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Wantagh mom seeks second kidney donor they filter waste from the blood. “Having a chronic kidney disease for most of my life has “Disease knows no income, caused me to truly embrace life race or party affiliation,” said and all of the little g reat Helena McDermott, a 45-year-old moments,” McDermott said. Wantagh mother of two. “So we Although her journey has not have to love each other now.” been easy, she has had family to It’s a statement that McDer- lean on. In 2008, McDermott’s mott, a one-time kidney trans- younger sister, Maria Rinklin, plant patient, donated a has lived by. kidney via In January, transplant to she discovher sister at ered that she N e w Yo r k go online to http://helwas experiPresbyterian encing renal Hospital in phelena.com/ and https:// failure for a Manhattan. www.facebook.com/ second time. For the next HelpHelenaFindaKidney. The Wantagh 13 years, mother and McDer mott her family was able to are now seeking a kidney donor. enjoy her family life, spending McDermott is currently on time with now 10-year old Charthe New York kidney transplant lie and 7-year-old Corrine. list, but the state has the nation’s “We’ve had a wonderful 13 longest wait list. years, having beautiful babies At age 4, McDermott was and celebrating life,” Rinklin diagnosed with IgA mephropa- said. “I’m upset that I can’t do thy, a kidney disorder that more at this present time, but I occurs when the antibody immu- have absolutely no regrets about noglobulin A (IgA) builds up in the transplant, and I would do it the kidneys. Since then she has again in a heartbeat if I could.” suffered from high levels of creIn April 2021, McDermott atinine, a waste product made by came down with a fever and the muscles, she explained, began suffering from leg pain which indicates that the kidneys and fatigue. She was advised by are not functioning properly as Continued on page 3
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There are over 800,000 veterans in New York state, but only 17 percent of them are accessing their earned state benefits, according to State Sen. John Brooks. It’s a problem that Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs,
aims to correct. Last week, Brooks and State Assemblywoman Didi Barrett (D-Dutchess/Columbia) hosted a news conference in Albany to advocate for Senate Bill S7526A and Assembly Bill A8294A, curr e n t l y i n c o m m i t t e e. I f approved, the legislation would upgrade the state Division of Veterans Services to a cabinetlevel department headed by a commissioner. It would also establish a new Veterans Servic-
es Law to better serve veterans. “We’re gathered here today collectively to call for the elevation of this department, as we continue to put legislation together to expand the services and benefits to meet the needs of our veterans,” Brooks, a veteran himself, said at the news conference. The Division of Veterans Services was established over 75 Continued on page 12
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Family searches for a second kidney donor her doctor, Dr. Susana Hong, of Northwell Health Manhasset, to consult additional medical professionals, where she was diagnosed with sepsis, an infection of the blood. From that point on, her creatinine levels began rising. To make matters worse, last November McDermott contracted Covid-19, which put further strain on her kidneys and made her creatinine levels spike. She was treated with monoclonal antibody therapy. In December, there was some relief. McDermott’s symptoms were diminishing. But during routine blood work last month, she found out that her creatinine has risen to 3.2, compared with the “normal” for adult women of 1.04. On Jan. 13, Hong told McDermott that this was considered renal failure, she would need a kidney transplant, and Hong wanted to get her name on the New York kidney transplant list as soon as possible. “I was in shock, because I thought I had a few more years with my first transplanted kidney,” McDermott said. “When I was in the hospital in April for a blood infection, I was told that some damage was done, but that the kidney would probably be OK for a few years.” Rinklin said that although the family was upset by the news, they were expecting this to eventually happen, because McDer mott’s doctors had explained that on average, a living donor kidney functions for about 13 years. “I was heartbroken when I heard the news that Helena would need another transplant,” Rinklin said. “In my head, I
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Charles and helena McDermott and their children, Corrine and Charlie, in Wantagh in May 2019. The family is seeking a living kidney donor match with type O blood for Helena. thought we had more time. … I think we were both surprised and were being optimistic that it would last longer.” “Thankfully, my sister has become my living donor advocate, by creating a website and getting the word out on social media,” McDermott said.
The Facebook page for Helena’s search for a new transplant is Help Helena Find A Kidney, and the website is http://helphelena.com/. She is primarily seeking from someone with type O blood, but those who don’t match can still help.
“We like to stress that even if you aren’t a matching blood type, you can still take part in a paired kidney exchange,” McDer mott said. “This means you can give your kidney to someone that has an incompatible donor, and they can give that one to me. If someone has a blood type O, though, that would be ideal, because I can receive it directly.” Rinklin said that despite her sister’s struggle, McDermott maintains a positive outlook. “Helena has always been a force to be reckoned with,” Rinklin said. “Her outlook on life is different from other people’s. She’s not complaining about the little things, because she knows that they really don’t matter.” Helena is also proactive about sharing her knowledge of kidney transplants with others, Rinklin said. She is a member of the Long Island Transplant Recipients International Organization. “[She] has volunteered at high schools around Long Island to tell her story, and to get the word out about the donor registry and the importance of donating,” Rinklin said. Charles McDermott, 45, spoke of his wife’s generosity, and how grateful the family would be to find a living donor. “The way that Helena lives her life is an inspiration to others,” her husband said. “Anyone who has ever met her can feel her positive energy right away. She goes out of her way for family, friends, and even for people that she may not know that well. We would be so grateful to find another living donor match, and we can never thank Maria enough for this life saving act of kindness she did.”
An actress and a county exec talk heart to heart By letisha dass ldass@liherald.com
Adorned in red, Emmy Award winning actress Susan Lucci, a Garden City resident, stood beside Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Dr. Richard Schlofmitz, the chairman of cardiology at Catholic Health St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, to bring awareness of February as American Heart Health Month at the Nassau County Legislative and Executive Building in Garden City on Thursday. “I have learned, since being the national ambassador for the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Movement, is that heart disease is the number one killer of women more than all cancers put together,” said Lucci. “It kills one in three women every year. It kills one woman every 80 seconds.” Blakeman announced that the dome of the county’s building will be lit red on Thursday night to symbolize the importance of heart health. “Heart disease is the leading killer
in Nassau County and while that is alarming, according to the state, we have one of the lowest percentages by population in the state of deaths from heart disease,” Blakeman said. “However, that’s no reason to be complacent.” Like many before her, Lucci had ignored her symptoms of possible heart related complications until she had to be rushed into the emergency room at St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center in Rosyln where Dr. Schlofmitz was her doctor in 2018. She had a blockage of her arteries and had to have surgery to place stents. “Many people when they have problems with their hearts keep it to themselves and Susan was brave enough to come out and talk about her history and symptoms, not once but twice,” Dr. Schlofmitz said. “If anybody has symptoms see your doctor. Get checked out.” Last year, Lucci underwent a second procedure after she recognized the symptoms again. “You need to be diligent and keep working on this your whole life,” Dr. Schlofmitz said.
