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A singular focus on young people

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ounseling a student at a local school. Making sure Covid-19 protocols are followed at a holiday party for children. Coordinating with key players in the community to plan events for students. What is Pat Boyle’s favorite part of being executive director of Gateway Youth Outreach? The unpredictability, he said, that comes with each day of leading the community-focused organization, which organizes programs for the youth of Elmont. “The beauty of my job — and I’ve said this to people a thousand times — is when I stand every single morning with the key in my hand getting ready to open that door, I never know what’s on the other side,” Boyle, 63, said. “I enjoy everything I do. There’s nothing that I do that is higher up on the ladder than another.” Boyle’s work may be unpredictable, but its purpose never changes: Each day he is focused on serving Elmont’s young students and children. For that dedication to the community, the Herald is proud to name him its 2021 Person of the Year. Boyle, who lives in the Bronx, has worked for GYO since 1989, six years after the organization was created. He has been a social worker for nearly 50 years. Most of his work over the decades has taken place in local school districts, with individual students and with hundreds of children collectively in a wide range of programs. GYO’s cornerstone is its afterschool program, which is usually offered in every Elmont school and serves as many as 800 kids each day. It

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provides students with homework assistance as well as free snacks and a chance to spend time with their friends outside class, explained Mary Jane Havrylkosf, who has worked for the organization’s payroll department for four years. “In that extra three hours a day,” Boyle said, “we’re trying to fulfill the needs of the community, whatever they might be.” For now, the after-school program is being offered only at the Dutch Broadway, Covert Avenue and Gotham Avenue school, while the Clara H. Carlson School, which is usually part of the program, is closed because of staff shortages resulting from the current spike in coronavirus cases. The program recently retur ned to in-person meetings after going virtual last year.

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“They’re not growing up normal,” Boyle said, summing up his concerns that students are feeling many of the effects of the pandemic. “He is very caring,” Carol Reyes, GYO’s program coordinator, said of Boyle, emphasizing that she is struck by his single-minded focus on the children it serves. Boyle stressed that while GYO was created to serve at-risk children, he believes that all children are at risk. They are constantly faced with challenging decisions, such as whether or not to use drugs and alcohol, he said, and it is GYO’s job to help them develop the ability to meet those challenges, even as youngsters. Continued on page 4 Herald file photo

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After elected officials called for a vaccination distribution center in the 3rd Legislative District, which includes Elmont and Lawrence, Northwell Health opened a vaccination site at Belmont Park as a public-private partnership with the state. Majority-minority communities like Elmont were prone to higher rates

of Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths than predominantly white communities in January, 10 months after the pandemic began in 2020.

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Northwell Health opened a Covid-19 vaccination site at Belmont Park on Jan. 6.

An Elmont man was among nearly 30 people arrested in a Black Lives Matter protest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Lower Manhattan at which 11 New York City police officers were injured. Jonathan Peck, 28, an aspiring actor, producer and writer, helped organize the protest “building upon the beliefs of Reverend King in standing up, marching, protesting and speaking on the injustice and oppressive systems in America,” Peck said.

The goal was to “remove disparity amongst the people” and to demand that police departments be defunded and demilitarized, until they are ultimately abolished. Peck said he has suffered from an inflamed chest wall, which makes it difficult to breathe, as a result of the altercation. Ruvan Wijesooriya/Instagram

Jonathan Peck, of Elmont, says he was forced to the ground in an altercation between NYPD officers and Black Lives Matter protests on Jan. 18.

Students to get day off for Eid Elmont native documents Black Lives Matter protests Kris Dorval was on the scene of nearly 50 Black Lives Matter protests across Long Island since activists first took to the streets in June, capturing every one — from the marches to the arguments, and, ultimately, to the arrests — on his Nikon DSLR camera. He has accrued over 1,800 clips of the movement on Long Island, and compiled video from eight of the protests into a short documentary, “The MVMT,” that he released on YouTube on Feb. 8. “It has been a roller coaster,” the

19-year-old Elmont resident said of his summer of documenting the trials and tribulations of the Long Island Peaceful Protest group. “It was really an eye-opening experience.”

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Kris Dorval documented protesters with the Long Island Peaceful Protest group, led by Terrel Tuosto, center, with bullhorn, marching down Sunrise Highway in Merrick over the summer, as Black Lives Matter protests took place throughout the country.

After nearly two years of petitioning the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education for days off from school on Eid holidays that fall during the school year, Muslim parents’ and students’ efforts finally paid off on Jan. 26, when Superintendent James Grossane announced that May 3, 2022 — the date of Eid al-Fitr — will be a Superintendent’s Conference Day. Students are off from school on Superintendent’s Conference Days, Grossane explained in a virtual meeting whose audio was streamed to YouTube. That will allow Muslim students to take part in the holiday festivities without requiring the school

district to make Eid al-Fitr an official school holiday — something district officials are not legally authorized to do unless a certain percentage of students would be absent that day. Without a day off, Muslim community members have argued, students may feel pressured to attend school and miss out on their families’ celebrations of the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Melissa Koenig/Herald

Muslim parents and students petitioned the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education to include Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr on school calendars as early as 2019. They were supported by the Rev. Danilo Archbold, pastor of New Jerusalem Pentecostal Church in Elmont, fourth from right.

