The Times of Smithtown - September 5, 2019

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September welcomes change Green light law

Lawmakers aim to undermine driver licenses for undocumented immigrants

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County

GOP lawmakers request voter approval for red-light camera program

BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) with the support of the Republican Caucus is requesting a Certificate of Necessity (CN) from County Executive Steve Bellone (D) to reauthorize the red-light camera program in Suffolk County through a mandated referendum.

“Let the public decide if this program is saving lives or costing the taxpayers their hard earned dollars,” said Trotta.

His fellow Republicans echoed this sentiment.

According to Trotta, a $250,000 study, prepared by L. K. McLean Associates, did not provide the data that the Suffolk County Legislature was seeking to thoroughly determine if the red-light camera program should be extended for another five years.

In addition, the report noted that accidents increased 60 percent at red-light camera locations, yet the consultants argued that the program should continue.

Republican legislators Tom Climi (R-Bay Shore), Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst),

Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset), Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma), Steven Flotteron (R-Bay Shore) and Rudy Sunderman (R-Mastic Beach) support Trotta’s resolution to have a mandated referendum on the November ballot.

“This bill is a yes or no to sign the contract for renewal of the red-light cameras,” said Kennedy. “We have been told that we can work on issues once the contract is signed. We all know that all issues are defined upon contract signature, just look at the roughly 15 million we had to pay out when our County Executive decided to breach the signed contract at Ronkonkoma Rail Road Station for solar panels.”

The GOP Caucus leader Tom Climi has said that his seven-member caucus will vote unanimously to end the program.

“The results speak for themselves: more than a thousand additional crashes at redlight camera intersections involving thousands of drivers, all put at risk of injury or worse, all subjected to vehicle repair costs and increased insurance rates, with no reduction in fatalities at these intersections,” Climi said. “Rather than taking photos and video at

these intersections, pretending to make them safer, we should engineer these intersections to actually BE safer.”

Trotta had encouraged the public to speak at the Sept. 4 meeting of the full Legislature and to speak in support of his referendum.

The meeting, which was held at the Williams Rogers Building, Legislative Auditorium, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, began at 9:30 a.m. and by 3:30 p.m. the issue had not yet come up for debate and

residents were still waiting to speak for their allotted three minutes during the public portion.

Trotta has encouraged anyone with questions to call him at 631-854-3900.

Democrat leaders were unavailable for comment before going to press. Bellone’s office did not respond to questions about the program.

The results of the Sept. 4 meeting were unavailable before press time.

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Community News

Youth tennis players from Sportime2 participate in on-court demonstrations during the U.S. Open.

Photo by Jennifer Pottheiser/USTA

Kings Park tennis players hit the courts at the U.S. Open Sportime2, a youth tennis league in Kings Park, participated in a Net Generation “Kids on Court” activation at the 2019 U.S. Open on Sept. 2. Twenty-four kids from the program were part of an on-court tennis demonstration prior to the start of a match between Aidan Mayo and Shunsuke Mitsui on Court 12.

Sportime2 member Diane Durante, tossed the coin prior to the match and then posed for a photo with the players.

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from across the country the opportunity to play this year on the iconic courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

This year marks the first time American tennis has one unified youth brand for children to get into the sport. Net Generation will make it easier for kids and their parents to learn about tennis and get into the game in schools, parks and tennis clubs across the country. The movement embraces all aspects of youth play for kids ages 5 to 18. For more information, visit www.NetGeneration.com.

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State

Legal roadblock may prevent undocumented immigrants from obtaining state driver’s licenses

BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

State lawmakers voted earlier this year to allow undocumented immigrants the ability to apply for driver’s licenses, but a new legislative effort to undermine that decision is gaining support.

Senate Republican Leader John Flanagan (R-East Northport), joined by members of the Long Island Republican Senate delegation, Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk) and Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy (R), unveiled a bill Sept. 2 that will protect state Department of Motor Vehicle employees, when they follow federal immigration law over the state law known as the Green Light Law. “Democrats in Albany didn’t yield to the will of the people who overwhelmingly oppose this bad policy that puts our state Department of Motor Vehicles employees in the awful predicament of choosing between whether to abide by federal law or to issue a state license to an illegal immigrant,” Flanagan said in a press release. “It should not be up to our DMV workers to ferret out potentially fraudulent foreign documents that can open up our voting system to abuse, and if they feel uncomfortable with doing so they should not fear being fired.

