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Cleanup crews were still at work in Rockville Centre on Tuesday, as the Herald went to press, six days after a 12,000-gallon tanker truck crashed into a vacant building early in the morning of Feb. 16. In addition to the truck driver, three firefighters were injured in the aftermath of the incident. One firefighter was treated at the scene, while the driver,
who had not been identified, was treated and released from a local hospital, along with two other firefighters, according to village spokeswoman Julie Grilli. The gasoline tanker was headed east on Sunrise Highway at about 1:11 a.m. on Feb. 16 when it struck the vacant La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries store, which had been closed fo r m o n t h s. T h e c r a s h sparked a massive fireball as fuel spilled from the truck, and part of the building col-
lapsed. Black smoke billowed into the air as the fire spread to the sewers beneath the street. Some 25 fire departments from surrounding communities rushed to the scene, along with the village Fire Department, Police Department, Department of Public Works and Office of Emergency Management. The state Environmental Conservation and Transportation departments CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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The Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade Committee announced that the annual Taste of Rockville Centre event is set for March 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the St. Agnes Parish Center. More than 20 vendors will serve the fare, and there will also be wine tastings, microbrewery samplings and a large dessert and coffee bar. Additionally, Jerry & The Newcomers will perform. The event will include a celebration of parade Grand Marshal Ellen White, who is the co-founder of Backyard Players & Friends, a Rockville Centre-based non-profit that hosts programs for teens and young adults with special needs. The outing will also support the RVC Breast Cancer Coalition (rvcbcc.org), the Army Ringer Lead the Way Fund (leadthewayfund.org) and the Holy Family School for the Deaf (holyfamilydeafschool.ie). Tickets are $60 at the door and $50 online. Must be 21 or older to attend. For more information, or to purchase tickets in advance, visit bit. ly/3v8g6xW.
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St. Agnes to host St. Baldrick’s event St. Agnes Parish is looking to welcome residents to have some fun and to be a hero to children battling cancer. During the pandemic, many children have been diagnosed with cancer, but donations and support research decreased drastically. However, for the first time since 2019, the parish will have the opportunity to host the event in person to help raise funds and change or save lives. The parish is hosting its St. Baldrick’s fundraiser, which brings together people of all ages who choose to shave their heads or chop their ponytails as a symbol of solidarity with children who lose their hair to cancer treatments. The event is scheduled for March 19 at 1 p.m. at the Parish
Center, 26 Quealy Place, in Rockville Centre. The outing is the biggest non-government fundraiser of childhood cancer research grants, which helps speed up the search for cures. Rockville Centre resident John Bender created the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, and organizes the event each year to help raise funds for childrens cancer research. To learn more, or to donate, visit stbaldricks.org/events/ RVC2022.
ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION founder and Rockville Centre resident John Bender with his children Shannon, Casey and Brady at the 2019 event.
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Todd Kaminsky will not run again State Senator is second Democrat in two days to pass on re-election part in his decision not to seek re-election. “You have to make deciState Sen. Todd Kaminsions going forward,” sky, a veteran South Shore Kaminsky said. “After 18 Democrat, announced on years to public service, Feb. 16 that he will not seek seven in the State Legislare-election this fall. ture, I am looking to private Kaminsky is the second service.” Democrat to announce Kaminsky, who has an plans not to run again in office in Rockville Centre, two days. On Feb. 15, U.S. did not say what specific Congresswoman Kathleen plans he had, but said he Rice said she will not seek had “several very interestre-election. ing conversations” about his “After much thought and future. consideration, I have decid“I’ll always find a way to ed that I will not run for reserve Long Beach,” he election, or for any office added. this fall,” Kaminsky said in Kaminsky, who has held an email to the media. “It public office for 18 years, has been an honor to reprewas soundly defeated this sent the communities of the past fall in a race for Nassau South Shore for the past County district attorney, in seven years, but I believe a contest against Republithat it is the best thing for can Ann Donnelly. Donnelly my family to pursue a new TODD KAMINSKY focused her campaign on State senator path.” t h e c o n t rove r s i a l b a i l In a telephone interview reform law. Kaminsky was shortly after his announcement, Kamin- left scrambling to explain his position. sky said his defeat in the November disKaminsky was a federal prosecutor at trict attorney election did not play any the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern
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Everyone has a story lives. “What are you talking about,” is the typical response I get! “Well,” I respond, “imagine a life without conflict. What kind of story would that be?” “She woke up to the sun shining. It was a lovely day. Everything worked out just right. No troubles at all. At day’s end, she lay her head on the pillow and fell into a tranquil sleep.” “He arose to a beautiful day with nothing challenging to do. A day, like all other days, to take it easy and do nothing that creates any angst.” Good for a fairy tale, perhaps. Not good for real life. Even if a life like this inda could exist, wouldn’t a person sooner or later get bored, feeling like Brittany, who wonders why she’s unhappy when she has everything one could want in life? Yes, everyone has a story! Except maybe for meddlers whose own lives are so dull, they sink their teeth, energy, and admonitions into other people’s stories. Feel sorry for these folks and be grateful
that your life generates stories that empower you to master challenges and conflicts. That’s how we grow! We don’t grow minding other people’s business. Even if the story unfolding in your life is something you wouldn’t wish upon yourself, pay attention to it. It’s yours. You will be challenged to address dayto-day tensions, fears, and conflicts without collapsing or losing faith in yourself. Remember, you’re growing, lear ning, developing. You’re becoming stronger and wiser as you confront your struggles, not avoid them. Now let’s take another look at Roger’s story. Not only did he need to deal with losing his job, he also apadin had to deal with feelings of vulnerability, helplessness, confusion, depression, anger, resentment, rejection. He admitted that he had to work hard not to freeze up or shut down or close out the world around him. He knew he must hold on to the belief that “I’ll be able to handle this. Maybe not right away. Maybe not with grace. Maybe not
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Community Service Letters to Veterans
Simply Stronger with Marilyn Bunger (Virtual)
Show your appreciation for veterans and earn one service hour per three letters you write. Bring your letters to the RVC Library by February 25. For more information, visit the community service page of the library website. This is an at-home activity for those in grades 7 to 12.
