The Times of Smithtown - March 1, 2018

The Times of

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Fort salonga east • kings park • smithtown • nesconset • st james • head oF the harbor • nissequogue • hauppauge • commack Vol. 31, No. 1

March 1, 2018

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Smithtown residents fight Main Street cell tower A3 Legislator calls for action against Siena Village A4 Tesla Motors eyes new dealership in Nesconset A5 Suffolk’s first female police commissioner named A7

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Kings Park celebrates St. Pat’s Day Kings Park invites all of Smithtown’s residents to celebrate their Irish pride, or spirit, this Saturday.

Kings Park will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 3 stepping off at noon from the corner of Lou Avenue and Pulaski Road at the Celtic Crossing Tavern.

The parade will be led by Grand Marshal Father Sean Gann, the pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Kings Park.

“Father Sean has developed a tremendous rapport with his parishioners,” said Kevin Johnston, a member of the parade committee. “He takes the requisite time to establish ties with people, as he is a good listener and trusted counselor.”

Gann’s mother, Mary, immigrated to the United States from St. Mullins, County

Carlow, in Ireland at age 12 to live with her aunt in Kings Park, according to the parade’s website.

Gann has served as a chaplain to the Suffolk County Police Officer’s Emerald Society, whose pipe band marches first in the Kings Park parade each year.

Parade marchers will travel down Main Street, turning onto Church Street and finish at William T. Rogers Middle School on Old Dock Road. It will feature bagpipe bands, floats, marching groups and a special tribute to the grand marshal.

The parade was started in 2011 by Kevin “The Professor” Denis, owner of Professor’s Diner in Kings Park as a way to celebrate the area’s Irish cultural roots.

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West Main Street cell tower proposal gets poor reception in Smithtown

BY KEVIN REDDING KEVIN@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

KEVIN REDDING

than 500 area businesses, according to Small.

“There’s still a lot more work that needs to be done here before it’s approved,” he A proposal for a 120-foot cellphone tower said. “We’re still opposed to the tower as it off West Main Street in Smithtown is getting currently stands.” bad reception from some residents.

During a Feb. 22 town board meeting, The antenna, proposed by Deer Park-based Smithtown resident Jonathan Arzt said he Elite Towers, would be installed at 300 West was worried the structure would become the Main St., behind the Mobile gas station across first thing people see when entering town. from a Stop & Shop plaza. Elite Tower said its “My opinion is that Smithtown should not aim is to strengthen the service for AT&T and look more like an industrial park,” Arzt said.

Verizon customers in the town.

“We want to attract visitors and new resiThe company claims the tower, for which dents here but I don’t think a 120-foot cell a special permit application was originally tower is the kind of revitalization vision that filed in 2015, would help eliminate a cel- we have for this town in the future.” lular “dead zone” in the vicinity, where Al Gengler, of St. James, said he lives weak signals are expected and phone calls down the road from a cell tower in Head of are considered dangerously unreliable, ac- the Harbor and, yet, his cell signal is weak cording to its proposal. Any calls made to when he’s inside his house.

911 and other emergency re“I think a lot of people have sponders have run the risk the wool being pulled over their of being bounced across the eyes that this is the answer — Long Island Sound and being I don’t think it’s the answer,” rerouted to Connecticut.

Gengler said. “You can go lots Greg Alvarez, an attorney of places and there could be a representing Elite Towers, gigantic tower, but if you’re in asked town council members the valley, you’re not going to to approve a special exception get a signal.” permit to place a public teleHe asked the town board communications facility on the to provide data backing up the site at the Jan. 25 town board tower’s effectiveness. meeting. Alvarez said that in “I don’t know where to get the future, the pole could also that information as it’s not be utilized by other mobile carreadily available online,” Genriers. Following the presenta- Jonathan Arzt. gler said. “It would be nice to tion, members from Smithtown be able to look at that data and United Civic Association called for a further the specifics, rather than [rely] on hearsay.” review of the cellphone tower.

Following the meeting, Smithtown Su“We have significant concerns about the pervisor Ed Wehrheim (R) said that an enviimpact on the character of the town,” civic ronmental impact survey will be conducted president Tim Small said, after a meeting “to determine if there will be any negative with Alvarez and Elite Towers Feb. 27. effects of the cell tower on the health of both Small said reducing the overall height of our residents and the wildlife.” He further the cellphone tower was among the main added that, “The attorney for the company topics of discussion, but did not debate the has asked us to give them a month before we need for one. vote on the impact survey.”

“This is such a huge structure,” he said.

The town has also received calls from “We have to acknowledge there’s clearly a other companies with alternative solutions to gap in cellphone coverage in the area, but improving cellphone service that, they claim we’re just questioning the magnitude of what has no impact on the environment, according they’re looking to construct. Why not cut it to town spokeswoman Nicole Garguilo. She down from 120 feet to 60 feet?” said the town board will hear all parties and Small said he understands that the taller explore all options they are presented with. the tower is, the better the cell service is in One Smithtown resident, Diane Caroll, “dark spots” in town. But the civic president voiced her support of the proposed tower believes the centralized technology they’re during the meeting, saying she’s had using can and should be reduced to mini- enough of living in a town where she can’t mize the impact. get cell service.

“We had some questions concerning Corey Geske, of Smithtown, said it would density and some of the numbers they’re “represent a death knell” for the area, in an using for impacted customers and areas email read to the board. He raised concerns that they couldn’t answer,” he said. “So over potential cancer risks from living near they’re going to go back and look at some transmission tower sites and high-tension of their analysis, how it was done, so they wires, urging the board to vote against it. can better communicate to us how those “To approve such a tower across from Stop numbers were created. & Shop, a chief destination for Kings Park and Elite Towers shared graphical displays al- Smithtown residents when shopping for a loaf leging that the 120-foot tower would benefit of bread, is to put the general population at approximately 9,000 customers and more risk for their health,” Geske wrote.

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OBITUARIES Alice Dobrich

Margaret S. Lencyk

Margaret S. Lencyk, 85, of Smithtown, died Feb. 11.

She was the beloved wife of the late Richard; cherished mother of Margaret (Chris) Baize, Theresa (the late John) Russell and Diane (Al) Barbieri; loving grandmother of

Kristen, Jaclyn, Jessica, Michael and Steven; and dear great-grandmother of Averie, Dancia and John.

A religious service was celebrated at The Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery.

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Alice Dobrich, 88, of St. James died Feb. 20. She is survived by her daughter, Wanda Fagan, and son, Robert Bramanti. She was the cherished grandmother of five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A funeral service was held at St. Philips & James R.C. Church in St. James. Interment followed at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale. Arrangements were entrusted to the Maher family and staff of St. James Funeral Home.

