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Business chiefs honored by local chamber of Chambers of Commerce for their participation in the local business community. Danby is bcarepenter@liherald.com, jbernstein@liherald.com the honoree for 2021 and Casey When a fire ripped through a for 2020. The council was unable building in Long Beach last May to host an awards presentation housing the popular Sorrento’s last year because of the coronarestaurant and Abyss Tattoo par- virus pandemic. The awards cerlor, Megan Casey, of emony was held this Long Beach, did year in October. what she has always Casey, a Rhode done in crises: She Islander with a jumped in to lend a rapid speaking style hand. She quickly and an ad copy writorganized a funder’s sense of humor, raiser to help has been working at rebuild the estab- iAN dANBy Shine’s – and in the lishments, collecting Long Beach busiabout $50,000 for Chairman, ness community – Long Beach them. since her husband “The whole pan- Chamber of bought the 109-yeardemic was a bad old establishment in Commerce time for restaurants 2005. During the and stores,” Casey, pandemic, she has 38, said earlier this week. “Then been working her copywriting this happened. I went door to job remotely. door” to collect funds. In the aftermath of SuperCasey is a well-known figure storm Sandy in 2012, Casey in Long Beach’s West End. She is swung into action. The morning a co-proprietor of Shine’s Bar in after the storm, she and her husLong Beach with her husband, band set up a soup kitchen and Brent Wilson. She also works full food pantry for the neighbortime as a copywriter at the giant hood. They remained open ad agency BBDO NY. through Thanksgiving, grillCasey and Ian Danby, chair- ing up and giving away what was man of the Long Beach Cham- saved in the kitchen, offering ber of Commerce, have been free beers and some sense of honored by the Nassau Council Continued on page 4

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Making sure the needy have a holiday meal The Long Beach Kiwanis was on the job for Thanksgiving, setting up a drop-off site at the Stop & Shop, collecting cranberry sauce, vegetables and turkey gravy. All food items will be donated to over 80 Long Beach families.

Council OKs manager’s contract New agreement includes 6.8 percent pay increase By JAMEs BERNstEiN jbernstein@liherald.com

The Long Beach City Council Tuesday night approved an extended contract for City Manager Donna Gayden, which will take her through 2023 and raise her base salary to $203,000, $13,000 above her current pay. The move came as a surprise to some City Hall watchers, as Gayden had been described as an itinerant manager who enjoys resolving financial issues and

moving on to new posts. Gayden is Long Beach’s first female and first Black city manager. Her new contract was announced by the city Friday afternoon and approved by the council at a regular meeting Tuesday night. Gayden did not speak about her new contract at the council meeting. There was support and opposition for the contract at the council meeting. Roy Lester, a Democrat who

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The crowd gaThered eartly on the sixth floor of city hall for the Veterans Day observance.

Veterans Day marked at LB City Hall Long Beach observed Veterans Day last Wednesday with a ceremony on the sixth floor of City Hall, replete with the raising of colors by Scouts, speeches by city officials an prayers by clergy. About 150 people were in attendance when VFW officials took the stage. It was the first Veterans Day without U.S. involvement in a foreign war.

Navy veTerSN JohN Bendo, who is Long Beach city council president, delivered a keynote speech on the meaning of the day.

ScouTS played a major role in the ceremony, raising colors and marching down the center isle.

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among businesses when I got involved. It was very political and only had about one normalcy in a disorienting time. “It was a way of getting people togeth- event per year.” Danby said he made numerous efforts er,” Casey said. “We had the pool table set to improve the chamber, including buildup with food. We were grilling chicken ing its website, rewriting its bylaws and wings. It became a full-time soup kitchmission statement, and working to proen.” Her husband applauds her community mote all businesses, not just retailers. He said he is also working on a new work and outreach. Long Beach business advertis“She can walk into a room, ing campaign and helped and in minutes, she has peobring in funds for events. ple introducing themselves to “Funds were down to zero at one another as best friends,” one point due to some bad Wilson said. The couple marcontracts,” Danby said. ried in 2010. “We redid the contracts When the LGBTQ organiand ended up running the zation came to Long Beach in boardwalk fairs ourselves,” the summer of 2019, Casey he said. “We have made much organized a series of “Drink more money and brought the Local Beer” tastings in honor funds up from zero.” of the group. The nomination was a surOne of Casey’s most ian Danby prise to Danby, who said even intense efforts came during though he put in a great deal the pandemic. She created online Local Business Bingo cards that of time, he had not expected to be selectspotlighted every restaurant and deli in ed. Leah Rosensweig Tozer, a real estate Long Beach, encouraging people to shop local establishments in order to get agent and the chamber’s vice chairwoman, said Danby was an easy choice. “bingo” and win a free drink at Shine’s. “Ian has been the steward of the chapShe also created scavenger hunts and ter,” Tozer said. “All he’s about is helping family-friendly games to bring a little fun to stressed-out parents and children. Out- our community.” Tozer said Danby looks to do the right side the bar, she kept a close eye on her neighbors, checking in on them weekly, thing and does not seek recognition or shopping for them, shoveling sidewalks praise. She said he is the “kind of human being that always wants to do good and driveways, and even fixing roofs. “Our goal with Shine’s is not just mak- things.” Tozer said Danby has been especially ing it succeed, but helping other businesses as well,” Casey said over coffee at — helpful during the Covid-19 crisis, physically helping people and businesses on his where else? — Shine’s. Danby owns Cybernet LLC. He said he own time. “He’s our leader in doing things that has dedicated his time to rebuilding the are good,” Tozer said. “When the nominachamber and improving its reputation. “I took about three to four years to tions were going on, we all looked at each change the attitudes about the chamber,” other and basically said ‘Ian’ at the same Danby said. “It had a bad reputation time.”