This legislation would protect our employees who act in good faith to follow federal law instead of abetting illegal behavior.”

Issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants faces legal challenges from county clerks and refusals from upstate county clerks to implement it, according to Flanagan’s office, since state employees would be required to verify foreign identification.

The proposed legislation permits an employee to hire an attorney to defend themselves in the event any civil action is taken against

them by the state. It would also protect the employee, if they took action in good faith, and would prevent termination if their actions were in line with federal law.

“This legislation is necessary to protect our everyday workers on the front lines from the dangerous policies the governor and the progressive Democrats have recently embraced,” said Palumbo, who will carry the companion legislation. “It’s unfortunate that the liberal left’s thinking has been so severely clouded that they would rather pander to the far-left agenda instead of focus on protecting our citizens. The Green Light Law has no safeguards to ensure that an illegal alien’s passport or foreign documents are legitimate upon presentation, placing our DMV employees in a very difficult position to issue a license to someone who’s information they cannot verify. Most importantly, there are no distinguishing marks on the illegal immigrant’s license to differentiate them from a citizen’s license, creating an environment for fraud and abuse that has no limits.”

The Green Light Law was passed by the Democrat-controlled Senate and Assembly, and was signed into law in June by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). It allows illegal immigrants to provide foreign documentation, without a social security number, to obtain driver’s licenses. The law also prevents any data sharing with immigration related enforcement to shield immigrants from the federal law.

“DMV employees should not be forced to make a determination whether to follow state or federal law,” state Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) said. “The state employees are responsible for processing all of the required motor vehicle forms. Their job is not to serve as a judge and jury. If they are uncomfortable with the lawfulness of an action, then they should not be forced to do it and have the fear of losing their jobs.”

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Twelve states, other than New York, have similar Green Light laws, including California and Connecticut, where hit-and-run accidents have declined after the law’s implementation.

Many states activated these laws in 2014, though Washington, D.C., has had its law on the books since 1993.

“Granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants is a slap in the face to law-abiding citizens and especially to those immigrants who went through the long and difficult process to become legal, taxpaying citizens of this great country,” Kennedy said. “We should not be rewarding illegal behavior. Driving in New York state is a privilege, not a guaranteed right, and we should not be extending privileges to those who do not follow the law.”

If state lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly pass the bill, the governor can veto the legislation. Cuomo’s office did not respond to request for comment about the bills.

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Town/County

Abandoned site, 555 Lake Ave. slated for demolishment

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The Smithtown board is securing bids to demolish 555 Lake Ave. in St. James, which has been vacant. Photo by David Luces

LEGALS NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. Bank, N.A. as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, N.A. F/K/A First Union National Bank, as trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2001-4, Plaintiff AGAINST Gennaro J. Jelinek; Stephanie Moser; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 22, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Smithtown Town Hall, 99 West Main Street, Smithtown, NY 11787 on September 18, 2019 at 11:00AM, premises known as 118 Elizabeth Avenue, Smithtown, NY 11787. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Smithtown, County of Suffolk, State of NY, District 0800 Section 134.00 Block 02.00 Lot 029.000 & 030.000.

Approximate amount of judgment $301,790.58 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 062673/2014.

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The Town of Smithtown is preparing to demolish an abandoned property on Lake Avenue in St. James after the town’s building director deemed the structure to be unsafe, according to Chapter 112 of the town code.

Assistant Town Attorney Martin Simon said the building at 555 Lake Ave. has been deemed unsafe for a number of factors, including a hole in the roof of the structure.

“The town board will have to decide to enter upon the premises of the property for the purpose of demolishing or remediating the structure,” he said. “... The roof hasn’t collapsed but it seems like it has been taken apart by the property owner.”

The property has been the subject of two other

unsafe conditions in the past, according to Simon.

“The owner was able to satisfy the building department before but we have not heard from him,” [as of now] he said.

Simon said the property has been abandoned for five years. They’re decision considered the lack of property maintenance and that, in their opinion, it seems that the owner is having trouble selling the property or has no interest in development.

The property’s corporate owner is 555 Lake Ave., LLC with Raymond Locrotondo as principle owner. The property is up to date on its taxes, $5,400 last year, according to Simon.

