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April 4, 2019

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County

New York State expands opioid lawsuit

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New York State Attorney General’s office announced March 28 that it has expanded a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors and members of the Sackler family, whose company Purdue Pharma makes and markets OxyContin.

The lawsuit, originally filed in Suffolk County, has now become the nation’s most extensive case to date to legally address the opioid crisis.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) applauded the move.

“It is our hope that our lawsuit, and ones like it, will bear fruit that forever changes the way destructive — but profitable — drugs are marketed and sold across the nation,” he said.

The lawsuit alleges that six national prescription opioid manufacturers, four prescription drug distributors and members of the Sackler family are largely responsible for creating the opioid epidemic through years of false and deceptive marketing that ignored their obligation to prevent unlawful diversion of the

addictive substance.

The amended lawsuit includes Attorney General Letitia James’ (D) findings from a multiyear, industrywide investigation of opioid market participants, which alleges that manufacturers implemented a common “playbook” to mislead the public about the safety, efficacy and risks of their prescription opioids.

“Manufacturers pushed claims that opioids could improve quality of life and cognitive functioning, promoted false statements about the nonaddictive nature of these drugs, masked signs of addiction by referring to them as ‘pseudoaddiction’ and encouraged greater opioid use to treat it, and suggested that alternative pain relief methods were riskier than opioids, among other grossly misleading claims,” the attorney general’s office stated in its summary of the amended suit. The office claims that manufacturers used a vast network of sales representatives to push dangerous narratives and target susceptible doctors, flood publications with their deceptive advertisements, and offer consumer discount cards and other incentives to them to request treatment with their product.

The manufacturers named in the amended complaint include Purdue Pharma and its affiliates, members of the Sackler family (owners of Purdue) and trusts they control, Janssen Pharmaceuticals and its affiliates (including parent company Johnson & Johnson), Mallinckrodt LLC and its affiliates, Endo Health Solutions and its affiliates, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and its affiliates and Allergan Finance, LLC. The distributors named in the complaint are McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation and Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc. “As the Sackler family and the other defendants grew richer, New Yorkers’ health grew poorer and our state was left to foot the bill,” James stated. “The manufacturers and distributors of opioids are to blame for this crisis and it is past time they take responsibility.”

The opioid epidemic has ravaged families and communities nationwide and across New York. Suffolk County has been particularly hard hit. When the county originally filed its lawsuit, legislators reported that the region

suffered the highest number of heroin deaths statewide. Between 2009 and 2013, 337 people died of a heroin overdose. Many people turned to heroin when their prescriptions ran out. The opioid-related death tolls have continued to rise. According to New York State Department of Health data for 2017, opioid pain relievers, including illicitly produced fentanyl, caused 418 deaths in Suffolk County.

Over 6,000 people were admitted for opioid addiction, including heroin, into the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

“I applaud New York State Attorney General James for joining in our efforts to recoup untold amounts of public funds that were spent to assist those afflicted by this epidemic,” Bellone stated. “Suffolk County is taking a page out of Big Tobacco’s playbook to hold the Sackler family and others accountable for their role in connection with the opioid crisis.

County legislators Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and William Spencer (D-Centerport) originally co-sponsored the bill.

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Smithtown lights town blue for April The Town of Smithtown held a special Light the Town Blue ceremony in front of Town Hall April 3. Local families and members of the community living with autism joined with elected officials and town employees in the ceremonial kickoff for the month-long campaign.

The ceremony was led by 21-year-old Brendan Lanese, who lives with autism, and his family. Prior to the lighting ceremony, Lanese invited any residents living with autism to assist him in illuminating the town in blue.

For the duration of April, blue lights and giant puzzle ribbons, the Autism Society’s official symbol for autism awareness, will embellish major landmarks throughout Smithtown, including Whisper the Bull, Town Hall, the Smithtown Parks and Highway Department grounds.

In 2018, Councilman Tom Lohmann (R) and Parks Director Joe Arico helped to revive the tradition, which began for the first time in April 2015. Residents can pick up free blue light bulbs at the Town Council Office, 99 West Main St., Smithtown.

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County

New York State budget authorizes the MTA Rail Act

Line, so I would expect that the railroad would use the funds to keep the system in a state of good repair.”

