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New apartment complex called a ‘win-win’ Fields Grade Development to build a 278,000-square-foot development filled primarily It’s been called an “eyesore.” with one-bedroom units. But A “blight.” But soon it may be there will be a handful of stucalled “no more.” dio and two-bedroom apartDevelopers seek to demolish ments as well. the former Mangrove Feather Along with razing the old factory, on Broadway in Lyn- factory — which has been dorbrook as early as mant since 2008 — next month, and developers will also replace it with a $95 tear down a twomillion, 201-unit family home nearby transit-oriented on Langdon Place apartment complex as well as a waredubbed the Langhouse on Saperstein don Apartments. Plaza. It’s a project welConstruction comed by Lynbrook could take up to two mayor Alan Beach. years to complete. “I’m looking for- ALAN BEACH Beach and Buildward to the demoli- Lynbrook mayor ing Department tion of the buildSuperintendent ing,” he said, “and Brian Stanton said the new project being started.” they could not offer a definitive Several administrations date for razing the vacant factosought to redevelop the long- ry, because National Grid and vacant factory. After years of PSEG still had to disconnect trying to convince property power. Stanton said he hoped owner Barry Singer to sell, Bre- the building could be demolslin Realty stepped in five years ished by mid-July, but noted ago with plans to convert the there could be setbacks. industrial land into a high-denDavid Orwasher, Breslin’s sity residential complex. chief development officer, did Years of negotiations fol- not retur n calls requesting lowed, finally earning village comment, but he told the Herboard approval last year. ald last March that he was Breslin has partnered with CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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For the first time since 2019, East Rockaway hosted the Huckleberry Frolic last Saturday in Memorial Park. Emily Butler, 9, showed off her karate skills.

Return of Huckleberry Frolic is just a rollicking good time By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

For the first time in three years, residents from across Nassau County flocked to Memorial Park for the Huckleberry Frolic last Saturday. “It was a rousing success,” event organizer Regina Cunningham said. “I’ve never seen so many people there. All the children were so happy with the animals and the rides.” All of the money raised at the event went to the Grist Mill Museum, on Woods Avenue, which was built in 1688 and is a beloved building in the village. Cunningham, who serves on the Grist Mill Committee, said that the fundraising total had not been tallied at press time. This year’s Frolic was the first since its 50th

anniversary celebration in 2019, and the first one that Cunningham organized. East Rockaway Mayor Bruno Romano described the event as “a huge success” and noted that the community was excited to have it back. “I truly believe that everyone wanted to get out and finally spend some time watching the performers, visiting the vendors and enjoying the various type of foods being sold by food vendors,” Romano said. “I was praying all week for good weather, and it certainly turned out to be a wonderful day. I would again like to thank all of the volunteers, vendors and supporters of this event. Our community is certainly blessed to have our own museum, which many can enjoy for generations to come.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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A grand opening for Great Northern Mortgage By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

A new mortgage office was unveiled in Lynbrook on June 9 as a ribbon cutting was held for Great Northern Mortgage Corporation, on 1733 Sheepshead Bay Road. Elected officials and Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce representatives gathered to welcome 54-year-old business owner Igor Noble to the Lynbrook community. Noble, who is from Russia, began his path in the mortgage business in 1994 in Hewlett, where he lives. “Living over here for so many years, it’s kind of my second town,” he said of Lynbrook. Noble got into the mortgage business after he started as an attorney, but quickly transitioned into the home-selling path. “I practiced for two, three years, and I did some corporate and immigration law, but I saw how much money people make in real estate, as real estate brokers and mortgage brokers,” he said. “I decided to open this company and I never looked back.” While Noble has lived in the community for many years, it was the Covid-19 pandemic that pushed him to move his office closer to his home in Hewlett Harbor, after working in Manhattan for many years. “I had an office in Times Square, and it’s an hour and a half commute,” he said. “It wasn’t a big decision to move after Covid came because it was a little bit discouraging to go to the city at that time. We decided to find a place over here. We purchased the building, we renovated it completely and now we’re here.” With the new office opened, Noble said he wants the community to know that Great Northern Mortgage’s doors are open to help those in Lynbrook, Hewlett and anywhere else. “I’ve got to be in both towns, so that we can help them both,” he said. “There are a lot of organizations that donate money to make sure that we help everyone. I want people to know that we’re here and we’re here to help a lot of people in my community get into their houses.” He added that his company is special-

THE GREAT NORTHERN Mortgage Corporation hosted a ribbon cutting on June 9, which received much fanfare. OWNER IGOR NOBLE, far left, said he was excited to meet the Lynbrook community

THE BUSINESS STRIVES to help new homebuyers. ized to help first-time homebuyers and in the past 20 years, it has helped 3,000 people, and that he’s had so many satisfied customers that roughly one-third of his business comes from past clients. With the opening of his new office, Noble said he sees a path to success. “I think it’s going to be a very bright future, especially for happy people,” he said. “The slogan of my company is to deal with happiness. It’s all about making people happy and changes in people’s lives. “We’ve helped so many people and it’s a real honor to change lives and help people who couldn’t even get a mortgage from regular banks and help them get a house.”

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It’s time to nominate your Long Island Red Cross hero By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Do you know a hero? Someone who took extraordinary action to save a life or perform an unselfish and extraordinary act for a family member, friend, co-worker or a stranger? An act that changed a person’s destiny, or made a community impact. If so, then submit that person’s name by Monday, June 20 to the AmeriCourtesy American Red Cross can Red Cross, giving them a chance to be honored at the 2022 Long Island THE AMERICAN RED Cross seeks submissions Heroes Among Us gala set for Thurs- to honor a Long Island hero at its Sept. 22 gala. day, Sept. 22. To be eligible, that person’s heroic or executive. “We are proud to shine a light courageous action needs to have taken on one of our exceptional neighbors from place between July 1 last year, and the end Nassau or Suffolk counties, an everyday of this past May 30. Nominees need to live hero — or a group of individuals who in either Nassau or Suffolk counties, and acted together — whose actions made a agree to complete a criminal background life-changing difference in someone’s life.” check administered by the Red Cross if Heroes are expected to be chosen by the selected. end of July. A preferred hero and two Those who move forward in the selec- alternate heroes will be selected, that way tion process will share their heroic story if one ultimately declines to be honored, on video, and receive the Heroes Award at organizers will reach out to the runner-up. the gala. They’ll also have a chance to talk The Sept. 22 gala begins at 6 p.m., at the to reporters, and gain some much- Oheka Castle, 135 W. Gate Drive, Huntingdeserved publicity for what they accom- ton. Individual tickets start at $400. plished. To nominate a potential Long Island “Long Islanders represent the best of hero, go to tinyurl.com/RedCrossLIHero. this country,” said Jose Dominguez, AmerTo purchase tickets or to become a gala ican Red Cross on Long Island’s chief sponsor, visit tinyurl.com/RedCrossGala.

