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Donna Gayden resigns as city manager day night’s regular council meeting. Corporation Council Rich The search for a new city Berrios said at the beginning of manager in Long Beach will the meeting that while Gayden’s begin soon, after the surprise contract was not set to expire announcement Tuesday night until December 2023, she and the that Donna Gayden, who has City Council had held discusheld the post for sions about ending it almost three years, early. has resigned, effec“Now was the tive immediately. time to transition to Gayden, 62, who another organizahas a year remaintional structure,” ing on her contract, Berrios said. will be temporarily While a number re placed by city of people at the Police Commissionmeeting expressed er Ron Walsh, who surprise, a pathway will hold both posts to Gayden’s exit had until a new city been created last mana g er can be DoNNA GAYDeN November, when found. Only one outgoing council President other city official, Karen McInnis Michael Tangney, city manager appointed a commitserved as both police tee to look into a poscommissioner and sible replacement city manager, for a short time in for Gayden should she decide to 2017. Tangney died in March leave before her contract 2022, years after he retired from expired. city employ. In a news release Tuesday Gayden, who led the city night, the city stated that through the worst of the corona- Gayden leaves her position “in virus pandemic, settled a multi- accordance with the central million-dollar lawsuit brought terms and conditions of the by developer Sinclair Haberman agreement signed between her and helped revive the city’s and the council, except for a proshaky finances, was not at TuesContinued on page 10
By JAmes BeRNsteiN jbernstein@liherald.com
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DAViD FelDmAN coNtiNUes to play the piano, often performing around Long Beach in restaurants, at local events and in senior homes.
Author, musician has had no shortage of challenges By BReNDAN cARPeNteR bcarpenter@liherald.com
Life has thrown a lot at David Feldman — drug addiction, spinal problems, intestinal issues, cancer. But he fought through all of it, and now has published a new novel, “The Neighborhood,” about 1970s Valley Stream. That’s not all: Feldman, 65, of Long Beach, has written numerous books, including a mystery series about a character named Dora Ellison. He still plays piano, and performs around Long Beach and Nassau County. He plays for seniors at the Nautilus, in Atlantic Beach, and is half of a duo called J-Bird and Dave that
performs at local restaurants. He played at the Long Beach Historical Society’s Centennial Gala in October. He also paints. His artwork varies from portraits and landscapes to paintings of places around Long Beach, including the Magnolia pier and the food trucks on Riverside Boulevard. “I’m frequently stunned when people like my art. I go, ‘Really? I can paint?’ he said. When I grew up, I was told to stop banging on the piano. A lot of us, back then, our parents wanted us to be lawyers. This is what I’ve got.” Feldman was born in Brooklyn in 1957, and Continued on page 4
truly believe that I have achieved everything I was brought here to do.