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soap opera aCtress Susan Lucci and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman discussed the importance of heart health last week outside the Legislative and Executive Buildikng.
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And that’s the way the cookie crumbles
Wantagh family serves up gooey, sugary goodness at The Worst Cookie Company By MARIA CESTERO mcestero@liherald.com
Wantagh residents Jen and Rob Trezza dubbed their new cookie bakery The Worst Cookie Company – but it’s far from it, as the business already garnered the attention of the Wantagh community. The shop on Wantagh Avenue rose in popularity after a resident posted on the community-focused Facebook page, Wantagh Mammas. About one hour after the post went up? All their cookies were sold out for the day, said co-owners Jen, 40, and her husband, Rob, 43. The business, located in the home of the former Pipeline Coffee Company, held its soft opening Feb. 13. A formal grand opening is slated for April, Jen said. The Trezza’s are well-accustomed to owning and operating a food business. The pair previously owned a café in Salem, Mass, called Coven, beginning in 2009. The café was designed around the notorious Salem Witch Trials of 1692. In 2013, the couple decided to return to Brooklyn. Jen and Rob move to Wantagh in 2017, and in the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, began devising a plan to open a new business. Having lived through the difficulties of owning a larger shop in a tourist destination, the pair decided they wanted to “scale it down” and start off smaller. “We’ll figure it out as we go,” Jen said. “We want to become a staple in this community.” In preparation of the shop’s opening, the family has hosted pop-up events throughout Wantagh-Seaford and has engaged in partnerships with food trucks. The Worst Cookie Company also joined in on Dine-LI on Feb. 19 in Westbury, a small market festival which promoted local businesses. The Worst Cookie Company held its soft opening the week of Feb. 13, which featured a variety of flavored cookies and pudding, all variations of traditional original cookie flavors. Some recent sellers include Cannoli Soprano, a chocolate chip cookie filled with cannoli cream, and Browned Butter Oatmeal Crème Pie, an oatmeal cookie with brown butter cream
filling. All cookies are prepared in-house by Jen, who was enrolled in the Long Island Culinary Institute’s one-year culinary program prior to opening Coven. She said she’s always had a passion for baking – even when she was a child. It’s been passed down to her own child – six-year-old Weston Trezza, who helped to taste-test many of her recipes during quarantine. “I like to taste test the cookies. My favorite is the oreo cookie,” Weston said, referring to the Cookie Truffle Shuffle, a cookies and cream dough with semi-sweet and white chocolate chips filled with an oreo truffle. Weston also helps his mother come up with new ideas for cookie flavors. His next idea? A play on a peanut butter and strawberry cookie. Rob helps with preparation and organization at the shop. As temperatures become warmer, Rob said he has plans to open the shop’s patio for customers to enjoy their desserts outdoors. “It’s going to be a nice spot to come in and grab something,” he said, adding that the shop is a good location for foot traffic in warmer months. Just a five minute walk from local bars such as Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall, Rob and Jen aim to extend their shop hours to cater to Wantagh’s nightlife. It could operate similarly to other eateries in nearby Rockville Centre, where latenight food options stay open for bar-hoppers. It would help further develop businesses in the hamlet, she said. “As residents living here, this is what we’d want,” said Jen. “I think it works for everyone to help build Wantagh up into having a cool downtown area.” In the future, the shop will offer a takeout cookie service. Jen plans to offer customizable dessert platters – a fun alternative to a traditional birthday cake, she said. Catering options are currently available. With warmer weather around the corner, the shop will soon begin to offer ice cream sandwiches made with cookies and brownies as well. The shop is open Thursdays to Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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JEN AND ROB Trezza recently opened The Worst Cookie Company on Wantagh Avenue. STRAWBERRY FIElDS COOkIES dried after they were coated with a fresh glaze topping.
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Pave the Way Foundation plans webinar Wantagh-based Pave the Way Foundation will sponsor historic presentations in New York with the diocese of Assisi, Italy, to recognize the life-saving efforts of Assisi clergy and citizens in protecting Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. The presentation is slated for April 5 and 6 at Temple Israel in New Rochelle and St. John’s University in Queens, respectively. Both presentations will also be held virtually. Anyone can attend. Pave the Way was founded in 2002 with the mission to eliminate disinformation and barriers between religions. The foundation was cofounded by Meredith Krupp, 73, and Gary Krupp,74. Gary, a Queens native, said the foundation was approached by the Archbishop of Assisi to co-sponsor the presentations, which will discuss historically accurate actions of the people of Assisi. When Northern Italy was occupied by German troops in 1943, Assisi was forced into action. Archbishop Nicolini – acting on requests from Rome – rallied Assisi residents to save Jewish peoples that were being hunted by Nazis. “These people in Italy and in Europe risked their lives to save the lives of people they didn’t even know,” Gary said. Both presentations will feature panels from the Museo della Memoria Assisi, or the Museum of Memory in Assisi. It will
include an hour-long roundtable discussion led by Johan Ickx, Archivist for the Historical Archives of the Vatican Secretary of State and Elizabeth Bettina, author of “It Happened in Italy.” The Mayor of Assisi, Stefania Proietti, will also attend. In 2006, Gary conducted research into Pope Pius XII – a well-known figure who was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States during the Nazi era. Gary admitted that he was under the impression that Pope Pius XII was antisemetic, until Gary discovered documents from the Palestine Post, and New York Times archives, that indicated otherwise. It sparked his overall interest in publishing accurate historic records. Gary – who has been knighted three times for his commitment to breaking down religious barriers – said close to 847,000 Jews were saved during World War II. “Twenty-five percent of the world’s population of Jews today are alive because of the actions of the Vatican during World War II,” he said. “It’s going to be an exciting event – especially now at a time where everyone is talking about all the hatred, anti-semitism, and negativity going around.” “How happy we are to bring our museum to America,” Archbishop of Assisi, Domenico Sorrentino, said in a press release. “Not only to remember a light that [shined] through a dark time in history, but also to tell the world that good can,
WantaghBased Pave the Way Foundation, headed by Meredith and Gary Krupp, aims to create bridges between religions.