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lYNBROOK EMERGENCY MEDICAl Company members secured the driver of an overturned vehicle on a stretcher on the front lawn of a house on the corner of Ocean and Merton avenues on June 11.

LFD responds to overturned car after crash in Lynbrook Lynbrook firefighters responded to the scene of an auto accident and overtur n at the cor ner of Ocean and Merton avenues on June 11 just before 4 p.m. One of the vehicles involved in the crash overturned and landed on its roof on the front lawn of a residence on Ocean Avenue. The second car in the accident had minor damage. Firefighters, from the THE OVERTURNED VEHIClE took down the front fence of Truck and Tally-Ho com- the home. panies tended to the drivgency Medical Company ambulance. er of the overturned vehicle with the help Two other injured passengers were of members of the department’s Emertaken to a hospital by a Northwell Health gency Medical Company under the comambulance. No one was seriously injured. mand of Chief Chris Kelly. The driver A fourth person declined medical help. was placed on a stretcher and transported to a local hospital by Lynbrook’s Emer-

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For all he has done for the Lynbrook Knights youth baseball program, Joe Sultana will be honored at the Village of Lynbrook’s June 20 board meeting. Sultana serves as the principal organizer for the Knights program, a nonprofit travel group. He said his involvement stems from a passion for baseball and the ability to give his players a competitive travel team experience without the cost. “It’s something that allows players to play at a reasonable price,” Sultana said. “A lot of people cannot afford the thousands of dollars it costs to play travel baseball. For kids who love to play baseball, we wanted to give them the opportunity to play competitive baseball at a decent price point.” The Lynbrook Knights play in the Hot Stove League and have had multiple teams that have played in the playoffs and in championship games, several of which have won titles. The Knights have expanded over the years. In the summer of 2019, there were four teams of varoius ages, and it grew to six by that fall and now there are seven. Sultana does a lot behind the scenes, including securing fields for the teams to play on and correct-sized uniforms for all the players. But Sultana said he is happy to drive around and see kids with their Knight’s gear on. Two of Sultana’s former players who are home from school from college over the summer will coach the Knights’ 8-year-old team this summer. “It’s come full circle,” Sultana said. “It’s wonderful to see kids coming back, who used to play, now coach the next generation of kids in town.” Sultana works in New York City as a teacher. His daughter, Naomi, is a junior

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at Lynbrook High School and his son, Gabe, is a senior and plays for the Lynbrook varsity baseball team, for which Sultana helped fund a new public address system. Sultana said he has had such a great experience with his son Gabe that he didn’t want to see it go. “I originally got involved with the Knights about eight years ago when my son’s former coach recruited him to play with the Knights”, he said. “It was just such a wonderful experience for so many years. We won several different championships and, more than that, the family atmosphere that was created among the players, as well as the parents. It was just such an amazing experience that I felt obligated to pay it forward. I wanted other people to experience what I had been able to experience.” With all the work he has done with the Knights over the years, Sultana said he was grateful to be acknowledged. “I was very humbled and very honored and slightly embarrassed as well,” he said. “I prefer to be in the shadows as much as possible. All our coaches are volunteers and a couple of other parents that help with the every day running of the organization. It’s definitely a team effort, for sure.” Mayor Alan Beach lauded Sultana for his positive attitude. “Joe’s love for the sport of baseball has benefited the village by creating a strong competitive feeling while teaching our youth respect for their opponents,” Beach said. “There are values that are sometimes lost on the field of our youth sports. How to win is easy, but teaching how to lose and accept defeat is very difficult at any level. Knights baseball has been a wonderful addition to sports in our village and we’re very proud of this program.”

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Tom Suozzi ready to solve problems in Albany By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

Tom Suozzi’s path to the governor’s mansion won’t be an easy one — especially since he’ll have to win a June 28 Democratic primary that includes a popular incumbent, Kathy Hochul. But Suozzi isn’t deterred, convinced that Hochul is vulnerable thanks to a few missteps and what he says is a hard lean to the left since her ascension following Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. “Kathy Hochul was wrong for the job,” Suozzi told a team of reporters in the Herald Roundtable session. “She came in saying, ‘You know, I’m going to be a breath of fresh air. And there’s going to be the most transparent, most ethical government in the history of New York. I’m not going to be Andrew Cuomo.’” But then Hochul passed what Suozzi called the state’s “most secretive budget” in decades, which included what he described as a “billion-dollar” giveaway to the Buffalo Bills for a new stadium. “There was no public hearing,” Suozzi said. “It was the biggest giveaway in the history of the NFL.” The 59-year-old has represented a good portion of Nassau County as a congressman since 2017, eight years he completed two terms as Nassau’s county executive, helping to quell a governmental financial collapse. He first took elected office in

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U.S. REP. TOM Suozzi says he’s leaving Congress so he can fix what’s broken in Albany — even if that means upending the incumbent governor from his own party, Kathy Hochul. 1994, as mayor of Glen Cove, where he earned high marks for his environmental efforts in cleaning up old industrial sites. “Nassau County was rated the worstrun county in America when I got there,” Suozzi said. “I turned it around, and got it into the ‘A’ ranks. I left with the lowest crime rate in the history of Nassau County. I turned this county around. “I’ve been in Congress for five and a half years,” he added, “and I’ve given up Congress to run for governor because I just feel so strongly about what’s wrong with our state, and it needs to be fixed.” In fact, it’s Congress where Suozzi says

most of his preparation to take over as governor took place. He is vice chair of the House’s Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of 58 congressional members evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with the hope of bringing about more bipartisan consensus. Among the caucus’s successes include President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, Suozzi said, which made it through both chambers last year. Suozzi’s biggest focus in his primary challenge, however, is crime. He opposes the state’s cashless bail policy, and even took heat last month for tying bail reform

to the May 14 shooting in a Buffalo supermarket that claimed the lives of 10 people. Talking to the Herald Roundtable, Suozzi instead blamed Hochul for not enforcing existing “red flag” laws that would remove guns from those who authorities believed could threaten the safety of others. “It’s not been implemented,” Suozzi said. “We have to teach the cops. We have to teach the teachers. We have to teach the social workers, the mental health people. We have to teach the family members that we have this great tool, and we can take the guns away from people who are mentally unstable.” One recent study of congressional primaries showed that the chance of an incumbent being ousted in a primary is virtually nonexistent. But then again, this is New York, where incumbency doesn’t guarantee much of anything. “I do things to build relationships,” Suozzi said. “I won’t compromise my values, and I’m not going to vote for something I don’t believe in. And having been doing politics since I was elected mayor of Glen Cove in 1993, I know how to get stuff done.”

