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GATHERING oRGANIzERS AND sanitation workers, from left, the Revs. Mark Moses and Susan Bock, sanitation driver Jeorking Welker and Vera Taylor, a volunteer for the day.
City’s ‘unsung heroes’ honored Sanitation workers treated to food and gifts By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
On April 3, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. He was assassinated the next day. On Monday, the 54th anniversary of King’s assassination, representatives of two Long Beach churches — St. James-Jerusalem Episcopal and New Life Church of Christ — visited the city’s Sanitation Department to offer the workers sandwiches, drinks, snacks, dessert and gifts, honoring King’s memory and the work he did on behalf of the Memphis
workers. Barbara Horn, a member of St. JamesJerusalem and one of the organizers of the get-together, called the Long Beach sanitation workers “the unsung heroes” of the city. “It’s fitting, because he was fighting for sanitation workers before he died,” Horn said of King. “They’re all so hard-working, and keep the entire city clean.” About 30 workers and drivers attended, starting at 11 a.m. In addition to the food, they were presented with index cards imprinted with King’s quotes. There were also signs with photos of King and descripContinued on page 9
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Girls warm up before the games begin at Long Beach Middle School Saturday.
Girls flag football kicked off at L.B.M.S. It was Spring football at Long Beach Middle School this past Saturday – all part of a program to promote girls at their athletic best. Long Beach, West Hempstead, Freeport and Lynbrook fielded teams for flag football games in recognition of the 36th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, all sponsored by the New York Jets and Nike. In all, eight Nassau County schools took part in the event. The Jets plan to expand their Flag Football League to over 40 teams between New York and New Jersey. The plan is for a regular season of anywhere between six and eight games, followed by playoff semifinals, county finals and a Long Island championship. The football field was crowded Saturday and the cheering on all sides was loud. It almost seemed like fall football, but the temperatures were warm and the sun was bright. “The expansion of our Girls Flag Football League brings us one step closer to our goal of having the sport adopted as an official varsity sport in both New York and New Jersey in order to continue providing young women with the opportunity to grow and excel on the field and in their daily lives,” Jets president of community relations Jesse Liner said in a statement.
a lone mom watches from the stands as her daughter competes on the field. lonG Beach Girls team stretch and before competition featuring eight other Nassau County schools. lonG Beach an Freeport teamd prepare to compete in one of the Flag Football games sponsored by the New York Jets and Nike.
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Rabbi Jack ZaneRhaft and Temple Emanu-El, along with the public library, have been accepting donations from residents to aid Ukraine.
Temple Emanu-El, library get donations for Ukraine The library is working alongside Anna Forte, a member of the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce, throughout the drive. Help for Ukraine during wartime con- Forte was born in Ukraine’s capital, Kviv, tinues - donations are still being collected and came to the U.S when she was eight. at the Long Beach public She still has family members library and Temple Emanuliving in Ukraine and is also El. working with other donation The library has been sources. accepting donations since the Temple Emanu-El has also end of last month and will be been collecting donations through the middle of April. since a rally it held early last It is accepting baby items, month. The temple has been first aid kits, feminine prodcollecting baby formula, diaucts, paper towels, over-thepers and over-the-counter counter pain relievers and taRa Lannenpain relievers among other nonperishable food. items. The temple will also be Stanton Library director Tara Lanhold a Seder for Ukraine on nen-Stanton said the collec- Long Beach Saturday, April 16, the second tion bins have been filled Public Library night of Passover. completely two or three times “Passover is a good time to already. show support for Ukraine “It shows the deep empathy and con- again,” the temple’s rabbi, Jack Zanerhaft cern that Long Beach residents have for said. “We have another opportunity to Ukraine,” she said. “People want to help show our support and solidarity.” as much as they can.”
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The beach at Neptune Boulevard on Saturday looked as it might be an early July morning, with people scouring the sand for a choice spot close to the water or the snack bar. But it was early April, and those on the beach were members of a volunteer group, Long Beach Clean-up, organized during the pandemic by Matthew Crosta, a para-legal who loves a clean environment. “We were all locked down,” during the pandemic in 2020, Crosta said,. “We needed to get outside. Everyone needed to get out and see each other.” What better way, he thought, than to clean up the beaches. Last year, Crosta said, the volunteers completed 36 clean ups. They are hoping to top that this year. About 50 people turned out at Neptune Boulevard Saturday, each handed a metal device to pick up debris during the hourlong clean up, which took place under sunny skies but a brisk ocean breeze. These clean ups tend to attract young people. Three high school girls showed up to work. “It’s kind of fun,” said 16-year-old Mae Hannon, who attends Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead. Yes, Mae said, she could be shopping with her girl friends on a Saturday. But, she said, “Shopping does not have a positive impact on society.”
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ThE voluNTEERS TAkE a bow after Sarurdays’ clean up at Neptune Boulevard. Orla Donohe, 17, who also attends Sacred Heart, had been out with the clean up crew before. “I don’t like to see dirt on the beach,” she said.” And it’s almost summer.” Rebecca Konop, 16, a student at Long Beach High School, said she enjoyed being outdoors and helping with the volunteers. “It’ also good for the birds,” she said.
