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The city says goodbye to Mike Tangney By JAMes BeRNsTeiN jbernstein@liherald.com
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MiCHAel TANgNeY’s flAg-dRAPed casket was carried out of St. Ignatius Martyr Church after services Monday morning.
A hush fell over the packed St. Ignatius Martyr Church M o n d ay m o r n i n g w h e n Michael Ryan Tangney rose to eulogize his father. “He was my hero,” Michael said. “He was everyone’s hero.” About 200 people — city officials, police officers, family and friends — crowded into the church for funeral services for Tangney, the for mer Long Beach police commissioner, who died suddenly on March 8, at age 66. He had retired in 2020 as police commissioner, after a
20-year career with the Police Department. In all, he worked for the city for 42 years, serving also as acting city manager in 2017. Tangney was known as a “cop’s cop” and a no-nonsense manager. He rose rapidly in the Police Department, becoming a lieutenant before being named commissioner. In his years as head of the force, he was credited with reducing crime, keeping the department’s finances under control, securing funds for surveillance cameras and police training, and seeing to it that his officers were adept at Continued on page 7
Shine’s has kept Irish tradition intact for 110 years By BReNdAN CARPeNTeR bcarpenter@liherald.com
On St. Patrick’s Day, Shine’s, one of the oldest bars in Long Beach, planned to follow its decades-old tradition of handing out free corned beef and cabbage dinners to regular patrons. Long Beach celebrates Irish Day in the fall, but Shine’s and other pubs on the barrier island go out of their way to honor Ireland’s foremost patron saint. One Shine’s regular, Rich Doraio, of Long Beach, has been to several St. Pat’s celebrations there, and takes part in the bar’s annual New York-to-California
bike tour around the city’s streets. There’s a tradition of sharing a drink after the tour. Shine’s is the “first place you go into the West End and the last place on your way out,” Doraio said. “It’s a tradition. It’s really cool to say you’ve been to Shine’s.” “We can offer a more intimate, authentic Irish pub experience,” said Megan Casey, the co-proprietor, with her husband, Brent Wilson. “You can find all ages, music and all kinds of people having a good time.” This year, the establishment will celebrate its 110th anniversary. The building is even older, dating back to the 19th century.
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t’s really cool to say you’ve been to Shine’s. RiCH doRAio resident
Once called a tavern, it has been owned by three families since Eugene Shine, an Irish immigrant, opened shop in 1912. Shine owned it for over 30 years, and even stayed open secretly during Prohibition, from 1920 to 1933. At one point during that era,
Shine’s was raided, and was found to be stockpiling about $300,000 worth of alcohol, Casey said. The trap door leading to the area under the bar where patrons drank in secret is still there. The pub was sold in 1946 to Michael V. Delury, the father of former Long Beach City Councilman Mike Delury, for $12,000.
Mike V. had been working at the bar after returning from World War II, and wanted to buy it and allow Shine to retire. The $12,000 was an employee loan from Msgr. John Cass of St. Ignatius Martyr Church. Michael J. Delury, Michael V.’s father, was employed as a sexton at the church. St. Ignatius had a Continued on page 4
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By LISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
Village of Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett has officially announced last week that he is running for Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice’s vacated seat in the 4th Congressional District seat. He joins Democrats County Legislator Carrié Solages, former Town Supervisor Laura Gillen and County Legislator Siela Bynoe in what is becoming a crowded field. As of press time, the lone Republican in the field is tech CEO Bill Staniford, of Lawrence. The primary is June 28. At the March 8 public safety campaign when Corbett began his stumping for being part of the House of Representatives, nearly 40 supporters from across the Congressional attended. They included church leaders, Democratic Party leaders, law enforcement, American Legion Post 44 members, and Freeport and Hempstead village officials, State Sen. Kevin Thomas, a Democrat, who represents the 6th Senatorial District. Corbett expressed that he wants more funding towards the police and social and mental health services, and wants to see bail reform laws revised. Last year, Nassau County police reported an increased number of illegal gun seizures and have again reported a spike in seized illegal guns this year. Corbett called on the federal government for assistance in dealing with the influx of these illegal guns in the county. He also noted some of his successes since he became mayor in 2019, including paving 72 percent of the village’s roads, installing technology and other village infrastructure upgrades, and setting plans for upgrades at the village’s Whalen Field park, all without raising taxes. Malverne resident since 1982, Ed Mahoney, is a registered Republican who normally votes blue — but Corbett has Mahoney’s vote and endorsement this election. “He is going to be my choice for congressman. He was my choice for Mayor and I think he’s done an excellent job,” Mahoney said. Mahoney went on to say that many politicians do not follow through with their promises when they get into office. “Everything that I’ve ever asked him [Corbett] to do for these residents, he’s accomplished and done at no taxpayers cost—that to me is a very big thing.” Malverne’s Deputy Mayor and Trustee Perry Cuocci also endorses Corbett because of his success — including making village technology upgrades, installing new LED streetlights and renovating the police department — as Mayor, all while facing difficulties brought by Covid. “I’ll miss him as our Mayor, but if you take a look at his track
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MALveRne vILLAGe MAyoR Keith Corbett, a Democrat, officially announced on March 8 that he will run for the open 4th Congressional District seat. record, I think the things that he can do as congressman would be extremely beneficial to the community,” Cuocci said. “I think he has the knowledge, he has the resources [and] he has the contacts to get things done.” Initially, Corbett had no intention of being a congressman and wanted to continue serving Malverne. “I’m not going to Washington to leave Malverne,” Corbett said, “I’m going to Washington to stay in Malverne.” Should he win, Corbett strresed that he will open a main congressional district office in the village to ensure that Malverne and the surrounding communities are well represented. “Each and every day I use my personal, professional [and] political relationships” to keep Malverne as-is, Corbett said. These relationships are connected to his history in Malverne as a resident and village board official of 12 years and his current career as an attorney. Additionally, his relationships span from his past or current positions as law chair of the Nassau Democratic committee, a governor appointed Long Island state park system commissioner and an evectional and campaign finance expert and attorney – where he represents state villages, counties and democratic elected officials on all levels, from villages all the way up to the governor. “I have the relationships and the resources to bring back significant funding for the residents of this district, and look forward to continuing the fight for the fourth congressional district,” Corbett said after the campaign.
