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Christopher Barker, far left, Matthew Bo, Lucas Rogan and Christopher Bo were honored in the St. Agnes Parish Center for becoming Eagle Scouts. Story, more photos, Page 3.

Outrage grows over coaching call

Pair that led soccer squad to county title aren’t rehired

By MIKE SMOLLINS and TONY BELLISSIMO msmollins@liherald.com

Despite the approval of Superintendent June Chang and Carol Roseto, the Rockville Centre School District’s director of physical education, health and athletics, the Board of Education voted against the rehiring of Long Island high school girls’ soccer Coach of the Year Jennifer Abgarian, as well as varsity assistant coach Chris Aloisi, in separate 3-2 votes at its July 21 meeting.

It was believed to be the first time in district history that a coach was not hired after receiving approval from the superintendent and athletic director, and the decisions were met with widespread opposition, including claims that at least one school

board member voted “no” because of a personal issue related to the soccer program dating back several years.

Coaching positions are oneyear terms, and must be applied for each year. When the superintendent and athletic director approve an applicant, the final step is a school board vote. Board President John O’Shea, Vice President Christine Ferazani and Trustee Erica Messier voted against rehiring Abgarian and Aloisi, while Secretary Kelly Barry and Trustee Tara Hackett voted in favor.

Reached by phone on Monday, O’Shea said he could not comment on the vote because board members were advised by an attorney not to speak publicly about personnel matters. He did acknowledge that he approved the rehiring of Abgarian and

Aloisi in board votes in previous years, but declined to speak further about why he changed his vote this year.

Chang, Roseto and Ferazani had not returned requests for comment at press time, while Hackett declined to comment, saying that the board’s policy is that the president speaks on its behalf.

Abgarian, who also declined comment, guided South Side to the Nassau County Class A championship this spring after the season was postponed from last fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was her third season as the varsity head coach, and the first county title for the Cyclones since 2014. She was honored by the school board in June. Abgarian and Aloisi, who served as an unpaid volunteer last season, are CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Diocese celebrates World Day for Elderly Pope Francis established the fourth Sunday of July as the annual World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Bishop John Barres, of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, commissioned the Office of Human Life, Family and Bioethics with leading a Diocesan celebration honoring the important role of grandparents in passing on the faith and recognizing the value of all those in the community who are “rich in many years.”

World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly was celebrated on July 25. This year’s theme was “I am with you always” to focus on the closeness of God with the aged, and the closeness of intergenerational ties.

While there are separate days of secular recognition for both grandparents and the elderly in the autumn, the combined day of honor, during the more relaxed days of summer and inserted into the liturgical calendar, offered an opportunity to emphasize the holy bonds people share in our families and communities. The temporal proximity to the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus, on July 26 is intended to reinforce the vital role of family in honoring the gifts of age.

“In preparing for this day, we can contemplate the profound beauty of our Catholic faith and traditions, the giving and receiving of love through our generational ties, and the perpetual communion we share with our forebearers,” said Dr. Lisa A. Honkanen, the director of the Diocese’s Office of Human Life, Family and Bioethics

As part of the promotion of this initiative a new website was created that serves as a source of information and inspiration on World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly: CatholicGenerations.com.

“We pray this website will be the beginning of a spiritual journey that strengthens faith, family, and community: nurturing intergenerational bonds and helping us to “love the Lord with all your heart …. and your neighbor as yourself ” (Lk 11:25-27) which is the key to our ultimate goal of sharing in God’s eternal life,” Honkanen said.

The website contains information aimed at letting older, lonely seniors know they are remembered and to help grandparents convey their Catholic faith and traditions to their grandchildren. To assure the elderly in local communities feel loved and valued, the office has also suggested a “Cherishing Our Seniors” program, in which parishes may consider collecting small gift bags and/or friendly letters that will be distributed to clients enrolled in the Catholic Charities program.

For more information about World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, visit catholicgenerations.com, or contact the Office of Human Life, Family and Bioethics at respectlife@drvc.org.

Courtesy Diocese of Rockville Centre; compiled by Mike Smollins

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BISHOP JOHN BARRES and the Diocese of Rockville Centre celebrated World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 25.

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Troop 163 celebrates newest Eagle Scouts

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Rockville Centre’s Boy Scout Troop 163 celebrated the advancement of four of its members to Eagle Scouts at the St. Agnes Parish Center on July 20. Christopher Barker, Lucas Rogan, and brothers Matthew and Christopher Bo were honored for attaining the highest rank of scouting in front of friends, family members and several local officials.

For his final project, Barker created life-size sports silhouettes that were hung in the John A. Anderson Recreation Center’s gym. “The gym seemed a little empty and they just seemed to add a little life and joy into the environment,” Barker said. Barker was looking to imitate the similar silhouettes seen at South Side Middle School’s gym.

Barker completed his requirements to become an Eagle Scout around two years ago, but Covid pushed the celebration of his efforts back significantly. “I am just grateful that I get to spend this time with my friends and family and that this finally did get to happen,” Barker said. “I’m so grateful for the help I’ve had throughout the entire process.”

Christopher Bo has waited about a year since he completed his project where he cleared invasive vines from Hempstead State Lake Park. According to Bo, he cleared about 700 yards of vines.

“It’s been a long-awaited night,” Christopher Bo said.

“I’ve seen so many people tonight that I haven’t been able to see during the pandemic. Some people dropped out of scouting and I finally get to see them again.”

Matthew Bo completed his requirements for Eagle Scout in April of 2020. “It was actually nice waiting because now I got to see all my old scout mates who I haven’t seen in forever,” he said.

