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‘Six good people running’ Bendo re-elected to City Council; DeLury squeaks past Posterli gains in a city where Democrats outnumber them by about 4 to 1.

There are about 26,000 registered bcarpenter@liherald.com, voters in the city; about 5,000 are jbernstein@liherald.com registered Republicans.

Long Beach voters gave City Bendo, who became the City Council President John Bendo Council president in 2020, another term on received 3,541 votes.

Tuesday night, and Lester, a bankruptcy elected another attor ney, a for mer Democrat, newBoard of Education comer Roy Lester, trustee and a freto the council. But quent speaker at City incumbent RepubCouncil meetings, collican Mike DeLury lected 3,524. and his Democratic DeLury had 3,358 challeng e, Tina votes. Posterli, who Po s t e rl i , we re had served for five locked in a tight John BenDo years on the Long battle for the third President, Beach school board, council seat late on City Council had 3,341. election night, sepRepublican chalarated by only 17 l e n g e r Jo h n M c votes.

Quade received 2,953 votes, and County Legislator Denise the other Republican in the race, Ford, a Republican from Long Daniel Creighton, got 2,900.

Beach, was re-elected. State Sen. In the county’s 4th Legislative Todd Kaminsky, a Long Beach District, Ford easily overcame a Democrat, lost to Republican challenge by Democrat Claudia Anne Donnelly in the race for Lovas, a first-time candidate.

Nassau County district attorney.

Unofficial Nassau Board of There were about 500 absen- Election results showed Ford tee ballots for local races still to with 10,318 votes, to 4,587 for be counted.

Lovas. Ford, 70, has held her seat Although two Republicans for nearly 20 years, and based besides DeLury who were run- her campaign on her strong relaning for council seats did not win, the party scored significant Continued on page 10

By BrenDan CarPenter and James Bernstein

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BruCe Blakeman CeleBrateD his lead over Laura Curran in the race for county executive.

Big night for Nassau’s GOP Blakeman ahead; Donnelly and Ford win

By James Bernstein jbernsten@liherald.com

As of Wednesday morning, Republicans in Nassau Countywide races were inching toward a GOP sweep.

At press time, Bruce Blakeman, the Republican Town of Hempstead councilman, had surged past incumbent Democrat Laura Curran in the race for county executive, with all precincts reporting. An official winner had not been declared in the

race, but Blakeman had 52 percent of the vote to Curran’s 48 percent. Close to 20,000 absentee ballots remained to be counted, however.

On Wednesday morning, Curran had not conceded the race, saying, “This is not over, and we must trust the process.”

“I think the Republican Party was on the right side of the issues,” Blakeman said. “The two biggest issues were taxes and people were very upset with the broken reassessment system.

They were very upset they were not getting the tax relief they were entitled to.”

Cur ran, 53, of Baldwin, sought a second term against Blakeman, 66, of Atlantic Beach.

Curran based her campaign on her record of helping residents combat the coronavirus pandemic, wrestling Nassau’s infection rate under control with a high vaccination rate. Blakeman’s campaign centered on a single issue — Curran’s countyContinued on page 9

ElEcTion RESUlTS office

Winner

opponent

county executive (undeclared)

Bruce Blakeman (undeclared) – 52% Laura Curran (d) – 48%

district Attorney

anne donnelly (R) – 60%

todd Kaminsky (d) – 40%

comptroller

elaine phillips (R) – 61%

Ryan Croin (d) – 39%

4th Legislative district

denise Ford (R) – 69%

Claudia Lovas (d) – 31%

town of hempstead Supervisor

don Clavin (R) – 65%

xJason abelove (d) – 35%

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LB condo goes for $2.4M

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Largest price ever for such a unit

By James Bernstein Jbernstein@liherald.com

An oceanfront condo just sold in Long Beach went for $2.4 million – the largest deal for a condo in the city’s history, according to real-estate brokers and the Multi-Listing Service.

The condo is the Penthouse at The Aqua at 403 E. Boardwalk.

Thomas Tripodi, the listing agent, of Douglas Elliman, declined to identify the buyer or seller by name. But he said the buyer is a European businessman and that he paid cash for the condo. The other listing agent was Cynthia Altkin, also of Douglas Elliman.

The seller, Tripodi said, is a woman who had several previous offers and turned them down. “She was not then ready to sell,” he said. The condo had been on the market for about a year-and-ahalf before the $2.4 million sale.

Annual taxes on the condo are about $23,000; monthly maintenance is $1,800.

The Aqua is a waterfront condo community that was built in 2010. Amenities include a Gym, indoor and outdoor Pool, Hot Tub, Business Center, Zen Garden, a 24/7 concierge, Playground, Lounge, Valet Parking and boardwalk access. Units at The Aqua have 3 bedrooms.

“There’s never been a high re-sale of a condo in Long Beach,” Tripodi said.

The value of properties in parts of Nassau County have soared over the past year — as of June 2021, prices were up an average of 15.9 percent year-on-year, Redfin reported — with real estate in Long Beach’s West End up as much as 30 per-

cent. As with the sizzling state of home costs in local markets across Long Island, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a notable impact on this local boom.

In Nassau County, homes sold for a median price of $595,000 in August, up 7.6% from a year earlier, OneKey MLS, the multiple listing service that includes

Long Island.

Many in the real;-estate industry are wondering how long the boom will last.

Rock-bottom interest rates are likely to rise, as inflation creeps up. Higher interest rates will cool the market.

“I think we have one good year left,” Tripodi said. “I do think the market will

the Buyer Paid $2.4 million in cash for the condo.

change.”

Adam Butter, of Engel & Völkers in Long Beach, said he had not heard of any condo in the city ever selling for more.

“That sounds about right,” Butter said.

He agreed prices will decline at some point, but added, “No one has a crystal ball.”

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the Penthouse condo has a 360 deree view of Long Beach.

Officials, residents mixed on development T

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

he charm that makes everyone want to stay in our town — I feel like it would be lost with so much of an overcrowded aspect to it.

The village board presented a preliminary plan for a multifamily, transit-oriented development at a town hall meeting at the Sandel Senior Center on Oct. 27, which received mixed reviews from residents and officials.

