lindsey Thoeng / Lauren Desberg

THE SCENE

Blue Öyster Cult

The rock legends visit NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with ex-Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner, Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Pioneering the heavy metal style while providing inspiration to psychedelic jam bands and arena rockers alike, genre-benders Blue Öyster Cult offer a taste of the wild side. They’ve been known to incorporate elements of science-fiction and dark occultism into their show; this allegiance to dynamic and masterful performances has led to the group to be covered by Metallica and HIM to moe. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

Double Double Toil and Trouble

Families can celebrate the spooky season by brewing up a magical potion bottle to take home at the drop-in program, Saturday, Oct. 29, 12-2 p.m. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Harlem Chamber Players

The Harlem Chamber Players perform at the Elmont Memorial Library,700 Hempstead, Turnpike, Saturday, Nov. 5, 4 p.m. With Ashley Horne and Claire Chan on violin, William Frampton on viola and Wayne Smith on cello. For information, visit ElmontLibrary.org.

A Musical Journey through the 50s, 60s, 70s

& present Cody Childs and Gai P. perform at Elmont Memorial Library, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Friday, Nov. 4, 12:30 p.m. Program includes award-winning songs by Stevie Wonder, Burt Bacharach, Nat King Cole, Roberta Flack, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gay. For information, visit ElmontLibrary.org.

On exhibit

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know. Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. The exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extra-sensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Nov.

Disney On Ice: Frozen & Encanto

Step inside the magical adventures of Disney’s Frozen and Encanto as they are brought to life on ice, Wednesday, through Sunday, Nov. 16-20, UBS Arena. See dazzling ice-skating and sing along to your favorite songs. Tickets start at $25. Visit DisneyOnIce.com for ticket info.

Halloween Bingo Costume Party

Join VFW Post 2718 in Franklin Square for a costume party fundraiser, with Halloween themed bingo for Rescuing Families charitable organization, Friday, Oct. 28; doors open at 6:30 p.m. and bingo begins at 7:30 p.m. With cocktails, food, drinks, dessert, a costume contest and prizes for the funniest, scariest and most creative costumes of the night.

There will also be 40 different raffle baskets valued from $50 to $500, and five bingo games with cash prizes. Seating is limited.

Tickets are $30 and are available online through Eventbrite.com.

Franklin Square Civic Association Yard Sale

FSCA’s Community Yard Sale is back again for 2022, Saturday Nov. 5, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at Rath Park parking lot. A great turnout is expected, with plenty of items for sale from over 50 vendors. Seller registration is now open and spots are going fast. For information and registration, visit FsqCivic.org/ fsca-community-yard-sale.

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Mount Sinai Vaxmobile flu/Covid vaccines

The Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile, in partnership with the Town of Hempstead, expands outreach to seniors to provide no-cost flu and Covid-19 booster vaccines. The schedule includes: Tuesday, Nov. 1, Green Acres Senior Center; Thursday, Nov. 3, Levittown Senior Center; Friday, Nov. 4, Merrick Senior Center; Thursday, Nov. 10, Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center; Tuesday, Nov. 15, Bellmore Senior Center; Friday, Nov. 17, Uniondale Merrick Senior Center. The Vaxmobile offers the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine to individuals 12 and older. Current CDC guidance says that it is safe to get both the Covid and flu vaccines together, even during the same visit to doctor or pharmacy. All vaccine recipients must show proof of age; ages six months to 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. For information, visit SouthNassau.org or Facebook @MountSinaiSouthNassau. To schedule an appointment, go to SouthNassau.org/sn/vaxmobile, call Mount Sinai South Nassau Community Education at (516) 377-5333 or emailvaxmobile@snch.org.

Nov. 1

Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A. Riley II, PhD, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss “The Persistence of Surrealism,” which highlights the drama and poetry of the Surrealist movement, along with masterworks of painting and sculpture. Participation is limited; registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Halloween Bingo Costume Party

Join VFW Post 2718 in Franklin Square for a costume party and Halloween themed bingo, Friday, Oct. 28, a fundraising event for Rescuing Families charitable organization. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and bingo begins at 7:30 p.m., at the VFW Post, 68 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. With cocktails, food, drinks, dessert, a costume contest and prizes for the funniest, scariest and most creative costumes. There will also be 40 different raffle baskets valued from $50 to $500, and five bingo games with cash prizes. Seating is limited. Tickets are $30; available at RescuingFamilies.org.