TOWN Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch, 85, of Smithtown, died Feb. 1. He was the beloved husband of Joan; cherished father of Kerry Lynch; loving grandfather of Katherine Tomasino.

A religious service was held at Calverton National Cemetery with full military honors. Interment followed.

Arrangements were entrusted to The Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown.

Siena Village in Smithtown.

Trotta calls for Siena Village to lose tax breaks

BY SARA-MEGAN WALSH SARA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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A Suffolk County legislator is calling for the revocation of tax benefits given to a Smithtown housing complex after managers allegedly threatened dozens of senior citizens with eviction.

Suffolk Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) submitted a formal request to the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency Feb. 22 asking it rescind tax breaks granted to Siena Village as he called into question the management practices of the complex’s management company, PK Management.

Valencia Burney, property manager for Siena Village, said that PK Management sent out approximately 70 notices dated Dec. 29 to residents notifying them of outstanding balances for their apartment rents.

A copy of one such letter shared with TBR News Media reads, “Please be advised that PK Management, LLC., the managing agent of the property at 2000 Bishops Road, Smithtown, NY 11787, does hereby terminate your tenancy at this property.” It then cites that “in accordance with HUD guidelines” the resident’s lease would end Jan. 8, only 10 days after the date of the letter.

One Siena Village resident, who spoke with TBR News Media on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, and was very scared and disturbed to receive the letter.

“You don’t do this to seniors,” the resident said. “I’ve worked all my life. I’ve paid my dues. Now, I need help. I don’t think anyone thought they would go this far.”

Trotta said his office received “numerous complaints” from Siena Village residents in January who said they received letters like the one cited above, being unfairly threatened with eviction.

“PK Management’s threatening tactics have thrown this community into turmoil, driving many elderly residents into a frantic state with some even being hospitalized as a result,” reads his letter to Suffolk IDA. Trotta said Feb. 15 a community meeting was held with PK Management representatives, who apologized for the letters claiming they were sent in error. Yet, the legislator alleges PK Management informed the citizens in attendance that New York State law allows them “two days to evict,” and the company provides 10. Trotta said this is not in accordance with state law, in which the eviction process can take several months to process through the courts — a fact he claims the complex has hidden from its residents.

“There is little evidence to believe that the residents of Siena Village are going to be treated with the decency and respect to which they are entitled,” Trotta wrote in his statement.

According to the legislator, PK Management was provided with tax abatements in excess of $600,000 by the Suffolk IDA. Now, he is calling for the IDA to revoke those benefits immediately given their treatment of the Smithtown residents.

PK Management did not respond to requests for comment on Trotta’s demand.

“The Suffolk IDA has received Legislator Trotta’s letter and is looking into the matter,” said Tony Catapano, director of Suffolk IDA, in a statement.

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TOWN Tesla Motors looks to open Nesconset dealership Car dealership seeks change of zoning from Town of Smithtown officials to open 40,500-square-foot showroom and service center

BY SARA-MEGAN WALSH SARA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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Tesla Inc. is looking for approval from Town of Smithtown officials to build a new dealership along Route 347 in Nesconset.

The car dealer wants to open a new location off the corner of Nesconset Highway/Route 347 and South Hillside Avenue, at the former location of Sixth Avenue Electronics. The shopping center has been vacant since the electronics retailer closed more than five years ago.

“It’s been fenced off and not used except as a dumping zone and an area for graffiti artists to play their art,” said attorney Vincent Trimarco Sr., who represented the applicant 1000 Nesconset LLC before the town board Feb. 22.

The company has filed for a change of zone application for the property to transition from commercial business and neighborhood business to wholesale industrial in order to accommodate the outdoor storage a car dealership needs, according to Trimarco.

“My client wants to come in and use the entire property for a showroom and service center,” he said. “We could do a dealership in commercial business but that doesn’t permit outside storage. That restricts most car dealerships which need a tremendous amount of

Tesla Motors wants to build a new dealership and service center off Route 347 in Nesconset, at the site of the former Sixth Avenue Electronics. inventory to do their job correctly.”

The proposed plans call for a more than 40,500-square-foot showroom with an attached service center in the renovated footprint of the existing shopping center.

The exterior lot would be relined to provide parking space for more than 300 cars in Tesla’s inventory as well as spots for potential customer use.

In the dealership’s application for rezoning, it cited the town’s 2015 draft master plan, which identifies the nearby portion of Middle County Road/Route 25 as ideal for “mixed-use automobile related uses.”

Smithtown Planning Board has issued a recommendation to the town board to move forward with approving the application with two restrictive conditions: that

traffic only be able to enter the shopping center via South Hillside Avenue and that no nightclub, dance club, bar, restaurant or counterservice eatery be allowed to open on the site to keep traffic down.

Trimarco said his client had objections to these limitations. First, restricting access to the 5.7-acre shopping center to only South Hillside Avenue wasn’t feasible due to the size of the property. Currently, there are two curb cuts to allow visitors access off Route 347.

“If we eliminated those two access points, we’d be in a serious situation,” Trimarco said.

Second, the attorney said his client had no problem agreeing that dance or nightclubs would be prohibited but did not want to be put in a position that would prohibit a future restaurant from opening there.

If town officials approve the proposed plan, the $700,000 renovation of the shopping center would give Tesla its eighth New York location, with its nearest showroom a display gallery inside Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station, followed by its East Hampton dealership.

Tesla currently offers five models of electric-powered sedans and SUVs for sale with a Model 3 starting at a price point of approximately $35,000, according to the company’s website.

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Free tobacco cessation classes and more than 16 million Americans suffering from diseases caused by smoking,” Tomarken said.

Studies have shown that tobacco users who try to break their addiction with behavioral support are more likely to be successful than those who try to do so without support.

Registration for the program is open until the second week of the session.

Classes in Smithtown are available at St. Catherine of Siena Nursing & Rehab Center, 52 Route 25A in Smithtown on Tuesdays starting March 13 through April 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. There will be a reunion held May 8.

For more information or to register for the tobacco cessation classes, contact Deborah at 631-851-2928.