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had a strained relationship. Early on, Wells labeled Walsh a micromanager and said the new comBrian Wells, a veteran Long Beach missioner had ordered a city-wide tickpolice officer and president of the et blitz. Wells was also critical of the Police Benevolent Association who had geographic policing policy Walsh introa contentious relationship with the duced, saying it has reduced patrol covnew police commissioner, has retired erage by 50 percent in some parts of from the force after a nearly two-decade the city. long career. Walsh had defended his programs Wells, 42, joined the Long and at one point wrote in an Beach police department in email, “It is unfortunate 2005, after serving about that PBA president Brian three years with the New Wells continues to try to York Police Department. He exploit the public and news became PBA second vice media to gain support for president in 2015 and presihis political efforts.” dent four years later. The But most severe fracture union represents 65 officame in April, when the cers. Wells will be joining union cast a near-unanithe real-estate firm Keller mous vote of no confidence Williams in Walsh, denouncing his Legendary as team leadpolicing plan and what they e r i n F r a n k l i n S q u a re. describe as his “bullying Wells, will be responsible tactics” around headquarfor developing and mentorters. ing a team of over 170 plus Walsh denied the bullyreal estate associates. ing allegation, and said he The PBA has been workhad “complete respect for ing without a contract since Brian Wells the professionalism of the 2017, and union members President, Long Beach department,” last received a pay raise in and wanted to update some Long Beach 2015. of its procedures and operaWells will be replaced by Police Benevolent tions. Michael Corbett, a veteran Association Wells Monday declined to of 20 years. Some talks have comment further on been ongoing with city offiWalsh’s policies. Walsh cials. Corbett said Monday he hopes the said, “I wish officer Wells the best in pace of discussions will pick up. the future.” One prime issue facing the union is Wells became a New York City police a ruling early this year by a state arbi- officer after serving four years in the tration panel that said unionized Long U.S. Marine Corps. His most pressing Beach officers are not entitled to any memory of his time with the Long pay raise. The state Public Employment Beach police department, he said, was Relations Board said Long Beach does helping residents after Superstor m not have the money to meet the union’s Sandy in 2012. demand. The PBA has been trying to “Once the National Guard arrived, overturn the ruling. we helped them load trucks and get Wells and Ron Walsh, who became people out of harm’s way,” Wells said. Long Beach’s police commissioner in “It was some of the most rewarding February, after serving 28 years with work.” the Nassau County Police Department,

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ISLaNdErS cO-OwNEr JON Ledecky hosted veterans for a tour of UBS Arena on Nov. 11.

Islanders pay homage to veterans with Chair of Honor By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

The much-anticipated opening of UBS Arena will take place this Saturday night when the New York Islanders host the Calgary Flames. On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Islanders coowner Jon Ledecky hosted a dozen United States veterans for a tour of the team’s new home and also unveiled a “Chair of Honor” on the main concourse. It will remain empty to honor those that are Prisoners of War or Missing in Action and symbolizes there will always be a place for them at UBS Arena awaiting their safe return. The Chair of Honor will

also serve as a remembrance of those who have fallen in service of our country. “We want to make sure at UBS Arena that we are always remembering veterans as well as current servicemembers who serve our country with such valor, determination and patriotism,” Ledecky said. Another guest of Ledecky’s on Veterans Day was NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal, who formally announced his Big Chicken brand will make its New Yorkarea debut at the arena. O’Neal was joined by Donald Rosner, owner of Huntingtonbased Blue Line Deli & Bagels, which collaborated with Big Chicken on a specialty sandwich for the arena.

ThE MaIN ENTraNcE at UBS Arena got some last-minute cosmetic work last week.

NBa LEgENd ShaquILLE O’Neal, center, joined Ledecky and Chris Baxter, left, of the U.S. Marine Corps to unveil the “Chair of Honor” at UBS Arena. ThE IcE SurfacE and scoreboard at UBS Arena will be put to work Saturday night when the Islanders host Calgary.

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Ongoing 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.

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.

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

Friday, Nov. 19 Children’s Readiness Workshop The public library will be hosting a children’s preschool readiness storytime workshop in the auditorium from 10:30 to 11:15 am.

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Loop Parkway to be shut down overnight Sunday-Monday am City officials said the parkway will be undergoing repairs during the overnight hours between Sunday at 9 pm until Monday at 5 am. The parkway will be closed in both directions are residents are instructed to use Long Beach Road to enter and exit the city. classic radio hits at Anchor Tavern starting at 9 pm.

Film Friday The public library will be hosting a film Friday by showing Let Him Go in the auditorium from 1 to 3 pm.

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The public library will be hosting a Hatha yoga class on zoom from 10 to 11 am.

Historical Society Boutique The Historical Society will be hosting their holiday boutique at 226 West Penn St. from 10 am 5 pm

Sunday, Nov. 21 Turkey Trot The 16th annual Turkey Trot will have day-of-race registration and t-shirt pick up in the Regional Catholic School’s gymnasium from 6:30 to 8 am. The children’s race will begin at 8:30 am and the adult race at 9 am.

