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Gold Coast Library hosts a blood drive to dent shortage BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
The Gold Coast Public Library, in Glen Head, hosted a blood drive with the New York Blood Center Jan. 31 in an ongoing effort to help end a national blood shortage. Twenty-seven donors gave at the library Monday, donating a pint of blood each, which, in total, could save as many as 81 lives, as each donation saves up to three.
“We would like to thank the donors that took the time to brave the snowy, cold weather to come down and help in this critical time of need,” Clare Trollo, the library’s program coordinator, said. “Also, to the nurses and volunteers that worked so hard to make the day a success.” Gold Coast has held blood drives since 2011, with one per year each July until five years ago, when the national blood
shortage worsened, Trollo said. The library added a second drive in January to maximize donations. “The library’s all about community, and we’ve been doing all we can to help out,” Trollo said. A major reason that blood collection centers haven’t kept up with demand is that community blood drives have been postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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THE MASQUERS REHEARSED the first scene of "Footloose: Youth Edition: on Monday.
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he North Shore Middle School Masquers are looking forward to performing in the musical, “Footloose: Youth Edition,” this weekend. They worked hard to perfect their performances on Monday. The story of Footloose is Ren McCormack’s journey from being a city boy from Chicago to a life in the small town of Bomont, Texas. Dancing is forbidden in Bomont, which McCormack can’t tolerate. Finally, he convinces the Reverend Shaw to let teenagers dance. The live performances are on Friday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 5, at 2 and 7 p.m. at North Shore High School Theater. Tickets are available at nsmasquers.org/ tickets-and-streaming.
MORGAN JAIRALA, LEFT, Olivia Kenny and Cecelia Reilly were in costume way before the rehearsal began. SEVERAL MIDDLE SCHOOL students learned of ropes of acting while in rehearsal. THE ENTIRE CAST of “Footloose: Youth Edition” are looking forward to performing this weekend.
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BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN and lAURA lANE Members of the Oyster Bay Town Board found themselves in the center of conflict at their meeting on Jan. 25. Syosset resident Kevin McKenna, a frequent critic of Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino who often speaks at meetings, exchanged heated words with Saladino and Councilman Lou Imbroto during the meeting and the public comment period that followed. During the meeting, McKenna, a blogger, asked about a transfer-of-funds resolution that was filed by the town to approve the use of budgetary money by the town’s inspector general, Brian Noone, to hire a consultant to look into an outage in the town’s email system that began on Dec. 3 and lasted 11 days. “Can the public know who the consultant was that was hired to look at that alleged computer problem?” McKenna asked. He also asked, “Do any board members know the name of that consultant? Do any of the board members care about the name of that consultant?” An argument soon erupted between Saladino and McKenna. Eventually Saladino asked McKenna to sit down, saying he had violated the town meeting Rules of Decorum. But McKenna was undeterred. “I’d like to stand up to make sure that I get
my answer because, typically, what you sarial. If I’ve got a video that shows you do is you have the resident sit down, and gave the finger to that person, you will 60 percent of the time you do not answer have an issue.” McKenna was not told to leave, the question,” he said. “So, I am going to although Imbroto continstay here until I get the ued to request that he be answer to the question. removed. You’re not going to bamThis was not the first boozle me like you bamtime that McKenna has boozle other residents.” stirred up a Town Board Eventually McKenna meeting. In 2018, he was did sit down, but moments asked to leave a meetlater he was accused by ing, after Councilwoman Imbroto of making a lewd Michele Johnson accused gesture toward him. McKenna of making a McKenna claimed that “ l e w d h a n d g e s t u r e, ” he was simply pointing to which she said was sexual the count-down clock, harassment. The town which is used to limit pubtried, but was unsuccesslic comments to a maxiful in baring McKenna mum of 10 minutes. from attending meetings “Do we think Mr. McKfor the remainder of the enna should have the priv- KEVIN MCKENNA year. ilege [to speak] as to the Syosset “There are certain indiway that he just behaved?” viduals that attempt to disImbroto asked. “He gave me the finger from the front row, and he rupt Town Board meetings either for should not even be in this room right personal or political agendas,” Imbroto said the next day. “Each should be held now.” Tow n at t o r n e y F r a n k S c a l e r a to the standards set forth in the Rules of attempted to defuse the situation by Decorum, adopted to protect free speech speaking with McKenna, but their for the public and prevent disruptive, exchange bordered on becoming heated, obscene or violent behavior at our meetwith McKenna threatening to sue the ings.” McKenna claimed on his blog that town. “This is a professional decorum,” Scalera said. “You ask your questions, Imbroto’s accusation was false, and that and you get your answers. It’s not adver- the video of the meeting would prove it. But Imbroto countered that McKenna had held his hand to his chest while making the gesture, so it would not be picked up by the video.
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The two have argued at past meetings. Imbroto said he didn’t know why he was sometimes singled out by McKenna. McKenna said on Jan. 27 that Imbroto is Saladino’s “protector,” and that he has nothing against the councilman. “I think he’s a nice guy outside the meetings,” McKenna said. “Why does he get so upset when I ask a question? They do everything they can to shut me down.” Imbroto said that McKenna should have been ejected from the room, and added that there were no police at the meeting, as there usually are. “Imbroto is using the same tactic used years ago by Councilwoman Johnson to attempt to ban McKenna from meetings,” McKenna wrote in his blog on Jan. 26. “People get sent to the back of the room so the public will think that the person is getting an answer from a commissioner, but you never do,” McKenna said. “They should answer the questions so the public can hear it.” And, he said, during the 10 minutes he was permitted to speak during the meeting regarding the transfer-of-funds for the inspector general he was unable to make his point, because Saladino and Imbroto continued to interrupt him. “I have the right to my 10 minutes,” McKenna said. “They went into attack mode to shut me down for seven minutes. They spoke more during my time than I was allowed to. This is preventing freedom of speech.”