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“These decisions are about how they’re going to handle their lives,” Boyle said, adding that he hoped to steer children toward lives that include volunteering and communicating well with others. “. . . You could be the best kid in the world and just make a bad decision. Next thing you know, you’re in trouble.” Indeed, those close to him said, this outlook is evident in Boyle’s constant gauging of students’ risk levels and his efforts to brainstorm and implement new ideas for ways to benefit children — like a recent hockey tutorial program sponsored by the New York Islanders. “He’s always looking to do OF something extra for them,” Reyes, who has worked with GYO for 19 years, said. Boyle also takes a unusual approach to social work and counseling. “I’m not your average social worker,” he said, explaining that he prefers counseling students who have “tougher cases” and grow disenchanted with school counselors, whom they often describe to him as distant and ineffectual. When Boyle works with students, he tries to make them feel as if he and they are from the same world and speak the same lingo. “I use the language that they use, and that shocks them,” he said. “I’m a 63-year-old guy, but I grew up on the street. They look at me like, ‘You get it.

You’re not judging me. You don’t think that you’re better than I am.’” Boyle said that his down-with-them approach helps him connect with children, and Reyes said she has seen those connections for herself. “He goes up to upset kids and he leans down to them, not in any way like what a ‘professional’ would do,” she said.

A single requirement One thing is essential to Boyle’s strategy and work: care. “I want somebody who cares,” he said. “That’s what our agency is all about. We care.” “It’s not about me,” he added. “This agency isn’t about me. Everyone will tell THE [you], ‘Pat Boyle is synonymous with GYO’ . . . I don’t feel that way at all. I feel like GYO is the thing that does things for the community.” But the executive director clearly plays a major part, directing fundraising efforts and shaping the agency’s vision. And there’s no shortage of work. Boyle, who will turn 64 in May, said he frequently puts in over 60 hours per week. He doesn’t mind, though, he insisted, since his children are grown up, and his wife “probably works harder than I do.” “I don’t mind working hard. I like working hard,” said Boyle, who began doing community organizing in the

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At the Elmont Chamber of Commerce’s recent Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, Pat Boyle, center, was joined by chamber board member Ralph Esposito and member Julie Marchesella.

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Bronx when he was 14. When he started at GYO in 1989, he recalled, he imagined staying with the agency for a year, largely to help fix its finances. But new projects kept him coming back. “I don’t like being bored,” he said. “While I was here for that first year, I was never bored.” Nearly 33 years later, he finds himself leading an organization he loves. “I’m glad it happened the way it did,” Boyle said. These days, what inspires him is what he described as a bright future for Elmont, a future that he hopes he and GYO can help shape. He mentioned the

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prospect of firmly establishing the Elmont Community Center as a center of activity in town, and taking full advantage of the arrival of the Islanders at the new UBS Arena to benefit residents. “Let’s not blow it . . . let’s not let them off the hook,” Boyle said of the project’s developers. “Let’s make sure they do something good for the community. “And,” he said, “if I’m a big part of getting that done, which I hope to be, then that would be one of my shining moments of working here,” he said. “The greatest moment in my career could be tomorrow.”

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Doctor charged with murder Geraldine Sabatasso was a smoker with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who began seeing Franklin Square-based Dr. George Blatti in 2007 for acute pain she suffered as a result of a neck surgery. He started prescribing her opioids in 2010, and by February 2016, Nassau County prosecutors said, she started complaining of dizziness and shortness of breath, but still, they allege, Blatti continued to prescribe Sabatasso, of Baldwin, opioids. She died on March 22, 2016, at age 50. Among the other four patients to die under Blatti’s watch were residents of Valley Stream, Hempstead and Floral Park, according

to prosecutors. Blatti prescribed the drugs from a number of locations, authorities said, including an old Radio Shack in Franklin Square. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced on March 4 that Blatti, 75, originally from Malverne, faced murder and reckless endangerment charges for overprescribing opioids to Sabatasso and the four other victims, who died between 2016 and 2018. Melissa Koenig/Herald

George Blatti, a former doctor from Rockville Centre, was escorted into the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on March 4. He was charged in the deaths of five of his patients.

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Town vows streetlight repairs after months of darkness repairs more difficult. Crews would have to open and close the street to fix the cable, according to Town of Hempstead spokesman Greg Blower, and a “combination of extreme winter weather and pandemic-related staffing shortages” have resulted in delays.

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The streetlights on Bauer Court in Elmont had been out since December.

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After three months of living in near-total darkness at night, Elmont residents on Bauer Court were promised that their streetlights would be repaired by the end of the week of Mar. 25, town officials vowed to the Herald. They said the three streetlights on Bauer Court went out in December 2020 due to a broken underground electrical cable, which was surrounded by power lines from other utilities in Joe Thomas’s backyard, making

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Sewanhaka earns playoff berth Against all odds, Sewanhaka’s pandemic-delayed football season continued. The Indians entered the regular-season finale April 17 needing a victory and additional help to advance to the playoffs. They took care of their own business, beating visiting Mepham 28-7, and benefited from losses by Carey and Valley Stream Central to earn the fourth and final postseason berth in Nassau Conference II. “We’ve been underdogs all season,” said senior captain Brian Lowry, who had two interceptions and a touchdown run as Sewanhaka won for the fourth time in five games. “We started with 25 guys and we’re down to 18,” he added. “Most of us are playing both sides of the ball and we had some young kids come up from JV to help out.” Senior quarterback Rahul Krishan threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score in a performance Sewanhaka head coach George Kasimatis said was

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his finest of the season. “He was our JV quarterback as a freshman and transferred back after going to St. Mary’s for two years,” Kasimatis said. “He didn’t get as much time to prepare as he would’ve in the fall, but he’s worked and improved every week.”