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and must, win over evil.” Meredith, Gary’s wife of 51 years, was named Dame of the Grand Cross, the Highest Vatican State order that can be awarded to a person. She said she hopes the event sheds light on the life-saving actions of Assisi’s residents. “Our world is so divided,” said Meredith. “The least we could do is to bridge the gaps.” Knighted by decree of Pope Francis, Meredith received the honor of being
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community update Thursday, Feb. 24 Olympic Science: Solar Bobsled Join the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to learn to design a solar-powered toy car and potentially win a medal at the end of the race. Children ages 8-12 can explore how the greatest source of energy on Earth- the Sun- can be harnessed. From photosynthesis to solar panels children will learn about the principals of solar eneergy by designing, building, and racing solar bobsleds. This program takes place indoors and outdoors weather permitting. Masks are required of all particpants. Contact the Jones Beach Nature and Energy Center at jonesbeachenc.org with any questions or concerns regarding the program.
Minionsthemed Skate Party
Tuesday, Mar. 1 St. Patrick’s Day Pre-School Craft Session 1 (In-Person) Celebrate the luck of the Irish this St. Patrick’s Day with fun and easy crafts for guests little leprechauns from 1:00p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the Seaford Public Library. The prgram is intended for children ages 2-5 years with an adult accompanying them. Face coverings are encouraged but not required in the Seaford Public Library. Participants are encouraged to only register for one session of the program on the library website. Contact childrens@ seafordlibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Join United Skates of America in Seaford on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 10:00 p.m. for a meet and greet with the minions from “Despicable Me.” Guests can meet the characters and rollerskate. Contact United Skates of America at (516) 795-5474 with any questions or concerns about the event.
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Join United Skates for their weekly Thankful Thursday event from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. featuring live music by DJ Arson and Guests. The event will be limited to adults ages 18 and over. Adult nights are subject to guest DJ fillins if resident DJ is unavailable. Contact United Skates of America at (516) 795-5474 with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Friday, Feb. 25 Disco Unlimited Stop by the Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall for some unlimited disco fun. $20 at the door, guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for guests ages 21+. Contact Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall at (516) 783-7500 with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Glow in the Dark Skate Night Join United Skates of America on Friday nights for glow in the dark skate night. Held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. particpants can skate with family and friends to all the best music. Admission is $14 with $6 skate rentals. Masks are not required in the facility but are highly encouraged to be worn by event guests. Contact United SKates of Amer-
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Life-Sized Candyland From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., grades k-4 can play a game of life sized Candyland at the Wantagh Public Library. Choose cards to move along the board and earn prizes for each favorite character you pass. Registration is required. Another section for tweens in grades 5-8 will be hosted by the library at 4:00-5:00 p.m. Registration is required through the library’s website. As per CDC guidelines, masks are required in the library. Contact Jennifer McHugh at jmchugh@wantagh library.org with any questions or concerns, regarding the event.
Monday, Feb. 28 Take and Make a Craft Geared to children ages 2 and up, patrons can pick up materials to make a simple craft at the Wantagh Public Library.No registration is required to participate in the event.The event will las while supplies last. Some items such as crayons and glue are not included in the take home craft kit. This week pick up materials to make a surprise craft. Contact Erin Goldberg via telephone at 5162211200 or email at egoldberg@wantaghlibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Winter Wonders Join the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to learn about the wildlife at
Jones Beach. While the beach may be known to be a hot spot in the summers, winters at Jones Beach are just as wonderful. Join an educator to learn about identifying the animal tracks from the Jones Beach winter critters and explore how to harvest seeds from the dormant plants. This event will be a leisurely walk throughout the paved sidewalks of the Pollinator Garden, and a short walk on the sand to see any wild animal tracks. The event will be held outdoors. Guests are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather. Contact the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center at jonesbeachenc.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
Join United Skates of America for weekly Wonderful Wednesdays featuring live music by DJ Nile from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. The event will be held for adults ages 18 and over. Adult nights are subject to guest DJ fill-ins if resident DJ is unavailable. Contact United Skates of America at (516) 795-5474 with any questions or concerns regarding the event.
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Artists willing to display their art in the Wantagh Library may contact jleone@wantaghlibrary.org Michael Katz will be presenting a collection of antique radios at the Wantagh Library through February. The Seaford Scholarship Drive is kicking off their 15th annual fundraising drive for graduating seniors. Check out skating events at United Skates in Seaford at: https://www.unitedskates.com/. The Wantagh Public Library is offering various book discussions throughout February.
Phillips announces audit of tax reassessment
HERALD — February 24, 2022
By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com
Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips said she will begin an audit of the Department of Assessment on Feb. 15. Joined by County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who campaigned on transparency and change for the reassessment, Phillips reiterated her own promise to independently investigate the reassessment process and how to improve it. The audit will be Phillips’ first as comptroller and will focus on better understanding the re-assessment done under former County Executive Laura Nassau CouNTy CompTroller Elaine Phillips Curran in order to make chang- said she will begin her independent audit of the tax es going forward. Phillips said reassessment done under Curran on Feb. 15. that the first task will be to audit the 2021 tax roll to see the Each year the percentage was to drop by methodology and process that was done 20 percent until the new values were for the mass appraisal. fully implemented in 2024/25. “When you go in and do an audit, you Blakeman said that he has found idenhave to keep an open mind,” Phillips tical properties in places like Masssaid. “Depending on the information that apequa where one home was assessed at you find, the audit could evolve.” 40 percent more than the other. “My prePhillips said the audit will seek to dis- decessor engaged in a reassessment that cover whether exemptions were applied wasn’t transparent and wasn’t done in a correctly and how the five-year phase in way that was fair to all the residents of may have affected the tax roll. Nassau County,” he said. “And because it In March 2020, the Legislature passed wasn’t transparent, we still don’t know the Reassessment Phase-In Act with a everything that went wrong.” five-year phase in for changes to a homeBlakeman said that the information owner’s assessed value from their that comes from Phillips’ reports will be 2019/20 market value to the 2020/21 roll. relied upon heavily for a decision-makAn exemption base was then to be deter- ing process. He also said that the county mined by taking the increase and multi- executive’s office and the Legislature plying it by .1 percent. In the first year of will have no input, which will enable the reassessment, 80 percent of the Phillips to have an independent review. exemption base was to be subtracted Legislator Steve Rhoads, the chair of from a homeowner’s total assessment. the new legislative committee for assess-
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CouNTy exeCuTive BruCe Blakeman (center) promised to keep his office and the Legislature out of the audit process. ments, was also in attendance with vice chair Legislator John Ferretti. “What we wanted as a legislative majority was a process that was fair, that was accurate, and that was transparent,” Rhoads said. “Unfortunately, what we received of the course of the last four years was anything but.” Rhoads decried a lack of transparency during Curran’s administration which saw many homeowners sue to find out how the algorithm used by the Department of Assessment calculated their home’s value.
