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G.N. architect and his firm designed dozens of projects across North Shore

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Michael Harris Spector, a longtime Great Neck resident and founder of Spector Group, an architectural group that transformed the landscape of Long Island, died on Jan. 21 after battling cancer, family members said. He was 79.

Spector and Spector Group designed or contributed to hundreds of projects across Long Island and New York City, ranging from RXR Plaza in Jericho to the Dealertrack Technologies headquarters in New Hyde Park, the last project he had a hand in.

The firm has also left a considerable impact on the North Shore, an analysis of Spector Group’s past and current projects suggests.

Spector Group designed North Shore Hebrew Academy, condominiums in Great Neck, additions for several schools in Port Washington, East Williston and Great Neck, as well as several private

residences, for example.

It is also eyeing designs for the Center at 3400 in North Hills and Great Neck Marina, according to the group’s website.

“It’s a living legacy because the buildings that he designed where people live and work and pray and play are all still here and all kept beautifully,” Marc Spector, one of Michael Spector’s sons and a principal in the firm, said in an interview.

“He did treat them all equally, but there’s some 275 buildings that have his name on it … You wouldn’t recognize his work from project to project, because they were so individual,” Spector added.

Michael Spector grew up in the Great Neck village of Kensington as the son of an architect, his son said. He then attended Syracuse University, where he got his master’s degree in architecture before opening Spector Group in Continued on Page 59

PHOTO COURTESY OF SARA RIETBROEK

Great Neck Alert Fire Company and Great Neck resident Erin Lipinsky will be participating in the 14th annual Town of North Hempstead Polar Plunge on March 3.

See story on page 51.

Troiano’s tax liens not in 2014 town disclosure

BY LU K E TORRANCE

a financial disclosure form he filed with the town in 2014, the form shows.

The document was obRobert Troiano, former director of operations for the tained by Blank Slate Media Town of North Hempstead, through a request under the failed to disclose tax liens in state Freedom of Information

Law. The document was filed when Troiano sought to return to the town to serve as director of operations. He had left the town in 2010 to join the NasContinued on Page 71

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Marilyn Hoffman, the Two in G.N. not ‘guitar lady,’ dies at 65 seeking re-election G.N. educator known for teaching through song, play

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Marilyn Hoffman, a longtime pre-kindergarten teacher for the Great Neck Public Schools and advocate of teaching through music who taught hundreds of children, died on Feb. 8. She was 65.

Friends and colleagues recalled Hoffman as a vibrant, kind woman who enjoyed working with children and helping everyone she could. They also described her as a lover of travel, theater and teaching through play, as well as someone who always pushed for what was right.

“Kind, caring and selfless are all words I would use to describe her,” Debbie Volk, whose daughter was once in a musical program Hoffman ran in Saddle Rock, said in an interview. “I know that she touched many lives of parents in the public schools.”

“Learning through play was quickly evaporating and she brought that [into the classroom],” Volk also said.

Marcia Retrey, a cousin whom Hoffman grew up with and considered “a big sister,” said Hoffman was very close with her and her family. Hoffman adored Retrey’s daughters, she said, recalling how Hoffman was “just overwhelmed with joy” when she got to become a great-aunt.

“I don’t think she could have been any closer with them,” Retrey said.

Growing up, Hoffman, a Great Neck resident, always had a passion for music – especially the Beatles. she said.

“She was just enthralled with their music, always had a passion for music ever since I’d known her, and wanted to use music to communicate with children who often didn’t have English as a first language,” Retrey said.

14 village pols running, all uncontested

Two mayors, 10 trustees and two village justices are running for re-election in six of the nine Great Neck villages on March 20, according to petitions filed with village clerks, with two trustees declining to seek re-election.

Ronen Ben-Josef is running for the seat of Manny Alani, a Village of Saddle Rock trustee who did not file papers for re-election.

In the Village of Kensington, Neil B. Garfinkel, an attorney and member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, is running to fill Philip Bornstein’s trustee seat.

Bornstein, a three-term trustee who had also served as deputy mayor with Mayor Susan LopatPHOTO COURTESY OF BARBARA MASRY kin, said he “fully enjoyed every minute” of his service, but that he wants to give other residents a Marilyn Hoffman, well known for her songs and guitar, chance to serve. teaches a group of young students through song.

“For much of that time I Hoffman, who earned bach- music and early childhood con- served as deputy mayor, which elor’s and master’s degrees in sultant for other Long Island was very rewarding as I served as the ‘right hand man’ to Mayor teaching at Adelphi University, schools, Masry said.

Susan Lopatkin who is an incredIn her later years, Hoffman began working in the Great Neck ibly bright, knowledgeable and Public Schools in the 1970s, ac- was also involved in the Transithoughtful public servant,” Borncording to colleagues and her tion Network, a nonprofit orga- stein said.! “However, when it LinkedIn profile, and retired in nization focused on professional women over 50, and its travel 2011.

She taught pre-kindergarten group. She also continued her and served as a kindergarten volunteer work and music lesenrichment teacher, primarily at sons.