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Senior quarterback Rahul Krishan passed for two touchdowns and ran for one to help Sewanhaka to a playoff-clinching 28-7 win over Mepham.

$4.60 to win. Preakness winner Rombauer finished a distance third. “With the Tapit on top we really thought he would get the mile and a half when given the opportunity,” Cox said. “We always thought he had the ability. After the Derby, you just have to see what it takes out of them. It’s a demanding race as well as the Belmont. We were watching him for a week or so. We put our heads together and felt like if we we’re going to keep him in training we might as well run him.” Courtesy NYRA

Essential Quality, right, with jockey Luis Saez aboard, overtook Hot Rod Charlie down the stretch to capture the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes.

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Elmont breakthrough brings title Two years removed from a winless season, Elmont’s boys’ volleyball program locked up its first conference championship since 1999 with two matches to spare and reached the Nassau Class A playoffs. The Spartans clinched the top spot in Conference C2 with a three-set sweep over visiting Plainedge on Oct. 20, upping their record to 11-1 in the process. In 2019, they were 0-16. “This is by far the most successful team we’ve had in the seven seasons I’m coaching,” Elmont coach Ryan Straub said.“We were solid in the spring with a young team, going 5-5, and you could really see we were starting to figure it all out. The chemistry has come through big time.” Senior outside hitter Andrew Estiverne, a third-year starter who experienced the difficult campaign two years ago, is Elmont’s offensive catalyst and ranks second in the county in kills with 235. He also led the Spartans in service aces. Junior setter Evan Patterson had 26 assists against Mepham and is no stranger to filling up the stat sheet Seniors Johann James Zachariah (33 assists versus Mepham) and Shawn Redhead also play key roles as setters. On a roster full of quality passers,

Coming off the only defeat of his career, finishing fourth as the Kentucky Derby favorite, Essential Quality got redemption when he edged past intense pacesetter Hot Rod Charlie down the stretch for a thrilling 1 1/4-length victory in the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on June 5. Sent off as the 6-5 betting favorite, Essential Quality triumphed for the sixth time in seven starts and provided trainer Brad Cox and jockey Luis Saez with their first career Triple Crown wins. Owned by Dubai-based Godolphin Stables, the Tapit colt completed the famed 1 1/2-mile “Test of the Champion” in 2:27.11 and paid

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Straub said junior Darius Dorsey-Rhule rates at the top.

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concurrently.” The DEI plan, adopted by the school district in February, is based on the State Education Department’s “culturally responsive-sustaining education” framework, which pushes for equitable opportunities to help all children thrive. Dr. Wellinthon Garcia, the district’s director of curriculum and instruction, said that the plan builds on the district’s accomplishments over the years.

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The Elmont School District held a presentation on its Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity plan on April 14

Elmont principal recognized for community efforts When Elmont Memorial High School Principal Kevin Dougherty stepped outside the building the morning of April 7 to address a situation he was told needed his attention, he didn’t expect to find students and Elmont residents applauding him for the work he has done for the community since he was appointed principal in 2016 — including preparing meals for as many as 150 residents each week for the past year. “It’s overwhelming,” Dougherty said. “It’s nice to hear when you’re doing the work every day.” When he took the job five years ago, he said, he didn’t even know where Elmont was, and had to use a

GPS to get around. But he eventually got to know the residents, and spent large chunks of his time trying to improve their lives, with the creation of the Men of Elmont mentoring club and a food distribution event every Wednesday. “As you came into Elmont, as you came into our hearts — you actually embraced the community and showed us what leadership is,” Rachelle Lewis, co-founder of Elmont Strong. Melissa Koenig/Herald

Natasha Warburton presented Elmont Memorial High School Principal Kevin Dougherty with a gift basket on behalf of Cub Scout Pack 294 for his efforts to help feed local families.

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As part of the Elmont School District’s goal to make classrooms more inclusive, district leaders rolled out their Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity plan on April 14. The plan, which was presented to parents and district residents via Zoom, has four phases that incorporate teachers, administrators and parents as committee members to drive and assess the program’s progress. “Our framework is based on some goals that are rooted in equitable, inclusive and diverse opportunities for all students to reach their highest potential,” said David Spinnato, the district’s director of technology curriculum. “Each phase of our plan builds on a previous stage, and it’s occurring

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Traffic safety improvements are under way in Elmont Long-awaited traffic safety improvements are coming to Elmont. New signals will be installed at several intersections, including Dutch Broadway at Diamond Street; Glafil Street and Dutch Broadway at Willow Lane/Lawrence Street; Elmont Road and the Cross Island Parkway ramp, and on Elmont Road at the St. Boniface RC Church driveway, just north of Dutch Broadway. There a fence will also be installed to encourage pedestrians to cross at the new signal. “To me, this is the end of a long project that many of us have been advocating for,” said Mimi PierreJohnson, a civic activist, of Elmont. In addition, left turn arrows will be added at northbound Elmont Road at Baylis Avenue; southbound Elmont

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Road at Atherton Avenue; eastbound Dutch Broadway at North Fletcher Avenue; and eastbound and westbound Dutch Broadway at Harriet Street and Tuxedo Drive. On the eastern portion of Dutch Broadway, two driver feedback devices — which alert speeding drivers to slow down — will be installed east of the Walgreens before Crystal Street, and one will be added in near Warner Road. A driver feedback device will also be added on Corona Avenue near Kelly Court.