Mayor Francis Murray and the trustees sat before an audience of dozens of residents to get input on the proposal, which was prepared by a Manhattan-based consulting firm, BFJ Planning. Some voiced their support for the plan for KrisTen Glynn housing near the Long Island Rockville Centre Rail Road station, which offered few specifics beyond the general location because it is still in the preliminary stage, while others expressed concerns. The project would include new buildings up to three stories tall, also grandfathering in existing larger structures, like the now empty Rockville Centre Diocese building.

Resident and certified city planner Stacey Pfaff said she was in favor of the proposal, but encouraged the village to conduct an environmental impact study to identify its potential affects. “I would hope that we seriously consider this,” she said, “but do such a study and put the onus on the developer to pay for any mitigation if there are impacts for parking, open space, schools, or anything else that that report would uncover.”

Murray said that Pfaff ’s suggestion could be the next step in the process if the village decides to go ahead with

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mayor FranCis murray addressed a town hall meeting at the Sandel Senior Center on potential transit-oriented development in the village. The proposal would add multifamily apartments downtown, close to the train station. the proposal.

Mark Truisi, a resident, an architect and a member of the mayor’s Zoning Advisory Committee, said he was concerned about the village losing its character. “I fear that if we don’t put together a plan, Sunrise Highway is going to look like Long Beach Road,” Truisi said. He added that he did not want business plazas like ones in Oceanside to break up the small-town aesthetic of the village.

“If you picture a multi-family dwelling, that’s at least three or four more cars in our area, and where are those going to be put?” resident Marc Stromberg said. Stromberg was one of a few speakers who said they were wor-

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ried about congestion in the area. He preferred the use of existing structures, he said, noting, as Murray did, that the businesses lost during the pandemic would be replaced because of local demand.

Another attendee, Kristen Glynn, said she had grown up and bought her first house in the village, and was not in favor of any large development. “The charm that makes everyone want to stay in our town — I feel like it would be lost with so much of an overcrowded aspect to it,” Glynn said. “It’s just not the town that we grew to love.”

Shawn Dacey, a resident for the past four years, expressed his full support for the proposal, citing environmental, economic and health reasons. Dacey, who has a background in real estate and finance, said there would be plenty of positives to additional development.

“Increased development near train stations can lead to a wide range of benefits,” he said, citing a Rutgers University study. “These benefits range from increased interactions among neighbors and those within a community, more walking activity and consequential health benefits, less driving and increased tax revenue for the municipality from the increased property values of the downtown core.”

Village officials said they had been approached by local building owners in the business district, as well as some residents, about the possibility of mixed-use construction close to the LIRR station. In early 2019, officials commissioned the study by BFJ, which concluded in January and determined that a transit-oriented development downtown was feasible.

Trustee Michael Sepe closed the meeting by stating his opposition to the proposal.

“There’s nothing curmudgeonly about saying we want to maintain the village as it is,” he said. “Personally, I think there are plenty of pros. The cons — just my opinion — outweigh them.”

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Mark Hannay, wHo is a member of Metro New York Health Care for All, voiced his concerns on health care.

Crowd of disparate views centers on Rep. Rice

By Brendan Carpenter bcarpenter@liherald.com

Individuals from organizations across Long Island gathered on the boardwalk in Long Beach last Friday on the ninth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy to voice their concerns on two major pieces of legislation being proposed by President Biden, and Rep. Kathleen Rice’s position on them.

About 28 people from organizations such as the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans, Nassau County Democratic Socialists of America and Metro New York Health Care for All rallied for about an hour on the boardwalk at National Boulevard.

The organizations and speakers ranged on topics from health care and drug prices to housing and citizenship.

They all revolved around two bills: Biden’s Build Back Better Plan and his bipartisan infrastructure bill.

The Build Back Better Plan’s framework is aimed at meeting climate goals, creating jobs and growing the economy.

The bipartisan infrastructure bill seeks to improve bridges and roads and water and energy systems.

Mark Hannay, a member of Metro NY Health Care for All, raised his concerns regarding the Build Back Better Plan, highlighting health care.

“We need to direct the federal government to negotiate lower drug prices,” Hannay said. “We pay three-times higher than any other country. We also need to add paid family leave and an improved Medicare to the bill.”

Jeremy Joseph, a member of the Nas-

sau County Democratic Socialists of America, talked about housing.

“Nationwide, we have a housing deficit of over five million homes,” Joseph said.

“The fact that we have any homeless in the richest country in the world is a testament to the obscene levels of greed apparent to a capitalist society.”

The people who showed up aimed their demands at Rice, a South Shore Democrat. Marjorie Harrison, a member of the NYS Alliance for Retired Americans, was critical of the congresswoman.

“This district was ground zero for Superstorm Sandy,” said Harrison. “But we have the opposite of a thank you for Kathleen Rice.”

Harrison also said Rice had changed her stance on supporting seniors in the bills.

“Being a moderate is not an excuse for flip-flopping when needed to support seniors’ health care,” Harrison said.

“Don’t be the grinch who stole Christmas for seniors in this district Kathleen Rice.”

Stuart Malec, the communications director for Rice, said in a statement that the congresswoman “has supported holding a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill since its passage in the Senate, and she has been working with her colleagues in the House, Senate and Biden Administration to craft Build Back Better legislation that will address the pressing needs of American families,” Malec said.

“She is disappointed the House has still not passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but she is encouraged by the Build Back Better framework. She hopes both bills can be sent to the President’s desk as soon as possible.”

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events and activities

Ongoing

Thursday, Nov. 11

Library Board Meeting

Job Training Enrollment

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 be offering free job training enrollment through the Adult Learning Center in the lobby from 10 am to 1 pm.

Long Beach Soup Kitchen

Friday, Nov. 12

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.

Movin’ to Motown The public library will be hosting a dance class featuring Motown classic songs in the auditorium from 2 to 2:45 pm.

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 and are given on a first-come, first-served basis. 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.