Certified instructor Marilyn Bunger leads this exercise class to enhance strength and flexibility. Starts at 9:30 a.m.
Bible Study at St. Agnes Join Fr. Bright and other members of the study group each Wednesday morning either in-person or virtually at 9:45 a.m. The program meets in the second floor of the ministry building in the youth ministry room. Email Irene Vastola at iavastola@gmail.com for Zoom link.
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Hofstra adjunct professor James Coll discusses the presidency. Coll is an NYPD detective and the founder of ChangeNYS.org, a not-for-profit formed to educate New Yorkers about the need for non-partisan civic and political reform in the state. Register online at the Rockville Centre Library website for this hybrid event. Starts at 1 p.m.
The Rockville Centre Library hosts this Zoom event for mothers to connect. At each event, facilitators help us connect on the joys and challenges of motherhood and support each other through their own journey. Register online at the library website. Starts at 10 a.m. Maureen Lennon/Herald
Game Night (In-person) Come to the RVC Library to play mahjong, canasta, bridge, and more. Bring whatever games you want to the small room. Starts at 7 p.m.
Red & Blue on the horizon Red & Blue, the over 100-year-old tradition, returns to the South Side High School gymnasium on March 4 and 5 at 7 p.m.
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Come to the Rockville Centre Library for this librarian-led storytime with reading and singing. Starts in the Helen Kraus room at 10 a.m.
Movie Screening: Abominable The RVC Library hosts this in-person screening of the animated movie Abominable. Masks are required, seating is first come, first serve. Starts at 2 p.m.
Blood Drive New York Blood Bank sponsors this blood drive at the Masonic Temple at 24 Lincoln Ave. from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call 631667-7144 or 516-633-6132.
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The Rockville Centre Library virtually hosts this movie screening/cooking class live on Facebook. Chef Rob teaches you how to make shrimp scampi flatbread, pizza nachos, and cinnamon whit ehot chocolate with chocolate marshmallow stirrers. Starts at 3 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 28 Evening Yoga with MaryClare Yoga and meditation instructor MaryClare Chiofalo leads this traditional format yoga class. Register online at the RVC Library website. Starts at 7 p.m.
The Rockville Centre Library hosts this appointment only tax preparation meetings. Call the adult refernce number at 516-766-6257 x5 to schedule your appointment. Free to seniors and low-income families ($60,000 per year). Bring last year’s return, W-2’s, investment info, Social Security card of everyone listed on the form and a form of ID to your appointment. Starts at 10:15 a.m.
Chi Gong with Marianna Farina (Virtual) Farina returns to the Rockville Centre library with her virtual exercise class. Register at the library website for the session that runs from Sept. 7 to Nov. 9. Starts at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday Yoga with Joe (Virtual) Certified yoga instructor Joe Climi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional appraoches. Register online at the RVC library website. Starts at 12 p.m.
NAMI Family Support Group Session (Virtual) The National Alliance on Mental Health comes to the RVC Library for family support group sessions. Sessions will meet the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Each session starts 7 p.m. For more info, contact dsills@ namiqn.org.
Current Events with Richard Skolnik (Zoom) Richard Skolnik leads a discussion of what is in the latest news cycle. A lively, moderated discussion of hot topics. Register online at the RVC Public Library website. Starts at 10:30 a.m.
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 msmollins@liherald.com
The RVC St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee holds Taste of Rockville Centre on Mar. 4. South Side High School hosts Red & Blue on Mar. 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. in the gym. Th RVC Board of Trustees meet on Mar. 7 at village hall at 7 p.m. for a regular board meeting. The Board of Zoning Appeals meets next on March 9 at 7 p.m. at village hall. The RVC St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns on March 19 with Grand Marshall Ellen White.