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Liz Nachman, the Herald’s most recent Person of the Year, was there to pitch in. “This is my passion,” she said, as she scooped up some trash near the boardwalk. She gets frustrated, she said, by the people who don’t pick up after themselves once they leave the beach. “That’s not just out-of-towners,” Nachman said.” It’s also people who live here.” Jim Ingersoll, who two years ago orga-
nized Long Beach Clean-up with his friend Crosta, has lived in Long Beach for years. “I’ve always been connected to the ocean,” Ingersoll said. “We also play a lot of beach volleyball here.” Said Crosta, ”And we don’t like to step on glass.” A clean-up is scheduled for Sunday, April 10, at 2 pm at Lafayette Boulevard. For additional information go to lbcleanup.com
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Resume Assistance Lenora, a public library librarian, will be offering free resume assistance at the adult reference desk from 1 to 3 pm.
Library Board Meeting 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.
Thursday, April 14 Live Music and Food The Cabana restaurant will have live music from Shilelagh Law starting at 2 pm.
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.
Centennial Logo Contest Deadline The City of Long Beach’s contest for its centennial logo showing the pride and spirit of the community will close Thursday, April 14.
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, 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. 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.
Friday, April 8 Youth Drawing Club The public library will have a youth drawing club session in the program room and on zoom from 4 to 4:45 pm.
Chair yoga The public library will have a chair yoga class in the auditorium and on zoom from 9 to 10 am.
Saturday, April 9 Easter Egg Hunt The City of Long Beach Department of Park and Recreation’s annual Easter Egg hunt will be at the Rec Center from 9 am to 1 pm.
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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.
Artists in Partnership Inc. and Majestic Healing will be having a group meditation at National Blvd. at 9 am and a spiritual talk show at the Allegria hotel from 3 to 6 pm.
Monday, April 11 Gentle Yoga The public library will have a gentle yoga session in the program room and on zoom from 10 to 11 am.
Teen Poetry Club The public library will have a teen poetry club meeting to discuss various types of verse in the program room and on zoom from 5 to 5:45 pm.
City Hall, the Magnolia Center, the Recreation Center and the Ice Arena will be closed in observance of Good Friday. Buses will run on a holiday schedule.
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.
city is in talks about parking meters in the center of town. city will celebrate its centennial this summer. city council will soon start considering a new budget for the next fiscal year. city will be discussing possible changes to beach fees. Park and Recreation’s 60th annual Easter Egg Hunt will be on April 9.
Learn the basics of American Sign Language with those who are deaf or hard at hearing with instructors on zoom, on the public library website, from 11 am to 12:30 pm.
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Two L.B. churches honor sanitation workers sure they get respect. We have tions and quotes of what he progressed some, but we still stood for and the importance of have a way to go.” Jamel Taylor, 39, and Terrence the event. Harris, 56, both assistant sanitaAt the end of the table of food, tion superintendents, there was a laminathave been with the ed piece of paper, de par tment for 20 standing upright in and 26 years, respecthe line of sight, with tively. They agreed the history of what that the workers were happened in Memdeserving of recogniphis. Wo rke r s tion, because their stopped to read it working conditions before eating their — including the lunch. weather — don’t New Life Church make their jobs highof Christ, which has ly desired, but the a mostly Black con- the rev. community shows its g re g ation, and St. Mark MoSeS support. James-Jerusalem Jeorking Welker, Episcopal Church, Pastor, 42, a driver for the w h i c h i s m o s t l y New Life Church department who has white, and their pas- of Christ been working fulltors, the Revs. Mark time for the past two Moses and Susan Bock, respectively, have joined years and on and off since he forces to honor the sanitation was a teenager, said that the day workers each April 4 since 2018, meant a lot to him, and it isn’t though they missed a year due to taken lightly. “It’s phenomenal,” Welker the coronavirus pandemic. “Some of the things [King] said. “We all appreciate it. It fought for are still around today,” really shows respect, because a Moses said. “We need to support lot of the time we can get oversanitation workers and make looked and underappreciated.”
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After defeating Fairfield to close the regular season last year on a Friday night, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team gathered in Margiotta Hall the following afternoon to await its postseason fate needing a Towson loss to Drexel in order to reach the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. With hopes looking bleak when Towson led by four goals late in the third quarter, Hofstra’s seniors suddenly learned their careers were in fact not over yet when Drexel stormed back for a 12-11 win. The Pride then took advantage of the surprise CAA tournament appearance with a semifinal upset of top-seeded Delaware before falling in the conference finals to that same Drexel team that resurrected its season a week earlier. “You live and die by every goal and you start to become a fan rather than a coach because your future is out of your hands,” said 16th-year Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney of the scene watching Drexel-Towson. “It was an array of emotions.” Tierney hopes this year the Pride will be able to wrap up one of the four available CAA tourney spots on the field and not have to rely on external help. Hofstra opened the CAA schedule with a 12-10 defeat at Fairfield last Saturday. The CAA schedule gives Hofstra a fresh start after an up and down non-conference season where the Pride battled a number of injuries. The Pride entered CAA play with a 10-9 overtime loss at Providence College where sophomore attackman Gerard Kane tallied five assists, graduate student midfielder James Philbin scored a hat-trick and red-shirt freshman Rory Jones registered four points. The 6-2 Kane, an Ohio State transfer, has emerged as Hofstra’s leading scorer with 17 goals and 11 assists. Seniors Matt Elder and Dylan McIntosh are also offensive threats. Junior goalie Mac Gates, a San Francisco native, has stepped up in net to anchor the defense in front of starting defensemen Tom Ford, Tim Hegarty and Bryan McIntosh. Gates recorded 17 saves in a 8-6 loss at Villanova on March 5. Following a road game at Delaware this Saturday, Hofstra hosts Drexel in its CAA home opener on April 16 at 3 p.m.