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I. General Fund - Analysis of Fund Balance

Fund Balance - July 1, 2021 $49,446,352

Add: Revenues: Revenues from Taxation (including STAR payments) 153,904,586

Revenues from PILOTs 2,863,944

Revenues from State and Federal Sources 49,028,404

Revenues from Local Sources 2,805,883

Subtotal 258,049,169

Less: Expenditures:

General Support $17,356,510

Instruction 122,594,204

Pupil Transportation 11,755,550

Community Services 23,592

Employee Benefits 48,144,407

Debt Service Principal 6,593,519

Debt Service Interest 2,193,841

Interfund Transfers 1,842,188 Subtotal 210,503,811

Fund Balance - June 30, 2022 $47,545,358

II. School Lunch Fund - Analysis of Fund Balances

Fund Balance - July 1, 2021 $10,399

Add: Revenues from Sales 186,856

All Other Revenues 3,879,990 Add: Interfund Revenues 0 Subtotal $4,066,846

Less: Food Purchases 197,528

All Other Expenses 3,095,561 Subtotal $3,293,089

Fund Balance - June 30, 2022 $784,156

III. Special Aid Fund - Statement of Revenues & Expenses

Expenses: Revenues:

$3,181,257

270,749

3,083,145

$6,535,151

Cash $1,165,204

3,689,818

$4,855,023

$4,781,109

1,479,042

275,000

$6,535,151

$81,380

30,280

4,743,363

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3,823,970

$4,949,543

1,567,188

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids subject to all instructions, terms and conditions herein and pursuant to the specifications, will be received by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Elmont Fire District at the Office of said District located at the Fire District Office, 100 School Road, Elmont, New York 11003, until 7:00 PM on November 9, 2022, where they will be opened publicly and read aloud after 7:00 PM prevailing time, on the said date for the service as specified and the contract awarded as soon thereafter as practical for:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM SOFTWARE/ HARDWARE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION PROJECT Specifications, proposal and proposed contracts may be obtained at the office of the Fire District located at 100 School Street, Elmont, New York 11003 from October 11, 2022 until November 7, 2022 between the hours of 10:00AM and 4:00PM, Monday through Friday. Each bidder wishing to obtain a copy of the bid documents, plans and specification for the project shall submit a check in the amount one hundred ($100.00) dollars payable to the “Elmont Fire District”, as a deposit to guarantee the safe return of such bid documents, plans and specifications. If thereafter the bidder

submits a proposal together with the required bid security and thereafter returns such copy of the bidding documents, plans and specifications in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the contract, the full amount of such deposit for one copy shall be refunded to the bidder. No refund will be provided for deposits for additional copies of the documents. All bids must be accompanied by bid security in the form of either a) a certified check payable to the “Elmont Fire District.” in the amount of five (5%) percent of the bid price, or b) a bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the Elmont Fire District in the amount of five (5%) percent of the bid price. If the bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a contract in accordance with the bid and will furnish a suitable security bond in the sum of the amount of the contract, conditioned for the faithful and prompt completion of the work specified in the contract.

If the bidder neglects or refuses to execute the contract and furnish the bonds, the deposit of five (5%) percent of the bid price shall be forfeited and retained by the Elmont Fire District as liquidated damages or, in the case of a bid bond, the Elmont Fire District shall enforce payment of the bond for its benefit.

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Exclude from all bids New York State Sales Tax on materials or supplies purchased for this project.

Pursuant to §220 of the Labor Law, the contract will contain a provision that every mechanic, laborer and workman employed in or about the work contemplated by the contract shall be paid not less than the prevailing rate of wages and provided with not less than the prevailing supplement which are set forth in the Bidding Documents.

The Elmont Fire District reserves the right to waive any informalities in, to accept or reject any or all bids, to award the contract to other than the lowest bidder or to advertise anew if in the judgment of the Elmont Fire District it is in their best interests to do so.

No bidder shall withdraw his bid within 45 days after the formal opening thereof.