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Friday, Feb. 4
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Movie at the Library: “All Saints”
The Glen Cove City Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Glen Cove High School.
Based on the inspiring true story of salesman turned pastor Michael Spurlock, the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all. The movie will begin at 2 p.m. at the Oyster Bay East Norwich Library, with an additional showing at 6:30 p.m. the same night.
Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution The Glen Cove City Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Glen Cove High School.
Thursday, Feb. 10
Adult Galentine’s Day - Sew a Zipper Pouch Enjoy some girl time and come create with the Hive. You’ll sew your own zipper pouch that can be used for travel, cosmetics or anything your heart desires. Complimentary Wine and Charcuterie will be served. Participants will learn how to use a sewing machine, how to sew in a zipper, how to read, trace, and cut out a pattern, and more. All materials and instruction included in the workshop’s $65 registration fee. This workshop is ages 21+ and begins at 7:30 p.m., register online at hivemarketob.com.
Saturday, Feb. 5 Cross Stitch Valentine Bookmarks From 2 to 3 p.m. at the Locust Valley Library, make a sweet bookmark to gift to a special reader in your life. This will be a simple pattern for beginners that includes hearts, bees and letters. Grades 3 and up. Register online at locustvalleylibrary.org.
Artisan Jules “Cash Mob” Join North Shore Biz Network at Artisan Jules Gifts & Goodness, 215 Glen Cove Ave. in Sea Cliff, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a “Cash Mob.” Cash Mobs are events where people agree to patronize a specific local business on an appointed day and time. They not only have a positive impact on the business, but also spread public awareness about local businesses and their positive impacts in the community.
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Sea glass wrapping workshop In this wire-wrapping workshop, each student will select their own unique piece of sea glass and turn it into a beautiful necklace using a wire wrapping technique. This workshop, located at Hive Market and Maker’s Space, 100-102 Audrey Ave. in Oyster Bay, begins at 2 p.m. on Feb. 5. All materials are included in the class’s $50 registration fee. Register online at hivemarketob.com. meats and dairy, fresh baked bread and sweets, honey, maple syrup, grab-andgo as well as bake-at-home prepared foods and other locally made goods, the Deep Roots Winter Market will take place on Saturdays through April, at 100 Village Square, on Bridge Street, in Downtown Glen Cove from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 6 Sundays with Shakespeare Sundays with Shakespeare presented by the Sea Cliff Library continues to meet virtually weekly to discuss one of the Bard’s plays for five weeks, Sundays at 5 p.m. Register online at seaclifflibrary.org for the Zoom link.
Monday, Feb. 7 Book Discussion: Oh William! Join the Oyster Bay East Norwich Library at The Homestead Restaurant where they will discuss the book “Oh William!” by Elizabeth
Strout. Registrationbis required, and can be done via email at mdodson@oysterbaylibrary.org.
Tuesday, Feb. 8 OBEN Board of Education Meeting The Oyster Bay East Norwich School Board will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the OBHS auditorium.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Music and Influence The influence that composer Ludwig van Beethoven had on the progression of music history cannot be overstated. His defiant approach towards music and composing paved the way for artists today to express themselves as they truly desire. Gain an understanding of this complicated genius and learn how, over 150 years later, he is still influencing the world today. Presented by Dan Lupo and the Glen Cove Library via zoom. Register online at glencovelibrary.org.
Bayville Planning Board Meeting The Planning Board of the Village of Bayville
Genealogy is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the United States, but with all the information out there, it can be difficult to get started. Join Librarian and genealogy enthusiast Grace Palmisano at the Bayville Library and learn some helpful hints on tracing your family history. Special attention will be paid to digital records. Register at bayvillefreelibrary.org for the Zoom link.
will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Village Hall, 34 School Street.
Oyster Bay Town Board Meeting The Oyster Bay Town Board will hold their next business meeting at 10 a.m. in Town Hall.
The African Burial Ground: Black Archaeology in Early New York CIty Thousands of African-Americans who lived in New York City during the 1600s and 1700s waited beneath lower Manhattan, entirely forgotten until they were rediscovered during the construction of an office building. Learn about important events of New York City’s early history reflected in the African Burial Ground. Presented by Archaeologist Patty Hamrick via Zoom, this program will begin at 7 p.m. Register online at locustvalleylibrary.org.
Wednesday, Feb. 9 Secrets of the NYC Subway Join the Sea Cliff Library in the program presented by Oscar Israelowitz at 6 p.m. and learn subway secrets for yourself. Q & A session will follow the presentation. Register
The next Oyster Bay East Norwich Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The City of Glen Cove will hold a City Council meeting on Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. The Locust Valley Board of Education is meeting on Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the MS/HS auditorium The Oyster Bay Town Board’s next meeting will be Feb 8 at 10 a.m. The Sea Cliff Board of Trustees will hold their next meeting on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
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he library’s all about community, and we’ve been doing all we can to help out.
The blood shortage by the numbers ■ 4.5 million Americans receive blood transfusions each year from about 40,000 pints of blood. ■ Only 37 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood and less than 10 percent do annually. ■ Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood and/or platelets. Approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells are needed each day. ■ The average red blood cell transfusion collects approximately three units. A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood. “The assemblymen usually stop by and to show their support,” Trollo said. The two are usually busy in Albany for the Jan-
uary drive, but come by in July.