Focusing on issues ranging from potholes to speeding cars on popular roads like Dutch Broadway, community group Voices for Elmont aims to advocate for the community in different ways. Voices for Elmont, which communicates primarily through the app WhatsApp, formed in 2019, and has since sought ways to promote community service and activism via local partnerships and consensus building. This year, Voices for Elmont recognized two high school students for their community service in the midst of the pandemic at its inaugural virtual awards ceremony on June 3.

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Nassau County Department of Public Works crews began milling Dutch Broadway last November to improve road conditions.

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Voices for Elmont’s scholarships will be named for Barbara Reynolds, a longtime PTA member in both the Elmont and Sewanhaka school districts, who died of cancer last month. She was 66.

Rescuing Families holds charity yard sale after devastating loss

‘Multiplying the good’ for 100 years Ridgewood Savings Bank celebrated its 100th anniversary on June 15 at the bank’s Franklin Square branch, where Nassau County Executive Laura Curran presented the bank’s president, Leonard Stekol, with a plaque commemorating the centennial. “I’m happy to join with you on this milestone,” Curran said. “A seed was planted 100 years ago to serve middle-class people, to serve small businesses, to serve regular folks. The fact that you are continuing to thrive and serve our communities and are really

Sewanhaka High School senior JonHector Soler and Elmont High senior Devin Johnson will be honored with scholarships. The scholarships will be named for Barbara Reynolds, a former PTA member in both the Elmont and Sewanhaka school districts who died of cancer last month. Reynolds, 66, was an advocate in the school communities for decades. The larger Ridgewood Savings Bank opened 100 years ago this month in Ridgewood, Queens.

ingrained within the community is just wonderful.” The Franklin Square branch, founded in 1969, is one of 35 branches in the metropolitan area. The larger Ridgewood Savings Bank opened 100 years ago this month in Ridgewood, Queens.

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran presented Ridgewood Savings Bank President Leonard Stekol with a plaque commemorating the bank’s 100th anniversary.

Gina and Vincent Centauro, cofounders of Rescuing Families, a Franklin Square-based charity that renovates the homes of local families in need, take pride in redirecting the money raised at the group’s fundraising events to the families they serve. But the funds from the most recent event are being set aside for a different purpose: to help the nonprofit recover from a major blow it suffered on June 10, when $25,000 worth of its tools were stolen overnight at a home it is renovating.

Under white tents, Rescuing Families volunteers helped residents browsing among an array of goods donated by Long Island residents at a yard sale held on June 12 and June 13 on Lewiston Street in Franklin Square. The donations ranged from clothing to DVDs to pottery and more.

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Rescuing Families held a charity yard sale on June 12 and June 13 and Sunday in Franklin Square.

tion.” In recent weeks, Haiti has been mired in mass protests over contradictory claims made by Moïse and former allies about who was the rightful sitting president. “I strongly condemn the appalling assassination of President Moïse,” State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, the first member of the State Legislature of Haitian descent, said in a statement.

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Local elected officials joined members of Elmont’s Haitian community at the vigil.

First Unity in the Community Day marked in Elmont

At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement last year, and as the rhetoric of the presidential campaign heated up, unity was hard to come by. Across the country, division became more evident in a turbulent time. But communities such as Elmont sought to find ways promote positive discussion among disparate groups, and that’s what took place during its inaugural Unity in the Community Day on July 24 at Dutch Broadway Park.

Many organizations, including Church of the Harvest, Men of Elmont and Elmont Strong, marched alongside members of both the police and fire departments. Arm in arm, community members aimed to show others the true meaning of unity. The daylong event attracted a crowd of roughly 150.

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The Rev. Curtis Thompson, left, of the Church of the Harvest, said a prayer before the parade began.

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Bethany French Baptist Church, in Elmont, hosted a vigil on July 10 for the recently assassinated Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti, who was shot and killed in his home on July 7, as the large Haitian community in Elmont mourned the late leader and lamented the country’s political and societal instability in the wake of his death. The assassination was deemed “a well-coordinated attack by a highly trained and heavily armed group” by the Haitian embassy in Washington, D.C., which also described Moise as “a true statesman who was committed to progressing our country’s democratic transition and fighting corrup-

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Locals rally to support Haiti after earthquake Community members and local elected officials from Elmont, which is home to many of the 26,000 people of Haitian descent who live on Long Island, mourned the victims of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Aug. 14. These groups called for the donation of funds and supplies to the island nation as it tries to recover from the devastation while facing a number of other political, social and economic challenges. As of Aug. 23, the death toll had risen to over 2,100, an additional 12,000 were injured and hundreds were still missing. Prime Minister Ariel Henry described the state of the coun-

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try in dire terms: Haiti, he said, was “on its knees,” and the Haitian people were “physically and mentally devastated.” An estimated 600,000 Haitians were in need of emergency assistance, according to the government. Additionally, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported that about 500,000 Haitian children had limited or no access to shelter, safe water or food.