— SARA-MEGAN WALSH

87 2/1 6x ts NOTICE OF FORMATION of MO&RD, LLC Art. of Org filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/22/18 Office location: Suffolk Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Amie Schulman, 169 Malloy Dr, E. Quogue, NY 11942.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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100 2/8 6x ts SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2003-4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-4,

DIANE T. CARROLL A/K/A DIANE CARROLL A/K/A DIANE GALLO A/K/A DIANE

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 05, 2017, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2003-4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-4 is the Plaintiff and DIANE T. CARROLL A/K/A DIANE CARROLL A/K/A DIANE GALLO A/K/A DIANE MIKULEWICH, ET. AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SMITHTOWN TOWN HALL, 99 W. MAIN STREET, SMITHTOWN, NY 11787, on March 22, 2018 at 2:00PM, premises known as 4 TEAL WAY, NISSEQUOGUE, NY 11780: District 0802, Section 011.00, Block 02.00, Lot 035.000: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF SMITHTOWN, VILLAGE OF NISSEQUOGUE, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 063031/2014. Michael A. Gajdos, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

103 2/15 4x ts Notice of Formation of Cope & Marron, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 30, 2017.

Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom

process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Legalinc Corporate Services Inc. 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #086, Buffalo, New York 14221.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under New York Law. 147 2/22 6x ts NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY Pennymac Corp., Plaintiff against Todd Adwar, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered August 8, 2016 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Smithtown Town Hall, 99 West Main Street, Smithtown, NY 11787 on March 28, 2018 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 10 Holly Lane, Saint James, NY 11780. District 0802 Sec 009.00 Block 01.00 Lot 005.000. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Nissequogue in the Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $1,843,945.81 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 061638/2014.

Darrin Berger, Esq., Referee PMNJN026 151 2/22 4x ts

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Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this incident can contact Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800220-TIPS (8477) or texting SCPD and the message to CRIMES (274637). All communication will be kept confidential.

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Smithtown credit card stolen Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and 4th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the people who used a stolen credit card at a Valley Stream sports store .

Two men allegedly used a stolen credit card at Dick’s Sporting Goods, located on Green Acres Road, Nov. 4 at approximately 2 p.m. to purchase men’s footwear with a value of $189.99. The credit card had been stolen from a car in Smithtown a day earlier.

A cash reward of up to $5,000 is offered

by Crime Stoppers for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this incident can contact Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting SCPD and the message to CRIMES (274637). All communication will be kept confidential.

— SARA-MEGAN WALSH

Police suspect the above-pictured men of allegedly using a stolen credit card.

Suffolk County’s most wanted Christopher Clarke, pictured at right, is being sought by the Suffolk County Department of Probation on a felony violation of probation warrant for third-degree robbery. He is also wanted by the Suffolk County Police Department for four misdemeanor warrants for criminal contempt and petit larceny.

Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. If you have any information about the whereabouts of case #S-1886, contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting SCPD and the message to CRIMES (274637). All communication will be kept confidential.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s assistance to identify and locate a woman who allegedly stole items from a Commack store in January.

A woman allegedly stole a Ryobi pressure washer and Ego grass trimmer from the Home Depot, located on Crooked Hill Road, Jan. 29, at approximately 6:08 p.m. Police said she fled in a white Lincoln Town Car with a driver waiting for her. The woman was wearing a black baseball cap, red scarf,

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Press Realty Holding, LLC Art. of Org filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/26/18 Office location: Suffolk Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 27 McGovern Dr., Melville, NY 11747. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Police suspect the above-pictured woman of allegedly stealing from Home Depot in Commack.

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LEGALS Cogent &Dynamic Consulting LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/11/18. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 7 Nesconset Avenue, Nesconset, NY 11767. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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There is help for Smithtown residents who are looking to break their addiction to tobacco.

Dr. James Tomarken, Suffolk County’s health commissioner, is encouraging residents who use tobacco to seek help in attempting to break their addiction by registering for Suffolk County’s Learn to Be … Tobacco Free program. The program, which is free to county residents, offers assistance with planning, support and counseling. It also provides over-the-counter medications for a fee to participants who are medically eligible.

“Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and illness in the U.S., with nearly half a million Americans dying prematurely from smoking each year

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Bellone nominates local FBI head for police commisioner

BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Page A22 Suffolk County Police Department Chief Stuart Cameron, county Executive Steve Bellone hold a press conference with new police commissioner nominee Geraldine Hart.

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) is looking to continue the year of firsts for law enforcement.

Bellone announced 21-year FBI veteran Geraldine Hart as his nominee to be the next police commissioner in Suffolk at a press conference Feb. 22. If cofirmed by the Legislature, Hart would be the first female police commissioner in Suffolk’s history.

“I am honored for the opportunity to serve the residents of Suffolk County and privileged to serve with the brave, hardworking men and women of the Suffolk County Police Department,” she said. “I am extremely optimistic about the future of the Suffolk County Police Department and what we can accomplish together.”

Hart was most recently the senior supervisory resident agent in charge of the FBI’s Long Island office, a position she held for four years. Hart received a Bachelor of Arts from St. Francis College in Brooklyn and Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law in Queens.

“Geraldine possesses the integrity, competence and excellence that we are looking for in someone to lead the Suffolk County Police Department,” Bellone said.

He added that Hart’s gender did not play a role in her selection amongst a field of about 30 candidates, calling her the best candidate for the job, though he realized the significance of the nomination. He joked that his two young daughters usually aren’t interested in the things he does at work, but this registered for them.

“They had big smiles on their faces,” he said, adding his 8-year-old daughter got the chance to congratulate Hart over the phone. “It was a really great moment.”

Hart called it an exciting time, but downplayed the historical significance as well, instead shifting focus to the task at hand.

“I’ve just kind of been doing this the way I’ve been doing it for my entire career … just trying to be genuine and trying to be myself, so I bring those leadership skills to the table, and regardless of gender, that seems to have worked, so I’m going to continue to be that person and be that leader,” Hart said.

Hart began her career as an FBI special agent focused on trannational organized crime, where she helped lead and execute complex investigations and enforcement actions to dismantle violent organized crime enterprises, such as the Lucchese crime family. In 1999, Hart was assigned to the Lucchese organized crime squad, working on an investigation that led to the conviction of fugitive Frank Federico, who was responsible for the murders of garbage haulers and informants Robert M. Kubecka, of Greenlawn, and Donald Barstow, of Stony Brook. That same year, Hart was awarded the Office of Inspector General’s Integrity Award.