The bid process for the project, according to the town’s attorney office, may take about a month or two.

Attorney for the Locrotondo, Vincent Trimarco, offered no comment.

Health department reports cases of mosquitos with West Nile virus in Suffolk The state health department said 10 mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile virus in Suffolk County at the end of August, with three samples being found in Rocky Point.

In a release Aug. 30, Suffolk County Department of Health said that the mosquito samples, collected Aug. 20 and 21, had examples of West Nile virus in Lindenhurst, North Babylon, Farmingville, West Babylon, North Patchogue, Huntington Station, Commack and Rocky Point. All but Rocky Point had only one such sample collected.

Suffolk County has reported 53 mosquito samples to date that have tested positive for West Nile and six for Easter equine encephalitis, a virus that can cause brain infections, though no new samples have been collected at this point.

Dr. James Tomarken, the county commissioner of health, said there is a presence, but there is no reason to panic.

“The confirmation of West Nile virus in mosquito samples or birds indicates the presence of West Nile virus in the area,” said Tomarken.

“While there is no cause for alarm, we advise residents to cooperate with us in our efforts to reduce their exposure to the virus, which can be debilitating to humans.”

West Nile virus may cause a range of symptoms, from mild to severe, including fever, headache, vomiting, muscle aches, joint pain and fatigue. There is no specific treatment for West Nile virus. Patients are treated with supportive therapy as needed.

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ulations is for residents to eliminate standing or stagnant water pools in their areas. Tomarken said it’s important for residents to stay vigilant especially if they enter the Manorville area.

People are also encouraged to use long sleeves and socks and use mosquito repellent.

Dead birds may indicate the presence of West Nile virus in the area. To report dead birds, call the Public Health Information Line in Suffolk County at 631-787-2200 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Residents are encouraged to take a photograph of any bird in question.

To report mosquito problems or stagnant pools of water, call the Department of Public Works’ Vector Control Division at 631-852-4270.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

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School News

Smithtown Central School District

First day of school Above: Smithtown WestHigh School students head back to school. Below: Middle School children meet up after getting off the bus at Great Hollow. Photo from Smithtown Central School District

Smithrown’s new teachers pose on the steps of Administration Office on New York Avenue. Photo from SCSD

Smithtown welcomes 30 new teachers Thirty new teachers were welcomed into the Smithtown Central School District during new teacher orientation from Aug. 27-29. To kick off the first-day activities, new teachers were introduced to members of central administration and Smithtown’s board of education. The new hires

also met with departmental administrators and learned about some of the district’s technology initiatives. Day two included DASA training and visits to their respective schools to meet with principals and assistant principals. The final day of orientation focused on building relationships, lesson planning, professional development and social emotional learning.

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Town

Town offers guidance for hurricane preparedness For the Atlantic, hurricane season begins June 1 and ends Nov 30. Historically, the greatest potential for hurricanes in New York occurs from August through October; however, it is important to remain prepared at all times. Taking the time to have a plan and an emergency kit before a storm is on the horizon can save time, money and lives.

As Hurricane Dorian makes landfall down south, the Town of Smithtown would like to remind all our citizens to always be vigilant and be prepared ahead of time.

Know where to go: Local disaster centers

In the event of an emergency, the following locations in the Town of Smithtown area act as emergency shelters for the general public: Smithtown Senior Center Smithtown Animal Shelter Hauppauge High School Kings Park High School Commack High School Smithtown High School East Smithtown High School West Accompsett Middle School Great Hollow Middle School William T. Rogers Middle School Nesaquake Middle School Commack Middle School Hauppauge Middle School Pines Elementary School Bretton Woods Elementary School Forest Brook Elementary School

Pack a go bag: Emergency Preparedness Kit Items

Putting together an Emergency Preparedness Kit prior to any disaster is one of the best ways to be ready for any emergency. Most recommended items are inexpensive and easy to find, and any one of them could save a life. It’s a good practice to have an Emergency Preparedness Kit stored in locations where you spend most of your time.

Pack a kit for the home, at work and in your car, so you’re ready at any time.

