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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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the thrill of victory Wantagh’s Noah Corwin celebrated his Nassau County wrestling championship at 172 pounds Feb. 13, which helped the Warriors to the team title. Story, Page 10.

WHS senior is a bowling champ

Seth Braum nabs county title, plans to keep rolling By iRYNA SHkURHAN newsroom@liherald.com

Seth Braum first picked up a bowling ball in fourth grade. A decade later, the Wantagh High School senior used one of the 60 balls in his personal arsenal to capture the Nassau County boys’ high school Individual championship and state qualifier earlier this month at the AMF Garden City lanes.

This wasn’t Braum’s first time qualifying for the state championships. It was actually the third, but due to Covid-19

restrictions, he was unable to step up to the challenge the past two years. Next month he will finally compete with the state’s best high school bowlers in Syracuse.

“It’s a super proud moment for someone who’s watched this little kid come to be a team captain, county champion and future college bowler,” said Seth’s father, Andrew Braum, who watched his son roll the highest combined score of the day, a 1,403, at the qualifying tournament.

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easy to Seth, 17, when he was growing up. But bowling became a thrill when he rolled his first 200 game. “I just fell in love with it,” he said. “It’s such a fun, enjoyable experience that I just kept working to get better and better.”

When bowling lanes shut down at the start of the pandemic, Braum’s training routine and plans were up in the air. Unable to practice, he resorted to rolling his bowling ball outside with pillow barricades. But he lost his form, he said, and it took him a 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

Courtesy Helena McDermott

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 discuss 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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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.

Courtesy Gary Krupp

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

awarded Dame of the Grand Cross, the Highest Vatican State order that can be awarded to a lay person. Gary received the Knight of the Grand Cross in 2018.

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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.

Wednesday, Mar. 3

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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.

HavING aN eveNT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number.

Submissions can be emailed to knalepinski@liherald.com

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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Wantagh produces four county champs

By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

The Wantagh wrestling program will have a big presence at the New York State Championships.

The Warriors produced four champions and two other top three finishers in the Nassau County Division I individual championships on Super Bowl Sunday at Nassau Community College to qualify six wrestlers for the state stage in Albany this weekend. The six headed to states is second in program history only to the 2018 team, which sent seven.

“This is a really special team and most of it is back next year,” said 11th-year Wantagh head coach Paul Gillespie. “This is one of the best teams I think I have ever had at Wantagh.”

Senior Ben Rogers captured his second county title against Massapequa’s Alex Giuliani in the 152-pound finals to head to states for a second time. Rogers, who received All-State accolades as a sophomore with a sixth place showing at 138, will look to cap his career with a state title when he competes at the MVP Arena this weekend against in a challenging weight class much like his older brother Matt accomplished in 2020.

“He has been working so hard to get himself better,” Gillespie said of Rogers. “I really hope it works out for him and he can win it just like his brother a couple of years ago.”

Sophomore Joseph Clem captured his first county title at 118 pounds with a 3-1 win against Calhoun’s Ray Adams. He will head to states for the second time after qualifying two years ago as an eighth grader when he was runner-up at coun-

ties at 99 pounds.

“Joe I think could be a state champion this year,” Gillespie said. “He is one tough dude.”

Junior Ryan Arbeit also reached the top of the podium with a 6-4 victory over Hewlett’s Ariel Waldman in the 126-pound finals. Arbeit advanced to the championship match after a 13-11 overtime win against Luke Nieto of Plainedge in the semifinals.

Noah Corwin also won a county crown as a junior at 172 pounds with a 6-2 triumph versus Plainedge’s Travis Shaver. He pinned Masspequa’s Anthony DiGennaro in the semis.

Anthony Clem, a twin brother of Joseph, will also head upstate after placing third at 110 pounds. He pinned Aidan Bebber Manhasset 2:43 into the third place match.