Farmers’ Market The Kennedy Plaza Farmers’ Market will be held at Kennedy Plaza in front of Long Beach City Hall every Saturday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

For additional information, visit ligreenmarket.org

Arts in the Plaza Arts in the Plaza features handcrafted art by local artists including custom jewelry, unique handmade gifts, photography and fine art. The weekly art festival will be in Kennedy Plaza every Saturday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. through Oct. 30. For more info visit artsintheplaza.comfacebook.com/

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St. Francis nurses offer free health screenings Nurses at St. Francis Hospital Community Health Education and Outreach Program are to provide health screenings outside the Long Beach Public Library Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 10 am to 2 pm.

Friday, Nov. 5

Sunday, Nov. 7

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The public library will be showng Black Widow in the auditorium from 1 to 3:30 pm.

The public library will be hosting a virutal concert on Facebook featuring singer-songwriter Ann Klein from 2 to 3 pm.

Saturday, Nov. 6 Live Music and Food Chris Milo will be performing live music at the Anchor Tavern from 9 pm to 1 am.

Defensive Driving Empire Safety Council will be hosting a one-day, six-hour defensive driving course in the public library auditorium from 10 am to 4 pm. The class is $28.

Relationship Fixing

Gentle Yoga The public llibrary will host gentle yoga class teaching balance, breathing and focus in the program room and on zoom from 10 to 11 am.

Tuesday, Nov. 9

Coach Marckenson will be hosting a class to help fix relationships on zoom from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Board of Education Meeting

Monday, Nov. 8

Wednesday, Nov. 10

Writers’ Circle The public library will host a writers’ circle on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm.

There will be a Board of Education meeting at 7 pm.

Free Health Screenings Nurses at St. Francis Hospital Community Health Education and Outreach Program will be giving free health screenings outisde the public library from 10 am to 2 pm.

The Long Beach Catholic Regional School will be hosting a holiday boutique in their gym from 9 am to 4 pm.

Music and Eats Tripp Fabulous Band will be performing live music at The Inn from 11 to 11:40 pm.

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Keep an eye out for upcoming holiday events.

The annual City Council Turkey Trot will be on Sunday, Nov. 21.

There will be a Veterans Day Commemoration Ceremony Thursday, Nov. 11.

The L.B. Arts Council, in collaboration with Arts In The Plaza, is looking for Performance Artists.

The City is seeking photos of Long Beach to be featured in the 2022 city calendar.

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Hewlett Senior Football With the eXCeptioN of driving the team bus back to Hewlett, Winkler did it all for the Bulldogs on Oct. 22 when they defeated Lynbrook, 33-14, in a pivotal Conference III game. The secondyear starting quarterback rushed for 211 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries and also threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Mekhi Jean-Baptiste. On defense, Winkler made 11 tackles and forced a fumble, and on special teams he blocked a field-goal try.

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(8) Port Washington at Massapequa (1) (7) East Meadow at Oceanside (2) (6) Hempstead at Syosset (3) (5) Freeport at Farmingdale (4)

Conference ii

(8) Elmont at Garden City (1) (7) Long Beach at MacArthur (2) (6) V.S. Central at Mepham (3) (5) Carey at New Hyde Park (4)

Conference iii

(8) Division at Plainedge (1) (7) Hewlett at Wantagh (2) (6) V.S. North at Bethpage (3) (5) Floral Park at South Side (4)

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(8) Island Trees at Seaford (1) (7) Malverne at North Shore (2) (6) East Rockaway at Clarke (3) (5) West Hempstead at C.S. Harbor (4)

In a lot of ways, the Long Beach girls’ soccer team’s season mirrored that of their boy counterparts. Both started off strong, struggled down the stretch, made the playoffs and had a thrilling shootout win over a favored opponent after getting there.

The Marines’ 3-0-2 start seemed to be business as usual for the girls’ team that went 12-0 last spring, but a likely playoff appearance was in jeopardy after a 1-5-1 slump that dropped Long Beach in the Conference A3 standings. The team still controlled their own destiny but would need help from other teams if they lost the season finale.

Facing winless Island Trees on Oct. 15 seemed to be the perfect tonic for Long Beach, but the teams were tied 1-1 at intermission. The Marines recovered and scored four times the rest of the way for a 5-1 win. Samantha Kolb had three goals and two assists and Samantha Addeo and Sophia Roa also scored for the Marines, who finished in fourth place at 5-5-3.

“Basically, all that was said to them was, ‘You control your own destiny. Whatever you do in the next 45 minutes is up to you,’” coach Ashley Castanio recalled at halftime.

“They worked together and got it done.”

Five days later, No. 18 Long Beach opened the Nassau Class A playoffs against No. 15 Friends Academy, the team that swept them in the regular season. Neither team scored in regulation and the first overtime period, but senior Samantha Addeo finished off a crossing pass from eighth grader Ava Kolb with just under three minutes remaining in the second extra session to put the Marines on the board.

But the lead was short-lived as Friends scored off a corner kick about a minute later to tie the game. Two five-minute “Golden Goal” periods also didn’t decide the match, so it went to penalty kicks.

Both teams converted four of their first five attempts, with Aysu Unver, Ava Kolb, Addeo and Samantha Kolb scoring for Long Beach. Goalkeeper Alexandra Hastings, who finished the game with 26 saves, made a diving stop on the Quakers’ next attempt, setting the stage for an unlikely hero.

Freshman Kylee Dowler, who was called up from the JV, was picked as the next shooter.

“Sometimes, some of your best players could feel like they have more weight on them then someone who could feel like it’s a nonchalant kind of thing for them,” Castanio reasoned. “I kind of went for a power move. I thought pressurewise, she would step up and say, ‘I got this.’”

Dowler blasted the ball into the net, shocking the crowd.

“It was crazy,” Castanio said. “All of the girls piled on each other. It was super-exciting.”

The Marines lost to defending county champion South Side in the second round, but Castanio still lauded the girls for their efforts while in a new division.

“I was proud of them,” she said. “They pulled together, they believed in each other, and we got that [playoff] victory.

That was good.”

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eighth-gRaDeR aVa Kolb, left, contributed a couple of goals and 7 assists to help the Marines reach the playoffs and pull an upset over Friends Academy.

