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December 19, 2019

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State Reps Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore Federal SALT Deductions

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BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Representatives Thomas Suozzi (D-NY3) and Peter King (R-NY-2) have introduced bipartisan legislation to reverse the impact of last year’s tax overhaul, which eliminated the deduction of state and local taxes from federal filings. If passed, people who live in highsalary, high-tax areas such as Long Island would regain write-offs plus other benefits.

“The SALT cap was particularly unfair to Long Islanders and New Yorkers because they already subsidize other states by paying $48 billion more into the federal government than we receive back,” Suozzi said in a statement. “It is a tax on taxes already paid, and it hits the homeowners whose local taxes fund police, firefighters and other services.”

The legislation, called the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, would eliminate the marriage penalty by doubling the cap to $20,000 for joint filers for 2019 and would fully restore state and local tax (SALT) deductions for 2020 and 2021.

The cost of the plan would be fully offset by returning the top individual tax rate from 37 percent, back to 39.6 percent, the number prior to the GOP tax bill of 2017.

Suozzi’s district includes parts of Queens and extends into Nassau and Suffolk counties, mainly along the North Shore and includes parts of Kings Park. In the region, more than 250,000 families reportedly have claimed the SALT deduction at an average rate of $18,300. Capping the deduction has cost Long Islanders, and all New Yorkers, billions in additional taxes, according Suozzi. In fact, Suozzi reports that the average SALT burden statewide is above the $10,000 cap in 52 of 62 counties.

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Some elected officials are skeptical of the legislation.

Earlier this year, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) introduced legislation that would fully reinstate SALT reductions and also close previously unaddressed loopholes. He said he prefers that to raising the individual tax rate.

“The issue Congressman Zeldin has with this new proposal by Representative Suozzi and others is that it permanently raises the 37 percent individual tax rate to 39.6 percent and only temporarily makes changes to the SALT deduction until 2021,” said Katie Vincentz, Zeldin’s spokesperson.

Zeldin, Vincentz said, would be happy to work with Suozzi and King to fix the current proposal and reiterated that the legislation Zeldin introduced would permanently reinstate the deduction without raising individual income taxes.

The Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act was approved in the House Committee on Ways and Means Dec. 10.

“In the midst of all the battles in Washington, D.C., I know that my constituents on Long Island want tax fairness. The 2017 cap on SALT broke a century-old agreement. A covenant to protect state and local government and my bill restores that protection, it restores that covenant, and it restores fairness as well,” said Suozzi. “I thank Chairman Neal and the Ways and Means Committee for passing my bipartisan legislation and I hope it will be passed by the House of Representatives in short order.”

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Stony Brook Vets Home Honors Soldiers on 75th Anniversary of Battle of the Bulge

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM At the Long Island State Veterans Home, John Tsunis, the owner of the Holiday Inn Express at Stony Brook and board member of the vets home, briefly choke up when speaking of his father, Charles, a World War II veteran and soldier during the Battle of the Bulge, consisting of over a month of fighting from December 1944 to January 1945.

His father called the Battle of the Bulge “a hell on ice,” and Tsunis described when his father had been forced behind enemy lines where he and two of his fellow soldiers were pinned down by an enemy machine gun, helping to save several men, which earned him the Bronze Star.

“My dad took the lead and they were crawling around, keeping their heads low because there was a machine gun shooting over their heads,” he said. “He kept on crawling, not knowing what to do, until he came over some dead Germans, and under their bodies was a German bazooka. He told one of his buddies to load him up, took aim at the machine gun nest and knocked it out.”

In what was one of the bloodiest battles Americans fought in World War II, the last

major German offensive on the Western Front saw 19,000 U.S. soldiers killed, 47,500 wounded and 23,000 captured. The pocket created by the Germans’ push into American lines gave the battle its name. The day’s ferocious fighting was displayed in a video of historic footage shown to the gathered local officials, staff and veterans.

The veterans home honored four veterans who experienced the battle up close and personal, James Lynam, Philip DiMarco, Frank DePergola and Thomas Struminski. Each was given a plaque, while both state and county officials presented proclamations to each in turn. Tsunis accepted the honor in place of his father who died nearly 20 years ago. He also helped name and hand out plaques honoring four men at the home who fought in one of the most consequential battles of the war.

DePergola, DiMarco, Lynam and Struminski were all there during the battle, and now that each is over 90 years old, they are some of the only people in the U.S. who can remember firsthand what happened.

Lynam’s children Kathy Corrado and William Lynam said their father didn’t speak much about the battle as they were growing up. However, once they were older, their father, a Brooklyn native, would emotionally relate snippets of the ferocious fighting.