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The earthquake led to massive devastation in Haiti, killing more than 2,000 people.

While their home was being rebuilt by the Franklin Square-based nonprofit Rescuing Families, Claire Helfenbein, her daughter, Maghan, and her son, Jacob, stayed at the Residence Inn in Garden City. Their wait is now over: Vinny and Gina Centauro, co-founders of the house-building organization, presented the newly refurbished home to Helfenbein and her family on Aug. 3. When the Centauros, who created Rescuing Families in 2016, decided to renovate and repair the Helfenbein family home, on Byrd Street in Hempstead, two summers ago, they

expected the house to be in better structural condition, Gina previously told the Herald. But the house’s malfunctioning 68-year-old furnace and the deplorable condition of its exterior framing kept the family away from the rebuilt home longer than expected. The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 further complicated the situation, requiring Rescuing Families to raise more money in order to finish the Helfenbeins’ house on time. Robert Traverso/Herald

Claire Helfenbein was overcome with emotion when she entered her new home.

Family sues F.S. School District over mask mandate The mother of a 10-year-old student at John Street School, in Franklin Square, filed a federal lawsuit in early September, demanding that her daughter, who suffers from asthma and anxiety, be exempted from the statewide mandate requiring students to wear masks in school. The lawsuit, which asks for an injunction that would allow the girl to attend school unmasked this fall, charges that the school mask mandate put into effect by the state Department of Health, under the direction of Gov. Kathy Hochul, is

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unconstitutional and violates the student’s due process rights. Court documents show that the student’s pediatrician wrote a medical exemption and verified that wearing a mask for the entire school day was not safe for the girl. The school district rejected the request in early September.

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Students in Franklin Square are required to wear masks, per New York state law.

Sons of Italy lodge turns 50

The Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America Lodge 2245 held a celebratory dinner on Sept. 26 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Elmont-Franklin Square lodge. The dinner, said lodge President Andrew Monteleon, was held for “people who believe in the lodge” and its mission to bolster Italian-American pride and serve community members. The dinner also commemorated

five individuals who have been longtime active members of Lodge 2245 for more than 50 years, including Rosemarie Montemarano, Catherine Palmeri, Michael Paolino, Fredrick Tomasone and Monica Tomasone.

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The Sons of Italy Lodge 2245 dinner on Sept. 19 marked the 50th anniversary of the lodge.

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Vaxmobile visits Elmont senior center Over a dozen Elmont Senior Center residents received coronavirus vaccinations on Oct. 14 from the “Vaxmobile,” a mobile vaccination van launched by the Town of Hempstead earlier this year and staffed with a clinical unit from Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside. The Vaxmobile, which stops in communities across the Town of Hempstead five days a week, has visited Elmont Senior Center many times, but this visit was part of a new focus. “Our focus is to concentrate on the

Elmont schools add counselors to monitor students’ well-being

booster shots and specifically for our elder population,” said Amber Vitale, a family nurse practitioner and director of Covid-19 community services at MSSN, referring to a third Covid-19 vaccination that has been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for Americans over 65.

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The Vaxmobile outside the Elmont Senior Center on Oct. 14.

The mental health of a majority of high school and college students across the country has been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a number of surveys of students conducted since the health crisis began over 18 months ago. Elmont schools responded by adding three new school counselors for the 2021-22 school year during October. “Additional counselors were brought in to ensure the social-emo-

tional well-being of both students and staff,” the Elmont Union Free School District said in a statement.

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Elmont’s school district added three counselors, Lymari Tattnall, Paola Molina and Nicole Castagnozzi, amid a nationwide rise in mental health concerns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Elmont LIRR station opens The new Elmont-UBS Arena Long Island Rail Road station opened on Nov. 16, four days before the New York Islanders’ first home game at the arena and amid concerns about the Belmont Park project raised by area residents. An eastbound train from Jamaica — a 10-minute ride — was the first to arrive, and the first fare-based train from Penn Station rolled in last Friday night. Beginning the following day, eastbound Hempstead-branch trains were to be offered at the station before and after all events at the arena.

Only the station’s eastbound platform has been completed.Westbound trains are not expected to be offered at the station until next summer. Until then, LIRR customers from other branches can transfer at Jamaica for connecting service to Elmont-UBS.

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Mixed reactions to mask mandate Residents and community leaders in Franklin Square and Elmont had mixed reactions to the recent announcement by Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive-elect, that he would not enforce the new state mandate requiring mask-wearing or proof of vaccination against the coronavirus at all indoor public places. “Come January 1st, my administration will move Nassau forward with a common sense approach that acknowledges the facts, science and progress made by our residents while also protecting businesses and jobs from any further damage created by government mandates,” Blakeman, a Republican, said in a statement released on Dec. 13, the day the mask

mandate went into effect. “Nassau County is not in crisis, and should not be painted with the same broad brush as the rest of the state,” he added. The announcement came jus before Long Island recorded a sevenday average Covid-19 positivity rate of 9.32 percent, the highest since January. Hospitalizations on Long Island also rose more than 41 percent between Dec. 4 and Dec. 18, from 406 to 574, according to state data. CHRISTINA DALY/HERALD

Lisa DelliPizzi, center, the president of the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce, said that Blakeman’s announcement confused many local businesses.

