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Officials decry zoning change Hochul’s budget proposal would redo single-family regulations “. . . This is a power grab by New York City politicians, and we’re not going to take it.” Town of Hempstead and NasHempstead Town Supervisor sau County officials — and some Don Clavin said that the proviSouth Shore residents — are up sion was “sneaky” and “a true in arms over a zoning proposal attack on suburbia.” “The goverin Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022-23 nor is attempting to basically state budget. mandatorily require anybody Dozens of elected officials who wants it to put an accessory gathered outside an unit on their house,” East Meadow home Clavin said. “. . . We on Feb. 3 to voice are not standing for their opposition to it.” “Section AA” of the The officials proposed spending called on residents to plan, which would contact Hochul’s effectively eliminate of fice and make single-family zoning their objections across the state, CHRIS CARINI clear. A Feb. 4 letter allowing single-fami- Town of Hempstead t o t h e g ove r n o r ly homes to be signed by the Hempturned into “accesso- Councilman stead Town Board ry dwelling units” or requested that she apartments by converting base- remove the provision from the ments, garages and attics into spending plan. separate dwellings. “We do not need New York At the news conference, offi- State meddling in the local zoncials detailed what they saw as ing affairs of the Town of Hempthe potentially negative impacts stead, or any community within of the proposal: an increase in Nassau County,” the letter read. traffic, a strain on resources and “Our town Building Departinfrastructure, and overcrowd- ment, Board of Appeals and ing in public schools. Town Board — working with “It’s an attack on the suburbs other municipal departments — — it’s an attack on the suburban have enforced local building way of living,” County Executive Bruce Blakeman said. Continued on page 14
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Another New Year In the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Mandarin students took part in a variety of activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year. More photos, page 3.
State construction aid cut posed concerns for libraries By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
In Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022-23 state budget proposal, $20 million will be cut from public library construction aid. The budget, announced on Jan. 18, will go into effect April 1 if it is approved by the State Legislature. Under the current spending plan, library construction aid totals $34 million. The planned
reduction could pose issues for public libraries in the future, if not sooner. Dan Chuzmir, the director of the Merrick Library, explained that public libraries have an operational budget, which is voted on by the community each year, as well as state funding, which includes construction aid, that libraries access through the Nassau Library System. “It’s definitely a huge issue,” Chuzmir said of the construc-
tion aid cut. “Any aid we’re not getting from the state we have to turn to the taxpayers for, and we don’t want to do that.” Although the Mer rick Library is a relatively new building by library standards — completed in 2005 — year-to-year upkeep and upgrades have been necessary. Things like roofing and HVAC systems take “a lot of wear a tear,” Chuzmir said. Continued on page 12
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ThroughouT The Bellmore-merrick Central High School District, Mandarin students engaged in a variety of activities to celebrate the Year of the Tiger.
Languages classes celebrate Chinese New Year Throughout the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Mandarin students engaged in a variety of activities to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. The Chinese New Year is the most important and widely celebrated festival in China. “To recognize the festival, Sanford H. Calhoun High School and Grand Avenue Middle School Mandarin students decorated their classrooms and doorways with red-paper cuttings, handmade paper firecrackers and spring couplets,” explained Renee Owenburge, a world languages chairperson. “They learned a traditional New Year song, completed a Year of the Tiger zodiac activity, practiced calligraphy, and created and exchanged red envelopes and best wishes for the New Year.” “At Merrick Avenue Middle School, students learned about the cultural traditions of the holiday and engaged in tiger paper cutting, Chinese calligraphy and making red envelopes for gift giving,” added Rosa Kaplan, a world languages chairperson. They also decorated the hallways with handmade lanterns to make the whole building festive. Mandarin students at Wellington C. Mepham High School decorated the hallways and classrooms with handmade lanterns and posters. In class, students watched authentic videos and made traditional red envelopes. John F. Kennedy High School students also learned about the holiday, watched videos and made red envelopes. World Languages teachers Dr. Hui Chen, Helen Han and Lydia Qiu shared these Chinese traditions with students. Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; compiled by Jordan Vallone.
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Students in grades 7-12 receiving Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions or American Visions & Voices Nominations are celebrated within their communities through local exhibitions and ceremonies. Gold Key works are then judged nationally by an impressive panel of creative-industry experts to receive National Medals. In addition to her $500 scholarship for her regional placement, Li said the national awards offer up to $10,000 in prizes. Results will be made available on March 23. Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; compiled by Jordan Vallone.
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As Valentine’s Day approaches, we think about love. Part of this love is selflove: taking care of ourselves both physically and mentally.
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What is the best skin care product? The older cells which are more likely to become pre-cancerous are With a myriad of products available, Board-Certified the American Board replaced by newer cells. To minimize there are threeby must-haves. irritation, use a small pea sized 1) Retinoids: (Like Retin-A) are of Dermatology and vitamin A derivatives. When used Author of The Doctor’s Secret amount and divide that to four areas correctly, they promote cell turnover of your face and rub in. Start with every other day application. so “new” cells maintain moisture has been named a enabling your skin to look fresh and have a glow. Retinoids will End! What about cleansers, moisturizers Power Woman of the East and other skincare products. What also minimize fine lines as well as is the best order to use? decreasing brown spots on your The order I recommend is the word face, neck and hands. CHARMS. 2) Vitamin C: Another antioxidant C for cleansing (antioxidant that promotes smoother skin and cleansers), H “health” – any topical minimizes pigmentation (brown medication, A antioxidants (vitamin C spots and splotches). cream), R retinoids (vitamin A), 3) Sunscreens: It is so important to Courtesy Town of Hempstead M moisturizers (thicker in evening), protect your skin from harmful UV Sup. Don Clavin and staff from the Department of Conservation announce $300,000 grant. S sunscreen rays which not only can promote skin cancer but also ages the skin (wrinkles, pigmentation and loss Valentine’s Day “Lip Tips” of elastic tissue). I recommend How do I get my lips to be plump? sunscreen that has both UV-A and I love lip fillers IN MODERATION. I UV-B protection. I recommend using outline lip borders, add a little bit of number SPF 40 and above in warm filler to lines above lip, and at times Town Board received $300,000 in new township’s conservation efforts through weather and SPF 30 even in winter. add filler into the lip itself. I stress a grant funding from the New York State the implementation of these beneficial When directly out in the sun, re-apply less is more look. Department of Environmental Conserva- oyster beds.” every three hours. The multi-year effort at bolstering the tion to support the Town of Hempstead’s Are fillers safe? Shellfish Restoration Program – a project local oyster population will be undertakWhy does Retin-A irritate my skin? In the hands of experienced boarddesigned to enhance the health of the en by staff from the Town of Hempstead Can it cause skin cancer? certified providers who know lip township’s marine ecosystems through Department of Conservation & WaterRetin-A is remarkably safe and anatomy, they are extremely safe. ways with support from the Billion Oysthe restoration of oyster beds. great for your skin and in fact helps Fillers can be dissolved if you don’t The landmark conservation project ter Project and the Hudson River Foundaprevent against skin cancer by like the way they look. will see the addition of Eastern Oyster tion who will assist in the monitoring and promoting cell renewal. beds to Town of Hempstead managed por- deployment of the reefs.