Pride women off breakout year The Hofstra women’s lacrosse team had a breakthrough season in 2021 with the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007. The Pride graduated all-time leading Hofstra scorer Alyssa Parella, but returns plenty of talent from last
JuNiOR gOAltENDER MAx Gates has stepped up as the leader in Hofstra’s defensive zone.
StANDOut KAtiE WhElAN, a Long Beach native, will be in the middle of any success the Pride achieves this spring.
year’s team that earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 6-6 record after facing one of the toughest schedules in the country. Hofstra then nearly pulled off its first NCAA Tourney win in school history before falling to ninth-ranked Loyola 11-9 in a game where Long Beach native Katie Whelan shined with four points. “It showed how resilient our team was last year to get big wins and find ourselves in the NCAA Tournament,” Smith said. “It was an incredible experience and it makes our team motivated to get back there.” Whelan, a graduate student, has emerged as a leader of the offense at attack in her final season of college lacrosse. The former Long Beach High School standout leads Hofstra in both goals and assists and tallied seven points in a 12-9 loss to Vanderbilt on March 20. Junior midfielder Taylor Mennella has also emerged as an offensive threat with a four-goal performance in a 16-9 win at Marist on March 11. Graduate student mid-
fielder Arrianna Esposito,senior attacker Erin Demek and sophomore midfielder Kerry Walser are also stepping up as scoring options. The Hofstra defense has been a big strength this season led by senior goalie Jess Smith, who tallied 14 saves in a 15-11 loss to 22nd-ranked UConn on March 26. The close features senior Wantagh High School product Anna Kaufmann, Kendall Smith, Brynn Hepting and Shannon Boyle, who was an All-CAA second team selection last year. Hofstra went 6-4 in non-conference play, which included a competitive game with local rival and then sixthranked Stony Brook before falling 12-6 on March 18. The Pride began the CAA schedule with a 17-12 loss to 12thranked James Madison last Saturday. Demek had three points. After an April 13 game at Drexel, Hofstra hosts Towson on April 16 at noon.
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Molloy College will soon become Molloy University Rockville Centre’s largest educational institution will soon have a new name. Molloy College has officially earned university status from the New York State Board of Regents, allowing the Dominican institution to adopt the Molloy University moniker beginning June 1. It’s the culmination of work university officials have conducted for more than a decade. Founded in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, Molloy is known for its strong nursing program that has been especially important during the coronavirus pandemic. Molloy is a private institution with roughly 3,500 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students. College president James Lentini unveiled a new logo for Molloy last week, which keeps the school’s burgundy lion mascot, but is now enclosed by an offwhite “M” and “U.” This is essentially full circle for Lentini, who said university status was discussed even when he interviewed for his job back in 2019. “Some of the regents finally softened,” Lentini told the Herald. “I’m probably lucky with my timing a little bit, but I was involved in lobbying pretty hard with our regents.” Both Lentini and predecessor Drew Bogner — who retired in June 2020 after 20 years in the position — worked with 10th Judicial District Regent Roger Tilles to change some of the language the
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MOllOy COllege pResidenT James Lentini shows students the new logo for Molloy University. match the rest of the country. Regents used to describe uniWhile a huge moment for his versities. New York’s definitreasured Molloy, Bogner said tion was far stricter than the he was excited to also usher rest of the country, Lentini in more New York institusaid. tions to take on university staIn fact, if Molloy had been tus with the refined definilocated in any other state, its tion. four schools of nursing, busiMolloy — through Lentini ness, education and the arts and Bogner — argued that would have qualified Molloy across the country, the definifor university status as early JAMes lenTini tion of university simply as 2018. meant they had graduate proAfter retiring, Bogner President, grams. New York’s system, moved on to become an interMolloy College however, required a school to im president with the Comoffer doctoral programs in mission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, order to achieve university status. “In many ways, New York was comwhere he lobbied the Regents even more to change its university designation to pletely out of touch,” Bogner said. The
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old definition hurt the competitiveness of New York schools not just with other states but internationally. Bogner recounted a number of times prospective students would be surprised Molloy offered graduate and doctoral programs, while still being called a college. The name might be changing, but Lentini believes Molloy’s character will remain. Right now, there are no announced plans for the school to expand its current campus, at least when it comes to existing Rockville Centre real estate. Still, becoming Molloy University is something Jeff Greenfield — a longtime Rockville Centre resident and a 19-year member of the college’s board of trustees —believes will add value to the degrees of past, present and future students. “It’s very gratifying to see the mission of the sisters who founded the college fulfilled,” Greenfield said, by upgrading Molloy’s status to a university. But Molloy’s work isn’t over, Lentini said. Far from it. The next goal for the soon-to-be university is to tailor its nursing programs to the needs of partners like Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside and Catholic Health, which runs Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre. “If we have (programs), we’re trying to make them more robust,” Lentini said. “If we don’t have them, we’re going to be developing those. “We’ve been a college. Now I want us to think like a university.”