New York State Sen. John J. Flanagan (R-East Northport) has reservations on the state budget, in general, calling it a “disastrous spending plan.”

Larry Penner, former Federal Transit Administration director in the New York region, is familiar with MTA operations, capital projects and programs. “The devil,” he

said, “is in the missing details yet to be worked out concerning passage of Congestion Pricing and the MTA Rail Act.” The promised MTA “forensic audit” in his view is a waste of time and money.

“Another audit will not result in significant change,” Penner said. “How many internal MTA, MTA Officer of Inspector General, State Comptroller, City Controller, NYC Office of Management and Budget, Federal Transit Administration OIG and other audits have come and gone.”

The best bang for the buck, Penner said, is for the Long Island Rail Road to further electrify rail service for five branches: Port Jeff, Oyster Bay, Montauk, Ronkonkoma, and the central branch, which runs between Hicksville, Bethpage and Babylon. Investing in a one-seat ride service to Penn Station, and eventually Grand Central, would benefit the most people.

The new external audit will look for fraud, bid-rigging, wasteful spending and negligence, according to Gaughran’s office.

There are also a lot of useful lists of things that we can do. PSEG-LI’s brochure “66 Ways to Save Energy” is actually pretty good (also online at www.psegliny.com/saveenergyandmoney/tipsandtools/66waystosave; but you have to click on the various tabs to read it all).

NYSERDA has a page at www.nyserda. ny.gov/Residents-and-Homeowners/At-Home/ Energy-Saving-Tips.

And there is lots more if you Google it.

What’s the first step?

Super-simple things are, of course, just replacing conventional or compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs with more energy-efficient LED bulbs (their light quality has improved a lot over earlier versions, and they are quite inexpensive now). Adding low-flow adapters to kitchen, bath and shower can help reduce hot

water heating costs. Replacing the thermostats with internet-controlled smart thermostats can save money on both heating and cooling costs.

And sealing cracks around windows and doors can often be done by DIY homeowners. When shopping for new appliances, it pays to look at the EnergyStar ratings and select models with lower annual energy costs. Pool pumps are now much more energy efficient (called variable speed pool pumps) and save a lot of electricity during the summer. Some of these items are offered with attractive utility rebates.

Is it a good time to go solar?

When going solar, it is important to get several estimates from reputable and experienced local contractors. It is also important to fully understand the difference between owning and leasing a system. And, by the end of this year, the federal solar tax credit for residential rooftop solar arrays is decreasing (and will continue to decrease further). To be eligible to get the current 30 percent federal tax credit, a solar array has to be in service by Dec. 31, 2019. So now is a good time to get some solar estimates.

Both Renewable Energy Long Island and the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College offer advice on finding reputable solar contractors.

The Sustainability Institute, also a nonprofit, publishes on its website an evaluation on choosing between owning and leasing. Renewable Energy Long Island’s website is www.renewableenergylongisland.org. The Sustainability Institute’s website is www.longislandgreenhomes. org. Its lease vs. buy comparison is under the Go Solar tab at the top of the homepage.

BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The New York State Senate passed legislation April 1 that aims to overhaul the Metropolitan Transit Authority and transform its operations. The legislation, included in the 2019-20 New York State budget, authorizes into law key changes to increase MTA transparency and reform its operations. The plan includes a unique comprehensive, independent forensic audit of MTA, improvements to long-term capital planning, and requires new performance metrics for on/or close to schedule classification.

New York State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) said that he aggressively lobbied for passage of these reforms and committed himself to their inclusion in the final state budget.

“I am thrilled that this year’s budget will include a core component of the MTA Rail Act: a comprehensive, independent forensic audit of the MTA,” he said. “This, coupled with a $1 billion investment into the LIRR, are critical first steps toward making Long Island’s mass

Gaughran holds press conference on MTA Rail Act. Photo from Gaughran’s office

transit finally work for riders.”

The reforms were also supported by railroad watchdogs and public transit commuters, fed up by years of late trains, poor communication by the MTA and rising train fares.