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“The Town of Hempstead has a long history of environmental stewardship, and I am ecstatic that we are continuing that tradition,” said Senior Councilmember Dorothy Goosby. The project, expected to take place over a five-year period, is part of a larger effort by various conservation stakeholder groups to form a network of self-sustaining oyster beds throughout the Jamaica Bay area – a key component in New York waterway revitalization efforts. Councilmember Christopher Carini added, “Hempstead Town’s coastal location provides the township with a wealth of diversity when it comes to aquatic wildlife, and I am proud to join my colleagues on the Town Board in recommitting ourselves to supporting their ongoing enhancement.”
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No registration is required. Contact the Merrick Public Library with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Kid’s Craft: Paint a Ceramic Owl From 4:30 - 5:15 p.m., joing the Merrick Public Library in making a craft. Children in grades K-6 can paint a ceramic owl in the community room. Registration is required. The Merrick Public library is following CDC guidelines. Masks are required throughout the library.
Monday, Feb. 14 Preschool Craft: Valentines Day From 10:30-11:15 a.m., children ages 2-5 can join the Merrick Public Library in making Valentine’s crafts for loved ones. Masks are required and no eating or drinking allowed in the library. Contact the Merrick Public Library with any questions or concerns.
Belfast (Movie) From 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. at the North Bellmore Public Library, guests can watch Belfast. Belfast is a 2021 British coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. The film chronicles the life of a working class Northern Irish Protestant family from the perspective of their 9-yearold son Buddy during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Contact northbellmorelibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Tween and Teen Stem Magical Potions Workshop From 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the Bellmore Public Library, guests can design their own magic wands and make potions that are oozy or slimy. Contact bellmorelibrary.org with any questions.
Tuesday, Feb. 15 STEM Club: Valentine Candy Experiment
Why I Love My Library Children in Grades K-5 are invited to come to the North Bellmore Public library for an afternoon of crafts from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Children will create a “Why I Love My Library” heart to be displayed in the Children’s Room and decorate one-of-a-kind bookmarks to take home. Music and light snacks included! All supplies provided.Contact Jane Sullivan via telephone at 5167856260 or via email at juvprograms@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
Chess for Kids From 7 -8:00p.m at the Bellmore Memorial Public Library, children ages 5-12 can learn how to play chess. Beginners and experts are weclome. Spots will only be held for 10 minutes, requiring guests to let the library know in advance if they are going to be late. Registration is required to attend the event and practice social distancing. As per CDC guidelines, masks will be required throughout the duration of the event. Contact childrens@bellmorelibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
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Shore Road School holds annual scicence fair Students at Shore Road Elementary School in the Bellmore Public School District presented their weeks-long investigations into science at the annual Science Fair on Jan. 27. Students put their knowledge of the scientific method to the test to perform experiments that sought answers to a wide variety of science-based inquiries. Above, Madison Marcus and Chloe Zimberg recorded the results of gummy bears growing in different liquids.
Friday, Feb. 11 Open Classic Game Day Held every Friday from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Bellmore Memorial Library, guests are encouraged to bring games and fellow players to the library! The Meeting Room is open for adults & seniors to play classic games such as mahjong, bridge, canasta, chess, and more! Card tables will be set up.Space is limited. Registration can be found
on the Bellmore Memorial Public Library website. As per CDC and NYS guidelines, all visitors over the age of 2 are required to wear a mask while inside the library and it must cover the nose and mouth. Social distancing of 6 feet is still required. Contact cham@ bellmorelibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Sunday, Feb. 13
Historic Black Brooklyn: 400 Years of Struggle and Hope From 2:00-3:00 p.m. at the Merrick Library, history will be told through documents, maps, articles and recently discovered archival photographs. This presentation brings to life the fascinating legacy of African American’s in one of America’s most important urban centers. The event will be presented by Brian Merlis. All are welcome to attend.
From 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Merrick Library Children in Grades 2-6 are invited to learn about solubility experimenting using Valentine Candy. Contact merricklibrary.org with any questions or concerns.
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 jvallone@liherald.com.
You can register to take a class to earn your Boating Safety Certificate on March 5 at the NBPL. Dr. Kelly’s Health and Healing Grotto will host a $60 workshop on Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Bellmore. The Freeport/Merrick Rotary Club will present a free property tax reduction forum on Feb. 22. The North Bellmore School District is accepting applications for UPK for the 2022-23 school year. The North Bellmore Library will be hosting a variety of Valentine’s themed events during February.
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Girls Basketball: Garden City at Carey...................4:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Plainedge at V.S. South.................... 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Glen Cove at Sewanhaka ................ 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Roslyn at Elmont .................................. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: West Hemp at Malverne ..................5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball: East Meadow at V.S. Central ...........6:45 p.m.
Boys Basketball: Malverne at West Hemp. ...........6:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Jericho at Mepham. ............................ 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: V.S. North at South Side...................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: New Hyde Park at MacArthur ............... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Manhasset at Kennedy ........................ 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Wantagh at Island Trees ........................ 7 p.m.