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Long Beach extends talks with Haberman By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com
The Long Beach City Council Tuesday night approved, 3 to 0, with one abstention, a resolution to extend by another 60 days the completion of a Letter of Intent aimed at settling the decades-old suit by Sinclair Haberman, who in court papers asked for $150 million after he was unable to build apartments and condos. The Council voted in late December to agree to a tentative settlement of the Haberman matter. An agreement was to be completed in 90 days. Rich Berrios, the city’s corporation council, sat at the meeting that “The time has come and gone.” But added both parties want to continue the talks. The agreement the city had reached called on the Long Beach city to make a payment to Haberman, of $75 million – a 50 percent reduction from a court judgment filed against Long Beach a year ago. The city also agreed to allow Haberman the right to construct buildings. The agreement, if finalized, could see the construction of two 13½-story apartment buildings in Long Beach – the tallest in the city. If not settled, the suit could cost the city $150 million or more with interest penalties. Haberman claimed Long Beach officials failed to support his original proposal before the Zoning Board of Appeals. City officials and representatives of two consulting firms hired by Long Beach to help negotiate with the developer agreed that some type of tax increase might be needed to construct the necessary infrastructure such as sewers and roads to support the new apartment buildings. Combined, the two buildings would add 266 apart-
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LoNg BEAch’S SupERBLock is going to be home to apartments and condos currently under construction by Garden City developer Engel Burman, a competitor to Sinclar Haberman, whose bid to build in Long Beach was thrwarted. ments to Long Beach’s real estate market. The city eventually approved construction of condos and apartments on the so-called Superblock site. Construction is underway. The resolution the city approved Tuesday night said “both (sides) wish to extend the negotiation period of the Letter of Intent.” New council member Roy Lester abstained, and new councilwoman Tina Posterli was absent. Both were elected to council seats in November and began serving in January. Lester said he had been “excluded” from discussions about the Haberman suit and said he felt he could not cast a vote. Long Beach City Council President Karen McInnis
said Lester had taken “an oath of ofice” and that his service began in early January. “I don’t understandwhy he would think he would be privy to discussions” before that time,”McInnis said. The buildings Haberman may want to construction may be 13½ stories. If built, they would be the tallest in the city. City Hall is six stories. The luxury Allegria Hotel is nine stories. There are two 10-story buildings in Long Beach, one at 26 West Broadway and the other at 16 West Broadway. The two buildings under construction by the developer Engel Burman on the Superblock are 10 stories on top of a parking lot. The city said the density of the two new buildings would be less than the previously proposed three structures.
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The Nassau County Police Department’s Shomrim Society and Hatzilu Rescue Organization are gearing up for their annual Passover food drive. Every year the Shomrim Society and Hatzilu team up to hold its annual Passover food drive to distribute food packages to needy families across Nassau County. Shomrim comprises Jewish law enforcement officers in Nassau County and is a branch of the National Conference of Shomrim. Gary Koffsky, who has been Nassau Shomrim president and a member for 30 years, described the partnership between the two groups in helping families across the county. “For the past 30 years, over three decades, we’ve been providing food for Jewish families throughout the county that are in need,” said Koffsky. “Hatzilu has helped us for quite a few years, getting us people that need help. Some people have medical issues, some people are strained financially. We get together as a group, we assemble food packages, and then we coordinate deliveries throughout Nassau County.” Koffsky estimates that this year
between 75 and 100 families will be helped most of those who receive them are clients of Hatzilu. by the Passover food drive. Oceanside Chamber member Mark The drive will be held on Sunday, April 10, when the food will be collected by Greenberg joined the Shomrim Society in 2009 and soon found out about Hatzilu Shomrim from a kosher food warehouse. Hatzilu is a volunteer organization Rescue and has been helping deliver food to families in need on Passthat helps those who have fallover and year-round ever en on hard times, assisting since. Jewish families and then “I started as an auxiliary expanding the reach to all policeman and when I went to families across the county. the Nassau County Auxiliary With no huge corporate Police Academy and there donors, the organization was a mention of a Jewish depends on individual donapolice organization called the tions and a small group of Nassau County Shomrim, I volunteers. wanted to join it, and they “To get 50 people to take said that they were going to their own cars and pay for have a Passover food drive,” their own gas to deliver food said Greenberg. “I brought to families,” Dona Schwab, MarK the family and we all went to who is on the Hatzilu board GreenBerG help out [the] Shomrim Passof directors and runs the food over food drive, with a group warehouse, said in describing Member, the volunteer efforts of the Oceanside Chamber called Hatzilu, which I didn’t know at the time, but I saw organization. “There are realthe good work that they were ly good people out there.” Both Shomrim and Hatzilu separately doing and I said, ‘I want to be a part of provide support to those in need all year this.’” Greenberg now helps deliver the food long but come together for the holiday. Shomrim members and their families to needy families in Oceanside for Passjoin with Hatzilu members and deliver over. Although it can be time-consuming, the packages to identified families, and
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Greenberg with the help of his family, can make time to lend a helping hand. “This is a charity where nobody gets a salary,” he said. “It’s all volunteer-based and we’re helping feed people that need food. No one’s making money, everyone’s donating their time. It’s almost like doing a wellness check on somebody. “I’m donating my time, picking the food off the shelf, putting it in the bag, putting it in a shopping cart. I’m bringing it to your door,” Greenberg added. “I’m bringing it to their kitchen table and you get to look to see if everything’s okay. I think it’s just a win-win. What if I’m in this position one day? I want someone to help me.” Greenberg said he is grateful to be a volunteer, delivering food to families and thankful the two organizations can come together annually to help the community. “I’m just a driver, I’m just one spoke [in] a big wheel,” said Greenberg. “We need everybody together to help out to make this work.” Koffsky added, “You’d be surprised how many families have issues, you know, just trying to make ends meet. By doing this for them, it’s giving something that maybe they wouldn’t have the opportunity to do: have a nice Passover dinner.”