Town accepting photos from residents Residents living in the Town of Oyster Bay can submit photos taken in the town for consideration for future use in town publications. Digital submissions are preferred, but high-quality photos may also be submitted. Emailed photos should be sent to photos@oysterbay-ny.gov. Printed photos can be submitted to the town's Public Information Office,
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Cross. The centers have under three days pandemic. “Hundreds of organizations of blood supply, the minimum necessary to have not returned to hosting blood drives,” meet the regular demand. Doctors are urgSharon Silva, account manager for the ing people to donate blood so that hospitals New York Blood Center, said. “This past can keep up with demand and save lives. Normally, the Red Cross supplies 40 perweekend’s storm resulted in 1,000 fewer cent of the U.S.’s national donations due to blood drive blood supply for hospital use. cancelations and lower donor Since the beginning of the turnout. Any upcoming blood pandemic, however, the orgadrive will be an opportunity nization has seen a 10 percent for us to recover some of these decline in the number of peolost donations. Hopefully, this ple donating blood. will encourage donors.” “All types are needed now, If each blood drive schedespecially types O positive and uled from tomorrow through O negative, as well as platelet the end of February had five donations, to help reverse this additional donations, NYBC national blood crisis,” the Red would recover more than 1,200 Cross wrote in a Jan. 11 news units for the community, Silva release. said. CLARE TROLLO About 29,000 units (one Since the start of the panunit = 500 ml) of red blood Gold Coast Library demic, blood donations have cells are needed daily in the waned from the 200 drives that U.S., and while the average the New York Blood Center normally saw each month on Long Island to about 130. red blood cell transfusion uses around The New York center declared an emergen- three units, a car accident victim could cy in August when donations dwindled to a need up to 100 units. “The blood shortage in this area is at a one-day supply for some types of blood. The American Red Cross announced on critical level. Please donate if you can,” Jan. 11 that faces its first-ever blood crisis Trollo said. Republican Assemblymen Michael amid a surge in cases of the Omicron variMontesano and Edward Ra sponsor the ant of Covid-19. Because of Covid restrictions, 68 percent of U.S. blood centers had drive at the library each year, which is in less blood than needed to meet regular both assemblymen’s districts, covering demand as of Jan. 14, according to the Red school districts in Sea Cliff, Oyster Bay and Hempstead. CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
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Bill curtails Assembly debate to 15 minutes speak 15 minutes or less. But they can get additional time to speak later if they receive the consent of their political Republicans in the Assembly were party. blindsided by the Democrats in January Montesano said the reason the bill was when the majority introduced a resolu- passed by the Democratic majority is tion to limit the time that a bill could be because, anticipating a tough year ahead discussed, Assemblyman Michael Monte- with many Democratic senior members sano said. A bill was of the Assembly facing a passed to limit the amount primary, [Democrats] of time an assembly memwant to “stifle [Republiber can debate to 15 mincan] criticism.” utes, which is not enough “They don’t need our time, he said. vote to pass anything,” he In the past a debate said. “We dissect the bills could last for a half hour and sometimes they for some bills, especially change their minds. Somecontroversial bills, Montetimes it does get a little sano, a Republican from annoying when a debate is Glen Head, said, or even long but that’s our job. The up to five hours. Often average person pays no assembly members see the attention to this stuff. bill the day it is considThey look to us.” ered on the floor. Lavine said no one’s “The new bill creates voice is being shut down. an issue of us not being There are four times as able to flesh out the bills many Democrats as there being presented,” Monte- MICHAEL are Republicans in the sano said. “Some people MONTESANO Assembly. “If we were to on the majority side get a adopt a system where they little stunned when some Assemblyman, District 15 got a quarter time to of the bills are fleshed out. speak that would be probWe didn’t know this was even being con- lematic,” he said. “There is no merit to sidered until we walked in.” his point. This is for both parties.” Assemblyman Chuck Lavine, a DemoMontesano went as far as to say that crat from Glen Cove, said the change is the majority should be ashamed of themnecessary because some members slow selves for the “great injustice to New things down, speaking for long periods on Yorkers everywhere.” a bill. This will be more efficient, he said. "By depriving us the appropriate time There is much work to be done and the to discuss and debate bills, we are denyAssembly cannot be held hostage. ing the people of New York from getting “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was lit- the representation they deserve," Montetle more than two minutes,” Lavine said. sano said. "This is just another way to “It boggles the mind to believe any silence us further and prevent us from [assembly] member needs five times what doing our jobs in representing the good Lincoln took to talk about bills in the people of New York.” Assembly. Mike Montesano has rarely The bill was passed 101 to 43 with one used anywhere near 15 minutes.” Republican voting for it and one DemoThe new bill mandates that members crat against it.