Top, John Tsunis, left, and Long Island State Veterans Home Executive Director Fred Sganga, right, honor veteran Frank DePergola; above, Suffolk County and New York State officials, along with representatives of the vets home, stand by vets who were at the Battle of the Bulge. Photos by Kyle Barr

“A Tiger tank almost ran over him, and he said they just couldn’t get the gun down low enough to get him,” Corrado, a Stony Brook resident, recalled.

William Lynam said such stories put graphic imagery in his head. “[My father] said [that] when the panzer division was coming, and these guys were trying to dig into ground that was frozen … he remembers so distinctly the sound of the panzers, the Tiger tanks rolling over a field of cabbage, crushing the heads of cabbage and they were all imagining skulls of men were being crushed as they were coming through,” he said.

Others in the audience remembered the horrors of that day up close. Alfred Kempski, a World War II veteran living in the vets home, pointed to a black-and-white image of the Battle of the Bulge, of American soldiers in long greatcoats, M3 submachine guns and M1 Garands clutched in gloved fists, the soldiers peering forward in snow up to their knees.

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Election 2020

Democrat Congressional Candidates Answer Constituents Questions

BY DONNA NEWMAN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Three candidates have announced their intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives for the 1st Congressional District in 2020. They were invited to a Dec.12 meet the candidates night held by the Three Village Democratic Club. Club president, Virginia Capon, welcomed the audience and introduced the evening’s moderator Dave Calone, who was a candidate for the seat in 2016. Capon was pleased by the size of the crowd, which was approximately 120 people.

Questions were solicited from club members prior to the event.

The candidates are Bridget Fleming, Perry Gershon and Nancy Goroff.

Bridget Fleming (D-Sag Harbor) is a threeterm Suffolk County legislator representing District 2. She was first elected to the Town of Southampton Town Board in a special election and went on to win a full term a year later. Prior to that she served as a prosecutor in Manhattan for nearly a decade, eventually specializing in fraud in government programs. In her opening remarks she said she saw a clear path to victory next November.

“I have run and won, again and again,” Fleming said. She noted she has 10 years of experience delivering for this district — and her record speaks for itself.

Perry Gershon, of East Hampton, was a mortgage broker for commercial properties until he divested from his company in 2017 to run for office. In 2018 he won the local Democratic nomination for Congress by being the top votegetter in a field of five. Gershon lost to incumbent Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in the general election, garnering 47.4 percent of the vote to 51.5.

Gershon thinks he stands the best chance to win this time because of his previous campaign.

“The hardest part of running for office is getting out the electorate,” Gershon said. “I’ve done it. We built up energy — we inspired volunteerism.” He believes his first experience will be invaluable.

To Nancy Goroff, Suffolk is home. She has lived and worked in the district for 22 years.

She raised her children in the Three Village area. Her research and teaching at Stony Brook University have created lots of connections, both academic and governmental. Goroff feels she can bring a new perspective to Congress by offering innovative solutions. A scientist, she said constituents can have faith she’ll make

Moderator Dave Calone with candidates Perry Gershon, Nancy Goroff, Bridget Fleming and Three Village Democratic Club president, Virginia Capon. Photo from Three Village Democratic Club

decisions based on science and facts.

“We deserve better,” Goroff said. “[It would be good] to live in a world where government actually tries to solve people’s problems.”

The candidates fielded a question about the elimination of student loan debt.

Gershon said, “The system is broken.

[There should be] a trade-off of public service for debt assistance.”

Fleming said, “If you can refinance a car or a home, why not student loan debt?” She created a program while in law school at the University of Virginia offering loan forgiveness

in exchange for public service.

Goroff said, “Make education as accessible as possible. Where [students] go should not be limited by parents net worth.”

Another question asked if the candidates would trade a border wall for protection of the Dreamers.

Fleming wanted more details. “We do need firm rules at the border that must be fair and humane. We need a comprehensive solution to immigration issues,” she said.

Goroff said, “We need secure borders, [but]

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Your Turn: Zeldin Runs for Cover on SALT Relief Last week, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1), who is supposed to be listening to the working people of Long Island and putting our interests first, once again failed to live up to this duty.

We all know the stories of bright young people moving elsewhere after college or military service because they can’t afford to come back home or because they can’t afford to stay here after attending our fantastic colleges and universities.

As I travel our district and talk to residents, again and again I hear that the cost of living on Long Island makes it difficult to make ends meet. I have also heard disheartening stories from retired people who raised their families on Long Island and cannot afford to remain in their homes because costs to stay are too high. The top priority of any elected official should be to help these people.