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Work on treatment plant to begin next year continued from front page will see in our lifetime” in Long Beach, Febrizio said. He added that bids on the project would go out in the next two months. Work is expected to begin next winter, and the Long Beach part of the project is expected to be finished in mid-2025. City Councilwoman Liz Treston said the plan is a plus for the city, Nassau County and Long Island. “It’s going to help the wildlife in the bay, too,” Treston said. “We’ve got marine life coming back. It’s going to improve everything.” In a letter submitted Monday to Long Beach City Manager Donna Gayden and members of the City Council, Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, wrote that her organization, along with Operation SPLASH, the Nature Conservancy and Long Beach’s Environmental Advisory Board, all favor the project. “We are extremely encouraged by the progress of the Bay Park Conveyance Project,” the letter read, referring to the work on transferring wastewater from the Bay Park plant to the Cedar Creek plant. “The next critical step to restoring the bay is to ensure the City of Long Beach’s Sewage Treatment Plant is converted to a pump station, which will transport the effluent ” The letter went on to say that Long Beach’s sewage treatment plant “continues to fail to achieve the minimum water quality standards” of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. “Our immediate concern is Reynolds Channel,” Frank McQuade, a member of Long Beach’s environment advisory council, said. “As a Long Beach resident, I’m delighted this is happening.”
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LIPA agreement complicates school budgets By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com
A tentative agreement between the county and the Long Island Power Authority, announced on March 30, would see taxes lowered on the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park. The agreement could also have some consequences for the Island Park Union Free School District, which uses LIPA’s payments in lieu of taxes, or P I L O Ts, a s a source of revenue for its budgets. The proposed 2022-23 spending plan, totaling over $42 million, includes a $741,650 payment from LIPA. Property taxes fund over $34 million of the prop o s e d bu d g e t . For mer Island VINCeNT Park Superintendent of Schools raNdazzo Dr. Rosemarie Superintendent, Bovino was conIsland Park Schools cer ned in 2020 that easing taxes on the plant would shift the burden onto local homeowners. The current superintendent, Vincent Randazzo, updated the school community in a letter posted to the district website on Monday, in response to the tentative agreement. “Our goal is to resolve this longstanding litigation with the best pos-
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Nassau CouNTy aNd LIPA came to agreement this week that will lower taxes on the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park. sible outcome for our students, families, and taxpayers,” Randazzo wrote. The district says that it has engaged a special counsel to advise it on the matter. In the county’s new deal with LIPA, the current annual tax bill of $59 million on the Island Park and Glenwood Landing plants would be gradually reduced by 46.5 percent over five years, to $32 million. The payments are guaranteed by LIPA, even if the plants close during that period. A 200-megawatt steam turbine at Glenwood Landing, similar to one at the Bar-
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A. Your inspector is looking out for you. He didn’t accept the work because the interior walls that were removed had an important role to play in holding your house together. Now that there are no walls running at right angles to the outside wall, the strength of the exterior walls has been reduced, enough so they can waiver in a high wind onte eeper and compromise the home. In other words, the long, unbraced wall can collapse in a heavy storm. From flying in a plane, you may have heard of wind shear. It’s caused by pulsing crosswinds that work like a giant hammer, pounding directly at the wall’s surface, like pounding a big drum face, and is referred to as positive pressure. The wall is also brushed by winds that run parallel to its surface, which causes a suction known as negative pressure. Together, the pulsing is tugging at the wall and pushing it, causing opposite reactions that, if the wall isn’t properly braced, can make it come apart and wrench away from the rest of the building. By cutting the continuous top and bottom wall “plates” that run around the whole structure, the wall is no longer attached at these points. That’s one reason why windows and doors receive extra support around the openings. The “weakest links” are the places where the connection has been severed or removed altogether, as when steel beams and columns are inserted into the wall and the wood has been cut away. Some argue that the steel beam and column actually brace the structure, but only if they are attached to the surrounding dissimilar wood. In most cases, when an inspection is done, the lack of understanding of the wind shear process is revealed, and hopefully it is discovered before a disaster and not after. This can be repaired by making the wood walls connect again, using steel sheets, steel strapping or plywood that bridges the wall studs on either side of the steel column and beam. The plywood will stick out if the wall is only as thin as the column, but with large wall studs, the plywood can be recessed to be even with the rest of the carpentry.