Bo and about 30 other scouts built dog agility equipment for animal shelter Bobby and the Strays. Bo got the idea for the project because he used to volunteer at the

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ATTENDING THE EAGLE Scouts ceremony was, top row from left, Rockville Centre Fire Department First Assistant Chief Scott Mohr, Mayor Francis Murray, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Deputy Mayor Kathleen Baxley, RVCFD Chief of Department James Avondet, and RVCFD Second Assistant Chief Tony Rugolo, and the new Eagle Scouts, bottom row from left, Christopher Bo, Matthew Bo, Lucas Rogan, and Christopher Barker. shelter and read to cats to calm them down.

Rogan has waited for the ceremony since March of 2020. “Coming back here and doing this entire ceremony is an honor,” he said. Rogan build “bat boxes” which are meant to house bats in a bird box-like structure. The shelter provides a home for bats in the park, which can help to decrease the mosquito population.

The end of the ceremony saw the four scouts receive a new neckerchief with an eagle emblazoned on the outside to signify the honor.

Local officials Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, Fire Chief James Avondet, Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, RVC Mayor Francis Murray, and a representative from State Sen. Todd Kaminsky were onhand to celebrate the honor for the four RVC boys with proclamations. D’Esposito, a former NYPD detective, offered the boys challenge coins which are given in the military and law enforcement for quality arrests, investigations and signifying units.

Native RVC actress helps bring theater back Rockville Centre native Rachel Blackburn will helm her first production since the start of Covid on Aug. 3 and 4 when her cast will perform :Into the Woods Jr.” at Port Washington’s John Philip Sousa Band Shell. The cast includes six children and pre-teens from the village, as well.

Blackburn said she felt the story and structure would work well with Covid-19 regulations. The theater is also outside, which made it a perfect place with Covid still an issue. It also did not hurt that Blackburn has wished to be a part of an “Into the Woods” production since she begged her drama teachers at South Side Middle School and High School to put on the production when she was a student.

“The thing I liked about it for this time in our lives with Covid going on is that ‘Into the Woods’ is a story that has a lot of vignettes and individual plotlines,” Blackburn said. “That made it easier to space people out and there is no ensemble, so there is not a group of 20 people huddled together.”

The production will serve as several firsts for Blackburn. It will be her first production in Port Washington since moving there in early 2020, her first at the Band Shell, and her first outdoor presentation.

The 18-person cast ranges from ages 8 to 14. Blackburn said the older cast members have been able to take the younger ones under their wing, while also taking it seriously for themselves. Blackburn said that her directorial style has been to treat all the cast members as equals.

“It’s gotten me pretty far with kids because I think they appreciate that and the responsibility and being spoken to like a peer, rather than a teacher,” she said.

A member of the South Side High School class of 2003, Blackburn also spoke to the advantages of the theater for children during their formative years. “Theater

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kept me out of trouble. I always wanted to have my voice be healthy the next day or I couldn’t go out because I had a dance class,” Blackburn said. “I hope that it helps kids at a pivotal age to stay on the right path.”

In her time at South Side Middle School and South Side High School, Blackburn was active in the theater department and that led her to NYU, where she received her bachelor’s degree in musical theater in 2007.

She continued her educational pursuits, earning her juras doctorate from Hofstra Law School in 2010. That background came in handy when it came time to sort through the legal process of acquiring the license for the production.

Using her connections form her time at NYU, Blackburn was able to get talented professional musicians who have worked on Broadway to join the live pit band.

Blackburn said she is excited that the cast will be guided by such experienced talent.

Her mother, Carol Blackburn, has been a resident of Rockville Centre for 35 years. Carol said that her daughter has been active in local productions all the way back to when she was 4. The family often made trips to the city to see shows on Broadway when Rachel was a child.

“When your children are happy, you are happy. If you’re children have a passion and follow it, that’s a gift.” Carol said. “Not everybody knows what their passion is and it takes them a while to find it, but she always knew and she’s been cultivating it since she was 4.”

“The kids love her and she’s happy. It’s a symbiotic relationship,” Carol added.

Tickets are free and audience members are asked to bring their lawn chairs. The shows on Aug. 3 and 4 will start at 8 p.m.

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RACHEL BLACKBURN, RIGHT, holding her son Henry McElroy, with castmember Reagan Zelles at the Band Shell.

Rally planned after coaches are not rehired both tenured teachers in the district.

A group of 12 parents of South Side soccer players immediately came to the defense of the coaches in a letter addressed to Chang. The opening paragraph of the letter, obtained by the Herald, mentions Ferazani by name and alleges “her clear partiality and obvious conflict of interest.”

Emma Hospodka, a team captain who will be a senior, said she was disheartened by the board’s decision, and that the two coaches helped team members bond during a difficult time en route to being able to “rebuild the Cyclones’ legacy” by capturing the title. “It is my understanding that the Board of Education is supposed to make decisions based on the best interest of the students,” she wrote in an email. “I do not see how removing two highly respected coaches can in any way benefit the student athletes, especially a month away from the start of the season. It is much rather the opposite and has caused a lot of stress and uncertainty among the girls.”

Jim LiCalzi said that his daughter, Cris-

tina, a captain of the team who will also be a senior, respected and played hard for the coaches, and was “troubled” by the board’s decision. “I have a lot of questions that are unanswered,” LiCalzi said. “The main question I have is, why? I’m concerned about the lack of transparency, and I’m willing to be open to listen if there are any reasons they’re not being rehired.”

LiCalzi said he was confused about how the board could honor the coaches and team for winning the county title and then, a month later, choose not to rehire them.

He added that his daughter and her teammates were concerned about being left in coaching limbo just a month before the season starts.

Cammie Harloff, whose daughter, Morgan, is a rising sophomore on the team, said she was a member of an Athletics Advisory Committee that worked on developing a new policy regarding coaching, tutoring and any conflicts of interest. She noted that the Board of Education approved the policy, and that all coaches applying for the upcoming school year adhered to it before being approved by Chang and Roseto.