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School officials weigh course offerings requiring students to pay for the advanced exams. North Shore currently offers 16 of the 28 AP courses, in subjects ranging from English literature to world history to statistics. According to the College Board, a nonprofit organization that helps students prepare for college, enrollment in AP courses in New York schools declined by over 4.4 percent from 2020 to 2021, and the number of students scoring 3 or higher on the exams (out of a possible 5) dropped by about 12 percent. “I feel AP is better suited for our school size in providing varied opportunities for students to achieve academic success and distinction on their academic resume,” Heather Fichtl, of Sea Cliff, a parent of a Sea Cliff fifth-grader and a North Shore Middle School student, said. “We need to assess how we can best serve all students at all levels and with varied interests versus just how the district can best serve my own children.” Another option the district considered was making the move to “IB-only” course offerings, removing the option for the AP path. The high school is currently registered as an IB World School, offering students who complete “core” IB classes an International Baccalaureate degree. Its Diploma Program is built on a philosophy of interdisciplinary, college-level course work, the heart of which is the core classes
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St. Paul’s Fellowship Café expands beyond Glen Cove
February 3, 2022 — SEA CLIFF/GLEN HEAD HERALD
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Glen Cove held a one-time food drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 22. Donated boxed pastas, sauces, bags of rice, and canned b e a n s we r e c o n t r i b u t e d f o r t h e church’s pantry for the Fellowship Cafe. Parishioners and community members drove or walked up to the church where Jonathan Wyatt, St. Paul’s warden and Fellowship Café liaison, and team members stood outside to receive donations. “It’s just this January because we are running lower than we usually do,” Wyatt explained. “We are just giving it a shot because we are serving so many more people than we used to because of Covid and price increases and job insecurity. A lot of those people are seniors too.” St. Paul’s Fellowship Café was founded in 2013 by Wyatt and his wife Tracie, Glen Cove residents. The design for the program came from the Wyatt’s reading about the Fellowship Café at another church. “We owe it to St. Thomas of Farmingdale,” Wyatt said. “They gave us the idea and the advice and away we went.” Their mission has been to help bring homecooked meals, g roceries and
clothes to families in need. The event is she said. “I love everything about St. held the third Saturday of every month Paul’s. I wish I could do it fulltime. I wish I could donate 100 perfrom 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. cent.” Before the pandemic, famiLocal community busilies and community memnesses have been able to aid bers would be given an in the growth of the proopportunity to enjoy a hot gram. St. Rocco’s Bakery meal together in the has been donating bread for church’s hall. When availthe meals. Living Waters for able, clothing would be Women, Trader Joe’s, and offered to each visitor for Whole Foods in Glen Cove roughly 10 to 25 cents or, for have been able to contribute a bundle of four, $1. g ro c e r i e s. A n d H o l i d ay Currently, the program Far ms in Glen Head has has been a takeout service helped in providing reusto enforce social distancing able grocery bags for the regulations. Visitors can carryout meals and grocerdrive or walk up to the par- JOHNATHAN ies. No food goes to waste as ish to receive their goods. any leftovers are given to For the month of January, WYATT Living Waters for Women. the parish has been able to St. Paul’s Episcopal “This is really an imporserve 102 meals to families. Church, warden tant outreach thing for the “Our mission is to proparish because not every vide them with a healthy hot meal and treat them like humans,” place has something that enables them Wyatt said. “We call it the Fellowship to reach out beyond their four walls Cafe because you used to come in and and touch people,” said Father Shawn sit down and you could talk to people. It Williams of St. Paul’s. The reach of the pro g ram has was beautiful that way because you would see people from all different cul- extended past the borders of Glen Cove. tures sitting together. “ From the start of the program, every meal has been made by Tracie Wyatt. “I want to provide a full balanced meal,”
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Bill and Cathy Glasgow, residents of Syosset, have been volunteering for the program for nearly five years. “I just like that we are helping people,” Cathy said. “There is a big need in the community. I am kind of grateful that I have the time and I am able to do this.” “The advantage that we have is while we have parishioners and volunteer that take up half of the spots, we have a number of people from outside of the parish who really don’t have any af filiation or connection with the church, but who heard of it from friends who have gone here,” Williams said. “I would love to expand it to maybe even twice a month because I think our community certainly needs it especially in these covid times,” Tracie Wyatt said. “It’s all about volunteers. Having volunteers who don’t even belong to St. Paul’s is a testament to what we are doing.” To help, volunteer or donate to the Fellowship Café, email Tracie or Jonathan Wyatt at Jonwyatt316@yahoo.com.
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Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Glen Cove, has been sharing Covid-19 test kits and KN95 masks at various locations throughout the 13th Assembly District to help prevent the coronavirus spread. The locations have included: Glen Cove Senior Center; Long Island University, St Paul's Episcopal Church, Westbury Senior Citizens Center, the Yes We Can Community Center, and additional organizaCharles tions such as the Economic Opportunity Commission and North Shore Soup Kitchen and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Individual requests can be accommodated as long as supplies
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LEGAL NOTICE SECTION 001113 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 112 Franklin Avenue Sea Cliff, NY 11579 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the following project: Contract 1: Interior & Exterior Renovation, Security Entrance Addition and Science Research Ad-dition Add Alternate No. 1 at the North Shore High School, 450 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545 Contract 2: Interior & Exterior Renovation of the NSHS Press Box, 450 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, NY 1145 Contract 3: Interior & Exterior Renovation at the Glen Head Elementary School, 7 School Street, Glen Head, NY 11545 Contract 4: Interior & Exterior Renovation at the Glenwood Landing Elementary School, 60 Cody Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545 Contract 5: Interior & Exterior Renovation at the Sea Cliff School, 280 Carpenter Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY 11579 Contract 6: Interior & Exterior Renovation at the Administration Building, 112 Franklin Ave, Glen Head, NY 11545 Contract 7: Combined Bid Elementary Schools. The Scope of Work described in the documents consists of the following: 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 1 “North Shore High School Contract 1 GC: General Construction “North Shore High School Contract 1 MC: Mechanical “North Shore High School Contract 1 PC: Plumbing “North Shore High School Contract 1 EC: Electrical 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 2 “NSHS Press Box Contract 2 GC: General Construction and associated MEP (Single Prime Contract) 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 3 “Glen Head ES Contract 3 GC: General Construction “Glen Head ES Contract 3 MC: Mechanical “Glen Head ES Contract 3 PC:Plumbing “Glen Head ES Contract 3 EC: Electrical 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 4 “Glenwood Landing ES Contract 4 GC: General Construction “Glenwood Landing ES Contract 4 MC: Mechanical “Glenwood Landing ES Contract 4 PC: Plumbing “Glenwood Landing ES Contract 4 EC: Electrical 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 5 “Sea Cliff ES Contract 5 GC: General Construction