When presented with an opportunity to help, Zeldin failed to do the right thing for these Long Islanders. Last week, he refused to join a bipartisan push to unwind a major tax increase on Long Island homeowners. Until 2017, state and local taxes, also known as SALT, were fully deductible against federal income tax. The SALT deduction was of significant help in making Long Island a more affordable place to live and raise a family by putting hard-earned dollars back in our pockets — and its limitation results in double

taxation. But in 2017, a Republican Congress, one the burden of state and local taxes on everyday Zeldin was a loud and proud member of, imposed Long Islanders. In effect, millionaires in states a limit on the SALT deduction as part of a plan with low SALT are being subsidized by middleto reduce taxes for the wealthiest Americans. income taxpayers in high-SALT states. The SALT cap is basically a regional Zeldin first voted in favor of the redistribution of wealth. For a plan and then kept quiet as the New York member of Congress president and the Republicans like Zeldin to support this is put it into place, making his indefensible. final vote irrelevant.

Last week, Rep. Tom Suozzi In NY-1, the average SALT (D-NY-3), joined by 52 codeduction before the 2017 law sponsors including Rep. Peter was $18,000. Under the new King (R-NY-2) and several law, the SALT deduction is other New York representatives, capped at $10,000 per year, introduced a bipartisan bill to which means the average person eliminate the SALT cap, bringing in NY-1 is now required to pay needed tax relief to Long Island federal taxes on $8,000 more of families. The plan is funded by a their income. For most of those

By Perry Gershon restoration of a slightly higher tax affected, the itemized deduction, rate for top earners, which Zeldin which includes SALT, charitable expenses and mortgage interest, is higher than the and Trump worked so hard to lower in 2017. The bottom line is the Suozzi bill would reduce overall new standard deduction.

New York is a “donor state” to the federal taxes for most middle-class Long Island residents. government, meaning we pay more dollars to the But where was Zeldin? He refused to co-sponsor federal government than we receive back, so what the bill, complaining that it would eliminate the 2.6 amounts to an additional tax on the states already percent rate reduction previously granted to people paying more than their fair share is grossly in the highest tax bracket . Yes, you read that right: unfair. The GOP tax bill effectively doubled Zeldin is more interested in protecting millionaires

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Continued from A4 our country values immigrants. We need to give people hope in their home countries, so they don’t have to walk a thousand miles.”

Gershon replied, “Yes. I would do that trade to protect people in this country already. We do need comprehensive immigration reform, too.”

In answering a question on guns, there was consensus among the three that legislation is needed, that the assault weapons ban should be reinstated, that high capacity magazines should be banned and that, if the majority of Americans support universal background checks, the NRA ought not be allowed to prevent such legislation from being passed.

Regarding a question about health care, there was agreement that the Affordable Care Act needs to be improved, that health care is a human right and every American deserves affordable access to high quality care. Goroff and Gershon said they’d favor Medicare for All — as an option.

Should military spending be decreased? All three candidates expressed a desire to restore respect for the U.S. around the world. In light of a recent Washington Post exposé on the waste and corruption of military spending in Afghanistan, Gershon and Goroff called for the military to spend more wisely — with Goroff adding, “First, increase spending on diplomacy.”

What bill would they first introduce as a congressperson?

Gershon answered, “Election reform.”

Fleming responded, “We need to fully fund the EPA.” Goroff seemed to concur, “Focus on climate-change research funding.”

nationwide than NY-1’s middle class.

In the 2018 midterm elections, the two New York Republicans who joined Zeldin in the initial vote for the SALT changes, Rep. John Faso (RNY-19) and Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY-11), were not reelected. One can conclude that voters took notice and demanded their representatives work to unwind the SALT cap, and it makes Zeldin’s failure to co-sponsor the Suozzi bill that much more puzzling. For the sake of Long Island, let’s hope Zeldin meets a similar fate in 2020.

If you look at Zeldin’s other recent votes, you should not be surprised by his failure to stand up for his constituents on SALT. A few weeks ago, Zeldin voted against blocking Russia from readmission to the G-7, a vote where he was in the minority of his own party. Last week, he also voted against a House bill to reduce prescription drug costs. Whose interest is Zeldin serving? Certainly not middle-class residents of Long Island. We need bipartisan leadership in Congress. Representative Zeldin is not providing it. He is failing us.

Perry Gershon is a national commentator on business, trade, policy and politics. A congressional candidate for New York’s 1st District, he holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale and a master’s in business administration from University of California, Berkeley.

County

Suffolk Looks to Create Regional Recycling Task Force

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County is looking to tackle a pressing environmental issue in the area with the creation of a Regional Recycling Assessment Task Force.

The legislation, sponsored by Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), chairwoman of the Legislature’s Environment, Planning and Agriculture Committee, will put together a 17-member advisory group made up of municipal recycling professionals, county agencies and environmental advocates.

The task force would review existing recycling programs, develop a strategy for increasing the efficiency of recycling regionally, and develop mechanisms to encourage the streamlining of the local recycling process.