Saturday, feb. 12 Girls Basketball: V.S. Central at East Meadow ............... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Hempstead at Freeport ...................... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: Carle Place at East Rockaway........... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Syosset at Oceanside ........................ 12 p.m.
Still counting the days until senior point guard Chris Stokel can make his season debut, Calhoun solidified its playoff standing and remained in contention for the Conference A-2 boys’ basketball title with a 63-54 victory over Glen Cove on Feb. 2. The Colts, despite four players fouling out, scored 40 points in the second half on the way to beating Glen Cove for a third time this season to improve to 12-5 overall and 7-3 in A-2. Junior Matt Kalfas, who’s running the point during Stokel’s absence, poured in a game-high 20 points before fouling out with 2:45 remaining, while senior Chris Zaveckas scored 15 of his 18 after halftime. “I’m really proud of the resiliency our guys have shown throughout the season,” Calhoun head coach Jay Kreutzberger said. “Glen Cove is physical and plays a fast-paced game. It’s tough to beat a team three times. We weren’t disciplined on defense tonight, but we were consistent enough on offense and got solid contributions off the bench.” Each of the first two meetings came down to the wire. Calhoun defeated the Big Red, 73-66, in overtime in the season opener as part of Wheatley’s tournament behind Zaveckas’ 43 points, then took the first conference battle between the teams, 45-43, on Jan. 5 behind senior Bryan Pena’s 16. “We know each other so well,” Kreutzberger said. “Even though we threw in a few wrinkles, there’s only so much you can do.” Glen Cove, which was led by Gio White’s 17 points, led for much of the first half and held a 25-23 edge at intermission. A frantic pace contributed to Calhoun’s foul trouble, which included three starters. The third quarter featured four lead changes and mounting fouls for the Colts. They took a 39-36 lead into the fourth thanks to a three-pointer by Hank Finne, who eventually fouled out. Calhoun stretched its cushion with strong play during the first three minutes
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JuNIOr MaTT KaLfaS, right, was one of four Colts to foul out Feb. 2 but he scored a game-high 20 points to lead a 63-54 win over Glen Cove. of the fourth quarter and got offensive contributions from Kalfas, Pena and seniors Matthew Edouard and Brian Matalevich. It led 49-38 with 5:16 remaining and never led Glen Cove get closer than 7 despite Kalfas, Pena and junior Tommy Bello also fouling out. “We started the season 8-0 and we’ve been grinding,” Kreutzberger said. “I believe when we’re at full strength, we’re one of the better teams in the county in Class A.” Zaveckas is averaging a team-best 18 points per game, followed by Pena (15) and Kalfas (13.)
Kreutzberger said Stokel’s return from an ankle injury is imminent. Stokel averaged 25 points per game in the Covidshortened season and “elevates the play of everyone around him,” Kreutzberger said. “He recently joined us for practice and I’m not exactly sure when he’ll play, but the latest will be for the playoffs,” Kreutzberger said of Stokel. “We’re a different team with him on the floor. He’s played with all these guys for years, so I’m not concerned about chemistry.” The Nassau Class A playoffs are scheduled to begin Feb. 16.
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ExEcutivE DirEctor of Asian American Affairs Arooj Islam, Comptroller Elaine Phillips, Legislator John Guiffrè, Honoree Ruka Anzai, Legislator Denise Ford, County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman, Legislator Laura Schaefer, Treasurer David Chiang, Legislator Thomas McKevitt, and Legislator Steve Rhoads.
County hosts Lunar New Year Celebration On Feb. 1, County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman in conjunction with the office of Asian American Affairs hosted a Lunar New Year celebration and lit the dome of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building Red & Gold to kick off the year of the Tiger. Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips, Treasurer David Chiang, Legislator Denise Ford, Legislator Steve Rhoads, Legislator Laura Schaefer, Legislator Tom McKevitt, Legislator John Guiffrè, Chinese American organizations, local business owners, and residents attended. The Chinese Center of Long Island’s Lion Troupe performed a traditional Chinese dance, and County Executive Blake-
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On Jan. 27, Holocaust Remembrance Day, County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman was joined by other elected officials and Jewish community leaders at the Nassau County Executive Ceremonial Chamber. County Executive Blakeman signed a bill creating a Nassau County AntiSemitism Task Force.
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County ExECutivE BlakEman signed a bill creating a Nassau County Anti-Semitism Task Force.
County ExECutivE BruCE Blakeman, Elected Officials, and Jewish Community Leaders gather outside of the Executive & Legislative Building as the dome is illuminated yellow in honor of Holocaust Remembrance.
tism, educate our children about the history of anti-Semitism, and make sure those who engage in anti-Semitic language and behavior are held accountable.” He continued. Following the signing of the Anti-Semitism task force bill, County Executive Blakeman hosted a dome lighting ceremony on the front steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Legislative &
Executive Building in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Today we pause to remember and honor the more than 6 million innocent Jews and other innocent people murdered by Nazi Ger many and others.” County Executive Blakeman said. “As we light the dome of the county building yellow, we pledge to do everything we can to
end hate and anti-Semitism, and to never let what happened in the Holocaust happen again.” Legislator Mazi Pilip added “Tonight we remember. We light this dome and know the words of Elie Wiesel - for the dead and the living we must bear witness.” Courtesy Nassau County Legislature; compiled by Jordan Vallone.
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Local libraries react to budget cut The Merrick Library was completed in 2005, but given its constant use, upkeep is always necessary.