The public library will be hosting a film Monday by showing Soul in the program room from 2 to 4 pm.

Tuesday, Nov. 23 City Council Meeting There will be a City Council meeting on the 6th floor of City Hall at 7 pm.

Afternoon Games The public library will be hosting a board and card games time in the auditorium form 1:30 to 4:30 pm.

Ask The Tech Guy The public library will be hosting a technology Q&A with the library’s tech guy in the second floor lobby from 2 to 3 pm.

Friday, Nov. 26 Friday Film The public library will be showing Here Today in the auditorium from 1 to 3 pm.

Chair Yoga The public library will be hosting a chair yoga class in the auditorium and on zoom from 9 to 10 am.

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Keep an eye out for upcoming holiday events. The Long Beach Police Department will host anti-drug sessions beginning Nov. 18. The annual City Council Turkey Trot will be on Sunday, Nov. 21. 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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OHS inducts new Circle of Pride members By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

Oceanside High School inducted nine new members into its Circle of Pride in a ceremony at the school on Nov. 8. It was the ninth ceremony since 2003 to highlight members of the school’s athletic teams for their contributions to their sport beyond their high school years. This year’s inductees were Samantha Cesario Kramer, Eddie Curry, the DiDominica family, Bobby Farb, Kelly Farrell, Brian Hennessy, Andy Morris, Richie Woods and the gymnastics teams that captured six consecutive county championships. Samantha Cesario Kramer skated for the first time at a friend’s birthday party when she was 6. During her time at OHS, she competed in international figure skating events, and won the 2010 Gardena Spring Trophy in Italy. She competed in several other international tournaments before retiring in 2015. Eddie Curry was inducted posthumously into this year’s class. The accomplished soccer player, who won the team MVP in 1990, was killed in a traffic accident in 1997. Curry was inducted into the SUNY Geneseo Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019 for his record goals and assists. Thomas DiDominica immigrated to the U.S. from Italy in the mid-1940s and served as the treasurer of the school board, a member of the Kiwanis Club and the grand knight of the Knights of Columbus. He and his son Thomas Jr., who played on the OHS baseball team, started Dees’ Nursery in 1955. “The DiDominicas are Oceanside’s family,” the dinner program read. Thomas III currently owns the community-beloved nursery. When he set the record for chin-ups at Futon Avenue School No. 8, it was clear Bobby Farb was physically gifted. He trained with the high school gymnastics team in sixth grade and became the team’s mascot during the season. When he was eligible to compete at the high school, Farb amazed by winning the Long Island and state championships and became the only OHS athlete to win the MVP in gymnastics or any sport for four straight years. Kelly Farrell was a three-sport athlete at OHS, earning 11 varsity letters across soccer, lacrosse, and track and field. She also won the Ruth Lewis Award for the most outstanding female athlete at OHS. She went on to play for a Division I program at Loyola University Maryland, leading the Greyhounds to two NCAA tournament appearances. Farrell has coached at the Division I level since 2011. A three-year varsity basketball player who reached two county finals, Brian Hennessy was also voted AllLeague, All-County, All-Long Island and Co-MVP of Conference 1. Hennessy went on to break the Stony Brook University record for three pointers in a game, 8, and in a season. In 1982, Andy Morris was hired as OHS’s director of student activities. He helped to form the original Section 308 as “The Water Buffaloes,” to attend every function that the school offered. With no background in coaching girls’ gymnastics, Morris helmed the

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Ken Dwyer, righT, presented Thomas DiDominica, center, and his wife, Adele, a Circle of Pride award. Joining them, at left, was Richie Woods, another honoree. team as it won eight county championships through the 1990s and 2000s. As the baseball coach, he achieved 256 wins. Richie Woods, a 1976 OHS graduate, worked in the district for 35 years, coaching over 1,000 games across basketball, baseball, and soccer at the high school and middle school. As a student-athlete, Woods played under three Circle of Pride coaches and was awarded the OHS Rocky Marciano Award for his captaining of the baseball and basketball teams, while also playing as a starting defender on the soccer team. He also threw the school’s only no-hitter in the 1976 playoffs. Finally, the 1981 to 1987 gymnastics teams were inducted for their six-year dynasty. They held a record of 48-4-1 in that time, going undefeated in the 81-82, 82-83, and 83-84 seasons with 29 consecutive meet wins. The OHS Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1960 by basketball coach Frank Januszewski. In 2001, P.E. coach and teacher Sean Keenan became the newest curator of the hall and worked with Athletic Pride Club co-adviser Tony Caiazza to create the Circle of Pride Dinner. Ken Dwyer now oversees the hall along with co-adviser to the Circle of Pride, Jason Manning.

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Ron Folk, dies at age 72 He met his wife, Robin, at the Silver Moon diner in New Hyde Park where, family members said, they shared their first kiss. When he became ill a few years ago, family members said, Folk liked to recite a saying: “The evil of this day is sufficient thereof.” It comes from the Book of Matthew, when Jesus is giving the Ser mon on the Mount. Jesus asks his followers not to worry about tomor row; each day has enough troubles of its own. Folk Folk is survived by his wife, Robin, of Long Beach, and two daughters Johanna Folk of San Francisco and Sydney Folk of Syracuse. Services were last week.