“I’m a little fed up with what’s going on in Washington,” Corbett added. “I think we need to start getting back to basics and sending representatives down there to roll up their sleeves and do the work and I have the capacity to do that.” “Keith Corbett to me is one of the democrats that comes from the old school,” Mahoney said. “He worries about people, he does not worry about politics.” Another lifelong Malverne resident, Faith O’Brien,18, will be voting for the first time ever, and her vote is for Corbett. She agreed that Corbett cares a lot for residents: “He is a very approachable person and he genuinely cares about helping others,” O’Brien said. “Besides helping businesses during Covid and always being present around the village, he as a person just is always there to help.” The 4th Congressional District includes the communities of Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Barnum Island, Bay Park, Bellmore, Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, Carle Place, East Rockaway, East Meadow, Elmont, the Five Towns, Floral Park, Franklin Square, Freeport, Garden City, Hempstead, Island Park, Lakeview, Lido Beach, Long Beach, Lynbrook, Malverne, Merrick, Mineola, New Cassel, New Hyde Park, Oceanside, Point Lookout, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Salisbury, South Floral Park, Stewart Manor, Uniondale, parts of Valley Stream, Wantagh, West Hempstead and Westbury.
Stop Throwing Out Pollutants back in L.B. next month Do not throw hazardous items in the trash or pour them down the drain! Instead bring them to the S.T.O.P. program. In cooperation with the Town of Hempstead, the S.T.O.P. Program is designed to provide area residents with a safe, environmental sound method of disposal of the many hazardous materials found in the average home. The Long Beach S.T.O.P program takes place on Sunday, April 3, 2022 behind City Hall from 8am to 3pm. If you are not able to make the Long Beach S.T.O.P collection date, you may bring your hazardous items other collection sites or to the Sanitation Garage on 150 W. Pine Street between 7am - 2pm or visit one of the other Town of Hempstead Collection events. The Stop Throwing Out Pollutants (S.T.O.P.) Program is designed to provide area residents with a safe, environmentally sound method of disposal of the many hazardous materials found in the average home, such as batteries, light bulbs, paint cans, propane tanks, drain cleaners, bleach,
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antifreeze, fertilizers, etc. By bringing such toxins as antifreeze, drain cleaners and pesticides on any of the scheduled S.T.O.P. collection days, you and your family can make a significant contribution to the protection of our precious groundwater supply and the preservation of our bays and estuaries. Please join with us in cleaning our homes of hazardous material and ensuring their proper collection and disposal. Together we can ensure the continued integrity of our fragile ecosystem. When bringing items, please wrap leaking containers in newspaper and place in a plastic bag or larger container, make sure all caps and lids are tight, place items securely in a box for transportation use newspaper or cardboard to keep items from tipping or hitting each other, place chemicals which may react with each other in separate areas of the vehicle, do not leave products in a hot, unventilated vehicle for an extended period of time, do not smoke near chemical products and wear rubber gloves when handling containers.
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couple of stipulations for the loan: The establishment must be closed on Good Friday and women must not work behind the bar. Both are still followed today. Mickey and Paul Wilson, Brent’s father and uncle, bought the bar in 2005, with the intent to “keep it the same,” Casey said. Brent got involved the following year. As you walk through the main door, the bar is on the left and the pool room on the right. The bar is where a garage used to be attached to the building, with the same entryway and wooden doors. The bar top is also unchanged since the days of Prohibition. Shine’s is rife with history. The legendary New York City journalist Jimmy Breslin used to sweep up the bar after hours when he was a teenager. He wanted free drinks for his work. He got them.
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Friday, March 25
Library Board Meeting
Film Friday
The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees typically meets on the third Monday of every month. Check the website for specific dates and times, www.longbeachlibrary.org.
The public library will have a film friday showing the movie Belfast in the auditorium from 1 to 3 pm.
Chair Yoga The public library will have a chair yoga session in the auditorium and on zoom from 9 to 10 am.
Long Beach Soup Kitchen The Long Beach Soup Kitchen, 140 West Pine Street, is open 6 days a week 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. They offer Hot and Cold Meals TO GO. They offer a full pantry with canned goods and fresh produce. Mondays and Thursdays. All are welcome.
Saturday, March 26 Parent Cafe The Long Island Community Foundation will have a parent cafe for parents and caregivers to reflect and talk about the joys and challenges of family in the auditorium of the public library from 10:30 am to noon.
Meet The City Manager City Manager Donna M. Gayden will be holding “Meet The City Manager” virtual chat sessions. These meetings are an opportunity for residents to engage in a one-to-one dialogue with the City Manager; ask questions, share concerns, or express ideas on how to enhance the quality of life in our community. The virtual meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. Appointments are needed. Please call the City Manger’s Office to make an appointment at (516) 431-7202 or email citymanager@ longbeachny.gov. Information on how to meet will be provided after the appointment is confirmed.