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Division crown. The 200 Medley Relay, with Lynbrook senior Samir Souidi also in the mix, is headed to the state meet at Ithaca College along with the school record holder in the 6- and 11-dive scores. McCarthy, also a junior at South Side and already a five-year member of the team, placed fourth in the county diving championships with an 11-dive score of 469.45 and qualified for the state meet. He posted a high of 487 earlier in the season to establish a new school mark. “Thomas’ growth since he joined the program has been amazing,” Clark said. “He’s always been a talented diver. His scores over the past year and a half have just exploded.” The addition of the Fayngersh’s, who recently relocated to the area, was huge with their versatility and performances, Clark noted. In addition to their contributions in relays, both thrived in the 100 breaststroke and 200 Individual Medley and earned All-Conference honors in both events. David Fayngersh placed seventh in Nassau in the 200 IM. Souidi, who was part of the Divisionwinning 400 freestyle foursome, finished a
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DOUBLE COUNTY CHAMPION Nick Rhodes, left, and record-setting diver Thomas McCarthy lead a group of South Side/Lynbrook swimmers upstate. solid 11th and 8th in the county in the 200 and 500 freestyle, respectively. He met the All-County qualifying times earlier in the season and will compete in both events upstate. “He’s been our go-to distance kid,” Clark said.
RVC mayor went to Albany over zoning issue
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OFFICIALS GATHERED OUTSIDE a home in East Meadow to celebrate Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to take the single-family zoning proposal out of her 2022-23 state budget.
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residents said they were not yet ready to celebrate. Despite getting their wish with the axing of the budget proposal, many said they were still angered over the way the governor introduced it. “Trying to sneak that colossal power grab,” Facebook user Cara Linn wrote, “that obnoxious overreach of governmental power, that abuse of dubious authority will go down in the books as one of the most outrageous political attempts at stealing basic rights from the citizens of a state.” The legislation would have essentially removed “home rule,” meaning that local governments would not have the authority to determine zoning regulations based on the character of the community and the wishes of those in their jurisdiction. Many elected officials said they saw it as a threat to single-family zoning that would lead to overcrowding. According to Town of Hempstead officials, the town already has zoning provisions in place that provide for senior citizen accessory apartments, as well as parent/child property owner setups. Town Supervisor Don Clavin said at the news conference that thousands of residents had signed online petitions opposing the budget proposal after its rollout. He added that the town received letters from residents voicing their opposition. “The biggest investment in someone’s life is buying a house in the suburbs,” Clavin said. “The governor’s attempt, by throwing this in the budget, to eliminate single [family] housing is wrong.”
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Phillips announces audit of tax reassessment By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips said she will begin an audit of the Department of Assessment on Feb. 15. Joined by County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who campaigned on transparency and change for the reassessment, Phillips reiterated her own promise to independently investigate the reassessment process and how to improve it. The audit will be Phillips’ first as comptroller and will focus on better understanding the re-assessment done under former County Executive Laura Curran in order to make changes going forward. Phillips said that the first task will be to audit the 2021 tax roll to see the methodology and process that was done for the mass appraisal. “When you go in and do an audit, you have to keep an open mind,” Phillips said. “Depending on the information that you find, the audit could evolve.” Phillips said the audit will seek to discover whether exemptions were applied correctly and how the five-year phase in may have affected the tax roll. In March 2020, the Legislature passed the Reassessment Phase-In Act with a fiveyear phase in for changes to a homeowner’s assessed value from their 2019-20 market value to the 2020-21 roll. An exemption base was then to be determined by taking the increase and multiplying it by .1 percent. In the first year of the reassessment,
NASSAU COUNTY COMPTROLLER Elaine Phillips said she will begin her independent audit of the tax reassessment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE BRUCE Blakeman, center, promised to keep his office and the Legislature out of the audit process.
80 percent of the exemption base was to be subtracted from a homeowner’s total assessment. Each year the percentage was to drop by 20 percent until the new values were fully implemented in 2024-25. Blakeman said that he has found identical properties in places like Massapequa, where one home was assessed at 40 percent more than another. “My predecessor engaged in a reassessment that wasn’t transparent and wasn’t done in a way that was fair to all the residents of Nassau County,” he said. “And because it wasn’t transparent, we still don’t know everything that went wrong.” Blakeman said that the information that comes from Phillips’ reports will be
relied upon heavily for a decision-making process. He also said that the county executive’s office and the Legislature will have no input, which will enable Phillips to have an independent review. Legislator Steve Rhoads, the chair of the new legislative committee for assessments, was also in attendance with vice chair Legislator John Ferretti. “What we wanted as a legislative majority was a process that was fair, that was accurate, and that was transparent,” Rhoads said. “Unfortunately, what we received over the course of the last four years was anything but.” Rhoads decried a lack of transparency during Curran’s administration, which
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saw many homeowners sue to find out how the algorithm used by the Department of Assessment calculated their home’s value. Phillips cautioned that this audit would take time, as the audit of the assessment review commission was published in December 2021 after three and a half years. She said she plans to have her department publish a report after they complete their review of the 2021 tax roll but could not provide a timetable. “I’m committed to transparency,” Phillips said. “I have my slogan that I am the independent protector of our taxpayers and I promise the people of Nassau County that I will live up to that.”