“The biggest complaint I hear is overcrowding as a result of cars taken out of service,” said Larry Silverman, former chair of the LIRR Commuter Council. “Monies have already been allocated for the expansion projects such as East Side Access and Third Track Main

What Long Islanders can do now to support clean energy initiatives

BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) agenda includes converting the state to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040. Many people are ready to join the initiative but are unsure what to do.

Gordian Raacke is the executive director of Renewable Energy Long Island, a nonprofit group founded in 2003 that is committed to transitioning Long Islanders to 100 percent renewable sources of energy. His organization educates the public, works with local governments and works with community interest groups to bring about the shifts needed to enable widespread adoption of renewable energy. Raacke offers this advice to people eager to make a move toward clean energy: Is there a hierarchy of strategies that people can implement to make the switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources?

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Where should homeowners start?

The easiest way for a homeowner to get started in a comprehensive way is to get a free home energy audit through PSEG-LI’s program, www. psegliny.com/saveenergyandmoney/homeefficiency/homeassessments/homeenergyassessment. A specially trained, Building Performance Institute–accredited contractor will assess the energy efficiency of your home with state-of-theart diagnostic tools and produce a list of recommended improvements with expected costs and savings. The homeowner can then decide which recommendations to follow and can also obtain rebates and financing for this. NYSERDA [New York State Energy Research and Development Authority] also has a web page on this at www. nyserda.ny.gov/Residents-and-Homeowners/AtHome/Home-Energy-Audits.

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County

Homeowners taxed on prototype nitrogen filters People enrolled in county septic program say it’s political

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk homeowners, who received county grants to install nitrogen-reducing septic systems as part of the county’s septic program, are facing the reality of additional tax burdens and payments after they received IRS 1099 tax forms in the mail.

Participants in the Suffolk County Septic Improvement Program, which helped install prototype home septic systems that filter out nitrogen in participants homes, were told since the program’s inception in 2017 that only the contractors who did the installation of the systems would need to declare the grant money as taxable income because they received disbursement of funds from the county.

This year, the office of Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy Jr. (R) sent tax forms to the program participants, and in many cases both homeowners and contractors received 1099s for the same job, despite a legal opinion by the county’s tax counsel that advised that the tax forms go to the companies that received the funds, not homeowners.

In response, Deputy County Executive Peter Scully sent a letter to the comptroller’s office on March 14 requesting that Kennedy rescinds the 1099 forms issued to homeowners. After getting no response, Scully sent a second letter on March 26 asking Kennedy again to rescind the 1099s and mentioned since the first letter there had been new information that had come to light in the issue.

Scully stated that the county’s Department of Health Services has confirmed that some of the homeowners who received 1099s have declared the grants as income and like the contractors will be paying taxes on the same grants.

“It boggles the mind that anyone can believe that having both homeowners and installers declaring the same grants as income and having taxes paid by both parties on the same disbursement of funding is an acceptable outcome,” the deputy county executive said in a statement.

In a Newsday article earlier this month, Kennedy said he planned to ask the Internal Revenue Service for a private letter ruling on the matter. Scully said that would be unnecessary, citing again the county’s legal counsel advice and other municipalities who have similar programs and are structured the same way. The letter ruling would cost close to $30,000 and could take more than a year, Scully added.

Some residents who are enrolled in the program have claimed Kennedy, who recently announced he is running against County

Above, Suffolk County demonstrates new denitrifying septic systems installed in county residen’ts homes; below, SBU’s Christopher Gobler, with Dick Amper of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society at right, discusses alarming trends for LI’s water bodies at a September 2018 press conference, many issues due to nitrogen in coastal waters. Above photo from Suffolk County executive’s office, below photo by Kyle Barr

Executive Steve Bellone (D) in the next election, is politicizing the issue and potentially sabotaging the program.

“I have no doubt in my mind,” Tim Sheehan of Shelter Island. “I don’t understand the rationale behind double taxing participants besides politicizing water safety and punishing homeowners for doing the right thing.”

The Shelter Island resident was one of the early applicants of the program and had an advanced septic system installed in his home August 2018. He said without the help of county and town grants he and his wife would’ve not been able to afford the upgrade.

The deadline to file taxes is April 15.