Friday, March 18 Historical Fiction Book Club The public library will have a historical fiction book club session discussing Lost Girls by Pam Jenoff in the program room from 2 to 3 pm.
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Parents Cafe for caregivers The Long Island Community Foundation will have a parent cafe session for parents and caregivers to relax, reflect and talk about the joys and challenges of raising a family in the auditorium of the public library the next two Saturdays from 10:30 am to noon.
Sunday, March 20
Tuesday, March 22
Roblox Dinner
Low-Impact Cardio
Beginnings restaurant will have a Roblox-themed dinner from 5 to 7 pm. It costs $20 per child.
The public library will have a low-impact cardio class in the auditorium and on zoom from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Monday, March 21 Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Saturday, March 19 Parent Cafe The Long Island Community Foundation will have a parent cafe session for parents and caregivers to relax, reflect and talk about the joys and challenges of raising a family in the auditorium of the public library from 10:30 am to noon.
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The Chamber of Commerce will be having their monthly meeting at Anchor Tavern.
City Council Work Session There will be a City Council work session to discuss beach revenue on YouTube starting at 7 pm.
Ask the Tech Guy The public library will have an “Ask the Tech Guy” session for residents to ask any technology-related question in the second floor lobby from 2 to 3 pm.
Women and Hair Coverings The public library will have a panel discussion on women and hair coverings with photographer Michelle Huttler in the auditorium and on zoom from 7 to 8 pm.
Wednesday, Mar. 23 Thursday, Mar. 24
Writers’ Circle
Coping with Covid-19
The public library will have a writers’ circle meeting on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm.
FEMA and the Office of Mental Health have partnered with NY Project Hope to offer a free, anonymous counseling session to anyone affected by Covid19 in the first floor lobby of the public library from 10 am to noon.
Zoning Board Meeting There will be a zoning board meeting starting at 7 pm.
Historical Society Art Show The historical society will have an art show at the museum at 226 West Penn St. from 12 to 5 pm.
Encanto Dinner Beginnings restuarant will have an Encanto character dinner from 5:00 pm to 6 pm.
HAvInG An EvEnT? Items on the Community Update pages 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 bcarpenter@liherald.com
The city is in talks about parking meters in the center of town. Families with students in the public school district will be receiving take-home Covid tests. The city council will soon start considering a new budget for the next fiscal year. The city will be discussing possible changes to beach fees. The Park and Recreation’s 60th annual Easter Egg Hunt will be on April 9.
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The Long Beach Fire Department hoisted the American flag as the hearse carrying Tangney’s coffin drove away from St. Ignatius.
Tangney recalled as man who loved Long Beach continued from front page the use of Narcan to treat opioid overdose patients. His 34-year-old son frequently choked up with emotion as he spoke of his father as a man dedicated to his family and the community where he had spent his life. “Every single day at 5, he was home for dinner,” Michael said. ”He never missed a Sunday dinner.” Michael recalled a family tragedy that occurred in 2005, when a wrongway driver on the Meadowbrook State Parkway slammed into a limousine on its way home from a wedding, killing the limo driver and a Tangney cousin, 7-year-old Katie Flynn. Michael’s father, on his way home from the same wedding, drove past the wreck and Tangney’s widow, darLene Tangney, and stopped, and was stunned to find out family members left the church. Tangney’s son, that members of his family were pas- Michael Ryan Tangney, delivered the eulogy. sengers in the limo. how well-liked Tangney had been in Long “He took every member of the family out of that limousine,” his son recount- Beach. “Look at this packed church,” Osuaged. When his father got home, Michael wu said, gesturing at the filled pews. “Few said, the two of them sat and cried. “It was the first time I had seen my things in life are as painful as sudden death, but so many people came from so father cry, and I was 17 years old,” he said. When Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012, far to support the family.” Flags at City Hall and Long Beach dealing a crushing blow to Long Beach, Michael recalled his father springing into Police headquarters flew at half-staff on action. He went from house to house and Monday. State Troopers and police officers person to person, checking to see what he from Port Washington, Suffolk County could do. “He wanted everybody to be bet- and other jurisdictions joined Long Beach police in saluting Tangney. A hearse carter than they were before,” his son said. Above all, Michael said, his father rying his coffin was led up to the church loved people, and loved serving Long by a cordon of motorcycle police. A line of Beach. He said he hoped his father’s life officers stood across the street from the church and saluted when the coffin was would serve as an inspiration to others. “The bottom line is, it’s easy to be carried inside. After the service, just before the hearse angry, it’s easy to hate,” Michael said. “This man did none of that. He loved. He left for the cemetery, mourners placed roses on the coffin, hugged one another wanted everyone to have a great life.” The Rev. Anthony Osuagwu, who con- and stood silently on the sidewalk. The ducted the service, said he had known hearse passed beneath a giant American Tangney most of his life, and that their flag hoisted by Long Beach fire trucks. An era in Long Beach had ended. families were longtime friends. He noted