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LONG ISLAND HIGH school girls’ soccer Coach of the Year Jennifer Abgarian and varsity assistant coach Chris Aloisi were not hired for the upcoming season after the Board of Education voted against the recommendations of the superintendent and athletic director. At left, the Cyclones celebrated winning the Nassau County Class A championship last season.

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“I am concerned, as soccer seems to be the only team targeted, and the board provided no reason for its decision,” Harloff said. “Both coaches in question fully participated in the spring seasons, brought the girls to a victorious result and gave them an experience they’ll never forget.”

Karen Parker, vice president of the South Side High School Booster Club, said she was “shocked and disappointed” by the decision, and that the community is entitled to know why it was made. “I think the community deserves answers to ques-

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Rockville Centre resident is a Woman of Distinction A Rockville Centre resident was among 10 Nassau County representat ive s w h o w e r e r e c e n t l y n a m e d Women of Distinction for going above and beyond and continuing to be a light within their respective communities, as well as a role model to all.

RVC resident Elizabeth “Liz” Dion was presented with the honor at the third annual Women of Distinction ceremony for her compassion, civic mindfulness, leadership, initiative and commitment to service.

Honorees also included Erika Elizabeth Hill, of Baldwin; Rosemarie Olivera, of East Rockaway; Patricia Fulton-Lawrence, of Freeport; Martha Carney of Hewlett; Jessica Kern, of Lynbrook; Dr. Carol Hassett, of Malverne; Christine Schaefer, of Oceanside; Michelle James Wettstein of South Hempstead; and Lt. Yvonne Armstrong, of West Hempstead.

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How and why older folks get in on the fun Social media isn’t just for young adults.

According to a Pew Research Center survey, nearly 70 percent of U.S. adults log on to Facebook, including 73 percent of respondents ages 50 to 64 and half of those 65 and older.

Digital content strategist Renee Clare-Kovacs says seniors are embracing the “communities” aspect of Facebook. “They like the ability to keep up with events at church, their alma mater, sports, friends, and, of course, family all in the same place,” she says. “They are less intimidated there than Instagram which requires the additional steps of using their camera and uploading — throw in hashtags and emojis and they’re out.”

Getting Social During the pandemic, many seniors have been relying on social media to connect with and “see” their loved ones. Maria Leonard Olsen, a 58-year-old attorney, uses Facebook; her 79-yearold mother uses Facebook and Instagram to see pictures of her children and grandchildren.

“I see that libraries, community centers and village groups do training for how to use social media,” says Olsen, who’s the author of “50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life.” She advises people to “take advantage of these free classes and to learn how various social media platforms work.”

David Henderson II, who’s now over 60, started using social media to get in touch with his high school and college friends. These days, he uses it to talk about how he manages his diabetes.

“I started sharing my diabetic journey with family and friends because so many of them were dealing with the same issue,” he says.

Social Platforms While sites such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok skew younger, many seniors are on those platforms too. For example, Mediakix ranked the top 10 elderly Instagram influencers, including actor George Takei and trendsetter Iris Apfel; each have more than a million followers.

Seniors are finding success and connections on TikTok, too. The Wall Street Journal reported that Stephen Austin’s cooking videos, which he posts under the name @omsteve, short for Old Man Steve, netted the 82-year-old over a million followers.

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Creating and Consuming Content Social media — which includes sites such as Pinterest and LinkedIn — offers a mix of entertainment, news, hobbies, virtual socialization and more. Users can share articles, photos, recipes, and present their opinions. Or, they can just consume other people’s content and not create any content of their own.

“Even though the older generation is using more social media, around 32 percent of senior users don’t post at all, they only see and consume what others post,” says Sharon van Donkelaar, chief marketing officer at Expandi, a LinkedIn automation tool.

Social Safety Be careful not to overshare, advises Jolene Caufield, the senior advisor at Healthy Howard, a nonprofit organization advocating for healthy lifestyle choices.

“Seniors have the misconception that people on the internet will not use their anecdotes or information for malicious purposes, so they overshare,” she says, noting that some seniors even post that they’re home alone, which could attract the attention of criminals.

Caufield warns that oversharing also increases the risk of unauthorized access to a senior’s social media accounts, since security questions might be things they share on social media.

Cybersecurity experts warn all social media users, especially seniors, not to click on any links they receive via private messages or on the advertising posts they see on the sites. That should reduce the chances of malware invading their computer system.

Still, seniors don’t need to be scared about social media. Henderson tells fellow seniors that “Unless you have a flip phone, you’ve already embraced the technology, so you may as well use it to stay in touch with your grandkids, friends, and relatives you rarely get chance to see.”

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Short Story Discussion Mindy Mangot leads a discussion of Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood and the Sound of Summer Running by Ray Bradbury. The program will take place on Zoom through the RVC Public Library. Register at the library website. Starts at 1 p.m.

Outdoor Storytime For ages 18 months to five years. Join others on the front lawn of the RVC library and enjoy this special librarianled storytime as they read stories and sing songs. Bring a towel and a blanket.

Register online at the RVC library website. Event starts at 11:30 a.m.

Young at Heart Book Club Join for a discussion of the Printz winning book Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri. Event takes place live on Zoom through the RVC Library. Starts at 7 p.m. Registration required.

Craft Chat Calling crafters, knitters, and crocheters! Shelley Leibson leads this Zoom meeting to share, work on, and talk about your projects. Register at the RVC library website. Event starts at 1 p.m.

Hip Hop Dance (Live on Zoom) For grades 4 to 10. Learn different movement styles at this dance party with the RVC Library’s dance teacher, Ms. Toni. Register online through the RVC website. Event starts at 7 p.m.