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ABOUT 25 FIRE departments sent members to the crash site after a fuel tanker overturned in Rockville Centre last week.
Cleanup continues after fuel tanker crash CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE and the Coast Guard were also on the scene. “We are thankful to the surrounding fire departments who came out and supported us,” Grilli said on Feb. 17. “We’re proud of the Rockville Centre Fire Department, the largest all-volunteer department in the state, and thankful for our village employees, as well as help from the county and state agencies.” The spilled fuel made its way into nearby Mill River. Because of the nature of the spill, the DEC could not precisely determine the volume of gasoline that was released, but in a statement, Gov. Kathy Hochul gave an estimate of 9,000 gallons. Bill Fonda, a spokesman for the DEC, wrote in an email to the Herald on Monday that spill response personnel were involved in the remediation effort, and were monitoring the impact on wildlife in the river. “Contractors have replaced boom and sweep material placed in Mill River to control the gasoline spread at the start of this incident,” Fonda wrote. “They reported no visible floating product in the boomed area.” He noted that the materials, which contain and absorb such spills, would be replaced as needed, and added that the surface contamination of the northern section of the river had been addressed using a vacuum truck, and the DEC was continuing to assess the impact on fish and wildlife. As of press time, four waterfowl, three fish and a number of red-eared slider turtles had been found dead, but there was no evidence that wildlife beyond that area of the river had been affected. Contaminated soil along the northern shore was being excavated and restored with clean soils and plantings. Once work to remediate the contamination is complete, there were expected to be no long-term effects from the spill, according to the DEC.
Another DEC spokesperson, Aphrodite Montalvo, wrote in an email on Friday that an absorbent boom had been deployed in the river near Merrick Road. “The boom was deployed before significant amounts of gasoline entered the river, with most of the product contained to the northern section of the river,” Montalvo wrote. “Drone footage from the scene shows no visible impacts downstream of the containment area.” The crash caused several power outages, but Grilli said that electricity had been restored to all homes and businesses near the accident site as of 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 16. Power was initially cut to remove fuel that spilled underground, where the electric units for the area are stored. Sunrise Highway was closed in both directions for nearly 24 hours. Road closures remained in place in the days after the fire, and Grilli told the Herald before it went to press on Tuesday that all traffic lights were now functioning properly, and Sunrise Highway had no lane closures. There was a closure, however, between North Centre Avenue and Merrick Road as crews continued to work there. In her statement, Hochul said the DEC had deployed department police officers and oil spill responders, including a drone pilot, to assess the potential environmental damage to Mill River and surrounding areas. They were also tasked with pumping out, cleaning and flushing the impacted drainage system near Mill River. The DOT was also assessing damage to the drainage system and pavement, according to Hochul. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that 500 homes and businesses lost power, as did St. Agnes Cathedral, St. Agnes School and Riverside Elementary School, which were both closed on Feb. 16. At press time, the tanker driver’s name had not been released, and Grilli said that police were still investigating the cause of the incident.
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WORK CONTINUED AT the crash site on Feb. 17, and crews were still working on repairs Tuesday, as the Herald went to press. At left, part of the truck that crashed.
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GUEST COLUMN There was a time in my 30s, when I thought of myself as an “Ice Princess.” A nickname I had given myself in believing I was stronger than the early childhood abandonment wound I inherited — stronger than the devastating, tragic death of my young husband, leaving me alone to literally fight for my own life at age 23. An emotion that I now understand decades later was me living in “survival mode” a self-protecting mechanism activated by my young developing brain,
resulting from early childhood trauma. A survival mechanism that some perceive as an uncaring behavior. “Trauma fundamentally means a disconnection from self.” “Why do we get disconnected? Because it’s too painful to be ourselves.” — “Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you.” (Dr. Gabor Mate’) As for the Ice Princess I believed I once was, the ice has since slowly started
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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU ___________________ THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-I3, Plaintiff, vs. Any unknown heirs to the Estate of SHARON SUSSMAN A/K/A SHARON M. SUSSMAN, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees,
grantees, assignees, creditors, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest, as well as the respective heirs at law, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff; ERIC SUSSMAN; ADAM SUSSMAN; LAUREN SUSSMAN; ZACHARY SUSSMAN; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; and “JOHN DOE” and “MARY DOE,” (Said names being fictitious, it being the intention of plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein), Defendants. Filed: 4/17/2019 Index No.: 605283/2019 SUMMONS AND NOTICE Mortgaged Premises: 25 Dartmouth St Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Mortgage Servicer: Specialized Loan Servicing LLC Mortgage Servicer Phone #: 1-800-306-6062 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by