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This holiday commemorates an astonishing epi- Hebrew is related to the word hester, which means sode in the history of the Jews who lived during the “hidden”. One obvious explanation is the fact that Esther hid her religion. Perhaps more importantly, 5th century BCE in the greater Persian Empire. The King needed a new Queen and so he searched the commentators pointed out that, in this most important moment in history, God’s throughout all of his vast kingdom for a presence was not apparent either. But suitable wife. He chooses the beautiful for a reason. Esther, whom he is unaware is a Jewess, At the precise instant when Esther and she conceals this fact until a most was unsure what to do, her uncle Mordramatic moment. dachai famously inspired her with the Haman, the evil adviser to the monwords, maybe this was the reason you arch, we learn, was offended by Mordawere chosen to be Queen. A significant chai, the Jew, so he convinces the King lesson and insight emerges. to sign an edict ordering all members of Even, or maybe especially, when we the Hebraic people to be murdered believe God is absent during a challengthroughout all the provinces of the ing time, we must rise up. This story king’s domain. and holiday is revered because it teachEsther was conflicted. Should she put es that each of us has a unique purpose her own life at risk and approach her here on earth. Our lives can have real powerful husband? Ultimately she intermeaning if only we see and seize the cedes by revealing that she belongs to abbi opportunities we are presented. the people of Israel, and therefore the ack aneRhaft How relevant as we watch a senseless King’s decree would mean that his war in Ukraine. And starvation, indisbeloved wife would have to perish too. criminate violence, racial tension and The ruler relents,the descendants of Jacob are saved, Haman is punished, and Mordachai tribal division in many foreign lands and in our own country. elevated. We do not always need the Almighty to make a On the anniversary of the miraculous day when this genocide was avoided, a festival was declared to difference. Think about what you can do. Every individual can impact the outcome. Just like Esther. be joyously remembered every year. When we read the Megillah, the scroll that details the events, we find something unusual for a reli- Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft is the spiritual leader at Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach. gious text. God is never mentioned. The ancient sages noted that Esther’s name in
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“You done good, Michael’ Before dashing off, he’d always ask: “How’s the boys?” He knew my boys, by name. Danny and Jack. Mike knew most of our City’s Danny’s and Jack’s and Marissa’s and Tiffany’s. He knew them as tangle-footed munchkins he coached, as happy demons whizzing past on bikes and skateboards beside his own kids. He knew who rode a bit close to the line and tried to steer them right. It broke his heart each time one was lost, the heart of a cop, the heart of a dad. Mike proposed putting Long Beach of ficers on patrol in the middle and high schools to cut tension. “We’ve known these kids since they could walk,” he said. “Nassau County cops, ulvaney God love em, don’t have that perspective, all they see is trouble. My guys see a kid and remember when they hit a home run, scored a goal, or skinned a knee. A kid in the throes of peer pressure might wise off to a blue uniform. They don’t dare pull that nonsense on the coach from Peewees. Police work is not about force, it’s about shared respect.” Alas bureaucracy continues to block that good idea, an idea we academics tout as “police reform.” Mike did not need a professor to show him the obvi-
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ous. Mike was a problem solver. When Park Avenue became a speedway for Suffolk County drivers, he dangled cops from Fire Department bucket trucks like snipers with radar guns picking off invaders. Weeks of tickets mostly wiped out the problem. Mike understood that traffic enforcement is not about revenue, it’s about safety. His own family suffered a horrible loss in a traffic tragedy. He pledged to try to prevent that from happening to anyone else’s family. He was a cop’s cop. When a distraught man threatened to burn down the West End with a propane tank, Mike pushed past the hostage negotiators and cold cocked the fellow. Case closed, happy ending. Mike Tangney was not necessarily everyone’s cup of tea. With Mike everyone knew where they stood. Better that than a flock of glad handers. As I teach the next generation of cops about Community Policing, I wish they could have met Mike, to hear firsthand the most important lesson of law enforcement - a cop’s best weapon is the ability to listen and to smile. God speed Mike Tangney. You done good. James Mulvaney lives in the Canals and teaches in the law and police science department at John Jay College
Council oks work on MLK Center The Long Beach City Council Tuesday night approved, 4 to 1, a measure to spend $1,150,000 for hazard mitigation at the city-owned Martin Luther King Center on Riverside Boulevard. Council member Roy Lester said further evaluation of the building was needed before the money can be committed. The city said the work is to include installation of flood doors, waterproofing of masonry walls, installation of new sump pumps, as well as additional electrical and structural work to protect the building from future storms. The MLK Center was badly damaged by super storm Sandy in 2012. The project was described to the council by city public works commissioner Joe Febrizio. The city received two bids for the project and selected Premier Building & Renovations Corp. of Farmingdale as the winner. The project was approved by FEMA’s Public Response Assistanc Program. The center was closed for several months in 2020 after safety violations were found. It has since re-opened.
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My course on Community Policing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice focuses on the basics: Partnership and Problem Solving. My muse is Mike Tangney, the former Long Beach Commissioner who was the embodiment of Community Policing. He left us too soon. Robert Peel, the father of Modern Policing, said 200 years ago that a key to law enforcement is “the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police.” Americans have taken this to heart with nearly 18,000 departments nationwide, nearly all staffed by locals, people who remain part of the community at the end of each shift. ames Mike was Long Beach born. He wanted the things we all do - safety for our families, a dip in the ocean and a glass of something at a backyard barbeque surrounded by friends. He started as a beat cop, working his way up through the ranks participating in the historic drop in crime, one we continue to enjoy. I remember him rushing through the aisles of Key Food, scooping up eggs and milk. “She’ll scalp me if I forget something,” he’d say, a smile bursting at the notion of his beloved Darlene.