Junior Thomas Banasera earned a spot at states with a pin of Valley Stream North’s Michael Munson.

Gillespie said all six competing in Albany could earn All State honors with Rogers and Joseph Klem having the best chance to reach the top of the podium.

“I think all our guys could make All-State,” Gillespie said. “They are all psyched up and are focused on getting upstate and doing something.”

Senior Luke Janosko earned All-County honors with a fourth place finish at 160. Sophomore Jesse Vanorden also reached the podium with a fifth place showing at 145.

Wantagh captured the points at the counties with 240, 26.5 ahead of second place Massapequa.

It marked the first time since 2018 Wantagh finished on top as a team in the individual county championships.

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WANtAgh’s JOsEph ClEm, top, defeated Calhoun’s Ray Adams in a hard-fought 3-1 decision to capture the Nassau County D1 118pound title.

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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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Officials gather Outside of a home in East Meadow to celebrate Gov. Kathy Hochul taking the single-family zoning proposal — which would have potentially allowed owners of single-family homes to rent out spare rooms and basements — out of the state budget.

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Yes, he loves bowling. Check the yearbook. neering, in Bellmore.

He has even applied his knowledge of year to get back to pre-pandemic sharpmath and science to his bowling techness.

After years of playing in athletic nique. “Seth always wanted to learn the leagues, he landed a spot on the Wantagh science behind why balls do what they High varsity team as an eighth-grader, a do,” said Jason Arbeitman, who works at rare feat that only one other student had the Precision Fit Pro Shop in Garden accomplished, according to bowling City, where he customizes bowling balls to his customers’ g rips. coach James Polo.

Braum is the only one, Arbe“I knew immediately itman said, who wanted to when I saw him as an eighthhelp with the customization grader that he was very seriprocess. ous and determined in the According to Seth, his bigsport,” Polo said, adding that gest role model and supportBraum’s skill level at the er is his father. For years time “was far superior to a Andrew has driven Seth to lot of the bowlers that I’ve every practice and meet, had in the past.” even if it was several states Polo named Braum the JameS POlO away. team captain when he was a Seth’s coach T hey both recounted sophomore, recognizing his when Seth was scheduled to leadership and hard work.

Over the course of his high school compete in the 2021 Junior Bowl in Indiaacademic career, meanwhile, he has napolis, one of the biggest tournaments taken all honors and eight AP-level class- in the country. But due to a summer es while maintaining a 97 average. His storm, their flight was canceled — even grades and his bowling performances after the plane had spent hours on the earned him a spot on the bowling team at tarmac, waiting to take off. They impulLawrence Technological University in sively decided to drive to Indiana Michigan, where he plans to study through the night.

“It really showed how much he truly mechanical engineering this fall, following in his father’s footsteps. In the class- cares about my bowling, enough to sit room, Braum discovered a passion for through a 12-hour drive in the middle of physics, and when he’s not in school, he the night,” Seth said of his father. “He works at his father’s company, ASB Engi- was just nonstop driving the whole continued from front page

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e was very serious and determined in the sport.

Photos courtesy Andrew Braum

One Of Seth Braum’s first bowling wins, in 2015 at Levittown Lanes, left, and a more recent win, last month, at AMF Wantagh Lanes. night. I didn’t know how he did it, but he did it.”

Seth hopes to make varsity at LTU and to compete in the world’s most prestigious bowling tournaments while having a career as a mechanical engineer. “I don’t want it to become a dying sport,”

he said. “I don’t want to be one of the last great bowlers in Wantagh. I want my story to be the first of many.”

His senior quote in this year’s Wantagh High School yearbook? “Let’s go bowling.”

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Resident places first in photo contest, again knalepinski@liherald.com

Wanta gh resident William McCabe’s passion for photography has led him to place first in a local, monthly photo contest – ten times.