ContInued from front page “It’s not just construction projects,” he said of the state aid. “It’s also about [building] upgrades, and it’s definitely a huge concern for all of us.” At a gathering outside the Levittown Public Library on Jan. 28, members of the State Assembly and the Nassau Library System met to discuss the budget cuts. Frank McKenna, director of the Seaford Public Library, said the proposed cut to library construction aid was “very disappointing.” “Libraries are education,” McKenna said. “We are always education. We serve everybody from infancy to old age — why are we always cut?” Chuzmir said that budget cuts are nothing new, and public libraries have been dealing with them for years. “Under the previous governor, [the budget] was cut constantly, and sometimes it gets restored by the Legislature,” Chuzmir said. “There’s a bipartisan agreement that libraries need funding.” In a budget worth billions, an increase in library funding would be minuscule, he added. “Hopefully the Legislature comes through and restores it,”
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In the 2022-23 state budget plan, $20 million will be cut from public library construction aid, posing issues for public libraries that may need to upgrade their buildings in order to operate. Chuzmir said. At the Jan. 28 gathering, State Assemblyman Ed Ra, who represents the 19th District, agreed that cuts in library funding happen every year. “It’s no secret to anybody that utilizes our local libraries that just like any other building, they need upkeep, they need boilers, they need HVAC systems, they need to replace roofs,” Ra said. “We stand with our local librar-
ies in the push to restore this funding and increase funding for library construction.” While construction funding would be reduced in the proposed budget, general library funding, Ra said, would increase by about $2 million, which he said was “welcome news.” Though public libraries have been forced to adapt throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Chuzmir said that library visita-
tion is starting to increase again. “We got through the Omicron wave with minimal disruption,” he said. “We’re starting to get more kids and people back in the library.” Last year, the Mer rick Library upgraded flooring on the main level, and more upgrades are planned for the upper level in the children’s department, one of the facility’s most used spaces. In the near future, the library is also looking to hire new employees in the children’s and teen departments. Chuzmir noted that some people don’t see the value in public library space, and what it takes to maintain it. Libraries offer
more than simply books and programming, he said. “Just a couple of weeks ago, Mount Sinai Hospital came here and did Covid-19 vaccinations,” he said, adding that over 100 people were inoculated. “That’s our building — that’s our space, and it needs to be kept up in order to have that positive impact in the community,” he said. “We wish more people would see that. Twenty million dollars is a lot — it makes a big difference in what we’re able to do.” Mallory Wilson contributed to this story.
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Florence Price Symphony No 1 The South Shore Symphony Orchestra, under the musical direction and baton of Scott Jackson Wiley, will be performing in Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre on Saturday, February 12th at 7:30 pm. The performance will include Symphony No 1 in E minor by the American composer Florence Price. The composer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887 and during her career won many accolades. Price’s First Symphony won critical acclaim and became the first symphony by an African-American female composer to be performed by a major American orchestra in 1933. Florence Price Symphony Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major op.No 61 1 The composer in Little Rock, in 1887asand during virtuoso violinist was Wenborn Qian hailed byArkansas China Daily “one of herChina’s career won many accolades.young Price’sviolinists. First Symphony won critical most promising ” Ms. Qian hasacclaim been andabecame the first with symphony by an African-American female composer first violinist the Metropolitan Orchestra since 1997, to be performed by a major American orchestra in 1933. where she continues to serve as the acting Assistant Concertmaster, as well as violin professor at Mannes College of Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major op. 61 Music at the New School University. Violinist Wen Qian has been a first violinist with the Metropolitan
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Is this the end of single-family zoning on L.I.? ConTinued from fronT page codes and zoning laws for generations.” County Legislator Tom McKevitt said that Hochul’s proposal would account for 10 percent of the $216 billion spending plan. “It would require any single-family home in the state of New York to be allowed to either put an apartment or even build a second home on the property as of right,” McKevitt said. “… It says that you can’t enforce openspace requirements” that the land be left in its original state. “[Open space] is the reason that people leave the city to come here for a great place for their kids to grow up,” he added. “This destroys it entirely.” The legislation basically takes away the “home rule” authority of local governments, so they cannot determine zoning based on the character of the community and the wishes of those in their jurisdiction. “It is yet another attack on suburbia,” County Legislator Steve Rhoads said. “Look at this proposal being snuck into the state budget, which makes it very difficult to be able to defeat it, because in order to defeat it — unless it’s removed from the budget — you would have to vote against the entire budget.” Town Councilman Chris Carini wrote in a statement to the Herald, “The Governor and Albany leadership are hiding this legislation in the budget, just like what was done with bail reform. These proposals are nothing short of a smash and grab to gain control of local zoning laws and [they] will destroy our suburban way of life. “We must not allow the Governor to force her will on our local zoning,” Carini added. “Local issues should be decided locally.” Lawrence Levy, dean of Hofstra’s National Center for Suburban Studies, said the provision could help solve the region’s affordable-housing crisis. “It’s easy to under-
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Students explore African American inventors After learning about the inventions of three African Americans, students in Lauren Beinert’s class at Merrick Avenue Middle School were tasked with sketching inventions of their own. They watched videos about Alfred Cralle, the inventor of the ice cream scoop, Garrett Morgan, the inventor of the traffic light and Lyda Newman, the inventor of the hairbrush. “This lesson was a fun, interactive way to teach about Black History Month in a way that my students can relate to,” explained Beinert. “After all the world would look very differently if not for these innovative inventors.” Beinert reinforced the challenging times these inventors faced and how they persevered. She drove home the point of overcoming problems when trying to achieve a goal. “I want to be a special educational teacher and open my own arcade and nothing can stop me from making my dream come true,” student Ryan Lynch said. Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; compiled by Jordan Vallone.
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The Bellmore Barber will hold their grand opening on March 1. Owned by twin brothers Gabe Haim, 30, and Danny Haim, 30, the new shop will be located convenienlty on Merrick Road. The barber shop has a speakeasy style — featuring a bar in the back of the shop — so customers can enjoy a drink while they receive haircuts. Danny and Gabe are currently working on the bar, planning to have it finished by the time the shop opens. Originally from Queens, the two brothers followed in their father’s footsteps, becoming barbers themselves, a tradition in their family. Referred to as “Uncle Sam,” the Haim brother’s father owned several shops in Brooklyn. By the age of 12, both brothers were taught to cut hair in their Ronkonkoma barber shop. Danny said local police officers, firemen and other responders would let Danny watch their cuts. Wanting to be closer to his home in Woodmere, Danny decided he wanted to open a shop in Bellmore. “Long Island is very different [than the city],” said Danny. “I just love the clients and the people.” Danny and Gabe own three shops together in Brooklyn and said they are very excited to open a shop in Bellmore. According to both brothers, they have always had a passion for cutting hair, a trait passed down from their father. “I don’t feel like it’s a job,” said Gabe. “If cutting hair was a sport I’d be a coach.” Looking to share the same family vibes as their shops in Brooklyn, the shop will be laid back and relaxing for
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customers. With multiple shops of their own, brothers Danny and Gabe will possibly be opening more shops within the community. The shop is will be located at 2696 Merrick Road, Bellmore, N.Y., 11710. Active on Instagram, follow the shop @ thebellmorebarber for updates and more information as they get closer opening.