An Emergency Preparedness Kit should include: • 1 gallon of water a day per person • Canned goods • Nuts • Peanut butter • Crackers • Granola/energy bars • Rice • Pasta • Tool kit including: Hammer and nails Screwdriver and screws Pliers • Flashlights and extra batteries • First Aid Kit including: Band-Aids and bandages Medications

Hurricane Dorian is expected to bring rain to the area later this week. Town officials recommend that families prepare for hurricane season. Photo from NOAA

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Hand sanitizer Toilet paper Moist towelettes Paper towels Plastic garbage bags in different sizes Extra clothing essentials Rain gear Battery-powered or hand crank radio Local maps Duct tape Can opener Cash and a roll of quarters Matches Bug repellent Aluminum foil Rope Pet food, collar, leash, carrier Baby diapers, wipes, rash ointment Solar-powered cellphone charger

Smithtown Fire Department’s Second Assistant Chief, Timothy Duckham, recommends having a minimum of a three-day supply handy. “Always be prepared for potential severe weather by having three days worth of supplies and medications ready. In the event a

storm occurs, follow local emergency agency instructions and keep informed via the Internet and local news outlets," he said.

Tips for an Emergency Family Plan

Spend time with your family to create an Emergency Contact Plan. Details should entail loved one’s phone numbers and a location where the whole family should meet up in the event you lose touch with one another. A paper copy of family phone numbers and emergency contacts will come in handy if cellphone service is not available. Keep a local map with this list of contacts as a backup should GPS systems fail.

You can Microchip your pet(s) for $25 at the Smithtown Animal Shelter by calling to make an appointment. This is a painless process that will help reunite you with your four-legged family members in the event of a separation.

If they have already been microchipped, make sure the information is kept updated on the chip.

If Animal Control finds your lost pet, they can quickly contact you with the good news.

For senior citizens, create a support network of family, friends and others who

can assist you during an emergency, and share your disaster plans with them. If you undergo routine treatments administered by a clinic or hospital, find out their emergency plans and work with them to identify backup service providers.

Make copies of important documents like birth certificates, insurance policies and any other documents you might need in the immediate aftermath of a storm. FEMA and insurance claims require specific information about your property. Keeping copies in a secure secondary location can help avoid delays when you are need of timely funds for damages.

Customize your emergency plans to suit the needs of your loved ones, and remember to update it each year. A good plan should cover three major objectives.

Activation: Early on before the storm arrives, “Activate” the plan with your family.

Evacuation: Remind your loved ones where to take shelter if you must “Evacuate” Communication: Have a system of communications set up that will allow you to “Communicate” with your family in the event of a power outage.

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School News

Smithtown Central School District

Genius Hour encourages creativity

During the Aug. 20 Smithtown Central School District Board of Education meeting, incoming ninth grader Vincent Mangilomini presented the project he worked on this summer in the district’s C.A.M.P. (Character, Academics, Mindset, Preparedness) program. The program encompasses social-emotional learning with academics.

“Our ultimate goal is to expose students to resiliency,” said Elizabeth Stein, program coordinator. “We look to embrace struggles as part of the learning process. We teach our students to be creative, innovative and empower them as learners.

“During the camp, students worked on a Genius Hour project, something they could explore and research that they were passionate about.

Mangilomini, who is also in the Navy Seal cadet program, presented his project on a drone that could be used for military personnel. The drone is attached to an armband that can be worn for urban warfare.

Pictured in photo, Vincent Mangilomini, center, with board members and C.A.M.P. educators. Photo from SCSD

From left: Smithtown Board of Education trustees Mandi Kowalik and Jerry Martusciello with Beutel, Danzi and Smithtown Athletic Director Patrick Smith. Photo from SCSD

Standout student athletes acknowledged

Two incoming senior-athletes from Smithtown High School West were recognized for their performance both in classroom and in their respective sports by the Smithtown Central School District’s Board of Education and athletic director at the Aug. 20 board meeting.

Smithtown High School West’s Hayley Beutel and Mike Danzi both hold high academic

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West coach recognized for four decades of service Smithtown Central School District’s administrators, board of education members and Athletic Director Patrick Smith recognized at a Aug. 20 meeting Smithtown High School West’s former softball coach David Miller for his 40-plus years of coaching in the district.

Miller was presented with a proclamation from the district. Although he officially retired from his coaching position, the High School West softball field will continue to bear his name. Miller continues to serve the community as president of the Smithtown Booster Club.