Currently, recycling in Suffolk County is handled through a patchwork of programs administered by local townships. The decision to evaluate local recycling efforts comes in response to China’s 2018 decision to ban the import

Legislator Hahn. File photo

of most recyclable papers, plastics and other materials.

The change resulted in a number of programs altering, reducing or eliminating recycling toward the end of 2018.

Brookhaven, for example, eliminated its single-stream recycling program and went back to a dual-stream schedule, where papers and plastics/cans are picked up on alternating weeks.

“Waste management is a global issue that, for far too long, we have viewed through the most local of prisms,” Hahn said in a statement. “The challenges confronting recycling programs from town to town are the same as the ones that con-

front all of us in Suffolk County, across this nation and beyond. It is time for us to consider recyclable solid waste for the large-scale issue it is rather than just the curbside nuisance we have long thought it to be.”

The task force will also examine and make recommendations on existing recycling programs.

Adrienne Esposito, from the advocacy group Citizens Campaign for the Environment, applauded Hahn for putting together the task force.

“Long Island is in the midst of a waste crisis; we need to work holistically to identify potential collaborations and solutions to recycling programs and reduction of waste,” Esposito said in a statement. “In 2020, let’s change our mindset and think of our recyclable materials as a resource, not a waste product.”

The bill now goes to County Executive Steve Bellone (D) for his signature. Once signed, the task force will have until the end of 2020 to issue its recommendations.

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SWR Looking at Mandatory Class to Give Students Basic Learning Skills

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Shoreham-Wading River school district is asking the question, Are students prepared enough when they enter high school?

The answer, district officials said, is a new class called SWR-101, which they hope could provide students a path toward learning how best to learn.

Frank Pugliese, the Shoreham-Wading River High School principal, presented to the school board at its Dec. 10 meeting and said the proposed class that would feature four sections, including study skills specific to certain content areas, written and verbal communication skills, basic financial literacy and the more general sense of “rigor” or self-perseverance.

“Students would be better prepared for life beyond high school,” he said. “We’re doing well with things like Regents, but there’s a common-sense piece missing.”

The principal said they have already gone through multiple subcommittee meetings to reach this point, but they are still in the planning stages, having taken into account teachers, parents opinions as well as graduating seniors in an exit survey, where 20 percent of respondents said they were looking for something more.

However, they are looking at working the

class around four different classes of ninth-graders, which would then rotate quarterly to focus on a specific section. Each section would be taught by a different teacher, who then teaches a different class every quarter.

If installed, the class would be mandatory for all ninth-graders as a required elective. Normally students have one or two free slots in their schedule they use for electives, but this class would take up one of those slots, Pugliese said.

The class would also give an opportunity for the school’s psychological staff to speak to students about mental health early in their school career.

He added that the teachers, parents and administrators on the subcommittee are also proposing a breakdown class in the first week where the students can be introduced to all subjects initially.

The class does not take the place of existing courses, he said, but acts as a preamble to the more strenuous electives. The basic financial section, for example, might go into writing checks but banking and financing would be handled by more strenuous courses.

The board gave approval for work on the new class to continue, with trustees saying they liked the idea that it could provide a foundation for students entering high school.

Pugliese said the district will host additional meetings in the spring dedicated to discussing the class.

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Police said a man entered Bob’s Stores, located at 15 College Plaza, at around 6:15 p.m.

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Top Suffolk Police Officers to Get Raises

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Top Suffolk County police officers will take home heftier paychecks beginning next year after county lawmakers passed a resolution 17-1 to approve a new contract with the Superior Officers Association Dec. 17.

The $53 million deal reached would increase pay for SOA members by 11.25 percent over six years. The deal would allow superior officers to paid between 3.59 and 17.97 percent more than police officers, according to Suffolk County Budget Review Office documents.

At a Dec. 12 county Legislature government operations committee meeting, Dennis Cohen, deputy county executive, said the deal would also amend the salary scale for officers hired after 2012-13 and the promotion scale and index would be similar to those of the Police Benevolent Association.

Officers hired this year and in the future

would only have 13 days of sick leave instead of the previous 26 days. It would also call for officers to work an extra day each year to undergo firearms training instead of scheduling it on a day off or preplanned vacation day, according to county documents.

Senior police officials are expected to get between $3,000 and $4,500 a year in overtime compensation. Longevity pay stands to increase by $25 annually for the next four years.

The maximum year of service eligibility will be capped at 32 years.

Other highlights of the deal include superior officers in certain positions could receive an additional 2.5 percent stipend for wearing body cameras.

Sergeants, lieutenants, captains and other senior officers would be set to get base salaries ranging from $183,000 to $273,000 a year by 2024according to SOA officials. The base pay does not include other pay benefits such as overtime and longevity pay.

