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Proud Boys’ RVC march stirs outrage on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., after the Herald went to press. Attendees were encouraged to bring tcarrozza@liherald.com, msmollins@liherald.com flashlights to symbolize shining a The far-right political group light together. the Proud Boys made a surprise T he Proud Boys march march through the streets of sparked outrage from many resiRockville Centre last dents and elected we e ke n d d u r i n g officials. In an email Small Business Satto the Herald, the urday. Rockville Centre About 20 repreDemocratic Club sentatives of the said that hate has no g roup marched, place in the village, many flashing the and urged elected OK sign, which has officials, regardless become associated of their party, to with “white power” “denounce this and was labeled a despicable action symbol of hate by and ensure that it the Anti-Defamation never happens League in 2019. As again.” they marched, many “We are appalled handed out fliers by the march by neonear local businesses JUDY GRIFFIN fascists last Saturday promoting messages Assemblywoman in Rockville Centre,” such as “minimal club members wrote. government,” “anti“We question why racial guilt,” “venerate the house- the march was allowed to proceed wife” and “reinstate the spirit of without a permit, and why our Western chauvinism.” And in village was selected as a site for addition to American flags, some the Proud Boys to spew their marchers waved “Don’t Tread on message of hate including white Me” flags. supremacy hand signals.” In response to the march, a In a tweet, State Sen. Todd g athering was planned to Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long denounce hate on the steps of Beach, shared a video of the Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
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THE ROCKVILLE CENTRE Soccer Club men’s alumni game was held on the new turf at Tighe Field in the shadow of the water tower at Lister Field. The rededication was held in honor of the late Stephen Tighe.
Remembering ‘Mr. Soccer’ Field dedicated to late legendary coach By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
The Rockville Centre Soccer Club and village officials celebrated the completion of a goal close to a decade in the making last Saturday afternoon as they rededicated the recently renovated Tighe Field in honor of Stephen Tighe, a longtime club coach who died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. On a windy morning, village and state officials, the
Tighe family and players, coaches, and administrators of the RVCSC met to honor one of the club’s most beloved coaches. Tighe was known to many for his positive influence on his players, family and friends. “When I would come here as a kid to watch Dad coach, it was definitely not in its glory as it is now,” his daughter Elizabeth Tighe said of the field, which was previously known as Mill River Field. “I know he would be
very honored and proud of what it has come to today.” The field, on Windsor Avenue, just off Sunrise Highway, was renamed in Tighe’s honor in 2003, and the RVCSC emblem now contains his initials along with those of three other coaches who died that day, Jim Cove, Jimmy Geyer and Ed Geraghty. The field was neglected for years, despite attempts by local elected officials and the CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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Mercy breaks ground on new center By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
Mercy Hospital broke ground on a new Ambulatory and Family Care Center, aimed at primary and specialty care on Nov. 22. “Mercy Hospital has a long history of providing families access to quality health care,” President Peter Scaminaci said in a statement. “[It] will further enhance the quality, compassionate care we offer.” The 16,000-square-foot medical office received $7.3 million in New York state funding and a $1.3 million grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. It will offer expanded services for women and children that are now provided at Mercy Hospital. Pediatric specialists will provide services in allergy/immunology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology and pulmonology. The hospital recently expanded its telehealth services by offering maternal-fetal medicine care to high-risk expectant mothers of the Family Care Center. Mercy has also increased health care access and offers virtual services to expectant mothers who are diagnosed with diabetes, chronic hypertension, and/or pre-eclampsia; in addition to mothers who need genetic counseling. Expectant mothers receiving MFM services for any of those conditions will receive Bluetooth-enabled devices, including a tablet with a camera, a glucometer to measure sugar levels, a blood pressure cuff, a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels and a scale.
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EARL WRIGHT, CENTER, delivered a speech alongside his former Rockville Centre Soccer Club teammates during its 50th year celebration gala.
RVC Soccer Club celebrates 50 years By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
On Saturday, the Rockville Centre Soccer Club hosted its 50th anniversary gala at the St. Agnes Parish Center. Past and present members of the club helped raise money for the continued renovations at Tighe Field and future youth programs. After a morning of honoring members of the club’s past through the annual Bob Livingstone alumni games and the rededication of the new turf at Tighe Field, members came to the parish center to celebrate the successes the club has achieved for the past half century. Former players Mark Prochilo and Earl Wright came all the way from California to speak about their experiences with the club and hopes for its future. Prochilo strode to the stage, tossing his cap in the air, with Wright right behind him. Wright told the audience of the importance the club played in his life after he was born prematurely. He said the RVCSC was a place for him to make friends when many of the people around him were struggling and even dying. “For me, it’s kind of different because I owe my life to Rockville Centre Soccer Club,” Wright said. “There’s a lot of kids out there from my neighborhood, and I’m asking you to give them a chance just like the Rockville Centre’s soccer program gave me a chance and put me on the right path these kids are looking for the same opportunity.” Wright’s pleas have not gone unheard, as the club began a partnership with the MLK Center in 2020 to provide soccer clinics for Rockville Centre’s communities of color. Guests at the gala had 31 different gift baskets to wager on, varying from pickle ball sets, and gift cards to local businesses to New York Rangers tickets and wine, beer and bourbon baskets. As a token of their partnership with the New York Red Bulls Academy coaches and trainers, which started in 2016, the Major League Soccer organization provided a team-signed jersey with ‘RVC 50’ as a marquee raffle item.
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A ROCKVILLE CENTRE Soccer Club team from 1980, above. TIM MAY, NEAR left, displayed a picture of the 1976 South Side High School soccer team he played on with many RVCSC members, including the late Stephen Tighe, during the alumni game.
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RVCSC VICE PRESIDENT Tom McNicholas, far left, President Mike Perna, and Treasurer Cam Livingstone at the event.
