VOL. 72 NO. 38
September 17 - 23, 2026
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Commemorating 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001
Memorial ceremonies held Story page 3
Inside It’s time to update NY’s mansion tax An Editorial page 4
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A day of tennis, canasta & pickle ball in A. B.
Plunging for a cause at Sunny Atlantic page 7
The Atlantic Beach Tennis Center hosted a Canasta, Tennis & Pickle Ball Tournament on Aug. 30, bringing residents together for a day of friendly competition and socializing. Participants could take part in all three events or choose just one. The day began with tennis from 10 to 11:30 a.m., followed by
the Canasta Tournament from noon to 3 p.m. and pickleball from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The Canasta Tournament featured a $20 buy-in, while players of all experience levels were encouraged to participate. The event offered a mix of cards and racquet sports, giving friends, neighbors
and families an opportunity to spend the day together. Organizers encouraged participants to bring a partner, their game and a
smile as the tournament combined competition with camaraderie at the Atlantic Beach Tennis Center. — Melissa Berman
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Atlantic Beach remembers 9/11 victims 25 years later By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
Twenty-five years ago, the sky over Atlantic Beach looked much as it did Friday morning as about 50 residents gathered at the village’s 9/11 Memorial to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and honor two local residents who never came home. The Village of Atlantic Beach’s Community Wreath-Laying Ceremony began at 8 a.m. beside Village Hall, bringing residents, village officials and first responders together to remember Neil Levin and Bettina Browne-Radburn, as well as the thousands of victims and first responders affected by the attacks. Trustee Doug Garczynski opened the ceremony by reflecting on the significance of the 25th anniversary. “On this 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on America, we gather to honor the memory of the residents who perished that day, Neil Levin and Bettina Browne-Radburn, and pay tribute to all the victims and first responders whose courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten,” Garczynski said. He also used the occasion to rededicate the village’s memorial park, pledging that the community would continue to preserve it as a place of remembrance. “We would also like to take this opportunity to rededicate this memorial park and pledge to maintain it with the dignity
The Village of Atlantic Beach held a Community Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Sept. 11 to commemorate 25 years since the terrorist attacks.
Deputy Mayor of Atlantic Beach Joseph Pierantoni gave the keynote address honoring all who perished that day, especially Atlantic Beach residents Neil Levin and Bettina Browne-Radburn.
it deserves,” Garczynski said. “Let it be an inviting place of quiet reflection and peace.” Residents participated in a processional walk, accompanying the wreath to the memorial monument honoring Levin and Browne-Radburn. Atlantic Beach Rescue first responders Anthony “Zeke” Rivelli and Carl Schulman escorted the wreath.
Twenty-five single white roses were then placed at the base of the monument, one representing each year since the attacks. Deputy Mayor Joseph Pierantoni delivered the keynote address, recalling the lives of the two residents and the community’s connection to the tragedy. “Two names are on this memorial,” Pierantoni said.
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Browne-Radburn, who was 49, lived in Atlantic Beach with her husband, Ed. She was a lawyer and entrepreneur who founded her own company after leaving a law firm. Levin, 46, grew up in Atlantic Beach and had become executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey just five months before the attacks. He would have turned 47 five days later. Pierantoni shared a message from Levin’s brother, Stan, who described Neil as someone who cared deeply about people and their dignity. “Loyal. Respectful. A good, decent man,” Pierantoni said. “That is his brother, 25 years on. So I am saying it out loud here, where all of us neighbors can hear it.” Pierantoni said that as a generation grows up knowing Sept. 11 primarily as history, remembering the victims has become a deliberate choice. “Twenty-five years is long enough that an entire generation has come up with September 11th as history rather than memory,” he said. “Remembering has stopped being a reflex. It is a decision somebody has to make on purpose.” The ceremony concluded at 8:46 a.m., marking the exact time the first plane struck the World Trade Center’s North Tower and the first national moment of silence that morning. “So we are standing here,” he said. “And we will be here next September, and the September after that.”