Longtime photographer McCabe was recognized for placing first in Wantagh.li’s monthly photography competition last Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Wantagh Museum. McCabe gathered alongside Legislator Steve Rhoads, members of the Wantagh Preservation Society and Jim Colotti, a Wantagh.li founder. McCabe was presented with a solid granite trophy, a Nassau County Citation, a one-year subscription to the Wantagh Herald and a $100 Berger Brothers gift card.

In spring 2019, McCabe learned of the local photo contest and decided to submit his work. He nabbed a first-place win of May of that year.

Soon after, the shutterbug continued the trend, eventually garnering ten wins over about three years.

“I never expected to win with even one of my photos, let alone ten,” McCabe said.

But his photo journey started as a teenager, after he learned to develop black and white film. He converted to digital in the late 1990s. Later

in life, McCabe became a detective for the NYPD Intelligence Bureau, where he was sent to the Nikon School of Photography as part of his training.

Since retiring from the NYPD, the photog travels across Long Island to shoot images – paying close attention to one of his favorite locations in Wantagh, Jones Beach State Park. He stopped by there earlier this month to shoot photos of a snowy owl. He’s recently utilized his new drone to capture powerful overview shots.

With his Nikon D750, McCabe captures a variety of images. His Aug. 2019 photo shows turbulent storm waves in Wantagh, while his May and June 2020 photos encapsulate Wantagh’s eerie pandemic.

Landscapes and sunsets are his preferred genres, he said. He often donates prints to charities, like the Drug Awareness Program sponsored by the Elks Lodge.

For the past two years, McCabe’s photos have been featured in the Hempstead Town calendar.

Since September 2002, Wantagh. li has sponsored a free monthly photography competition. Anyone can submit photos taken in Wantagh, and a winner is selected once a month.

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LEgISLATor STEvE rhoAdS, Wantagh resident William McCabe and Wantagh Preservation Society Vice President Matt Susco at the Wantagh Museum on Feb. 17. McCabe was recognized for his outstanding photo abilities.

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Wantagh Middle School eighth graders, Kaitlyn Clark, left, Shannon Udell and Bella Hrzich had the winning display in cupcake wars, the culminating competition in the Ultimate Chef culinary class.

teddy o’Sullivan and Paul McHale made cupcakes that served as chess pieces.

Young Wantagh chefs take on cupcake competition After five months of cooking and baking, students in the Ultimate Chef classes at Wantagh Middle School were fired up for their final challenge of the semester.

The end of January meant it was time for cupcake wars: an annual tradition in the family and consumer sciences class that displays all of the student’s learned culinary skills in action.

This year’s theme was board games, chosen by teacher Valerie Gompers. Students could work independently or in small groups to create a cupcake display suitable for a child’s birthday party with at least 12 cupcakes. The confections not only had to taste good, but also be decorated to represent the theme.

Checkers, Chess, Guess Who, Life and Monopoly were among the games that inspired this year’s displays. After baking their cupcakes, students set up their displays on Jan. 24. Middle school teachers were invited to cast a vote either by stopping into the classroom or viewing the pictures provided by Gompers through

Google Forms.

The winning display was based upon the card game Uno, and was created by the team of Kaitlyn Clark, Bella Hrzich and Shannon Udell. Their red, yellow, blue, green and rainbow cupcakes, set up on tiered foam blocks covered in Uno cards, wowed the judges.

Gompers said the project helped them think like chefs, as students had to do all their own planning. They had to identify the ingredients they needed and how much before they could begin baking.

“They loved this,” Gompers said in a press release. “It gets their creativity going as they were able to make whatever they wanted.”

Ultimate Chef started with a sewing project, in which students made their own aprons that they get to take home at the end of the semester. Cooking and baking activities that led up to cupcake wars included macaroni and cheese, breakfast burritos, cinnamon buns, fried rice, holiday cookies and pizza.