A nEw BARBER shop, above, is coming to town, opening on March 1. Different from other shops, there will be a bar located in the back of the shop so patrons can enjoy a drink while their hair is cut. OwnERS GABE And Danny Haim wanted the shop to have a “speakeasy” style.
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Calhoun girls’ track takes title of the pack during the field events. Freshmen Lauren Rosario and Alyena Ozay would take second and third in the high jump, scoring 14 points for the team. Along with Sara, Yolina Bastien would make her presence felt in jumps as well, taking second in Long and third in Triple jump. Erika Klein would get her meet going a week before the rest as she would win the Conference title for weight throw, breaking a longstanding school record along with the way. Then Erika would step up for an injured teammate and compete in the shot put, Erika led Lily Napoli and Emily Maxwell to a 3rd, 4th and 6th place finish grabbing another 14 points. Soon after the distance crew would step back on the track led by senior captain Julianna Razza, picking up major points in the 1500m run. Omana Phillips would earn her first conference title in the Racewalk, leading Taylor Halvorsen and Lily Napoli to a 1st, 2nd and 4th place finish. While some teams may have rested on its lead, Calhoun never let up. Taking 4th in the 4x800m and second in the 4x400m meter run. Kelly Martin and Gabby Manfre would lead the girls to a runner up finish in the 4x400, with Kelly running a season best her leg. Junior Captain Julia Baguiao took 4th in the 300m dash, running a personal best. She would lead the way in the 4x200m relay as well. The Colts scored 174 points, more than 100 ahead of runner-up Garden City. It’s one of the largest margins of victory in the history of winter track and field conference meets in Nassau County. Courtesy Calhoun High School Girls Track Team
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The Calhoun girls’ track and field team won its fourth consecutive conference title last month. The Colts knew the challenges this season would bring and set a goal in the Fall they wouldn’t let anything stand in their way. They arrived at St. Anthony’s High School on Jan. 13 driven and ready to compete. “Our girls always are the last to enter the facility, matching head to toe, stone faced and in two long straight lines,” coach Joe Migliano said. “It’s a tradition we started long ago and it has been embraced by the entire program. It shows unity, that they are there to compete and we treat it as a business trip.” The meet would get off to a fast start scoring 24 points as Carly Curnutt would lead Kate MacNamara and Kaitlyn Stibritz to a first, second and third finish in the 3,000m run. Sara Manson would transform the meet for the team, winning the hurdles, long and triple jump. Manson scored 30 points and hit a season best in all three events. “Sara is just different,” Migliano said of Manson. “She has a drive, focus, and mentality that is unmatched. She has been with team since her 8th grade season and has been a huge part of our success. She has really turned herself into a true leader and role model for all the younger girls. She sets the standard for Calhoun track and field.” Said Manson: “We are so underclassmen heavy. Majority of our team has never been to a conference championship and experienced how it feels to win. Today we left everything we had on the track and it really paid off. It’s a great feeling to see our team so passionate and motivated to keep our tradition alive.” Calhoun would separate from the rest
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Captains, from left, Sara Manson, Julianna Razza, Julia Baguiao and Erica Klein helped lead Calhoun to another conference championship.
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The Young Israel of North Bellmore den, Massachusetts and they have two children, 8 grandchildren, synagogue mourns the passand 29 great-grandchildren. ing of Rabbi Morris S. GoreRabbi Gorelik was the lik who died recently in Jerupresident of the Rabbinical salem at the age of 90. He was Council of America, and the the Rabbi of the YINB synachairman of the Board of gogue for more than 36 years. Education of the Hebrew Rabbi Gorelik was born in Academy of Nassau County 1931 in Springfield, Massain West Hempstead. chusetts, and grew up in New Rabbi Gorelik will be Haven, Connecticut. He received a B.A. and rabbinical missed by all who knew him. ordination from Yeshiva UniRabbi Morris S. versity, and his Ph. D in phiCourtesy Young Israel of losophy at Brandeis UniversiNorth Bellmore Synagogue; Gorelik ty. He marries the former compiled by Jordan Vallone. Sarah Rosenbaum from Mad-
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A. Recently, influences have changed the thinking on allowed height. Hurricane Sandy’s flooding caused New York to promote house lifting in flood zones. Influence also came from the Federal Emergency Management agency, which, in essence, is a publicly funded insurance company, covering people in areas where regular onte eeper home insurance companies avoid the risk of insuring. The incentive to lift or build higher is to avoid huge flood insurance cost increases by building above flood levels, with the lowest level only allowed to be for a garage and storage, not living space. By making the first livable floor higher, above the flood level, insurance rates are kept lower. People have shown me that their rates went from $500 to $5,000 a year, increasing annually since Sandy in 2012. Some homes are much higher than codes and incentives intended, due to misinterpretation of reasons to build higher and misrepresentation in the review process. For example, a home’s first floor is no longer a first floor if it’s higher than 6 feet above the ground. Over 6 feet high, the floor level automatically becomes a second floor, meaning the next floor above is a third floor, which requires zoning board approval, interior sprinklers, escape terraces and wind strengthening. I’ve seen home plans misrepresented as being two stories by not correctly showing the floor level heights or describing a second floor as a first floor, the next floor as a second floor that is really a third floor and even where a fourth floor is shown as a mezzanine or roof level balcony. There’s a small country town in Tuscany, in central Italy, San Gimignano, that is famous for its skyline of towers that people built on their homes during medieval times. As the story goes, one prominent homeowner built a tall tower to watch for potential attackers. His neighbor jealously built a tower a little higher, and, not to be outdone, several adjacent homeowners began building towers higher and higher than one another. History repeats itself. Thirty feet from the ground or the center of the road is your maximum roof height. The safety code intends to protect people from perishing in fires. The first code chapter addresses wind resistance, since the taller you build, the more turbulence from adjacent buildings and wind destruction, not just to your building but also to adjacent buildings. With the 75-mph gusts of wind we’ve been known to have, wind, like flooding, is a real concern. Manhattan towers aren’t wood and nails for a reason. Decisions to build higher have to take community safety and appearance into account, and until recently, they did.