While Sheehan expected to pay taxes on the town grant, he didn’t anticipate the county liability. He said he is facing close to a $3,000 higher tax bill on the $10,000 grant and as a result has put him into a higher tax bracket and is required to pay a higher percentage on his income.

“Nowhere in the grant contract is there a mention of a tax liability to homeowners,” the Shelter Island resident said. “From the get-go we were told there would be no tax burden.”

The Shelter Island resident was surprised when he received a 1099 form for the system and reached out to county officials for help. When

they said they couldn’t help, Sheehan called the comptroller’s office hoping to speak to Kennedy directly. After numerous calls without getting a response, Kennedy finally called him.

When questioned Kennedy blamed the current administration for mishandling the issue and told Sheehan that he never agreed with the county’s legal counsel decision.

Kennedy has not responded to requests for comment.

George Hoffman, co-founder of the Setauket

Harbor Task Force, said the tax form issue couldn’t have come at a worse time for a program that not only helps homeowners but improves water quality and waterways on Long Island.

Hoffman said excess nitrogen, from homes with outdated septic systems or cesspools, seeps through the ground causing harmful algae blooms and can negatively affect harbors and marshes that make areas more susceptible to storm surges as well.

“These people are pioneers, we should be applauding them for doing the right thing,” the task force co-founder said.

Hoffman added he supports any effort to reduce excess nitrogen in our waterways and said many homes on Long Island have septic system that are in need of replacement. He is also concerned that the comptroller’s decision could stunt the progress the program has already made.

Bellone has said there are about 360,000 outdated and environmentally harmful septic tanks and leaching systems installed in a majority of homes across the county, and with the issue of being taxed, dozens of applicants have dropped out of the program after learning of Kennedy’s decision to issue forms 1099 to homeowners, according to Scully.

Officials in the county executive’s office are concerned it could endanger the future of the program and impact funding from the state. In early 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) awarded Suffolk County $10 million from the Statewide Septic Program to expand the county’s denitrifying systems.

State officials in Albany are aware of the ongoing situation and are similarly concerned, according to Scully. If the IRS were to side with Kennedy, he said they would turn to representatives in Congress for assistance, arguing that those funds shouldn’t be going to Washington but back into taxpayers pockets.

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Police

Merchandise stolen from Kohl’s Macy’s robbed and vandalized

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole assorted clothing and broke a glass door at Macy’s, located at Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, on March 3 at around 4:30 p.m. The clothing is valued at more than $550.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the two women who allegedly stole clothing from Kohl’s, located

at 45 Crooked Hill Road in Commack, on Feb. 2 at approximately 5:45 p.m. The merchandise is valued at approximately $900.

The women fled the scene in a white BMW. Photos from SCPD

Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477), texting ‘SCPD’ and your message to ‘CRIMES’ (274637) or by email at www.tipsubmit.com. All calls, text messages and emails will be kept confidential.

Fake money used at Taco Bell

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who allegedly used fake money at a fast food chain in Nesconset. A man al-

legedly used two counterfeit $20 bills twice in the same day at Taco Bell, located at 773 Nesconset Highway, on Feb. 15.

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School News

Smithtown Central School District

Preschoolers and teachers at Smithtown Nursery Co-Op in Smithtown pose in their new hard hats with PSEG Long Island employee-volunteers Larry Torres and Ellie Palmieri. Photo from PSEG

Sparking awareness of electrical safety at a young age Knowing it’s never too early to talk about electric safety to students, employee-volunteers Ellie Palmieri of Huntington Station and Smithtown’s Larry Torres presented PSEG Long Island’s Electric Safety Town to students at Torres’ son’s nursery school in Smithtown.

Electric Safety Town is an interactive presentation that teaches young people how to stay safe in potentially dangerous situations. Using a tabletop model of a small neighborhood with power lines, a house, school bus and various other potential hazards, the display illustrates real-life examples that teach the principles of electric safety in a visual way.

During the half-hour demonstration, the preschoolers at the Smithtown Nursery Co-Op were encouraged to ask and answer questions as Torres, whose three-year-old son attends the school, discussed various scenarios, such as what could happen when

a person comes in contact with something that’s energized, like a bus or fence, with a downed wire on it.