Local religious figures lead, reflect on Sept. 11 By AIDAN WARSHAVSKY Religious leaders from nearby communities gathered in Hewlett at the Chapel of Peace at Trinity-St. John’s Church for an Interfaith Service of Remembrance & Peace to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The service was stewarded by Father Christopher Ballard and included other religious leaders including Rabbi Michel Schlesinger of Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre’s Congregation Etz Chaim; the Rev. Prabhu Sigamani of Bethany Congregational Church in East Rockaway; Sister Jamillah AbdulKareem of the U.S. Islamic Cultural Center in Elmont; Karen Renna if the Bahá’í Faith; and Nanda Sundri of the AsaMai Hindu Temple in Hicksville. Ballard, who joined the Five Towns community in 2014, was leaving a gym he was a member of on Varick Street in Greenwich Village when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. “We were stupefied by the first plane,” Ballard said. “It just didn’t register, and it didn’t really cross anyone’s mind that this was terrorism until the second plane hit.” Just up the street, Ballard said, he stood outside the now-closed Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center. He experienced the tremors from the towers coming down and watched survivors coming up from downtown covered in
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Trinity-St. John’s Father Christopher Ballard, along with other religious leaders, reflected on Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in a joint service encompassing a plethora of religions. soot. That afternoon, Ballard said, he and his husband, Seale Ballenger, watched first responders traveling down the West Side Highway. They visited the pile and World Trade Center 7, which would col-
lapse later, at 5:20 p.m. In the ensuing months, the area below 14th Street was closed. Ballard said he was working in a seminary and helped comfort survivors and mourners who went to morgues to identify the bodies of people who died.
Ballard described lower Manhattan as haunting and terrifying as he referred to armed forces and transport trucks moving through the haze while jets circled overhead. “To be in the city and hear nothing was really weird,” Ballard said. “For the people who witnessed it, there’s a look in their eye.” Sigamani said he worked with an organization that supported Sept. 11 survivors and mourners with ties to Windows on the World — a collection of dining, meeting and entertainment venues on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower — which was above the impact zone. “When I ministered and worked with them, I felt the pain in their soul,” Sigamani said. “May this day of remembrance become a renewal of our peace.” Other religious leaders recited several prayers, including “Mourners Kadish” a Jewish prayer recited for those who died and “Oseh Shalom” which is Hebrew for “maker of peace.” In front of them sat a vase filled with four white-petaled flowers — representing the tragedies at the North and South Towers, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pa., where Flight 93 crashed. Ballard used them to describe the connection between people of all different religions and faiths. “We are connected by one stem to underscore the fact that tragedy is connected and that we are all connected to that one stem,” he said.
25 years later, Cedarhurst honors the fallen residents By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Cedarhurst residents gathered at Andrew J. Parise Park on Friday to remember the seven local residents who were killed that day and honor the courage and sacrifice of first responders. The annual Village of Cedarhurst 9/11 Memorial Ceremony brought residents, village officials, clergy, first responders and family members together to commemorate the 25th anniversary and ensure that the memories of those lost remain part of the community. The seven local victims are Thomas Jurgens, 27; Neil Levin, 47; Bettina Browne-Radburn, 49; Joseph Rivelli Jr., 43; Kevin O’Rourke, 44; Howard Selwyn, 47; and Ira Zaslow, 55. Mayor Benjamin Weinstock spoke about the importance of continuing to remember the victims, particularly as an entire generation has grown up without personal memories of the attacks. “Everybody in here remembers exactly where they were that morning,” Weinstock said. “And yet, a quarter of a century later, some Americans seem to have forgotten those lessons.” Weinstock said that was one reason annual commemorations remain
important. “That’s why we do these commemorations year after year,” he said. “Even when they’re inconvenient, in a blazing hot sun, or a pouring rain, or on a beautiful morning like this, it’s very important.” He emphasized the responsibility of those who experienced Sept. 11 to preserve its history for younger generations. “We have an entire generation since who’ve grown up with no personal memory of 9/11,” Weinstock said. “To them, it’s history; for us, it’s memory. That’s why we must become the guardians of the truth and teach our children and grandchildren what happened that day.” Rabbi Pinchas Chatzinoff of Congregation Tifereth Zvi in Cedarhurst reflected on the different ways the passage of 25 years has affected those gathered. “There are young people standing here today who were not yet born when the towers fell,” Chatzinoff said. “For them, September 11 is just history. Something learned, not something lived.” For those who lost loved ones, however, he said the passage of time has done little to diminish the pain. “For us, 25 years can feel like 25 minutes,” Chatzinoff said. “That’s the strange arithmetic of grief, and it is
why we gather here this morning.” Patricia O’Rourke O’Keefe, the sister of FDNY firefighter Kevin O’Rourke, read a poem she wrote for her brother’s funeral. In her remarks, she also called on Americans to remember the unity that followed the attacks. “It is 25 years later, and it is sad,” O’Keefe said. “I think we need to be Americans again. Be proud of who we are. This is our country. You know, be proud.” Her poem recalled Kevin as a firefighter who made rescuing people his priority and praised his courage, dignity and perseverance. “Heroes never question why, how, or when,” O’Keefe read. “Despite the peril of the risks they take, they’ll do it once again.” She urged residents to remember the patriotism and unity that emerged after the attacks. “Remember the patriotism that stretched across our land? Remember who we were? We were Americans,” she said. “So, let’s put aside our differences, put aside our hate.” The rabbi connected the anniversary with Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sunset on Sept. 11 this year and is also known in Jewish tradition as a day of remembrance. “Today, we answer that fear by saying we remember,” Chatzinoff said. “We remember.”