“Sea Cliff ES Contract 5 MC: Mechanical “Sea Cliff ES Contract 5 PC: Plumbing “Sea Cliff ES Contract 5 EC: Electrical 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 6 “Administration Building Contract 6 GC: General Construction and associated MEP (Single Prime) 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 7 “Combined ES Schools 7 GC: General Construction “Combined ES Schools 7 MC: Mechanical “Combined ES Schools 7 PC: Plumbing “Combined ES Schools 7 EC: Electrical The bids shall be in accordance with the Specifications, Drawings, and Terms of this Contract. Bids will be received by Olivia Buatsi, Assistant Superintendent for Business, until 2:30 p.m. prevailing time on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The bid opening will take place at the North Shore Central School District’s Office at 112 Franklin Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY 11579. The North Shore Central School District will make the bid opening available via video conference/live stream arrangements for participation in which will be available on the District Website Note: In the event closure of the business office makes such video conference impossible on the bid opening date, video conference or live bid opening will be conducted on the next day the office is accessible as will be indicated at least 24 hours prior on the district website. OBTAINING DOCUMENTS Bidding Documents, Drawings and Specifications may be examined online on and after January 11, 2022 free of charge at www.memasiprojects.co m or www.usinglesspaper.com under “Public Projects” or electronically downloaded for a nonrefundable charge of forty-nine dollars ($49.00). Complete sets of Bidding Documents, Drawings and Specifications on a compact disc (CD) may be obtained from REV, 28 Church Street, Warwick, NY 10990, upon depositing one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each combined set of documents. Checks or money orders for the deposit shall be made payable to “North Shore Central School District”. The deposit is refundable if the bid documents are returned in good condition within 30 days after the bid date. All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email
and will be available at www.memasiprojects.co m and www.usinglesspaper.com . Potential bidders, who have paid for hard copies of the Bidding Documents, may ob-tain hard copies of addenda from REV at no additional cost. For further information about obtaining the documents, contact Robert Firneis at Savin Engineers. P.C. 3 Campus Drive Pleasantville, NY 10570 rfirneis@savinengineers.c om BID SUBMISSIONS Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond, in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the bid, made payable to North Shore Central School District in the form and subject to the conditions stipulated in the Instruc-tions to Bidders. No Bidders shall withdraw his/her bid within sixty days (60) after the formal opening thereof. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities in any proposals, or to reject any or all proposals and to advertise for new proposals. The accepted low bidder(s) will be required to furnish a one hundred percent (100%) Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond, and produce all insurance in amounts not less than specified under the General Conditions and Special Provisions. Site Inspection: An informational meeting and pre-bid walkthrough with the bidders will be held as outlined in the Information for Bidders. The pre-bid walkthrough is not mandatory; however, it is strongly recommended that all Bidders attend. It will be held at the main entrance of each site as follows: a.Projects:North Shore HS Additions & Renovations and HS Field Press Box b.Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 c.Local Prevailing Time: 3:30 p.m. d.Location: starting at High School e.Projects;Administration Building Renovations, Sea Cliff ES Renovations, Glen Head ES Renovations and Glenwood Landing ES Renovations f.Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 g.Local Prevailing Time: 3:30 p.m. meet at Administration Building, then heading to Sea Cliff ES, then at approximately, 4:30 p.m. at Glen Head ES, then at approximately 5:15 p.m. at Glenwood Landing ES h.Location: starting at Sea Cliff Elementary School and Administration Building REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION All Pre-bid “Requests for Information” (RFI) or Clarification must be submitted NO LATER THAN
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LEGAL NOTICE THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BROOKVILLE 18 Horse Hill Road Brookville, N.Y. 11545 (516) 626-1792 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Brookville, Nassau County, New York in the main administration building of AHRC located at 189 Wheatley Road in said Village on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be on the appeal of Jason Grotas, owner of a 2.203 acre parcel of land in the Village known as 20 Farmstead Lane. Said property is designated as Section 17, Block 9, Lot 35 on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County and is located in the Village’s R-2 Residence District which permits single family homes on lots having a minimum area of two acres. Applicant proposes to construct a tennis court which will result in a rear yard of 36.3 feet from the rear property line, a side yard of 25 feet from the southeasterly property line and a side yard of 37.9 feet from the southerly property line. Pursuant to the Code of the Village of Brookville, Sections 218-24.4 (H)(1) and 218-24.4 (G)(1), tennis courts must have minimum rear and side yards of 50 feet. The above appeal is on file at the Village office located at the above address where it may be seen during the regular hours of the usual business days until the time of the hearing. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. January 14, 2022 Scott Spector Chairman 129457 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com
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LEGAL NOTICE THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BROOKVILLE 18 Horse Hill Road Brookville, N.Y. 11545 (516) 626-1792 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Brookville, Nassau County, New York, in the main administration building of AHRC located at 189 Wheatley Road in said Village on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be on the application of Adam and Amy Sprung, owners of a 2.09 acre parcel of land located in the Village known as 15 Meadowood Lane. Said property is designated as section 18, block D, lot 51 on the Land and Tax Maps of Nassau County and is located in the Village’s R-2 Residence District which permits single family dwellings on lots having a minimum area of two acres. Applicants propose to maintain a 563 square foot cabana. Pursuant to the code of the Village of Brookville, Chapter 218, Section 218.24.4(M) in the R-2 Residence District, cabanas are limited in size to a maximum of 500 square feet in the aggregate. The above application is on file at the Village office located at the above address where it
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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Zoning Board of Appeals, Village of Sea Cliff Date:February 15, 2022 Time:7:00 pm Place:Via Zoom teleconference and videoconference, as provided below Subject: Application of Charlie Emmanuelidis, 10 Tanglewood Lane, Sea Cliff, New York, to construct a pool house, which construction requires a variance of Village Code §138-616(D), to permit a 720 square feet accessory structure, where a maximum of 500 square feet is permitted. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 85, Lot 14 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.