Evening Yoga with MaryClare MaryClare Chiofalo leads this meditation class designed to help you destress, relax, and focus. Zoom registration available through the RVC Library. Starts at 7 p.m.

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Outdoor Music for Aardvarks For ages six months to four years. Head up to the RVC library front lawn for musical fun. Register online at the library website. Event starts at 10 a.m.

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Learn how to protect swimmers Swim and Scuba hosts a lifeguard class on Sunday, August 1 at 10 a.m.

The Scribblers offers writers the opportunity to share their work, receive feedback, and talk about their craft. Event takes place on Zoom through the RVC library. Registration required. 7 p.m.

Marvel Movie Trivia (Live on Zoom) For grades 5 to 9. Register online at the RVC library website to participate in this Zoom trivia night based around the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Starts at 4 p.m.

Family Night in the Park Come to the Village Green at 6 p.m. for food trucks and a concert from members of the South Shore Symphony Orchestra.

Saturday, July 31

discussion of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara. Register online at the library website for this Zoom event. Starts at 12 p.m.

Chef Rob: Cooking and Baking Camp Join Chef Rob for a virtual guide for making peaches and cream crumb cakes and key lime pie chiller. Register at the link on the RVC library website.

Event starts at 7 p.m.

Car Wash Fundraiser Troop 40 Scout Michael O’Hare is having a car wash fundraiser at the RVC Recreation Center from 9 a.m. to noon.

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Yoga with Joe Certified yoga instructor Joe Cilmi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional approaches. Registration required. At the Rockville Centre Library, 12:15 p.m.

Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers’ Club Series With the roll of the dice, you’ll traverse mysterious lands, fight terrifying monsters, and discover incredible treasure.

Register online at the RVC library website for this Zoom event. Event starts at 4 p.m.

TV and Rock n’ Roll Brian Rose leads this discussion of how rock music found a home on mainstream TV in the 1950s. Register online for this Zoom event through the RVC

library website. Event starts at 7 p.m.

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Join moderator Michael Matuszewski and library staff member Rob Siegel in a discussion about what everyone is currently watching on television, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required.

The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 7:30 p.m. start time.

Wednesday, Aug. 4 Current Events discussion Stay up-to-date with current affairs and discuss what’s on your mind with facilitator Richard Skolnik, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom

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 rvceditor@liherald.com

Village of RVC hosts Family Night on the Village Green July 30 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Center for Science Teaching and Learning is hosting its Dino Club on August 1 at 1 p.m.

RVC Library hosts Baby Bundles for parents to pick up books for their kids August 2 through 31.

RVC Library’s prerecorded Page Turner Puppy Pals Comedy Show goes live on August 2 and 3.

RVC Library hosts Outdoor Storytime Helpers community service on August 4 at 11:20 a.m.

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The Rockville Centre School District has named veteran educator Jeanne Love as executive director of special education and pupil personnel services.

Love joins RVC schools from Wantagh Public Schools, where she served in the same role as well as the director of English as a New Language. Additionally, she founded the acclaimed Twilight Academy for high school students with special needs. She brings 25 years of special education experience, including extensive administration leadership, to the role.

Love is renowned for working creatively within existing administrative frameworks to produce superior results. That innovative leadership style, which focuses on problem solving through creative ideation and teambuilding, has generated positive staff growth and successful programs at Love’s previous school districts.

Special education students in RVC schools could benefit greatly from her approach, administrators said.

“In addition to possessing significant experience as both teacher and administrator, Jeanne is a creative thinker whose innovative programs and inclusive approach to leadership routinely produce positive educational outcomes,” Superintendent of Schools June Chang said. “All of us at the RVC schools are excited about working with Jeanne. She is nurturing, caring and creative, devoted to students and I have no doubt will serve our community well.”

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Work on maligned subdivision continues CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE tion of single-family dwellings, one of which will be on Hempstead Avenue, and two on Birch Lane.

Last July, the village board voted, 3-2, to claim ownership of Killarney Lane, now Birch Lane, which runs perpendicular to Hempstead Avenue and provides access to four homes on the southern edge of the property. The resolution authorized Mayor Francis X. Murray to accept the deed to the road once the developers complete it. If the village were not to accept the donation of the road, the public could still use it, but the village would not maintain it, though it would still be subject to county regulations.

At the time of the vote, Murray explained the thinking behind it. “If we accept it, we have control over the road,” he said. “If we don’t have control over the road, the project goes forward. We don’t have the power to stop the project.”

Other concerns residents have raised about the project over the years include a potential increase in traffic, the impact construction would have on the surrounding area and potential safety hazards with the addition of the new road. After an initial denial of the subdivision by the village planning board in November 2018 and rounds of litigation that followed, a Nassau County State Supreme Court judge ruled in May 2019 that the development

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CONSTRUCTION HAS CONTINUED on five new homes at 220 Hempstead Ave., the former site of the parsonage of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, but there is no timeline for their completion. could proceed.

Village spokeswoman Julie Grilli said the village had no legal grounds to stop the development. “The property, including the house previously located there, was and continues to be private property,” she said. “Private property owners are entitled to use and develop their properties in accordance with the village zoning laws. The village cannot prevent a property owner from developing what may be considered by some as their green space. It

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Grilli added that the village recently adopted legislation on new subdivisions that will require larger lot sizes, which may affect other property owners’ future plans.

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After extensively researching Jewish history on Long Island, Brad Kolodny found himself with much more historical information that could be included in his two books. He decided to put that knowledge to good use by founding the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island.