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Gayden’s contract extended to 2023 large. He said also that Wall Street bond tax law and accounting, along with mulrating agencies have long complained tiple professional certifications in fraud examination, prevention that the city needs to show and governmental leader“stability and continuity” in ship. governance. G ay d e n h a d b e e n a City Council President municipal finance expert in John Bendo said in a statethe Midwest. Over the past ment, “Donna came to Long year, Gayden had to navigate Beach just as our world was the coronavirus pandemic, entering crisis mode with following often complicated the pandemic. She led us state guidelines on how resthrough this turbulent and taurants, bars and stores uncertain time and has demcould operate. onstrated a degree of fortiThe beaches were anothtude and no-nonsense leader issue. In 2020, larg e ership to help the council crowds g athered on the address years of decay in boardwalk, raising fears of the city’s operations.” Covid-19 spread. The city In a statement, Gayden initially opened the beaches said, “We’ve taken some only to residents, but later, good steps, but there is still when coronavirus cases a great deal ahead. I apprecidropped, it allowed non-resiate the council’s trust in our dents to use them as well. team’s ability to correct Gayden quickly assembled a years of dysfunction, and team to tackle the task of moreover, I am proud to call restoring order to the city’s myself a resident of this Donna GayDen finances. community. Long Beach is a City manager Her business-like style beautiful community that is helped her bring in a budget one of Long Island’s jewels. We will do all we can to polish this last year with a 1.8 percent tax increase, the lowest in years. She also put forward stone.” Gayden holds advanced degrees in a five-year plan to guide the city’s

e’ve taken some good steps, but there is still a great deal ahead.

finances, which includes the monitoring of all expenses, a search for new sources of revenue and the updating of the city’s financial and other records with computer systems. Gayden faces multiple challenges ahead. One will be to resolve a $131 million lawsuit filed by a Manhattan developer, Haberman & Haberman. In January, State Supreme Court Justice Jack Libert ordered the City of Long Beach to pay Haberman $131.2 million for blocking construction of oceanfront condos over the past three decades. Given its financial woes, the city does not have the money to pay Haberman back in full. Gayden said the matter remains in litigation, and she could not comment, except to say the city is working to resolve the matter. Over her career, Gayden has moved about the country, from one financially distressed municipality to another. Before coming to Long Beach, she had worked in two small municipalities in Illinois. Bendo said at a recent meeting that Gayden might not intend to remain in Long Beach for the rest of her career. The council announced that it was seeking a deputy city manager. Gayden said that person could be “groomed” to take over her job.

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cil member, Karen McInnis, was absent, and another, Scott Mandel, is a lame duck, having decided against running in the November election. Council member Liz Treston read letters from McInnis and State Assemblywoman Missy Miller, of Atlantic Beach, both supporting the new contract. The Long Beach Civil Service Employees Association also supported the contract, a representative said. The city said Gayden’s pay hike “right-sizes her salary within the executive members of the city workforce.” Additionally, the city will pay $17,000 in wages that will be dedicated to an IRS-deferred compensation pension plan. In March, the city said it was seeking a deputy city manager to take over the city’s top management post, anticipating that Gayden might leave. City Comptroller Ina Reznik was named deputy manager. In August, the council approved a $190,000 contract for Gayden through November, a move council members said was a vote of confidence that she would improve the city’s economic footing. City spokesman John McNally said Friday that Long Beach’s debt remains

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The Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce held its annual promotion of its Veterans’ Discount Program and Shop Locally campaign with County Clerk Maureen O’Connell on Nov. 10 at Evolve Gym in East Meadow. Veterans and families of deceased veterans are eligible to benefit from the program when they bring their discharge papers to the county clerk’s office to be entered into its data base. They receive a county discount card, good year-round, to participate in the discount program, which also benefits local small businesses. The Council of Chambers works with the clerk’s office to encourage small businesses to take part in the veterans discount program. Last week’s news conference was intended, in part, to raise awareness of a “shop-local” program, which more than a hundred small businesses are participating in, many of which are struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic. The list of participating businesses increases each year, including restaurants, retail stores, attorneys and auto body shops, among others. Discounts vary from 5 to 20 percent. Vision Long Island President Eric Alexander said veterans are a key d e m o g r ap h i c fo r t h e d ow n t ow n s because they are often involved in community projects, and small businesses give to the projects. “My dad was a World War II veteran who also served his community and downtown,” Alexander said. “I don’t know a group that is more loyal to small businesses than our veterans.” Fifteen years ago, Julie Marchesella, of West Islip, a past president of the Council of Chambers, worked with O’Connell to encourage veterans to record their discharge papers at the clerk’s office.

Ve t e r a n s n e e d t h e i r d i s ch a r g e papers to be eligible for any number of programs. Marchesella experienced firsthand their importance. Seeking a full military funeral for her father when he died, she could not find his discharge papers, making him ineligible. It broke her heart, she said, that the American “flag could not be raised for” him. O’Connell said it’s common that discharge papers go missing, which could have consequences. “The papers have important information on it like the veteran’s Social Security number, their date of birth and parents’ names,” O’Connell explained. “I was having a heart attack seeing files filled with discharge papers. It is a thief ’s dream to find one of these cabinets.” Frank Camarano, of East Meadow, president of the Nassau Council of Chambers, said the discount program is a great help to veterans and businesses, but it does need to be promoted more. “The county and Vision Long Island have the resources to advertise in the media,” he said, “and on social media too, like Facebook, Instagram and maybe even on the radio.” Alexander said Vision Long Island has 25,000 people on its email list, and he plans to send out information about the veterans discount and shop-local programs. “I don’t normally take the discount,” said Butch Kmicos, a Bellmore American Legion member, “but it’s a good idea for those who need it.” Ralph Esposito, director of the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency, called the discount program “phenomenal,” noting that a growing number of veterans are in need, as evidenced by an increased number who are making use of the veterans mart at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow for food.