Phillips cautioned that this audit would take time, as the audit of the assessment review commission was published in December 2021 after three and a half years. She plans to have her department publish a report after they complete their review of the 2021 tax roll but could not give a timetable yet as to when. “I’m committed to transparency,” Phillips said. “I have my slogan that I am the independent protector of our taxpayers and I promise the people of Nassau County that I will live up to that.”
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Seaford wrestlers thrive at counties By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com
Seaford will send a half dozen wrestlers to the New York State Championships after a successful run in the counties. The Vikings qualified six for states with two wrestlers capturing county titles, two runner-up finishes and another two earning wildcards after winning third place consolation matches. Seaford finished the Nassau County Division II Championships held at Cold Spring Harbor High School on Feb. 12 just four points behind Cold Spring Harbor with 268. “The most we previously had going to states is three so to six going is pretty awesome,” said ninthyear Seaford wrestling head coach Dave Takseraas. “We’re excited.” Junior Jack Godoy captured his first county title with a 10-0 major decision win against Carle Place’s Jack Parise in the 118-pound finals to cap off a dominating tournament performance in which he never gave up a point. Godoy, who finished second as a freshman at 99 pounds two years ago, pinned Jefry Pacheco of Island Trees in the semifinals. Sophomore Louis Cannata also reached the top of the podium with an 11-5 victory over Michael Centrella of Cold Spring Harbor in the 132-pound finals. Takseraas said Cannata has made major strides in his first full high school wrestling season after a truncated freshman campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic where there were no postseason tournaments. “We weren’t really sure what to expect of him entering the year,” said Takseraas, who noted that Cannata began the season wrestling in junior var-
sity before moving up due to an injury in December prior to a match against Island Trees. “He kept getting better every match and it is exciting to see how he has progressed.” Freshman Brendan Watson placed second at 102 pounds after narrowly falling 6-5 in the championship bout to Clarke’s William Grassini. Junior Neriel Colon also qualified for states with a second place finish at heavyweight, where he was pinned by John Zabielski-Ramos of North Shore. Senior Vito Valentino and junior Patrick McClernon both earned wildcard entries into the state championships after winning their third place matches at the counties. Valentino defeated Sonny Consolazio of Locust Valley in 110 pound consolation finals while McClernon won a decision against Carle Place’s Fernando Serrano. Takseraas said Godoy has a strong chance for a high finish at the states and that all the Seaford wrestlers who will hit the mats at Albany’s MVP Arena this weekend have the ability to reach the podium.
Diaz makes history
Seaford sophomore Ashley Diaz became the first female wrestler in Long Island history to place in the individual county championships with a fifth place finish at 118 pounds. Diaz recorded three wins in the counties capped off by a pin of Wheatley’s Joe Manzano in the fifth place match. Also reaching the podium for Seaford were Anthony Paradiso (third, 102), Christopher Curry (third, 132), Max Kasparian (fourth, 102), Michael Cantwell (fourth, 189), Karl Leudesdorff (fourth, 215), Max Addiego (fifth, 160), Matt Martorana (sixth, 160) and Luke Bloom (sixth, heavyweight.)
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Officials rejoice in ADU victory over Hochul By MallOry WilsOn mwilson@liherald.com
There won’t be apartments coming to single-family home communities. At least not this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul has pulled a proposal intended to allow single-family homeowners to more easily rent out rooms and basements from her state budget, putting an end — at least for now — the controversial proposal that met with considerable opposition from local leaders. Those same leaders gathered outside an East Meadow home last Friday to celebrate the governor’s decision. Raheel Ahmad, who lives on the same street, told reporters he’s grateful housing on Long Island — where he relocated his family from Brooklyn six years ago — will stay the same. “It feels amazing,” Ahmad said. “This is why I moved here. I’m thankful for the elected officials who raised up for the residents and got a victory for us.” Hochul’s proposal would have allowed for the creation of “accessory dwelling units” — basements, attics, garages and the like which could be renovated and turned into a separate apartment unit. Hochul included ADUs as part of a broader $25 billion, five-year plan that was part of an effort to preserve up to 100,000 affordable homes across the state. “In the wake of the pandemic, it’s crucial that we tackle the housing crisis and make New York a more affordable place for all,” Hochul said at the time. “These bold steps are a major step forward in transforming our housing market, protecting affordability, and increasing the housing supply.” Hochul wanted to require municipalities to allow at least one ADU on owneroccupied residentially zoned lots, leaving details like size requirements and safety standards to individual local governments. It also would have created an amnesty program in New York City to allow for existing ADUs — where such a practice already is prominent — to be made legal. Yet, Hochul’s plan has been widely criticized, especially locally, where officials claimed it would put a strain on Long
Island resources — and be an end to suburbia. Thousands signed online petitions against the proposal, according to Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin. “The biggest investment in someone’s life is buying a house in the suburbs,” he said. “The governor’s attempt by throwing this in the budget to eliminate single housing is wrong.” Hochul’s plan would have removed “home rule,” Clavin added, meaning local governments could not determine zoning based on the character of the community and the wishes of those who live and work around it. But it’s not that ADUs don’t already exist in the Town of Hempstead, Clavin said. Zoning provisions are already in place intended to provide accessory apartments for senior citizens, and for parents looking to provide their adult children some independence, while still keeping them close to home. County legislator Tom McKevitt is the one who says he found the ADU proposal buried deep inside the 5,000-page budget. The opposition organized on Long Island is something he described as a great example of people at all levels of government coming together to preserve their quality of life. “We’re putting forth the word to the governor and to state representatives, ‘Do not try this again,’” McKevitt said. “’Do not put it in there. We’re going to be watching and protecting our communities.’” Although the governor has the state constitutional power to add policy to the budget process without much legislative oversight, Hochul’s attempt to add ADUs to the state through that process says all Town Councilman Chris Carini needs to know about the strength of the proposal. “This bill could not pass on its merits as a standalone bill and was hidden in the budget to force its passage,” Carini said, in a statement. “This was the same tactic used to pass bail reform. I was proud to join with other local officials to expose this smash and grab of our local zoning.” Brendan Carpenter contributed to this article.