“I love to see the reaction of children when I do the demonstration,” said Torres.

“They’re naturally curious. It’s amazing how many adults are not aware of the hazards associated with downed wires, so how can we expect children to know? Electric Safety Town gives us a a great opportunity to educate children so they can educate their parents as well.”

Among other lessons, the preschoolers learned never to assume a downed power line is de-energized, never to touch a downed wire, never to stick anything into an electrical socket except for a plug, and to always proceed with caution around electricity and tell their parents to do the same.

Smithtown students inspired by Holocaust survivor’s story

Smithtown High School West recently welcomed Holocaust survivor Ruth Minsky Sender to speak to the Holocaust and genocide classes of Smithtown High School East and Smithtown High School West. Sender is the author of “The Cage, To Life,” “The Holocaust Lady” and “While There’s Life.”

The East Setauket resident shared her experiences of a tragic time in history and how she wrote poetry while in the Nazi

concentration camps. The poems depicted scenes of anguish, but also inspired others to continue their will to live. Her testimony helps educate the new generation of the atrocities of the past and inspires them to live a life free of hate.

Pictured from left, student Kristen Hogan, tutor Sharon Hornberger, student Nick Herbst, guest speaker Ruth Minsky Sender and social studies teacher Christina Cone.

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A glowing result from Cold Spring Harbor Lab visit

Eighth-grade scientists at Great Hollow Middle School recently participated in a hands-on experiment when representatives from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory visited the school on March 29. The students genetically engineered bacteria with the green fluorescent protein gene for bioluminescence

normally found in the Pacific jellyfish, Aequoria victoria. They learned about and utilized some of the same techniques that are employed by pharmaceutical companies to produce human insulin and then successfully created genetically modified bacteria and were able to see them glow.

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After the Ward Melville girls lacrosse team dominated the first half of the game outscoring Smithtown East by eight goals at 11-3, the Bulls regrouped for the second half and drew within four goals twice before the Patriots dropped the hammer to put the game away, 17-12, at home March 29.

Senior midfielder Gabrielle Schneider topped the charts for the Bulls with three assists and two goals, sophomore Alayna Costa split

the pipes four times, and her older sister Isabella Costa had two assists and two goals.

Pictured clockwise from above, Smithtown East senior attack Isabella Costa takes a shot at the pipes; a Smithtown East player tries to stop Kristin Quinn from ripping a shot on goal; two Bulls players celebrate a score; senior defender Kelsey O’Hare brings the ball out against Ward Melville; and, inset, Isabella Costa sets up the play.

As of April 1, the win puts the Patriots at 1-1, and the loss drops Smithtown East 2-1 in Division I.

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Opinion

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Host a Fresh Air kid Editorial Mixed news for Long Islanders The approved $175.5 billion 2019-20 New York State budget Monday brought some good and bad news for Long Islanders.

That bit of good news came in the form of up to $4 billion over five years for the Long Island Rail Road, making the possibility of improvements to the mass-transit system more promising than ever. However, we believe Long Islanders will need to keep an eye on these funds and make sure they are used for the improvements that mean the most to them.

From everyday commuters to city day-trippers, many can attest that a ride on the train is no picnic, and the transportation system is in desperate need of improvements. From overpacked train cars during rush hours to numerous delays, many Long Islanders opt to take their vehicles into the city instead of dealing with noisy, dirty trains.

A new congestion pricing program in Manhattan will enable LIRR to receive 10 percent of the revenue generated, which will allow funds to be used for capital improvement projects for trains and stations. The program, which will go into effect by 2021, will implement tolls for vehicles passing through Manhattan at 60th Street, with exclusions including FDR Drive, West Side Highway and Battery Park underpass.

While legislators have plenty of ideas for the LIRR, including more ADA compliant stations, electrified rails and more train cars — so when there is a problem with a car a replacement is available — this is the time for residents to speak up and let their concerns be heard. Not only do we urge our readers to notify their legislators with what they would like to see improved on the LIRR, we also appeal to the Metropolitan Transit Authority to hold public forums to allow passengers to air their grievances. With the amount of money being pumped into this, it cannot be squandered.