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End red-light camera No such thing as a free lunch ticket program In 2010, Suffolk County hired a contractor to install cameras at certain dangerous, traffic-light intersections with the expressed purpose of improving public safety, since running red lights is a major cause of crashes, injuries and death. Currently, 100 camera locations are used for traffic light enforcement in Suffolk County.

To say those cameras have been controversial is an incredible understatement. In theory, if people were automatically issued traffic tickets when cameras detect violations, then people would be less likely to run a red light. However, the effectiveness of the program is hotly debated, both nationally, as well as locally.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, different research methods, when applied, have been used to draw different conclusions. This is the case in Suffolk County, where a recent $250,000 study showed accidents actually increased by about 60 percent at the intersections with cameras, while the number of crashes with injuries decreased, and the total number of fatalities remained the same.

Despite conclusive findings, the study’s author, L.K. McLean Associates of Brookhaven, has recommended that legislators continue the program, because the combined statistics of fatalities and injuries decreased overall. The Republican caucus disagrees. They call the program “a money grab.”

The issue, though, is not totally partisan. Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said she was extremely underwhelmed with the report, saying it gave no indication that the cameras prevented crashes.

The county explicitly states on its website that making money is not the main purpose of the camera program: “The goal of photo enforcement is to deter violators, not catch them.”

But the program in nine years has generated about $190 million.

Under the current system, violators pay a $50 fine, when a camera catches them running a red light, plus a $30 administration fee, plus $25, if violations are paid late. According to contract terms, the county’s vendor Conduent gets 42 percent of citation revenue. In 2018, for example, the county is estimated to receive $27.5 million from the program with $8.8 million being fees for services, most of which are going to Conduent. The balance of the revenue is transferred into a police district account and is used to finance its operations.

The red-light issue should not be political — it should be about public safety. Without clear safety data to justify its existence, we at TBR News Media believe the program should be discontinued at the end of 2019.

If there is a financial benefit to the program for the police district, these interests should be made more apparent, so the public good is understood. If revenue is in fact driving support for this program, then the county needs to compare multiple vendor offers.

A 42 percent share of revenue paid to an outside vendor seems incredibly high. So is the program’s administration fee, which is estimated at $9.5 million for 2018. It’s unclear what this fee is for exactly. The county needs more transparency on this topic.

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It seems the current platform of the numerous Democratic contenders is “free” whatever you want. They are competing with each other to outgive, moving their posts so far left that it has become an unrecognizable party.

An expression comes to our minds: “There is no such thing as a free lunch.”

And so it goes with the spouting of these politicians with freebies. Free college, even for illegals — how do you feel if you have to take from your 401(k) or take out a home equity loan? Free housing — didn’t we go through a housing crisis created by bad policies? Medical benefits for all Americans and illegals — did you know it takes up to four hours to get an ambulance in Britain? Who hasn’t experienced the inefficiency at a Department of Motor Vehicles? Why would we ever think to relinquish our health care to a bloated government whose track record is embarrassing?

Their plan, to put it in a nutshell (no nuts for us) is a transfer of debt from those who cannot afford it to the rest of us.

As a result of the policies of President Donald Trump (R), the economy is doing well, as the media is using the new buzzword: recession. Sadly many neverTrumpers are wishing it for our country.

(To use the word recession you need to have two quarters in a negative reading.)

Looks like old tricks of misinformation and fear tactics are being used again.

Try floating with CNN, MSNBC and NBC — simultaneously they are using brainwashing tactics repeating the same sound bites. So it went from Russian collusion to obstruction, to impeachment, to racism and now on to recession. What will be next?

Trump’s concerns are for the people who fought for us — our veterans; the people who protect us — our police and firefighters; and for the people who actually worked for the past 50 years and contributed to this country through their employment taxes paying into Social Security, Medicare and unemployment.

On the other hand, we have Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) worrying

about toothbrushes and cots on the border when her own state has cities overrun with the homeless defecating on the streets, living in tents and spreading lice, typhus and a myriad of other diseases.

What’s more harmful to the environment: plastic straws or rampant disease?

Remember repeatedly hearing there was no crisis at the border? Now that it is exposed, and with no apology, the purpose of a border wall is to get these immigrants to go through the portals to be screened appropriately. Hence, to prevent the drug cartels and sex trafficking that is a real humanitarian crisis.