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Artists in Partnership plays to LB SRO There were several ‘firsts’ at the Long Beach Public Library Sunday, March 13: Artists in Partnership staged the first live performance at the library since the pandemic shut down stages two years ago. And the comedy show, “Four Funny Females,” was a first for the AIP. The show was co-produced by MC and comic, Donna Moran, and AIP Executive Director, Johanna Mathieson-Ellmer, with funding from Bright Eye Beer Co. through the “Curtain-Up” initiative created to reopen, and support Broadway, regional and local stages. Comediennes Donna Moran, Chit Chat
Wheeler, Jean Kim, Peaches Rodriguez and special guest and Library employee, Julie Carrion each brought their own take on current events, relationships and the trials and tribulations that come with being female. “Thanks to the tech skills of Jeannine Dillon and Tom Wojciechowski, the “soldout” program was able to be viewed at home by those who were not able to attend, or were tuning in from out of town. We are so grateful to the Library Board and staff for their support and for making these events possible,” Mathieson-Ellmer said.
Longtime Cedarhurst village trustee Ari Brown, who serves as the deputy mayor, is running in the April 7 special election for former 20th district Assemblywoman Melissa “Missy” Miller’s vacant seat. Brown, a Republican, will be opposed by Democrat David Lobl. Miller, who endorsed her fellow GOP member, is confident Brown will support her priorities that include being a strong voice for taxpayers and for vulnerable members of society, she said. “I am supporting Ari Brown in the race for the New York State Assembly because he shares my priorities,” said Miller. “He will fight for tax relief, push for our fair share of school aid and stand up for vulnerable members of our society, including persons with special needs and serious health issues. We need Ari Brown.” Brown, 54, has served at least two decades on local government boards as a Cedarhurst village official. He grew up in Franklin Square before he moved to Cedarhurst with his family in 1991. From 1998 to 2001 he served on the village’s zoning board – a position that fit his qualifications with his background in construction. He eventually became a trustee in 2001 and was appointed as deputy mayor in 2019. He also served on the architectur-
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al review board. “I am eager to put my experience to work in the New York State Assembly,” Brown said. “Most of all, I am committed to be a sound and sensible voice in the face of the extreme politics that have taken hold in Albany.” Brown is also running on the Conservative Party line and plans to stand firmly against attempts to defund the police and against the ‘cashless bail’ law. As a father of seven and grandfather of two, Brown will also advocate for more “parental choice” in the education system and get to the bottom of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2021 Covid nursing home scandal, where a report about the number of nursing home residents who died was concealed. Returning the state’s economy to preCovid standards is part of Brown’s financial and economic plan. This includes reversing the $1 billion commuter tax – or congestion pricing – which affects all automobile traffic entering and leaving Manhattan south of 60th Street. Nassau County Republican Chairman Joe Cairo endorsed Brown because of his extensive experience and success serving Cedarhurst and because of Brown’s goals to control taxes, fight anti-Semitism and revise the current bail reform laws. he also has the endorsement of the conservative party,” Cairo said.
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Tour through a giant, inflatable colon By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.co
Oceanside residents were virtually led through a giant, inflatable colon at Mount Sinai South Nassau last Wednesday during the hospital’s Colon Cancer Awareness Week. Dr. Frank Gress, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and a colon cancer expert at Mount Sinai South Nassau led the tour through the 20-foot-long inflatable colon that depicted different stages of the intestine’s lining. “We know that if we do screenings, particularly with colonoscopy, we can identify the causes of colon polyps,” Dr. Gress said. “And if we can do a colonoscopy and find those polyps, we can remove them and basically cure cancer in a way because you’ll never get it once we take it out.” Polyps are often caused by diet and associated with other common risk factors like diabetes, obesity, and smoking. Dr. Gress advised those watching in-person and over the hospital’s Facebook livestream that blood in stool, bloating, changes in bowel habits, abdominal discomfort and weight loss are warning signs of colon cancer. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States according to
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first-degree relative with colon cancer or polyps, it is advised to get your own colonoscopy ten years before their diagnosis. “This is important because we’re seeing a lot of colon cancer in younger
patients. And I’m taking in their thirties,” Dr. Gress said. “We’re not really sure why yet, but it’s very concerning. It could be family history. It could be diet.”
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Q. I own apartments, and like to think I’m a fair landlord, but I have a tenant who keeps their apartment at an extreme — like near 80 degrees — but also keeps the windows open. Recently, because of the high energy bills, which they don’t have to pay, since it’s a fixed rental fee, I looked into getting control of the thermostats and controlling them remotely. I need to keep energy costs in line, and I’m exasperated after talking with the tenant several times about this. Is there a legal limit to what the temperature can be kept at, and how do I make sure I don’t get a violation for what I’m about to Ask The do?
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unpleasant parts of being a landlord is when tenants have no sensitivity for the cost of owning and running a building. It makes many well-meaning landlords not so wellmeaning, and that’s when the friction for control takes place. onte eeper The regulations for Nassau County, where your building is, do not include all communities. Two cities, Glen Cove and Long Beach, have their own regulations, as do some villages — namely Cedarhurst, Freeport, Great Neck, Great Neck Plaza, Hempstead, Lynbrook and Rockville Centre. Nassau County requires that, from Oct. 1 to May 31, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., the indoor temperature must be at least 65 degrees. From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., the temperature must be at least 68. Most of the other jurisdictions have similar requirements, but you should go to their websites, because each is just a little different. Cedarhurst allows the temperature at night to be 62 degrees. Rockville Centre is the same as Nassau County. People living in a multi-family building, such as a condominium or a co-op, with a board and a superintendent, are advised to discuss the temperature with one or both of them. The bylaws and regulations for multi-family buildings can vary, and they may be allowed to establish their own regulations, but tenants have rights that could require the local governing authority to step in. Single-family rentals and two-family homes whose owners occupy at least half the dwelling are not covered by the regulations. In spring and fall, when temperatures fluctuate to greater extremes, people pay more attention to their thermostats. They also start asking more about insulation and windows. It isn’t uncommon to get calls from tenants of homes and apartments asking if they can get their landlord to increase the insulation, change the windows or raise the heat. Even though architects and engineers are aware of how it’s possible to save energy by finding ways to improve a building’s composition, the legal aspects are recommended to be handled by the health departments or housing authorities that make the rules and govern your jurisdiction. Good luck!