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to melt, beginning with my soul-search- toms. ing quest in researching trans-genera“When experiences are traumatic tional and childhood trauma and its (during early childhood), the pathways impact on the body, mind and spirit, as getting the most use are those in well as our interactions with life and response to the trauma; this reduces the relationships. Research that, over time, formation of other pathways needed for became the key to emotional understand- adaptive behavior. Trauma in early childing, as it brought light and clarity to all hood can result in disrupted attachment, that has been my life. Like pieces of a cognitive delays and impaired emotional puzzle, it was in “understanding” the regulation. Also, the overdevelopment of impact and dynamics of trauma that certain pathways and the underdevelopbrought together all the scattered and ment of others can lead to impairment lost pieces of my life. later in life”. (Bruce Perry, 1995). “Trauma is about loss of “How can we help heal connection — to ourselves, trauma-related disconnecto our bodies, to our famition?” When we embark on lies, to others and to the trying to heal trauma, we world around us. This loss typically imagine that we of connection is often hard will reach a place where our to recognize because it lives are free from the sufferdoesn’t happen all at once. It ing that arises from our can happen slowly, over wounds, and where trauma time, and we adapt to these no longer has any effect on subtle changes sometimes our lives. This is not what w i t h o u t eve n n o t i c i n g happens. We cannot change onna isacano our past. To achieve that we them.” (Peter A. Levine, PhD.) have to find new and healthirown Fast forward to today, a er ways of being with the time when a wonderful pain and fear embedded in opportunity presented itself, the traumatizing experiencall thanks to a local, awe-inspiring, yoga es, and just as importantly, we have to instructor and business owner who has transform the trauma-world that develbeen offering free meditation Zoom class- oped around them. (Daniela F. Sieff, PhD.) es, making it a gift I couldn’t help but Treatment for trauma ideally involves embrace. What I would quickly and a holistic treatment plan that focuses on unexpectedly learn is that these guided a person’s entire being, including their meditations immediately connected thoughts, emotions and physical sensawithin, bringing to the forefront, emo- tions. In terms of the brain, it is importions that normally do not easily rise to tant to learn about skills to help get the the surface of my heart. Emotion, that prefrontal cortex back online, as well as would bring tears to my eyes starting approaches to soothe an overactive amygwith my very first mediation experience dala. Many of the effects of trauma are and continued to surface with each medi- held in the body, and often survivors distation class that followed. connect from their bodies as a way of disHowever, it was during my fourth tancing themselves from emotional pain meditation class, when the topic of “liv- and body sensations that can be triggering in survival mode” brought about a ing. Research also supports body-orientpersonal revelation; I was “coming back ed treatments for trauma, such as yoga or home to me.” The journey of re-connect- other forms of body-focused therapy. (Dr. ing to myself. The one person I never Dana Ross). wish to lose again. Research supports that trauma survi“Every human being has a true genu- vors can engage in therapeutic activities ine authentic self, and the trauma is that that foster the mind-body connection, disconnection from it and the healing is such as mindfulness, yoga, transformathe reconnection with it.” (Dr. Gabor tive breathwork and exercise. However, Mate’, The Wisdom of Trauma) before starting any new therapeutic pro“What is trauma-related disconnec- gram, it’s best to first consult with a medtion and why does it happen?” As com- ical provider for, as stated by, David A. plex as the brain is, one of its primary Treleaven, PhD,, “many who suffer under functions is to keep us safe. Traumatic the weight of traumatic stress respond stress has a broad range of effects on favorably to mindfulness meditation. But brain function and structure, as well as others may have a different experience, on neuropsychological components of where the practice unintentionally lands memory. The impact of trauma is in the them in more pain. Mindfulness practice survival part of the brain, which does doesn’t need to work for everyone, but not return to baseline after the threat is I’ve become convinced that certain modiover. Biologically, trauma has been fications to meditation can support survishown to impact the brain’s limbic sys- vors, at the very least ensuring that they tem, which is responsible for behavioral are not re-traumatizing themselves in and emotional responses. It’s involved in practice. “ the autonomic nervous system response To understand, the single most importhat we feel when we sense danger. In tant issue for traumatized individuals is other words, our survival instinct. When to recover a sense of feeling “safe” withthe brain goes into stress or is stuck in in their own sacred body — a personal stress, it leads to physical changes and a journey of self-discovery, healing and complicated ripple of life-altering symp- reconnecting with oneself.
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A. So you believe everyone is out to get you, including your architect, and you have the right to “pull back” your permit, ignoring the conditions of your house. It doesn’t work that way. Unfortunately, even though most local governments know that most homes have violations, the governments choose not to prosecute every homeowner, since it would be bad for the business of getting re-elected, so code violations go on without a word until you make the first move, which you did, by coming to the attention of the building officials whose job is public safety. Every day of the week, people ask if we can’t just look the other way. We absolutely can look the other way, but eventually who will believe us for lying or not doing our job? The issues of your home easily come up by simply bringing up satellite images, on-line accessible documents, including tax department records, showing what is in the home and whether the third floor was finished. Your building official doesn’t need the architect or you to figure out the truth about the illegalities in your home. When your architect shows the actual conditions, which he is required to do, including walls removed, walls finished in rooms that the building department has no previous record of, or other changes, he’s only doing his job. Imagine the scrutiny an architect would receive if a building official walked in to check the conditions and discovered that you and the architect had lied. I have stated in this column, many times, the statistic that only five people out of 100 will survive a fire on the third floor. Ninety-five people will die of smoke inhalation or burns. So do the right thing and follow through, whichever way you choose. I’m pulling for you.