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Brooks proposes veterans services upgrade state sen. John Brooks, of Seaford, led a news conference in Albany last week focused on improving the state Division of Veterans Services.
continued from front page years ago with the intention of serving World War II veterans. Today it helps veterans from all eras, but “remains relatively unchanged from when it was first founded in its structure and its purpose,” Barrett said. It is currently a division of the Office of General Services. “We need to recognize that it is time to elevate this department so that we reach the needs of all veterans across the state,” Brooks said. “By passing this bill, we can finally give veterans a seat at the table in the governor’s cabinet.” If the legislation passes, veterans’ service programs would be contained in one centralized section of state law instead of being spread across various laws. In addition, the responsibilities of the Division’s Services would be modified to ensure that there are outreach efforts to John Brooks help veterans and their families State senator, obtain benefits. District 8 Brooks pointed out the frequency of mental health issues in veterans from the Vietnam War era. “Every day, we lose veterans to suicide, men and women,” he said. “That has to stop. We have veterans in need of assistance when they come back to civilian life — we want to make sure we do a better job of making them aware of the benefits and programs that they have.” The Senate bill has attracted bipartisan support, and
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more than 50 co-sponsors. VFW New York Commander Michael Hoag said the organization “strongly supports” the initiative. “The . . . Division [of Veterans Services] has done a fantastic job over the years,” Hoag said, “but they are handicapped by the fact that they only cover a portion of what veterans need.” Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter — the only female veteran in the State Legislature, and the chair of the Assembly Subcommittee on Women Veterans — said
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that financial benefits shouldn’t be divided among various budgets. “I’m asking for advocacy and support to elevate our veterans service agency to a full-commissioned agency,” Hunter said. “Our veterans deserve that. They don’t deserve piecemeal money coming from the mental health budget, or . . . from the housing budget.” “We are sending a message across the state that says we respect and honor what [veterans] have done for this nation,” Brooks said. “We are committed to see that you have the benefits and services that you need.”
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Two athletic Seaford High School seniors have been selected as recipients of the Nassau Zone Outstanding Student Award. Seniors Anthony Munro and Danielle Reid were recently named the 2022 recipients of countywide award, which is given to one male and one female student at every high school. It’s presented by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. “I like to try to get everyone involved in physical education classes,” Anthony said. “It makes the class more fun when everyone is playing.” P hy s i c a l e d u c at i o n teachers nominate students who exemplify the New York State learning standards for health and physical education. Antho-
ny and Danielle were chosen for the award for “exhibiting physically active lifestyles, valuing healthy choices, demonstrating responsible personal and social behavior including good character, citizenship and sportsmanship, showing leadership, and being positive influences on their peers,” a c c o rd i n g t o a p re s s release. Danielle added: “I like to put my all into it because I really enjoy physical education. I like being active and staying fit.” The two students also represent the Vikings on the athletic field: Anthony is a member of the soccer and lacrosse teams and a captain for winter track, and Danielle belongs to the winter and spring track teams.
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Seaford HigH ScHool seniors Anthony Munro and Danielle Reid are this year’s recipients of the Nassau Zone Outstanding Student Award for their leadership in physical education.
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Can green tea serve as a long-term treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? One Seaford School District senior has conducted research on great pond snails to find out. At the district Board of Education meeting last Wednesday, senior Madison Alias presented her research on how green tea can extend memory for extinction training, or when a new memory is created to override a traumatic memory by exposing the trigger repeatedly until there is no stimulus. The senior showed parents, administrators and board members how she tested if green tea can extend extinction-training memory by using snails, sucrose, potassium chloride and pond water. The senior said the same theory could be applied to humans. Five other students presented their research at the board meeting. This group of Seaford high schoolers will compete in the second round of the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, slated for March 8. First-place students projects that are selected will then complete in an inter national competition. Seaford seniors churned out 18 total research projects, all of which were enrolled in the first round of the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. At the meeting, another senior presented a project about the cycle of Mars and her study on Mars’ Arabia Terra. Showing pictures she compiled of Mars’ known surface, she explained her theory on the planet’s past and future habitability. The student gathered research by observing the surface of the plant, and she discovered that the planet has 67 features that display water movement. “Arabia Terra has implications of future habitability of Mars,” she said. “The importance and reasoning of my study is that it is very influential in deter-
mining Mars’ history and the history of the Martian surface.” Superintendent Dr. Adele Pecora said: “I’m amazed at the level of deep research being done at Seaford High School right now in this program.” Executive Director for Instructional Technology and STEM Thomas Lynch Jr. said at the meeting that the students in the program have worked on their research alongside professors across the country. Some have even performed work alongside researchers at NASA. “The program is doing some remarkable things for such a small district such as ours,” said Lynch. Last year – despite the difficulties associated with the Covid-19 pandemic – over 30 students won awards for their projects and earnerd over $3,000 in award money, Lynch said.
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Lynch and Fred Kaden, the district’s Director of Technology, later led a presentation on current and upcoming software programs that will enhance student learning in the classrooms. Seventh and eleventh-grade classrooms may soon have their laptops upgraded. Looking to take district technology “to the next level,” Kaden said, the upgraded classroom laptops will run five times faster, and thus increase student performance in the classroom. With over 3,000 devices in the district between students and teachers, the updates will allow teachers to control and redirect students on their laptops, an upgrade to a previous system. The update offers a classroom monitoring system that allows teachers to view student’s laptops, Kaden said, meaning he can review search history on student laptops and report any student’s flagged searches to administration. The laptops also protect users from ransomware.