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Simon Berger, now 94, of Long Beach, uses a cane to help him walk, is somewhat hard of hearing and his vision is poor. But on a chilly afternoon this past Sunday, Berger had come to bear witness. He is one of a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors left in the United States. Berger was imprisoned Auschwitz and several other camps. He had joined a group of about 25 others at the Long Beach Holocaust Memorial at Kennedy Plaza, outside City Hall, to observe Kristallnacht, often referred to as the “Night of Broken Glass.” The name refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms that took place on November 9 and 10, 1938. Attacks were carried out against Jewish businesses and synagogues in a number of GerCourtesy Berger Family man cities. Kristallnacht is generally Holocaust survivor simon Berger, 94, attended considered the beginning of the ceremony marking ‘Night of the Broken Glass.’ Holocaust. Berger and his wife, Rita, Auschwitz in January, 1945, his family also a Holocaust survivor whose family was shot and killed by Nazi guards. managed to escape Berlin to relative safeBerger managed to get to Israel, where ty, stood arm-in-arm under graying skies he served in the Israeli army, before comand brisk ocean breezes. Rabbi Stephen ing to the United States in 1954. B. Dresner of Temple Israel of Long Former New York State Assemblyman Beach recited Kaddish, a memorial Harvey Weisenberg, who helped establish prayer. the Holocaust Memorial in Long Beach, They stood near the Memorial, which reminded the small gathering of how was dedicated June 7, 1987, by the Holo- Jews had survived hardships over the caust Memorial Committee as a memorial generations. to the six million Jews who were victims “We’re survivors because we have each of Nazi persecution and the non-Jews other,” Weisenberg said. “That’s what who tried to save them. Long Beach is like.” Berger was born and raised in Lodz, in Vincent E. Marmorale, co-chairman of Central Poland. He recalled that in Sep- the Holocaust Memorial Committee of tember, 1939, Nazi troops marched Long Island, and a producer of the film through the main square. “My Italian Secret: The Forgotten “They took a Jew and put him on a Heroes,” about Italian citizens who truck and drove him around, to show how helped rescue Jews from the Holocaust, tough they were,” he said. The next day, noted that last year, the annual event was he said, the Nazis laid down an order. cancelled because of the covid pandemic. Jews were to walk only in the streets, not But he said it was important to get the the sidewalk. observance back on track “because memSoon after, he, his mother, his brother ory is so important.” and his two sisters were sent to AusBerger, who had watched the proceedchwitz. He was there for about three ings mostly in silence, said he had months, before being marched to another learned from the horrors of the Holocaust camp. And then another after that. that “A human being is as weak as a fly Two days before the Russians liberated and as strong as a lion.”

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South Side High School alumnus Randell Hansen took another step toward his goal of running a marathon in all 50 states when he took part in the New York City Marathon for the first time on Nov. 7. Hansen finished the race in 3 hours, 11 minutes and 7 seconds, and now only has to run marathons in Maine and New Mexico to complete his multi-year mission. “It was exhilarating,” Hansen said of the New York City race. “It was the best experience I had next to running in the 2014 Boston Marathon. Starting at the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and just running through Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan, the crowds were really loud, ringing the cowbells, cheering us on, and just the fact that it was a large in-person race event, the first one I did in a long time, it was just great.” Hansen, 42, lived in Rockville Centre from 1980 to 2002 before moving to Sacramento, Calif. He graduated from South Side High School in 1997, and said that his former classmate, Meghan Lynch, also ran the New York City race. Hansen said that he wasn’t an athlete in high school, but he took up running in 2007 because he enjoys traveling around the country and was looking for a new hobby. He began slowly, competing in 5Ks, then working up to 10Ks and half-marathons before eventually taking on full marathons across the country. In 2009, he completed his first full 26.2-mile marathon along the American River in Sacramento. Though he has become a better runner over the years, Hansen said it was difficult for him to qualify for the New York City Marathon, which was a major goal of his. “It was a long time coming,” he said. “For years I tried to time qualify for it, but I just kept coming up short.”

After not being able to qualify with a time, he decided to go the fundraising route, and raised money for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, in honor of his friend Jessica Idenmill, who has the illness. Huntington’s is a rare, inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Through social media posts and help from friends and family, Hansen surpassed his goal of raising $3,750, and was able to enter the marathon. He said it meant a great deal to him to be able to raise money for the HDSA, which works to raise awareness and fund research for treatments and to help those struggling with the disease maintain their quality of life. After a nearly two-year hiatus from competing in person due to the coronavirus pandemic, Hansen ran a marathon in Atlantic City last month. He had hoped to finish the New York race in under 3:10, but was still happy with his time considering the long layoff. He runs three days per week in his neighborhood, and also does CrossFit training to keep his form and minimize the risk of injury. Hansen said he enjoys the training process and the camaraderie among the runners at each event, and that he was relieved to finish New York City. To meet his ultimate goal, he hopes to run marathons in Maine and New Mexico next spring or fall. Hansen, who works as a civil servant, said he was elated to reach the finish line in Central Park and see his wife, Heather Smith-Hansen, there cheering him on. “It’s just great knowing that she was there in the grandstand seats, just there to watch me finish,” he said. “When we met afterward, we gave each other big hugs. It’s nice having my biggest cheerleader there.”