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WOOdMERE 16 Prospect Ave, BA, 6 BR, 3.5 Bth Colonial on O/S Property in SD#15 (Tree Streets). LR/Fpl, FDR, Den & Large Kosher Kit. 2 Car Det Gar ....................................................................... REDUCED $1,499,000 20 Brower Ave, BA, Renovated 3/4 BR, 3.5 Bth Victorian Style with Porch in Old Woodmere. Huge Updtd Gran/Wood Kosher EIk, LR, DR & Den. All Updated Baths. O/S Yard with Pavered Patio. 2 Car Det Gar. SD#14.......................................................................REDUCED!! $1,025,000 238 Mosher Ave, BA, 4 BR, 3 Bth Colonial with Fin Bsmt. LR/Fpl, FDR, Sun Room & EIK. Main Flr Bedroom. 2 Car Det Gar. Endless Possibilities! Convenient to LIRR, Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship. SD#14 .. $799,000
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HEWLETT 156 E Rockaway Rd, BA, Apartment Rental. Renovated 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bth Apt with Spacious Gourmet Kitche n U s e o f Pa t i o & O u t d o o r S p a c e SD#14...$3,200 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 HEWLETT BA 1554 Moffitt Ave, BA, NEW FULL HOUSE RENTAL! Renovated 4 BR, 2 Bth Colonial in SD#14.Living Room W/Fpl, Dining Room, Family Rm & Kitchen. Updtd Baths. 2 Car Det Gar. Enclosed Yard.Just Move In!...$4,250 Monthl y, R o n n i e G e r b e r, D o u g l a s E l l i m a n 516-238-4299
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Excellent condition two bedroom one bathroom on the second floor in legal two family. Lynbrook #20 Schools. Apt is clean and bright with great location. Hardwood floors in living room and kitchen, carpet in bedrooms. Plenty storage in attic. Has air conditioning. Very close to LIRR for thirty-five minute commute.
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sil fuels to power our future. mid new reports of almost half To rein in Con Edison’s outrageous a million New Yorkers strugprice hikes and put New York on the path gling to catch up with their to a clean energy future, it’s time for the electricity bills, Con Edison’s state to take control of Con Edison. decision to request further increases of New York is the fifth-largest consumer up to 20 percent from state regulators is a of petroleum in the country, and the slap in the face. Con Edison, which reported billions of dollars in profits last sixth-largest consumer of gas; only about a third of our energy year, has chosen to take comes from renewable energy advantage of the global enersources. Meanwhile, for gy crisis to increase its profit decades, deregulation has margin further. allowed companies like Con The utility is price-gougEdison to continue pursuing ing the state. the cheapest, dirtiest energy The crises we face today — sources while increasing pricfrom the ripple effects of the es for their customers, all to pandemic, to the rampant maximize their own profit. economic inequality it exacA publicly owned power erbated, to the climate crisis meLAnie grid would set New York on bearing down on us all — the right path toward revershave shown us that we can’t D’Arrigo ing this trend. By removing continue to accept things as private interests from the they are. We can’t allow corstate regulatory board and porations like Con Edison to bringing Con Edison under state control, rip off New Yorkers in order to enrich the utility would no longer have the their shareholders. Nor can we continue authority or means to spend millions of to rely on the current system of energy dollars lobbying against renewable enerdependence on foreign interests and fos-
Letters than $1.25 per day.” So while I support people looking for solutions to local problems, I also urge my fellow citizens to think about how they can contribute to solving global issues. Since becoming an intern at the Borgen Project, a national nonprofit that works to make global poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy, I have been made aware of the impact that individual actions can have on combating these issues. These actions also benefit us here in the U.S. According to Chris Policinski, the former CEO of Land O’Lakes, “From an economic perspective, what happens in one country has ripple effects throughout the world.” So, I ask my fellow citizens to treat both community and international issues equally when it comes to making a difference. JACk CASOLANI Yaphank
Were the ‘howls’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson purely race-based? To the Editor: Re Elaine Gross’s column “Finally, a Black woman on the Supreme Court?” last week: While I believe that Judge ketanji Brown Jackson does have the high judicial
ownership of our power grids. And to gy — nor would it be able to set its own make this happen, there needs to be a prices or bypass regulations meant to partnership between statewide and fedkeep us on track to being carbon-free by eral representatives. 2040. As a demonstration of that partnerNew York state already has the infraship, we held a rally in the Bronx togethstructure in place for a public takeover er with community leaders across New of Con Edison, and the movement also York City to call for public power. And has legislative momentum. The New when elected, we will push York Power Authority is a Congress and the State Legispublicly owned utility that lature to support public powers state-controlled operations, like the Metropolitan power grids in New York, proTransportation Authority, tect consumers, and advance with renewable energy. toward a sustainable energy But NYPA’s energy is disfuture. tributed by Con Edison, and For too long, Con Edison it isn’t allowed to directly tarhas profited from keeping get consumers or produce its New York underfoot. Now it’s own energy. But legislators our turn to bring the utility JonAthAn are pushing to change that to heel. with the passage of the Build soto Public Renewables Act, which Melanie D’Arrigo, a health would allow NYPA to begin care advocate and community taking over Con Edison by organizer from Port Washingacting as a direct competitor. ton, is a Democratic candidate for ConWe support these efforts — and we’re gress in New York’s 3rd District. Jonathan proud to be the first candidates in our Soto, of the Bronx, is a Democratic candiraces for higher office to support public date for the State Assembly.