As part of his research, Brad Kolodny had visited and photographed every synagogue on Long Island. “I wanted to tell a comprehensive story about every synagogue past and present in Nassau and Suffolk County,” Kolodny said. “Over the course of four years, I researched every synagogue building and visited every synagogue building.” The book on synagogues is “Seeking Sanctuary: 125 Years of Synagogues on Long Island,” published in 2019 and his other book is “The Jews of Long Island: 1705-1918,” to be published next year.

Kolodny founded the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island to create a comprehensive collection of Judaica (ceremonial art), other items, documents and stories about Jewish life on the Island.

“There was so much information in both of these books that I gathered that couldn’t be included,” Kolodny said.

“That’s where the idea of the Jewish historical society came. There’s just so much information that people don’t know about and I wanted to be able to bring it to light

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A GLEN COVE postcard, circa 1910, that highlights Bernstein’s Department Store that opened in 1897 is part of the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island’s collection. within an organization that will not just document the Jewish experience on Long Island, but also keep artifacts and records of the Jewish community.”

The society is fairly new – they first started the collection about a month ago – so the online collection features nine items including a Glen Cove postcard, an Ellis

Island inspection card, and a brass candelabra. The organization is looking for donations of items from any time period.

“Anything from photographs to Jewish items from Jewish owned businesses that were on Long Island, or ritual items,” Kolodny said. “Really anything that helps describe Jewish life on Long Island.”

Jay Steinberg, former president of Huntington Jewish Center and member of the Huntington Historical Society, is currently the treasurer of the society. He began his interest in local Jewish history in Huntington. “My initial interest was through the local Jewish history of Huntington Jewish Center and felt that other communities on Long Island ought to be doing more of the historical work that’s necessary to keep everything alive,” Steinberg said.

On Sept. 5, the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island is hosting an event to honor the first synagogue built in 1896 in Setauket. “We are going to be celebrating the 125th anniversary of the opening of that synagogue,” Kolodny said. “The building still stands on main street in Setauket, but it is no longer being used as a synagogue. It’s owned by the United Methodist church.”

The JHSLI is partnering with the church and the North Shore Jewish Center, a congregation whose history dates to 1893. “It’s a perfect way to pay tribute to the pioneers who started our congregation and at the same time bring awareness to the broader Setauket community about the importance of this building,” said Rabbi Aaron Benson, the Jewish Center’s spiritual leader.

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site: He added more money for Long ous criminals who pose a threat to sociIsland cops and strengthened our crimi- ety.” nal laws. Todd is the right choice for the In an interview earlier this week, next Nassau County district attorney. Donnelly said the bail reform bill — I’m thrilled to support him.” even amended — remains an issue. “The The bail reform bill was a major loss of a judge’s discretion is major,” issue last year when Kaminsky ran for she said. She said some people charged re-election against Republiwith serious crimes are still can Victoria Johnson, who released without bail. “They centered her campaign on put a Band-Aid on it,” she the matter. Johnson, in the said of the amended law. view of political analysts, Donnelly said she was fared better than expected, running to “help strengthgarnering about 60,000 votes, en” the D.A.’s office, where c o m p a re d t o 6 8 , 0 0 0 fo r she has worked for more Kaminsky. than three decades. She said, Donnelly noted that she if elected, she would beef up worked with federal prosecuthe office’s cyber-security tors to convict a “porn docunit and crackdown on tor” who filmed and forcibly gangs in the county.

Ann Donnelly touched patients. And the Rich Orsillo, a Kaminsky prosecutor also was involved campaign spokesman, said, in a Long Beach drug wiretap case, “Todd Kaminsky is a fearless prosecutor which resulted in the conviction of who has put violent criminals behind seven individuals, making the commu- bars and led the convictions of corrupt nity safer from drug dealing. politicians from both parties—and his “I’m delighted to be a candidate for record is second to none. As district Nassau district attor ney,” Donnelly attorney, he will continue to protect said. “I have dedicated my career to Long Islanders and be a tireless champikeeping the public safe and prosecuting on for Nassau County, delivering again those who commit crimes. I want to be and again for our families without the district attorney in order to protect being beholden to party bosses.”

Nassau County residents from danger-

GOP for the race.

In her first news release last week, Donnelly, of Garden City, blasted her Anne Donnelly, a career prosecutor opponent as “a political opportunist who last week was named the Nassau who has spent his time in Albany writRepublican’s nominee for county dis- ing get out of jail free laws to turn loose trict attorney, wasted no time calling more dangerous inmates onto our out what she sees as her streets.” opponent’s chief vulnerabiliShe also charged that he ty: State Sen. Todd Kaminis a “career opportunist who sky, she says, is the author of has worked to tur n loose the ”get out of jail free laws.” dangerous criminals into Kaminsky, a Long Beach our neighborhoods.”

Democrat who has served in Nassau GOP Chairman the State Senate since 2016, Joseph Cairo Jr. said in a was a supporter two years statement that “the choice ago of the controversial bail for district attor ney this refor m legislation, which year is clear. Republicans allowed suspects in some have put forth a candidate type of crimes to be released wh o h a s d e d i c at e d h e r Todd Kaminsky from jail without bail. The career to keeping the public bill was amended last year to safe and putting dangerous give judges more discretion to assign criminals behind bars.” bail for violent and other crimes. Now, Nassau Democratic Party Chairman more than 20 crimes are once again Jay Jacobs, in announcing Kaminsky’s “bail eligible.” Kaminsky backed the nomination in late June, noted that the changes to the law, which was originally state senator was a federal prosecutor. passed through the state budget.

“Senator Todd Kaminsky is a fearless Nonetheless, Donnelly, a 32-year former federal prosecutor who has put career prosecutor who is currently dep- Long Islanders’ safety first his entire uty chief of the Organized Crime and career,” Jacobs said in a statement.