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School News

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Obituary Anastasia Sawicki

Anastasia Sawicki, of Rocky Point, passed peacefully Dec. 7.

She was 87.

She was the beloved wife of the late Theodore J.; the loving mother of Irene (Arthur) McKeown, Stephen (Leigh) Sawicki, Catherine (Nicholas) Koridis and the late Theodore J. Sawicki Jr. In addition, she was the adored grandma of Julianne, Gina, Joseph, Jillian, Arthur, Jacob, Thomas, Andrew, Alexandria, Melina, Nicholas A., and Gregory; the cherished great grandmother of

Tyler, Brenna, Kaitlyn, Emma, Brian, Liam, Patrick, Peter, Ella, Theodore and Royce; the dear sister of the late John, Anna, Michael, Joseph, Stephen & Peter.

A Funeral Mass was celebrated at Saint Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Rocky Point. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery.

Arrangements entrusted to the care of Branch Funeral Home of Miller Place and Vigliante family.

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Mount Sinai School District Assistant marching band director Vincent Ragona with students Tristan Duenas, Dan Curley, Andrew Trebilcock, Riley Watson and Shaun Sander. Photo from RPUFSD

Rocky Point Musicians Share Tuba Tunes in NYC

The magical sounds of the low-pitched tuba were a celebration for thousands of spectators to hear and witness at The Rink at Rockefeller Center’s 46th annual Tuba Christmas this past weekend.

Rocky Point High School freshmen Dan Curley and Andrew Trebilcock, sophomore Shaun Sander, junior Tristan Duenas and senior Riley Watson, along with the high school’s assistant marching band director Vincent Ragona, were among the hundreds of baritone

horn, baritone horn, euphonium, tuba and sousaphone players of all ages and abilities from around the country who joined together to perform holidays carols and other crowd favorites on their brass instruments.

“We are so grateful for this real-world opportunity for our students, to use a public platform to share in the gift of music,” Rocky Point High School Principal Jonathan Hart said. “We also thank Mr. Ragona for leading and sharing in this memorable event.”

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Middle school students great children’s author Sarah Beth Durst, center. Photo from MPSD

Miller Place Welcomes Popular Children’s Author The book club at North Country Road Middle School in Miller Place recently welcomed popular children’s author, Sarah Beth Durst, in celebration of recently completing her book, “The Girl Who Could Not Dream.” During the club’s most recent meeting, Durst captivated the students’ attention as she shared her path to becoming a writer and her extensive writing process.

During the presentation, Durst graciously spoke about her life, her reasons behind be-

coming an author and who inspired her love of reading. Afterwards, she opened the floor to students for questions which ranged from, “How old were you when you realized you wanted to become an author?” and “Are you working on a new book?”

In an effort to help students improve their own writing, Durst shared insight on how to write imaginative fiction and placed a strong emphasis on the revision process.

This year, Mount Sinai’s SADD club and nonprofit Holiday Magic team up to gather Christmas presents for needy children. Photos from John Wilson

Mount Sinai Students Demonstrate Holiday Magic for 21st Year in a Row

Mount Sinai High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions club and Holiday Magic combined for their 21st year as a team devoted to making the holidays magical for children across Suffolk County.

Holiday Magic, headed by local attorney Charlie “Santa” Russo, is a nonprofit organization that dedicates itself to making the holidays special for less fortunate children and their families. This year, Holiday Magic received gift requests from nearly 14,000 children on Long Island. On Dec. 6, with 54 Santa lists in hand and $4,000 in cash from Holiday Magic, the SADD students took a sleigh donated by the First Student bus company to Walmart and the Smith Haven Mall in search of the requested gifts. With the help of a donated truck from RTI Trucking, the gifts were delivered to their very own “North Pole” for wrapping.

As always, SADD’s goal is to show these children that the community does care, which in the future will hopefully prevent them from making “destructive decisions.” Making this year’s shopping event even more special was that Mount Sinai High once again opened its doors to host the holiday dinner for the children we had shopped for and their families.

The dinner, which took place Dec. 12, fed over 80 people in a holiday themed cafeteria at the high school. Many of the SADD members played with the children or dressed in holiday themed costumes. SADD members escorted Santa into party to the delight of some eagerly awaiting kids, who were each given gifts from their Santa lists.

The group was once again joined by Mount Sinai graduate, SADD alumni and now Mount Sinai teacher, Gabriella Conceicao. Gabby is a leave replacement at the Middle School by day and a guest elf at night.

Mount Sinai teacher John Wilson, who is coclub advisor alongside John McHugh, said he hopes to continue this tradition with Gabby every year. A magical part of the night was when SADD presented Holiday Magic with a check for $7,000 from the proceeds of the 2019 Turkey Trot.

“It’s simply magic when we can return what we borrowed plus donate thousands more back,” Wilson said.