Andrew Giuliani says New York ready for change By MICHAEL HINMAN

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New York hasn’t backed a Republican governor since George Pataki was reelected for the second time some 20 years ago. But Andrew Giuliani is convinced the Democratic policies under longtime Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his successor, Kathy Hochul, have changed the viewpoint of many voters in the state, who are living with higher crime rates, historically high inflation, and ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions that even cost Giuliani a chance to participate in a recent televised debate. “I love looking at every single independent poll that has not been paid for by a competitor of mine that either has us winning this race or is within the margin of error,” the 36-year-old former Trump administration official told a team of reporters at a Herald Roundtable session. “I think it’s been really a tribute to the fact that at the very beginning of the campaign, we focused on trying to meet with as many of the 2.9 million registered Republicans — and frankly, the over 10 million New York voters. It hasn’t exclusively been Republicans. It’s been conservatives and non-affiliated independents, and certainly any Democrats that are looking at voting Republican.” The son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Andrew Giuliani was first hired by President Donald Trump as an associate director of the White House public liaison office before being promoted to special assistant.

Herald Community Newspapers provided a chance for all of New York’s gubernatorial candidates to meet with a select editorial team to present their views and answer questions. The responses of the other candidates who took part in the roundtable sessions will be published next week.

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ANDREW GIULIANI LOOKS to be the first Republican to return to the governor’s mansion since George Pataki finished his third and final term in 2006. Like his father, Giuliani has focused much of his campaign on crime, lambasting the cashless bail system, saying he would do away with it the moment he was sworn into office. “On Day One,” he said, “I have pledged that I will sit down with Carl Heastie and Andrea Stewart-Cousins” — the speaker of the State Assembly and the State Senate majority leader — “and tell them very simply that unless there’s a full repeal of bail reform on my desk, I will not be funding their top priorities in our upcoming budget priorities.” As far as the state budget is concerned, Giuliani pledges to carve out $5 billion to be used solely at the discretion of local or county law enforcement. “Let’s say a

sheriff ’s office is not getting the resources they need,” he said. “They can tap into the state to get those resources. “Look, New York state leads the country in net out-migration, and that’s not just because of crime. But I do think that’s one of the main reasons why, under an Andrew Giuliani administration, we will look to curb that on Day One.” Giuliani would also try to oust Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who has been tasked with investigating some of Trump’s business dealings in the state. As far as guns are concerned, however, Giuliani is not prioritizing stricter gun-control measures. Even after the May 14 mass shooting that claimed 10 lives in Buffalo, Giuliani says the prob-

lem is rooted in illegal guns — something law enforcement has failed to get under control. “When I think about the overall defunding of the police movement, one of the things that this does is it makes it tougher for police to proactively police,” he said. “To have the resources necessary to actually get some of these weapons out of the hands of the criminals that are actually doing most of the crime.” If Giuliani were elected governor, he would immediately face a heavily Democratic State Legislature that could curtail much of what he has planned. But that’s not something he expects to be a problem for long. “I do think both of these super-majorities will cease to exist in 2023,” he said of the Assembly and senate. “I look at the state senate (district) lines, and I’m very confident that we will win back seats in the state senate. And who knows? With the right guy at the top of the ticket, we may even challenge to win the state senate back.”

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Monday, June 27

VFW Thrift Shop in East Rockaway

Summer Reading in the Park

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350 in East Rockaway has launched its Veterans’ Thrift Shop. The post is at 164 Main St. Due to the pandemic, the store’s schedule varies, but members are trying to open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information and hall rentals, call the post at (516) 887-8170, and ask for Pat, Gary, Tony or Gene.

Thursday, June 30

The East Rockaway Library hosts summer reading and craft at Memorial Park at 6:30 p.m. for grades K-6.

Lynbrook Board of Education The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next work session meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Ave., Lynbrook.

Flag Disposal in East Rockaway When a flag is worn, tattered, ripped or soiled beyond repair, it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country and should be retired and disposed of properly. There are worn flag depository’s located at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350, 164 Main St, American Legion Post 958, 71 Main St. and Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Ave., all in East Rockaway.

Thursday, July 7 East Rockaway Board of Education The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, 443 Ocean Ave. Live stream recordings will be posted at eastrockawayschools.org.

Lynbrook Kiwanis Club The Lynbrook Kiwanis Club meets twice each month. Meetings are on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Lynbrook Library, 56 Eldert St., and the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Savino’s Restaurant and Wine Bar, 88 Atlantic Ave.

Mental Health Support Group The National Alliance on Mental Illness Queens/Nassau hosts a whole family support group for mental health concerns. The group will meet the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, virtually, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Contact dsills@ namiqn.org.

Saturday, June 18 Nautical Mile Concert Freedom Church in Freeport hosts its annual Concert Outreach on the Nautical Mile at 7 p.m. The outing features live music from Eye Witness, powerful testimonies and a positive and encouraging message from the Rev. John Gibbone. Bring a friend, bring the whole family.

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A Chamber celebration Former Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce President Stephen Wangel, right, was recently honored at the chamber’s Night Under the Stars event. Taking part were, Franklin Camarano Jr., the president of the Nassau County Council of Chambers of Commerce, left, and current Lynbrook chamber President Cory Hirsch

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Thursday, June 23

Lynbrook Village Board

Pre-prom Parade

The Lynbrook mayor and village board of trustees will host its next meeting at Village Hall, 1 Columbus Drive, at 7 p.m. Visit lynbrookvillage.net or call (516) 599-8300 for more information.