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N WOOdMERE 39 Valley Lane N, BA, FIRST TIME ON THE Market! Updated 5 Bedroom, 4 Bth Arlington Colonial. 3300 Sq ft, This home Features an Entry Foyer, Step Down Living Room, Formal Dining Room, Family Rm w/ Fpl & Quartz/ Wood EIK. 4 Bedrooms on Upper Level Include Master suite w/ Vaulted Ceiling, Skylit Bth w/ Jacuzzi, Terrace & WIC. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Att Gar. SD#14 ....................................................... $1,279,000
HEWLETT 1534 Broadway #103, BA, BRAND NEW GUT RENOVATION! Spacious 2 BR, 2 Bth Condo in Luxurious Jonathan Hall. LR/ DR Opens Into Large Gran/Wood EIK w/ Island & Stainless Steel Appl. Laundry Rm, & Pantry. Mstr Ste Boasts New Bath & Huge Walk in Closet. Terrace Facing into Courtyard. Doorman Bldg with Elevator. Indoor Garage Pkg & Storage ........................... $850,000 156 E Rockaway Rd, BA, Rental of a Renovated 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bth Apt with Spacious Gourmet Kitchen Use of Patio & Outdoor Space .................................................................................... $3,200
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his will be my last Herald column, at least for a while. After 28 wondrous and wonderful years, I am leaving the Herald Community Newspapers on Friday. It is a bittersweet moment. I am moving on to focus on my teaching at Hofstra University, where I will be fulltime this spring and undertake a long-term research project. I am honored, excited and humbled — my two research partners are both Fulbright Scholars. I have taught at Hofstra for 13 years, and it is where I belong at this moment in my life. ScoTT Serving as the Heralds’ executive bRINToN editor for the past five-plus years has been the honor of a lifetime, particularly over the past two, as I have had the privilege to lead an incredibly talented team of journalists, some veterans and many early-career reporters, through the coronavirus pandemic, which, thankfully, mercifully, appears to be abating. I began with the Herald as an entry-level reporter three months after completing Peace Corps service in Bulgaria, and have remained with the company ever since. I must thank my publishers, Cliff and Stuart Richner, for all their support and kindness through the years. I must also thank so
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many of my colleagues, in particular Tony Bellissimo, Lori Berger, Jeff Bessen, Karen Bloom, Rhonda Glickman, Jim Harmon, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, John O’Connell, Tony Rifilato and Mike Smollins. Most of all, I must thank my lovely wife, Katerina, and my two amazing (adult) kids, Alexandra and Andrew. When I first took the job, I didn’t intend to stay so long. Mentored by two of Long Island’s best community journalists, Leatrice Spanierman and Randi Kreiss, I quickly learned the critical role that hyperlocal reporting plays in our society, and I fell in love with the work. I will forever be grateful for all they taught me. One of my first Herald investigative series, in the mid-1990s, was on a park that was supposed to have been built at the Five Towns Community Center in North Lawrence, but had not been. I was in the office of Jonathan Davis, then the center’s executive director, for another story when I spotted a set of blueprints on a table. Curious, I asked about them, and Davis explained that they were for a park that should have been built in the center’s back field. Nassau County had promised to construct it 20 years earlier, but never did. Davis explained that North Lawrence, a community of color, had no real park where kids might play. I hit the local streets, talk-
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ing to teenagers about the need for such a play area. The story ran on the front page and quickly caught the attention of Tom Gulotta, then the county executive. I’ll never forget the call from Dave Vieser, his press secretary, who said that Gulotta had read my stories on the lack of a park and wanted to build one at the 5TCC, which he did. As a recently returned Peace Corps volunteer looking to do good for the world, I was hooked on this journalism thing. Many more stories — 4,000 — and investigative series — 25 — followed over the years. One series, on plans to demolish the 300-year-old Hewlett House, also in the mid-1990s, grabbed the attention of Bruce Blakeman, who was then the County Legislature’s presiding officer and is now the county executive. He had an idea to preserve the white-shingled farmhouse, on a bend in the road across the street from Hewlett High School, as a breast cancer resource center. It has been the home of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition for more than two decades. My greatest reporting challenge was a 44-part series I undertook from 2001 to 2003, examining the health and environmental threats posed by Freeport Electric’s 30-yearold Power Plant No. 2, which sits on the edge of Emory Creek in Freeport, just west of the Meadowbrook Parkway. I met some of
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the best people I know while reporting that story — civic activists Joe Kralovich and Bob Young, then State Sen. Charles Fuschillo and then Long Island Power Authority Chairman Richard Kessel. The lengths they went to to shut down the plant, with no pollution controls, and replace it with a modern, clean-burning natural-gas model cannot be understated. I run at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick at least a couple of days a week. The plant is visible from most points on the preserve’s west side, and looking out on it, I marvel at the good that was done by a group of about 300 concerned citizens, who worked tirelessly to ensure that the diesel plant never spewed its acrid exhaust into local neighborhoods again. At the height of the George Floyd protests in June 2020, I was covering a protest in Merrick when I shot a Twitter video of 7-year-old Wynta-Amor Rogers. Nearly instantly, it went viral, garnering more than 23 million views in seven days. I was shocked, but it showed the power of streetlevel reporting to connect with people worldwide. One thing I know: Local journalism does indeed matter. Scott Brinton is the Heralds’ departing executive editor, set to become a full-time professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.