Our father, who left the Democratic Party years ago, used to say that our history books were trying to rewrite history. He graduated from St. John’s University School of Law and was an avid reader of history.

Remember, don’t be fooled by “voodoo economics.”

Carol Florio Lisa Pius Old Field

Red-light cameras discriminate The Suffolk County Red Light Camera Program discriminates against the working class people. Cameras are not installed in affluent neighborhoods in Suffolk County. I found a disproportional amount of cameras in the lowincome neighborhoods in the Town of Babylon, Town of Islip and Town of Brookhaven. There are no cameras in East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter Island and Southold. Within the Town Of Huntington, there are no cameras in Lloyd Harbor, Northport, Centerport and other affluent towns. The people who live in places like Brentwood, Bay Shore and Coram are responsible for paying this unfair tax while the people who live in Quogue, East Hampton and Sag Harbor never receive red-light camera tickets.

The red-light camera program targets the most vulnerable people in our society. Are the people who live in wealthy neighborhoods better drivers?

Is this why there are no cameras in their towns? The Town of Islip has 24 RLC intersections. Some of our legislators falsely claim to be heroes of the disenfranchised. It is the poor neighborhoods that have the majority of these cameras and helping the county generate $30 million in annual revenue.

I hope this discrimination ends Sept. 4 when the Suffolk County Legislature votes on whether or not to continue this red-light camera program.

Below is a list of “active” red-light camera intersections based on the $250,000 report the county paid to have published:

Town of Brookhaven 38 Town of Islip 24 Town of Babylon 19 Town of Huntington 15 Town of Smithtown 4 Town of East Hampton 0 Town of Riverhead 0 Town of Shelter Island 0 Town of Southampton 0 Town of Southold 0 Total RLC Intersections 100 Source: “Countywide Review of the Suffolk County Red Light Camera Program”

by L.K. McLean Associates and Suffolk County Department of Public Works.

Hector Gavilla Dix Hills Republican candidate for the county Legislature’s 16th District

Feds must allow drug price negotiations As AARP’s lead volunteer in New York’s 1st Congressional District, I would like Long Island to be aware of AARP’s Stop Rx Greed: Cut Drug Prices Now campaign. I and my fellow volunteers across Long Island and New York state are delivering tens of thousands of signed petitions to our federal representatives asking Congress to support commonsense

solutions such as allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, capping consumers’ out-of-pocket prescription drug costs and increasing access to lowercost generic drugs.

It is unfair that Americans pay the highest brand-name Rx [medical prescription] prices in the world, and many Long Island seniors are forced to choose

between buying needed medications or buying groceries. AARP is calling on Congress to stop Rx greed and cut drug prices now. I thank those Long Islanders in the 1st Congressional District for showing their support on this issue and stepping up by signing this important petition.

Charlie McAteer Port Jefferson Station

SEPTEMBER 05, 2019 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A23

Opinion

Unspoken college advice

Y

ou know that summer camp game where two or more teams line up with a spoon? The objective is to carry a tablespoon of water across a small lawn to the other side, dump whatever you can keep on the spoon into the cup on the other side, and race back with the spoon so that the next person can bring as much water as quickly as possible to your cup.

For me, parenting is about D. None battling the urge of the above to sprint at top speed, hoping

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF that there’s at

least some water to dump into the cup on the other side.

I had one of those moments when I wanted to share all the right pieces of advice for our daughter as we drove her to college. Would she even hear the pearls of wisdom I was trying not to drop from the spoon?

My first thought was to tell her that, “You get out of it what you put into it.” Of course everyone who passes the requisite classes gets a degree. What differentiates one set of experiences from another is the amount of energy, effort and dedication from the student.

I scratched that one off the list because she’d heard it too many times before. If that lesson were going to make it into the cup, it had plenty of time to do so.

Then, it occurred to me to tell her to study smarter and harder, in that order. I wanted her to put in genuine effort — see the previous piece of unspoken advice — but I also felt

that she needed to focus her efforts on specific chapters or concepts. Exams don’t tend to demand total recall of every word on every page in a textbook. Try to figure out, perhaps with some help from upper-class people or your resident adviser, what are the most important ideas for each class.

I considered telling her to appreciate and learn from her mistakes. I had suggested that homily in her academic life, on an athletic field and in her social interactions. I couldn’t possibly say that on the ride to college because her response, at best, would be some version of, “Daaaaaaaddd!” No, clearly, telling her to learn from her mistakes would be a mistake.