As an FBI case agent, Hart, in 2005, worked closely with the SCPD to investigate two former NYPD detectives who secretly worked as Mafia associates on behalf of the Lucchese crime family. The investigation led to the indictments of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, who were ultimately convicted of committing murder and disclosing sensitive law enforcement information to mob bosses. The investigation also led to the discovery of a body in Brooklyn in connection with their criminal actions. For her performance on the case, Hart received the United States Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement, the highest award given out in the FBI. In 2012, Hart was promoted to supervisory special agent to lead a task force comprised of FBI special agents and NYPD detectives investigating the Genovese, Colombo and Bonanno crime families. In January 2014, these investigations resulted in the takedown of five organized crime members for murder, one tied to the 1978 Lufthansa heist at John F. Kennedy Airport, along with a body that was identified and dug up dating to the 1970s.

Hart joins recently inaugurated Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D), in a year of firsts for the county, as he became Long Island’s first African-American elected official in a nonjudicial countywide position earlier this year.

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Legislators hear LI concerns about offshore drilling

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSPAPERS.COM

MARIA HOFFMAN

Long Islanders filled the legislative auditorium of the William H. Rogers Building in Hauppauge Feb. 14 to let the federal government know that the Atlantic Ocean is not the place for offshore drilling.

In a public hearing, state legislators, including Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), listened to more than five hours of testimony provided by nearly 50 local elected officials, scientists and environmentalists. The hearing followed the Jan. 4 announcement made by the U.S. Department of the Interior proposing plans for expansion of natural gas and oil drilling along coastal waters. The plan includes the potential lease of acreage in federal offshore areas such as the Atlantic region.

In the Jan. 4 announcement, Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, said developing resources on the outer continental shelf would provide billions of dollars to fund the conservation of coastlines, public lands Elected officials, scientists, environmentalists and residents, above, fill the legislative auditorium of the William H. Rogers Building and parks. He noted that not all areas are in Hauppauge Feb. 14 to provide testimony against offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Before the hearing, Assemblyman Steve appropriate for offshore drilling and laid Englebright, below, addressed the crowd. out the plan for hearings across the country I do not support drilling in waters off our in the areas that may be affected.

“The important thing is we strike the coastline.”

The supervisor said he supported forms right balance to protect our coasts and people while still powering America and of renewable energy such as wind, solar achieving American energy dominance,” and geothermal because an oil spill anywhere along the Atlantic coast could deciZinke said in a statement.

“The Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf is mate large portions of the town’s coastline not an appropriate area for offshore drill- and negatively affect the coastal economy.

“The Long Island coastline supports ing, period,” Englebright said in the beginning of the Long Island hearing. “There nearly 350,000 jobs and generates milare many reasons for that, and we’ll hear lions of dollars through tourism, fishing some of those reasons, I’m sure, today, but and other industries,” Romaine said, addthe risks associated with drilling, includ- ing he was concerned about the potential ing oil spills, far outweigh any potential environmental harm to Fire Island.

Romaine said he’s also concerned about benefits. Especially since the state is curthe expiration of the 9-cent rently working to advance per oil barrel tax which funds renewable energy projects emergency cleanups of spills. on our continental shelf area He said the lack of a congresrather than climate change sional plan to extend the tax inducing, fossil-fuel-oriented makes ocean drilling riskier projects such as the drilling.” than ever.

While the federal governAdrienne Esposito, execument chose to hold a public tive director of Citizens Camhearing in Albany Feb. 15, paign for the Environment, Guy Jacob, conservation chair of the Nas- of marine mammals died. McAllister said Englebright said the location, suggested more modern sau Hiking & Outdoor Club, said seismic only 10 percent of the oil was effectively as opposed to coastal areas — Adrienne Esposito also booms are among the loudest underwater cleaned up after the Exxon Valdez spill, energy solutions. in the state, was not the right “The 1970s called, and noises recorded and the proposed plan and as of 2007, more than 26,000 gallons spot for such a hearing as inthey want their energy plan would give businesses permission “to of oil remain in shoreline sentiments. Acland would not be impacted fire seismic air guns every 10 seconds, cording to McAllister, the 2010 Deep Walike coastal areas would be if offshore back,” she said.

Esposito cited a 1990 study that was 24 hours a day for months.” He said that ter Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico drilling would occur in the Atlantic. He also said many who live by and are wor- conducted after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil a single vessel could deploy up to 96 air impacted 68,000 square miles of ocean, ried about local waters may not have been spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. She guns, which in turn is damaging to marine the size of Oklahoma, and washed up on 1,074 miles of coastline. said the study showed a $19 million de- life and the fishing industry. able to travel to the federal hearing.

During a phone interview after the “Because water is such an excellent Speakers during the Long Island hear- crease in tourism dollars the summer of the ing touched on the ramifications drilling oil spill in Alaska and 43 percent of busi- conduit for sound, seismic blasts become hearing, McAllister said he felt the hearing would have on the area in regard to water nesses in the Gulf of Alaska significantly weapons of mass mutilation maiming and was productive. He said he hopes other Atquality, marine life, coastal management or completely shut down. Esposito said the slaughtering organisms, from the largest lantic states will join in a lawsuit against ocean generates $24 billion into New York’s whales to the most diminutive inverte- the federal government if New York State and more.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Ro- economy every year. She also raised health brates throughout the web of marine life,” moves forward in filing one. During the Jacob said. “Seismic blasts drive commer- hearing, Peter Washburn, policy adviser in maine (R), who wrote two letters to Zinke, concerns, calling crude oil a toxin.

“It causes kidney, liver and lung dam- cially viable fish literally running for their the attorney general’s environmental proone opposing drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans and another one requesting age and can even kill people,” Esposito lives. While the fossil fuel industry profits, tection bureau, said the New York state attorney general is prepared to sue the U.S. a hearing on Long Island, read from one said. “It can cause neurological damage our fishing industry suffers.”

Kevin McAllister, founder and presi- Department of Interior. and endocrine disruption — things that of his letters.

Englebright said a transcript of the dent of the nonprofit Defend H2O, spoke of “Brookhaven Town has the largest are vastly overlooked.”

Speakers also highlighted the effects the ecological impacts from oil spills at the hearing will be submitted to the federal coastline of any town on Long Island with three distinct coastal waters: ocean, bay of seismic testing, which uses air gun hearing. He said after the 1969 Santa Bar- government prior to March 9, the end of and sound,” Romaine said. “As supervisor, blasting to locate underwater fossil fuels. bara oil spill, 36,000 birds and hundreds the comment period.

‘The 1970s called, and they want their energy plan back.’

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African-American leaders on race relations and life in Suffolk Politicians, coaches, veterans, police officers, firefighters and volunteers from the community reflect on Black History Month

BY KEVIN REDDING KEVIN@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM African-American figures, leaders and movers and shakers across Suffolk County reflected on their lives and accomplishments to commemorate Black History Month.