Grab a slice of life at your nearest pizzeria
o wonder I’m feeling full. In the past year I consumed 23 pounds of pizza. That’s an average figure, of course, according to PMQ, the largest pizza industry media company, but it feels about right to me. Between the freezing cold, the isolation and the dreaded question, “What’s for dinner?” we’re all busting out of our pants. Forget Covid; we’re going to eat ourselves to death. Especially during the pandemic, pizza has been the go-to food for ordering in, since it RANDI moves from the KREISS superheated baking oven into the box and then onto our plates untouched by human hands. I do believe I ate more pizza between 2020 and 2022 than in the five years before. It not only felt safe but, in a happy coincidence, it tasted delicious and comforting and indulgent. When you’re contemplating a possible early demise from a fearsome plague, I say bring on the pizza pie. On Wednesday we celebrated National Pizza Day, a tribute to this perfect food com-
prising bread, cheese and dozens of toppings that may include pepperoni, peppers, mushrooms, onions, sausage and eggplant. I refuse to mention outlier toppings like pineapple or clams, which honestly are a sacrilege, a violation of the single food that is on everyone’s last-meal list. Someone I know has asked his family to slip a pizza into his own box when the time comes, so he will have nourishment for his journey to the great beyond. Hey, the ancient Egyptians did it. There is no exaggerating the popularity of pizza in our culture. At this pivotal time in America, when people cannot and will not agree to take proven, lifesaving vaccines, when they cannot decide whether to read a book or burn it, when they refuse to wear masks that will keep them safe from a deadly virus, when, ladies and gentlemen, America is basically coming apart at the seams, behold the pizza. In all its round deliciousness, it pulls us together, completing the circle of life. National Pizza Day helps us appreciate that this humble food may be the last thing holding us together. I have never encountered a human being who disliked pizza.
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And we all claim rights to its origins. The common wisdom is that it came to us from Italy, possibly as early as the time of the Romans, when people ate panis foccacious, the beta version of modern-day focaccia and the precursor to pizza. According to Wikipedia, Persians were baking flatbreads with cheese and dates on top as early as the sixth century B.C. In Ancient Greece, citizens made a flatbread called plakous that was flavored with toppings like herbs, onion, cheese and garlic. Some have suggested that the origins of modern pizza can be traced to pizzarelle, Passover cookies eaten by Roman Jews after they returned from the synagogue on that holiday. Israeli leader Abba Eban famously wrote, “Some scholars think pizza was first made more than 2,000 years ago when Roman soldiers added cheese and olive oil to matzah.” Nice try, Mr. Eban, but no way. Pizza comes our way from Naples. It was always the basic food of the poor in southern Italy, and it was there that people first discovered the delights of adding tomatoes to the flatbread they baked. It was only a matter of time until someone thought to slice some
t is, after all, something whose greatness we can all agree on. But please, no pineapple.
nice mozzarella on top. Today it’s the big chains that do the booming pizza business, bouncing back nicely from Covid lockdowns and accommodating the situation with advanced delivery options. Privately owned pizza places are also climbing out of the pandemic slump with more business and much higher prices. A pizza that sold for $1.50 in 1950 can go for $25 today, depending on the toppings. In Naples, people eat pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which seems like a fine idea to me. It first came to America in the early 1900s. In 1943, Chicago deep-dish pie was created, a misguided attempt to improve on the original. Today, some folks prefer “healthy” pizza, with kale and cauliflower crusts. Totally unacceptable. It is a fine thing to open that cardboard box and slide out a greasy slice. We can agree on this, right? And no frozen pizza, no bagel pizza, no flatbread pizza or any other adulteration will suffice. In addition, and for all time, let’s agree that the best pizza topping is pepperoni, made from mysterious cured pork and a random mix of spices. Tell me that bright red color doesn’t scream “health food.” Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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We should be discussing accessory apartments
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s part of a five-year, $25 billion plan to increase New York state’s stock of affordable housing, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed legislation on Jan. 5 to permit accessory “dwelling units,” more commonly known as accessory apartments, across the state. Nassau’s new county executive, Republican Bruce Blakeman, held a news conference last week outside an East Meadow home, surrounded by a cadre of likeminded GOP leaders, to denounce Hochul’s proposal, saying it threatens to “destroy” suburbia and turn the county “into the sixth borough of New York City.” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat who plans to challenge Hochul in the gubernatorial primary, also came out against the proposal, calling it “radical.” Both acted as if accessory apartments exist nowhere on Long Island. Funny thing is, there are many towns across the Island that allow them. In fact, most of Suffolk County permits them — and we haven’t heard folks out there complain that these housing units are wreaking havoc on their suburban way of life, whatever that might mean. According to a 2017 map developed by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, using data supplied by the Long Island Index, accessory apartments are allowed in these Suffolk towns: Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, Shelter Island and Southold. They are allowed on a limited basis in Southampton, and Smithtown permits them for family members and domestic staff. Only about a dozen tiny villages across Suffolk prohibit them.