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cross the USA, headlines cite skyrocketing energy costs and the strain they are putting on American families. Here on Long Island, homeowners and businesses are feeling pain in their wallets not felt for years. In 2019, when I was Hempstead town supervisor, I spearheaded an energy program that today would be collectively saving town residents millions of dollars on their energy bills. It would have been the first such program on LAUrA A. Long Island, and if it had moved GiLLen forward, participating residents’ and businesses’ utility bills town would now be 50 percent lower, according to published National Grid rates. Sure enough, the Town of Brookhaven just implemented the program, and I applaud Supervisor Ed Romaine and the town board for their leadership. But the Hempstead Town Board killed the program in 2019, without explanation and without reason in a move that demonstrated a callous disregard for town taxpayers. While I was supervisor, I learned
about a program called “Community Choice Aggregation,” which allows municipalities to enter the marketplace to collectively negotiate for better energy costs for their residents and businesses. The theory is that thousands of residents’ bargaining power exceeds that of any individual. The program is strictly regulated by the state Department of Public Service to ensure that residents are protected, and the program only moves forward if there are demonstrable savings. There is a regulated process: A municipality must first pass enabling legislation to allow it to seek vendors. After that, it does so by way of a bidding process. Once a vendor is chosen, a second resolution, awarding a contract, must be passed. Then the vendor negotiates on behalf of the municipality, obtaining the best rates and, with a third resolution, the municipality approves a contract for residents at those rates. There are strict notice requirements and opt-out options to protect residents. In August 2019, I offered the first resolution to begin the process. The Long Island Association, the LiiNCS, multiple civic associations and residents voiced their support for it and the Town Board passed it. The project went out to bid to, and after a bipartisan review process, a
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ure enough, the Town of Brookhaven just implemented a program I proposed.
Letters This is not the first or only time that Kreiss has written a scathing anti-Republican/Trump column in the Herald. (“Is it fair to ban Trump from social media?” July 8-14, 2021.) DAN MONK SR. Freeport
In Nassau, we’ll say no to ‘Don't Say Gay’ To the Editor: Recently, a so-called “Don't Say Gay” bill, which would ban teachers from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary schools, was introduced in the Florida state legislature. The measure would also allow parents to sue school districts if they think a violation occurred. A lead sponsor of this measure filed an amendment in February to require schools to inform parents within six weeks of learning that a student identifies as LGBTQ+. The amendment allows for no exemption in cases where there is a reason to believe outing the student would result in abuse, neglect or abandonment.
vendor was selected. At a Town Board meeting that December, I put forward a resolution to award the contract so the selected vendor could begin negotiating with utility providers. But a motion was made to table the proposal. “I urge my colleagues to change their minds,” I pleaded, “because we have the opportunity right now to deliver some savings to our residents in this town. And this will only move forward if residents save money, and if we delay this, there is very little chance that any resident will be able to save money this season.” Nevertheless, every councilmember voted to table the item, and stopped Community Choice Aggregation from moving forward. Had the resolution passed that December, the vendor would have had a generous 90-day window to negotiate rates, a period that would have stretched from January or February to April or May 2020. That March, coronavirus shutdowns caused the price of energy to plummet. Energy was trading at such historic lows that town residents could have gotten rates on natural gas not seen in roughly a decade. National Grid records show that the average price for natural gas in March
Laura A. Gillen, who served as Hempstead town supervisor from 2018 to 2021, is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 4th Congressional District.
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As a committed ally of the LGBTQ+ community, I am disgusted by every wrinkle of this abusive proposal, which is nothing short of an act of state-sanctioned cruelty directed at America's marginalized, vulnerable youth. I am horrified by the strong likelihood that it will pass and be signed into law. The Florida bill is part of a nationwide assault that has reached more than a dozen statehouses, and I am not so naïve to think that this fight could not arrive at our doorstep at some point in the future. That’s why I’m continuing the fight to enshrine county-level protections focused on gender identity in our human rights law and am preparing legislation to create an LGBTQ+ Advisory Board to investigate challenges the community faces here in Nassau County so that we can implement solutions. At a time when the LGBTQ+ community is under attack across America, I am committed to doing all I can to elevate Nassau County as a beacon of acceptance and affirmation. ARNOLD W. DRUCKER Plainview Nassau County Legislator, 16th District
2020 was 39.1 cents per therm, and in April, 34 cents. The town could have locked in a fixed rate in this range — and likely a bit lower — for years. The average price per therm last month was 72.4 cents — roughly double. Skyrocketing costs are painful to all, and crippling to those on fixed incomes. There was zero risk in moving forward with this program, only a potential upside — and residents would now be saving 50 percent on their National Grid bills. I urged incoming supervisor Don Clavin to take up the program after I departed Town Hall, but he and the board have taken no action to move it. My deputy visited other municipalities to urge them to explore Community Choice Aggregation in the hope that that might pressure Hempstead. Brookhaven is moving on the program, and other municipalities aren’t far behind. The sensible voices of those who actually serve residents need to prevail in Hempstead and across New York state. The alarming headlines about energy prices continue, and constituents would be wise to demand that those in office move this program forward when rates are favorable.