F.S. fire commissioner re-elected Franklin Square Fire Commissioner Dennis Lyons was reelected in a Dec. 14 election against challenger Joseph Taranto, ex-chief of the Elmont Fire Department, by a vote of 427 to 369. “Let’s get together, work together, and make this a better place for all of us,” Lyons said, emphasizing that he plans to work for the residents who re-elected him as fire commissioner as well as the residents who voted for his opponent. Lyons, a 51-year member of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department who has served as fire commissioner for 23 years, said his

goals are to obtain high-quality equipment and provide advanced training for firefighters in the Franklin Square fire district.

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Residents frustrated as repairs of Elmont water tower pushed back After protests in 2020 and the setting of a fall 2021 deadline, the removal of a Nassau County Police Department antenna mounted on the Elmont water tower, necessary to beginning long-planned renovations to the structure, has been pushed back to next summer. Dwayne Palmer, a key figure in the local movement pushing for renovations to the tower who has lived in Elmont since 1996, said the Water Authority of Western Nassau County notified him this month that the NCPD has committed to removing the

antenna between next May and July. As a result, repairs to the tower, originally planned to begin in 2021, are now not expected to begin until later next year. Palmer described the tower’s north side, which he stressed is easily visible from the Southern State Parkway, as “completely disgusting,” adding that it “looks like it’s dilapidated.” Melissa Koenig/Herald

Elmont residents began to organize and push for repairs to the watertower in the fall of 2020.

’Santa’s Wonderland’ offers gifts Nearly 400 Elmont children received Christmas gifts at Santa’s Wonderland, an annual event organized by Elmont resident Elizabeth Forbes on Dec. 15 at the Clara H. Carlson School. “We want to bring families together during Christmastime,” Forbes said last week. Children looked forward to being greeted by Santa and his elves and helpers at this year’s fourth annual event. At previous Santa’s Wonderlands, tables were filled with a variety of gifts, from books and board games to scarves, hats and gloves.

Each child typically goes home with three or four gifts. Three hundred children took part in 2019, and 95 received gifts last year.

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Elizabeth Forbes, who organizes the event, greeted a girl at last year’s Santa’s Wonderland at the Elmont firehouse.

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days, to honor the death of Joe Ra, the late Franklin Square and Town of Hempstead public servant. The tree will be lit every night for the remainder of December.

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The chamber decorated Franklin Square with lights for the holiday season.

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Carlson School closes because of Covid The Clara H. Carlson School, which initially closed between Dec. 15 and 17, remained closed through Dec. 22 due to staffing shortages driven by the coronavirus infections, according to a statement by Superintendent Kenneth Rosner posted to the school’s website. Rosner called the staffing shortages “far greater than normal” in the statement and added that the school district “will continue to work closely with the Nassau County Department of Health and take all necessary precautions to ensure the health and

safety of our school community.” Students at the Clara H. Carlson School attended classes virtually during that time. “I am confident our approach to addressing the safety of students and staff during the pandemic will continue to serve the entire community well,” Rosner concluded in the statement, urging parents with further questions to contact Clara H. Carlson School Principal Richard Mansfield. Herald file photo

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9/22. FRANKLIN SQUARE - Adeel Memon & Mehreen Ellahi, Maintain detached garage with less than required rear yard setback., E/s Park La. So., 214’ S/o Park La. No., a/k/a 693 Park La. So. N.C.P.C. Local determination. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Elmont and Franklin Square within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 854/Hearing---01052022 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it. 128966

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2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Fire District office located at 100 School Street, Elmont, New York. All meetings of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Elmont Fire District are open to the public. This notice is being publicized and posted in accordance with the provisions of Section 104 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York. By Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Elmont Fire District. Dated: Elmont, New York December 20, 2021 Frances Andino Secretary Elmont Fire District 128972

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU Dedriah A. Collins, Plaintiff -againstAlfred G. Burt, Defendant Index No.: 801213/2020 Date Summons filed: 9/1/2020 Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. The Basis for venue is Plaintiff’s Address SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Plaintiff’s Address: 22 Third street Elmont NY 11003 ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiffs Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of

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A. You would think the answer is an easy one, that it would be either yes or no. Unfortunately, the answer is that the decision in these matters is discretionary, left to the plans examiner, who either strictly interprets the code and the federal and state laws based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (which was signed into law by onte eeper President George H.W. Bush in 1990), or determines that the physical upgrade of the restroom isn’t necessary. The law states that businesses with 15 or more employees must comply, but is overridden by the fact that establishments cannot discriminate against people with disabilities, patrons or employees. I once had a meeting at which the attorney for my client was challenging my advice to our mutual client that an upgrade — a renovation — would be necessary. The attorney appropriately pointed out exactly the same argument that you’re making, that nobody else has had to upgrade, and therefore you shouldn’t have to, either. My guess is that your neighbors may have been in that location for many years, and as long as nobody brings their location up to an official, we leave well enough alone, or that the official interpreted that the upgrade wouldn’t be necessary. I’m willing to bet that your neighbors, for the most part, moved in without anyone filing anything formally, with plans and permits, so the proprietors think they have no issue to deal with. You, on the other hand, operating honestly and legitimately, probably feel that even though you can’t discriminate against a person with a disability, you’re being unfairly discriminated against. Although I agree that you are being unfairly judged differently than your neighbors, your architect and any licensed professional, including the attorney, swore to uphold the laws of the state they practice in. If officials choose not to investigate every location, that is the governing bodies’ choice. Your architect is only trying to do what is right under the law. Coincidentally, that very morning, when the attorney was making the case that others were not in compliance, there was an incident in lower Manhattan in which an attorney had his heels slashed by a homeless man on a subway platform, and was instantly debilitated. I pointed out to the attorney that that poor guy was now disabled, and that we humans are all vulnerable, by age or accident, and need to be considered. He answered, “You should have been an attorney.”