On the municipalities side of the budget, however, it’s not all good news. Long Island will see less in local aid and road repair funding. Multiple Brookhaven town officials have sent us opinions and letters about this loss. The town is losing $1.8 million in local aid and almost another $700,000 in road repair funding, a 15 percent decrease in its state highway aid.

The permanent 2 percent property tax cap, we hope will allow more Long Islanders to remain here, and not only survive but also thrive. However, it doesn’t compensate for the recent federal capping of SALT deductions, which has meant that many people were unable to claim their entire property tax on their federal taxes. Cost-of-living issues on Long Island are no joke, and while there is certainly a fair amount of political handwringing over budgets, more needs to be done on the state’s side to bring down the cost of living. The additional $1 billion in school aid helps, any loss in local funding does not.

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The Fresh Air Fund looks forward to celebrating National Volunteer Week, which is from April 7 to 13 this year. It is an opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our inspiring volunteers, hosts and supporters in Suffolk County.

The Fresh Air Fund’s programs would not be possible without the commitment of our dedicated volunteers, many of whom are also host families, who serve on committees, interview prospective host families, publicize the program and plan summer activities. Additionally, individuals and local businesses give generously of their time and resources

to make The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program a great success throughout Suffolk County each summer.

As we hear from alumni and connect with long-standing host families, we continue to learn how Fresh Air Fund summers have impacted lives — and continue to transform lives many years later. We have learned that a summer can last a lifetime.

The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communi-

ties since 1877. First-time Fresh Air children are boys and girls, from 7 to 12 years old, who live in New York City. Children who are re-invited by host families may continue with the fund through age 18 and can enjoy extended trips.

For more information on how you can get involved, please contact Deborah Brown, at dabrown7763@yahoo. com or visit www.freshair.org.

Fatima Shama Executive Director The Fresh Air Fund

President should not close southern border Why does President Donald Trump (R) want to close the southern border?

In recent days, Trump has threatened to close the border. This is different from building a wall along the border to close off the illegal sites of entry. Rather, this is closing the legal ports of entry. He continues to talk about an invasion of caravans of migrants from Central America. When these individuals and families arrive at our legal ports of entry, they request asylum

from alleged persecution in their country of origin. These asylum seekers are the people whom Trump wants to close off from entering the United States.

Many of us may agree with the president that we should keep these foreigners out of the U.S., but I ask, what if they were white, English speakers — children, adults, families — fleeing from their country because of war, violence and hardship, and are seeking asylum? Would we welcome

them? Should it matter whether they are white or speak English?

“The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:34).

Jaymie Meliker Associate Professor of Family, Population and Preventative Medicine, Stony Brook University Port Jefferson resident

NY needs to reinstate SALT deductions Long Island faces many unique challenges not experienced in most other parts of the country, such as high local property taxes, unaffordable energy costs and a skyrocketing cost of living. These challenges have chased Long Islanders and opportunities away from our home here on the Island. In 2018, the average household income in Suffolk County was roughly $92,000, and while that may seem like a lot of money compared to what people make in other parts of the country, it certainly does not go anywhere near as far locally.

For hardworking Long Islanders, the high cost of living is affecting so many young people’s ability to raise their families here and seniors’ ability to stay in the communities they love. While some Long Islanders have seen more money in their paychecks under tax reform, there are too many middle-income families paying more.

Much of this discrepancy can be credited to the placement of a $10,000 cap

on the state and local tax deduction. This cap translates to Long Islanders being able to deduct only $10,000 of state and local income, sales and property taxes from their federal taxes. In a place like New York, where state and local taxes are skyrocketing, this cap takes its toll on the pockets of everyday hardworking men and women.

Of course, it’s important to remember that the reason our state and local tax deduction was so high was because our state and local taxes were so high. Every level of government has a role to play in reducing our tax burden.

The SALT deduction change was a geographic redistribution of wealth, taking extra money from places like New York to pay for deeper tax cuts elsewhere. New York is a net contributor that now will be contributing even more. The 2017 tax law chose winners and losers in a way that could have and should have been avoided.

My goal in this tax reform mission has

always been to ensure the hardworking men and women of Long Island keep more of their paycheck, reduce their cost of living and are able to save more for retirement.