letters Rail lines need barriers To the Editor: The tragedy of Michelle Go, the young woman who was fatally pushed in front of a moving train in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority system last month, was preventable. The most basic protections for commuters — platform doors and barriers — are both much needed and long overdue at the busiest Long Island Rail Road and Metro North stations throughout the system. I recently traveled from Metro North in Westchester to the LIRR station in Syosset to call on the MTA to step up and protect LIRR and Metro North passengers and install barriers before anyone else is injured or killed. Preventing tragedies like the death of Michelle Go ought to be the top priority of New York public servants. As the MTA receives an infusion of new funds from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and
Different government agencies manage permitting for accessory apartments. In Babylon, it’s the Accessory Apartment Review Board; in Huntington, the Accessory Apartment Bureau; in Islip and Southold, the boards of zoning appeals; in Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead and Shelter Island, the building departments. “Affordable accessory apartments” have been allowed in East Hampton in one form or another since 1984, but in 2016, the town loosened its zoning laws, allowing an even greater number of them. Strangely, it seems, local governments in Suffolk have embraced the notion of accessory apartments, while in Nassau, most of our local governments have either allowed them in limited circumstances only or banned them outright. Why? Let’s begin with why they’re so popular in Suffolk. According to a 2017 study by the Long Island Index — “Home Remedies, Accessory Apartments on Long Island: Lessons Learned,” by former Newsday reporter Elizabeth Moore — if just 10 percent of the Island’s single-family homes had legal accessory apartments, that could help solve our housing crisis by increasing the stock of safe, affordable apartments available to young people and older adults. “Accessory apartments have proven their worth as the most affordable type of rental housing in the region,” the Index stated. “They can be easily accommodated because they don’t require large infusions of capital, new roads, new sewers or expansion of the electrical grid. Instead, existing neighborhoods absorb the rentalseeking population like a sponge, while
stabilizing finances for tax-strapped homeowners. They also provide affordable housing that is blended throughout the community rather than clustered, and having a resident homeowner usually means that they are better maintained than rentals with absentee owners.” Long Islanders pay among the highest taxes in the country, which are most likely to destroy the Island’s suburban way of life, not accessory apartments. High taxes, coupled with high mortgage and rental costs, have been driving young people out of the region to less costly parts of the country since the 1990s, and even earlier than that. They are also forcing older adults — retirees on fixed incomes — out of their homes. Accessory apartments are a low-cost alternative for young people looking to strike out on their own. Many young people from around the country, even the globe, come to Long Island to study at our prestigious universities, but too many never stay past graduation because they simply can’t afford to live here. That’s a shame, because our region could use their talents as we strive to become one of the nation’s high-tech corridors. Accessory apartments also give older adults, particularly those on fixed incomes, a way to offset their high property-tax burden, allowing them to stay put. Talk about a win-win. Yet politicians like Blakeman and Suozzi eschew them because, some worry, accessory apartments might add a few extra cars to our blocks and a few extra kids to our schools. We encourage them to rethink their positions, considering all of the facts at hand.
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uring my time as an elected official, I was frequently asked whether being a state legislator was one of the toughest public jobs. My position was very demanding, but being a village mayor or a school board president is right up there in the ranks of jobs closest to the people. A state legislator will meet constituents at supermarkets, community events and many other places on weekends, but your mayor or school board official is confronted by the public on a 24/7 JerrY basis. The follow-up kremer question was, what job has the potential to get the most done in the shortest amount of time? I always went with county executive. I have interacted with eight people who have held that job, dating back to the late A. Holly Patterson. Some of the executives were go-getters, and were effective at getting the job done. Others were caretakers, focused on serving out their terms and collecting a pension.
The new county executive, Bruce Blakeman, will have an opportunity to make his own history, because the county faces so many challenges. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a great toll on small businesses in Nassau County, and too many innocent people have died. Our health challenges are not over, and the statistics prove it. Blakeman, whom I have known and respected for many years, will face a number of new headaches in addition to the Covid fallout, and here are just a few. There is no doubt that at the top of the list is the archaic way that homes and businesses are assessed. Blakeman’s predecessor, Laura Curran, did the best she could with a temporary plan, but the system needs a permanent solution, and to date the challenge has proven unsolvable. Next in line are the Mitchel Field property and the Nassau Coliseum. The land surrounding the arena is extremely valuable. There have been numerous discussions about the development of that property, but nothing has been finalized. The opening of the UBS arena at Belmont Park may have made the Coliseum obso-
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he Coliseum complex, assessments and mass transportation, to name three.
Letters Jobs Act, I am calling on our local transportation leaders to find the political will to do the right thing. Last week, the State Legislature approved new congressional districts that added portions of the Metro North to the district I hope to represent. In Congress, I would work to make sure even more resources are available to the MTA, LIRR and Metro North to protect the hardworking men and women who rely on the system to get them to and from work without incidents like what happened to Michelle Go. What happened to her should never happen to another New Yorker — and installing barriers would see to that. JOSH LAFAzAN Woodbury Lafazan is a Nassau County legislator running for the 3rd Congressional District seat.
Train station needs more seating To the Editor: Manhattan State Senators Brad Hoylman and Robert Jackson, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried,
lete, but some fresh thinking could make it a viable public asset. Young people are desperate to remain on Long Island, but most developers focus on luxury housing with high-end prices. The Mitchel Field land could be the solution, a way to keep hundreds of our youth on the Island. The county’s mass transportation needs a fresh look. Any bus system has to be reexamined periodically to determine whether it is accommodating the workers who need to travel from distant points to get to their jobs. Bus operators want only profitable routes, but sometimes buses have to go where the jobs are, and that takes some imagination, and comes at a cost. To assume that the current bus system is perfect would be a mistake. An objective look at the operation is in order even if it steps on some toes. A look at the county’s day care program goes hand in hand with getting people to work. A potential job windfall for the region is waiting to be unleashed. At this moment, Amazon and other tech companies are buying numerous properties, planning to turn them into training sites
for delivery jobs. At the same time, they are gobbling up large office buildings in the five boroughs, creating high-paying positions for engineers and technicians. Why not have a sit-down with these companies to get them to expand their footprint in Nassau County, beyond package services? We have great rail service and a quality of life that you don’t get in the city. Thanks to President Biden’s infrastructure law, communities all over the country will be eligible for funding to improve roads and bridges. Our county has hundreds of miles of roadway that could use upgrade, whether in technology or maintenance. An updated infrastructure plan could merit fresh federal dollars and make our communities safer. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The list of things we need to get done is endless, and beyond the reach of just one person. But there are plenty of opportunities for Blakeman to write a positive chapter in our county’s history book. 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.
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Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher and U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler sent Amtrak a letter requesting that additional seating be installed in the $1.6 billion Penn Station Moynihan Train Hall. There is currently only very limited seating in a small waiting area for ticketed passengers. Just as bad, there is no seating for Long Island Rail Road riders waiting on the $300 million West Concourse level for arriving trains. There are also no restroom facilities adjacent to the West Concourse. When there are periodic delays in service due to signal or other problems in either the Hudson or East River tunnels, thousands of LIRR and New Jersey Transit commuters must stand for long periods. Adding adequate seating would be inexpensive and easy to accomplish. It would go a long way toward attracting more riders to return to the rails following the coronavirus pandemic. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.
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HERALD — February 10, 2022
For the new county executive, no shortage of challenges
February 10, 2022 — MERRICK HERALD
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