The East Rockaway Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Bruno Romano and the village board are hosting a pre-prom parade for graduating seniors of East Rockaway High School from 4 to 6 p.m. at Mayor Joseph Carrigan Point at the waterfront.

Beach Painting on a Canvas Adults can come to the Lynbrook Public Library to work with sand, shells, crystals and paint while creating a beautiful ocean themed painting on canvas at 7 p.m. For more information, call (516) 599-8630 or visit lynbrooklibrary.org.

Friday, June 24 High School Graduations Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts will each host graduations. Lynbrook’s is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Marion Street Elementary School, while East Rockaway will host its com-

mencement at 7 p.m. at the high school.

Sunday, June 26 MSSN Health Fair Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital is hosting a health fair on the Long Beach boardwalk from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is slated to take place between Edwards and Riverside boulevards and will include free community screenings for blood pressure, body mass index, balance testing, sleep assessment, head and neck exams and more. For more information, call MSSN’s Department of Community Education at (516) 377-5333.

The Lynbrook Kiwanis Club meets at Savino’s on June 16. The Lynbrook village board meets on June 20. LHS and ERHS host graduation cermonies on June 24. Mount Sinai South Nassau hosts a health fair on June 26. The E.R. Library is hosting summer reading in the park on June 27.

The East Rockaway mayor and village board will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at 376 Atlantic Ave.. Vist villageofeastrockaway.net or call (516) 8876300 for more information.

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Capturing the Cup! The girls’ U-9 FC Fury team of the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Soccer Club recently won the Long Island Cup tournament. The team defeated the Baymen Storm, 4-1, to become the first U-9 team in club history to clinch the Cup.

Game, set, match Members of the Lynbrook girls’ varsity tennis team recently attended a varsity dinner night at Temple Avodah in Oceanside. Taking part were, from top left, coach Shari Bowes, Olivia Ackerman, Grace Bodian, Jordan Glickman, Alex Travis and Abigail Almonte along with, from bottom left, Sophie Ward, Mia Tetelman, Emma Ward.

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HERALD SPORTS Mo Donegal captures Belmont Stakes By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

A couple of hometown heroes in the thoroughbred horseracing industry celebrated a memorable victory last Saturday after favored Mo Donegal, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, drew away down the stretch to capture the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes before a crowd of 46,301. The three-length triumph marked the fourth Belmont Stakes win for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and first Triple Crown victory for Mike Repole, who coowns Mo Donegal with Donegal Racing and also co-owns runner-up filly Nest with Eclipse Thoroughbred. Nest, also trained by Pletcher and ridden by Jose Ortiz, overcame a stumble out of the gate to finish a clear second outkicking pacesetters We the People (fourth) and Skippylongstocking (third.) Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was never involved and finished sixth in the eighthorse field. “First of all, it’s our family’s favorite race,” said Pletcher, who trained filly Rags to Riches [2007], Palace Malice [2013], and Tapwrit [2017] to Belmont victories. “Our kids grew up here and went to school here and we’ve always felt like it’s our hometown race. When we’re fortunate enough to win it, it adds some specialness to it. That hometown feel. That part of it is really cool.” Repole is a Queens native and a lifelong racing fan who in 2007 started his own thoroughbred ownership business, Repole Stable. His most accomplished horse to date, Uncle Mo, is Mo Donegal’s sire. “It’s a 40-year dream,” Repole said. “Coming to this track [Belmont] and Aqueduct, being a kid from New York, this is New York’s race. In 2011, I came in second with Stay Thirsty and I watched the replay 150 times. I will no longer watch that replay.” Mo Donegal was purchased in 2020 by Donegal Racing for $250,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Fifth in the Kentucky Derby in his previous start, he more than doubled his career earnings with Saturday’s victory to $1,511,800. “I want to thank all the partners of Donegal Racing. They’ve believed and today they’ve been rewarded,” said Jerry Crawford, owner of Donegal Racing. “I think this victory today shows that the sport is more accessible than they may realize. I can’t say enough for Todd Pletcher and Irad Ortiz, Jr. for the great job they’ve done with this horse.” We the People took command under Flavien Prat and led the field through splits of 23.99 seconds for the opening quarter-mile, 48.49 for the half, and 1:13.23 for six furlongs on the fast main track, with the Manny Franco-piloted longshot Skippylongstocking pressing from second position. Nest, who stumbled at the start, advanced up the rail down the backstretch

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FAVORITE MO DONEGAL, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, won the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes last Saturday before a crowd of 46,301. JOCKEY IRAD ORTIZ JR. and Mo Donegal co-owner Mike Repole, far left, shared a moment with the Belmont Stakes hardware.

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to stalk from third position to the inside of Mo Donegal as Skippylongstocking continued to pressure the pacesetter. Ortiz, Jr. gave Mo Donegal his cue approaching the quarter-pole and he advanced with a powerful move, surging outside rivals at the top of the lane and got the jump on Nest, who then angled outside and followed her stablemate’s path to complete the exacta. The winning time of the 1 ½ miles “Test of the Champion” was 2:28.28.

“Last time in the Derby, he didn’t have the best trip and he still got beat by [only] three lengths,” Ortiz, Jr. said. “I knew if I got a better trip, he could get there. When I asked him in the clear, he took off. He’s a nice horse.” Much of the hype leading up to the race was about Rich Strike, the 80-1 historic upset winner of the Kentucky Derby who skipped the Preakness. Jockey Sonny Leon said Rich Strike didn’t seem comfortable on

the Belmont surface and never found another gear. Said Rich Strike trainer Ed Reed: “We were hoping we could have been a little closer and our pace was slow. Our biggest change was deciding to stay a little off the rail and try to give him a good, open run where he could take off. The whole way, his head turned and he was trying to get to the inside. I guess we made a mistake not putting him on the fence.”

Lynbrook student to partake in STEM leadership forum Scout and attends dancing and acrobatics classes, while competing on a swim team at her local beach club. “As an alumna of Envision myself, I am excited for Emma to meet, work, and collaborate with fellow high-aspiring students from other cities and schools,” said Amanda Freitag Thomas, senior vice president for Envision, according to a news release. “Hands down, my favorite part of attending an Envision program was being with motivated students in an environment designed to help us challenge our assumptions, meet new people and grow. Creating that same learning environment is a central focus for all of our programs.” For over 35 years, Envision by WorldStrides has empowered students to become their best selves through programs that enable them to discover their passion, explore a career and positively impact their world. In 2018, Envision became part of the WorldStrides family. The largest provider of educational travel and experiences in the United States, WorldStrides works with over 50,000 educators each year to help more than 550,000 students see the world — and themselves — in new ways.