Comedy Night brings the laughs to RVC The Sisterhood at B’Nai Shalom-Beth David kicked off its year of programming with a Comedy Night on Nov. 8. More than 60 people, including members, their friends and family members, gathered in the Knesset Room for the first time in more than a year to share an evening of laughs. Linda Schwartz, who serves as the co-president of the Sisterhood alongside Alyce Goostein, welcomed everyone and told them to “take themselves off mute,” so “we can laugh together.” Six comics then hit the stage, including Valerie Libasci, Karin Margaret, Linda DeSantis, Bruce Lipsky, Donna Moran and headliner Ellen Orchid, who each provided their comical insights into marriage, dating, getting older and other vagaries of life. The Sisterhood’s Tracey B. Simon kept the party going between performers with her brand of humor, and Rabbi David Lerner also got into the act, closing the evening with a joke. “Sisterhood’s comedy night was truly a team effort with many people participating, whether behind the scenes or at the event,” Schwartz said. “We missed those of you who couldn’t attend.” Schwartz thanked Simon for serving as master of ceremonies and managing the talent, and for helping her and Ira Salwen organize the event. She also thanked Maxine Geller for coming up with the idea of the event, Caryn Morgenbesser and Karen Skolnick for decorating, Nancy Hochhauser for making check-in sheets and a membership list, the crew of Elisa Skolnick, Sandy Friedman (also our expert treasurer), Cece Friedman, Bonnie Friedman, Florence Lubitz, and Lisa Mack for serving as check-in greeters and organizing raffles, Jill Kaplan for arranging the Judaica sale and Alica Purus, Joan Sidney, Sharon Fiend and Judy Greenberg for working at the table. Courtesy Sisterhood at B’Nai Shalom-Beth David; compiled by Mike Smollins
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THE SISTERHOOD AT B’Nai Shalom-Beth David hosted Comedy Night on Nov. 8.
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the RVC Library as facilitators help you connect on the joys and challneges of motherhood and support each other through their own journey. Register online at the library website. Starts at 10 a.m.
Simply Creative Chef Rob Chef Rob shares how to prepare asiago & proscuiutto pasta frittatas for a holiday brunch. Register online at the RVC Library website to receive the Zoom link to this virtual event. Starts at 10 a.m.
Intermediate Bridge with Anne Bass Anne Bass leads a class teaching participants how to play bridge at the Helen Kraus Room at the RVC Library. Starts at 10 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 3 Poetry Workshop with Mindy Mangot
Current Events discussion
Facilitator Mindy Mangot leads this group of aspiring poets. Register online for this virtual event at the RVC Library website. Starts at 1 p.m.
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 and registration is required. The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 10:30 a.m. start time.
Broadway Rocks The Who L.I.-based production company The Rock Project comes to The Madison Theater at Molloy College for this onenight celebration of the famous rock group’s music. Starts at 8 p.m.
Writer’s Workshop with Barbara Novack
Monday, Dec. 6 Monday Mysteries The RVC Library hosts this virtual book discussion of The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Register online at the library website for the Zoom link. Starts at 12 p.m.
Adult Afternoon Games Bring your friends and games to the RVC Library for an aftenoon of fun. Starts at 1 p.m.
Virtual Author Visit from Jean Hanff Korelitz Jean Hanff Korelitz, author of The Plot and the upcoming The Latecomer, virtually joins members of the RVC Library for a book discussion. Register online at the library website to receive the Zoom link. Starts at 7 p.m.
Meditation with MaryClare MaryClare Chiofalo leads this meditation class designed to help you destress, relax, and focus. Register online at the RVC library website. Starts at 7 p.m.
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Join Molloy College Writer-in-Residence Barbara Novack in this popular, interactive writing workshop in-person at the RVC Library. Please bring your works in progress for feedback and writing materials. Starts at 7 p.m.
The Village of Rockville Centre hosts its annual tree lighting at Village Green on Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 7 Chi Gong with Marianna Farina Farina returns in person to the Rockville Centre library with her exercise class. Register at the library website for the session that runs from Sept. 7 to Nov. 9. Starts at 10:30 a.m.
Library Play Date Come to the Helen Kraus Room at the RVC Library where your kids (ages 15 months to four years) can play with colorful toys in a fun environment. Register online at the library website. Starts at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday Yoga with Joe Certified yoga instructor Joe Climi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may
have difficulty with more traditional appraoches. This class is hybrid, with in-person and Zoom options. Register online at the RVC library website. Starts at 12 p.m.
Evening Books with Edna Ritzenberg Edna Ritzenberg leads a virtual discussion of the book A Burning by Megha Majumdar. Register online at the RVC Library website to receive the Zoom link for this virtual event. Starts at 7 p.m.
Titian: Women, Myth and Power with Thomas Germano Thomas Germano leads this virtual discussion of the mid-16th century Venetial Renaissance artist through the RVC Library. Register online at the RVC Library website. Starts at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 8 Simply Stronger with Marilyn Bunger 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.