Those looking to donate to Holiday Magic can visit www.holidaymagicli.org.

Next year will be the schools 22nd anniversary of SADD’s and Holiday Magic’s annual teamup.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Lend Us Your Words To Senate Repubs, ‘What’s Your Problem?’

There’s something brilliant about a letter. In fact, one of the best ways to test one’s writing skill is in the art of correspondence. Try reading “A Life in Letters” by Eric Blair, aka George Orwell, to see the unique power of the written word.

Each and every one of our readers letters has power and each and every word counts. Just like news stories, your letters might be capable of prompting change, or inspiring another individual, typically in 400 words or less.

With that power, every letter writer also has a responsibility to readers, and we at TBR News Media would like to clarify just what is at stake when you send in a letter to us.

As journalists, we are the community’s closest connection between people and government, covering news and events that impact people’s lives on the local level. We especially welcome letters that touch on recent articles, even if it’s something as seemingly benign as roadwork near your house or a neighbor down the road setting off fireworks well past July 4.

We edit for A.P. style, which is the standard in most U.S.based news publications. If you were wondering why we only use a person’s last name after the first reference, for instance, that is why. It helps maintain coherence over the many thousands of words contained in each and every issue.

But we also edit for length, libel and good taste. These last three items that have especially been a bone of contention for some of our writers. Lately, many of our letters relate to national issues and the policies of President Donald Trump (R) and include incessant squabbling between the two major political parties. We would never alter your opinion, but we do have an obligation to make sure the facts you cite conform with the truth.

We ask that our writers provide sources or backup information with letters, so we can fact-check the information.

We’ve received letters using derogatory nicknames for Trump, former President Barack Obama (D) and other legislators and political figures. We have done our best to edit out this potentially defamatory language. Some writers might disagree with this. But, we have also received letters berating other letter writers, and we have looked to soften that language to invite more civil discourse.

Our view is the “Letters to the Editor” page serves as a form of public debate. Its purpose is to argue the issues, not personally attack an individual. Yes, please send us letters on what you think about the issues of the day, but when letters cross the line, they cheapen or even invalidate their arguments to knock at a supposed rival, or to drag people who live close to us through the mud.

We make a conscience effort to fairly represent opposing views to avoid discrimination. In fact, we find it most interesting and useful when we include letters from people on multiple sides of an issue.

The majority of letters we get today concern the national discourse, and are essentially a mirrored reflection of the tirades and proceedings we see from people who are supposed to represent the best of us, the majority of us.

Let’s raise the bar.

Instead of parroting the rhetoric of politicians and pundits, who regularly resort to insults, rely instead on the laws of logic and critical thinking. Analyzing arguments in the free marketplace of ideas is one hell of a responsibility. We the people hope we all take that responsibility seriously. Since accountability is the basis of democracy, let’s give it the gravity it deserves.

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 kyle@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Village Beacon Record, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

Dear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republican senators: It looks almost certain that President Donald Trump (R) will be impeached, and the ball will be in your “court” both figuratively and literally. My understanding is that you are charged with overseeing an impartial and fair impeachment trial. This is an awesome and important responsibility, one that our Founding Fathers would have taken quite seriously. You took an oath to do this respectfully and prayerfully. This being the case, how could it possibly be acceptable for you to strategize with Trump?

Isn’t he the accused? Aren’t you the ones acting as judge? Are you OK with announcing even before the trial begins, how you will vote? You must be. You’re doing just that, but would you behave this way if

it was a Democratic president who was impeached? I thought you were men of high integrity. What about that oath? Personally, I believe our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves over this.

Do you consider yourselves patriotic and ethical? I’m sure you do, but this does not match up with your behavior. Not at all. What do you think about Trump’s letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D)?

Are you OK with this? As for me, it makes me think there should be a requisite psych examination for anyone wanting to run for president, similar to the exam police departments use for their candidates. The winner of the presidential election is after all “the leader of the free world” and has his or her hand on “the button.” Trump said in his inauguration address that he

was the president of all Americans and that he would bring people together. I don’t see this happening and I don’t think his style of crudely attacking his opponents is likely to be effective, do you? Do you see how divided our country has become? Are you OK with this?

Do you see the hypocrisy of having one set of rules for Trump Republicans and a totally opposite set of rules for Democrats?

Yet you guys do have your followers and by all accounts they are a very loyal fan club.

You even have an entire news station, Fox News, at your beck and call. To my fellow citizens who consider themselves Trump supporters I have a very serious question: “What’s your problem?”

Dave Hensen Miller Place

I Will Not Be Silent I am writing this letter in response to the Dec. 12 letter from Jim Soviero [“Media Has Responsibilities Too”], which brings up my former employment at the organization Taking Action Suffolk County.