At the Milleridge Inn, the color of the week — Jericho
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emember when gasoline cost just $2.84 per gallon? That might seem like a lifetime ago, now that drivers are finding prices closing in on $5 for regular. But believe it or not, it was just a year ago. It may be impossible at times to think beyond our own family budgets when it comes to skyrocketing fuel costs, but the cost at the gas pump affects everything around us that isn’t sourced and produced in our own backyard. And that’s pretty much everything — groceries, clothes, medicine, even this newspaper. If even a single drop of gasoline is needed to get a product from where it’s created to your front door, expect the cost of that product to jump. We haven’t seen a surge in gas prices like this since 2008, when the tail end of a decade-long energy crisis spiked the cost per gallon by more than 35 percent over the previous year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Something needs to give, and soon. Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature want to provide a little bit of help by suspending the gasoline sales tax here. That’s a 4.25 percent levy, which last year amounted to 12 cents per gallon, but is now up to 19 cents. A savings of $2 to $3 per fill-up might not seem like a lot, but that would add up. Sure, Nassau would lose money under
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letters Randi’s out of line To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “A nation divided by pandemic, or splintered?” (Feb. 17-23): Kreiss calls people “stupid,” and she characterizes people who like Trump as being “ignorant of science” and as people who put politics over all else. That is disrespectful, and unprofessional. She seems to be obsessed with attacking former President Trump rather than just pointing out his faults with respect. She calls him a “cancer.” She then attacks GOP officeholders as people who are “willing to traffic in lies to keep power.” Then Kreiss proceeds to attack eight Republicans by name, and she refers to them as “reprehensible,” calling one a “nut” and Trump’s metastasis. This is clearly not respectable disagreement. It is literary political hostility toward Trump and Republicans, and it is unprofessional. She calls the Republicans “a heartless group” who cruelly use the uninformed and vulnerable, and who are stepping over dead bodies in their rush toward 2024. It was clearly a political hit piece.
that proposal, but the county has been making at least an extra nickel per gallon over the last several months, so it could still finish ahead. Lawmakers in Albany want to take it a step further by suspending state gas taxes. That would be a heftier savings — nearly 48 cents per gallon. But unlike Nassau, the state hasn’t made any extra money during the gas price surge, because its taxes are flat, not a percentage. The state took 48 cents out of every $2.84 gallon of gas purchased a year ago, and is taking 48 cents out of every $4.47 gallon of gas purchased today. That money — more than $1 billion a year — goes toward maintaining our highways and bridges, and provides hundreds of millions of dollars to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. There was no windfall there, and so any losses, as Gov. Kathy Hochul has pointed out, could have devastating effects on New York’s already stressed infrastructure. If Nassau were to indeed suspend its sales tax, and if Congress temporarily slashed federal taxes — which account for more than 18 cents per gallon — gas prices could fall nearly 10 percent. That is, if other factors don’t keep pushing those prices higher. Congress doesn’t appear ready to do much of anything, and neither does the Republican majority in the County Legis-
lature. County Executive Bruce Blakeman even went so far as to blame America’s dependence on foreign oil as the key cause of the crisis, and to push for the reopening of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Yet only 20 percent of the oil consumed in America is imported, and most of that comes from Canada. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, its oil accounted for just 2 percent of the American supply. It’s not our dependence on Russian oil, but instead the dependence of other countries — especially European ones — that drives up price. America already exports more oil than it imports, according to the Energy Information Administration. So it’s really unclear how much of an impact opening more domestic sources would have. And when it comes to Keystone XL, it was designed to transport Canadian oil to the U.S. There could be some light at the end of the tunnel. After gasoline prices jumped to more than $3 per gallon in 2008, the average price plummeted to $1.84 the following year, according to the EIA. But credit the Great Recession for that. Another severe recession would be the worst way to solve this crisis. But if our elected leaders don’t come together and act soon, an economic crash is most assuredly in our future.
