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City divided over marijuana Many want referendum on the issue to allow voters to decide elicited chuckles from the crowd of about 100 people. “Enough of this 1930s ‘Refer Madness,’” he Brooke Dowler, a Long High said, referring to a 1936 film Beach School junior, stepped hes- about drugs, which has become itantly to the microphone at a something of a joke on college Long Beach City Council public campuses. hearing Tuesday night on whethThe City Council may decide er the city should allow the retail on the issue at its next meeting sale of marijuana, but her voice on Dec. 20, although Council was strong. President John “I am a witness as Bendo said that if to how people get the council believed their substances,” another public hearshe told the council. ing was necessary, it “If it is legalized, would hold one. kids will find a way Dowler and Barto get it,” even if shock represented they are under 21. both sides of the “It’s scary for kids to argument at the City h ave s u c h e a s y Council’s second access.” She said the public hearing on council should opt JuDy ViNiNg the issue of whether out of a New York Executive Director, to authorize the legal state program that Long Beach AWARE sale of marijuana to allows municipalipeople 21 and older ties to decide whethonly. Municipalities er dispensaries can sell marijua- must opt out by the state’s Dec. 31 na within their borders. deadline, though they can opt in Meanwhile, Long Beach resi- at a later date. Once a municipaldent Jock Barshock took the ity opts in, however, the decision opposite view. “Long Beach must is permanent. The issue has genopt in,” he said. “Why? It’s fiscal- erated heated debate in municily responsible. It’s tax revenue. palities across Long Island. It’s also socially responsible. By Only hours before Tuesday opting in, we cannot only set an night’s council meeting, the example for our neighbors, we can take their money,” which Continued on page 12

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CHRiS KattaN, RigHt, plays a supporting role in “Famous,” as Lawrence Nichols.

From L.B. theater to L.A. film Producer recalls her life on the barrier island By BRENDaN CaRPENtER bcarpenter@liherald.com

A Long Beach native got her start in show business with the Long Beach Theatre Guild. Now living in Los Angeles, she is a producer of films and plays. Michelle Kaufer, who graduated from Long Beach High School in 1988 and attended Nassau Community College, joined the Theatre Guild at 16 and was involved with the organization for five years. During that time, she performed in about five musicals.

Kaufer said her years with the Theatre Guild were her “first experience in the world of entertainment,” opening her eyes to stage and film and showing her a direction in life. Kaufer lived in Long Beach until she was 32, thinking it was her forever home. “All was good. I had a condo on the water,” Kaufer, now 50, said. “I really thought I was staying for good.” That all changed when she met writer and director Michael Leoni at a social Continued on page 11

MiCHEllE KaufER, a producer of “Famous,” got her start with the Long Beach Theatre Guild.

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A crowd greets fire fighters and wounded warriors as they arrive at the main station of the Point Lookout-Lido Beach Fire Department.

Wounded Warriors treated to Xmas fete The Point Lookout-Lido Beach Fire Department hosted a dozen wounded warriors and their families at the main fire house Sunday. The warriors, who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan or both, were given a parade, lunch, and a visit by Santa Claus during their visit. Earlier Sunday, they were honored by the Long Beach Fire Department. On Saturday, they were driven to Manhattan to see the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center and visit a local fire house. The Wounded Warriors are honored in Long Beach twice a year, during the summer and the winter.

MeMbers of the fire department make preparations as wounded warriors and their families arrive for the afternoon. sAntA clAus pAys a visit to the Christmas Party at the firehouse to give out some toys to the children of the wounded warriors.

luis rAMAche, who lost both of his legs in Afghanistan while serving in the Marines, is greeted by a member of the Point Lookout-Lido Beach fire department as the festivities got underway.