Mothers’ Center Circle Join other mothers at Kim’s Corner in
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The RVC Farmers’ Market will be at Parking Lot 12 every Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. The Center for Sciene Teaching & Learning hosts Creatures of the Night Hike on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. Swim & Scuba on Sunrise Highway hosts lifeguard training classes on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. The RVC Board of Trustees have a regular meeting at Village Hall on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. The Board of Education meets in the SSHS auditorium on Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
What happens to storybook romance? cost; she focuses on diet and dollars. Sound familiar? If romantic love has faded from your relationship, don’t panic! You’ve entered another stage of love. Not all is lost. Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to see if you can love this imperfect person for who he or she really is. Don’t feel betrayed. Don’t dw e l l o n t h e t h o u g h t “you’ re not the person I believed you were.” Yes, you’re right. He’s not. She’s not. Remember, you were under nature’s anesthesia. You wanted to believe the two of you were the perfect couple in a romance novel, not a case study in a selfhelp book. Bummer! apadin Yes, relationship building isn’t easy. Still, you must do everything in your power to avoid being that crass couple at the wedding. No, you can’t magically wish away your relationship difficulties. They were destined to happen. They’re growth seeking to breathe. So, take a deep breath. Expand your thinking, shrink your judgments, nurture your roots. And don’t worry about endings. Fairy tale endings belong only in fairy tales. The rest of us go on living
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about. Romantic love changes – damn it! The anesthesia wears off. As change begins, starry-eyed lovers refuse to acknowledge it. Yet, despite their better selves, they get annoyed about actions they previously glossed over. Still, they minimize the differences, apologizing for their judgments. “He’s tired” – “she’s upset.” Problems are inevitable, but so what, they tell themselves. No relationship is perfect! As time elapses, however, romantic love recedes further from day-to-day interactions. Awakening from the anesthesia, each one feels a change. Perhaps it’s disappointment or hurt or anger. She may start thinkinda ing of him as selfish or egocentric. He may start viewing her as controlling or never satisfied. Instead of gazing into each other’s eyes, they sit in silence gazing at other couples in the restaurant. Over time, nagging differences may blossom into full-blown annoyances. He wants to watch the games on the weekend; she wants to spend “quality time” going out. He wants to stay up late; she needs to get to bed early. He orders from a menu without regard to cholesterol or
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The bride was glowing; the groom was beaming. With stars in her eyes, she described her husband as a special person who “is wonderful, caring, sensitive and makes me feel so good about myself.” He, in turn, passionately described his wife as a remarkable woman who “is loving, bright, beautiful and my best friend.” We guests were witnessing couple heaven, feeling the love that they each felt for each other. How enchanting! But then just 30 minutes later, a crass woman on the reception line muttered, “Just wait. She’ll wise up and see. Marriage is for the man’s benefit; women get the raw end of the deal.” Her mate took the bait. “What do you mean for the man’s benefit? Women suck men dry. Marriage is a woman’s game; soon enough he’ll turn into a spineless guy doing whatever she wants.” Everyone close by rolled their eyes, wishing this couple would just shut up. They were spoiling the moment. Romantic weddings, after all, appeal to the deepest instinct in all of us who want to believe in wondrous fairy tale love. Such love is nature’s anesthesia. Lovers fully focused on their passion, their devotion to one other with nary a thought of trials and tribulations yet to come. But now this crass couple had smashed the moment! How dare they? Still, many knew what they were talking
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Arrest ■■ On■ Nov.■ 15■ at■ 8:13■ p.m.,■ Martin■ Deely,■49,■of ■Long■Beach,■was■arrested■ on■ a■ warrant■ for■ driving■ past■ a■ lowered■ railroad■ gate■ while■ units■ were■ investigating■ the■ discharge■ of ■ a■ shotgun■ at■ the■ Best■ Western■ on■ Sunrise■ Highway.■ He■ told■ police■ officers■ that■ he■ accidentally■ discharged■ the■ shotgun■while■unloading■it.
Fire ■■ On■Nov.■10■at■7:28■p.m.,■a■resident■of ■ a■ building■on■N.■Centre■Avenue■reported■ that■ a■ towel■ caught■ fire■ from■ a■ candle.■ The■ fire■ sprinkler■ system■ activated,■and■the■building■was■evacuated■during■the■emergency■response.
Larceny ■■ At■ 8:29■ a.m.■ on■ Nov.■ 11,■ a■ Broadway■ resident■ reported■ that■ someone■ stole■ $1,150■from■his■car■while■it■was■parked■ in■his■driveay. ■■ The■owner■of ■Living■Legends■Sports■ Memorabilia■ and■ Collectables■ reported■ that■ someone■ stole■ an■ item■ from■ the■ store■on■Nov.■12■at■12:14■p.m.■ ■■ On■Nov.■15■at■3:35■p.m.,■a■customer■at■ Home■ Goods■ reported■ that■ she■ lost■ her■ wallet■ after■ she■ discovered■ unauthorized■purchases■on■her■credit■card. ■■ At■ 10:04■ p.m.■ on■ Nov.■ 16,■ a■ motorist■ reported■ that■ her■ car■ was■ stolen■ after■ she■ left■ the■ keys■ inside■ while■ she■ went■ into■ a■ store■ on■ S.■ Park■ Avenue.■ The■ vehicle■was■recovered■on■Nov.■17■by■the■ New■ Brunswick■ Police■ Department■ in■
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Leaving the scene ■■ A■motorist■reported■that■her■car■was■ struck■ by■ a■ truck■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■she■was■driving■on■Merrick■Road■ on■Nov.■17■at■3:32■p.m. ■■ On■ Nov.■ 18■ at■ 8:21■ a.m.,■ a■ driver■ reported■ that■ her■ car■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ vehicle■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ she■ was■driving■on■Hempstead■Avenue. ■■ At■ 4:10■ p.m.■ on■ Nov.■ 19,■ a■ motorist■ reported■ that■ her■ car■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ vehicle■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ she■ was■parked■on■Sunrise■Highway. ■■ A■ driver■ reported■ that■ his■ car■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ vehicle■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■it■was■parked■in■Municipal■Parking■Field■No.■7■on■Nov.■19■at■11:51■p.m.
Property damage ■■ On■ Nov.■ 12■ at■ 2:53■ p.m.,■ a■ motorist■ reported■that■her■vehicle■was■damaged■ while■ it■ was■ parked■ on■ N.■ Centre■ Avenue.
Unusual incident ■■ At■5:20■p.m.■on■Nov.■10,■a■Woods■Avenue■ resident■ reported■ that■ someone■ opened■ a■ debit■ card■ for■ unemployment■ benefits■in■her■name. ■■ A■ Whitby■ Court■ resident■ reported■ that■someone■used■her■debit■card■information■to■make■purchases■on■Nov.■14■at■ 10:43■a.m.