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36.Rockville Centre Union Free School District 37.Seaford Union Free School District 38.Syosset Central School District 39.Uniondale Union Free School District 40.Valley Stream # 24 School District 41.Valley Stream # 30 School District 42.Valley Stream Central HS District 43.Wantagh Union Free School District 44.Westbury Union Free School District The District will receive sealed bids on, or prior to 10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at the Office of the Purchasing Department, Levittown Memorial Education Center, 150 Abbey Lane, Attn: Bonnie Pampinella, Room 316, Levittown, New York, 11756, Monday through Friday, following the advertised District approved calendar, between the hours of 8 AM and 3 PM. The District will not be responsible for any delays of handling in delivery of such mail. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside: BID # LPS-22-001: ROLL OFF DUMPSTER SERVICES - COOPERATIVE BID General conditions, specifications and bid forms may be obtained by contacting the same office. Bid prices will be firm for 45 days from date of opening. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bids, to reject any or all bids, or to accept any bid which in the opinion of the Levittown Board of Education will be in the best interest of the participating school districts. For further information call Bonnie Pampinella, Purchasing Agent at (516) 434-7014. By order of the Levittown Board of Education on behalf of the above listed participating districts. 129723 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street,
Hempstead, New York on 3/2/22 at 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 204/22. SEAFORD William & Patricia Wright, Maintain 4’ high PVC fence forward of dwelling on Archer St. & Atlantic View Ave. & in clear sight triangle (Lot 1)., S/E cor. Archer St. & Atlantic View Ave. running thru to Ellsworth St., a/k/a 3900 Atlantic View Ave. N.C.P.C. Local Determination. 205/22. 206/22. SEAFORD - William & Patricia Wright, Variances, front yards average setbacks on Archer St. & Ellsworth St., lot area occupied, construct dwelling (Lot 2); Install 6’ high fencing forward of the dwelling on Ellsworth St. which may substantially obstruct line of sight (Lot 2)., E/s Archer St., 49.19’ S/o & Atlantic View Ave. running thru to Ellsworth St. N.C.P.C. Local Determination. 207/22. 209/22. SEAFORD - William & Patricia Wright, Variances, front yard average setback on Ellsworth St., lot area occupied, construct dwelling; variance, side yard, install a/c condenser attached to dwelling (Lot 3); Install pool not permitted in side yard & pool equipment with less than required side yard setback & with 4’ high fence enclosure (5’ high enclosure required) (Lot 3); Variance, lot area occupied, maintain roofed over bar higher & larger than permitted, exceeding horizontal maximum & not permitted in the front yard on Ellsworth St. (Lot 3)., E/s Archer St., 120.51’ S/o & Atlantic View Ave. running thru to Ellsworth St. N.C.P.C. Local Determination ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Seaford within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available athttps://hempsteadny.go v/875/Hearing---0302202 2
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. LOUIS PECORA, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF CONO L. PECORA AKA CONO PECORA, STEVEN PECORA, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF CONO L. PECORA AKA CONO PECORA IF THEY BE LIVING AND IF THEY BE DEAD AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on September 30, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, front steps on North Side, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 14, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 2300 Cedar Street, Seaford, NY 11783. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 63, Block 103 and Lot 155. Approximate amount of judgment is $678,727.44 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 15-001027. This foreclosure sale will be held on the North Side Steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale. Francis X. Moroney, Esq., Referee Greenspoon Marder, 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022, Attorneys for Plaintiff 129502
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seaFord HigH sCHooL senior Madison Alias had her research on great pond snails published in the Journal of Emerging Investigators last year as a junior. She has continued her research on these creatures and presented it at the BOE meeting last week.
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Levittown Public Schools, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, in accordance with Section l03 of Article 5-A of the General Municipal Law, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for the BID of following services: BID # LPS-22-001: ROLL OFF DUMPSTER SERVICES COOPERATIVE BID. Participating school districts shall include: 1.Baldwin Union Free School District 2.Bellmore Union Free School District 3.Bellmore-Merrick Union Free School District 4.Bethpage Union Free School District 5.Carle Place Union Free School District 6.East Meadow Union Free School District 7.East Rockaway Union Free School District 8.East Williston Union Free School District 9.Floral Park/Bellerose Union Free School District 10.Freeport City Public Schools 11.Garden City Public Schools 12.Glen Cove City School District 13.Great Neck Union Free School District 14.Herricks Union Free School District 15.Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District 16.Hicksville Union Free School District 17.Island Trees Union Free School District 18.Jericho Union Free School District 19.Lawrence Union Free School District 20.Levittown Public Schools 21.Locust Valley Central School District 22.Long Beach Union Free School District 23.Lynbrook Union Free School District 24.Manhasset Union Free School District 25.Massapequa Union Free School District 26.Merrick Union Free School District 27.Mineola Union Free School District 28.New Hyde Park Garden City Park UFSD 29.North Bellmore Union Free School District 30.North Merrick Union Free School District 31.North Shore Central School District 32.Oceanside Union Free School District 33.Plainedge Union Free School District 34.Plainview Old Bethpage Central School District 35.Port Washington Union Free School District
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A. So you believe everyone is out to get you, including your architect, and you have the right to “pull back” your permit, ignoring the conditions of your house. It doesn’t work that way. Unfortunately, even though most local governments know that most homes have violations, the governments choose not to prosecute every homeowner, since it would be bad for the business of getting re-elected, so code violations go on without a word until you make the first move, which you did, by coming to the attention of the building officials whose job is public safety. Every day of the week, people ask if we can’t just look the other way. We absolutely can look the other way, but eventually who will believe us for lying or not doing our job? The issues of your home easily come up by simply bringing up satellite images, on-line accessible documents, including tax department records, showing what is in the home and whether the third floor was finished. Your building official doesn’t need the architect or you to figure out the truth about the illegalities in your home. When your architect shows the actual conditions, which he is required to do, including walls removed, walls finished in rooms that the building department has no previous record of, or other changes, he’s only doing his job. Imagine the scrutiny an architect would receive if a building official walked in to check the conditions and discovered that you and the architect had lied. I have stated in this column, many times, the statistic that only five people out of 100 will survive a fire on the third floor. Ninety-five people will die of smoke inhalation or burns. So do the right thing and follow through, whichever way you choose. I’m pulling for you.