Rackets Bureau, took aim at Kaminsky, “When fringe g roups were crying only days after being nominated by the ‘defund the police,’ Todd did the oppo-

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I often see people’s homes after the big job has been done, and will ask if the work was designed by an architect or an engineer. Lately, several people have told me that they did the work with a contractor during the pandemic, without plans or a permit because they thought the work was interior and didn’t need a permit. Construction work needs a permit. I’ve seen enough of these renovations to know, when I see even the slightest sagging, that the work wasn’t done correctly, and that deficiencies will follow, like small cracks that won’t go away after multiple repairs, consequential movement in tile floors or roof shingles above, leading to potential pipe or roof leaks, in a domino effect.

The fact is, it does cost a little more. In a conversation recently, a couple told me that their contractor wanted $30,000 more just for the beams, not the demolition, not the sheetrock, new flooring, insulation or electrical work, which were all going to be done anyway. A relative whose home I was recently involved with did have all the walls removed, and the cost for labor and materials was less than $12,000 for the installation of three 24-foot-long beams while all the work around was being done.

Cost may fluctuate with plumbing issues, recent material increases and the contractor’s overhead and profit, but your fear leads to their higher prices. Perception plays a big role in the process, which is why people call a licensed professional, in many cases, only if they have to, being talked out of the perceived expense instead of really knowing what the costs may be.

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ny forward movement in aviation, or in space exploration, is usually greeted by cheers. As should be the case.

But often, first come the skeptics who ask whether it was worth it all. Or the doubters who say it never happened. Or even, sadly, those who shrug their shoulders and say, “So what?”

When the bicycle-makers Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully flew their singleengine, box-like airplane on a chilly December morning in 1903 JAMES from the mosquitomarshes BERNSTEIN infested of Kitty Hawk, N.C. — the first motorized heavierthan-air vehicle ever to leave the earth — only four local newspapers showed up to cover the event.

There were even disbelievers that the 12-second flight ever happened. The U.S. government turned the brothers down, with a form letter, saying it had no interest in their invention.

An editorial in a Paris newspaper sniffed, “The Wrights have flown or they have not flown. They possess a machine

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or they do not possess one. They are in fact either fliers or liars. It is difficult to fly . . . It is easy to say, ‘We have flown.’”

The press and the public ultimately came to recognize the significance of the Wrights’ first flight. But it took time.

So, too, now, there has been considerable scoffing at and bad-mouthing of the recent flights to the edge of space by the billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. Social media has been filled with denunciations: Bezos and Branson could have used the multimillions they spent on their ventures feeding half the world’s population. They could have brought global warming under control.

They could have cured Covid.

All these things are absolutely worthy goals and need to be done. But they will not be done by one man, or two. They will take global efforts by teams of scientists, researchers, scholars and all of us. Bezos and Branson had another goal in mind, one that is also worthy.

Their flights were a brief few minutes, and they reached about 60 miles high, the edge of space. But on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, flew for only 15 minutes in his Freedom 7 space capsule, and reached an altitude of

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101 miles before splashing down in the Atlantic.

But in what is really a wink of an eye — eight years and two months later — Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, in July 1969.

The Apollo moon program certainly got the world cheering, but in the decades since, the view of its technological feats has soured. I have heard many deride it as little more than a propaganda tool, with a number of people looking back on it with a yawn.

But the view of our blue and white planet from space alone was worth every penny. We got a perception of just how enormous “out there” is, how tiny we really are, and how we need to preserve this beautiful planet of ours.

But technology from the Apollo program also gave us better water-purification systems, breathing masks used by firefighters around the world, solar panels, cordless devices like power tools, a path to developing miniaturized computers, advanced cameras, thermal blankets for keeping the sick warm and yes, moon rocks to gaze upon in museums.

It’s easy to call Bezos and Branson thrill-seekers who have little better to do

ezos and Branson are scoffed at, but so were two brothers at Kitty Hawk.

with their time or money. Neither man is perfect. Bezos could certainly improve working conditions at his Amazon plants around the country, and he didn’t help himself when he “thanked” his employees for making his voyage possible. He used company stock to finance his trip, and his employees had no say in the matter.

But I also see the two men as dreamers, like the Wright brothers and all of the Apollo astronauts. Each step forward in aviation, or space, gets us a little closer to where our DNA as human beings pushes us to be: out there. The Wrights were the step to commercial airplanes. The airplanes took us to Apollo. Apollo took us to the moon. The moon is now seen as a landing stop on the way to Mars and beyond.

This progress cannot be stopped. Since our earliest days on Earth, we have looked skyward and asked, What’s up there?

Wilbur Wright put it this way: “The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air.”

Let’s keep looking.

James Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald.

Caught in the tangled lines of big fishing

watched the Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy” last week, and I may never eat fish again.

The 90-minute exposé on commercial fishing, produced by Ali Tabrizi, a 27-year-old environmentalist and filmmaker, reveals a fishing mega-industry that is poisoning our oceans, overfishing across the globe, unintentionally slaughtering thousands of dolphins and turtles in miles-long fishing nets (known as walls of death) and peddling farmed fish that is contaminated to unsuspecting RANDI consumers. The KREISS documentary presents disturbing video evidence of practices like the mass killing of dolphins and whales in Japan, where some fishermen see the mammals as competition for their industry.

Tabrizi interviews fishermen as well as leaders of various organizations devoted to the preservation of sea life and healthy oceans. He draws viewers to the conclusion that there is no such thing as “sustainable” fish catches, and no such thing as “dolphin safe tuna,” despite the labels and the claims of the fishing industry. He

interviews men who say they were kept as slaves on huge fishing vessels, processing shrimp in their holds, with the threat of being thrown overboard if they protested.

The documentary shows thousands of miles of fishing lines and nets stuck together in vast seas of garbage floating across the Pacific Ocean.