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There is the New York Times, good times and fun times, but the best times are often the “sometimes” that make for interesting times and (sometimes) happy times for some, if not all. Yes, sometimes it doesn’t rain right after you’ve washed the car, and sometimes the contractor finishes the job on time and for the price quoted. Sometimes you have so much to do, that you have nothing to say. Of course, sometimes you have so much to say, that nothing gets done. Sometimes the person you like the least, is the person you need the most. Sometimes the early bird chose on the worm, and sometimes you won’t be sorry. Sometimes the kids really so know what they’re talking about, and sometimes so do their parents (and sometimes both groups are talking about the same thing!).
Sometimes the weather report is accurate. Sometimes you should leap before you look. Sometimes good guys finish first and bad guys don’t finish at all (or d o n’ t eve r e n t e r t h e race). Sometimes “they” actually do know what t h e y ’ re d o i n g . S o m e times the officer doesn’t have anything better to than give you a (welldeserved) ticket. Sometimes they can get the spot . Sometimes the red light really was yellow, on and sometimes it does taste as good as it looks. Sometimes the audience listens and sometimes you truly are “happy to be here.” Sometimes the party comes off without a hitch and sometimes a good time was had by all.
Sometimes the just-turned-on radio plays your favorite song from the be ginning to and not just the final notes. Sometimes the bill is less than the estimate. Sometimes the elevator is there and sometimes the critic isn’t. Sometimes she’ll be ready in a minute and sometimes the blind date described as “having personality” is also handsome. Sometimes the instructions can help out the item together, and sometimes the edioldman tor’s choice” is a book you want to read. Sometimes the suit does fit like a glove. Sometimes a half empty glass is just what you need. Sometimes the professor gets the grades in on time. Sometimes the ant traps work
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The sometimes of our lives and sometimes the check is in the mail … box. Sometimes the copier doesn’t jam. Sometimes the meter isn’t fast (or broken). Sometimes the cell phone is tur ned before it ruins moment. Sometimes the socks stay in the pairs, and sometimes you can find a pen and paper to take down a number. Sometimes they truly like the gift and sometimes they’re glad you came. Sometimes we don’t embarrass our children. Sometimes the c1erk says thank you (and the customers says please). Sometimes your shoes are fine and it’s just your feet that don’t fit. And sometimes, only sometimes, there are the lucky times when the “sometimes” are always and all times. ©2021 Ron Goldman
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KATHLEEN TIGHE, CENTER right, with scissors, cut the ribbon on the new Tighe Field. Her late husband, Stephen, touched the lives of many soccer players in Rockville Centre.
Dozens gather for Tighe Field dedication CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE club to revamp it. Last year, however, a $1 million grant from the state Dormitory Authority brought about improvements including improved drainage, a stone wall for parents to sit on, fencing behind the Mill River sideline and, most
notably, artificial turf. Patrick Tighe said that his father could often be found seeding and lining the field, making it a place where he could spread his love for the game to new generations. On Saturday, many of those he coached, now grown up and with fam-
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ilies of their own, came back to don cleats once again and honor him in the alumni games. “It just shows how well knit and loving the community is,” his daughter Lindsay Tighe said. Elizabeth said her father was a patient coach. “He very rarely had a short fuse,” she recalled. “His harshest words were, ‘It’s unlucky.’ He wouldn’t ever put a kid down. Anytime they did something on the field that was meaningful to them, he would scream, ‘It’s magic!’” Jim Graham, who coached alongside Tighe, called his good friend “Mr. Soccer.” “Steve had an innate way about him to make everybody feel they were part of the team,” Graham said. Tighe was so dedicated to the game and his players that he considered quitting his job at Cantor Fitzgerald when he took on another team, the junior varsity squad at Kellenberg Memorial High School, in August 2001. He left his job at the World Trade Center at 3 p.m. every
day to make sure he got back to the village to do what really made him happy: coaching soccer. Last Saturday, the same day the soccer club celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala event at the St. Agnes Parish Center, it also honored Tighe, who helped it get where it is today. Cam Livingstone, the RVCSC’s treasurer, reflected on the rededication of the field to a man he played with and learned about coaching from. Livingstone coached the RVC Revolution, a name passed down from one of Tighe’s teams, for years. “It’s very emotional for me,” he said. “He was a tremendous coach, and dedicated a lot of time to the players of this community, so it’s really nice for the current players to come here and play on this field with his name. We as coaches always make a point to make it known to them who he was, what he did for this community and why we’re playing here — and why the field is dedicated in his name.”