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Patricia O’Rourke O’Keefe, the sister of FDNY firefighter Kevin O’Rourke who died on Sept 11, 2001, recited the poem she read at her brother’s funeral 25 years ago at the annual Village of Cedarhurst 9/11 Memorial Ceremony.
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HERALD EDitoRiAL
It’s time to update New York’s mansion tax
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ew york lawmakers need to stop pretending that a $1 million home is a mansion. In 1989, when the state created a 1 percent tax on residential properties selling for $1 million or more, the threshold was intended to target luxury homeowners. At the time, it made sense. Thirty-seven years later, it doesn’t. A property on long Island valued at $1 million back then now costs roughly $4.5 million. On long Island, $1 million can buy a perfectly ordinary home. In Nassau County, the median home price is now around $880,000, and in Suffolk County, it’s roughly $750,000, both near historic highs. In communities where demand remains strong and inventory remains tight, a $1 million price tag is no longer an indication that someone is purchasing a sprawling estate. It may simply mean they’re buying a house. That’s why the State legislature should make reforming the so-called mansion tax a priority in 2027. Five major long Island business organizations — the Association for a Better long Island, HIA-lI, the long Island Builders Institute, the long Island Association and the long Island Contractors Association — have called for changes to the law. Their proposal deserves serious consideration.
The problem isn’t simply that the threshold is outdated. The structure of the tax is flawed. Once a home reaches $1 million, the additional 1 percent tax applies to the entire purchase price. A house selling for $999,999 doesn’t incur the tax. A house selling for $1 million does — an additional $10,000 charge. That is an illogical cliff. A buyer doesn’t suddenly become wealthy because a home’s sale price crosses an arbitrary line. And on long Island, where housing costs have risen so dramatically, the tax increasingly falls on middle-class families rather than the ultrawealthy buyers the law was designed to target. New york already collects a transfer tax on real estate transactions. The additional $10,000 on a $1 million purchase isn’t insignificant, particularly when buyers are already dealing with high mortgage costs, property taxes, insurance, maintenance and closing expenses. There is a legitimate argument for taxing luxury real estate. New york needs revenue, and those who can afford exceptionally expensive homes can reasonably be asked to contribute more. But that argument falls apart when the definition of luxury becomes disconnected from reality. The legislature shouldn’t eliminate the mansion tax. It should modernize it. First,
lawmakers should substantially increase the threshold to reflect today’s housing market. Second, they should index that threshold to inflation or an appropriate measure of housing prices, so the law doesn’t become obsolete again. And third, they should seriously consider regional thresholds, because $1 million means something very different in Manhattan, Nassau County and upstate New york. The goal should be a tax that targets genuine luxury purchases — not families buying modest homes in one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets. The state cannot simultaneously complain about its high cost of living and defend a tax structure that adds thousands of dollars to the cost of buying a home simply because the housing market has appreciated. If New york wants more people to live, work and raise families here, it should be looking for ways to make homeownership more attainable, not preserving arbitrary barriers created nearly four decades ago. The legislature has had plenty of time to reconsider the mansion tax. Now it should do so. In 1989, $1 million could make you the owner of a long Island mansion. Today, it may simply make you a homeowner. New york’s tax policy should reflect that reality.
LEttER to tHE EDitoR Ways to meaningfully remember Sept. 11 To the Editor: How, the Herald asked in its editorial last week (“Twenty-five years later, we remember”), do we remember Sept. 11 in a meaningful way? One way, I suggest, is to learn from the mistakes made then to avoid repetition. It was novel attack, and the next will be as well, probably by drone, infection or massive infrastructure hack. The list of lessons is long. I’ll mention a few. Next time, the legislative branch should not surrender so much authority to the executive; the former still has not recovered. The distinction between criminal
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The 9/11 Commission’s investigation found multiple points of failure, producing a homeland security conglomerate supposedly having greater unity and foresight. That agency, by many reports, has been distracted, diminished and diverted. If so, the nation has forgotten the most basic Boy Scout precept, “Be prepared.” We have heroes to honor, victims to mourn, survivors to grieve with because the criminals were more clever than we imagined. To meaningfully remember Sept. 11, we should remember that connection, and make their memory a motive to make no more such heroes.