95 percent of Nassau adults Record-breaking dive at have been vaccinated Long Beach High School Approximately 95 percent of Nassau County residents over the age of 18 have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced last week. The designation gives Nassau County the highest adult vaccination rate of all sixty-two counties in New York State, according to the New York State Department of Health. Comparatively, 79.7 percent of adults in the United States have received at least one vaccine dose. “I’m proud that Nassau County has led the way in vaccinations since Day 1,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said in a press release. “We are committed to keeping up our momentum. Our high vaccination rate is saving lives and helpLaura ing spur a strong economic recovery.” The County’s high vaccination rate is a “prime example of public health at its finest,” Nassau County Commissioner of Health, Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein, said in a press release. “Community partners, healthcare providers, business owners, and the general public working together to make their community a safer and healthier place. That is undoubtedly something to be proud of.” With so many vaccinated adults in Nassau, county of ficials are now focused on increasing vaccination rates among eligible youth, ages 12-17, according to a press release. As a part of the State’s #VaxToSchool program, residents that are between the ages of 12 to 17 who get vaccinated at the County’s participating events will

receive gift cards for Amazon, movie theatres and other incentives after receiving each shot. By increasing vaccination rates among residents ages 12 to 17, Nassau will “stay ahead of the virus and keep our communities safe,” Curran said. Earlier this year, Nassau County rolled out a Student Vaccination Initiative, which has vaccinated thousands of eligible students through pop-up events. The Student Va c c i n a t i o n I n i t i a t i v e engaged and trained youth ambassadors to support and encourage peers to roll up their sleeves. To further increase vaccinations among adults, Curran and the Nassau County Department of Health recently launched a program Curran which offers on-site vaccination events to businesses. The program is open to all businesses, restaurants, shops and more, and offers free in-house vaccinations by appointment to all eligible employees and family members. The vaccination program has been utilized by large companies, warehouses, franchises and Herald Community Newspapers. Businesses can inquire about the program by calling 516-227-9570. In addition to pop-up vaccination events, the County continues to hold weekly vaccination clinics for the general public every Wednesday at the Department of Health in Mineola. To find out more information and to make an appointment at an upcoming vaccination clinic, go online to: https://www. nassaucountyny.gov/vaccine.

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Long Beach High S ch o o l d ive r C h r i s Buonocore broke the 22-year-old school diving record at this afternoon, Friday, 12/3 meet vs. South Side-Lynbrook. Chris’s score of 275 points beat the record by one point set by Keith Grif fin in 1999. “I am beyond proud of Chris, but this is just the beginning!” commented Long Beach diving coach Phil Cabasino. Chris recently signed a national letter of intent to dive at Bryant University next year.

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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.

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Kennedy Plaza donned by festive lights for the holidays Kennedy Plaza was completely lit up last Friday with the lighting of the city Christmas Tree. The plaza featured lights from the tree, lights covering the trees and the Menorah.

Saturday, Dec. 11 Electric Light Parade The City and Chamber of Commerce will hold the 8th annual Electric Light Parade starting on Ohio Avenue and Beech Street at 6 pm.

Ugly Duckling will host Paul C. Ruthbert and live music starting at noon.

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Holiday Family Photo Shoots

Preschool readiness The public library will host a preschool readiness class in the auditorium from 10:30 to 11:15 am.

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

The public library will host a holiday concert featuring middle shcool and high school students on zoom from 7 to 9 pm.

Board Of Directors Meeting The public library will have a board of directors meeting in the program room from 2 to 3 pm.

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Friday, Dec. 10 The public library will host a Motown dance class in the auditorium and on zoom from 2 to 2:45 pm.

Writers’ Circle

The public library will host a free family photo shoot for the holidays in the auditorium from 1:30 to 4:30 pm.

Monday, Dec. 13 Women In The Arts Fundraiser Bright Eye Beer Co. will host the Artist in Partnership, Inc.’s 5th annual women in the arts awards and fundraiser from 7 to 10 pm. Tickets cost $30.

Tuesday, Dec. 14 There will be a Board of Education meeting starting at 7 pm.

Job Training Enrollment

Wednesday, Dec. 15 Ask The Tech Guy The public library will host time for people to ask their Tech Guy any technology questions they may have in the 2nd floor lobby from 2 to 3 pm.

The public library will have a youth dawing club class with Miss Tanya in the program room from 4 to 4:45 pm.

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The public library will host a craft class to design decoupage boxes in the program room from 4:30 to 5:15 pm.