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This summer, Lynbrook resident Emma Kleinschmidt will join elementary school students from across the state to take part in an academic and careeroriented development experience, the National Youth Leadership Forum: Pathways to STEM at St. John’s University in Queens. NYLF Pathways to STEM is one of the Envision by WorldStrides family of prog rams that enable students to explore their interests and experience learning beyond the classroom. At 10 years old, Emma has been nominated to attend the forum’s classes by her fourth-grade teacher, Ms. McAleer at Our Lady of Peace Catholic School. At NYLF Pathways to STEM, Emma will learn to program robots, train as a doctor and investigate a crime, all while making new friends and building necessary 21st Century success skills. Emma possesses a strong curiosity of how things work, and dreams of being an Imagineer for Disney when she grows up. She said she was looking forward to gaining the hands-on technical experience that the forum provides and learning more about engineering, robotics and investigations. In addition to the program, Emma is also a Junior Girl

Demolition of old factory likely next month CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE excited to usher in a new era for the community. “We’re happy and proud to be a contributor to the revitalization of the walking downtown in the Village of Lynbrook,” Orwasher said. “We do think that this is a noble project that will add value across the board to the residents of Lynbrook by developing a quality project and replacing a derelict structure for nearly a dozen years that is an eyesore and a practical drag on the current downtown environment.” Breslin has even secured additional financing for the project from San Francisco-based investment fir m PCCP, which provided $22.7 million in funding. PCCP boasts more than 1,000 investments on its website, with nearly $17 billion in assets under management. “PCCP believes this investment presents a compelling opportunity to work with two local, highly experienced developers for the construction of a top-of-market, transit-oriented multifamily community in a very supply constrained market,” Brian Haber, a senior vice president for the firm, said in a statement. The Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency approved a 30-year PILOT — or payment in lieu of taxes — for the development last

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VILLAGE OFFICIALS AND developers want to raze the vacant Mangrove Feather factory in July to make way for a new apartment complex. November. Fred Parola, IDA’s chief executive, says he believes the project would help the village while still making significant contributions to Lynbrook’s tax base.

“It’s a positive from all standpoints,” he said. “I know the village is very much in favor of it, cleaning up a particular area, and bringing new people into the area. So, it’s a win-win as far as we can see.”

Langdon Apartments, at 4347 Broadway, is proposed as a 278,000-square-foot development with more than 200 apartments. More than half will be one-bedroom units, while the rest will be studios or two-bedrooms. The seven-story complex will offer two floors of parking — enough to fit more than 200 cars. Amenities are expected to include a retail café, clubroom, concierge, rooftop terrace with grill, lounge, party room, a spa, a dog run, and a gym. Some planning experts have said the complex will add a little more than a dozen children to the school district — a figure that is relatively low because most of the apartments are studios and one-bedrooms, without sufficient room for families. The Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency approved a 30-year payment in lieu of taxes — or PILOT — agreement last November. That would freeze the annual tax rate at about $185,000 for each of the first three years, then jump to $200,000 in the fourth. It will then jump to $1 million after 16 years, and $1.8 million after 30 years. — Mike Smollins

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Firefighters douse cardboard blaze Under the command of Chief Chris Kelly, Lynbrook firefighters responded to a fire on Peninsula Boulevard near Scranton Avenue on June 7. They found burning cardboard on the rear deck of the home, and the LFD crew used water to put out the fire and overhauled the debris. There was some minor damage to the rear door and the county fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

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FORMER AMERICAN LEGION Post Commander Henry Speicher, second from left, with Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach, left, Post Commander Bill Marinaccio and Legislator Bill Gaylor.

Former Lynbrook American Legion Post 335 Commander Henry Speicher was recognized by the post at its June meeting. Speicher served as commander for the post for more than 15 years and is a Kore-

an War veteran. Attendees included members of the post, current Commander Bill Marinaccio, Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach and County Legislator Bill Gaylor. Beach and Gaylor presented Speicher with citations.

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As a way to usher new residents into the neighborhood, Lynbrook village officials hosed a welcoming event for the latest Lynbrookites on June 9 at the Lynbrook Public Library. The event helped the new residents meet some of their neighbors, learn

familiar faces in the village and to get to know more about Lynbrook. Attendees included Mayor Alan Beach and the village board, village employees, Chamber of Commerce President Cory Hirsch and members of the Lynbrook police and fire departments.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE The outing featured 30 vendors, food trucks, a live DJ, a 22-foot slide for children, a bounce house and slide for younger kids, a karate demonstration, games and a petting zoo featuring ducks, sheep, rabbits and other animals. Joseph Haviland was the Grist Mill’s first owner, before Alexander Davidson purchased it in 1818. According to the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook, Haviland built the mill to help create a shipping and trading center. The Village of East Rockaway acquired it in 1960, and soon afterward it was restored and moved from Mill River to its current location in Memorial Park, at Woods and Atlantic avenues. Eventually it became a museum. The building was extensively damaged in a fire set by an arsonist in August 1990, but has since been fully restored. In 2018 the museum underwent extensive exterior repairs, funded by grants, on

wooden siding panels, doorjambs, windowsills, shutters and gutters. The work also included cleaning, scraping, pressure-washing and repainting and staining the building’s interior and exterior. The surrounding grounds were refurbished, and the hardware in the building was refinished. Despite the upgrades, the museum still needs funding for its upkeep, and the Frolic goes a long way each year to help that. “I think it was great,” Cunningham said. “Everybody came out and East Rockaway really supported us, which is grand, and I think it was a success because it was a place for someone to go after Covid. There was something for the children, something for the adults. Everybody had smiles on their faces, and they were happy to be out.” The Grist Mill Committee will begin meeting in the fall to prepare for the 2023 Frolic. Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Village Hall at (516) 887-6300.

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GABRIELLA WASEK, 7, and Mia Silva, 8, showcased their twirling skills.