Dated: Elmont, New York October 12, 2022

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Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 11/2/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 715/22. - 716/22.

FRANKLIN SQUAREJennifer Krsulic, Variance, rear yard, construct addition attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain accessory structure (pool deck) exceeding horizontal maximum on three (3) sides., W/s Third Ave., 55’ S/o Sheila Ct., a/k/a 759 Third Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination.

720/22. ELMONT - Basil & Jenny Davidson, Variances, lot area occupied, front yard average setback, maintain roofed over open porch attached to dwelling., N/s Renfrew Rd.198.11’ E/o Rye St., a/k/a 2182 Renfrew Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination.

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There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

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NOTICE OF ELECTION

For a WATER COMMISSIONER of the West HempsteadHempstead Gardens Water District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS of the West Hempstead-Hempstead Gardens Water District:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held for West HempsteadHempstead Gardens Water District on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, between the hours of six o’clock (6) P.M. and nine o’clock (9) P.M. at the Office of the West Hempstead Water District, 575 Birch Street, West Hempstead New York, and the Washington Street School, 760 Washington Street, Franklin Square NY for the purpose of electing one (1) Water Commissioner for the term of three (3) years, beginning January 1, 2023 and expiring December 31, 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Water Commissioners, adopted on the 27th day of October, 1936, candidates for Water Commissioner shall file their names with the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners, at their office, 575 Birch Street, West Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, on or before the 14th day of November, 2022 and information shall be submitted in petition form subscribed to by twentyfive (25) qualified voters of the District.

Every resident of the District, who is qualified to vote for a Town officer, shall be eligible to hold the office of District Commissioner. Every

elector of the Town of Hempstead, who shall have resided in West Hempstead-Hempstead Gardens Water District for a period of thirty (30) days preceding the 1st day of December, 2022 and is a qualified voter, shall be entitled to vote in this election.

By Order of the Board of Water Commissioners West HempsteadHempstead Gardens Water District Dated: October 20, 2022 West Hempstead, N.Y. 11552 134911

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, NRZ INVENTORY TRUST, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs. MELVIN SCOTT, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 18, 2022 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Supreme Court “Rain or Shine”, 100 Supreme Court Drive Mineola, New York on November 22, 2022 at 2:30 P.M., premises known as 92 CARNEGIE AVENUE, ELMONT, NEW YORK 11003. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 32, Block: 360, Lot: 67 THROUGH 71. Approximate amount of judgment is $201,353.61 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 613095/2018.

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

JOHN B. RIORDAN, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 134330

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. ETHSON GEDEON, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on

November 13, 2018 and an Order Appointing a Substitute Newspaper to Publish duly entered on July 26, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 21, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 587 Meacham Avenue, Elmont, NY 11003. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 35, Block 536 and Lot 68. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #017452/2009. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Jane Shrenkel, Esq., Referee

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COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Indenture Trustee for FBR Securitization Trust 2005-3, Callable Mortgage-Backed Notes, 2005-3, Plaintiff AGAINST Ilan Hazan; Paskal Hazan; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 4, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 22, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 672 Anderson Avenue, Franklin Square, NY 11010-3202. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 35 Block 576 Lot 2.

Approximate amount of judgment $683,761.03 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 600825/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

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COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST N.A., AS TRUSTEE OF THE BUNGALOW SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. KATHLEEN KORSIAK A/K/A KATHLEEN V. KORSIAK, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 18, 2018 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline and Other Relief duly entered on February 28, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 29, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1391 L Street, Elmont, NY 11003. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 32, Block 547 and Lot 137. Approximate amount of judgment is $504,508.80 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #14959/2013. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Harold Damm, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 201928-1 134922

He can be kind, caring and supportive. Yet sometimes, you wonder about him. Does he care at all? Does he get me? Is he just plain stupid, stubborn or what?

Like the time you sked him if he‘d mind buying skimmed milk, romaine lettuce, and American cheese to help you finish preparing dinner. “No prob lem,” he responded, returning home with whole milk, iceberg lettuce and Swiss cheese. You were left thinking: hellooo, is anybody home? I could’ve sent my 8-year-old to the store with bet ter success!