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recently joined five Long Island high school students for a visit to the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor, the 18th-century site where many enslaved people of African descent lived. The visit yielded a fascinating discussion with significant implications for education on Long Island. The five diverse students are part of ERASE Racism’s Student Task Force, a student-led initiative that advances racial and socioeconomic equity on issues that impact their ELAinE everyday lives. The students GRoss came from four school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The visit was part of a series of similar events happening across the country called Teach the Truth Day of Action. What was initially so striking to me was that none of the students knew that slavery had existed on Long Island. They were surprised that they had not learned such a notable historical fact in school. The extent to which the history of actions detrimental to people of color

has been left out of history books was underscored by this year’s 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which destroyed 35 blocks of a renowned Black community and killed as many as 300 Black people. As the History Channel stated, “The riot reflected terribly on the city and subsequently wasn’t included in history books or newspapers for decades.” A survey conducted by The Oklahoman this year found that the vast majority of Oklahomans learned about the massacre outside of school. There is a growing national debate about the extent to which school curricula should address the less-than-noble aspects of American history, especially as they relate to the experiences of people of color. On one side of the debate is New York state, whose Education Department has taken substantial steps to recognize diversity, equity and inclusion in curricula. In 2018, the state published a framework for culturally responsive curricula, on which I had been asked to comment while it was in draft form. The framework supports local districts in creating curricula that elevate historically marginalized voices, affirm diverse identities, perspectives and cultures, assure

rigor and foster independent learning. This past April, the State Education Department issued a second document, “The NYS Board of Regents Framework on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in New York’s Schools: A Call to Action.” In May, it approved a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Framework and Policy Statement, which requires all school districts to develop and implement diversity, equity and inclusion policies. On the other side of the issue, eight states have passed legislation — and another 20 are considering it — that directs educators to avoid teaching about the role of racism and oppression in American history. Much of the passed and proposed legislation contains vague language that allows for a student — or a parent — to state that he or she experienced “discomfort” with the discussion of race and for a teacher to be deemed guilty without much recourse. How, after all, could the teacher prove that the student did not feel discomfort? New Hampshire’s House Bill 2 explicitly forbids a teacher to state that an individual might be “inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.” This stands in opposi-

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to get to work and school and keep their homes his Thanksgiving is shaping up to be one of warm this winter. It’s frustrating, because there is the most difficult in a long time for many so much pressure this time of year to spend on gifts Long Island families who were adversely and fancy meals, so add the stress of advertisers affected by the economic calamity brought bombarding us with messages of how we must proon by the pandemic. vide this big, fancy holiday meal. And First, there were record job losses, yet, at our food bank we are hearing layoffs, reduced work hours and, in more and more about families who some cases, voluntary job losses know that it just won’t happen without because of child/family care issues. To support from Long Island’s network of make matters worse, we now have supfood pantries supported by Island Harply-chain issues, labor shortages and vest, along with its direct-distribution rising costs for food and other goods programs to our neighbors in need. that amplify the hardship for many peoYet despite the adversity, there ple who continue to struggle. remains optimism and a sturdy beacon Last year, food prices rose about 4 hope on Long Island’s horizon. On percent when few could afford that kind RAnDi sHUBin of the other side of the struggles so many of an increase. This price hikes were are facing are the generous friends who far above the rate of inflation. EssenDREsnER want to help us as we distribute more tials like meat, poultry, fish and eggs than 16,000 holiday meal packages to rose even higher, and are predicted to families in the weeks ahead. And we are continue increasing in cost. Price so grateful for their generosity. spikes are driven mainly by supply-chain instabiliIf we can successfully distribute all those meals ty, labor shortages, gasoline price increases and clithis year, imagine the smiles on the faces and mate-change issues. warmth in the hearts of 16,000 families that will In the end, what does this mean for the average have the opportunity to sit together and enjoy person raising a family on Long Island? It’s frightsomething that many of us take for granted. ening, actually, and adds more stress to an already difficult time for far too many people. Families hoping for a good, healthy holiday-style Randi Shubin Dresner is president and CEO of Island Harvest, one of Long Island’s largest food classic meal must find the money to somehow put banks. that turkey dinner on the table, keep gas in the car

tion to the current consensus of scientific research on how racism operates. These legislative efforts are focused on protecting students from the reality of American history, as if they could not handle the truth. But in my experience working with hundreds of Long Island high school students, they relish the opportunity to explore race and its implications for America’s past, present and future. As a white student who was with me at Joseph Lloyd Manor wrote, “Our past consists of more than just heroes . . . Not allowing us to discuss and explore ‘sensitive topics’ avoids essential conversations. Developing a safe learning environment is impossible if accurate information is restricted.” As this national debate unfolds, it is vital to hear from America’s students. Those whom I talk to aren’t looking to be protected from the truth, but rather are eager to explore it. They know that they will inherit a world in which race remains an inescapable reality. They are not looking for comfort. They are eager for a thorough understanding of diverse perspectives that will be essential to their success in the workplace. Why should education deprive them of that? Elaine Gross author is president of the civil rights organization ERASE Racism.