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Tuesday, the 20th day of June 2022 at 7:00 P.M., will conduct a Public Hearing under Village Code #212-1.1 at which time the Board will take proof of the unreasonably dangerous condition of sidewalks, curbs, etc. contiguous to the properties set forth below and will determine whether said conditions must be repaired by the owner(s) of said properties or, upon failure to so repair, that the Village will do so with the cost thereof to be assessed against said properties: House Number and Street Section, Block and Lot 67 Langdon Place 23-04-09 59 Lakeview Avenue 01-05-09 121 Sherman Street 58-04-09 26 Lafayette Avenue 01-09-16-17 By Order of the Board of Trustees John Giordano, Village Administrator Lynbrook, New York 132144 LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to an Order filed Judgment Index PUBLIC HEARING Confirming Referee #602067/2018. This NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Report and Judgment of foreclosure sale will be Foreclosure and Sale duly held on the north side that the BOARD OF entered on February 26, steps of the Courthouse, ZONING APPEALS will 2020 and an Order to rain or shine. COVID-19 hold DECISIONS on Substitute the Legal safety protocols will be Thursday, June 23, 2022 Description and Other followed at the at 5:30 P.M. in the Court Relief duly entered on foreclosure sale. If proper Room at the Village Hall, May 6, 2022, I, the social distancing cannot One Columbus Drive, undersigned Referee will be maintained or there Lynbrook, NY 11563, on sell at public auction on are other health or safety the following cases: the front steps on the concerns, the Court #994-65 Winter St., north side of the Nassau Appointed Referee will #996-35 Atlantic Avenue. County Supreme Court, cancel the sale. BY ORDER OF THE 100 Supreme Court Drive, Charles Casolaro, Esq., BOARD OF ZONING Mineola, NY on July 19, Referee APPEALS Ginger Fuentes, 2022 at 3:00 p.m., Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Chair Person of the Board premises known as 56 Broad Street, Suite 501, of Zoning Appeals, Brian Whittier Street, Lynbrook, New York, New York Stanton, Superintendent, NY 11563. All that certain 10004, Attorneys for Department of Buildings plot, piece or parcel of Plaintiff. Firm File No. Lynbrook.Publish 1x land, with the buildings 201974 132143 and improvements 132133 Place a notice by phone at thereon erected, situate, 516-569-4000 x232 or email: LEGAL NOTICE lying and being in the legalnotices@liherald.com NOTICE OF PUBLIC Incorporated Village of LEGAL NOTICE HEARING Lynbrook, Town of NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY Hempstead, County of SUPREME COURT GIVEN, that pursuant to Nassau and State of New COUNTY OF NASSAU, Section 184 of the Town York, Section 37, Block 61 U.S. BANK TRUST Law of the State of New and Lots 39 and 40. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION York, a public hearing will Approximate amount of AS TRUSTEE OF THE be held by the Town judgment is $457,116.27 CABANA SERIES IV Board of the Town of plus interest and costs. TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. Hempstead, on Tuesday, Premises will be sold ANTHONY NEAL, ET AL., the 28th day of June, subject to provisions of Defendant(s). 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in

the forenoon of that day, in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, for the purpose of considering a proposal made by the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, New York, for furnishing fire protection services within the Angle Sea Fire Protection District, for a period of five years commencing January 1, 2022 and expiring December 31, 2026, upon the same conditions, for the annual sum of $10,537.00 for the year 2022; the sum of $10,800.00 for the year 2023; the sum of $11,178.00 for the year of 2024; the sum of $11,570 for the year of 2025; and $11,859 for the year of 2026. The proposed contract is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Hempstead Town Hall, Hempstead, New York, where the same may be inspected during office hours. ALL PERSONS interested in the subject matter will be given an opportunity to be heard in reference thereto, at the time and place above specified. Dated: Hempstead, New York June 14, 2022. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. KATE MURRAY Supervisor Town Clerk 132154

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NEHEMIAH GOMEZAGUIRRE, 3, enjoyed the animals at the Frolic. OLIVIA SANTORA, 8, had fun on the playground.

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olitics is generally of little interest to the average citizen. Getting to and from work, taking care of family needs and trying to have a little joy is much more important. Most people don’t think of politicians as people, and the daily machinations of the political world often go unnoticed. But elected officials are human beings, and the system in which they live can be a very cruel one. The State Legislature recently approved new district maps that JERRY will play a decisive role in deterKREMER mining which candidate will represent you in Albany and Washington. For some of the incumbents, the new lines were pretty much the same as the districts they have represented. For a few others, however, the proposed maps are either the end of their political careers or the beginning of a life-or-death campaign for survival. On Long Island, there were two notable changes, both affecting Democratic incumbents. State Sen. John Brooks saw most of his current mid-Island 8th Dis-

trict disappear, and had to decide whether to run for re-election in the newly drawn 5th District. At first he chose not to run, but then he did an about-face, and will run for the seat in the new district after all. Brooks is a dedicated official, and he fought successfully this year to get Gov. Kathy Hochul to give Long Island a massive increase in school aid — but the mapmakers don’t reward devoted public service. State Sen. Jim Gaughran currently represents the 5th District, which for now stretches from Glen Cove, in Nassau County, to Commack, in Suffolk County. Gaughran has been a Huntington Town Board member, a Suffolk County legislator, chairman of the Suffolk County Water Authority and a strong environmental advocate in the State Senate. He is respected by both parties. But the mapmakers eliminated most of his 5th District, and facing an impossible uphill battle, Gaughran decided to leave the political arena. The most notable change in the electoral map is taking place in Manhattan, where two long-serving members of Congress will now face each other in a primary contest. Under the old district

lines, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney represented most of the Upper East Side, and Rep. Gerald Nadler represented the West Side, both for more than 25 years. When the maps were redrawn, Maloney and Nadler were thrown into the same district. Nadler suggested that Maloney run in an adjoining district, but since most of the new district is in her old territory, she declined to run elsewhere. This battle of two senior members, who have been good friends and hold major committee chairmanships, made me recall my own history on the subject of legislative reapportionment. Back in the 1970s, when new State Assembly district lines were drawn, my South Shore district was combined with that of the late Assemblyman Eli Wager, a friend and fellow Long Island Democrat. Wager and I attempted to resolve our dicey situation by proposing that one of us run for the State Senate. That compromise ended quickly when attorney Karen Burstein announced that she was running for the Senate. Imagine what it’s like when two elected officials who sat together in the same office, and have close family ties, are forced into a public battle for survival.

hen friends run against each other, there is rarely a happy ending.