My part-time work at TASC lasted for 16 months (March 2018 to July 2019), where I worked as a field organizer. My job was canvassing and engaging Democratic voters who didn’t vote regularly in an effort to increase voter turnout in off-year elections. Any letters that I wrote, any events that I spoke at during those 16 months were on my own behalf, and not that of TASC. I have a record of writing and political organizing that predates my part-time fieldwork and has continued after I left TASC. My work was recognized in an article in the Village Times Herald in October 2017,

months before my employment at TASC. I wish that I could say that this attempt to discredit me was a new experience, but sadly it is not.

In the fall of 2018, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin’s (R-Shirley) director of communications, Katie Vincentz, did exactly this when speaking with a reporter of the online news site RiverheadLOCAL. The effort to discredit me as a private citizen exercising my First Amendment rights is problematic on many fronts. Attacking the messenger is a sign of weakness and highlights an inability to respond to the merits of my argument. It also highlights their attempt to quiet dissenting voices through intimidation, which flies in the face of our democratic values.

I cannot be certain what the motivation

of the attacks of Zeldin and Soviero are.

Perhaps it is to make me uncomfortable or afraid. Perhaps they are angered by my consistent speaking of truth, and my effectiveness in doing so. Whatever the reason, if they think that this will frighten me, they are mistaken. I believe too strongly in justice, in democracy and in holding our elected leaders accountable to be silenced. Their attacks are proof that my words matter, and that they have power.

I remain determined and resolute in the work of citizenship. It is my patriotism, and my deep love and concern for this country and its inhabitants that drives me. I will not be silent, no matter where I work, or who I work for.

Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

Stop Trying to Remove Our President To all the haters of President Donald Trump (R), the Democratic leaders and the Democratic followers: All of you should be ashamed of all the lies, unfounded proof and hearsay or opinion evidence against our duly elected president. All the citizens of our country should be worried that our constitutional right — that you are innocent until proven guilty — is not being upheld

but is now being based on hatred of a person. The Democratic Party is trying to take over our government. Remember our history prior to World War II in Germany. Our schools are brainwashing our children, the media is lying to us and our First Amendment and right to bear arms is in jeopardy. In addition, the socialist Democrats are trying to remove our president because they cannot beat him

in 2020. What about the crimes the Democrats are committing, which are exactly the crimes the Democrats are accusing our president of doing?

Whoever rebuts my comments, do you want to live in a socialist country because you hate our successful president?

God help America.

Richard Esopa Miller Place

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

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Opinion

An Unusually Tasty Rubber Chicken Event

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hey are called rubber chicken dinners for a reason. Much of the time, corporate events masquerading as social gatherings offer little in the way of flavor, taste or entertainment.

This one, however, had so much potential. A group invited my wife and me to attend a football game. The connection came through my wife, who interacts regularly with our hosts and received the invitation months D. None earlier. When we of the above read the invitation,

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF we knew she could invite our son, although we also knew he had two midterms the day after the big

game, which meant that I could escort her.

I have, on occasion, demonstrated a surprising nimbleness in jamming my foot into my mouth.

Unintentional and harmless though the effort may be, I have worked hard to pull back on (a) sharing too many details, (b) making too many jokes and (c) asking anything about controversial topics.

We walked into a suite, where our host immediately caught my wife’s eye and shook her hand.

I’d met him several times and he graciously welcomed me as well, although I realize my decidedly unimpressive place in the world.

My wife had given me a rundown of the people we’d likely meet, even as I tried to look over some of their shoulders to watch the football game occurring past the tray of appetizers, the plate of sliders, the collection of untouched cookies and the bowl of half-eaten popcorn.

A woman whose name had made the list shook my hand and smiled at me. I waited the usual three seconds to see whether she was planning to bolt to chat with someone more

interesting, more powerful, taller, better dressed or more well versed in the world of football. After all, she was wearing a football jersey and, while my son can name the rosters of most teams because of his fantasy football acumen, I’m much more limited in this sport.

She, however, kept looking me in the eye, encouraging further conversation. We described the lives of our children. That generally constitutes safe topics, so I was on terra firma.

When I asked where she grew up, she said California until she went to high school on Long Island. I’m not sure why I asked because Long Island is truly a huge place, but I wondered what school she attended.

She told me it was in Setauket and it was called Ward Melville.

Wow, I replied, I went there, too. She said she was on the tennis team and we both remembered the name of the coach who had been there years ago, Vicki Goldfarb. My new acquaintance’s father, as it turns out, was a fighter pilot who had

moved to Grumman when he became an engineer.

It became a remarkably detailed conversation. She lived about a mile away from me for five years, until I graduated a few years ahead of her from Ward Melville.