Application of Steven Kosoff, 4 Orchard Lane, Sea Cliff, New York, to construct a one and two story addition, which construction requires a variance of Village Code §138-508, to permit a front yard setback of 14.34 feet, where a minimum of 25 feet is required. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block L, Lot 51on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. Application of Sea Cliff Social LLC, as owner, and The Onion TreeGastropub, LLC, as tenant, 242 Sea Cliff Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York, to permit the use of the eastern portion of the premises for outdoor seating for eight (8) people, where such proposal requires an amendment of the current special permit, in accordance with Village Code §138-802. Premises are designated as Section 21, Block 131, Lot 6 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. The meeting and public hearings shall take place via teleconferencing and videoconferencing through Zoom, and the meeting will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date. The Zoom login information is: Meeting ID: 831 3924 3042 Password: 829588 Or dial by your location: +1 929 436 2866
Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and downloaded at www.seacliff-ny.gov. Through Zoom, the public will have the opportunity to see and hear the meeting and hearings live. Any interested member of the public may provide public comments by following the procedure herein. The Board will accept and consider public comments submitted by email or by mail to Village Hall, 300 Sea Cliff Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York 11579 if received, no later than 4:00pm on February 15, 2022. Email comments are to be submitted to z b a @ s e a c l i f f - n y. g o v. Public comments must identify the application to which the comments apply. The Board will consider applications and may make final decisions at the meeting or may schedule a subsequent meeting that will be scheduled to be held not less than six (6) days after the conclusion of a public hearing on an application. Prior to rendering a determination, the Board will consider all timely submitted documents. Dated: January 31, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 129456
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he strangest clock in the world isn’t a clock. Rather, it’s a simple drawing of one, composed solely of black lines and dots against a white background. The hour hand is pointed straight up, in the 12 o’clock position, and the minute hand is only seconds away from meeting it at midnight. If the two hands merge as one, the world ends in a “civilization-ending apocalypse.” As I write this, the clock is at 1 minute, 40 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, SCOTT started by Albert Einstein and the BRINTON University of Chicago scientists who helped build the first atomic bomb during World War II, came up with the Doomsday Clock as an urgent warning to humanity that we must reverse course and move away from nuclear proliferation before we blow ourselves to smithereens, taking the rest of life on Earth with us. The clock is reassessed and reset each January. It marked its 75th anniversary on Jan. 20. With only 100 seconds to midnight, we have never been closer to annihilation than we are now — not even during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, according to the distinguished panel of scientists, which
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based long-range nuclear missiles; the push by Russia, China and the United States to develop hypersonic missiles; and the continued testing of anti-satellite weapons by many nations. If not restrained, these efforts could mark the start of a dangerous new nuclear arms race.” Yes, while the coronavirus pandemic has been roiling the world, the planet’s three nuclear superpowers have been steadily ratcheting up their arsenals with new, ever more deadly technologies. The military industrial complex lives, even as people around the globe are falling ill and dying of disease by the millions. You would have thought a global pandemic would bring people together behind a common cause — survival. Instead, we are more divided than ever, and rich nations continue to play a dangerous game of geopolitics. Witness what’s happening in Ukraine these days, with Russia amassing tens of thousands of troops and armaments on the Eastern European nation’s borders, appearing ready to invade for no good reason other than, it seems, Russian President Vladimir Putin wanting to assert his power and regain a modicum of the glory his nation lost with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Interestingly, 1991 was the year that we were furthest from annihilation over the past three-quarters of a century, when the
hile a wellknown clock nears midnight, we ratchet up nuclear arsenals.
Doomsday Clock was at 17 minutes from midnight after President George H.W. Bush and his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev, signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to significantly reduce the number of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in their stockpiles. As I write this, 8,500 American troops are reportedly headed to Eastern Europe, possibly to Bulgaria, where I served in the Peace Corps, Romania, Hungary and Poland, presumably as a signal to these NATO allies that the U.S. has their back. Ukraine is not a NATO member, so the U.S. is not obligated by treaty to defend its borders if it is attacked. I find it mind-boggling that Putin would bring Europe to the brink of yet another war at any time, let alone amid a worldwide pandemic. His posturing is the very definition of craven. In the U.S., we really must work to eradicate the coronavirus so we can move on to the other pressing issues of survival. We have all the tools that we need to beat Covid-19 except the political will. The clock, though, continues to tick. Now, not later, is the time to put aside our differences for the sake of humanity — for the survival of our species. Science tells us so. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.
Babies or bulldogs: What’s a couple to do?