David Lewis, Smithtown volunteer firefighter/retired NYPD officer When David Lewis and his family moved to Smithtown from Hollis, Queens, in 1977, he said they were one of just two black families in the community. He was 7 years old and said he immediately saw the effect their skin color had on residents in his new hometown.

Their property was often damaged, there was name calling, and he said his parents received lots of phone calls from neighbors warning not to send their children to the school district.

“The N-word was a big part of our David Lewis childhoods, we were told we didn’t belong,” Lewis said. “But I remember my dad saying, ‘You belong here.

I don’t care what they say, I’m sending you to school.’”

Lewis said his father’s ability to hold his ground lit a fire in him.

“In the back of my mind, I remember thinking that I’ve got to prove to everyone in Smithtown that I belong here,” he said.

Lewis, who grew up in and around the kitchen as the son of a professional chef, started a chocolate and candy business out of his house as a ninth-grader, encouraged greatly by his high school cooking teacher as well as business instructor, who loaned him $100 to buy a mini-refrigerator. He hired local kids to help out and his budding entrepreneurship made headlines in the newspapers.

Around that time, Lewis also began a private mentoring program for struggling kids in the neighborhood, many of whom came from broken or single-parent homes.

After graduating from Smithtown High School West, he attended the Culinary Institute of America, became a certified chef and spent a few years working in the industry until he decided to switch gears to pursue a full-time career helping people. Already a volunteer with the Smithtown Fire Department, Lewis joined the New York Police Department, determined to bridge the gap between youth and police. During his 25-year career on the force, Lewis regularly watched over neighborhood youth, encouraging students to do their homework and steering them away from trouble while offering mentorship to youths in Smithtown, Queens and Brooklyn.

He received the Commendation Medal from the NYPD in 2000 and eventually retired out of the 104th Precinct.

Outside of the police uniform, he has served as an emergency medical technician; a fire prevention instructor in local communities; a fifth-degree black belt instructor, lending his expertise at Suffolk County

PAL Martial Arts; an assistant Scout Master for Cub Scout Pack 340; a volunteer at the Smithtown Guide Dog Foundation; was employed part time as a security official in the Smithtown school district; co-founder of KiDS Need MoRe foundation; and remains an active captain in the fire department.

Through it all, Lewis said the accomplishment that’s meant the most to him was when he received an award for Greatest Person of Smithtown in 2012.

“That was just tremendous to me,” Lewis said. “I thought back to being 7 years old and being told I didn’t belong in Smithtown.

That’s one of the things that’s always motivated me here, and [that honor] proved that I do belong.”

Eric Brown, head baseball coach at Suffolk County Community College For 30 years, Eric Brown has been a coach, mentor and friend to more than 1,000 student-athletes at Suffolk County Community College, where the Coram native also served as campus coordinator and warehouse and mailroom supervisor.

He retired as head coach of the men’s Eric Brown varsity baseball team in 2017. During his leadership tenure, he guided his teams to seven National Junior College Athletic Association World Series; won 685 games; was named Region XV Coach of the Year in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2006; led Suffolk to be named a nine-time winner of the NJCAA Region Umpires Association’s annual sportsmanship award; and was elected into the JUCO Hall of Fame in 2014.

A petition was even created recently calling for the baseball field at Suffolk County Community College Selden campus to be renamed the Coach Eric Brown Field.

But despite being grateful for all the recognition, Brown, a graduate of the college himself, couldn’t help but laugh about how his career played out. Throughout his years as an athlete at Longwood High School, Brown’s true passions were basketball and soccer — he even went to LIU Post on a soccer scholarship — and baseball was very much an afterthought.

“Baseball was just something I did because everybody else in the neighborhood played it,” Brown said.

He said when he returned to Suffolk, hired as a material control clerk, he was approached by his mentor at the time, who was in charge of the basketball and baseball programs, who brought Brown in as an assistant basketball coach. Through his mentor, Brown learned everything he knew about baseball and soon began coaching the sport himself.

Throughout his career, Brown has been acknowledged for his role as a “player’s coach,” and someone who makes sure the athletes on his team are well-taken care of and successful on and off the field.

“I really care about these kids,” Brown

said. “The long and short of it is that they’re more important than the program itself. They are the program.”

Tracey Edwards and Doc Spencer, Huntington elected officials Former Town of Huntington board member Tracey Edwards, who has served for many years as the Long Island regional director of the NAACP, said while she considers her hometown a great Tracey Edwards place to live, she admitted Huntington, and all of Suffolk County, still has a lot to work on when it comes to race relations.

“I would say, as a young person, I had a wonderful experience growing up in the Town of Huntington,” Edwards said. “But as I got older, as I reached adulthood, that’s when bad experiences started to happen. We’re being naive to think there is not still gender, racial and cultural bias where we live, and where everybody else lives.”

Edwards has built a career on trying to make a difference on that front. Since elected by the town in 2014, she has strived to be an exemplary community advocate and public servant — and was especially focused on making Huntington a more inclusive place, regardless of age, race, gender or economics.

She has worked to expand affordable housing legislation for millennials and firsttime homebuyers; spearheaded the creation of the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center, a program that offers assistance with résumé preparation and job searches, exploration of career options and Doc Spencer access to job training for unemployed and underemployed residents; and led a strong campaign for Huntington supervisor in 2017, a race she lost to now Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R).

“Being a black woman, it was very difficult for her to run for that position as it was portrayed in the results,” her mother, Dolores Thompson, a lifelong civil activist, said in December. “And yet, her experience and background is far better than most, black or white.”

Edwards pointed to her parents and the way they raised her as her main source of strength and inspiration.

“I was raised to believe and to understand that everyone is equal and to treat everyone with respect,” she said.

Just the third African-American elected legislator in Suffolk County history, William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport), who is also a beloved physician and ordained minister in his community, agreed with Edwards that the

region has plenty to overcome, but also sees every day how far it’s come.

“Long Island has certainly had its struggles with division and difficult race relations but I’m optimistic, just evidenced by the fact that I’ve been chosen to lead by an overwhelmingly white population,” Spencer said. “I don’t believe people look at me as a black man, but, hopefully, as a good doctor, representative and humanitarian. As the only black official in the Town of Huntington, I’m a voice of unity, a voice of harmony and I believe it’s incredibly important that we have acceptance.”

Spencer himself grew up in West Virginia in an area still heavily segregated.

“Most blacks lived on one side of town with substantial divides throughout the area,” he said, reflecting on his upbringing. “I would be stopped by police if I was driving in a particular section. I’ve been chased and called names. I experienced all of that in the 1970s and ’80s. We have made great strides.”