You confront him about the difference between what you asked for and what he bought. Instead of apologizing, he gets annoyed with you. “It’s no big deal. Why aren’t you satisfied with anything I do?” You stay quiet. You feel guilty. You wonder if indeed you are too finicky or unapprecia tive.

Passive-aggressive patterns carry over into adulthood if one hasn’t devel oped the skills to directly say no, nego tiate, or work out a compromise accept able to both parties. Instead, one gets his way by agreeing with you but tak ing no action, doing it his way, or sabo taging your way.

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Passive-aggressive behavior wreaks havoc on the best of relationships. When issues aren’t dealt with directly, their chances of getting resolved are slim. Especially true when actions are denied, blame is thrown out, and par ties remain oblivious to the game they’re playing. So what can you do if you’re relat ing to what I’m describ ing? Here are two ideas:

1. Ignore the behav ior. Don’t engage if you know you’ll get angry, and it’s an unimportant mat ter. Roll your eyes, shake your head, mutter a few words under your breath, then let it go. Do this for you, not for him!

If this scenario hits home, it’s time to under stand passive-aggressive behavior. It’s confusing, indirect, evasive, and it drives you nuts! On the surface, this wonderful husband - or wife, kid, friend - is coop erative. But his actions, oh, that’s another story! A story of a defiant, rebellious guy who does things his own way no matter what he’s agreed to.

Damn, that’s confusing! It plays with your head. Why in the world would someone do that? Typically, it begins in childhood, as passive-aggres sive behavior is essentially kid stuff. You tell your kid to clean up his room. He mumbles “yeah, ma” then ignores what you said, not giving it a second thought until you have a hissy fit. He views you as the problem. “Calm down ma, why are you so upset?” Then finally, he does what you’ve asked him to do.

Why can’t he do that in the first place, you wonder. Why do I have to get aggravated before he listens to me? Of course, you’re not exactly proud of yourself either after you lost your cool with your son. Maybe you are to blame, you think, so you apologize to him. Then you appeal to reason, asking him to listen the first time around, so you don’t have to get angry. He nods a pas sive yes, leaving you wondering if any thing is ever going to change.

2. Share what’s upset ting you calmly, then search for a solution. This isn’t easy to do, especially when the passive-aggressive behavior is chronic. Yet it’s important to state what upsets you and clarify what you want. Point out inconsistencies between what’s been agreed to and what has happened. Examples: “You said it was okay to buy tickets for the show, but now you don’t want to go. What’s that about?” Or, “It’s hurtful when you agree to pay the bills, then you don’t until I get angry. Once I’m angry, you tell me I’m making it a big deal. That’s so frustrating. I want to count on you to do what you say you’ll do. And if you don’t want to do it, let me know and I’ll do it!”

Yes, it’s challenging to deal with pas sive-aggressive behavior. Though there are no easy answers, it helps to point out what’s happening and search for alternative solutions!

©2022

Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome pro crastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

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A. When I first began to learn about energy in my environmental design classes, along with light ing, sound wave and acoustics technology, insulation, elevators — they really never touched on the dark side of energy generation and what real ly restricts loading up on all kinds of great techni cal advances. We figured that any independence from the grid was great.

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I remember driving from our campus out into the open fields of Ohio flat country to continue working, each weekend, on Darius and Savonius windmills. We constructed towers, and I was the one chosen to go to the top while others tossed up bolts and strips of metal. We did produce energy, but the number one limiter, always, is money. It all boils down to the cost, but not in the way you might initially imagine.

To put it bluntly, you are restricted by legislation and utility company controls. There is only so much you can get reimbursed for, so most people will not pursue the expense of investing in free energy because of the initial cost outlay, to go beyond what they can save from a utility company rebate or discount. The reason most people have lower solar energy bills is the way they save. In essence, you get a reduction from the utility by gen erating power for them, not for you. Your invest ment in solar panels helps utilities by generating power sent to an inverter that sends that electric current back to the power wires for distribution. You don’t generate power for your own home or business. When you do, using batteries, you still get the benefit of a reduced bill, but only up to the $1,000 (or so) limit. The cost of the equipment and the amount of electricity you store still makes it costly, not free.