hate to even appear to disagree with the pope, but not everyone wants to have children these days. Early last month, according to America magazine, a Jesuit publication, Pope Francis made a casual comment about people wanting to have pets rather than children. Boom! He unleashed a dogfight in the public square. The press went wild. The New York Times said, “Pope Scolds Couples Who Choose Pets Over Kids.” CNN blared, “Opting for pets over children is selfish RANDI and ‘takes away KREISS our humanity,’ says Pope Francis.” According to the Jesuit review, the press sensationalized the pope’s remarks that day. It assured readers that he appreciates the grace of loving a pet, but like most religious leaders, he encourages people to be fruitful and multiply. The puppy issue is a kind of red herring, pardon the cross-species metaphor. There’s the decision whether to have kids, and there’s the cultural sideshow of replac-
ing babies with puppies. Apparently, American women are choosing not to have children in increasing numbers, having nothing to do with pets. Raising a child to age 18 can cost upward of $250,000 (pre-inflation). More women want to move along unimpeded in their professions, and rise in the business world without other responsibilities. Many couples are worried about bringing children into a world fraught with conflict. The other factor playing out in our society is the humanizing of our pets. It seems to follow that if you decide not to have kids but want an outlet for your nurturing genes, a dog is a great idea. But it gets crazy, with dog strollers and individualized diets and dogs welcomed at restaurants and shops and on airplanes. Young dog owners devote the same time and attention to their animals that, in another time and place, they might have dedicated to children. Thus the papal comment on pets. With the new dogs-as-kids paradigm, many 20- and 30-somethings travel with their pets, staying at a growing selection of dog-friendly properties. The W Hotel in
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New York, like other high-end places, isn’t just pet-friendly, but downright petobsessed. Bring Luke the Lab to the W and he’ll get his own bed, food, water bowl, leash, birthday cake and poop bags. I don’t have to enumerate the ways in which kids are way more trouble than dogs, do I? From teething to toilet training to teaching them to walk and talk, to braces and curfews and weed and sex: what a bother. This is not to mention tutors and religious school and the preteen years, followed by the teen years, followed by the pre-adult years, which last until age 45 or so. I speak from long experience. My dog always listens when I talk. She has never caused me a sleepless night. When I give her a haircut, she doesn’t slam the door and say she hates her life. When I give her chicken for the 60th time, it’s all good. My kids are 47 and 50. My dog is 4. As I curl into my chair at night, who’s right there, snuggled into my lap? Not my kids, for sure. My girl Lillybee never considers “moving on.” She has spurned numerous suitors, threatening to bite any hound that comes too close. The Virgin Queen, as we
pparently, more American women are choosing not to have children.
fondly refer to her, has made us her life’s work. Her devotion is undiluted by conflicting loyalties or hobbies or obsessions with travel or exercise. Can’t say the same for the kids. In the puppy-vs.-tiny human debate, in this time and place of pandemic and peril, going with a pet seems reasonable for all the reasons I mention. But the pope takes a longer and broader view, and at the end of the day, which may come at any moment, he’s right. The future of humanity doesn’t depend so much on a new litter as on a new generation. And according to the Jesuit magazine, it’s part of the pope’s job description to urge his flock to have more babies. The magazine suggests, “There is more to the Pope’s comments than what you read in the headline. It was an offhand comment (about pets), but it also reflects something he believes. And whether you like it or not, the church is probably always going to have an opinion about your personal life and your family. It’s kind of how we do things. And it’s O.K. to wrestle with that and engage with that. That’s all part of the fun.” Between the lines are the epic debates of our time. Still, I appreciate the magazine’s nonconfrontational approach to one of life’s most consequential decisions. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Congress should support maternal health grants
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.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, last week called on Congress to provide $7 million to fund evidencebased training programs to reduce implicit bias in maternal health, and $25 million to establish a program to deliver integrated health care services to pregnant women and new mothers that will reduce the inordinately large number of maternal deaths among Black non-Hispanic women. It is an urgent issue, including here in Nassau County, one that the Herald first called on government officials to address in 2019. We are pleased to see that Gillibrand has taken up the cause. Three years ago, the Herald undertook a year-long series examining racism in Nassau. We led with an exposé on issues of maternal health faced by Black women throughout the county. In particular, we looked at the group Birth Justice Warriors, founded by Hofstra University Professor Dr. Martine Hackett and the Rev. Dr. Nellie Taylor-Walthrust, a pastor and the director of outreach services for the North Shore Child Family Guidance Center, a nonprofit mental health agency with offices in Roslyn Heights, Manhasset and Westbury. Among the central issues that Birth Justice Warriors is working to address is infant mortality, which is a leading indicator of a community’s well-being, according to the Nassau County Department of Health’s 2016-18 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan. When children are dying in high numbers at birth — the start of life — there are probably myriad
LETTERS Bail-reform misperceptions To the Editor: Re the editorial “Bail reform law still needs more tweaking” (Jan. 20-26): The Herald perpetuated a false narrative created by opponents of the law. Contrary to statements designed to sway the public, judges are not prohibited from setting cash bail for someone arrested for gun possession. The repetition of this misperception, common among candidates and police officials, contributes, if not causes, the “high degree of electoral support” for reforming the law. As made clear by the new law, Criminal Procedure Law 510.10(4), cash bail can be set for any qualifying felony enumerated in Penal Law Section 70.02. That section includes the felony offense of possession of a loaded firearm, a Class C violent felony. While it is true that cash bail is not mandatory for such a charge, it is also true that it never was.
other health concerns in a community. In the majority of white communities across Nassau, the infant mortality rate ranged from 0 to 3 in 1,000 births in 201416, according to the state Department of Health. Meanwhile, in most communities of color, the infant mortality rate was three to nine times that. In its annual rankings of healthiest counties in New York, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, working with data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ranked Nassau the second-healthiest of the state’s 62 counties this year. When that data is broken down into individual ZIP codes, however, a disturbing pattern is made clear in communities of color, Hackett said: Babies there are significantly more likely to die during or shortly after birth than in predominately white communities. County officials identified nine communities of color and communities with large minority populations — Elmont, Freeport, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Inwood, Long Beach, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Westbury — with measurably greater health concerns than nearby white communities. Nassau is the 13th-wealthiest county in the U.S., with an average annual household income of around $93,000, according to census data. “The affluence of the county as a whole masks the needs of these severely underserved selected communities,” the county’s report states. Taken as a whole, the infant mortality rate in these communities is “nearly double that of the rest of the county,” the report continues. The knee-jerk reaction is to blame the
discrepancy on a discrete factor like income level, according to Hackett: Women with fewer financial resources are unable to afford the same level of care that women of greater means can. But statistics tell a more complicated story. How, for example, does one explain Elmont, a solidly middle-class community of color with an annual average household income of $94,353, above the county average? It has the second-highest infant mortality rate in Nassau. Access to health care alone “is not sufficient” to explain the disparities in health outcomes, Hackett said. Bias and systemic racism also play their parts, she believes. Clearly, issues of implicit bias, and at times outright racism, come into play, even in the medical field. It’s time that the federal government study and address them so all of us can better understand the psycho-social complexities of the doctor-patient relationship that can determine maternal health outcomes. February is Black History Month. Historically, there is a great deal of mistrust in Black communities of the medical field because of past wrongs, not the least of which was the infamous “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” from 1932 to 1972, when Black sharecroppers with the venereal disease were left untreated to see what would happen, even after penicillin, a cure for syphilis, was widely available after 1945. The only way to build trust in Black communities is to address their issues head-on, with science-based studies and programs, as Gillibrand has proposed. Congress thus should appropriate the funds that the senator seeks.