Michael Jordan, president of the Visually Impaired Persons of Suffolk In 2014, Southampton native Michael Jordan’s life became permanently dark.

The U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former Southampton Golf Club employee began losing his eyesight a few years prior in 2011, so when he went completely blind, he was ready for it, determined to stay active, independent and productive. That same year, he joined the Visually Impaired Persons of Suffolk, a social group designed to empower and self-advocate the blind community with ties to Deer Park and Port Jefferson. As Michael Jordan a member, he noticed that the extent of the “social” aspect of the group was sitting together for a cup of coffee and a donut.

“I said, ‘We’ve got to start being active here,’ if you want to sit around and drink coffee, I can do that home,” Jordan said.

He took the reins as an orchestrator of outings and activities, from fishing and park trips to dinner functions, bowling nights and fundraisers. Members donated funds to five underprivileged families last year.

Jordan, who pays for a majority of the event’s raffles himself, quickly rose to a vice president position and, in 2017, he was elected president of the group.

“All I want to offer is giving, love and joy,” Jordan said. “I like to help people for a day to help them forget about their problems, and that way, they can see someone in an unfortunate situation spreading joy in life.”

Jordan said it’s important to him that his colleagues in the group recognize their importance in life, despite their disabilities.

“I want to show people of Suffolk County that we are people,” he said. “When you look at us, you should just see a resident.

You don’t see that I’m blind, you don’t see that I’m in a wheelchair, you don’t see that I’ve got hearing aids, don’t see that I’m in a walker, or what have you.”

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SPORTS JIM FERCHLAND

Commack’s girls basketball team, above, celebrates its third Suffolk County championship title in the last four years. Kim Shalhoub, shooting from 3-point range below left, led the Cougars in scoring with 14 points. Katie Kelly, driving to the basket below right, was right behind Shaloub with 13 points.

Shalhoub, Kelly lead Commack to county crown

BY JIM FERCHLAND Commack’s girls basketball team proved once again why it’s the team to beat by securing the program’s third Suffolk County championship title in four years.

The No. 1 Cougars controlled the tempo with their ability to spread the floor and shoot from the perimeter, making nine 3-pointers in a 52-25 topple over No. 2 Half Hollow Hills East Feb. 27 at Farmingdale State College.

Senior captain and Commack sharpshooter Kim Shalhoub drained a team-high four threes to lead the Cougars with 14 points. She had 13 points in a Feb. 24 semifinal win over Ward Melville.

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She said she was able to get open shot opportunities coming off screens, which is a vital part of the Cougars’ offense.

“A lot of our plays have to do with setting screens for each other, cutting, and a lot of fast movement,” Shalhoub said. “I think that’s really important when it comes to getting open for shots.”

Junior guard Katie Kelly contributed 13 points and knocked down two 3-pointers for Commack. It’s her third straight time making it to the county finals game. In the second half, Commack ran away with the game by outscoring the Thunderbirds 24-9 while playing smothering defense. Going into the game, Kelly was not anticipating a one-sided affair.

“I expected them to come out a lot harder,” Kelly said. “I think that we just played our game. We stayed together, ultimately. We said that no matter what happens in this game, we have to stay together.”

Commack senior captain Casey Hearns orchestrated the offense. She called plays and made extra passes until her Cougars were open for shots. She added eight points, also making two 3-pointers. Her first shot from outside was a running bank shot off the glass at the end of the first quarter, which gave Commack a comfortable 21-8 advantage. To finalize a 13-0 run in the third quarter in the final minute, she tossed a shot that put Commack up by 23 points, 44-21.

“We usually depend on Katie [Kelly], but she was being covered,” Hearns said. “When she’s being covered or when the offense is a little slow, I’m obviously going to step in and help her. I think that’s what we do really well on offense. I’m always happy to assist my teammates by sharing the ball.”

Hearns was astonished to know her team allowed just nine points in the second half.

“I had no idea. That’s awesome,” Hearns said. “We played defense really well in the second half. I’m so proud with how we played.”

Denis Conroy, Commack’s 12-year head coach, missed a large portion of the season due to medical reasons. Assistant coach Russ Tietjen, Harborfields’ former head coach, has led the team most of the year, but Conroy said he could not be happier to add another county title notch to his belt.

“It’s the pride of my life to be their coach,” Conroy said. “They are just tremendous kids.

You can’t say enough about what they did. It means a lot to play as well as we did against a team that good. We have managed to develop a strong continuity in our program and I’m very proud of that.”

The Cougars await the winner of the Nassau Class AA final between Massapequa and Baldwin. Commack will play the winner in the Long Island championship/Southeast Regional semifinal March 8. The game is currently slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood.

MARCH 01, 2018 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A11

SPORTS

JIM FERCHLAND

Hauppauge’s cheerleading team, completing a pyramid on left, finished second in the county finals in Small School Session I. Francesca Capilets, above, and Emily Clackett, below, get the crowd pumped.

Hauppauge cheer finishes second in county

BY JIM FERCHLAND The Eagles soared to another secondplace finish.

After earning a runner-up nod at natinoals two weeks ago, the Hauppauge cheerleading team placed second in the county in Small School Session 1 with a 90.3 score, just two points behind top-finisher Longwood.

“It feels good considering that there were so many teams that didn’t make it here,” head coach Laura Alonzo said. “It’s a little disappointing for us, however, because we knew going into it all we had to was hit. We didn’t do that, but the rest of the routine was great.”

Hauppauge was deducted 2.5 points for a

minor fall during its routine, so without that fall, the Eagles would have taken first place by half a point.

Taking third was Walt Whitman (86.1), fourth West Islip (84.4) and fifth William Floyd (83.6).

Hauppauge senior three-year starter Sam Suazo said coming in second was not what the team wanted, but was happy with how her final season with the Eagles went.

“I’m proud of the season and how far we’ve come throughout the year with everything that we’ve accomplished,” Suazo said. “Even though we had a fall, we still had a great performance today. This has been my favorite team, and I had such a nice time this year.”

Senior Francesca Capilets has been with the team since her freshman year. During the routine, she said the team had to work hard to make up for the fall.

“We needed to bring more excitement to the routine,” Capilets said. “It’s harder when you have a fall because the crowd is not as interested. We just had to catch everyone’s eye.”

After the national performance, Capilets said there was a lot of pressure going into the final competition at West Islip.

“We came into county’s thinking we need to have our best performance,” she said. “Nationals went so well. We hit it at nationals, and knew we had to do better here.”