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merica has had many political dynasties over the past 75 years. I recall the Browns in California and the Landrieu family in Louisiana. There are many others, but none can compare to the Kennedy family and the dominant role it has played in our nation’s history. Sadly, almost all of the well-known Kennedys are gone, with the exception of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his legacy has taken a dark turn from that of the rest of his famous family. The Kennedys JERRY were known as activists who supKREMER ported important causes, from the Special Olympics to health care for all. With his name, the son of the late Sen. Bobby Kennedy, who represented New York, could have gotten involved in dozens of worthwhile efforts that would be a continuation of decades of family good deeds. But instead, RFK Jr. has become the hero of the anti-vac-
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cine movement, which is both puzzling and surprising. He travels around the country, spreading his gospel that vaccinations are a threat to your health. According to The Boston Globe, Kennedy preaches, “the COVID vaccine is dangerous for your children.” He claims it is “criminal malpractice to give a child one of these vaccines.” He has also called the Covid jab “one of the deadliest vaccines ever made.” And his fixation with vaccines isn’t limited to those created for the coronavirus. He argues, without proof, that vaccines in general are linked to autism, food allergies and a host of other medical problems. For many years he asserted that the inoculations for measles, mumps and rubella caused autism and other neurological disorders, and according to the Associated Press, he claims that public health officials “knowingly allowed the pharmaceutical industry to poison an entire generation of American children.” Kennedy is the darling of anti-vax
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groups all over the country, and is welcomed into the homes of the wealthy and influential, where he rails against the shots with no medical backup for virtually anything he says. He claims he is doing this as a public service, but his anti-vaccine foundation, Children’s Health Defense, recently reported more than $6.8 million on hand. Kennedy states that there is no profit motive for his antvaccine activity. When asked if he was being paid for his efforts, Kennedy told Fox’s Tucker Carlson, “I am getting unpaid for this.” But records show that in 2019, he earned $255,000 from the foundation. Kennedy has used social media to spread his opinions, and has spent big dollars to back them up. His nonprofit is one of two buyers accounting for 54 percent of anti-vaccine content on Facebook. He has a large following on Facebook and Twitter, but his Instagram account was removed last year for “repeatedly sharing debunked claims about Covid vaccines.” To add to the strangeness of Kenne-
he son of a legendary New York senator busily spreads misinformation.
dy’s crusade, his 2021 book “The Real Anthony Fauci” promotes unproven Covid-19 treatments such as ivermectin, which is meant to treat parasites in animals, and the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, and he claims that the current vaccines have never been safety tested, even though the Food and Drug Administration requires three phases of testing that involves thousands of people before a childhood vaccine is approved. There is no shortage of stories about concerned parents who believe that all vaccinations are suspicious or dangerous. I do not challenge their beliefs. But considering the many positive paths that so many Kennedy family members have taken over the years, the one that RFK Jr. has taken is a disturbing one. He is a true believer in his misguided cause, but he bears no resemblance to his legendary late father. 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.
1950s sci-fi horror story still burns bright
ow did he know? How did Ray Bradbury know in 1951 that the tiny black and white televisions popping up in everyone’s living room had the potential to alter human experience? How did Bradbury, who died at age 91 in 2012, know that the little screens would lead to big screens that would eventually possess children’s minds in a way books could not? How did he foresee that people would stuff their heads with the cerebral equivalent of cotRANDI ton candy and KREISS abandon intellectual pursuits for lives devoted to video games? Bradbury was a visionary. He prophesied that many new inventions had the potential to threaten civilized life. What he saw as science “fiction” has come to pass. We are living amid modern advances that have ironically set us back as a people in pursuit of enlightenment and knowledge. We live in an era when the great works of literature are reduced to and diluted into mini-works and summaries, Cliff Notes and comic books.