Maybe, just as I contemplated another recommendation, the clear skies on the drive ahead were a sign that I was on the right track. I wanted to tell her to get to know her professors, regardless of the size of the class. In fact, the larger the class, the greater the need to walk up

to her teachers, introduce herself and express an eagerness to learn about a subject this person had spent a professional career teaching.

Maybe I should also tell her not to fall behind.

Catching up becomes a regular struggle when the professor has moved away from the lessons you’re trying to process and commit to memory.

By the time we arrived at school, I hadn’t shared any of those words of wisdom or fortune cookie advice, depending on your perspective, because our daughter slept during much of the car ride. Carrying boxes, bins and bags up the stairs became the primary focus, as did trying not to sweat too profusely over everything I was lugging into her room.

As she was scrambling to figure out how to attach pictures of her friends to a wall, it was clear the timing wasn’t ideal to offer advice.

Maybe it’s best this way: She’s now reached an age and a stage in life when she’s got to figure out how to fill her own cup with water.

to visit the grandmother, but she follows anyway and asks the expected questions: “What about her individual rights? Isn’t it illegal to withhold such information? What if she has some last details she would want to take care of if she knew she were dying?”

But no. The rest of the family agrees to enter into a charade in which they act as if the reason they are all coming back to China is to celebrate the marriage of the grandson, who has in fact been seriously dating a Japanese girl for only three months.

The grandmother, of course, is overjoyed at the prospect of seeing her scattered family return home and of hosting a wedding celebration, although she is not so sure about this Japanese addition to the family. And despite their sad faces and behind-her-back anguish, grandma is persuaded that the return is as presented. She goes about arranging for a bountiful reception for family and many friends.

The Chinese explanation for the deception serves as stark contrast in the film between the cultures: Chinese people aren’t regarded as individuals to the extent that they are so clearly in America, but rather as a member

of a family structure and a social community.

One’s life is part of a whole, and no one wants to tell grandma that she will soon be leaving this world and bring her sadness in her last days. In China, a diagnosis of cancer means certain death, we are told.

Yet despite the depression felt by the family, their love for their matriarch shines through, and there are the universal family interactions of anger, laughter, grief, memories and regrets.

The film is both deeply personal and can be universally appreciated for its sweetness and familiarity.

China has modernized physically. Billi finds that her old neighborhood has been replaced by a forest of high rise apartment buildings, none quite completed yet, and modern highways link the city. That is a measure of how long she has been separated from her roots. But can there be a “good” lie? Billi will effortlessly lie on her phone to her grandma about whether she is wearing a hat to ward off the cold in Brooklyn, but she is deeply troubled trying to bridge the cultural big lie that is at the heart of this film.

When is a ‘lie’ a good lie?

T

hree-day weekends are wonderful.

When you go to sleep Sunday night, you know you have an extra day of weekend on Monday, and you feel so rich.

What did you do on Labor Day? I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

First I met some old friends at the bagel store and we had breakfast and caught up on summer activities and the latest news. Then I did some work, so I should feel a little bit virtuous. And as a climax to the free time, I went to see a movie with a good friend. Just imagine! Going to the movies on a rainy Monday Between afternoon. What a you and me treat.

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF We saw “The Farewell,” and we both loved it. I

checked it out first, and it is probably the only movie I have ever seen with a 99 percent rating from Rotten Tomatoes. In spite of having such high expectations, we were not disappointed.

The movie is an independent Chinese film, largely autobiographical from Lulu Wang, with subtitles and speaks to several themes all centered around one peg. I won’t be revealing anything that would spoil the experience for you by saying that the plot revolves around a lie. In fact, at the beginning of the film, we are told that what we are about to see is based on “an actual lie.” The deception is as follows. Grandma Nai Nai is terminally ill, and everyone wants to see her one final time.

But the problem is that she has not been told that she has malignant spots on her lungs. Her X-rays reportedly show “benign shadows,” or so she is made to believe. The immediate family do not want her to know the truth about her condition.

Her granddaughter Billi, who grew up in New York City and is thoroughly Americanized, doesn’t agree with that decision. The rest of the family tries to leave Billi behind as they go back to mainland China

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