Youth Drawing Club

Thursday, Dec. 16 The public library will have a youth services advisory board meeting in the program room from 4:30 to 5:15 pm.

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The Long Beach Adult Learning Center will have a table in the lobby of the public library to offer free job training from 10 am to 1 pm.

Zoning Board Meets The zoning board will meet on the sixth floor of City Hall starting at 7 pm.

Preschool Yoga The public library will host a preschool yoga class in the auditorium from 1:30 to 2 pm.

HAvInG An EvEnT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to jbernstein@liherald.com

Keep an eye out for upcoming holiday events. Long Beach will hold a blood drive at the Magnolia Center Monday Dec. 27 at 2 pm. The boardwalk will be lit up with nautical-themed holiday lights starting Friday, Dec. 3. 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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Howard Siegal, long-time L.B. resident, dies at age 83 Howard Siegal, a long-time resident of Long Beach, died Nov. 29, at NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola. He was 83. He had worked 40 years as General Manager of Achim Home Décor, helping the Brooklynbased company become one of the leading importers of window coverings and home products in the U.S. The company has moved some operations to North Brunswick, New Jersey. The company remains in business and is still run by its founder, Marton B. Grossman. Howard Siegal moved from the Bronx to Long Beach with his family when he was 12 years old, and raised own his family there. He graduated from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in1960. He put himself through college at Adelphi, working as a Good Humor ice cream man. He was a member of the board at South Shore Jewish Center in Island Park, NY, and was a supporter of Hadassah. He was also a member of WCSC -

Window Covering Safety Council. His family said in an email that his favorite pastime was spending summers on the beach, sharing blissful days with his children and grandchildren. He achieved a perfect balance between his work and his family; never missing a day of work or a family event! His legacies are his love of family, friends, and longtime colleagues, his family said. Funeral services were at Gutterman’ s in Rockville Centre Wednesday, Dec. 1 He is survived by his wife, Siegal Brenda; sister, Elaine Matthews; daughter and son-inlaw, Hilary and Bruce Berger; daughter and son-in-law Bonnie and Jeff Stevens; son and daughter-in-law, Andrew and Jodi Siegal; son and daughter-in-law Kenny and Gwen Siegal; and his eight grandchildren Charlotte, Jordan, Ilana, Brandon, Noah, Sophie, Phoebe, and Ava. Donations in his memory can be made to Hadassah, c/o Sandy Volpe 166 Audubon Blvd, Island Park, New York, 11558.

Walsh: LBPD hires two new female police officers By JameS BernStein jbernstein@liherald.com

Seeking to further diversify the Long Beach Police Department, Commissioner Ron Walsh said he has hired two new female officers, bringing to 14 the number of women officers on the 68-member force. Walsh said the new officers are replacements for two male officers who have retired. Shelby Saroka, who was a New York City EMT, and Amanda Giordano, who worked as a New York City police officer, have both been hired. Walsh said the department is “now at full staff ” but that will be looking to further diversity the police force. Walsh was sworn in as Long Beach’s new police commissioner in February. He had worked for the Nassau County Police Department for 28 years, last servng as Chief of Support.