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is expected to pass. Suozzi, a lawyer and accountant, first ran unsuccessfully for governor at age 43 U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, 59, is throwing in 2006, losing a primary bid to Elliot his hat in the ring for governor, the Glen Spitzer, a two-term attorney general often Cove resident said Monday. called “the sheriff of Wall Street” for his “I’m running for governor because I efforts to prosecute white-collar crime. believe this is the job I am made for,” Spitzer was later forced to resign in 2008 Suozzi said in a news conference. “Every- amid a sex scandal. thing I’ve done has prepared Suozzi had formed Fix me for this particular job at Albany in 2004, publicly critithis particular time.” cizing longtime Assembly Suozzi referred to himself Speaker Sheldon Silver, who as “a common-sense Demoresigned in 2015 amid a corcrat.” He said he would work ruption scandal. with anyone to solve problems Suozzi’s goal, he said, was to benefit the people he serves. to expose corruption in New “I’ve had a proven record in York state politics with his my career of doing that,” he grassroots movement. said. “It’s about doing the corAlthough his efforts were rect thing to help prople.” popular, the Democratic Party Tom Suozzi Then he added, “I feel like supported Spitzer. Suozzi lost this whole left-right extremist by a large margin across the thing is killing our country state, failing to carry even and our state.” Nassau County. The Democrat, who represents the 3rd It was a tough blow for an elected leadDistrict on the North Shore, has worked er who had beat the odds in the past. In over the past four years to reinstate home- 2001, Suozzi, after serving four terms as owners’ ability to deduct state and local Glen Cove mayor, became Nassau County taxes from their federal income tax bills. executive, the first Democrat in three The SALT deduction, which was capped at decades to hold the position. During his $10,000 in 2017 under President Trump, tenure from 2002 to 2009, he eliminated a has cost many Long Island residents thou- $45 million deficit, stopping the county sands of dollars annually. Most recently, from falling into bankruptcy. Suozzi pledged that he would not vote for But after winning twice as county execinfrastructure and social spending bills utive by wide margins, Suozzi lost in 2009 proposed by President Biden if SALT to Edward Mangano, who won by 386 votes reform were not included in the legisla- and was later brought up on corruption tion. charges in 2017. The House approved a provision in Suozzi took a break from politics but Biden’s expenditure bill on Nov. 19 to raise returned in 2017, when he won against the SALT cap to $80,000. The bill now goes Republican Jack Martins to represent the to the Democratically led Senate, where it 3rd Congressional District.
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Know anyone around town who you’d describe as a true do-gooder –– that PTA president, Little League coach or scout leader who goes above and beyond the call of duty; that community volunteer who gives so much of him or herself while asking for nothing in return; that volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who saved a life? The Rockville Centre Herald is currently seeking nominations for our annual Person of the Year. All People of the Year are featured in fulllength, front-page feature stories that appear in our final issue of the year, which will be published on Dec. 27.
If you know of any unsung heroes within the community who deserve recognition for their selfless work on behalf of others, please contact us immediately by email at msmollins@liherald.com or write to the Rockville Centre Herald, c/o Mike Smollins, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, N.Y. 11530. Submissions are due by Dec. 14., and the sooner we receive them, the better! Nominations are best sent by email. Along with your nominations, just give us two or three sent e n c e s why your nominee deserves recognition and provide contact information for him or her, if you can. You can nominate more than one person.
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THE FAR-RIGHT PROUD Boys marched through RVC last Saturday afternoon, flashing white power gestures during their unauthorized demonstration.
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group marching at the intersection of North Park Avenue and Merrick Road, a few blocks from his office. “I think the latest elections emboldened them — I don’t remember this happening before,” Kaminsky tweeted. “I will not be silent. Their hatred has no place here — this is not the Nassau I know. Who else will speak up?” “Rockville Centre police were able to ensure that this small protest, whose organizers never sought a permit, was mostly orderly,” Mayor Francis X. Murray said in a statement released on Sunday morning. “The entirety of the protest was less than an hour. Our village is made up of decent, law-abiding residents that denounce groups that spread hate and seek to divide us. I’m confident and grateful that extremist groups like the Proud Boys won’t find support from me or our community.” “It is extremely concerning that the far-right, neo-fascist Proud Boys held a march through Rockville Centre this afternoon,” State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, said. “Organized groups that espouse violence and hate should not be welcome in our communities.”
Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé, a Democrat from Freeport, called the march a “brazen display of hatred,” and called it “disturbing.” “Now is the time to condemn vile bigotry wherever it emerges and come together to declare loudly and clearly that hate has no place in Rockville Centre or anywhere else in our county,” Mulé said. “I am disgusted that this took place in our district,” U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City, tweeted on Saturday. “I will continue to fight against racism, hatred and white nationalism while serving as your representative.” The Proud Boys are designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for their self-described “western chauvinism.” The group took part in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017, when chants of “white power” and “Jews will not replace us” were heard throughout the weekend. Several members and supporters of the New York and national chapters were indicted for allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Many of the group’s members marched through Bay Shore in October.
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United Church, School assembles hygiene kits Members of United Church of Rockville Centre and students at the United Church Nursery School recently assembled hygiene kits to donate to Church World Services, a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger and poverty. The 96 kits included baggies, combs, toothbrushes, nail clippers, soap, bandages, towels and washcloths. Church World Services will take the items and distribute them to those in need in emergency situations. Nursery School Director Jacqueline Hoey said that the students “hugged the bags” so the recipients would feel extra love. To learn more or to donate to Church World Services, visit cwskits.org. Courtesy United Church of RVC; compiled by Mike Smollins
THE KITS CONTAINED hygiene products. STUDENTS HUGGED THE kits so that those who received them would feel “extra love.”