“Whatever you wanted to the Parkville School but also at other schools like John F. Ken- do, she would say I’m in, and she nedy, Saddle Rock and Lakeville. was very concerned about doing Barbara Masry, who taught things right,” Helaine Bank, who with Hoffman in Parkville School met Hoffman in the Transition for decades, described music as a Network, said in an interview.

“I do believe her love was consistent passion of Hoffman’s.

Her songs were not only fun, genuine for both music and chilMasry said, but a way to teach dren and living her life,” Bank children important words and added.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN Her brother, Norman Hoffconcepts in a communal way.

LOPATKIN “She led every sing-along man, and his wife, Barbara, her and always had a guitar with nephew, Scott, and his wife, her,” Masry said over the phone Sheila, and great-niece Rivka Susan Lopatkin, the mayor on Monday. “They learned survive Hoffman. She is also sur- of Kensington since 2008, vived by surrogate sister Marcia through the songs she taught.” is one of the 14 Great Neck Following her retirement Retrey and her husband, Gil, as from the Great Neck Public well as Barry Marin, Marcia’s village officials running uncontested for re-election.

Schools, Hoffman served as a brother.

comes to politics, I am in favor of term limits to give new residents a chance to participate in their government and so I have chosen to term limit myself into retirement for now.”

Bornstein added that the current board has three attorneys, which brings “a wealth of no cost legal analysis,” and that Garfinkel, a practicing real estate attorney, will “hopefully make an excellent replacement for me in that regard.”

Lopatkin, the mayor of Kensington since 2008, said in the last 10 years the village has worked to upgrade “all aspects of the village appearance” and that she wants to see a number of outstanding beautification projects finished.

Among some of the changes have been infrastructure upgrades with roads and sidewalks, new landscaping for the village entrances, and sign restoration.

“I think I’ve loved beautifying the village in all different respects and bringing it to a place where it’s just looked at as ‘wow, I want to live here,’ when people drive through,” Lopatkin said.

Lopatkin added that she is “excited” to serve with Garfinkel.

Kensington Trustee Jeffrey Greener, who has served since 2012, is running for re-election uncontested.

Village Justice Richard Dennett is also seeking re-election.

Elected officials in Kensington, home to nearly 1,200 people according to the U.S. Census Bureau, do not receive pay or health benefits.

Alani, Ben-Josef and Garfinkel could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.

Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender, who has served as mayor since 2000 and on the Board of Trustees since 1984, is seeking another term uncontested. Trustees Pam Marksheid, who was first elected in 2008, and Ted Rosen, who serves as deputy mayor and has served on the board since Continued on Page 50

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Fighting heroin harm with programs

COPAY Inc., Great Neck Plaza-based nonprofit, has been on the forefront against epidemic

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N In its 30 years of existence, COPAY Inc., or the!Community Organization for Parents and Youth, Inc. based in Great Neck, has been on the front lines of both countering drug use and healing victims of an epidemic.

And, according to heroin service coordinator Michelle Kirkpatrick, the number of people using their heroin-related treatment and prediction programs has seen a steady uptick.

“We definitely have [seen an increase],” Kirkpatrick said in an interview on Thursday, adding that they see close to 60 visits per week and that individuals are using more of their respective services.

“Nowadays, almost everybody is impacted by somebody’s use.”

Kirckpatrick said COPAY offers!a wide variety of outpatient services, prevention programs and clinical programs not only for recovering addicts, but people hurt by it despite not using drugs. It can take the form of individual counseling with therapists, group sessions, support groups and skill building.

There are also bereavement groups for family members and significant others who lost someone to an overdose, Kirkpatrick said, as well as an after-school prevention program with around 25 students involved in tutoring and homework help.

PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN

Maria Elisa Cuadra-Fernández, the CEO of Great Neck-based COPAY Inc., spoke before a room crowded by parents, children, administrators, officials and other curious community members who asked questions about drug addiction and mental health late last year.

“I think that it would really be beneficial for anybody who has substance use history or anybody who has been affected by it too,” Kirkpatrick said of utilizing the programs.

Local officials and residents have been wrestling with a heroin and opioid

epidemic that claimed more than 40,000 lives nationwide in 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making up around two-thirds of all drug overdoses.

Other programs that COPAY offers include alcohol and drug abuse treatment,

teen drug screenings and parent counseling, psychiatric assessments and ongoing care, medication and monitoring, drug tests, prescription drug abuse treatment, NARCAN training, parenting skills training and DWI and court-mandated services.

COPAY is also fully bilingual, able to serve speakers of English and Spanish.

Maria Elisa Cuadra-Fernández, the CEO of COPAY, noted in a 2017 interview that their programs tend to treat around 150 families per year – or thousands over the organization’s history.

Combined with its community presentations, given interviews and affiliation with five universities, Cuadra-Fernández said they could be educating hundreds of thousands of people.

“We’re on TV, we’re on radio… In an average year, we’re really educating what could be up to half a million people,” Cuadra-Fernández said.