I urge you and your teenagers to read “Fahrenheit 451,” Bradbury’s 1951 novel that warned the world that it was moving inexorably toward a time of more technology and less humanity, more autocracy, and less freedom of thought. He described a time when fringe groups of fanatics would dominate by using invasive surveillance and harsh laws to squelch any resistance. He never mentioned QAnon, but he knew it was coming. Reading “Fahrenheit 451” today, in the time of alternate facts, false flags, big lies and other threats to our democracy, has left me shaken. Bradbury set the book in a city of the future, but he was writing during the time of the McCarthy hearings, the Red Scare, emerging nuclear weapons and increased government intrusion into the private lives of citizens. He wrote a what-if tale of how a civilized people could lose their freedom by following false gods that pander to their darkest impulses. Seventy years ago he was writing about now, about selfserving political operatives and fake news and pseudo-patriots who tear down the scaffolding that holds up American democracy. “Fahrenheit 451” is a short novel
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about a future in which firefighters are tasked with burning books and the houses of people who hide them. When a woman stands defiantly in her doorway with her book in hand, they burn her, too. Books are banned because they “confuse” people with their ideas. Much of the population is beaten into acceptance of the new normal, with information and entertainment blaring at them from wall screens all day. No one walks outside. Everyone is suspect. It is a thriller about one man, Montag, a fireman who experiences a sudden awakening to the horrors he has perpetrated. His wife, a survivor of multiple suicide attempts, is addicted to the virtual world projected from the screens in her house. She and her friends are inured to authentic feeling, even within themselves. Montag goes on the run, with firemen in pursuit. Eventually he joins up with a rogue band of men — former professors and thinkers, now wanderers in the wilderness, each with large sections of books memorized for posterity. Bradbury’s hero wears a “sea clam shell” in his ear that presages the AirPod. Montag stops on the street to get money from a machine that didn’t exist
eventy years ago, Ray Bradbury was presciently writing about now.
in the 1950s. Overhead, supersonic aircraft drop bombs on cities. They are unmanned drones, much like the ones our government is using to assassinate terrorists thousands of miles away. He explores the risks of free thinking in a time of crushing conformity. In the world of “Fahrenheit 451” there is no privacy, no awareness of nature, simply the elevation of technology and the diminution of humanity. Why does Montag go rogue? What makes him realize that freedom of thought is worth dying for? His last job with the firemen is to burn down the house of a woman who is hiding books. When they arrive with their trucks and flame-throwers, she is standing in the doorway with a book in her hand, and she strikes the first match, killing herself as the house explodes around her. People will die for their books, Montag realizes. It’s something to think about when we read headlines every day about book bans and censorship of treasured literature. It’s something to act on when we see children who watch but don’t read in a time in America when only 25 percent of the population reads a book a year. Bradbury knew we need books to tell the story of ourselves and pass that story on to future generations. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Redistricting is a process designed to fail
n chess, you can’t control the game unless you control the board. The same can be said about politics, and since the early days of the republic, state legislatures have had virtually complete control of the congressional and legislative redistricting process. After each census, states are required to draw new district boundary lines — a controversial process that far too often is steeped in partisanship. In fact, New York state lawmakers just approved those lines in recent weeks, making a number of changes, felt primarily when it comes to who represents us where in Congress. Nothing about redistricting is popular — especially when population declines force the Legislature to remove congressional districts completely, as New York had to do this year. That’s why then Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced in 2011 what would eventually become a state constitutional amendment removing redistricting powers from the Legislature — which drew district boundaries for itself — and putting it in the hands of an “independent” commission.
We use “independent” ironically because it really wasn’t. The majority and minority parties in the Legislature each appointed four members, and those eight members chose two more people who were not registered members of either party. This commission held hearings and then drew new district late last year. What its members couldn’t do was come to a consensus. Without what would essentially be a bipartisan agreement, the entire process was thrown back to the very Legislature that held the power to draw the maps in the first place. Even if the commission had somehow found a way to agree on a final set of maps, it still required approval from the Legislature. Even in that scenario, the Legislature would only need to reject the maps drawn by the commission twice before it regained its original power to draw the maps its members chose. It’s like buying your wife a bowling ball for your anniversary, with the finger holes drilled to fit your own grip. Did anyone really believe that an inde-
pendent commission could craft district maps on its own that the State Legislature would actually approve? The odds were stacked against the panel from the very start, creating not an independent commission, but simply the appearance of one, while the process of drawing maps remained the same as it has been for the past couple of centuries. Gerrymandering is an age-old problem, and it’s hard not to look at some of the new districts — like the stretching of U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s congressional district from northern Nassau County straight up past Little Neck Bay, and west to the East River and into Westchester County — and not see highly creative boundary drawing. Yet we can’t seem to get out of our own way to prevent it. A slight shift of a district line here, and a tuck there, can be the difference between true representation and an electorate skewed to support an elite few. Representation is the very essence of democracy. But if we’re not drawing district lines fairly, are we truly represented?
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LETTERS Will train platform barriers work? To the Editor: In his letter “Rail Lines Need Barriers” (Feb. 10-16), Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan pointed out a need for barriers on various railroad platforms. What he did not address, however, is how barriers would affect traffic on those platforms. First, if barriers are installed, there will be significantly less space on the platforms, which means that fewer people will have access to them. Second, while the technology exists to make the trains stop at the exact location so that their doors will open at the openings of the platfor m doors, that will require that all trains be the same length, no matter what the requirements for travel may be. Should the two sets of doors not match up exactly (within an allowable tolerance of about 18 inches) the passengers may not be able to detrain. Similarly, if the platform doors open and the train doors don’t, there will also be a lot of unhappy people.