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LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice to Bidders Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Department of the Village of Rockville Centre, One College Place, Room 204, Rockville Centre, New York 11570 for the matter stated below until 11:00 am prevailing time on DECEMBER 16, 2021 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: LEASE OF ONE (1) 2022 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN LS 1500 4X4 or equivalent, For the Village of Rockville Centre Fire Department Bid # 2112F1(1030) The bid specifications can be examined on the Village’s website at
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LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice to Bidders Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Department of the Village of Rockville Centre, One College Place, Room 204, Rockville Centre, New York 11570 for the matter stated below until 11:00 am prevailing time on DECEMBER 16, 2021 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: 90 CUBIC YARD STEEL EJECTOR OPEN TOP TRAILER Bid No. 2112DPW1(1029) The bid specifications can be examined on the Village’s website at www.rvcny.gov. Follow the link to the Purchasing Department. All questions should be
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A. It starts with misunderstanding what is enforceable and who enforces. Plans are prepared well ahead of getting permit review, and long before contractors estimate or make a contract with the owner. Plans get more scrutiny than ever before, partially due to the expectation that, because most are prepared by computer, tons more information can onte eeper magically be cut and pasted or that, somehow, 3-D views automatically appear, which is false. Planning also gets more scrutiny because many people have no intention of applying for permits, avoiding expense and time. So building officials seem ready to look for more information to cover issues that might apply to the proposed work. For example, a survey showed a winding border “brick retaining wall” at a property edge, prompting hours of calls, pictures, letters and proof to show the flower bed edging was loosely laid bricks so weeds wouldn’t grow from the lawn to the flower bed. After planning finally gets beyond the “prove it” phase, a permit may be issued and the contractor takes over. At the construction stage, plans have a slight chance of being followed to the letter, but quite often, builders do whatever they choose. Once in a while there’s the pleasant surprise of a conscientious individual who communicates before just altering the job to something not intended. Where this leads is that most consumers believe, falsely, that builders probably know the laws and the necessary engineering, and the outcome will be seamless. Unfortunately, because nobody on a residential project holds the builders responsible for taking liberties with the plans, the permits, the law or critical engineering problems, they’re free to create significant problems for the owner. The dilemma is further reinforced by officials who don’t hold the builder responsible, so instead, they deflect the responsibility to the “design professional,” mainly because they can, not because the architect or engineer is involved in poor decisions that led to the problems. I’ve seen the wrong beams installed, missing reinforcing, the building placed in the wrong spot, wrong roof angles creating building height violations that rerouted the project back through a nine-month zoning board revisit, windows substituted that no longer meet the emergency-escape requirements, using particle board instead of structural plywood — the list goes on and on. How anyone can ask for a letter to cover the mess and just make it go away by expecting the architect or engineer to just write a letter is ridiculous, but asked for all the time. You think you’re being protected by officials, but are you really? Good luck!
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he towns, cities and villages of Long Island have their own recorded and unrecorded histories. Their stories are told by local historians, librarians and historical societies. In many cases, lacking those resources, the history of those communities disappears year by year with the passing of the people who were blessed with those long-term memories. Long Beach, one of South Shore residents’ most popular coastal escapes, is one of those placJERRY es whose colorful history has filled KREMER numerous books, and is lucky enough to have residents who make it their mission to keep its history enshrined in books and fading photographs. One of the keepers of Long Beach history, Paul Jackson, died recently, leaving behind a number of hard-to-find books and other cherished notes that will fade in time. Jackson was a prolific writer, and published a number of books that gained the attention of history critics across the country. His first, “Our Town, Our Time: Long Beach, L.I. in the 1930s and WWII,”
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was a nostalgic look at the seaside city, with recollections of the schools, stores, movie theaters, the boardwalk and hotels. Orphan’s Day, the big bank robbery of 1939 and the murder of the mayor by a cop were its highlights. Jackson chronicled the experiences of 250 returning GI’s and wrote about the 30 Long Beach men who were killed in the war. His second book “Scoundrels by the Sea: The Sullied Past of Long Beach Politicians, Swindlers, Bootleggers — and Worse,” wasn’t published until 2013, long after Jackson left his chosen profession. In that book he took on dozens of deceased politicians, such as District Attorney William Cahn, State Assembly Speaker Joe Carlino, Democratic Leader Phil Kohut and Tammany Hall Leader Jimmy Hines, and described at length the lesser-known events and personalities that made Long Beach unique, compared with its many neighboring communities. While not a colorful celebrity, Jackson’ primary job was as editor and publisher of the weekly Long Beach Independent, which dated back to the late 1930s but ceased publishing in 1976. I got to know him when I was 12 years old, and had the temerity to walk into the paper’s office on
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Park Place and offer my services as a writer. I didn’t ask for money, but just the opportunity to write for free, which had become a childhood passion. Jackson was impressed with my nerve, and I was assigned to read the dozens of press releases that came in each week and try to boil each one down to a simple paragraph. In my early days at the Independent, I didn’t understand much about Long Beach politics, but I learned in a short time that it was brutal. There was no real Republican Party, but the city boasted the presence of the Assembly speaker, Carlino. The two factions were the group headed by the Democratic Party leader, Kohut, and his adversary, former Mayor Theodore Ornstein. Working for a weekly newspaper while at the same time trying to launch my own political career was a great challenge. Jackson didn’t believe in political correctness, and one by one, he challenged the people in power with blistering commentary. During those tumultuous years, I tried to walk a straight line between the factions, but sooner or later I would be forced to choose a side to survive. In those years, the most valuable asset that any weekly could have was the des-
met him when I was 12, and offered my services as a writer for the Independent.
ignation as the city’s official newspaper. That meant that all of the city’s legal notices were published in that paper. Survival depended on whether the political bosses favored your paper over its local rival. Eventually Jackson’s political commentary got under Kohut’s skin, and the Independent lost that coveted designation. Jackson’s career as an editor and publisher lasted only a few years, and without that valuable patronage, the Independent ceased publication. I continued to work part-time for weekly papers until I graduated from law school, worked as a city prosecutor and was elected to the Assembly. I had a brief encounter with Jackson when my book “Winning Albany” was published. Jackson was upset with my friendly relationship with “Boss Kohut.” The people who work hard to preserve Long Beach history owe a special debt of gratitude to Jackson for his dedicated work in chronicling so many key moments of local history. A side note: “Scoundrels by the Sea” lists for $122 on Amazon. 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.