There could be only one winner, and for 60-plus days we battled each other with every ounce of energy. On primary night, I was declared the winner by a margin of 1,800 votes, but the bitterness lingered for a number of years. When colleagues are pitted against one another, there is rarely a happy ending. Luckily, months later, I got a call from then Gov. Hugh Carey, asking whether it was OK with me if he appointed Wager to the State Supreme Court. I encouraged Carey to make that move, and two elections later, Wager won a 14-year term on that court, where he served with distinction. No one can predict who will win the battle between Representatives Maloney and Nadler, but when it’s over the public will have lost one great public servant. The redrawing of district lines is required by law every 10 years. It primarily involves a juggling of constituent numbers, and is a heartless process. Sadly, there are few happy endings when the final vote count is announced, which is what makes this process so cruel. 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.

Is our democracy becoming a royal pain?

s it too late to bring back King George III? We had all the right intentions in 1776, and a terrific starting lineup, but we seem to be making a mess of this experiment called democracy. Lately I’ve been thinking that everything British is better. Well, not everything (Boris Johnson) but many things. Maybe not the food. Still, God Save the Queen. You have to love a woman who embraces stoicism as her reason for being. Her Majesty does everything the old-fashioned RANDI way, and with such KREISS grace. She even wears a tiara with aplomb. She is heroic in her steadfast devotion to duty. No matter how the world turns, no matter the dalliances of her children or her in-law kids, she embraces tradition with dignity and, I imagine, personal sacrifice. Democracy is so messy and divisive, but there is real comfort in the elaborate ritual of royal pomp. As evolved as I am as a woman in the 21st century, I would still enjoy a spin in a Cinderella carriage. With footmen, of course.

How sweet it would be here and now in America to have a royal figure to maintain some decorum as so many elected officials run off the rails. I’m telling you, we just didn’t think the whole 1776 thing all the way through. Part of my escape over the Pond includes immersion in World War II novels and nonfiction. Literature featuring British history has all the elements of reallife thrillers. This month I listened to “In the Garden of the Beasts” and “The Splendid and the Vile,” both by Erik Larson, and “Munich,” by Robert Harris, all superb nonfiction accounts of the days and months leading up to and into World War II. The Brits had an uphill fight to beat back the Nazis. They were blessed with a brave and self-sacrificing queen and a once-in-a-lifetime prime minister in Winston Churchill, who inspired his people with soaring rhetoric and unflappable courage. I keep thinking about the Londoners during the blitz, not knowing how it would end but getting up every morning to drag bodies out of the rubble and then go to work. The high-mindedness of it all

contrasts painfully with the skeevy machinations of today’s American politics. Half the people running for office can’t compose or articulate a proper English sentence. When I turn on the telly, it is to mysteries and thrillers on BritBox or Acorn TV. The stories presume some intelligence on the part of the viewer. No one shoots anyone in British police procedurals. They chase one another up and down buildings and across the countryside, but you rarely see a weapon other than a bloody knife. The writing is nuanced, which means every other word isn’t a four-letter one. Characters sometimes quote Shakespeare. British TV actors look like real people. That’s key. They have wrinkles and messy hair, lumpy bodies in shabby clothes. You see very few scantily clad women; when you do, they usually have a compelling story, something beyond their cascading curls and rising flesh. The character actors are especially talented, commanding their scenes without affecting cheap technique or $200 hairstyles. They look like regular people, which is the idea of acting, isn’t it?

ow sweet it would be here to have a royal figure to maintain some decorum.

One of my favorite series is “Midsomer Murders,” which has been on the air so long that the actor playing the main character, the village detective, retired from the role and passed it to his younger onscreen “brother.” Every episode features a ghastly murder in a village of 150 people. They just don’t run out of bodies. And it isn’t so much a whodunit as a walking tour of the village eccentrics, all of whom are played by marvelous actors. In my escape to the United Kingdom, I include Irish novels, many of which are gems, little-known literary sleepers like “The All of It” and “Northern Spy.” For some reason, books about the Troubles and the lives of the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland just pull me in and pull me out of my worries. In general, the Queen and her subjects elevate the conversation, any conversation, unlike here in the States, where incivility and aggressive ignorance are increasingly common. In one of the big production numbers in the show “Hamilton,” King George sings a solo to the American rebels. “You’ll be back,” he warns, “soon, you’ll see. You’ll remember you belong to me…” It has taken 246 years to come to this point, but maybe he was right. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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here is seemingly no place safer than home, but schools are supposed to be the next best thing. A place to learn about the world, to learn about one another. To grow. To mature. Really, a place to blossom. Not too long ago, parents sent their children to schools without a second thought — worried only about grades and the occasional bully. Now it’s lockdown drills. Secured classroom doors. Constant vigilance by those who we have otherwise tasked to teach. And these words won’t make any of that better. Because if there is anything we have learned from Uvalde, from Parkland, from Sandy Hook, it’s that we can never do enough to protect our most precious resource: our children. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try. And it’s time for a much broader approach — the kind only the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association can lead. It’s so sad that we, as a country, can even say this, but there is a lot of experiential data available on how vulnerable our schools are to those intending to inflict harm. Yet we can’t dwell on why

that information exists. We must use it to prevent those tragic stories we read about and watch from elsewhere from ever landing at our front door. The school boards association doesn’t have the authority to demand, of course. But it can certainly advocate — something it’s been doing since 1959 for more than 100 school districts across Long Island. Sure, most of that has been on the financial end — schools are always starving for money, thus making funding at all government levels a priority. But that doesn’t mean the organization can’t pursue school safety as well. And it’s not that our local school districts aren’t trying — they are. The knowledge and skills to effectively fortify a school from a shooter are not something that can be piecemealed, however. It requires centralized planning — not as big as New York, but at least as big as Long Island. The school boards association has the infrastructure to help lead that planning, and even effect real change. The group can start by pushing for an audit of every single building, every sin-

gle door, every single window in Long Island schools. How are campuses accessed? How are visitors controlled? How can those campuses keep weapons off their grounds, without making them feel like prisons? Some ideas that have been promoted elsewhere include video cameras outside every exterior door with direct feeds to a security officer. Classroom door locks that can be activated by a teacher. Even bulletproof glass. Sure, these measures are designed to prevent the symptoms of this overall issue, not the issue itself. But they are measures that will help keep our children safe today, and buy time for more expansive measures like gun control, assault weapon bans, and addressing the emotional needs of a school — and a community — right down to identifying signs that lead to a potential tragedy, and stopping it before a shooter’s plans are realized. We can’t just talk and do nothing. We need to take action, and we need to speak with a unified voice. If we don’t, that next tragedy we read about could very well be our own.