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ost New Yorkers want the same thing: a safe, affordable place to raise a family, one where our children can play outside without worry. Many of us commute to New York City, and felt safe for a period in “America’s safest big city,” thanks to the hard work of the New York City Police Department and the “broken windows” model of policing. The broken windows theory holds that visible signs of crime and civil disorder encourage further CHRISTOPHER crime and disorder, including seriCARINI ous crimes. The theory suggests that policing methods that target minor crimes such as graffiti, public drinking, trespassing and fare evasion bring an atmosphere of order and lawfulness. This model took New York City from the murder capital of the country in 1970s to record low crime rates in the early ’90s, creating a renaissance and a booming metropolitan area. New York was back, and home prices skyrocketed in Nassau County. The county’s crime
rates plummeted, and our close proximity to the city made Nassau the place to raise a family. The media at the time praised our law enforcement, our elected officials had their backs, and if you wanted to be elected district attorney, you had to be tough on crime. But something changed, and the media, and some elected officials, turned. We had grown used to our safe neighborhoods, and many forgot, or were too young to remember, the high crime of yesterday. A new movement was on its way to change our system. The first step was not enforcing low-level crimes. Some elected officials ran successfully on the platform of less enforcement. Next up were changes in Albany in criminal justice reform, often referred to as “bail reform.” This law took away judicial discretion in setting bail for misdemeanors and “non-violent” felonies, including stalking, assault without serious injury, burglary, many drug offenses, and even some kinds of arson and robbery. Stripping judicial discretion was a major shift. Judges could no longer set bail for these charges, nor could they
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e face a crime wave that many fear could move east from New York City.
LETTERS It is also inappropriate to refer to those arrested but not convicted as “of fenders.” Though it may not be popular, there is still a presumption of innocence when bail is first set. While there may be legitimate reasons to revisit the bail statute, it is irresponsible to repeat the lies that are used to gin up public outrage. JAY K. GOLDBERG Woodmere Goldberg, a criminal defense lawyer in New York, was previously a first deputy bureau chief in the Kings County district attorney’s office.
Read on, Randi! To the Editor: I really enjoy Randi Kreiss’s column when I can get my hands on the Herald, and I especially loved “Greatest hits from this month’s read-a-thon” last week. I moderate a book club and belong to many others, and Randi touched on something we who love to read are going through as well. I am
determine the suspects’ risk to the public or the likelihood that they would repeat the crimes. Albany passed this legislation without input from law enforcement professionals, judges or district attorneys. Lawmakers went even further, passing changes that many consider witness intimidation. What’s more, with changes in discovery laws, prosecutors must now provide to the defense the names and contact information of victims and witnesses. The defense is free to contact them, including victims of sexual assault and witnesses to gang violence. Do you doubt this causes victims and witnesses to no longer want to cooperate out of fear or intimidation? Soon the movement demonized the brave men and women of our law enforcement. Calls to “defund the police” began. It became reality when Mayor Bill de Blasio passed a budget that gutted the NYPD budget by $1 billion and disbanded the department’s plainclothes anti-crime units. The result was virtually instantaneous: Violent crime skyrocketed. Shootings, carjackings and homicides rose fast. Now we are faced with a national crime wave that has also affected New York City, not long ago that safest big city
FRAMEWORK by Neil Miller
trying to shy away from choosing/reading books that touch on the pandemic or remind us of something similar. I find my attention span wanes or my brain gets cluttered, for whatever reason. Between Covid and turning 55 next week, I guess I’m starting a “new phase” in life. I find that picking shorter books, or books that move quickly, is helpful. Not so much of a commitment on our part, and we can move on to the next thing. An author named Marie Benedict writes historical fiction, focusing on the women behind famous men. We read “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie,” a novel about the days Agatha Christie went missing in 1926. It was a shorter book with chapters that weren’t too long. I also find short stories are good for when we can’t stand anything too complicated. I would love to know what Randi and her group are reading, and I look forward to her next column. JANET CARFORA Franklin Square
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in America, but where many no longer feel safe. It feels like the Gotham of old. Many are concerned that the crime wave could move east, to our backyard. So how can we fix this? We start by electing tough-on-crime district attorneys like we did last election cycle. We must send elected officials to Albany who will demand the repeal of “bail reform,” return judicial discretion and allow victims of crime to feel protected again. We also must send representatives to Washington who will stand up for our law enforcement and change the national narrative. We must all stand up for our police officers. The anti-law enforcement, pro-criminal agenda must end. We must fund and defend our police, not defund them. We must provide the tools, funding and public support to the police to help them do the job of protecting us. It takes someone special to place him or herself in harm’s way for the benefit of others. We must defend those who protect us. The time is now, and together we can turn this around. Christopher Carini is a Town of Hempstead councilman representing the 5th District. He served for 22 years as an officer with the NYPD, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department and the Port Authority Police Department of New York and New Jersey.
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