How did you get through? In 50 words or less.
ell me your story. If you’re reading this, you are living through a deadly pandemic that has killed more than five million people worldwide. So far. If you’re reading this, you are just coming off Thanksgiving and zooming toward peak holiday season. Expectations for joy abound, lights dazzle and music bombards us with its slightly out-ofsync cheer. Some of us gather strength and purpose from the festive spirit. Some of us feel that the RANDI gifting and shopKREISS ping, and the stuffing of turkeys and ourselves, are just too much. Post-vaccine, we are resuming, life but not exactly. We are moving toward normal but watching the new variant coming from South Africa. Flights are canceled again. Holiday parties are on again, off again, depending on where you live and what the rules are. The one absolute commonality we share: We are alive in this moment, during the worst epidemic of our genera-
tion. Each of us has a story to tell, and I would like to offer this space for you to share yours. Some years ago, my son-in-law, Josh, said he wanted to interview my parents for StoryCorps.org, an online website where anyone can post a story about themselves. Once posted, it lives on in perpetuity. More recently, Storyworth has taken off. Another venue, it sends the person of your choice weekly questions and, at the end of a year, compiles the answers into a book, which becomes a keepsake of their thoughts or history or memories. Moth Radio features first-person human-interest stories. We have been telling one another stories ever since men and women were able to scrawl drawings on caves. We share common memories, but we see those bygone events through varying prisms. The truth of any one person’s stories is always on a sliding scale. When Josh called me and asked if it was OK for him to record my parents and post their stories to StoryCorps. org, it was the worst possible time. My folks were 97 and 92 years old. They
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lived in south Florida. Josh lived in California, way north of San Francisco and far away from any reasonable international airport. He said he had only two days he could travel to my folks’, including flying time. I told Josh it wasn’t a good time. I knew it wasn’t a good time. I suggested we leave it to my mother. She said yes. Josh flew on a Thursday, arriving at their house at 1 a.m. on Friday. That day he interviewed each of my parents for four to five hours, on and off, between their meals and physical therapy sessions and looking for my dad’s cane, hat, shoes, eating glasses, reading glasses and walking glasses. Josh was on the ground in Florida for about 24 hours. The stories are now part of StoryCorps history, and they’re even more precious now. Dad died in 2017. Mom died two years later. We all want to be known, to say in words that we have walked the earth and lived and loved. In this pandemic, we want to get out of our own heads, where we’ve been living alone for so long, and tell the world how we’re getting through. How has our work
he need to tell stories is etched into our souls. Why not try it in this space?
changed? What happened in school and out of school? What was it like to care for young children day after day and month after month with little relief aside from outdoor gatherings? As a longtime married woman, I feel like the subject of an experiment on human behavior. The question: How do isolation and stress affect marriage? In March 2020, most of us thought the virus might knock us off our routines for a few weeks. Now I have a 50-page folder of Covid Cuisine, quick meals for when we want to eat but I don’t want to cook. The need to tell stories is etched into our souls, part of our DNA. Why not try it in this space? Please, tell me your pandemic story in 50 words or fewer, and I’ll use my column to post the most compelling ones. You can be anonymous if you wish. We did this before, in less dramatic times, and it was enlightening. So, take a few minutes and put together a few words. Send them to the email below. I’ve been telling you my story every week since the pandemic fractured our sense of well-being. I want to know yours. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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n recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools. In public spaces, from the mall to your local coffee shop and grocery store, many people no longer wear masks, believing they aren’t necessary anymore. Last week, we were hit by a harsh dose of reality: Seemingly out of nowhere, a new strain of the coronavirus, which scientists called the Omicron variant, reared its ugly head, first in South Africa and then Israel, several Western European countries, Hong Kong and Australia. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said over the weekend that the strain had not yet been detected in the U.S., but it could very well be here.
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South Africa discovered the strain first because health officials there were investigating why the country went from 200 coronavirus cases a day only recently to some 2,465 cases on Nov. 25, according to the Associate Press. What does this tell us? One, we must not think we have vanquished the coronavirus. It is still lurking worldwide, and anywhere and any time an infectious strain of the virus arises, there is the potential for it to spread to us here, on Long Island. So we must continue masking and social-distancing protocols to limit its transmission. This new strain is potentially more insidious than the Delta variant, which has ravaged the world, because the vaccines may be less effective in providing immunity against it. Scientists are study-
This holiday season for sure, shop locally
ach year, we encourage our readers to shop locally, in your community’s downtown, during the holidays. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, we’re doubling down on that advice. We know Covid-19 spreads among dense populations. That only makes sense. It’s an airborne disease, so when people are tightly packed into small or confined spaces, there’s a greater chance that the virus will be transmitted from one person to the next. Shopping in your downtown, with its smaller stores, where customer density can be better controlled than at the malls and superstores, would thus seem like a
smart move, particularly now, with the rise around the world of the Omicron variant, against which the vaccines may be less effective. Beyond that, shopping locally is just good for your community. Keeping local shops and eateries in business supports the tax base, and bolsters homeowners’ property values. By contrast, downtowns full of boarded-up shops lead to rising property taxes for homeowners and plummeting house values. That is, shopping locally is in your self-interest. Moreover, it is a way to give back to the people who give so much to their communities. Local shop and restaurant
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ing whether that is the case, and it could be weeks before we know the answer for sure. You should be vaccinated just in case — and to fight the many other Covid-19 variants. And we should vaccinate ourselves ASAP. That includes teenagers and children. New strains of the virus emerge in the unvaccinated population. It’s there where the virus can continue to spread, and any time it is transmitted from one person to the next, it has the potential to mutate. Mutation — the ability of the virus to re-engineer itself — is its survival mechanism. If it does not spread, it cannot continue to mutate. We are in the battle of our lives here. Like it or not, we must remember that this holiday season.
LETTERS Jan. 6 was ‘just a protest’ To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Recalling two failed coups that will live in infamy” (Nov. 25-Dec. 1): I agree that what happened in 1991 in the Soviet Union was important, and should be memorialized, as it was in the 2015 documentary “The Event.” I wish I had seen it. But I recall a hapless Boris Yeltsin, soon to be succeeded by Vladimir Putin. And Bulgaria found its rightful destiny. Above all, I would appreciate no extrapolations of that or other similar coup attempts to what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. As a first-generation immigrant, I could not be prouder of our America. I am thrilled to be here, and that includes all our presidents. On Jan. 6, all our institutions held firm and did not budge — no insurrection, no riot, just a protest. To become a proud citizen, I learned that our
owners are the folks who sponsor Little League teams and donate to the Girl and Boy Scouts. They are the ones who organize fundraisers for children stricken by deadly diseases, and who advocate for better roads and schools in their communities. The owners of the small businesses that line the streets of our communities are us. That’s why you are more likely to receive competent service and a friendly smile when you shop locally. The coming month has the potential to challenge us in unforeseen ways. Now is the time to be safe — and that means being smart. Start by shopping locally.