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Large Republican turnout in off-year election

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Anne donneLLY ceLeBrAted her win in the district attorney’s race on election night at the Coral House in Baldwin. ers want safe communities and government free from corruption. In my role as a senator, I will continue to serve my constituents and remain committed to those critical priorities and others to move Nassau forward.”

Nassau Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs said Tuesday night that Republican TV ads had succeeded in “scaring” voters into thinking that Kaminsky was solely responsible for bail

reform, and that the bill had tied the judges’ hands.

Republican Elaine Phillips, a former state senator, was declared the winner in the race for county comptroller, besting Democrat Ryan Cronin. And Republican Maureen O’Connell defeated Democrat Justin Brown in the voting for county clerk.

Incumbent Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin won an easy victory

over Democrat Jason Abelove, nearly doubling Abelove’s vote total.

Democrat Claudia Lovas, who challenged longtime Republican County Legislator Denise Ford in the 7th Legislative District, but lost, said, “I learned you’ve just got to keep going. It was a very tough race, but I’m glad I did it.” Ford took 69 percent of the vote, to Lovas’s 31 percent.

Scott Brinton contributed to this story.

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wide property reassessment, which he said caused taxes to spike for many county homeowners and was marred by bureaucratic errors.

Republican Anne Donnelly, a 32-year career prosecutor in the Nassau district attorney’s office, was declared the winner in the contest for D.A. Donnelly defeated State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, garnering 60 percent of the vote.

Donnelly, too, focused her campaign on a single issue — New York state’s bail reform law, which was first approved by the State Legislature in 2019. She argued, falsely, that Kaminsky authored the bill, which limited the power of judges to set bail for certain crimes. The bill was later amended to restore many of a judge’s bail-setting powers.

Kaminsky countered that he was not the original bill’s author, but had merely voted for it. He also said that crime was down in Nassau, and that two police precincts that had been closed during the Republican administration of Ed Mangano were now reopened under Curran’s Democratic administration.

In a statement, Kaminsky said, “Last night’s result was not what we wanted — but I am so proud of the campaign we ran and the people who volunteered their time and energy to knock on over 100,000 doors across Nassau County. Long Island-

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Bendo re-elected; DeLury in the lead tions with constituents. Lovas, 46, argued that it was time for a change and that, as a Latina, she would be able to bring more minority voters into the political and governmental process.

Elections board retur ns showed Donnelly with about 155,000 votes, or 60 percent of the total, compared with about 102,000 for Kaminsky, or 39 percent.

In a statement, Kaminsky said, “Last night’s result was not what we wanted — but I am proud of the campaign we ran and the people who volunteered their time and energy to knock on over 100,000 doors across Nassau County.”

James Moriarty, chairman of the Long Beach Republican Party, said on Wednesday that county GOP chairman Joe Cairo had been able to marshal large numbers of Republican voters to go to the polls. He noted that President Biden’s poll numbers are now low, and that the resignation of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not help the party’s cause.

“He ran a relentless, non-stop campaign,” Moriarty said of Cairo. He added that Democrats had failed, in Washington, Alba-

ny, Nassau County and in Long Beach, to pass legislation.

Bendo based his campaign on efforts by the city to return Long Beach to fiscal stability after years of decline. The city has hired a financial firm that is working to settle fiscal issues.

Republicans argued that not enough had been done to resolve the problems.

Democrats gathered Tuesday night at the Anchor Tavern on Park Avenue to celebrate their victories.

“It was a tight race, and the absentees could still alter it,” said Bendo. “It’s a waiting game.

There were six good people running, and we weren’t fighting each other. There were only 17 votes” separating DeLury and Posterli. “It’s tighter than we expected.”

Lester admitted to being nervous before the tally. “You don’t know what surprises are going to come,” he said. “I was surprised by the Republican strength in this election. I didn’t realize the strength they had.” ”Right now it’s anybody’s game,” Posterli said. “We ran a good campaign. My opponent was a good competitor,” she said of DeLury. “We’ll see how the absentees turn out.”

city council President John Bendo was re-elected easily to another term.

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LONG BEACH HERALD — November 4, 2021

I was sitting at the VFW Auxiliary table distributing poppies. Most of you in Long Beach know that about a month before Veteran’s Day and a month before Memorial Day our members are out there distributing poppies. All day—every day.

And the thought struck me like a bolt of lightning. We are very much the same in this respect as our sister and brother veterans residing in VA hospitals and nursing homes all around us. They sit all day—every day, too!

We sit and converse with our friends and neighbors feeling good about ourselves because we are participating in something worthwhile that will benefit fellow veterans.

At the end of our day, we go home to all the comforts that “home” provides. We may or may not volunteer to distribute poppies again the next day. We have a choice about how we live our lives. When you think about it, that’s a good feeling, isn’t it?

Well, think about this: our veterans in VA hospitals and nursing homes sit all day- every day because they have NO choice. Most are elderly and too infirm or feeble to be out and about. Most have no other place to go. Some have no family because they have outlived them all.

Some have no visitors. Some are young and are very damaged both in body and soul and need care. They sit too but not always feeling good about themselves.

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Gavin eckert received a poppy from veteran Bob Clement.

So, because our sister and brother veterans sit all day-every day in VA hospitals and nursing homes all around us, we sit and distribute poppies all day-every day in Stop and Shop. We pledge to continue

to distribute poppies for donations so that we can give each of these veterans a gift at holiday time.

The gift may not be much but the thought that someone cares is priceless.

And, when you think about it, isn’t that what really matters? Please support our poppy distribution effort!

Editors note: Ervolina is President of VFW Auxiliary Post 1384

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The EGP Oceanside, a local gastro pub held its fifth annual Fall Fest Oct.11. The festival benefits an Oceanside family in need.

The Fall Fest brought the community together with live music, food, kids’ activities and a pumpkin patch. The event has also given back to a local family, as it serves as a fundraiser at which EGP picks an Oceanside family or community member to help support.

EGP General Manager Brianna O’Hagan spoke about the events of the day. “Everything went great. It was probably our most successful year yet turnout-wise,” O’Hagan said. “We had T-shirts, we did raffles, and that was a great source of income, and we had people donate directly as well. This year was our fifth year doing it. Last year, because of Covid, it wouldn’t have been possible with all the protocols, and so we skipped last year.”