The fight to improve our tax code so that it is fair for Long Islanders is not over.

I support fully restoring the SALT deduction as part of any additional tax legislation. This Congress, I am continuing the fight by co-sponsoring the SALT Fairness Act of 2019 (H.R.257), introduced by Reps. Peter King (R-Seaford) and Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), and the SALT Deductibility Act (H.R.188), introduced by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Rockland-Westchester), which would repeal the limitation on SALT deductions.

I’m willing to work with anyone on either side of the aisle to secure tax relief for my constituents, and I won’t stop fighting to ensure middle-income Long Islanders are able to keep more of their hard-earned money.

Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) U.S. Representative, District 1

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Imagine a sad story behind a vanity license plate

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appreciate the joy of vanity license plates.

They are like small puzzles that allow me to ponder their meaning while I await two or three traffic lights so I can turn left.

Sometimes they are like good movies or artwork, allowing readers to come up with their own interpretation.

My wife and I will ask each other what the combination of letters and numbers mean, D. None offering various guesses as if we of the above were on a game

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF show, trying to figure out whether the letters are a message or the celebration of a successful stock that made it possible for the

person to buy that lovely car.

They can reveal a car owner’s passions, for skiing, golf or for a particular person. They can also suggest how someone got the car, where the person with the car came from or how many people are in a family.

Recently, I came to a traffic light and read a license plate that suggested a sad story. In an inconspicuous maroon car that I would have otherwise overlooked, the license plate had a message of animosity.

Wow, I thought. Who would advertise an identity linked to hatred? How sad that each time the person got in the car, the license plate reinforced his or her antipathy. What could have happened that made anger so much more important than any other message or than a random collection of letters and numbers?

Then again, maybe it’s the internet’s fault.

Traveling along the internet superhighway, people can’t resist sharing their disdain for everyone and everything. Maybe the anger that follows us

on roads and on the heavily trafficked internet world has converged, blending into one laser-like beam of focused enmity.

Then again, that’s probably a sociological cop-out. More likely, the car owner, whom I will call Joe, has a life-defining story he’s sharing through this license plate.

Joe may have loved someone deeply and for years. He made plans about where they’d live, how many kids they’d have, what they’d do on weekends and where they’d take this small joy mobile on vacations.

One day, however, she arrived at a prearranged dinner at a diner. She looked different.

Her hair was longer and had been straightened.

Instead of her worn North Face jacket, she was wearing a designer coat. Her purse, which Joe noticed when she placed it delicately on the table as if it were made of glass, had also changed.

“Hey,” Joe offered. “You look so different.

What’s up?”

“I am different,” she smiled behind lipstick

someone else had clearly applied. When she refused the bread she usually wolfed down, Joe became nervous.

“What’s different?”

“I won the lottery. I’m thinking of changing everything about my old life.”

“How much did you win?” a suddenly excited Joe asked.

“How much is irrelevant. I’ve decided to give you a parting gift. I’m going to buy you a new car.”

Joe didn’t know what to say. A car wasn’t what he wanted or expected. Then again, he didn’t want to walk away empty handed.

When it came time to pick out a license plate, Joe wanted just the right way to express his frustration over what could have been. He tried options the DMV denied. Finally, he came up with a message that encapsulated a road not taken for his life and his car. Joe regularly drives past the home of the former love of his life, hoping she notices him and the message on his license plate: EVEIH8U.

What fine restaurant dining means to me

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friend mentioned an article he had seen that asked the question, “What’s the best restaurant if you’re over 50?” and proceeded to ask me the same question. Now he well knows that I am over 50, and he also knows I eat in restaurants, sometimes for business and occasionally as a social event.

In fact, as we have gotten older, my friends and I seem to do less cooking each year and Between more splurging on you and me dinners out when

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF we get together. So it was a relevant question in more ways than one. I don’t know what the article he was referring to concluded, but

I can tell you what is important to me when I dine in a restaurant. First and most critical is the food.

It is certainly not the ambience or even the picturesque location. Those last are pleasant enough, but the quality and taste of the meal are most vital. I like food that I would describe as, for lack of a better term, clean. That means the ingredients should be allowed to speak for themselves and should not be buried under cheese or slathered on top with butter. Both of those can make food taste good, but unless the dish particularly calls for those ingredients, they should not drown the main offering.