A man named Thomas Engel, in Sweden, found a method that will probably be incorporated in the future, when desperation allows for spending more to save more, by the use of magnets. Using “perma nent magnets” utilizing a rare-earth metal called neodymium, Engel developed a motor that runs without degrading and without electricity (except a small charge to start the rotation of the rotors). Since it’s a hard sell when large utilities don’t invest, the use right now for this method of energy production is mainly for nuclear spin tomography and wind generation, so it does work. Maybe some day you’ll be able to use real cost-saving energy in your home. It’s not because of fire safety — just money.

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Are you happy with New York’s leadership?

the national rates of participation range from 37 percent in 2014 to a high of 50 per cent in 2018. In off-year elections in New York state from 2002 to 2018, an average of only 36.6 percent of those who could vote did so. Some blame low voter turnout on how hard we make it to reg ister to vote, as though allowing for same-day regis tration would get more peo ple to head to the polls.

Imagine! Requiring New Yorkers to register to vote ahead of time by presenting qualifying documents (a driver’s license or other ID) and then voting a few weeks later! Oh, the burden! Oh, the suffering!

o’ConnELL

Voting is so easy. There used to be a single Election Day. Since 1845, that voting day was on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If you considered voting an important civic duty, you went to your polling place and pulled the levers. We still have an official Election Day, Nov. 8 this year, but in New York state, early voting begins on Saturday and ends Nov. 6. That’s nine days of early voting and a 10th day on Nov. 8. Couldn’t be eas ier to vote, right? But less than 60 percent of the eli gible population voted in the five presidential elec tions between 2000 and 2016. Sixtyseven percent of eligible citizens voted in the 2020 presidential election. Kimberly Gonzales, in City & State New York, wrote that “New York’s estimated voter turnout for 2020 was 65.3 percent of eligible voters, ranking New York 30th out of 50 states for voter turnout. … In 2016, New York ranked 39th in voter turnout, when it was 57.2 percent.”

In non-presidential years like this one,

I am of two minds on voter turnout. On one hand, if 80 to 90 percent of qualified voters went to the polls, at least the winners and los ers could say the people have spoken. The way it is now, people get elected via the party primary system and general elec tions with embarrassingly few votes.

Then again, statewide, almost 50 per cent of New York’s 12.9 million registered voters are Democrats, and only 22 percent are Republicans. There are more regis tered Independents in the state than mem bers of the GOP. So getting more people out to vote in New York doesn’t mean a

more balanced political landscape in Albany, and of course not in New York City, where most of the partisan cam paign funding — the lifeblood of politi cians’ policy views — comes from.

Maybe I’m of three minds. I wish more citizens thought more about their votes vis a vis their quality of life, the cost of necessary things, their per sonal safety, the quality and cost of their children’s edu cation, property crime, infrastructure disrepair, and a host of other con cerns.

Nineteen of New York’s 27 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are occu pied by Democrats. Our two senators are Democrats. The Assembly has had a Democratic majority every year since 1992. Democrats have controlled the State Senate since 2019. There’s been a Democrat in the gov ernor’s mansion since 2007.

What are the top five accomplishments this lopsided majority in Albany has delivered? Bail reform? Ha! Getting the demonstrably mentally ill off the streets? Solving the homelessness crisis? Lower taxes? Instead of naming a few things only the left consider achievements, what are the actions state elected officials have

taken that the vast majority of New York ers would applaud? Or are the Democrats interested only in satisfying their liberal lobbyists and contributors, as opposed to the general welfare? That’s the way it feels.

With all that Democratic control of leg islation, taxation, education, public safety and administration, are you happy with how life is in New York? Happy with your tax rates? Happy with how police are treated? Are the residents of New York City happy with the education their chil dren are getting? Do you want to ride the LIRR into Manhattan, and ride the sub way to a show or restaurant? Do you feel that vicious thugs are treated with more respect than the victims of their criminal acts? Are you sick of politicians showing up at autumn street fairs before elections but acting like “Markles” (my new name for obnoxiously privileged, entitled, aloof snobs) the rest of their terms?