NYSPHSAA

Smithtown West’s Tim Nagosky places 3rd, Kings Park’s Tom DiResta 6th Hauppauge senior Jake Silverstein, a three-time state finalist, finally stood atop the podium with a 9-2 win over Chris Barker of Fairport at the state tournament at Albany’s Times Union Center Feb. 24.

The 160-pounder’s points helped Section XI take the Division I title. Suffolk County dominated Division I with 245

points and came in fourth in Division II with 158.5.

Division I Smithtown West’s Tim Nagosky lost 6-0 in the 285-pound semis to the state champion. Kings Park’s 99-pounder Thomas DiResta, like the other wrestlers, finished with All-State honors. He placed sixth after losing a 9-2 decision to the No. 1 seed.

BILL LANDON

Eagles’ Jake Silverstein wins 160-pound title

Hauppauge celebrates its Class A Suffolk County championship win Feb. 23.

Hauppauge’s girls basketball team grabs first county title Hauppauge’s Christina John had 16 points, and Lindsey Devine added 13 to propel No. 6 Hauppauge (16-7) over No. 1, and previously undefeated, Mount Sinai in the county Class A final Feb. 23. Lauren Romito added 11 points, 10 rebounds and

six blocks for the Eagles, which earn a title for the first time since capturing the Class B championship in 1997.

Hauppauge faced Mattituck in the small school championship Feb. 27 at Centereach High School and won 46-34.

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OPINION Editorial

Letters to the editor

Viloria-Fisher should replace Lee Zeldin ALEX PETROSKI

Geraldine Hart is Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s nomination for police commissioner.

Encouraging more firsts

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) made history by nominating a woman to serve as police commissioner, and we’re hoping a path is being paved for others.

Bellone nominated Northport native Geraldine Hart, who if approved by the Suffolk County Legislature, would be the first female police commissioner in the county’s history.

At a Feb. 22 press conference, the county executive said that gender didn’t play a factor in his selection, but he did go on to tell a story about how he told his two young daughters what he was going to do, embracing the significance of the moment. He said the pair had huge smiles on their faces, as did our editorial staff, a majority of whom are women.

“We were making calls … it was late ... and Molly called me, who is 8 years old, asked me where I was, and she was able to get on the phone with Gerry, and it was really a great moment,” Bellone said. “I could tell how happy she was, even through the phone, as she was congratulating her on being nominated for this position.”

Hart has impressive experience for any law enforcement agent. She has spent 21 years of her career with the FBI, and most recently served as senior supervisory resident agent in charge of the FBI’s Long Island office. She has done it all, from investigating white-collar and cyber crimes to gang violence and terrorism. One of her investigations led to the indictment of two former NYPD detectives who were eventually convicted of committing murder and disclosing sensitive law enforcement information to mob bosses. She was also involved in investigations that resulted in the takedown of five members from the Genovese, Colombo and Bonanno organized crime families who were charged with murder.

Women in a position of authority in Suffolk County is a trend we would like to see continue. We can’t help but be optimistic when we hear stories like Laura Curran (D) being voted Nassau’s and Long Island’s first female county executive, and Laura Jens-Smith (D) being voted in as Riverhead’s first female town supervisor this past election. We hope to see a day in Suffolk when journalists will be covering its first female leader.

Today’s women have confidence in their knowledge and ability to take on these roles and be models for future generations, which was the case with Danielle Turner, who took over as Port Jefferson School District’s athletic director in 2016. In an interview with TBR News Media, Turner credited Lisa Lally and Deb Ferry, Miller Place and Port Jefferson’s former longtime athletic directors, for paving the way for females in the position.

She also said the two were supporters of her ambitions.

Hart’s nomination is also a second first for the county in recent months. Earlier this year, Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D) became Long Island’s first African-American elected official in a nonjudicial countywide position. In recent years, the county saw the first person of color be elected as presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature when, in 2014, Legislator DuWayne Gregory (D-Amityville) was named to the position.

Sometimes being the first can be intimidating, but when a person has the experience and talent as backup, anything is possible. We hope to see more firsts in the near future, especially for people in power, because in 2018 there are still plenty of glass ceilings waiting to be broken.

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste.

We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to sara@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Times of Smithtown, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

Residents of the 1st Congressional District have an opportunity to consider a number of good alternatives to the incumbent U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley).

Zeldin has established himself as an unapologetic supporter of extremely right-wing policies and an explosive, unpredictable president.

So what should more moderate leaning and progressive citizens do with their votes in the upcoming primaries? I urge them to attend one of the many meet-and-greet events being held throughout the district and to visit the candidates’ websites to learn about their backgrounds and policy positions.

For me, a 77-year old resident of Suffolk County since 1967, there is one clear best candidate to replace Zeldin and that is Vivian

Viloria-Fisher. She has a strong, 16-year history of legislative leadership and accomplishments.

Significantly, she has an impressive record of sensible environmental policies and programs. More specifically, she served as prime sponsor of the Acquisition of Open Space at Forsythe Meadow Woods; prime sponsor of the first local law to limit CO2 emissions from power plants in order to reduce greenhouse gases; sponsor of legislation banning the purchase of bottled water by Suffolk County; and was prime sponsor for the first local law in New York State to ban the additive MTBE in gasoline. Her background on social welfare legislation demonstrates thoughtfulness and the willingness to study issues and craft sensible legislation whether it is in child care, teen

pregnancy, health care or welfare to work programs. This is no time to elect anyone to congress without a successful track record in the hard work of public service.

Finally, I believe that one particular issue stands out as reason alone for Viloria-Fisher’s election to office. As one of only two candidates with legislative backgrounds, Viloria-Fisher is the only one with a clear public position against the expansion of nuclear power. With a president who threatens the expansion of nuclear energy and weaponry in the White House, congressmen and women are needed to check his potentially irresponsible and dangerous instincts.

Paul Arfin Hauppauge

Progressives must embrace Kirsten Gillibrand Over the last 18 months or so, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) has made a significant shift to the left on policy. Like most elected Democrats in safely blue states, she has done quite a bit of Trump resistance.

However, she has gone far beyond the average Democrat in also embracing many of the key policy positions that fueled the rising progressive movement during the 2016 campaign. Due to the media’s love of covering all things Trump, much of this has gone unnoticed by the general population.

Gillibrand has co-sponsored the Raise of Wage Act, which would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

She recently came out in support of single-payer legislation, by cosponsoring the Medicare for All bill with Sen. Bernie Sanders (IVermont). In the last few weeks, she announced that she would no longer be taking corporate political action committee money donations into her campaign.