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axes, property assessments, crime and schools were top concerns for Long Island politicians in the Nov. 2 elections. Both Democrats and Republicans tried to persuade voters that they would do a better job of keeping us safe and financially secure. In 2021, however, these standard suburban issues motivated more Republicans than Democrats to show up and vote, resulting in a change in party leadership in Nassau County’s executive branch and the Suffolk County MARTINE Legislature. For suburban resiHACKETT dents, the added expectation and understanding is that our high tax dollars show up to maintain our quality of life in the services that the government provides. We are paying for safety from crime, but also the safety of the air we breathe and the water we drink, and protection during a pandemic. But in campaign materials, and apparently on most voters’ minds, one major
issue seemed to be missing: the ongoing public health crisis that is the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 750,000 Americans. If Covid was mentioned by candidates during campaigning, it was with promises of what the government would not do — no mask mandates in schools, no employee-mandated vaccines. While political parties focus on the topics that they believe will get people to the polls, some issues, like public health, need to be supported no matter who is in power. Public health is by its nature political. It must be. In the earliest days of the United States, protecting citizens from infectious diseases like yellow fever fell to local municipalities, which enacted quarantine regulations for ships that arrived at coastal cities. The first public health agency was created in 1866 in New York City, and reduced deaths from a cholera epidemic that year through inspections, investigations and disinfection. Cities that did not have a public system to monitor and combat the epidemic experienced many more deaths. Government action is necessary to
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n their 2020 campaigns, candidates promised what the government would not do.
LETTERS nation is based on three separate branches — the executive, legislative and judicial. As a lawyer for 45 years, I can assure you that all was well outside, as well as inside, the D.C. “Beltway” on Jan. 6. If there really was a coup attempt, what disruptive aftermath did it cause? The fact is, there was no disruption, and, mercifully, life goes on. I only wish Brinton had more faith. God Bless America. WILLIAM J. A. SPARKS, ESQ. Merrick
Who’s doing the censoring, Randi? To the Editor: I was reading Randi Kreiss’s column “Sticks and stones — words can never harm me” (Nov. 18-24), about censorship and book burning, anticipating with relish the words she would use to describe the censorship exercised by the major social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) against voices on the right that they oppose. Instead Kreiss turned it around, and accused Trump supporters and associated people on the right of seeking to impose censorship! I was astounded. Where are the examples? Her examples, “flames rising from places like Virginia” and Texas ordering school officials to look in schoolbooks for pornography, were
carry out the work of public health. How else do you get sewers across jurisdictions? Who else would pay for the clean water and the pipes to bring it into your home? Would restaurants regulate themselves to keep food preparation safe? The work to ensure public health must be carried out no matter what ideology is popular or which party has been elected to lead. The needs of public health continue no matter who is in power. Meanwhile, there are other pressing public health issues in Nassau and Suffolk counties that require political support: the increase in substance use and overdose deaths; the significant mental health strain of anxiety and depression among young people; and high rates of maternal and infant mortality. Collective and coordinated political action worked on Long Island to manage the spread of Covid-19 by deploying wideranging techniques similar to those used more than 150 years ago to combat cholera. Modern approaches to public health now also recognize that social factors play
a key role in people’s health. We saw this when the coronavirus pandemic devastated communities of color in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and recognize that the people in these communities were not solely to blame. Rather, it was the underlying conditions that existed before the pandemic — food insecurity, crowded housing, lack of internet access — that made outcomes so much worse for some than for others. Political forces need to address these public health priorities as well. At a time when party lines are dividing those who are vaccinated and those who are not, when mandating mask wearing to protect the health of everyone is framed as a matter of individual choice, we have lost the nonpartisan thread of public health. Whoever is in power in Nassau and Suffolk needs to address the longstanding issues of public health by doing what works and acknowledging the vital role that government action has on health outcomes. Red and blue waves come and go on Long Island every few years, but political public health action must remain constant. Dr. Martine Hackett is an associate professor in the Master of Public Health and Community Health Programs at Hofstra University.
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weak and non-specific. She certainly did not cite the fact that many books that were traditionally read in high school, like “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” are now banned — yes, censored — by schools. LEON SUTTON, PH.D. Long Beach
Paying for those D.C. spending bills To the Editor: President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and their respective Democratic House and Senate caucus members claim that both the $1.2 trillion infrastructure and $1.75 trillion Build Back America bills are fully paid for. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the first bill would add $228 billion, and the second bill $367 billion, to our $29 trillion-and-growing national debt over the next 10 years. If they are so confident of this financing scheme, let them all put up their respective future pensions, 401(k) retirement plans, stocks, bonds, cars, homes, Social Security earnings and other assets as collateral. Place all of them in a blind trust on behalf of taxpayers. This could serve as a small down payment to cover the inevitable multi-billion-dollar shortfall in anticipated revenues to pay for
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both bills over the coming years. Ask their spouses or significant others to do the same. Biden, Schumer, Pelosi and company remind me of J. Wellington Wimpy, who famously said, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Tuesday may never come for taxpayers who must pay for all the goodies promised by them within their lifetimes. LARRY PENNER Great Neck
CORRECTION In the article “South Side seniors sign to play sports in college,” (Nov. 25-Dec. 1), we incorrectly reported that Emily Iacobellis will play Division I girls’ soccer at Cornell University and Brady West will play Division I boys’ soccer at Loyola University. They will both be playing Division I lacrosse at each university. We regret the errors.
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