This year EGP owner Tim O’Hagan and the rest of EGP staff selected the Murray family to help support. The family includes Danielle and Sean Murray and their three children Liam,14, Siobhan,12, and Eamon,10.

Danielle is a New York state court officer, and Sean serves in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department in the Air Fire and Rescue Unit. Danielle Murray was diagnosed with breast cancer in March and underwent a bilateral mastectomy in May. Sean Murray was diagnosed with testicular

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O’Hagan spoke about dedicating the Fall Fest to the Murray family. “They’re family friends, regulars at the restaurant, and we knew of the parents being sick, and it was good to give back to them,” he said.

Liam battles Type 1 diabetes. The Murrays are advocates for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and Liam’s team — Liam’s Leprechauns — has helped raise money and increase awareness.

Balloons were donated by Maria’s Touch Events and Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony D’Esposito donated pumpkins to the event. “We were lucky that D’esposito donated all the pumpkins, we were able to make a good amount of money off of them,” O’Hagan said.

The band TriState Ale House also performed on the evening.

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DeveloperS are Seeking a 30-year PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, agreement for the $95 million, 201-unit apartment complex that is slated for the site of the former Mangrove Feather factory.

Developers seek 30-year PILOT for complex

By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

Developers who are seeking to build a $95 million, 201-unit apartment complex at the former site of the vacant Mangrove Feather factory have received preliminary approvals for economic incentives from the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency as they seek a 30-year PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, agreement.

Breslin Realty Development Corp. received approval from village officials in June to raze the industrial building across from the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station, which has been vacant for more than a decade, and build a 278,014-square-foot, transit-oriented development with 55 studios, 111 one-bedroom and 35 two-bedroom apartments. Additionally, 10 percent of the units are to be designated as affordable workforce housing, for individuals or families at or below 130 percent of the area’s median income.

Workforce housing generally includes those who are not typically eligible for affordable housing programs.

“The entire community looks forward to the demolition of this time-worn eyesore,” Mayor Alan Beach said. “We are pleased that the developer is completing its final steps to start upgrading and expanding our downtown area.”

Under a potential PILOT, the annual tax rate will freeze at about $185,000 for three years, then jump to $200,000 in year four and to more than $1 million by the 15th year. At the end of the 30-year period, taxes will be at $1.8 million, if the Town of Hempstead IDA board approves it.

Fred Parola, chief operating officer of the Town of Hempstead IDA, said the board believed the apartment complex would be a good fit for the village for many reasons, including its proximity to the LIRR, the lack of impact on schools and the potential boon to downtown businesses.

“Overall, viewing it, it seems like a pretty solid project,” Parola said, “and one that will be of benefit to the Village of Lynbrook, its residents, and it will increase the economic activity of the folks that live there.”

David Orwasher, Breslin’s chief development officer, said he hoped that the IDA

would approve the PILOT agreement so that construction could start early next year.

“We’re looking to move forward with the IDA,” he said. “it’s not all final yet, but this is an extraordinarily expensive project that we think is going to contribute to the revitalization and sustainability of activity downtown in the village. What’s untraditional about it, is we are not seeking any diminution in taxes. We’re going to continue the current taxes and just slow the rate of growth. It’s going to be a hugely magnified increase in tax revenue to everyone.”

Orwasher added that the project would generate jobs and economic activity, and that he hoped to get approval from the IDA and begin razing the building by the first quarter of 2022. The construction process is expected to take two to two and a half years.

The building’s first two floors will house a parking garage, with 205 parking spaces for residents. Amenities will include a retail café, clubroom, concierge, rooftop terrace with grill, lounge, party room and dog run. Experts have also estimated that owing to the large number of studios and one-bedroom apartments, six to 19 school-age children would likely be added to the district.

The site has been dormant since 2008, and several village administrations have sought to develop it, but it took many years to persuade the owner, Barry Singer, to sell the property. Orwasher said he thought the site was an ideal spot because of its proximity to the Long Island Rail Road station and to downtown shops and restaurants. Breslin negotiated with Colliers International’s Jordan Baruch and Matthew Kucker, who brokered the deal.

Orwasher said the developers were thoughtful when it comes to the community’s needs while beginning discussions with the IDA. “We’re very mindful of being good neighbors, good corporate citizens and contributing to the vitality of the area,” he said. “The taxes will probably go up over time seven- to 10-fold. It will be a significant, significant revenue generator.”

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On Halloween, Oceanside was treated to a few tricks by local magician Eric Wilzig in front of his home on East Lexington Avenue. On a stage constructed in his driveway, Wilzig and his wife and performing partner Eliana WIlzig, 27, put on a show filled with illusions, humor and

even a death-defying stunt for his neighbors.

The duo put on three shows on Sunday, capping off the day with an evening production that saw show-goers pack their driveway and neighbors’ front lawns. The free event accepted donations for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, where all of the funds raised will go. WIlzig said he

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was inspired to work with that charity because he has had family members battle the diseases.

Wilzig was excited to bring his grand act to the suburbs, especially his escape act while suspended in the air in a strait jacket between jagged, metal jaws that crash together violently mere seconds after his escape. “It’s certainly scary. I’ve been getting out of strait jackets since I was 5 years old,” Eric said. “My parents weren’t super-thrilled.”

The Wilzigs and their team worked from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. assembling the stage and performing the three shows. “It’s hours and hours of set up, but once you see everyone show up and the reaction, it’s well worth it,” Eliana said.

The show came together quickly, with the Wilzigs only announcing the shows on Friday because of concern whether it would rain. Neighbor Jason Strumwasser helped to get the word out about the shows and welcomed people to his front lawn across from the stage to watch each show. “This is what we needed after Covid,” Strumwasser said. “After 20 months of craziness, this was a nice way to kind of feel normal again.”

WIlzig, 29, said magic entered his life when he was 5 and his father bought him a coin trick kit. He came up with his show’s name – The Extreme Magic of Eric – when he was 12, capturing the tone of the gasp-inducing production, which sees the Woodmere native emulate David Copperfield, Criss Angel and Harry Houdini’s escape acts.