LETTERs An expert has issues with the East Side Access project To the Editor: The letter to the editor, “East Side Access is a year from completion” (Nov. 4-10), omitted critical facts. Since 2001, costs for the Long Island Rail Road’s East Side Access project have grown from $3.5 billion to $11.2 billion today. This does not include $4 billion more for “readiness projects” carried off line from the official project budget. The opening service date slipped from 2009 to December 2022. In our post-Covid-19 world, 60,000 new LIRR riders in December 2022 remains doubtful. Riders saving 40 minutes would depend on how long it took to exit the train, and how many blocks they walk to transfer to a subway or bus before reaching a final destination. Travel time from Jamaica to Grand Central Terminal was 27 minutes versus 20 minutes to Penn Station. The subway from Penn Station one stop to Times Square transferring to the 42nd Street Shuttle arriving in GCT is seven minutes or less. Many will continue telecommuting from home, part or full-time. There will be fewer face-to-face meetings and conferences, with increased use of teleconferences. Manhattan-based corporations continue downsizing. Others are relocating employees to suburban offices closer to home. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

LONG BEACH HERALD — November 18, 2021

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Covid is still raging — get your shot ASAP

et’s stop equating the coronavirus with the flu, please. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the flu kills, on average, 36,000 people a year. Right now, not yet two years after Covid19 swept across the planet, it is still killing more than a thousand people a day in the U.S. From Nov. 7 to 13, an average of 1,128 people died in America per day. If the death toll were to continue at that rate, one year from now, another 412,000 people would have succumbed to this disease. The virus has already killed 762,000 Americans. We mustn’t forget these horrible and horrifying statistics. It seems of late that we have, however. We’re so eager to

carry on with our normal lives that we forget this disease is still raging across this country, and around the world. We’re now seeing Covid-19 cases rapidly tick up across Western Europe. A rising rate on the other side of the Atlantic has thus far been a precursor of things to come here in the U.S. This past week, we saw the infection rate rise across Long Island and New York state. As of press time, it stood at nearly 3 percent statewide. That’s lower than it was earlier in the fall, but still significantly higher than it was in June, when we saw a lull in new cases and the rate dropped to less than 1 percent. No one can force anyone to take a vaccine, but understand this: We will only overcome this pandemic through their widespread use. The stubborn reluc-

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L.I.’s future solar users are getting a raw deal

ew York is headed in the wrong direction on solar power. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which is charge of the state’s solar programs, is offering special funding to help homeowners offset the cost of a new fee on rooftop solar installations charged by local power companies — but it’s for upstate solar users, not Long Islanders. Isn’t the state supposed to be encouraging solar, according to the ambitious plans laid out by Andrew Cuomo, when he was governor, to drastically reduce the state’s carbon footprint? What gives? NYSERDA officials say the agency has no jurisdiction over the Long Island Power Authority’s solar power plan, and thus cannot offer a financial offset here, according to Newsday. The “transition” fee, as it’s being called, is expected to amount to $5 to $10 a month, starting in January, on solar systems installed after Jan. 1. In 2019, Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The state now aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85 percent by 2050, with 100 percent zero-emission electricity production by 2040. Rooftop solar figures centrally into the state’s plans. So, why are local power companies like LIPA charging a fee on new solar installations? It’s not entirely clear. World leaders convened in recent weeks in Glasgow, Scotland, to hash out a new climate agreement that, among

other measures, seeks to reduce the release of methane gas from any number of sources and the use of coal as a major fuel source to produce electricity. The world, as the summit made clear, is racing toward potential climate disaster, and swift action is required. The clearly unfair treatment of Long Island’s future solar users stands to

potentially slow the spread of a technology that would only help New York meet its climate goals and obligations. LIPA shouldn’t impose any fee on new solar users. At the same time, it seems, NYSERDA is abandoning its obligation to Long Island electric customers. It really should step in and step up here.

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o the relief of many in the political world, the 2021 elections are behind us. Whether your candidate won or lost, our mailboxes will no longer be stuffed with attack brochures, and we can be happy that the robo calls have ended. But if you think the strategizing and mischief is over, you are mistaken. During the coming months and most of 2022, legislative bodies all over America will be participating in a process called redistricting. Every 10 years, upon the completion of the federal JERRY census, legislatures at every level KREMER begin drawing the maps that will decide who will represent you in Congress and at the state and local level for the next 10 years. The redrawing of local maps is generally ignored by the public, and the only way you find out about it is when you enter the voting booth and find that your favorite elected official no longer represents you.