I also like seasoning but again not with a heavy hand. To my mind, a heavily spiced meal knocks out my taste buds. But I know lots of people, even a couple of my sons, like their food “hot.” For me, it is fun to try and analyze what spice or combination of spices make the food so tasty. Sometimes I can tell; sometimes I have to beg the answer from the chef, and surprisingly the answer is usually forthcoming. And sometimes I bring along a dear

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friend, who is herself a celebrated chef, to sleuth out the mystery.

I don’t have a large capacity for food at one sitting, so I frequently bring home half the meal to eat the next day. That not only makes me feel economical but also not wasteful, and I especially like a meal that will still be tasty when it is reheated. Not all dishes are up to that challenge, but occasionally one, like chicken, will be even better after it has lolled around in its spices in my fridge for 24 hours.

When I go out to a restaurant with other people, I need to hear them when they speak.

I also do not care to shout while I am chewing.

That means it has to be reasonably quiet wherever we are eating. And unless the experience is deliberately family style, which can be fun, I don’t care to be stuffed into a crowd of diners.

A moderate distance between tables is nice. So is a comfortable chair. I try not to be interested in the conversation at the next table — although there have been a few exceptions to which I will

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admit — and a little privacy is welcome. That also helps to keep the ambience low key. Ditto for the background music, if there is such. I am not looking to have my large intestine jitterbug during a meal.

Finally, it is pleasant to have a waiter or waitress who is not conspicuously weighed down by the problems of the world. Although I well understand that being a server in a restaurant is one of the hardest jobs, because pleasing so many different people with so many individual tastes has to be challenging, I prefer not having to deal with someone cranky or impatient. It is helpful when servers introduce themselves by name because it facilitates getting their attention and nicely personalizes the service in both directions. And I feel the tip ought not be an automatic percentage. That’s just a minimum. Exceptional service should be acknowledged in the one way that is most meaningful. That person after all is earning his or her bread, even as we are eating ours.

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Health Information from Local Health Care Professionals

Jana Deitch, MD Medical Director, Breast Health Program Breast Surgical Oncology Specialist St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center Dr. Deitch is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellowship trained breast surgical oncologist. She completed her general surgery residency at Maimonides Medical Center and completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Beth Israel and Mount Sinai, accredited by the Society of Surgical Oncology.

A. Every person who comes here for treatment is treated as a person, not a number. We focus on patients and learn their needs, wants, fears and hopes for treatment, without all of the background noise that can come from a large institution.

The team of radiologists, plastic surgeons, oncologists and I work closely to customize care for each patient and make sure we’re delivering personalized treatments, instead of taking a one-size-fits-all approach.

What breast diagnostic and screening procedures does St. Catherine offer?

A. We perform all forms of screening and diagnostic breast imaging at our Women’s Health and Outpatient Diagnostic Pavilion. These services include mammograms, ultrasounds, MRIs and all forms of biopsy. We also offer 3D mammography, which provides better visualization of the breast.During standard 2D mammography, the radiologist may need to call the patient back in for a follow-up screening if the results are inconclusive or point to a possible malignancy. Because of the improved visualization of 3D mammography, we can reduce call back rates, which provides more convenience, lower cost and less anxiety for patients.

How often should women be screened for breast cancer?

A. Early diagnosis is key to breast cancer survival, so the best thing patients can do is schedule a mammogram once a year as early as age 40. For those with family history or a higher risk of breast cancer, earlier screenings may be recommended. We also offer genetic testing and counseling for high-risk patients. We recommend these patients follow an alternating biannual mammogram and MRI schedule and to follow-up with breast exams twice a year.

What treatment options are available for women who are diagnosed with breast cancer?

A. An overwhelming majority of women with breast cancer will require surgery at some point— either before or after chemotherapy or radiation therapy. We offer the latest surgical techniques, including partial and bilateral mastectomies, as well as breast reconstruction using implants or autologous flap microsurgical procedures.

These procedures use donor tissue from other parts of the body, such as the abdomen or thigh, to reconstruct the breast, which may be favorable or necessary in certain patients.

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