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Q. We just bought a house and want to add to it.

We talked to our village inspector, and he said we have limitations because the house is in a flood area.

We want to add a two-story addition to the house if we can avoid raising it. What do you suggest, and how can we avoid lifting the house, which we think will make our plans unaffordable?

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A. You probably should have asked this question before the purchase, not after. In general, the Federal Emergency Management Agency requirement is that the building must be mitigated, made resilient to the potential of flooding, if either the dollar amount or area to be added on or worked on exceeds 50 percent of the existing buildonte eeper ing. That was what the official was telling you.

People are often in denial about the extremes they will need to go through, and think this issue is negotiable. Buying a house in a flood zone with the intention of making major changes or additions isn’t a good idea if you aren’t prepared for the expense of major lifting to get the habitable level at least 2 feet above the base flood level for the zone the house is in. When I meet with people who are proposing to do any kind of major work in a flood zone, I often have to deal with seeing the disappointment in their faces followed by the discussion of how their project is either going to be the exception or nowhere near the threshold of where a house would need to be lifted.

People buying in a flood zone need to be made aware before purchase that they may as well be ready for the possibility of an eventual lift of the entire home. The basement is required to be filled so that the area below the house can drain by gravity with special flood vents. If you weren’t prepared for these expenses, then you’re going to have to make a hard decision.

It’s possible to do less work and phase things in over time so you don’t meet the 50 percent threshold, doing part of your master plan now, more in a year or two, etc. But don’t do anything without discussion and agreement with the building official who will be in a position to decide whether the amount of work isn’t exceeding the threshold, and what waiting time must be taken before filing for a permit for the next phase. This isn’t necessarily the “spirit” of the regulation, but some municipalities will work with you to help out so you don’t go broke trying to meet your needs.

Understand that safety and survival of an extreme storm condition are still a primary intention of how your home should be designed and approved. Without all this effort, we would all be paying the price to rescue people, paying in taxes over and over. Good luck!

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Laura Memisha Licensed Associate Broker Cell: 516.984.0343 Office:516-826-1111 Email: laura@therealtyadvisors.com Realty Advisors 3341 Park Ave Wantagh, NY 11793

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REAL ESTATE Open Houses HEWLETT BA 395 Serena NEW EXCLUSIVE! 5 BR, 2 Bth Col on O/S Property. Updtd EIKs. 3 BR Main Level, 2 Upstairs with OSE. SD#14. Possible M/D with Proper Permits.Near All..$749,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-429

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he United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, began last Sunday and will run through Nov. 12. Participants will include more than 190 government representatives and business leaders who are expected to discuss efforts to ensure that countries and companies live up to climatechange agreements made at the 2015 Paris climate conference.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry, now the special presidential envoy for climate change, is ALAn heading the U.S. delegation, which sinGer includes several members of President Biden’s cabinet. Biden, who is also scheduled to attend, reportedly plans to call on nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — a still-devastating number.

Long Islanders should pay close attention to this conference, because climate change will likely have a profound effect here, given that it’s causing sea levels to rise, and we live on an island.

Unfortunately, the Biden administration has so far been unable to pass its ambitious climate agenda in the Senate.

Climate villains include Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and virtually every Republican in the Senate

and House. Manchin’s political career is funded largely by fossil fuel companies, and he owns millions of dollars in coal company stock. He is trying to force the Biden administration to drop renewableenergy subsidies from the federal budget.

American corporations often claim they are good environmental citizens.

According to Alberto Carrillo Pineda of the Science Based Targets initiative, however, “You can look at a company’s website and see their sustainability report and it will look great, but then when you look at what is behind it, you’ll see there is not a lot of substance behind those commitments, or the commitments are not comprehensive enough.”

A recently released report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project highlights how the short-term hunt for profit and market manipulation make U.S. finance one of the world’s biggest climate villains. While countries, including the U.S., are plagued by drought, forest fires and hurricanes because of climate change, the secretive private equity industry has invested more than a trillion dollars during the last decade in fossil-fuel companies. Virtually singlehandedly, the industry keeps some of the worst-polluting oil wells, natural gasleaking towers and coal-burning power plants pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

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apitalists pollute and warm the earth, but socialist countries don’t do much better.

LeTTers Congress should nix Biden Infrastructure bill To the Editor: The $6.1 trillion that President Biden planned to spend in his American Jobs and American Families plans has been cut to less than a third of that. Proposals that are overwhelmingly popular with the public, like repealing the Trump tax cuts, paid leave and Medicare negotiating lower drug prices with Big Pharma, have been eliminated.

What remains are social programs with lower benefits, privatized administration and means testing that complicates their administration and adds costs. T he climate spending that remains includes no mandates for greenhouse gas emission reductions, and is mostly corporate welfare subsidies for the big fossil fuel and manufacturing corporations that dominate the solar and wind markets. These subsidies will continue the pattern of the past decade, in which renewables have added to total energy production but fossil fuel energy has increased.

I urge progressive Democrats to vote

lighted in the Private Equity Stakeholder Project report are the Blackstone Group, KKR & Co. and the Carlyle Group/NGP Energy Capital. Blackstone is the world’s largest “alternative” asset manager. While its ClearGen subsidy is committed to promoting “sustainable-energy infrastructure,” Blackstone invests in 25 fossil-fuel companies. Among its recent acquisitions is the pipeline company Tallgrass Energy, which is developing an “oil export terminal in Louisiana that would emit more than 500,000 tons of greenhouse gases annually.” Tallgrass is also responsible for releasing thousands of gallons of oilfield wastewater contaminating North Dakota farmland. And Blackstone is notorious for investing heavily “in polluting plants located in proximity to communities of color.”