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LETTERS Abortion is more than just personal To the Editor: In his letter “Abortion is personal — a pandemic is not,” last week, Eugene Artemyeff precisely states the universal error of those who, in defense of abortion, claim that a woman has the right to do as she pleases with her own body. He concludes that “abortion is a personal experience that physically affects that person and no one else,” that the physical aspects of that decision start and stop with only the woman involved. I cannot understand how the rights of the developing fetus, the unborn, can be so overlooked and disregarded. The unborn is not part of the mother, but, genetically, a new and unique individual, and abortion ends its existence. Killing another person cannot but equate with murder or manslaughter. Of course there will never be agreement as to when abortion is justified, but if the life of the mother-to-be is threatened by the pregnancy, it would be. Less objectively, perhaps, abortion would be a legitimate recourse in cases of rape or incest, although by the end of the second trimester, that option should have been decided on one way or the other. Thus, it is a question of when, in the course of a pregnancy, abortion might

be justified. It is not a yes-or-no issue, regardless of how the extreme position holders would portray it. But for a fetus, particularly a viable fetus, to have its life ended is inconsistent with our belief in life as a society. I am always amazed at how often the right to life of the unborn is never even raised in the abortion debate. That the pandemic presents a challenge that

requires members of society to act in a mutually respectful and considerate way makes sense. But even if a “society” involves just two people, mother and unborn, respect and consideration should be just as warranted and forthcoming, particularly when one holds the life of the other in her womb. ROBERT RUBALSKY East Rockaway

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ur country mourned the tragic events of a school massacre — again. But the day after the shooting at Uvalde, school life here at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck went on as usual. From Monday through Friday, my routine remained unchanged: I woke up, ate my breakfast, grabbed my backpack and kissed my parents goodbye before I hopped on the bus to head to school, my home away from home. My school friends and I don’t have to make a conscious effort to ILANA walk in the shoes your average GREENBERG of American student. It’s not hard for us to understand and sympathize with the victims of the horrific tragedy in Texas and feel their grief. What we can’t wrap our heads around is why it is so hard for our country to actually do something — anything — to stop this horror from happening again and

again and again, I am not fooled by my seemingly sheltered Long Island upbringing in Nassau County, the safest community in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The unfortunate reality is that the shooting in Uvalde could have happened anywhere. The statistics are staggering. More innocent children die from irresponsible and unregulated guns than from car accidents, according to Sandyhookpromise.org. Sixty-eight percent of school shooters used guns that were accessible in their homes. At any time, one or more of the 4.6 million American kids who live in a home with a loaded gun can bring it to school and use it to end lives. School-aged children like me have enough to worry about. We’re exposed to harmful vape smoke and all types of drugs. We’re warned against the dangers of drinking and texting while driving. We battle bullying, and mental health problems, and Covid. And yet, gun violence has become the leading cause of death

was taking a chemistry test, and started thinking about someone firing a gun.

LETTERS The Supreme Court was political long before the leak To the Editor: Re attorney Ronald Rosenberg’s op-ed piece “A leaking Supreme Court puts us at risk (May 26-June 1): I respectfully disagree. I think it is the Supreme Court itself that puts our democracy at risk. Mr. Rosenberg writes that the leak of a draft decision on Roe v. Wade “sought to politicize part of our democracy that was deliberately set above and beyond politics by our founders.” The Supreme Court is above and beyond politics? That’s news to me. In fact, today’s court may be the most politically partisan branch of our government. When then candidate Donald Trump promised to appoint only judges that would outlaw a woman’s right to choose, that wasn’t political? Of course it was. And look what it got us: Neil Gorsuch, who was opposed by just about every civil and human rights organization in the U.S.; Brett Kavanaugh, whose “I liked beer” whine at his confirmation hearing is now a YouTube favorite, and Amy Coney Barrett, who served as a handmaid in an extreme religious organization. Then there was Mitch McCon-

among young people. News outlets covered the heartwrenching days that followed the shooting in Uvalde, but I fear the world has already become desensitized and diverted its short attention span to newer headlines. But for me, I suspect that no matter how long ago or comparatively distant the shooting took place, there will always be this constant, gnawing anxiety clawing through the depths of my subconscious, that something like this could happen to anyone — to my young brothers, to my friends and teachers, to me. I have an enduring fear, knowing that no school building is completely impervious to a safety breach. Recently I was taking a chemistry test when my mind drifted, and a thought suddenly came to mind: If a student next to me were to start firing a gun, how would the security guard all the way at the front of the building stop him? My peers and I have been trained in the event of a shooting to scan a class-

room and think, where would be a good place to hide? Our doors have automatic locking mechanisms, so when a student returning from the bathroom innocently knocks at my classroom door, I have to look to my teacher for reassurance that our lives aren’t in danger and that the person that we’re about to let into the room doesn’t want to kill us. When I ask my 7-year-old brother what he learned in school, he brings up safety drills, in which the phrase, “Stop, drop and roll” has been replaced by the instructions to “Hide, don’t make noise, and don’t open the door to anybody, not even the principal, who might have a gun to his head.” When the world encountered a global pandemic, we came together to tackle the problem as best we could. Schoolchildren are now living through their own national crisis, but as our cries echo in the classrooms, the rest of the country stays silent. When will we wake up from this living nightmare? Ilana Greenberg is a freshman at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck.

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nell, denying even a hearing for Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland. That wasn’t political? McConnell said that a new appointment to the court shouldn’t be made only eight months before the next election. Later he allowed Coney Barrett, a diehard Republican who had never tried a case to or argued an appeal, to be confirmed in a Republican senatorsonly vote just a week before Election Day 2020. No politics there, right? The truth is that we have ended up with a Supreme Court that is an arm of the Republican Party. Its decisions have consistently espoused the GOP’s political principles — or, rather, the lack of them. These rulings were made by unelected judges with lifetime jobs, and they include decimating voting rights, gutting the Clean Water Act, permitting the proliferation of handguns and assault rifles and diminishing a woman’s right to choose. I do not argue with Mr. Rosenberg’s contention that the founders were well intentioned when they tried to create a Supreme Court that would be above and beyond politics. But it seems today’s court verifies the aphorism “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” JOHN TURCHIANO Long Beach

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