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f it were up to me, every president would be required to have a cat in the White House. The Bidens have dogs — Commander, a 4-month-old purebred German shepherd puppy, and Major, who was shipped back to the family home in Delaware after some unfortunate encounters with the White House staff. But the first family finally adopted a cat at the end of January — Willow, a green-eyed tabby. Jill Biden fell in love with the feline after it JAMES jumped up on a during a BERNSTEIN stage speech she was giving. She named the cat after her hometown, Willow, Pa. Dogs are fixtures at the White House. One famous pooch was Checkers, Nixon’s cocker spaniel, whose name he evoked to gain sympathy in a famous speech in 1952 to save his spot on the Republican ticket. Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reim-
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burse him for his political expenses. His speech worked, and he became Dwight Eisenhower’s vice president for two terms. Checkers is buried in a pet cemetery in Wantagh. Going back further, Franklin Roosevelt had his Fala, a Scottie; John F. Kennedy was given Pushinka, the daughter of Strelka, who had traveled into space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik, as a gift by then Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The Clintons had Buddy, a chocolate Labrador, and the Obamas had Bo, a Portuguese water dog. It seems almost expected that the president will have a dog. Not so much a cat, at least not so publicly. Perhaps this is because all of our presidents so far have been men, and men are supposed to love dogs and not necessarily cats, silly as this may sound. And maybe because dogs are still considered a part the American dream, along with the white picket fence and the station wagon (now an SUV). But to be sure, some of our greatest presidents had cats. One of my favorites, Abraham Lincoln, doted on cats. Lincoln
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left his dog, Fido, home in Springfield, Ill., when he was elected. He was given two cats by Secretary of State William Seward. He fed them from the expensive White House china. His wife, Mary Todd, disapproved, But Lincoln, who had no love for his predecessor James Buchanan, who did little if anything to stop the rise of the Confederacy, said, “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.” Lincoln was so enamored of cats, the story goes, that his attention was distracted by meowing at Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters in City Point, Va., during the Civil War Battle of Petersburg in March 1865, weeks before the president was assassinated. There were other first felines. Teddy Roosevelt had a six-toed cat, Slippers, who was often spotted in the kitchen. Herbert Hoover’s Persian, Kitty, roamed the floors of the White House. The Coolidges owned Tiger, Blacky, Bounder, Timmie and even a bobcat named Smoky. Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, had
one other than Abraham Lincoln fed his cats on White House china.
Socks. Socks had a song, a book and a website that was all about him. He was important at the White House. The president once became enraged at the White House press corps when camera crews enticed Socks to come closer by offering him cat food. But Socks never got along too well with Buddy the Lab, and eventually found a home with Clinton’s secretary, Betty Currie. According to presidential historians, only two of the nation’s chief executives — James K. Polk and Donald J. Trump — had no pets in the White House. Polk, who was only 49 when he was inaugurated in 1845, was viewed as ultra-serious, and busied himself with annexing a bunch of states during his time in office. When asked about his petless presidency, Polk responded, “No president who performs his duty faithfully can have any leisure.” We can all think of a few presidents who would disagree. Can we imagine a future presidential candidate whose platform would include welcoming a cat in the White House? Such a pledge would be purrrfect! Jim Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this column? JBernstein@liherald.com.
War in Ukraine evokes banality of evil
uddenly, a weekly newspaper seems just the right place to be talking about a war unfolding in real time. As I wrote last week, the minute-to-minute news of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine leaves us feeling both horrified and helpless. We are thousands of miles away, but the war can feel as close as the devices in our pockets pinging out the latest news. Writing week to week offers some perspective. As a woman born just after World War II, I am seeRANDI ing this time with KREISS some distance and even hope. I believe that somehow, the killing will stop, and the world will turn again. Born in 1947, I have been a witness to the history of the Korean War (my dad was drafted), the Prague Spring, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Vietnam War, the Six-Day War in Israel, the Iraq War, the 2013 uprisings in Egypt, the brief flame of democracy in Tiananmen Square, the Afghan War, the brutal wars in Rwanda and Congo, the uprisings in Cuba and Central America.
As we watch the Ukraine invasion, the wide-angle lens offers more hope than the micro view, which is excruciating. Just a few minutes ago, the media broadcast the most recent atrocity: Russian bombs destroyed a children’s hospital, burying an unknown number of children and maternity patients. This morning, the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl lost power, threatening radiation leaks, according to Ukraine authorities. The images of war are iconic, and we have seen them before. It is the knowledge that we have been here and done that and will likely be here again that is a discouraging commentary on humanity’s inability to live in peace. I saw a photo of parents putting young children on trains to neighboring Poland, mothers and fathers with hands pressed to the hands of the sons and daughters inside, saying goodbye. We have seen this before, too, when parents in Nazi-occupied European countries sent their children off in the arms of strangers. War has its own language, its own imagery. There is a banality to the deaths and separations and loss. We get
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24/7 news streaming live from the foreign correspondents who report from the ground war as bombs explode in the background. Their work also has precedent. It was the reporters on the ground in Vietnam, like the young Dan Rather, who broadcast the truth of the conflict home to America, even as our leaders were betting on the fog of war to garner support for a wrong-minded intervention. I saw images yesterday of thousands of people sheltering in subway stations or the basements of buildings night after night as Russian bombs flattened their cities. That made me think of the Blitz in London, when Nazi planes flew overhead every night for 57 nights, destroying buildings while people took shelter in the city’s Underground. A few days ago, The New York Times ran a front-page photo of a family hit by shrapnel as they ran down a street in Ukraine. Two children lay there dead on the sidewalk. You can see the blood on their heads and clothes. I couldn’t help but remember the 1972 Vietnam War photo of a naked 9-year-old girl running from a napalm attack. At the time, readers questioned the ethics and taste of
ow shameful that it has become almost a cliché in human history.
publishing such a shocking and intrusive photograph. I thought about that when I saw the dead children on the front page of The Times. The reporters on the ground in Ukraine are covering another war phenomenon: the displacement of more than 2 million people, fleeing the fighting. The big wars in my time have produced massive migrations, and this war, too, will destabilize the lives of all the neighboring countries. The refugees have no idea when or how they might return. How shameful that this dislocation has become almost a cliché over the course of human history. We all want to help. Every agency needs money and, according to NBC, the best way to find a reliable charity is through websites like Charity Navigator or CharityWatch, which evaluate and track charitable organizations. The war in Ukraine is like many others in its images of bombed-out buildings and traumatized families. It is unique, sadly, for those caught in the fighting, whose lives are irreparably changed. It has also become a moment for us Americans to remember who stands with us in support of democracy, and who wears the face of calculated aggression. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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