Is the redistricting a fair process? Generally not. In some states, the maps are drawn under the supervision of an independent commission, and every effort is made to see that districts are balanced and no incumbent is given an unfair advantage. But, generally, partisans whose goal is to hold on to power or increase it draw the maps. That practice is known as gerrymandering, and it is intended to give one party an unfair advantage. Gerrymandering will play a major role in deciding who will control the next Congress, and possibly many future Congresses until 2030. Some states have already finished drawing their maps, and are in court defending their machinations. Others, including New York, are in the midst of the map-making process. Because the current census left our state short of the required number of voters per district, New York will lose one member of the House of Representatives in the 2023 Congress. While no one knows now what New York’s congressional districts will look

like, it’s a sure bet that our state will play a pivotal role in determining whether the Democrats maintain control of Congress — while, at the same time, a number of Republican incumbents will likely face the possibility of primary contests, and potential extinction. I don’t claim to be an expert, but I know from personal experience what redistricting can do to your political career. Back in the 1970s, the State Legislature was controlled by the Republicans. As a Democrat, I expected the worst, and those fears came true. My district, most of which was in the middle of Nassau County, running from Long Beach to East Rockaway, was combined with the Five Towns, which was represented by the late Eli Wager, a fellow Democrat. That deliberate drawing of the lines led to a bitter primary battle with a colleague and friend. Only one of us could survive a primary, and I was fortunate to win that battle, and went on to become a member of the Albany power structure as chairman of the Assembly’s Ways and Means

know from personal experience what redistricting can do to your career.

Committee. Happily, Wager went on to enjoy a successful career as a Nassau County Supreme Court justice — but we learned how nasty redistricting can be. No community is exempt from the district map-makers. Following the 2010 census, the County Legislature redrew its maps and cut the Five Towns in half. One portion of the community is now attached to the Elmont area, and the balance remains with the Long Beach area. Because map-making is kept under wraps, there isn’t much the average citizen can do about this legislative sleight of hand. There are usually public hearings before a final map is unveiled but they aren’t well publicized, and the party in power isn’t going to broadcast the new lines. Redistricting has been a dirty word for as long as I’ve been on this planet, and nothing in the years to come will make it any easier to accept. 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.

Sticks and stones — words can never harm me

ou cannot burn a book in 2021. You can burn the paper and the ink and the cardboard, but in our world of e-books, you cannot ever kill the words and ideas that an author created. That makes the news of last week’s book burning threat in Virginia both an empty gesture and a symbolic but devastating embrace of censorship. It says, we are the thought police. We will decide what your children can read. We are here to destroy the ideas we do not want them to see RANDI and hear. KREISS We have always struggled with censorship and book banning in this country, but this next step, to set fire to books we don’t approve of, is an homage to the Nazis and every authoritarian regime that tries to suppress freedom. Last week, the Spotsylvania County school board in Virginia advocated for burning certain books. According to the Free Lance-Star newspaper, in a unanimous vote, the school staff would decide which books were “objectionable.” Rabih Abuismail and Kirk Twigg, two board members, suggested burning the books

that have been removed. “I think we should throw those books in a fire,” Abuismail reportedly said. Two years ago in this space, I wrote, “We can almost hear the crisp curling of burning pages in the dangerous rhetoric coming from President Donald Trump. His people aren’t burning books yet, but it could happen. When authoritarian leaders consolidate power, they always kill ideas first.” Book burning is a cliché of dictatorial control. It didn’t begin with the Nazis, although they did it better than most, with the burning of tens of thousands of books under the leadership of the German Student Union in the 1930s. The burned books were deemed dangerous because of antiNazi ideas. Authoritarian censorship starts by discrediting legitimate news sources and reliable reporting. From ancient Alexandria to the decade-long Chinese Cultural Revolution, throughout all modern wars, to the bonfires of rare manuscripts by Isis in Mosul in 2015, ashes are all that remain of millions of irreplaceable works. Book burnings are fueled by ignorance, and fear is the accelerant. Historically, book bans foreshadow other fires to come; therefore, it is more important than

ever to stand up for intellectual freedom. Trump loyalists, proliferating in our communities, call out opposing ideologies as unpatriotic or treasonous, just as their leader targeted the press as “enemies” of America. Trump’s rants and actions triggered a fire alarm, and now the flames are rising from places like Virginia. In Texas, the governor has ordered school officials to review schoolbooks for “pornography and other obscene content.” He did not define pornography or obscenity. In my own life, books have been the oxygen, the food and light that helped me grow as a human being. When I was an eighth-grade English teacher in Hewlett in 1970, a parent on Open School Night stood up and publicly protested my teaching of “The Diary of Anne Frank” because it mentions menstruation. We discussed his concerns privately, and he eventually saw the merits of the book. That process, of goodwill and a respectful exchange of opposing ideas, seems to have given way to rancor and vitriol. A civilized society doesn’t burn books. We talk about them. My grandson is reading “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien, in sophomore English. It is brutal, violent, deeply disturbing and abso-

ot every book is appropriate for every reader, but burning them? I don’t think so.

lutely essential for an understanding of war and the legacy of trauma. Great books disturb the field. When school boards and parents and teachers disagree, I say put down the matches and begin a conversation. The more distressing question is, how do we move forward as an intellectually free democracy when a school board and the parents and the community agree to ban or burn books they deem inappropriate? That would be a dark place indeed. Over the years, many books have been banned in the U.S., for reasons ranging from sexually explicit material to homosexual material to challenging religious ideas to depictions of racism, nudity, Marxism, drugs and alcohol and Satanism. Don’t read me wrong: Not every book is appropriate for every reader, especially children; however, no book should be banned. Burning? I don’t think so. The book the Virginia school board wants to burn is “Beloved,” by Toni Morrison, perhaps the most profound and moving novel about slavery in America. How do we push back at the knownothing, anti-intellectual yahoos lighting the pyres? We read. And we talk. And we comfort ourselves with the knowledge that in our e-book world, paper books may go up in smoke, but the ideas will float in the digital clouds forever. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

LONG BEACH HERALD — November 18, 2021

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