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event. He encouraged her to follow her dreams, and she never looked back. Since she moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s, Kaufer has produced short films, has been the associate producer of episodes of TV documentaries and was a producer of film adaptations of stage shows. The recently completed “Famous,” which she helped produce, will be released in theaters and on streaming services Friday. The film, a version of the stage show, follows a young actor and his Josh PAfchek, left, who plays Jason Mast, in a scene struggles with fame in the alongside Landon Tavernier, who plays Ryan Logan, in 1990s. The stage show ran in “Famous.” Los Angeles for about a year, which Kaufer said is long for “not being in New York.” He said he remembered Kaufer and how “The stage itself was cinematic even she was involved in musicals and was in before filming,” Kaufer said. “It felt [that] the chorus. “She was very happy to be involved,” anyway. You knew you were watching a play but were getting swept away like a Kelly said. “She was very nice, had a nice voice and was a good dancer, as well.” movie.” Kelly said he did not necessarily foreChris Kattan, who is known primarily for his work in comedy and on “Saturday see Kaufer producing films. He did say the Night Live,” has a supporting role in the Theatre Guild has been “very fortunate in having young, enthusiastic people who production as Lawrence Nichols. Kattan “knew of the project through have gone on to do great things.” Kaufer, mutual friends, and he was honored to do he said, could be added to that list. Kaufer has two more upcoming projit,” Kaufer said. “He was into the idea of a dramatic role after mostly doing comedy, ects. The first is “Elevator–The Live Expeand he really respects the writer and rience,” which was a play at first also. The production was originally filmed for director.” With all the projects Kaufer has been a archival purposes, but will be released part of, she said choosing one that she is soon. The show is “a beautiful story about most proud of is difficult. “Famous,” how people are more alike than differthough, could be it, she said, because it ent.” Her other upcoming project, “The Sun, spans both theater and film, noting it the Moon and Everything in Between,” “opens the box on both mediums.” Don Kelly has been involved with the will begin filming next year. Theatre Guild since 1978, acting and participating in shows along with his wife.

L.B. has till Dec. 31 to opt out on pot sales continued from front page Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously to opt out of legal marijuana sales. More than a dozen Nassau County municipalities, including Island Park, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre and Freeport, have also opted out. The Town of Riverhead, on Long Island’s East End, rejected a proposal to opt out in a 3-2 vote last July. Many at the Long Beach hearing said they would support holding a referendum to allow voters to decide the matter. Judy Vining, executive director of Long Beach AWARE, a local organization dedicated to preventing substance abuse among young people, was a proponent of holding a vote. She noted that the state would not issue licenses to sell marijuana until 2023 at the earliest, and so the issue should be given careful consideration since there is time. “We are not here to do anything but hit the pause button,” Vining said. “If we opt out, we have time to look at all of the regulations.” The lack of clear state guidelines on the retail sale of marijuana troubled many at the hearing. The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act “sets out a framework that will comprehensively regulate cannabis…in a manner that will protect public health and safety, while promoting social equity and economic development,” the State Office of Cannabis says on its website. But specific rules and regulations are not laid out. The site says to “check back soon” for further details. One key detail that was in dispute Tuesday night was how much tax revenue Long Beach might collect. Some advocates of retail sale say legalized marijuana dispensaries would generate 3 percent sales tax for Long Beach or any local municipality and 1 percent in sales tax for Nassau County, along with 7,000 jobs throughout the county. Melissa Gibson, who said she ran a hemp store in

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Brooke Dowler, a LBHS junior, addressed the Long Beach City Council Tuesday night, calling for it to opt out of allowing retail marijuana sales in the city. upstate Woodstock, argued that a dispensary could be a boon to Long Beach. “Revenues will come to the community,” she said. But Roy Lester, who won a seat on the City Council in the November election, said, “That’s not what this is about. There are no rules and regulations out for the next two years. I blame the state for putting the horse before the cart.” He said the council was “voting and doesn’t know what it’s voting on.” Voters should have the right to decide the issue, he said. Resident Crystal Lake raised the issue of where such a dispensary would be located. “It should be located in an isolated are,” she said, “but there are not enough isolated areas in Long Beach.”

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Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the council voted, 4-1, to transfer about $50,000 in funds for the Street Maintenance Department “to replenish their overtime budget due to unexpected events, including, but not limited to, hurricanes…” Councilwoman Karen McInnis cast the lone no vote. In an email, McInnis wrote, “I voted no because I felt the council should have been presented with a more thorough analysis of the costs to run the department before the vote. Moving $50,000, a large amount in my mind, from the Masonry Repairs line to Overtime gave me pause. What are we now not doing in masonry repairs?”