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WOODMERE 2/27, 2-3:30, 20 Brower Ave, NEW!! Renovated 3/4 BR, 3.5 Bth Victorian Style with Porch in Old Woodmere. Huge Updtd Gran/Wood Kosher EIk, LR, DR & Den.All Updated Baths. O/S Yard with Pavered Patio. 2 Car Det Gar. SD#14...$1,100,000

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Q. Our house is large and very old, with a third story that was partially finished before purchase. We finished the rest of the attic and put in a few bedrooms and a bath. Recently we hired an architect to enlarge our kitchen into our backyard and make a nice entrance to a porch and patio with a fireplace.

The architect made the plans, after several meetings, changes, etc., and then put them into our building department to pull a permit. We next got a notice that our attic is in violation, and we had to either take out all the finishes and bathroom or file plans to get a state permit.

Ask The None of this has anything to do with the kitchen Architect or patio, which we hoped to have by summer. We suspect our architect made this much more complicated for us, but now we can’t undo what he did.

Naturally, he gets more money to do more plans and permits, which we also think is rather sneaky and uncalled for. Can we report onte eeper the architect for doing this to us, and can we pull back the permit so we can make all this go away and just do our kitchen?

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elax on the wraparound porch and enjoy the character of this Victorian home with all the updates. There is a huge extended designer kosher kitchen with stainless steel appliances, radiant heat, separate pantry and loads of cabinets. You will enjoy four bedrooms including a master suite with walk in closet and radiant heated bath. The fabulous private patio is perfect for entertaining and you will love the enclosed yard. This home boasts a 2 car detached garage with spacious attic storage, full Basement. SD#14 and its convenient to shops, LIRR and houses of worship. Call me to arrange a private viewing. You won't be disappointed!

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16 Prospect Ave, BA, 6 BR, 3.5 Bth Colonial on O/S Property in SD#15 (Tree Streets). LR/Fpl, FDR, Den & Large Kosher Kit. 2 Car Det Gar .......................................................................REDUCED $1,599,000

N WOOdMERE

39 Valley Lane N, BA, FIRST TIME ON THE Market! Updated 5 Bedroom, 4 Bth Arlington Colonial. 3300 Sq ft, This home Features an Entry Foyer, Step Down Living Room, Formal Dining Room, Family Rm w/ Fpl & Quartz/Wood EIK. 4 Bedrooms on Upper Level Include Master suite w/ Vaulted Ceiling, Skylit Bth w/ Jacuzzi, Terrace & WIC. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Att Gar. SD#14 ......... $1,279,000

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156 E Rockaway Rd, BA, Rental of a Renovated 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bth Apt with Spacious Gourmet Kitchen Use of Patio & Outdoor Space ..........................$3,200

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299 Princeton Rd, 12-1:30, NEW EXCLUSIVE! Move Right Into This 3 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Lovely Street. LR w/ Fpl, FDR, Sun Room & Updated Gran/Wood EIK. Master Ste Has Updtd Bth. Walk Up Attic with Cedar Closet. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Det Gar. Rockville Centre SD.................................................................... $879,000

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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.

© 2022 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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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.”

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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.

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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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To the Editor: In his letter “Rail Lines Need Barriers” (Feb. 10-16), Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan pointed out a need for barriers on various railroad platforms. What he did not address, however, is how barriers would affect traffic on those platforms.

First, if barriers are installed, there will be significantly less space on the platforms, which means that fewer people will have access to them.

Second, while the technology exists to make the trains stop at the exact location so that their doors will open at the openings of the platfor m doors, that will require that all trains be the same length, no matter what the requirements for travel may be. Should the two sets of doors not match up exactly (within an allowable tolerance of about 18 inches) the passengers may not be able to detrain.

Similarly, if the platform doors open and the train doors don’t, there will also be a lot of unhappy people.

There is no easy solution to this problem. Many people want immediate solutions, but in the real world, that doesn’t happen. And when action is taken, there are always unanticipated side effects that in some cases are worse than the original problem.

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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.

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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.

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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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