I remember a time when incumbents had to earn votes, had to justify their reelection by accomplishing things for the good and welfare of us all. Let’s vote more thoughtfully, vote for more balance in Albany, and send the politicians who’ve brought us to where we are now packing.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? oconnell11001@yahoo.com.

When real-life horrors hijack Halloween

nobody wants to be a buzz-kill when it comes to Halloween. I love my candy corn as much as the next grandma, but recent events seem to have sucked the fun out of being just a little bit afraid.

The thrill of Halloween — the walk down the block in the dark, the horror masks and the strangers at the door — all seem a good way for the little ones to venture out. Especially after the lockeddown years of the pandemic, chil dren need to go door to door in their gaudy cos tumes. They need to fill up their goodie bags with a dentist’s dream of hard sugar can dies. They need to feel a little scared and gain some mastery over the unease.

It’s a fun time for our children, but the over-the-top marketing, the commercial ization of the holiday, the orange cup cakes and pumpkin lattes feel lame. This year especially, real life is so scary that Halloween seems meh. I may feel some good jitters on Halloween, watching kids scoot through the darkness, but I will be deeply anxious a week later, on Election Day, if the pillars of our democracy start

to wobble.

The political boogeymen and women of our time — Herschel Walker, Mehmet Oz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy, Kari Lake, Lauren Boebert, John Gibbs, Doug Mastriano, Joe Kent, Ron DeSantis and dozens of others — could be swept into office, or into more powerful positions, with a strong GOP showing.

Ironically, many of them, avowed anti-maskers when it comes to Covid-19, are wearing masks of duplicity these days, ped dling lies and disinforma tion. Some are promising to challenge unfavorable elec tion results. I’ve been scared watching Halloween horror movies, but I am ter rified of losing our democracy to extrem ists with an authoritarian agenda.

Even pumpkins aren’t pumpkins any more. No Halloween pumpkin in the his tory of the world can compare with American’s Great Pumpkin, the former president. Really, could you make up the Orange Menace if he didn’t already exist?

There’s that tape out there with him bragging about grabbing women’s geni tals and getting away with it because he’s a star. There is the subpoena last week from the Jan. 6 committee, requiring him

to testify about events surrounding the insurrection. There are the many record ings of him demonizing minorities and insulting women, especially those who accuse him of sexual misconduct.

Halloween just cannot compare to a former American president who has indicted himself in his own words as a pro foundly uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe still try ing to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Sorry, Halloween, you’ve been hijacked by facts on the ground. Nothing can possi bly be as scary as the regu lar news.

Like a poison tree, Don ald Trump has sent roots out all over the country, with once highly respected officials, like Army Gen. Michael Flynn, becoming acolytes and servants to the cause of white Christian nationalism.

Since the ascendency of Trump, cer tain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power in presidential elec tions, have been challenged. Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddie fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore.

When I was a child, we felt nervous, in a good way, when the big kids in creepy costumes rang our doorbell. Now the kids are polite and sweet and most

always accompanied by parents. The trick-or-treaters are all well-behaved, Halloween, but we still have Trump huff ing and puffing and trying to blow our house down.

And about the whole trick thing? Egg ing a car? Toilet paper in the trees? You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with the cyber wars flashing across the internet. Who can battle back against the tricksters who commandeer our social media to spread lies?

As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirits of Mussolini and Hitler danc ing across America.

According to the Associated Press, “Michael Flynn, who just eight years ago under President Barack Obama led the U.S. military’s intelligence agency, now is at the center of a far-right Christian nationalist movement based in Florida. He urges his supporters to get involved in local politics as a way to change the country from the bottom up.” In Saraso ta, Flynn’s school board picks — backed by the Proud Boys — won.

Clearly, this year the former president and his MAGA tribe trump Halloween. Maybe next year, fright wigs and skele ton costumes will be amusing again. Being a little afraid is cool. Being afraid that the country as we know it is about to implode is terrifying.

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

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Get out and exercise … your right to vote

Mark Twain famously once said that if “voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.”

It’s that kind of cynicism about the very process of electing men and women to represent us that has plagued our democracy not just for decades, but almost from the very beginning.

Even the Founding Fathers didn’t get voting quite right. Back then, to legally cast a ballot, you had to be a white, male landowner, with rare exceptions. Over time — too much time — those rights were extended to everyone else, including ethnic minorities and, finally, women.