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he Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and many other terrorist attacks, in multiple countries. September 2001 seems like a lifetime ago, but for those old enough to remember that terrible year, it remains a haunting memory, a fever dream that we try to lock in the backs of our brains but is ever-present. For those of us in Nassau County that day, we could only watch in horror as grayblack smoke plumes spiraled out of the twisted, crumbled remains of the twin towers upward into an otherwise perfect azure sky. The plumes were visible from points across the county. Shortly after the attacks, people started to gather on the beach in Lido and at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick — the highest point on the South Shore — to watch the billowing smoke, staring silently in stunned disbelief. The United States homeland was under attack for the first time since World War II, and at that moment, we had no idea who the invader was, or the future suffering in distant lands that the attacks would bring. It was all incomprehensibly terrifying. In a front-page story in the Heralds’ Sept. 13-19 issue, “Terror at the Towers,” reported by Scott Brinton, Carrie James, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, Larry Maier and Cindy Roth, this is how we described the scene: “A wave of fear and despair raced across [Nassau County] Tuesday morning

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’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really, really scared. roLLen CaJoLes after terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, sending the Twin Towers crumbling into Lower Manhattan. “In the afternoon, surviving victims of the attack filtered into Nassau by Long Island Rail Road, like refugees from a war zone. Many, who were still shaking dusty, white debris from their clothes, were not from the area but had taken the first train they could out of the city and gotten off at the first possible stop.” We sent our reporters to the train stations to meet the survivors of the attacks. Sylvia Melendez, who worked in Lower Manhattan, described the chaos after the towers crashed to the ground. “The rush of clouds of debris forced everyone out into the streets,” she said. “Everyone was running away.” Here in Nassau, people were glued to their TVs and radios, watching and listening, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. “I’ve been listening all morning,” Luisa DeGirolamo, who worked at La Margherita Pastry Shop in Bellmore Village, said. “I’m devasted. I can’t get over it.” Rollen Cagoles, of East Meadow, said, “I’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really,

really scared.” Many parents rushed to their children’s schools to pick them up and take them home, fearful of further attacks. “A lot of people came and pulled their kids out because they didn’t want them to be in a place with a large group of people,” said Pat Brace, PTA president of Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow. “They thought they would be a target.” Nassau police doubled patrols around municipal buildings, schools, houses of worship and transportation lines. Police also diverted westbound traffic away from New York City. Motorists who had to travel major throughfares were advised to stay home. The military closed down the airspace over Long Island, with unlighted F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead above John F. Kennedy International Airport into the night of Sept. 11 to 12. Nearly 500 Long Islanders died in the attacks at the World Trade Center or later succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses. Each one was a life extinguished too soon. We must remember all of them — their essential goodness, their essential humanity. In the coming days, there will be solemn ceremonies in remembrance of the dead. Consider attending one to show your support for the victims, or stop and pause for a moment at 8:46 and 9:04 a.m. on Saturday and reflect on or say a prayer for the victims. In this way, you will help to keep their memories alive for generations to come. “Never forget” should never become a trite slogan. It should be a motto by which we live.

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A letter to Governor Hochul To the Editor: Congratulations and good luck to Gov. Kathy Hochul. She has been thrust into a role that is critical to the 19.45 million people who live, work and play in the Empire State. Here on Long Island, we are especially hopeful for her good work. The challenges on Long Island are many. Our aging infrastructure needs serious attention. As the nation’s first suburb, we are living with an antiquated system that requires an upgrade. Our increasingly overburdened roadways, bridges and tunnels are dismal. The environmental infrastructure is failing. Drinking water has challenges, including the quality and quantity. Surface water contamination is rampant from nitrogen and other pollutants entering our creeks, bays, harbors and the Long Island Sound. Our air is polluted with toxins too small to see with the naked eye. We are vulnerable to sea level rise, climate change and the inevitable next big storm. The fact is, we aren’t ready. Our environment is too important for the noaction tendencies of the past to continue. Our

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Opinion columns We publish three columns every week. Columns represent the views of the writers themselves, not of the Herald. Each writer works independently and chooses his or her own subjects. Among our regular contributors are the Heralds’ executive editor, Scott Brinton, and the Nassau Herald’s former executive editor, Randi Kreiss, both of whom have won numerous awards for their opinion writing. We also feature columns by prominent political figures, including former State Assemblyman Jerry Kremer, who is now a consultant. And we regularly invite guest columnists to offer their views.