When she excused herself for a moment, I figured that I might have overplayed the conversation. At that point, I tried to get a closer look at the football game, until my wife and I started talking with our hosts about their family’s skiing adventures.

As we started to leave, I once again found myself chatting with the Ward Melville graduate.

She shared a few more compelling stories about her family and her life, including an adventurous trip to Green Bay, where her husband celebrated a landmark birthday in the snow and cold.

This was, decidedly, not a typical rubber chicken event for me and one that I hope continues if we follow up and get together some time in 2020. And, in case you are wondering, I don’t think I committed any social faux pas.

New Haven is not any different, neither is the University of Chicago and wherever there are universities adjacent to neighborhoods that are prone to crime.

“As of Dec.8, there had been 20 robberies inside Morningside Park or on its perimeter this year, compared to seven in the same period last year,” wrote The New York Times. The article continued, “Since June, five people reported being robbed on or near the staircase at 116th Street and Morningside Drive, near the spot where Ms. Majors was killed.”

Why, then, was the park not better patrolled by the New York City Police Department? That’s what compiling those statistics is for, yes? To send help where help is most needed? This is an issue the NYPD will have to deal with in coming days.

The other metropolitan area tragedy at the top of the news at the moment is the slaughter of four innocent people in Jersey City Dec. 10 by, according to reports, a couple of heavily armed drifters. While those investigating the murders are not saying much while they work on the case, there seems little doubt that this was a hate

crime directed specifically against both the police and one segment of the population: Jews.

Why do people hate? Particularly why do they hate strangers, people they don’t even know?

It’s a question as puzzling as why people would ever want to kill each other. For bigotry to be so strong as to result in violence is unfathomable.

For that matter, why conclude that just because people are different, they should therefore be despised? In fact, they might be thought of as more interesting for their differences.

Which brings me back to my original thought. If everyone is praying for peace, why is there war? Why is there violence? Why is there bigotry? Why is peace so elusive? Is peace, real peace, impossible because of the makeup of humans? Will there always be a Hitler and a Stalin, a Napoleon, Vikings and an Attila the Hun? Still, let us pray for peace, however hard to imagine. Let us keep this idea alive before us as a goal someday to be realized. Let us work to make our world less violent, less filled with hate, less bigoted. Maybe the operative word is “less?” That we surely can do.

Praying for Peace

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he year is rapidly coming to a close, and it is leaving us with impassioned thoughts.

At this time, probably more than any other in the year, we pray for peace: “on earth peace, good will toward men.” Never in the history of the world were people more united than in this wish. And yet, we are so far from the reality.

Tessa Majors, only 18 years old and on the threshold of adult life, bright with promBetween ise, is stabbed to you and me death in Morningside Park in UpBY LEAH S. DUNAIEF per Manhattan. A Barnard College freshman from Virginia, an out-of-towner, was in the park after dark, although it was

only 7 o’clock on a Wednesday evening, Dec. 11. Ostensibly the cause was a robbery gone bad. Her death is a personal tragedy for her family, her friends, the neighborhood, the Barnard and Columbia communities and all New York City. I know. I’m a Barnard alumna and my roots are in New York. The murder tugs at my heart. I lived on the Columbia campus for two years, only a short block from the park. One thing I understood: Don’t go into the park at night.

So I have lots of thoughts, lots of questions.

Why was she there? Was she not told that simple fact? At the first assembly of my entering class, the president of the college cautioned us about safety in the neighborhood, warned us where to walk and how to be safe. That was a different time, I acknowledge, over a half-century ago, when the city was a more dangerous place. But dark places in any city can be dangerous anywhere in the world. The president was trying to teach us urban smarts.

Are the new students still getting that important message on many college campuses?

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Mustangs Wrestlers Make Gains at Bob Armstrong Tourney

BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Mount Sinai took to the mat Dec. 14 during the annual Bob Armstrong Memorial Tournament in Port Jefferson, where a number of Mustangs fared well.

In the final round, Brenden Goodrich pinned his opponent at the 1:39 mark, and Mike O’Brien, at 138 pounds, did it in 26 seconds. O’Brien took the Most Pins-Least Time honors with four pins on the day in just 4 minutes 41 seconds. Both Joe Goodrich, at 182 pounds, and Gian Luca Ferrara,

at 220 pounds, pinned their opponents in the final round at 0:42 and 3:56, respectively.

The Mustangs retook the mat Dec. 18 at home with a 4 p.m. start against Bayport-Blue Point.

Photos clockwise from above, sophomore Jory Russo controls his opponent at 126 pounds; senior Adham Shata, right, made it to the championship finals at 195 pounds; sophomore Alex Day, right, who is 7-4 so far this season as a first-year varsity wrestler, battles at 285 pounds; junior and firstyear varsity wrestler Tristin Nardi in control at 160 pounds; Shata battles his opponent.

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