My own history with fishing and eating fish is at odds with the disturbing elements of the exposé. Having lived most of my life on the coast of Long Island, I fished Reynolds Channel, in Atlantic Beach and Long Beach, from the time I was 4. As a kid, I went out with my dad and my Uncle Herbie in a wooden rowboat with an outboard motor, and I always landed the biggest flounder.

“Big as a doormat,” my dad would say.

And I usually caught it on a simple dropline. Part of the fun was the other stuff we caught and threw back, the blowfish and spider crabs and the occasional eel. The bays were full and rich with wildlife. My dad cleaned the fish at the dock, and we ate what we caught. Who thought about it?

Decades later, wanderlust led my own family to summers in Montana. There we learned to fly fish, and we ambled along

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the big rivers: the Bitterroot, the Gallatin, the Blackfoot, the Yellowstone and the Ruby. Summer after summer we caught and released rainbow and brown trout lurking in the deep, still pools of those pristine rivers.

This morning, I read in The New York Times: “Montana’s Famed Trout Under Threat as Drought Intensifies.” Which leads to questions about what is precipitating the devastating heat and drought across the West, and how overfishing, air pollution, industrial waste and food production contribute to the climate change that is affecting life on Earth?

I’m worried that my favorite salmon recipes, made with farmraised salmon, may include a few surprise ingredients like arsenic, PCBs, DDT and mercury. When I open a can of tuna, “Seaspiracy” claims, even the “Dolphin Safe” label can be unreliable.

The Guardian newspaper challenges some of “Seaspiracy’s” claims, saying that several fishing industry leaders were quoted “out of context.” The newspaper reports that there are viable groups working hard to create “sustainable’ sources of fish. It challenges the “Seaspiracy” claim that our oceans could be completely empty

ow do we eat healthy and still preserve the planet’s natural resources?

by 2048, saying that finding may be dated.

I checked out the websites of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and learned that there are hundreds of endangered fish on their lists, fish dying out because of overfishing or disappearing habitats. Among them is the Atlantic salmon. So, as a salmon eater, my choice is wild-caught Pacific salmon or farm-raised salmon, which seems to have issues not only with contaminants but with the farms themselves, which release huge amounts of waste into the oceans.

And if someone claims a farmed fish source to be environmentally conscientious and the fish safe to eat, how to know for sure?

Please watch “Seaspiracy” for yourself.

Read the rebuttals to the documentary on the BBC and Guardian websites. The questions for all of us are, how do we eat healthy and still preserve the natural resources of our planet? How do we create reliable oversight groups so that we can believe their reports of sustainable fish sources and healthy fishing protocols?

Right now, the fishing industry is largely self-reporting, and that raises issues.

As citizens of the Earth, our menu choices are fraught. Suddenly, a simple tuna sandwich creates an ethical dilemma.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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The time is right for offshore wind

lans to construct a wind farm in the ocean 15 miles south of Jones Beach will undoubtedly be met with opposition. The Long Island Commercial Fishing Association has already weighed in against the project, saying it could disturb vital fishing grounds. There will likely be others to follow during a two-year environmental review.

We mustn’t allow not-in-my-backyard protestations to scuttle such a project again, though. In 2007, plans for a 40-turbine wind farm off Jones Beach, 10 years in the making, were killed largely because of NIMBYist opposition by a small but vocal group called Save Jones Beach. Long Island Power Authority officials claimed the project would cost too much, but studies showed it would have raised ratepayers’ monthly bills by a mere $2.50.

Polling at the time showed Long Islanders overwhelmingly supported the wind farm, despite the rate increase. That’s because most folks understood then, and understand now, that we desperately need renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal to reduce our reliance on dirty fossil fuels such as coal, oil and even natural gas in order to stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis.

Yes, the Earth is heating up beyond the bounds of predictable climactic cycles, and we’re responsible for throwing the world’s mean temperature range out of whack. Power plants, factories, and cars and trucks send more than 40 billion metric tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide — the chief of driver of climate change —

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LETTERS Get vaccinated if you haven’t been To the Editor: New Yorkers across the state continue to fight Covid-19 by getting vaccinated, but we need to get even more shots in arms to put this virus behind us for good. I urge everyone who hasn’t gotten their shot yet to do so immediately. The vaccine is widely available and taking it is easy, safe and free.

As of last week, the percentage of New Yorkers testing positive for the virus was up, at 1.86 percent. The seven-day average was 1.66 percent. New patient hospitalizations, patients in intensive care units, patients in ICUs with intubation and deaths were all up.

All state mass-vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who would prefer to schedule an appointment at a state-run site can do so on the Am I Eligible App or by calling (833) NYS-4-VAX.

into the atmosphere every year. Since the Industrial Revolution began in 1750, humans have released 2,000 billion metric tons, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

That is, we have released enough carbon into the atmosphere to substantially alter its composition and set in a motion the climate crisis that we now face.

The question is, what will we do to stop it? Will we bravely seek new, clean forms of energy, or will we keep our heads buried in the sands of our pristine beaches until they’re all underwater? Yes, the climate crisis is raising sea levels and increasing the strength of hurricanes and tropical storms, while also causing wrenching drought in parts of the world — including the American Southwest — that have traditionally been rain-deprived.

You only need look to the abnormally scorching temperatures we have seen across the West this year — and the out-ofcontrol wildfires that have resulted — to understand the magnitude of the crisis that we face.

Climatologists tell us that the climate crisis is no longer a future projection. It is here and now, and we are only starting to feel its terrible effects. We are not powerless, however. Just as human ingenuity got us into this crisis, it can get us out of it. Building offshore wind farms around Long Island — considered the “Saudi Arabia of wind” — would be a step in the right direction.