While far more adults are eligible to vote today than are not, the fight to sup press voting is hardly over. Efforts con tinue to limit who can elect their govern mental leaders, and even where that’s not so prevalent, many still choose not to make the effort to mark a ballot and have it counted.

Yes, political rhetoric feels polarizing, because it is polarizing. Believe it or not, however, that’s hardly new. Election rhet oric in the 18th century was so biting and scandalous that if it still existed today, it would make grocery store tab

loids like the National Enquirer look like serious journalism.

But we can’t allow any of that to dis tract us from what democracy truly is — a government of the people, by the peo ple and for the people. That “people” is supposed to be us. Yet it won’t be “by the people” or even “for the people” if we don’t exercise our right to vote over the next couple of weeks.

The 2020 presidential election drew more than 70 percent of registered vot ers in Nassau County. In this year’s pri maries, however, turnout plummeted to just a fraction of that. While the race between Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Long Island challenger, Lee Zeldin, may move more voters than normal to head to the polls, participation will certainly be nowhere near the levels of Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden.

Politicians tend to be afraid of voters, no matter what their political persua sion. And while most face that fear and go with what the people decide, there are others who will fight for your right to vote, as long as that vote is aligned with their interests. That creates govern ments that are simply not representative of the people they serve, and makes it far

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This Holocaust survivor didn’t need America’s help

To the Editor:

Re Randi Kreiss’s column

“When Nazis killed 6 million, where was America?” (Sept. 29-Oct. 5): When my tiny motherin-law, Helen Diamant, who died in 2016, was 22-year-old Chella Wildenberg in 1939 Poland, Adolf Hitler invaded her country at the beginning of World War II. She suffered at the hands of Hitler’s Nazis for several years, and even tually learned that all the workers in the labor camp where she was imprisoned would soon be sent to the infamous Treblinka concentra tion camp to be murdered in its gas chambers, but she somehow managed to escape.

She was also able to rescue her younger brother from another work camp, but after weeks of run ning, hiding, freezing and starv ing, he finally told her he wanted them to give themselves up — knowing they would be shot to death, but also that their fear, hun ger and suffering would finally

come to an end. He believed that their continuing survival was an impossibility, but Helen told him, “No, I won’t do that. I have to see the end of Hitler, and I just know he’s going to have a bad end.” She later said that belief was part of what kept her going.

Unfortunately, she and her brother eventually

easier to manipulate the workings of government for the gain of a select few.

So what if Mark Twain and many peo ple you know believe voting and politics leave a bad taste in their mouths? There is a lot that can be done to make the pro cess more pleasant, but it won’t happen as long as too many of us don’t exercise our right to vote in the first place.

Our ballot this time around is filled with a number of races, from town coun cils, to the Assembly, to the State Senate, to the U.S. House of Representatives, with a number of judgeships also on the line. It should matter to you who repre sents you in Albany, just as it should matter to you who represents you in Washington. What’s decided in those two capitals impacts you in every way, from the taxes you pay, to how safe the roads and bridges are around you, to how you can seek health care, and so much more.

Don’t take your right to vote for grant ed. Casting a ballot is the most direct way to truly make your voice matter. And when you add your voice to the cho rus of other civic-minded Americans, we truly can make where we live, work and play the places we want to live, work and play.

got separated, and before the end of the war, he, their older brother and sister, their parents, and two dozen other relatives were all killed. But Helen kept her promise to herself to live to see the end of Hitler.

When Hitler ignominiously killed himself at age 56 in 1945, Helen, who had eventually escaped

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L.I.’s leadership in clean energy begins with our power grid

Long Island has the potential to be the East Coast’s clean energy hub. Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s dedication to making New York a leader in renewables, we’re poised to add a fleet of new offshore wind turbines that will transform our energy system.

But 10 years after Hurricane Sandy left 200,000 homes without electricity for weeks, Long Island still does not have a reliable, fortified transmis sion grid that could handle heightened demand, the con nection of addi tional renewable energy projects, like offshore wind, and more frequent intense storms due to changing climate all at once. The grid needs to be rebuilt now, so we’re ready for clean energy and prepared to withstand the next Sandy.