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merica has had many political dynasties over the past 75 years. I recall the Browns in California and the Landrieu family in Louisiana. There are many others, but none can compare to the Kennedy family and the dominant role it has played in our nation’s history. Sadly, almost all of the well-known Kennedys are gone, with the exception of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his legacy has taken a dark turn from that of the rest of his famous family. The Kennedys jERRy were known as activists who supKREmER ported important causes, from the Special Olympics to health care for all. With his name, the son of the late Sen. Bobby Kennedy, who represented New York, could have gotten involved in dozens of worthwhile efforts that would be a continuation of decades of family good deeds. But instead, RFK Jr. has become the hero of the anti-vac-
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cine movement, which is both puzzling and surprising. He travels around the country, spreading his gospel that vaccinations are a threat to your health. According to The Boston Globe, Kennedy preaches, “the COVID vaccine is dangerous for your children.” He claims it is “criminal malpractice to give a child one of these vaccines.” He has also called the Covid jab “one of the deadliest vaccines ever made.” And his fixation with vaccines isn’t limited to those created for the coronavirus. He argues, without proof, that vaccines in general are linked to autism, food allergies and a host of other medical problems. For many years he asserted that the inoculations for measles, mumps and rubella caused autism and other neurological disorders, and according to the Associated Press, he claims that public health officials “knowingly allowed the pharmaceutical industry to poison an entire generation of American children.” Kennedy is the darling of anti-vax
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groups all over the country, and is welcomed into the homes of the wealthy and influential, where he rails against the shots with no medical backup for virtually anything he says. He claims he is doing this as a public service, but his anti-vaccine foundation, Children’s Health Defense, recently reported more than $6.8 million on hand. Kennedy states that there is no profit motive for his antvaccine activity. When asked if he was being paid for his efforts, Kennedy told Fox’s Tucker Carlson, “I am getting unpaid for this.” But records show that in 2019, he earned $255,000 from the foundation. Kennedy has used social media to spread his opinions, and has spent big dollars to back them up. His nonprofit is one of two buyers accounting for 54 percent of anti-vaccine content on Facebook. He has a large following on Facebook and Twitter, but his Instagram account was removed last year for “repeatedly sharing debunked claims about Covid vaccines.” To add to the strangeness of Kenne-
he son of a legendary New York senator busily spreads misinformation.
dy’s crusade, his 2021 book “The Real Anthony Fauci” promotes unproven Covid-19 treatments such as ivermectin, which is meant to treat parasites in animals, and the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, and he claims that the current vaccines have never been safety tested, even though the Food and Drug Administration requires three phases of testing that involves thousands of people before a childhood vaccine is approved. There is no shortage of stories about concerned parents who believe that all vaccinations are suspicious or dangerous. I do not challenge their beliefs. But considering the many positive paths that so many Kennedy family members have taken over the years, the one that RFK Jr. has taken is a disturbing one. He is a true believer in his misguided cause, but he bears no resemblance to his legendary late father. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
1950s sci-fi horror story still burns bright
ow did he know? How did Ray Bradbury know in 1951 that the tiny black and white televisions popping up in everyone’s living room had the potential to alter human experience? How did Bradbury, who died at age 91 in 2012, know that the little screens would lead to big screens that would eventually possess children’s minds in a way books could not? How did he foresee that people would stuff their heads with the cerebral equivalent of cotRANDI ton candy and KREISS abandon intellectual pursuits for lives devoted to video games? Bradbury was a visionary. He prophesied that many new inventions had the potential to threaten civilized life. What he saw as science “fiction” has come to pass. We are living amid modern advances that have ironically set us back as a people in pursuit of enlightenment and knowledge. We live in an era when the great works of literature are reduced to and diluted into mini-works and summaries, Cliff Notes and comic books.
I urge you and your teenagers to read “Fahrenheit 451,” Bradbury’s 1951 novel that warned the world that it was moving inexorably toward a time of more technology and less humanity, more autocracy, and less freedom of thought. He described a time when fringe groups of fanatics would dominate by using invasive surveillance and harsh laws to squelch any resistance. He never mentioned QAnon, but he knew it was coming. Reading “Fahrenheit 451” today, in the time of alternate facts, false flags, big lies and other threats to our democracy, has left me shaken. Bradbury set the book in a city of the future, but he was writing during the time of the McCarthy hearings, the Red Scare, emerging nuclear weapons and increased government intrusion into the private lives of citizens. He wrote a what-if tale of how a civilized people could lose their freedom by following false gods that pander to their darkest impulses. Seventy years ago he was writing about now, about selfserving political operatives and fake news and pseudo-patriots who tear down the scaffolding that holds up American democracy. “Fahrenheit 451” is a short novel
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about a future in which firefighters are tasked with burning books and the houses of people who hide them. When a woman stands defiantly in her doorway with her book in hand, they burn her, too. Books are banned because they “confuse” people with their ideas. Much of the population is beaten into acceptance of the new normal, with information and entertainment blaring at them from wall screens all day. No one walks outside. Everyone is suspect. It is a thriller about one man, Montag, a fireman who experiences a sudden awakening to the horrors he has perpetrated. His wife, a survivor of multiple suicide attempts, is addicted to the virtual world projected from the screens in her house. She and her friends are inured to authentic feeling, even within themselves. Montag goes on the run, with firemen in pursuit. Eventually he joins up with a rogue band of men — former professors and thinkers, now wanderers in the wilderness, each with large sections of books memorized for posterity. Bradbury’s hero wears a “sea clam shell” in his ear that presages the AirPod. Montag stops on the street to get money from a machine that didn’t exist
eventy years ago, Ray Bradbury was presciently writing about now.
in the 1950s. Overhead, supersonic aircraft drop bombs on cities. They are unmanned drones, much like the ones our government is using to assassinate terrorists thousands of miles away. He explores the risks of free thinking in a time of crushing conformity. In the world of “Fahrenheit 451” there is no privacy, no awareness of nature, simply the elevation of technology and the diminution of humanity. Why does Montag go rogue? What makes him realize that freedom of thought is worth dying for? His last job with the firemen is to burn down the house of a woman who is hiding books. When they arrive with their trucks and flame-throwers, she is standing in the doorway with a book in her hand, and she strikes the first match, killing herself as the house explodes around her. People will die for their books, Montag realizes. It’s something to think about when we read headlines every day about book bans and censorship of treasured literature. It’s something to act on when we see children who watch but don’t read in a time in America when only 25 percent of the population reads a book a year. Bradbury knew we need books to tell the story of ourselves and pass that story on to future generations. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Redistricting is a process designed to fail
n chess, you can’t control the game unless you control the board. The same can be said about politics, and since the early days of the republic, state legislatures have had virtually complete control of the congressional and legislative redistricting process. After each census, states are required to draw new district boundary lines — a controversial process that far too often is steeped in partisanship. In fact, New York state lawmakers just approved those lines in recent weeks, making a number of changes, felt primarily when it comes to who represents us where in Congress. Nothing about redistricting is popular — especially when population declines force the Legislature to remove congressional districts completely, as New York had to do this year. That’s why then Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced in 2011 what would eventually become a state constitutional amendment removing redistricting powers from the Legislature — which drew district boundaries for itself — and putting it in the hands of an “independent” commission.