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On Dec. 1, Dr. Aaron Glatt, chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, helped light the fourth candle of the Hanukkah menorah at the White House as thanks and recognition for his work during the coronavirus pandemic. Glatt got the call from President Biden’s liaison to the Jewish People, Chanan Weissman, extending the invitation on Thanksgiving. During a private meeting with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses, Glatt blessed Biden, who put his arm around the doctor, who is also a rabbi, and thanked him for the honor. During the ceremony, Biden lauded Glatt as a “champion of encouraging his congregants in his community to get vaccinated.” Glatt serves as an associate rabbi at Young Israel of Woodmere and lives in the community with his wife of 41 years. “The torah tells us that we’re obligated to try and protect all people and keep ourselves, as well as our society, healthy,” Glatt said. “This is why the message to try and do proper public health actions is such an important message from a religious point of view.” Despite the personal praise from the president, Glatt said that his being there was about thanking health-care workers across the country for risking their own health during this long pandemic. He also spoke about how his faith, which was lifted up at the White House, has guided him during the past two years. “I don’t think I would be able to get through [the pandemic] without faith,” Glatt told the Herald. “Faith is a wonderful way for people to deal with these types of tragedies, knowing that there is a God and a greater purpose in life. We’re here to try to make things better for all mankind.”

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n the wake of his announcement that he is entering the Democratic primary for governor, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi faces a pretty daunting obstacle: New York City Democrats. The city’s Democratic voter base, and the political bosses who select their primary candidates, mock anyone beyond the five boroughs. They know their statewide candidates will need Long Island votes in the general election, but that doesn’t mean they want a Long Islander leading the ticket. Think RoNALD J. of neighboring as deadly RoSENBERG Gotham kryptonite that destroys the aspirations of every suburban Democrat who wants a shot at running statewide. We already know the roster of Long Island politicians whose statewide campaigns died at the Queens line. Kathleen Rice and Steve Levy come immediately to mind, but there are others. In the 1960s, the highly respected Nassau Coun-

ty Executive Eugene Nickerson couldn’t win the Democratic primary for Senate, despite the backing of none other than Robert F. Kennedy. Huntington Town Supervisor Jerome Ambro took on Basil Paterson for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1970. Ambro promptly lost that contest to Patterson. And Tom Suozzi knows what it’s like to run and lose a statewide primary race. In 2006, he ran against Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor. He quickly lost to the Manhattan-based Spitzer (although Spitzer may still wonder what his life might have been like had he lost and then quietly repaired to the family business of making millions in real estate). So why is it that Suozzi believes that this time is the charm? For starters, the Democratic Party is unrecognizable. There are more left-leaning city Democratic power players than Politburo members in Red Square on May Day. And that’s the least of it. Consider a New York Post report that

revealed how a Bronx-based congressman, Jamaal Bowman, “is facing the fury of the Democratic Socialists of America, who have accused him of betrayal for visiting Israel and meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.” That action alone reveals that Suozzi’s Democratic Party has a cancer eating away at its soul. Suozzi’s primary strategy is to position himself as a centrist in a race that will compel Democrats to choose among the progressive, the progressive lite and the still to be politically defined gubernatorial incumbent. Suozzi will have the advantage of fundraising among deep-pocketed New York City business leaders who have the right to fear a state lurching left. They have been desperately looking for a “common-sense” Democrat whom they can support, so it is no accident that the phrase “common-sense candidate” is now Suozzi’s adopted slogan. While Suozzi and his primary competitors seek to position themselves for a win, they need to recognize that a primary victory is not an anointment to be gov-

ew York City has often proved poisonous for suburban Democrats.

ernor. As this past Election Day revealed, there is a quiet but seething anger among voters who rightly view the progressive/socialist agenda, such as “bail reform,” as destructive to their quality of life and core values. In a state reputed to be deeply blue, there is every reason to believe that a Republican gubernatorial candidate could win by tapping into the anger, and not a little bit of fear of where New York might be heading. Much the way the Red Wave on Election Night 2021 sent a strong message that voters are not going to follow a progressive manifesto, Republican Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin could easily upset the pundits and assume office as the next governor of New York. If so, it would be nothing less than ironic if those Long Island Democrats who aspired to be governor but were blocked by New York City progressives got to attend the gubernatorial inauguration of a fellow Long Islander who ran on the Republican line. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