Even further under the radar has been her votes to rein in American militarism. The U.S. already has, by far, the biggest military budget in the world, greater than the next 10 countries combined — many of whom are American allies. This spending has played a major role in bankrupting the nation and justifying spending cuts on social programs at home. Gillibrand was one of only

eight senators who stood up to the military industrial complex and voted against the plan to increase military spending in 2017 by another $100 billion. She is now a cosponsor of a bill that would require congressional approval before any president could use nuclear weapons as a first strike. Gillibrand also voted to support the amendment to the spending bill put forth by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) that would have repealed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, which was passed after the 9/11 attacks and has essentially granted the last three presidents a blank check to wage endless war all over the world in the name of defeating terrorism.

Many progressives have expressed legitimate skepticism of these changes because much of Gillibrand’s earlier career could be defined as Blue Dog Democrat. As a senator from New York, she has been a recipient of money from Wall Street and had not been a leader on many of those previously mentioned progressive policies.

To all this, I say “hooray!”

This is exactly what the progressives have been hoping for: To elect more progressive candidates to office and to pull existing officials to the left. Progressives should always be skeptical, but we must not criticize people when they are coming around to our positions. We should applaud them and welcome them

with open arms. Only a handful of Democrats in the U.S. Senate have embraced these progressive policies to the degree that Gillibrand has; we should be incentivizing others to do so, as well.

Otherwise the message we are sending is a very bad one, which basically says that, “If you did not always support these positions, you can never win our support.”

Why, then, would any currently elected Democrat become a supporter of these positions?

By taking the positions mentioned above, Gillibrand has no doubt angered the insurance companies, big pharma, the military industrial complex and other corporate entities that rely on a system of legalized bribery to purchase influence. In a system as corrupt as ours, that is a politically risky proposition. If we deny her a reward commensurate with the level of risk, we cannot expect others to follow suit.

Gillibrand is up for re-election this year. The platform she lays out and the way in which she campaigns will tell us a lot about the seriousness of her new-found progressivism. As always, skepticism is warranted, but perpetual distrust of anyone who was not on board with the progressive movement from day one, is a big mistake that can ground the movement to a halt.

Ron Widelec Commack

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‘Hypothebrag’ and other new terms for a modern president

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t’s clear the modern-day president that Donald Trump has become has defied all conventions, including words. We just don’t have enough terms for all the ways he runs the White House and for the sparks that are flying out of Washington.

It seems that we need a new vocabulary to keep up with the approach Trump has taken. To that end, I’d like to suggest some new terms.

Hypothebrag: When you’re absolutely convinced you would have done something better than the person you’re skewering, you hypothebrag.

You might be meeting with

By Daniel Dunaief other leaders and hypothebrag that you feel strongly that, had you been there, you would have been so much braver than everyone else.

D. None of the above

Twitterbolt: When someone is bothering you, like a politician from another party, you reach into your bag of thunderbolts, akin to the ones Zeus used to have at the ready on Mount Olympus, and you attack that person or organization, without mercy, with your twitterbolts.

Russiabscess: A tooth abscess is a painful, festering process. Well, when you’ve won the election and a continuing concern about Russia’s meddling hovers over you, you begin to feel as if Russia is an abscess. Your presidency lives with the pain of Russiabscess.

Russiobsess: For those hoping for relief from Trump, the obsession about Russia can take on a life of its own, leading to a daily collection of information about the Mueller probe and investigations by other political bodies intent on exonerating or excoriating the president and/or Russia. These folks are Russiobsessing.

Demonacrat: Trump isn’t a fan of the Democrats. Merely agreeing to disagree doesn’t seem sufficient. He often needs to suggest how evil they

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are, preventing him from getting the tax breaks he believes everyone in the nation covets or from doing what he knows is best for the country. When you demonize the Democrats, you are turning them into Demonacrats.

Mediaphobe: In case you missed it, the president doesn’t generally like the media. He feels that the coverage is unfair. He believes that fly-by-night organizations like The New York Times and The Washington Post make up “fake news” about him. He has become a mediaphobe, preferring to share Trump Truths.

Foxophile: The lone exception to the media hatred seems to be the Fox network, which finds favor with a president it lavishes with praise. The president has become a foxophile, enjoying pundits who patiently applaud the president for his policies.

Wallobeauty: Well before the president took office, he made it clear that Mexicans — well, the bad ones anyway — weren’t welcome. Convinced they were coming through unguarded borders, he promised a wall.

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It’s not the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem or the Great Wall of China, but Trump would like to create the Wallobeauty that will be a hallmark of his presidential career.

Intelladump: Rarely has a president shown such disdain for his own intelligence services. The FBI, CIA and others all appear out to get him. He spends a good deal of his time criticizing and second-guessing them, even as he reportedly doesn’t read their reports. When the president criticizes this community, he is taking an intelladump on them.

Presidentice: The former leader of the TV show “The Apprentice” — whose catchphrase is “You’re fired!”

— seems to enjoy the ongoing threat of firing someone. The White House has become a reality show: “The Presidentice.”

Detestsabranch: Trump has made it clear that legislative and judicial branches of government annoy him.

When he’s frustrated enough with them, his ire can transform into something deeper as he detestsabranch.

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What are the symptoms of colon and rectal cancer?

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Risk factors that you can control to reduce your risks of colon and rectal cancer include maintaining a healthy weight, increasing activity, avoiding red meat and processed meats, as well as not smoking and minimizing alcohol intake.

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Many symptoms can mimic other disease such as colitis, hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease, and therefore may be disregarded by patients initially. The most common symptoms that people do experience are changes in bowel habits, narrowing of stool, rectal bleeding, feeling of incomplete evacuation after a bowel movement. Dark stools or blood in the stool itself can be associated with colon and rectal cancers, as well as cramping, abdominal pain, weakness, fatigue and unintentional weight loss. If you are having any of these symptoms, it is best to be evaluated by a medical professional. If you do not have these symptoms, but are at the recommended age for screening or have a family history of colon cancer or polyps, please make sure you get screened as it can prevent colon cancer!

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Is rectal bleeding normal?

A. Rectal bleeding can be caused by colon, rectal and anal cancers, however, it can also be caused by hemorrhoids, fissures, colitis, and infections. It can vary in color, dark or bright red, as well as in your stool or on your stool, toilet paper and in the toilet bowl. If you are experiencing rectal bleeding you should be evaluated by a physician. Colon and rectal cancers can be cured if caught early.

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