We use “independent” ironically because it really wasn’t. The majority and minority parties in the Legislature each appointed four members, and those eight members chose two more people who were not registered members of either party. This commission held hearings and then drew new district late last year. What its members couldn’t do was come to a consensus. Without what would essentially be a bipartisan agreement, the entire process was thrown back to the very Legislature that held the power to draw the maps in the first place. Even if the commission had somehow found a way to agree on a final set of maps, it still required approval from the Legislature. Even in that scenario, the Legislature would only need to reject the maps drawn by the commission twice before it regained its original power to draw the maps its members chose. It’s like buying your wife a bowling ball for your anniversary, with the finger holes drilled to fit your own grip. Did anyone really believe that an inde-
pendent commission could craft district maps on its own that the State Legislature would actually approve? The odds were stacked against the panel from the very start, creating not an independent commission, but simply the appearance of one, while the process of drawing maps remained the same as it has been for the past couple of centuries. Gerrymandering is an age-old problem, and it’s hard not to look at some of the new districts — like the stretching of U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s congressional district from northern Nassau County straight up past Little Neck Bay, and west to the East River and into Westchester County — and not see highly creative boundary drawing. Yet we can’t seem to get out of our own way to prevent it. A slight shift of a district line here, and a tuck there, can be the difference between true representation and an electorate skewed to support an elite few. Representation is the very essence of democracy. But if we’re not drawing district lines fairly, are we truly represented?
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letters Will train platform barriers work? To the Editor: In his letter “Rail Lines Need Barriers” (Feb. 10-16), Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan pointed out a need for barriers on various railroad platforms. What he did not address, however, is how barriers would affect traffic on those platforms. First, if barriers are installed, there will be significantly less space on the platforms, which means that fewer people will have access to them. Second, while the technology exists to make the trains stop at the exact location so that their doors will open at the openings of the platfor m doors, that will require that all trains be the same length, no matter what the requirements for travel may be. Should the two sets of doors not match up exactly (within an allowable tolerance of about 18 inches) the passengers may not be able to detrain. Similarly, if the platform doors open and the train doors don’t, there will also be a lot of unhappy people.
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hile the state’s election districts were recently redrawn — gerrymandered — by a progressive-Democratic majority in the State Legislature for the purpose of favoring their party, gerrymandering is not a particularly new political weapon. Those on both sides of the aisle have used their power to redraw district lines, depending on who holds the majority. The practice goes back to the 1800s, but this year’s redrawing by is unprecedented, ronaLd j. and comes at a when the rosenberg time self-proclaimed progressives’ larger political agenda ranges from defunding police to “bail reform” to demonizing the successful entrepreneur, i.e., capitalism. As U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi pursues his gubernatorial primary quest, his former 3rd Congressional District is now unrecognizable. The progressive gerrymander has recreated his congressional borders into what they now humorously call the Long Island Sound District. It now stretches from Smithtown in Suffolk County, along the lightly populated North Shore, into the densely populated Bronx, and ends in Democratic West-
chester County. While several Long Island Democrats have announced their intentions to run for Suozzi’s vacated seat, they will face a growing number of New York City-based progressives who see their population density and massive Democratic enrollment in the city and its environs as bulletproof at the ballot box. The numbers speak for themselves. The Village of Northport, part of the new 3rd C.D., has some 8,000 residents. The City of New Rochelle, in Westchester, which is also part of the new district, has some 80,000. Now consider who is lining up to run in the 3rd District so far: Bronx State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, who defeated moderate Democrat Jeff Klein a number of years ago. In a December tweet, Democratic Socialist Congresswoman Alexandria OcasioCortez had nothing but praise for Biaggi. Also in the running is Melanie D’Arrigo, a self-described progressive who has been endorsed by former New York City Council Speaker Melissa MarkViverito, a city pol who once co-chaired the City Council’s Progressive Caucus. So these are the extremist candidates who stand a very good chance of assuming control of a new district designed to remove the potential of not just a Republican winning the seat, but of Long
Letters the Heralds in which he did not challenge the reader to think, to question, and to join him in creating a better community. Over the decades, his professionalism saw him literally on the front lines, reporting on everything from local events to major breaking news, and eventually overseeing the coverage that appears weekly in our local paper. Brinton has reported on not one, not two, but three once-in-a-lifetime events: the Sept. 11 attacks, Superstorm Sandy and the Covid19 pandemic. He further demonstrated his professionalism and class when the Merrick Life transitioned to the Merrick Herald, paying tribute to the decades of community journalism by the Laursen family. Scott was not only our source of news. He was a neighbor and a parent in our community. You may have waved hello to him as he jogged through the neighborhood. You may have stood behind him on the bagel line. But you always knew his byline stood for probing and honest journalism. This is one reader who will miss our local journalism, celebrity and who thanks him for his almost three decades of service to the Merrick-Bellmore community. KYLE STROBER Merrick
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Islanders having any representation focused on Long Island issues. The implications have not gone unnoticed. Great Neck-based Democratic primary hopeful Robert Zimmerman is now warning Democrats and Republicans that he is the political firewall that could prevent a progressive from representing the new district. As he raises money for the primary, Zimmerman is reciting a list of moderate, centrist Long Island Democrats who now support his effort. His strategy is that of a seasoned professional, leveraging his public relations experience to focus his message, which is, essentially, “I am your last best hope to confront this city theft.” Of course, that presumes the Republican Party won’t field a candidate who can confront and defeat whoever the Democrats nominate in this now unrecognizable district. But the reality is that the tortured borders of the 3rd are a calculated move by New York City-based progressives to dismantle Nassau and Suffolk counties’ ability to project political cohesion and regional advocacy. If successful, they will have effectively eliminated any chance that the Long Island congressional delegation will be a powerful force in the House of Representatives. Consider what that means. Will a
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Bronx progressive/Socialist Democrat really work with a Long Island Republican to redress the loss of South Shore beachfront in a nor’easter? Will a Bronx progressive care about environmental damage along Smithtown’s coastline? Will a Bronx Progressive fight for infrastructure money for the Long Island Expressway? Because, after all, shouldn’t we all be punished for not using electric vehicles? And by the way, many constituents of this new Long Island Sound District have median incomes that progressives will find worthy of their most pungent demagoguery, because capitalism is an anathema to their political ideology. This ambush of Long Island by these progressives reveals a smug disdain for suburbia, its values, its people and its needs. To counter it, Long Island voters must recognize that we have been robbed of our voice in Congress. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, liberal or conservative. As a bicounty region, we have been mugged by those who cynically intend to walk off with one of our congressional seats. The answer is to recognize the ploy and respond appropriately on Election Day 2022. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.
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