Hoping for the gift of life in this season of giving

e was 49 years old in March, and he hopes to celebrate his 50th birthday next year. Anyone would wish the same, but Scott Englander, a Woodmere resident, faces an uncertain future. According to his mother, Arlene, after a catastrophic bacterial infection left him in a coma more than six years ago, Scott suffered both heart and kidney failure. His heart stabilized, but his kidney function continued to decline until he was forced to begin RANDI regular dialysis KREISS recently. He is being treated at the Julia and Israel Waldbaum Davida Dialysis facility in Great Neck, where he undergoes dialysis three times a week, for four and a half hours at a time. It is a grueling routine that leaves him exhausted. The only way off dialysis, however, is to get a kidney transplant. The family is hopes for a living donor, someone who finds it within him or herself to promise Scott another birthday, and another one after that. We have all read stories of selfless individuals who know they can live normally with one

kidney and are willing to come forward in an exceptional act of generosity. If you or someone you know would like more information about this process, please email scottneedsakidney@ gmail.com. I have known Arlene and Richard Englander for more than 50 years. We hadn’t connected in a long time when Arlene reached out, hoping to increase Scott’s chances of finding a kidney donor. They had already tried Zoom megacalls and bulk mailings and emails. Maybe, they thought, someone will read this and consider giving this gift of life. Perhaps the word will pass through our communities and someone will step forward. For the recipient, according to the National Kidney Transplant Foundation, “Your health and energy should improve. In fact, a successful kidney transplant may allow you to live the kind of life you were living before you got kidney disease. Studies show that people with kidney transplants live longer than those who remain on dialysis.” Unrelated individuals who make a good match may be able to donate one of their kidneys, in a living transplant. If a donor and recipient are incompatible,

there are “kidney swaps,” in which donors can provide kidneys to compatible recipients in exchange for a compatible donation to their intended recipient. Advances in kidney transplant have made it possible to do the surgeries laparoscopically, which leads to much shorter recovery times. Potential donors are carefully screened, and supported physically and emotionally. According to the Kidney Project at the University of California, San Francisco, some 100,000 patients in the United States are on the kidney transplant list, and the need for donor kidneys is rising 8 percent per year. The wait times for an organ vary from state to state. Fortunately, most insurance covers the expenses for both transplant donors and recipients. Many charitable groups offer travel and work compensation for donors. It is, of course, illegal to buy or sell human organs or tissue in the U.S. According to the Mayo Clinic, the hospital stay for most kidney donors is one or two days. Its website states, “After kidney donation, most people are able to return to normal daily activities after two to four weeks. You may be advised to avoid contact sports or other strenuous activities that may cause kidney dam-

local man who’d like to see his children grow up is in need of a new kidney.

age.” In the U.S., more than 6,000 livingorgan donations are completed each year. Living-kidney donation is the most common type of living-donor transplant. People can donate one of their two kidneys, and the remaining kidney is able to perform the necessary functions. For the recipient, receiving a kidney from a living donor is successful more than 98 percent of the time, according to the Mayo Clinic. If the kidney comes from a deceased donor, the success rate is 93 percent. Ongoing treatment tethered to dialysis is a difficult alternative. Scott Englander and his family are hoping for a living donor. He would like to go back to his work as a chiropractor and his life with his family. His roots in the community run deep: He went to the Number Six School, Lawrence Middle School, Lawrence High School, SUNY Albany and Life University in Georgia. Scott has been on the transplant list at the Northwell Health Transplant Center for two and a half years, his mother says. She says the expectation is a wait of some five to eight years to get a deceased person’s kidney. A living donor could come forward at any time. In a note to me this week, Scott said that he hopes for a kidney so that he may live long enough to see his children grow up. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