It’s only natural that the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association would worry about the potential effects of wind

farms on traditional fishing grounds. It’s shortsighted, however, to think only in the present. Warmer ocean waters caused by the climate crisis could wipe out twothirds of all fish species around the globe, according to the World Economic Forum.

At the same time, fish — and birds — exist in a narrow temperature range to which they have spent millennia adapting.

Change the mean annual temperature over long periods of time, and the fish and birds begin migrating north to cooler regions.

In the near future, in other words, there may not be a Long Island fishing industry to speak of unless we act now.

Over the next two years, we also may hear that wind farms kill birds that fly through them. That’s true. All forms of energy production, though, kill wildlife.

Blowing apart mountains to extract coal certainly does. Oil spills in the ocean certainly do. For goodness’ sake, nuclear power plants kill billions of fish and fish larvae annually by sucking them from rivers and oceans through their cooling systems.

The National Audubon Society estimates that we could lose two-thirds of all bird species to climate change. That’s why the society supports wind farms, including offshore wind farms, even though we may lose thousands of birds to them.

If you’re really worried about birds, though, keep your house cat inside. Outdoor house cats kill some 2.4 billion birds in the U.S. and Canada every year, according to the American Bird Conservancy.

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You know that deal you recently announced with Boom Supersonic that has you placing options to purchase 15 Overture aircraft, the still-tobe-built supersonic transport planes?

If United, or any of Boom’s aeronautical engineers, have an institutional memory, they’ll recall that the firstgeneration Concorde SST died, in part, because of the ferocious opposition from those in the Five Towns living beneath RONALD J. final approach to F. Kennedy ROSENBERG John International Airport. That lesson needs to be heard in Tokyo, because Japan Airlines has secured 20 options for Overture, and Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is studying a supersonic airliner of its own.

Let’s be clear. If your airliner can’t fly into Kennedy, you aren’t flying anywhere.

Regardless of what technology you apply, whether its electric-powered engines or supersonic delta wings, the economics of any airliner depend on landing rights at JFK. The surrounding communities are

seasoned veterans of the jet noise war, and they know how to respond effectively based on their experiences with the deltawinged Concorde SST. In addition to a loud “double bang” sonic wave that assaulted people on the ground whenever the Concorde exceeded the speed of sound, its engines were considerably louder than those powering 747s and DC-10s of that era. Those jumbo jets arrive over the Five Towns far more slowly and far more quietly than the SST. The latest generation of aviation companies proposing to build a 21st-century SST has the advantage of working with research, technology, composite materials and supercomputers that were unavailable to Concorde designers back in the 1960s. Current plans suggest a design that incorporates an unusually long nose meant to contour a shock wave, wings designed to bounce a sonic boom up into the air and engines cloaked, in part, by twin vertical tails. Airlines also have a better appreciation of the economics of supersonic travel in an era of deregulation, when they have a far tougher and more competitive business model than the two European airlines that flew the Concorde across the Atlantic.

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Engineers say they fully appreciate that there is a point at which decibel readings for supersonic flight go off the chart and into the realm of community and Congressional opposition. They believe their prototype SST will offer a muted “thump” when it needs to fly over land in excess of Mach 1. While there has been an effort since 2018 to restart American SST research, Congress and the Federal Aviation Administration have yet to set new SST noise standards, which means, for the moment, that the industry is chasing a moving and subjective regulation.

As fabrication of SST aircraft moves forward, the industry should consider simultaneously launching a community outreach and educational program focusing on what their SST will and will not do that would begin to engage Long Islanders. They should share their science, for example, with village mayors and civic leaders, particularly those in the Five Towns; host a community open house at Hempstead Town Hall; display their design concepts at the Lawrence High School science fair; host an informational briefing for Nassau County elected officials at the Cradle of Aviation; create a web site that details the thou-

he new model may give off a thump rather than a bang when it exceeds Mach 1.

sands of hours of wind tunnel testing, computer modeling and concept designs; coordinate efforts with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs JFK; and offer a virtual online tour of the engineering centers where their first SST is being designed.

Boom Supersonic and its competitors, such as Lockheed Martin, need to appreciate that it is no longer sufficient to be the most innovative kid in the air. New technology, like new public infrastructure, now comes with a mandatory strategy to engage those who will be most impacted by it.

But a neighborhood outreach program will not address the issue facing Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Inwood, and other communities on the South Shore that daily absorb the sights and sounds of intense air traffic. We know Long Island isn’t the center of the commercial aviation universe, but persuading New Yorkers living near JFK that a new and vastly improved SST will not harm their quality of life will be essential to the long-term viability of an SST that few of us will ever fly.

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 is currently with the law firm he founded in 1999, Rosenberg Calica & Birney, in Garden City.

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People may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccines.gov to find information on appointments near them. The Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker Dashboard is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of vaccines. The state Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all vaccine administration data within 24 hours, and the data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect current metrics in the state’s vaccination effort.

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Transit agencies must settle dispute To the Editor: After seven months, New Jersey Transit and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have been unable to agree on how to split $14.5 billion of CARES Act Covid-19 relief funds from Washington administered by the Federal Transit Administration. The MTA anticipated receiving $4 billion out of the second and $6.5 billion out of the third round of funding.

This disagreement impacts other non-MTA transit operators. Until New York and New Jersey agree on a split of funding, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (FTA-sanctioned Metropolitan Planning Organization) will be unable to complete its funding request for its membership.

This will mean that NICE Bus, City of Long Beach, Suffolk County Transit and Town of Huntington bus will be unable to access their share of funding. These smaller agencies do not have the same ability to borrow money

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as the MTA does. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and other elected officials should ask Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Department of Transportation, the MTA chairman and board members to resolve this dispute as soon as possible. Local bus operators such as NICE Bus do not deserve to be adversely impacted financially by this impasse between the two largest transit

agencies in America.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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