KKR plans to partner with the renewable energy consulting firm Crossover Energy Partners to develop solar and wind power projects. However, it also partners with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to produce and distribute petroleum products, and is expanding natural-gas fracking projects in Wyoming. Overall, KKR invests in 28 fossilfuel companies. The Carlyle Group/NGP Energy Capital plans to invest in Amp Solar Group, “a Canadian-based global energy transition platform,” but it is also investing in expanding oil production in Colombia and Ghana. Overall, it

against the bipartisan infrastructure bill because they do not have a Build Back Better bill, only a framework, and they are expected to trust that the conservative Democrats will back the Build Back Better bill at a later date. Based on past experience and the negotiation process on social and physical infrastructure bills, they have no reason to trust that the conservatives will vote for the Build Back Better bill when it is drafted.

The infrastructure bill is also terrible bill from a climate-safety point of view. It adds $25 billion a year in fossil fuel subsidies to the $20 billion a year already on the books.

P ro g re s s ive s s h o u l d d e m a n d improvements to the care economy programs and a climate program that penalizes carbon emissions as well as supporting new renewables.

The crises of climate and economic insecurity demand the kind of ecosocialist Green New Deal I campaigned on to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and build 100 percent clean energy by 2030, and to enact an Economic Bill of Rights guaranteeing living-wage jobs, income above poverty, affordable housing, quality health care, lifelong public

holds assets in 68 fossil-fuel companies.

While capitalists pollute the Earth and speed up global warming, nominally socialist countries like China aren’t doing much better, and belong on the climate villains list. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, promises that it will start reducing greenhouse gases by 2030, and will be carbon neutral by 2060. Meantime, it is increasing coal production and the use of coal-fired power plants. The plants receive tax deductions and are greenlighted for bank loans.

The list of climate villains must also include Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Libya, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil, all nations that are expected to attend the Glasgow conference. Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco, the world’s leading oil producer, recently announced plans to increase its production by at least a million barrels a day by the 2030s. Stateowned oil companies in the other countries are also planning to increase production. The UAE was the first Persian Gulf country to pledge net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Meanwhile, it is investing more than $100 billion in new oil and gas projects.

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.

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At the car show, a custom ’63 Chevy Nova — Cedarhurst education and a secure retirement for all. No version of Biden’s Build Back Better has come close to these goals. We will continue to fight for a full Green New Deal.

Joseph Naham Chair, Green Party of Nassau County Member, Long Beach Environmental Advisory Board

LONG BEACH HERALD — November 4, 2021

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Setting the record straight on county policing

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our years ago, as the race for Nassau County executive between then Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat, and then State Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, was heating up, the state Republican Party attempted an all-too-common GOP political tactic: It tried to paint Democrats as weak on crime, saying Curran would allow the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13 to run wild across the county.

The GOP did so in a last-minute mailer that showed three shirtless, tattooed Hispanic men grimacing angrily. The flier, mailed to homes across Nassau, read, “Meet your new neighbors. Laura Curran will roll out the welcome mat for violent gangs like MS-13.”

The flier, which was inherently racist, came at a time when fears of MS-13 were running high after young Hispanic men, hacked to death with machetes by the gang, were found buried in the woods in Baldwin, Freeport, Merrick and Massapequa.

It was a low blow that played to voters’ basest fears. And it was wrong. Voters saw past the Republicans’ attempt to win by any means possible, electing Curran, and MS-13 never overran Nassau, as predicted.

In fact, we’ve heard little of the gang since a series of high-profile arrests of numerous gang leaders.

Thankfully, we had had, as of press time Monday, relatively little of such political chicanery. Curran’s opponent this time around, Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, was laserfocused on lambasting Curran over the county’s property-tax reassessment, and said relatively little about crime.

During an endorsement interview with the Herald editorial board leading up to the election, however, Blakeman tried to make it sound as though Nassau was not, in fact, the “safest county in America” two years in a row, as judged by U.S. News & World Report. There had been an explosion of crime during the coronavirus pandemic, he said, that was not factored into the magazine’s rankings. He ticked off a list of recent violent crimes, wondering why they had not garnered greater media attention.

That got us thinking: Is Nassau really as safe as the magazine says it is? Curran made public safety a cornerstone of her campaign, and regularly touted the U.S. News assessment.

Nassau, we found, is indeed a very safe place to live. We could not undertake the county-by-county assessment that the magazine did. We did, however, look into the crime statistics for 2020 and 2021, Nassau County Police Department precinct by precinct. And, we are pleased to report, crime — particularly violent crime — has

Violent crime in Nassau County Precinct

Rapes 2020-21

Murders 2020-21

1st Precinct: Baldwin 2nd Precinct: Woodbury 3rd Precinct: Williston 4th Precinct: Hewlett 5th Precinct: Elmont 6th Precinct: Manhasset 7th Precinct: Seaford 8th Precinct: Bethpage

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Source: Nassau County Police Department. Statistics do not include cities and villages.

been astonishingly low here the past two years.

Nassau’s murder rate on any given year is 2 per 100,000 people. The nationwide average was, by comparison, 7.8 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That is not to say there is no violent crime here. This is not the Mayberry of “The Andy Griffith Show.” This is one of the country’s most densely populated counties — with nearly 1.35 million people — outside the largest city in the nation, so we expect to see crime. We cannot dispute the claim, though, that Nassau is either the safest or one of the safest large counties in the country.

At the time of this writing, we had no idea who would win the county executive’s seat. The Herald endorsed Curran this year, as we did four years ago. Unlike 2017, she had a record to run on this time, and when it came to policing, she made the grade. So, win or lose, we should thank her for her continual support for the men

and women in blue who patrol our streets and keep us safe.

Blakeman attempted to link Curran to the movement to defund police. In no way, however, did she ever promote a plan that would reduce funding for our police force.

Quite the opposite. Throughout her first four years in office, she touted a singular message: She unequivocally supported the NCPD. At the same time, she was able to win a concession from police, who agreed, finally, to wear body cameras in exchange for an annual stipend. It was an important win for police accountability.

We now encourage whoever wins the county executive’s seat to seek greater diversity in the police ranks. The latest class of police cadets to go through the academy this year, while more diverse than past classes, was still largely white.

That must change as Nassau’s demographics change. We hope and trust that it will. If it does not, residents must demand reform.

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must confess that the older I get, the more time I spend thinking about all of the crises our country has endured in my lifetime. I was a young boy when America was going through the horrors of World War II. As I progressed from career to career, the nation had to deal with wars in Korea and Vietnam and the tragedy of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. All of these events had one thing in common. The people of America were totally united and determined to fight our enemies.