With a commitment to upgrading our transmission grid, Long Islanders would see clear benefits, including an influx of thousands of good-paying jobs, a reinvigo ration of the middle class, and the forging of a clear path to welcoming and integrat ing new offshore wind projects that advance the state’s clean energy goals.

Recent grid failures around the coun

try are reminders of our vulnerability. As frigid temperatures resulted in historic, widespread power outages throughout Texas in 2021, and wildfires continue to cause devastating outages across the Southwest, the weaknesses in our aging national grid have never been more obvious. The American Society of Civil Engineers recently estimat ed that 70 percent of U.S. power lines are well into the second half of their life expectancy, and The Wall Street Journal reported that the grid has become “increasingly unreliable.”

Several states have responded to climate disas ters by investing in local grid-modernization proj ects. After Hurricane Wilma caused sig nificant power outages throughout Flori da in 2005, state regulators and electric utilities undertook initiatives to harden the grid, strengthening power lines to withstand extreme winds and replacing wood transmission structures with steel or concrete. When Hurricane Irma struck Florida in 2017, the Florida Public Service Commission concluded that the gridhardening initiatives had “markedly” reduced outage times, allowing customers — and the state’s economy — to get back to normal faster.

A similar hardening program could work on Long Island, where we some

times struggle to maintain power in just a thunderstorm. The New York Indepen dent System Operator is currently review ing proposals from transmission develop ers, including NextEra Energy Transmis sion New York, to build a resilient grid for Long Island, including com mon-sense hardening solu tions for our substations, a critical part of our trans mission system. By elevat ing equipment on concrete pads as a protective mea sure against flooding and storm surge and improving communication links between substations to ensure reliability during storms, we can significantly strengthen Long Island’s power grid.

The high stakes and potential benefits could not be clearer. The time is now to move these resiliency investments to the top of the priority list.

Modernizing Long Island’s grid will ensure that we can keep the lights on cleanly and reliably while working to maintain New York’s status as a global leader in clean energy initiatives. In 2019, New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which makes additional electrification an essen tial part of the strategy to decarbonize our economy, including 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind. However, Long Island’s current transmission system is far too

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weak to transfer the renewable energy planned for the area. Grid updates are imperative to offshore wind’s success.

Most important, Long Island is posi tioned to become a state leader in green jobs. The region is home to some of the state’s most skilled technicians and tradespeople who are prepared for this work. Transmission developers and gen eral contractors are willing to work with union labor in our state, and rebuilding the grid has the potential to create between 4,000 and 10,000 jobs in the region over five years of construction later this decade — injecting up to $2.7 billion into the local economy.

Upgrading our transmission system is a win-win for Long Island residents and workers. Improving Long Island’s grid will not only provide our skilled workers, and new workers, with a vital opportunity to build green infrastructure in their com munities and pursue an attainable path to the middle class, but also jumpstart the region’s transition to clean energy.

Climate change is here, and the next Sandy is coming. It’s time for Long Island to take proactive steps to fortify its grid. We can create countless good-paying jobs and build a resilient, storm-hardened transmission grid that will serve Long Islanders’ homes and businesses with a steady stream of clean and reliable energy.

Gary LaBarbera is president of the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council.

to relative safety in, of all places, Germany, was work ing as a maid. She lived to age 99, having graced the Earth for 43 years more than the 56 years Hitler defiled it. When Hitler killed himself inside his underground bunker, he died in defeat, surrounded mainly by peo ple who feared him. When “Miss Helen” died in her Jesup, Georgia, home, she died with dignity, surround ed by people who loved her.

The year after Hitler’s suicide, Helen and her hus band, Howard, an Auschwitz concentration camp sur vivor himself, were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Laura. They then had sons Louis, Robert and Michael, and Helen continues to live on today through Laura, Michael and Robert, and Robert’s daughter, Rachel.

Helen has often been called a Holocaust “survivor,” but she had also been a “striver” and a “thriver.” The dictionary entries for striver (“one who exerts much energy and effort; one who struggles to succeed”) and thriver (“one who grows vigorously, makes steady progress, prospers and flourishes”) could both be illus trated with pictures of my mother-in-law.

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