LONG BEACH HERALD — December 9, 2021

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he Herald has editorialized a halfdozen times on Long Island’s desperate need to restore the federal income-tax deduction for state and local taxes, which the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, passed under President Donald Trump, limited to $10,000, costing many middle-class families here thousands of dollars annually. Now, it appears, we are on the brink of overturning the measure. Sustained political pressure is needed to see the elimination of the $10,000 SALT cap through to the finish line. That’s why we are encouraging readers to write to U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both Democrats, to ensure that the proposal passes in the Senate when it is brought up for an upcoming vote. There is a false impression that the SALT deduction affords an unfair tax advantage only to the rich, a refrain repeated by conservative pundits across the nation. For decades, however, the deduction provided vital federal tax relief to middle-class families on Long Island and many other parts of the country. Many conservatives argue that any family earning above $100,000 per year is affluent, even rich. And, they say, most of the people taking the SALT deduction — 98 percent — have a household income above that figure, with 80 percent earning between $100,000 and $200,000 and 18 percent above $200,000. Meanwhile, the average family income nationwide is $67,000 a year, according to census data. That argument, however, does not account for regional cost differences — in

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particular, high property taxes in places like Long Island. It focuses only on income. Long Island is one of the most expensive places to live in the country. The median household income here, $116,000, would buy a whole lot in a state like Mississippi, where the median household income is about $42,000; or New Mexico, where it’s $46,300; or Idaho, where it’s $48,600. On Long Island, however, $116,000 is not rich. It’s middle class. So, while the SALT deduction has undoubtedly helped the wealthy, it has aided the middle class in high-cost regions like ours, and that is why it must be restored. The House of Representatives, led by Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove, recently passed SALT reform as part of the $2 trillion Build Back Better bill. Bravo! The legislation, if passed by the Senate, would smartly cap the deduction at $80,000, allowing middle-class families in states like New York and California to take advantage of the federal deduction, but still limiting it to prevent the truly wealthy from benefiting disproportionately. According to Suozzi, passage of SALT reform in the Senate would bring immediate tax relief to some 3.4 million New York taxpayers, including nearly 367,000 in Nassau alone. That would return dollars to our local economy, where they belong. Since enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act four years ago, New York has paid $12 billion more in federal taxes — money that has gone to states like Kentucky, home to Senate Minority Leader

Mitch McConnell, a Republican who led the charge alongside Trump to pass the act. The recent reform package passed in the House would raise the SALT deduction cap for nine years, through 2030. That seems fair. New Yorkers would have time to plan for its sunset. The legislation passed by Trump, on the other hand, caught many flatfooted, requiring desperate measures of them, including taking out loans just to pay their federal income taxes. The $80,000 cap would take effect on people’s 2021 federal tax bills, providing them nearly immediate relief — which would be vital, given the economic hardships that many households have been forced to endure because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Lest any U.S. senator believe that the desire to restore the SALT deduction is confined to states like New York and California, he or she need only look to recent comments by Tom Cochran, CEO and executive director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, to understand that the sentiment is shared by many elected leaders and taxpayers nationwide. “On behalf of the nation’s mayors,” Cochran said, “I want to commend Congressman Suozzi for his hard work on this issue. He never stopped fighting to restore the state and local taxes [deduction] for middle-income families in all states.” Indeed. We mustn’t believe for a second, however, that the measure will pass in the Senate until it has. That is why we need everyone’s voice speaking out on this critical issue.

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n the wake of Democrats’ November election debacle, they are looking for who or what to blame. The initial targets are critical race theory, “wokeness,” and congressional progressives known as “the Squad,” in particular Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. If Democrats accept the narrative that swing voters rejected “extremism,” they are doomed to lose big in 2022 and 2024. Leading Republicans have not shied away from extremism. In fact, they have embraced it. When Arizona Rep. Paul ALAn Gosar tweeted animated videos sinGer showing him killing Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden with a sword, Republicans in Congress overwhelmingly voted against censuring him. They blame Biden for the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, while they actively campaign against mandatory vaccination and masking. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is promoting right-wing “replacement theories” that were behind the 2017 neoNazi rally in Charlottesville, Va. On Fox News, Gingrich accused leftists of trying to drown out “classic Americans” and replace them with people who know nothing of the country’s history and traditions because they want to “get rid of the rest of us.” Fox’s Tucker Carlson repeated Gingrich’s claims, accusing Democrats of