JERRY I think of those challenging KREMER days and contrast them with the nation’s response to the coronavirus disaster. If you look at a national map showing the vaccination rates of the states, it looks almost identical to a political map highlighting the red states and blue states. With a few exceptions, the states populated by a majority of registered Republicans have the lowest rate of vaccinations, in contrast to states dominated by Democrats.

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If you look at states like New York, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and New Jersey, the vaccination rates are in the 66 to 70 percent range. Most of the time those states support Democratic candidates over their Republican challengers. In sharp contrast, states such as Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota, West Virginia, Mississippi and Alaska are in the 40 per cent range. All of those states are considered solidly Republican. While crowded hospital intensive-care units are a distant memory for New Yorkers, people are dying in record numbers in red states for the sake of partisan politics.

Not a day goes by without a story about some red state governor screaming about vaccine mandates and telling his or her citizens that it is their choice whether to get vaccinated or not for Covid protection. The irony of the state resistance to vaccinations is that all of their schoolchildren have been required to get a series of vaccinations in order to attend their local schools.

I contrast the craziness of these grandstanding politicians with stories from across the Atlantic Ocean. Recent

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reports from overseas highlight the fact that many of those countries are far ahead of the U.S. in vaccinating their residents. Portugal is a good example, because their vaccination rates tell an interesting story. According to the Wall Street Journal, close to 100 percent of people over age 50 in Portugal have received at least one vaccine dose. For those between ages 25 and 49, the rate is 95 percent. To date, 89 percent of the entire population of 10 million has had at least one dose.

And Portugal’s high numbers are surpassed by the United Arab Emirates, which exerts strong control over its residents.

The owner of a souvenir shop in Lisbon, Portugal, stated the best case for why our red states should be pushing for their people to be vaccinated. “I need tourists,” said Paula Margues.

“Otherwise I have no business.” Places like Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota and Alaska need tourism to keep their economies stable, and they spend millions each year to attract visitors. Instead of pushing for a healthy populace, their leaders spend most of their days battling federal mandates and looking for

artisan bickering over a vaccine will be recorded as a low point in our history.

ways to attract the approval of former President Donald Trump.

There is another ironic twist to the red state resistance to vaccinations.

Most of the people who are dying of Covid are also their favored voters.

While the overall death numbers are small in comparison with the Eastern states, red state governors are allowing their people to suffer needlessly because of government inaction and the numerous false claims of anti-vaccine groups. This is pure government malpractice.

I hope that in the not-too-distant future, the coronavirus pandemic will become nothing but a memory. But the partisan bickering over a life-or-death solution will be recorded as one of the bleakest times in the history of our country. Our citizens have every right to stand up for their personal beliefs, but not at the expense of millions of people whose lives were lost because politics got in the way.

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.

What to do before the winter snow flies

inter is coming, meteorologically, astronomically, politically and “Game of Throne”-y. Let us embrace this brief, bridge season between fall and early winter, when the weather is transitioning and the clouds are gathering.

We could exhaust ourselves with political knife fights or try to figure out how our Great American Democracy came to hinge on the advice and consent of a fractious group of legislators, but we have all winter for that.

RANDI We still have KREISS November and early December.

There is practical stuff to consider during these weeks.

I don’t feel like watering my annuals anymore, being lazy and more inclined to let them wither and die, but I feel guilty. How many more days do they have to enjoy their favorite activity, photosynthesis? So although they are ragged and quite pathetic, I douse them once in a while as an end-of-life gesture.

It’s pretty much each living thing on

its own. The trees and big bushes had better be hardy enough to withstand a tough winter, because we don’t believe in coddling the plant life with fertilizer or plastic protection from the elements.

We do close the windows in our porch and throw covers over the outdoor grill and chairs, but that’s about it in the way of preparation.

Come the first cold snap, we’ll turn on the heat. For now, however, on good days the windows are open, and fresh air blows through the house.

I feel a certain urgency to get out and do some of the activities I put off because, after all, we had “all summer.” So, come along and cash in on these warmenough days. Head for the boardwalk or the park for a brisk walk; before too long, we’ll be walking against the chilly winds of late November and December.

Before too long, we’ll need hats and gloves to venture outside.

Get out of town. I like the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where I can walk around the area where my great-grandparents began their life in America. The city beckons, with its pedestrian-friend-

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ly districts and communities, and now is the time to go and walk, from the High Line to Battery Park. You can almost pretend that Covid doesn’t exist if you stay outside and dine at food stands. You can almost pretend that “surge” and “spike” and “antivax” aren’t part of the lexicon. In a few weeks, our city streets will become wind tunnels, inhospitable to the daytripper.

Another perfect fall destination is the East End, to visit the vineyards and the corn mazes and experience the last perfect days on the beach. The crowds are gone and the restaurants are still open.

Or head north a bit and pick apples.

When my kids were young, that was probably our favorite fall activity.

Recently my husband and I went back to one of the orchards we knew, and it had become overcrowded and commercial.

But there are still growers who allow picking, and it’s worth a ride to wander through an orchard, pick a bag or a bushel and head home to make applesauce or cakes and pies. This is the moment. Soon the apples will be done

ash in on these warm-enough days before we break out the hats and gloves.

and it will be too cold to wander anywhere north of Westchester.

Back home again, it’s time to plant bulbs for next spring. This is much more than guaranteeing a bit of color next May and June. It feels like an investment in the future, a declaration that come what may in January and February, we know the seasons will turn again, the sun will drift further north and the tulips will bloom. I think of it as an act of faith.

In the same way, I spend some of these days preparing soup and packing it away in containers for the cold nights when I may not feel like cooking. Maybe that’s a little bit squirrely of me, storing food away for the hard times, but it feels good to do so.

Kids are in school, beach clubs are closed and the days are getting shorter.

Still, we have this autumn interlude.

With all the tumult in the world, these few days seem like a metaphor for grasping what is good in our lives when we can, because we can.

Something about knowing this time is finite propels me out the door and into the ebbing light.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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