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hen talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago. “Bobby.” I heard my name called on the second-floor landing of A. B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The caller was Mr. Leone, Joseph Leone, my biology teacher and college adviser. “Why haven’t you signed up for ALAn the SATs?” he asked. sinGer Neither of my parents had attended college, my mother had died eight years earlier, and my father, a vacuum cleaner salesman, had his hands full with two active kids. When I think about the controversies surrounding school openings this fall, I think, too, of the critical role of teachers in the lives of their students. That certainly was the case for me. Mr. Leone wasn’t alone in affecting my life for the better. I was going to drop out of college after my first year not only because of the cost, but also because I

questioned why I was there. I entered to be a minister, but had become disillusioned with organized religion. My college adviser, Mildred Martin, helped me sort through the financial and philosophical questions and urged me to appeal my financial aid award, and I continued as her student. Other teachers stand out as well. Miss Calabrese and Miss King, in elementary school, “Pop” Phillips in high school, Mark Ebersole in college, and Kay Moore and Robin Williams in graduate school. The past year of living and learning with Covid in our path and in our shadows revealed the inequalities of access to teachers like the ones I’ve known. When teachers are diverted from their main responsibilities, teaching and advising, they can’t fulfill their roles to the fullest. It is especially difficult for them to be effective when students lack access to broadband and Wi-Fi, a quiet place to study, and supportive adults to help them with difficult assignments. A distinguished psychologist once said that we human beings are the “teaching species.” All species must learn enough to leave the nest, but humans turned teaching into a “calling,” a vocation dedicated to preparing the next generation

was going to drop out of college after my first year. I questioned why I was there.

Letters looming issues need real solutions, not lip service. We need to address the Island’s solid-waste crisis, illegal dumping and the associated increases in disposal costs. Hochul hasn’t been handed the reins of the state at our finest hour. New Yorkers suffer with an unsustainable tax burden that’s accelerating the exodus of high-net-worth people, employers and job creators. The growing disparity in income and wealth, an increasing immigrant population and the associated educational and health care challenges are monumental. And our young workforce and empty-nesters are leaving because of a lack of affordable housing. Leaders in the past have forsaken us in favor of book deals, their own selfish agendas and their next election. Indeed, some are in prison for their bad behavior, but the reality is, the good people of New York have been sold out, and that’s why we require Hochul’s earnest leadership. We have hope in her vision, fortitude and ability to make the really tough decisions. We’re counting on her. Most important, please know that we are here for you, governor. Long Island and the state of New York have immense resources, none greater than their residents. There will be vocal naysayers who attempt to stop Hochul from addressing these vexing challenges. There are people who talk a lot, and there are people who get stuff done. To Hochul, I say this:

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Robert A. Scott, Ph.D., is president emeritus of Adelphi University; the author of, or contributor to, 18 books and monographs; and the author of hundreds of articles on higher education and social issues. His latest book is “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Prize awardee, 2019).

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Cuomo should be impeached To the Editor: Re Robert Rosenberg’s column “History repeats itself in Albany — again and again” (Aug. 26-Sept. 1): I agree with Rosenberg’s opinions, and would add that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would indeed get the last hurrah and make “the State Legislature and state government look like a ship of fools” if it gave him a free pass on the nursing home deaths scandal and his subsequent cooking of the books to make it appear less egregious than he would have had us believe. Interestingly, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed immediately that these deaths were undercounted by some 12,000. By ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, Cuomo, threatening owners with penalty if they did not comply, exposed many more confined elderly to the virus, potentially causing their deaths. With all due respect, I consider manslaughter to be an even more serious

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to the nation. They believed that education should be public; is critical to democracy because it prepares an informed citizenry, able to ask questions; is important because it prevents aristocracy and promotes meritocracy; should be free from religion and ideology; should be equal and equally available to all citizens; and is a public investment that is worth the cost. While the ideals of the Founders foundered on the compromises made to create a republic, they nevertheless created within the Constitution the mechanisms for correcting early mistakes and providing the means for continuing the pursuit of a “more perfect union,” which we have shown the ability to do. As we help our kids and grandkids, or relatives or neighbors’ kids, prepare for a new school year, let us acknowledge the noble profession of teaching, perhaps by remembering our own teachers, and do what we can to fulfill the Founders’ aspirations for true equality of education in America.

Please be the latter. Be bold. We heard you say you’d “fight like hell for New York,” and that’s exactly what Long Island needs.

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with knowledge, skills and values. As a result, teachers have a moral, social, civic and historical responsibility for not only educating each new generation but also, in this way, creating the future. We must remember the vocation, the calling, of teaching. As the historian Jacques Barzun said, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” At the beginning of our nation, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stated that public education was at the heart of democracy. “The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it,” Adams wrote. “There should not be a district of one mile square without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.” Jefferson expressed similar sentiments. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some local school boards see teachers simply as employees, instead of as those who inspire discovery and awaken students’ imaginations, as Mark Van Doren and Robert Frost said. But while the Founders argued that schooling was a local responsibility, they were adamant about the public benefits

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crime than the sexual harassment charges that forced Cuomo’s resignation. Given the present state of affairs, it is now the State Legislature (and, ultimately, the State Senate) that is on trial, and it remains to be seen whether playing politics will take precedence over what must be done in the name of justice. How can

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anyone trust Cuomo now? He contends that he will not seek future political office, but only impeachment would close the book on that possibility, definitively and conclusively.

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