trying to “change the racial mix of the country” so they can “reduce the political power of people whose ancestors lived here.” Meanwhile, the Republican rank-andfile have disrupted local school board meetings, denouncing school curricula, library books and efforts to combat the pandemic. The New York Times reported a “disturbing spike in threats against school board officials” and “hundreds of intimidating messages to election officials in at least a dozen states.” The Democrats lost this year, however, because of their failure to articulate a clear agenda that would have provided an alternative narrative to GOP talking points; internal bickering that undermined legislative initiatives and made them appear incompetent; and deep-seated white racism that allowed the argument that critical race theory is invading our schools to take hold. In Kenosha, Wis., a largely white jury acquitted a 17-year-old white man who brought an assault rifle to a Black Lives Matter rally and killed two of the protesters because he thought he was defending himself from attack by his unarmed victims. That decision had nothing to do with critical race theory or leftwing “wokeness” and everything to do with white fear of Blacks. It was celebrated by white vigilante groups as justification for their behavior, and Kyle Rittenhouse was proclaimed a Second Amendment hero by

hey lost this year because of their failure to articulate a clear agenda.

Letters The extension bolsters the state’s commitment to support nonprofit organizations in a joint effort to distribute assistance to those who need to apply for it. As of Nov. 30, more than 1,800 people had reached out about this program, and of these initial contacts, 403 households had submitted applications, and 507 households had qualified for FEMA funds and have since been referred there. To date, 54 households have received $228,376. An additional 31 households have approved applications and are pending payment. In Nassau County, the contact point is the Economic Opportunity Commission, at 134 Jackson St. in Hempstead.

and I was honored to do so. The message from Rabbi Michael Cohen, of Central Synagogue, the Rev. Scott Ressman, of the United Church of Rockville Centre, Mayor Francis X. Murray and the organizers was clear: Hate has no home here — not now, not ever! One lesson of the 20th century is that the political ideology of the Proud Boys ends in the concentration camp. I was thus disheartened not to see the Diocese of Rockville Centre bishop or more representatives of Christian churches lend their voices to the demonstration. I consider this a serious abdication of their moral duty.

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A moral obligation to speak out To the Editor: As a historian of fascism, I felt morally obliged to take part in the demonstration at Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth in Rockville Centre in response to the recent Proud Boys march through the village,

conservative politicians and right-wing news outlets. On CNN, the recently fired Chris Cuomo interviewed comedian and commentator Bill Maher about a supposed leftwing peril threatening the U.S., feeding him a series of softball questions. After acknowledging that “I’m not in schools” and “I have no interaction with children,” Maher said he had heard from people across the country that “kids are sometimes separated into groups, oppressor and oppressed” and are being taught that “racism is the essence of America.” He derided this practice as “just silly; it’s just virtue-signaling,” and accused people advocating for curriculum revision of being “afraid to acknowledge progress,” a psychological disorder he labeled “progressophobia.” I kept waiting for Cuomo to ask Maher for an example — any example — to support his claims, but Cuomo never did, and Maher never felt compelled to offer any evidence. On his HBO show, Maher promotes a group of contrarians who want to start their own college, where they will be free to present offensive ideas and dismiss objections without having to provide supporting evidence or answer to anyone. Cuomo never asked Maher about that, either. The more serious problems for Democrats and progressives worldwide are new surges of the coronavirus that have led to closings, supply-chain disruptions and

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inflation spikes, as well as counterattacks on climate-change initiatives. In Europe, protests against newly imposed Covid-19 restrictions turned into riots in Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands, and in Germany they boosted the right-wing vote. This has nothing to do with teaching critical race theory in American schools and everything to do with international right-wing fear-mongering and mobilization. The other real problem is denial of the impending climate catastrophe, and efforts to block restrictions on the production and use of fossil fuels. Global leaders sang Kumbaya after the Glasgow Climate Change Conference and then went home, where they will implement inadequate or phantom measures. Wealthy GOP and fossil-fuel industry donors in the U.S. are pouring money into the re-election campaign accounts of nominally Democratic senators Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona, to influence them to stand firm against cleanenergy initiatives. Again, this has nothing to do with “wokeness” or the fictional claim that children are being indoctrinated into critical race theory in American schools. 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, @AlanJSinger1.

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