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qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court, the hemming and hawing and rationalizing she displayed in her hearings was somewhat disconcerting. But most disturbing of all was the fact that President Biden made race and gender his primary criteria in selecting his nominee. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination, regardless of whom it benefits. Ironically, if Biden had just limited his criteria to legal experience and competency, Jackson might still have ended up as his choice, but without the bad taste his criteria left in the mouths of many. Even if she is appointed, Jackson will always have the cloud of Biden’s egotism hanging over her head, his insistence on pointing out that, “Hey, it was me who was responsible for the first Black woman on the court!” History would be aware of that without Biden's self-serving pat on the back. Gross raises many legitimate points in her column, but I have to disagree with her implication that Biden’s nomination of a Black woman “brought howls” for other than very legitimate reasons. Yes, “structural racism” has existed, and continues to exist in America, particularly in certain areas, but that is a wrong that has been, and is being, remedied legislatively and in the courts. To imply that only people of color may rightfully address this issue is insulting and racist in itself. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway
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Election season is sooner than you think
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any voters may believe election season gets under way in early fall and ends on Election Day in November. That’s the way it might have been with secretive behind-the-scenes maneuvering and fundraising mainly done at gatherings for political party insiders. But with the advent of digital marketing, email blasts, social media platforms and texting, there is a constant barrage of electioneering done year-round. And now there is also early voting. With primary elections now in June instead of September, election season sneaks up on the unsuspecting electorate like an early-summer rainstorm. This year’s primary is June 28, when many will have just finished with high school graduations and may be planning their summer vacations. In other words, election season is closer than you realize. To whet voters’ appetites in what is considered an off-year election season — because there is no presidential race — candidates have been busy. Like Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former lieutenant governor became New York’s chief executive last August after Andrew Cuomo resigned, and became the de facto leader of the state’s Democratic Party. However, she faces an internal challenge from U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, whose congressional district, as it is currently configured, includes parts of Nassau County. And there are eight candidates, from both sides of the aisle, vying to replace Suozzi in the House of Representatives — a field that widened after redistricting stretched his congressional coverage area through the eastern edges of Queens, the Bronx and Westchester County. (A recent
For local election information, contact the Nassau County Board of Elections, at (516) 571-2411, or visit NassauCountyNY.gov. You can also reach out to the League of Women Voters of Nassau County, at (516) 431-1628, or visit LWVOfNassauCounty.org. court decision in Steuben County has questioned the Democratically drawn redistricting plan, so the race remains in limbo at the moment.) On successive days in February, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky — both Democrats — announced that they would not seek reelection. Five Democrats are running to replace Rice, while Republicans have coalesced around a single candidate. There are two candidates running for Kaminsky’s seat. Even as you read this, there was a special election on Thursday, after the Herald went to press, that included early voting that started March 28. Ari Brown and David Lobl, both from Cedarhurst, sought to succeed Melissa “Missy” Miller in the State Assembly. Miller’s district covers 11 communities and parts of another in southwest Nassau. There will be another election for the same seat later this year. What does all this mean to you, the average voter, and likely not a political insider? It translates into a much busierthan-expected election cycle in which impactful decisions are being made. Voters need to pay attention, and register to vote. You use your voice by casting a ballot for the candidate of your choice.
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letters What happens locally happens globally To the Editor: After reading the article “Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents aghast at growing gas prices” in the March 17-23 issue of the Lynbrook-East Rockaway Herald, I felt compelled to respond. While Long Islanders are definitely feeling the effects of recent global events, I would like to bring attention to the fact that countries around the world are dealing with a lot more than soaring gas prices. While our national average price per gallon is over $4 per gallon, according to FINCA, a nonprofit microfinancing organization, “over 1 billion people live on $2.50 per day or less, including 280 million people in extreme poverty who live on less
Primary 2022 important dates June 3 ■ Mail-in registration deadline ■ In-person registration deadline ■ Online registration deadline
June 18-26 ■ Early voting
June 28 ■ Primary day, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ■ Absentee/mail-in voting deadline Don’t allow the opportunity to be wasted. From newspapers to television, there will be plenty of stories on the candidates. Most have their own websites, on which they share what they stand for — and what they stand against. And beginning with the June primary and leading to the general election Nov. 8, you will have every chance to show up at the polls and make your statement by casting a ballot. Every vote matters. And being registered to vote, and marking that ballot, is the one significant way in which you can truly make an impact, whether it be in a primary — which is critical and maybe even decisive — or in the general election. You also can make a statement by doing nothing and simply sitting on the sidelines. If candidates you support win, then no harm, no foul. But if they lose, you have no right to complain.
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hether you knew it or not, there are many types of football games. According to Wikipedia, the roster includes Jorkyball, cycle-ball, football tennis, blind football, power chair football, rugby, traditional American football and my favorite, political football. While most of the others (except the gridiron variety) need an explanation, almost everybody knows what a political football is. And one of the best examples is the price of gasoline. JERRY Regardless of the party in power, KREMER gas prices are used regularly as a line of attack on the incumbent leader of the country. Over the past 40-plus years, Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Biden have been the targets of public anger over the price of gasoline. And in most of those instances, the attack on the White House has been nothing more than a cheap shot for political gain.
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One of the major causes of sharp hikes in gas prices is wars or political upheaval on far-away continents. In 1973, the ArabIsraeli war caused prices at the pump to skyrocket. That was followed by the IranIraq War, which started in 1980. In the 1990s, the Persian Gulf War made motorists go crazy when the price per gallon spiked. While Saudi Arabia pretends to be our good friend and is always seeking more jets and defensive weapons, the Saudis periodically decide to cut back on oil production, which hits American drivers in the wallets and pocketbooks. Another enemy of the gasoline consumer is Mother Nature. Drivers in New York may pay little attention to disasters or climate-related events in Louisiana or Texas, but an explosion at an offshore oil rig, or a major hurricane, can cause longterm disruption of gas prices. I’ve always wondered why, within minutes after a hurricane slams into one of those key Southern states, the stations around here up their prices. That anticipatory action isn’t due to a shortage; it’s just an example of greed.