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Prior to Rosh Hashanah, the Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry distributed holiday food packages to more than 350 families in the community on Sept. 9.
The S.H.O.P donates 350 holiday food packages to community
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Cannonball for a Cause at Sunny Atlantic Beach Club Scores of Sunny Atlantic Beach Club members gathered around its pool for its 25th annual Cannonball for a Cause event — commemorating the life of Allison Rahmani, a fellow member. Rahmani, 40, a teacher and math coordinator at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, died Aug. 21 after the SUV she was driving crashed into an in-ground swimming pool at her Hewlett Bay Park home. Howard Taub, a managing partner at Sunny Atlantic Beach Club, addressed his members in email on Sept. 2. He wrote that the ‘vibe’ of the beach club has not been the same since. “Ally was not only member of Sunny Atlantic, but she brought a sunshine anytime she walked into the club,” Taub’s message read. “To keep her memory foremost in our minds, we are dedicating this year’s […] tradition of our Cannonball for a Cause event in her memory.” The event involves members donating money, granting them the opportunity to jump off the pool’s diving board. In its infancy, the event started with a fundraiser for a member whose child had Juvenile Diabetes. Since then, Sunny Atlantic has donated the funds to organizations such as the Baco Boys Fund, Tunnels to Towers, and last year, Crohn’s and Colitis. — Aidan Warshavsky
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KIMBERLY KANNER, ED.D., MSN, OCN RN, NPD-BC
JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS, PHD
EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP
Director of Clinical Operations Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk
Director North Shore Center for Speech, Language & Swallowing Disorders
KRISTIE SCHWARZ, MA
HAN JO KIM, MD
MAUREEN SCALESI
President & CEO Family and Children's Association
LISA BURCH
Senior Director of Residential Services CN Guidance and Counseling Services
Spine Surgeon Hospital for Special Surgery
President & CEO EPIC Family of Human Service Agencies
THERESA DILLMAN
VP of Resident Services & Quality Compliance The Bristal Assisted Living
JORDAN BRODSKY, MD, FACR
Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer Northwell Plainview and Syosset Hospitals
NATASHA ELIE-LOUISSAINT, DSC, RN, LNHA, FACHE
Rheumatologist Rheumatology Consultants LLP
MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT President & CEO Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation
Executive Director St. Johnland Healthcare
SARA MALAGOLD, PHD
Doctor Complete Neuropsychology, P.C.
SHELDON GENACK, MD, FACS
HEALTHCARE HERO
Chairman, Department of Surgery Episcopal Health Services
THE MARIWALLA FAMILY
SHARI LEVENTHAL, CDP, CMDCP
Director of Guest Services Excel at Woodbury for Rehabilitation and Nursing
COMMUNITY IMPACT
TRACY MOCCIO
Founder, Operator, Veterinarian Comforted Companions Veterinary Care
HEALTHCARE VISIONARY
HELEN HSIEH, MD, FACOG
RISING STAR
MARK SOBERMAN
INTEGRATIVE HOLISTIC CENTER TEAM
EXCELLENCE IN DERMATOLOGY
Cohen Children's Medical Center
Executive Director Maple Pointe Senior Living
ALEXIS TISCHLER, DVM CHPV CPEV JENNIFER BUSHATI, CTRS-G, CDP
INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY Founder, Medical Director Vibrance 360
LIVEONNY TEAM
Recreation Director Plattdeutsche Home Society
ALISON FENECH, MSW
Hospice Liaison/Account Manager MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
CHILD LIFE & CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY TEAM
Field Sales Consultant Henry Schein, Inc.
TRAILBLAZER
HARRY S. JACOB, MD
NURSE EXCELLENCE
KAVITA MARIWALLA, MD, FAAD Double Board Certified Dermatologist & Mohs Surgeon Mariwalla Dermatology
President Primary PartnerCare Physicians, PLLC
NURSE CONNECT
EXCELLENCE IN ORTHODONTICS
VISIONARY
PATIENT CARE EXCELLENCE
ELENI MICHAILIDIS, DDS, MS, MPH
CHANTAE SULLIVAN-PYKE, MD, MS, FACOG
NATALIE BITTON, DDS
JASON WALLEN R.T,BS
STUART B. ALMER, FACHE President & CEO Gurwin Healthcare System
Infertility Specialist & Site Director Spring Fertility of Long Island
Co-Owner Avenue Orthodontics
VISIONARY IN NEUROSCIENCE
Assistant Director The Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
Founder Bitton Orthodontics, PLLC
KIMON BEKELIS, MD
Director The Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
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