There is no easy solution to this problem. Many people want immediate solutions, but in the real world, that doesn’t happen. And when action is taken, there are always unanticipated side effects that in some cases are worse than the original problem. LAWRENCE LEVY Rockville Centre
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hile the state’s election districts were recently redrawn — gerrymandered — by a progressive-Democratic majority in the State Legislature for the purpose of favoring their party, gerrymandering is not a particularly new political weapon. Those on both sides of the aisle have used their power to redraw district lines, depending on who holds the majority. The practice goes back to the 1800s, but this year’s redrawing by is unprecedented, RONALD J. and comes at a when the ROSENBERG time self-proclaimed progressives’ larger political agenda ranges from defunding police to “bail reform” to demonizing the successful entrepreneur, i.e., capitalism. As U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi pursues his gubernatorial primary quest, his former 3rd Congressional District is now unrecognizable. The progressive gerrymander has recreated his congressional borders into what they now humorously call the Long Island Sound District. It now stretches from Smithtown in Suffolk County, along the lightly populated North Shore, into the densely populated Bronx, and ends in Democratic West-
chester County. While several Long Island Democrats have announced their intentions to run for Suozzi’s vacated seat, they will face a growing number of New York City-based progressives who see their population density and massive Democratic enrollment in the city and its environs as bulletproof at the ballot box. The numbers speak for themselves. The Village of Northport, part of the new 3rd C.D., has some 8,000 residents. The City of New Rochelle, in Westchester, which is also part of the new district, has some 80,000. Now consider who is lining up to run in the 3rd District so far: Bronx State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, who defeated moderate Democrat Jeff Klein a number of years ago. In a December tweet, Democratic Socialist Congresswoman Alexandria OcasioCortez had nothing but praise for Biaggi. Also in the running is Melanie D’Arrigo, a self-described progressive who has been endorsed by former New York City Council Speaker Melissa MarkViverito, a city pol who once co-chaired the City Council’s Progressive Caucus. So these are the extremist candidates who stand a very good chance of assuming control of a new district designed to remove the potential of not just a Republican winning the seat, but of Long
LETTERS the Heralds in which he did not challenge the reader to think, to question, and to join him in creating a better community. Over the decades, his professionalism saw him literally on the front lines, reporting on everything from local events to major breaking news, and eventually overseeing the coverage that appears weekly in our local paper. Brinton has reported on not one, not two, but three once-in-a-lifetime events: the Sept. 11 attacks, Superstorm Sandy and the Covid19 pandemic. He further demonstrated his professionalism and class when the Merrick Life transitioned to the Merrick Herald, paying tribute to the decades of community journalism by the Laursen family. Scott was not only our source of news. He was a neighbor and a parent in our community. You may have waved hello to him as he jogged through the neighborhood. You may have stood behind him on the bagel line. But you always knew his byline stood for probing and honest journalism. This is one reader who will miss our local journalism, celebrity and who thanks him for his almost three decades of service to the Merrick-Bellmore community. KYLE STROBER Merrick
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Islanders having any representation focused on Long Island issues. The implications have not gone unnoticed. Great Neck-based Democratic primary hopeful Robert Zimmerman is now warning Democrats and Republicans that he is the political firewall that could prevent a progressive from representing the new district. As he raises money for the primary, Zimmerman is reciting a list of moderate, centrist Long Island Democrats who now support his effort. His strategy is that of a seasoned professional, leveraging his public relations experience to focus his message, which is, essentially, “I am your last best hope to confront this city theft.” Of course, that presumes the Republican Party won’t field a candidate who can confront and defeat whoever the Democrats nominate in this now unrecognizable district. But the reality is that the tortured borders of the 3rd are a calculated move by New York City-based progressives to dismantle Nassau and Suffolk counties’ ability to project political cohesion and regional advocacy. If successful, they will have effectively eliminated any chance that the Long Island congressional delegation will be a powerful force in the House of Representatives. Consider what that means. Will a
he ambush reveals a smug disdain for suburban values, people and needs.
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Lost in thought? — Jones Beach
Bronx progressive/Socialist Democrat really work with a Long Island Republican to redress the loss of South Shore beachfront in a nor’easter? Will a Bronx progressive care about environmental damage along Smithtown’s coastline? Will a Bronx Progressive fight for infrastructure money for the Long Island Expressway? Because, after all, shouldn’t we all be punished for not using electric vehicles? And by the way, many constituents of this new Long Island Sound District have median incomes that progressives will find worthy of their most pungent demagoguery, because capitalism is an anathema to their political ideology. This ambush of Long Island by these progressives reveals a smug disdain for suburbia, its values, its people and its needs. To counter it, Long Island voters must recognize that we have been robbed of our voice in Congress. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, liberal or conservative. As a bicounty region, we have been mugged by those who cynically intend to walk off with one of our congressional seats. The answer is to recognize the ploy and respond appropriately on Election Day 2022. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.
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