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For as long as I can remember, the price of gas has gone up and down during the spring and winter seasons, respectively. The jump in price as the weather warms is actually the result of the industry practice of changing the grade of the fuel to adjust to the climate. Summer gasoline costs more to produce, because it’s a special blend that is less polluting and can adapt to the heat. Even though this has been going on for the past 30 years, there are always politicians somewhere waiting to jump on their opponents to cast partisan blame. Another reason for the summer jump in prices is that around April, most oil companies shut down their facilities for maintenance, and are slow to prepare their production for the increased demand from vacationers starting in June. If you’re looking for someone else to blame for the summer rise in the price per gallon, it’s you, me, your neighbors and countless other Americans. Most of us start taking time off in June and many of us take driving vacations, and that trend continues right through Labor Day.
o matter who's in power, the other side will blame them for the high cost of gas.
The extra gas we guzzle puts enormous pressure on refineries, and up go our costs. Over a recent Saturday-night dinner, a few of my friends started complaining about the price of gasoline, and were quick to blame it on President Biden. Because he sits in the Oval Office, he’s the natural target for fuel-cost outrage. But many people forget the fact that the coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp cutback in production, and when the public decided that it was time to get out and start driving again, there wasn’t enough gasoline to meet that sudden burst of demand. That was another open invitation for the refineries to dramatically raise their prices. As we’re seeing, virtually every basic commodity, from corn flakes to car tires, is becoming more costly, but the easiest target for a politician seeking to get a few headlines is the price of gas. There’s no more popular political football, but it’s tossed around for all the wrong reasons. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
Facts, fiction and when to fish for shad
’m afraid if you didn’t cut your hair in March, potty train your 2-year-old, castrate your farm animals, quit smoking or get married, you probably missed the optimal moment for such events. That is according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which suggests auspicious dates for various activities, based on the phases of the moon and the alignment of the stars. The almanac, launched in 1792, is now my go-to reliable source of information, meteorological predicRANDI tion and general good-natured kibKREISS itzing. I used to read newspapers and watch TV news, but the OFA claims to be 80 percent accurate, and that’s good enough for me. I’m going with the annual pamphlet that tells me when to plant my tomatoes, based on the tides. If you’ve never read the Almanac, it is now available on Kindle, and as an act of personal devotion to readers, I purchased my own copy for $5.39 so I could write this tribute to a publication that has informed and amused folks for 230 years. It made my day — no, it made my month to read a compilation of anecdotes, folklore, science, magical thinking, histo-
ry, recipes, weather forecasts, farming information, ephemera, origins of month names, friggatriskaidekaphobia trivia (that’s the fear of Friday the 13th), animal signs of the Chinese zodiac and a windfall of homey, heart-warming, salt-of-theearth stories about good people doing kind things. The almanac offers a total, feel-good, not-amoment-too-soon distraction. According to the OFA, this month we will have a Full Pink Moon, which heralds the blossoming of wild ground phlox, one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Moon when the Geese Lay Eggs, for obvious reasons. The Almanac offers random factoids:
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If you want to know how much paint you need for a room, or how much wallpaper, or when to go fishing for shad, check out the OFA. One section offers famous last words: “Is it The Fourth?” Thomas Jefferson, our third president and the author of the Declaration of Independence, who died on July 4, 1826. “How were receipts today at Madison Square Garden?” P.T. Barnum, April 7, 1891. “Get my swan costume ready.” Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, Jan. 23, 1931. “Is it not meningitis?” Louisa M. Alcott, March 6, 1888. The OFA does not limit its predictions to the weather or farming. It sees in our future fake leather clothing and shoes made from mushroom roots, jeans recycled for housing insulation and shoes made from soda bottles. In the dead-and-stuffed department, I learned that Comanche, a horse belonging to an officer killed at Little Bighorn in 1876, was given a full funeral, with military honors, in 1890, and then sent to the University of Kansas to be stuffed. He can be seen there today. Also, Owney the terrier, an official U.S. Mail dog, was stuffed and displayed at the 1904 World’s Fair. We all know Trigger trotted down the same path, but did you know that Vladi-
ant to know what's really important? It's in the Farmer's Almanac.
■ Safe ice thickness for a single person on foot is 3 inches. For an 8-ton truck, it’s 12 inches. ■ The first hurricane of 2022 will be Alex. ■ A fear of toads is bufonophobia; a fear of bees is melissophobia. ■ Playing golf burns the same number of calories per minute per pound of body weight as shoveling grain. ■ You can keep beef in the freezer for six to 12 months, but frankfurters? One to two months.
mir Lenin, who died in 1923, lies somewhat embalmed in a glass tomb in Moscow’s Red Square? Scientists continue the effort to halt the deterioration of his body. Those wacky Russians. Have you seen the signs of spring? According to the almanac, worms begin to emerge from the ground. Indeed, the March moon was the Full Worm Moon. Since ancient times, people have used flora as indicators of when the time is right to plant. For example, when the crocus blooms, it’s the cue to plant radishes, parsnips and spinach. A point of information: Some forwardthinking farmers and ranchers are inviting volunteers to do farm chores for increased fitness. (Sounds like a Tom Sawyer scam to me.) A new thing: mobile grocery stores in trucks that visit numerous neighborhoods. People shop inside the van, which then goes back to restock and then moves on. According to the OFA, pets will soon wear devices that allow them to interface with their veterinarians. Realtors will sell houses with pets included. I recommend the Old Farmer’s Almanac for its forecasts and arcane information and down-home good humor. It is uplifting and entertaining, fascinating and funny. It was the best $5.39 I’ve spent in some time. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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