As of 2017, COPAY has 12 staff members and 30 volunteers, who Cuadra said often have helpful backgrounds like as teachers or counselors.

COPAY accepts payment through Medicaid, state financed insurance, private insurance, and military insurance.

Payment assistance is also offered by way of a sliding fee scale.

For more information about COPAY or its services, call (516) 466-2509.

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ONTRACK joins fight against drug addiction

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ONTRACK, which recently opened in Great Neck Plaza, seeks to help people continue their treatment as they recover from addiction.

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After all, Lewis said, he has been recovering from addiction for 15 years, and did not have access to the “continuing care” he was once told to get.

“I had a passion about wanting to do something to fill a space to help people,” Lewis, a Great Neck resident who once lived in Port Washington, said in an interview.

“Everybody talks about treatment, but treatment is just a platform,” Lewis added. “Then you have to go back and live your life and you have to deal with all the other stuff you dealt with from a different perspective and it could be overwhelming. I wanted to be there to have the opportunity to help people.”

Now ONTRACK, located in Suite 386 North at 98 Cuttermill Road in

I had a passion

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Great Neck Plaza, aims to be that help and keep individuals “on track.”

This is done through a combination of one-onone therapy sessions and group therapy, Lewis said, which allows for both individualized care and learning from others.

Currently, ONTRACK’s staff includes three therapists, someone who screens prospective clients, as well as Lewis, the owner.

The space is also one made for privacy and easy access, Lewis said, with two private offices, a group room and soundproofed walls. It’s also located in an office building rather than distinctly labeled, he said, and only a few blocks away from the train station.

“That’s one of the

goals: to try and make it convenient,” Lewis said.

But, Lewis also noted he does not intend for ONTRACK to be “a substitute” or “softer alternative” for a 12-step program, which he feels can be “the best option,” or replace any other services.

“I’m not looking to take anybody else’s place, I’m not looking to compete with anybody,” Lewis said.

“I’m looking to be another option for people.”

For more information about ONTRACK and the services it offers, call 516762-0084, email info@ ontrackny.com, or visit its website at ontrackny.com.

The initial intake is $125, with weekly service costing $185 thereafter.

The fee may be reimbursable based upon one’s insurance.

The opening of ONTRACK comes as officials and residents wrestle with a heroin and opioid epidemic, which claimed more than 40,000 lives in 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Factoring in alcohol and other drugs, more than 63,000 people died from overdoses that year.

CORRECTION A Jan. 23 article about a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at St. Paul AME Zion Church in Great Neck incorrectly stated that the Great Neck Clergy Association sponsored the event as they have done in the past. The entire program was sponsored by the church, and its pastor Rev. Katheleen N. Edwards was responsible for putting the program together.

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Nassau IDA faces Schnirman scrutiny County comptroller announces audit of development agency practices, performance

BY LU K E TORRANCE

Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman says he has begun an audit of the county’s Industrial Development Agency.

“The public has demanded transparency and reform of its county IDA, and this audit is a perfect way to jumpstart that process,” Schnirman said in a statement last Tuesday. “Our team has developed an intensive scope of work that will deliver a fresh look at how the IDA is being operated and how successful it is at creating jobs, growing the tax base, and supporting economic development.”

Schnirman said he submitted a letter to IDA Executive Director Joseph J. Kearney on Feb. 9 to announce the start of the audit. He expects the audit to be completed in six to nine months.

Statistics from the state’s comptroller’s office show Nassau behind comparable" counties when it comes to job creation. In 2015, the most recent

ria by which tax exemptions are awarded.

That year, Nassau’s expenses per job gained were $1,324, compared with $113 in Westchester and just $73 in Suffolk.

Schnirman said he wanted to follow up on the 2011 audit to see if the issues identified" in Maragos’ report were acted upon. But he also wanted to make it clear that this audit was not intended to be an adversarial struggle"with the IDA. “We’re not looking to just provide a list of problems,” he said. “We want recommendations and reforms going forward, we want to achieve the"goal of our IDA being a real engine of job creation.”

The audit will evaluate the agency’s finances and revenue, verify compliance, examine inPHOTO COURTESY OF JACK SCHNIRMAN ternal" financial controls and governance, and review the project assessment"process.

“It’s straightforward: Evstatistics showed the county isyear for which data is available, jobs of the three counties.

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3rd Pct. sees dip in major crimes Decrease of less than 1 percent follows previous year’s decrease of more than 9 percent

BY R E B ECC A K L A R

IMAGE COURTESY OF THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT

The number of major crimes in Nassau County’s 3rd Precinct dropped slightly in 2017.

There were!1,851 major crimes reported in 2017 as opposed to 1,865 in 2016 – a 0.75 percent drop, according to data provided by the Nassau County Police Department.

This year’s decrease follows a more significant drop in major crime of 9.38 percent between 2015 and 2016.

Since 2015, there have been 207 fewer reported cases of major crime.

In 2017, the total crime rate also dropped by 5.63 percent. It had increased by 3 percent between 2015 and 2016.

The decreases seen in the 3rd Precinct are similar to the dropping rates across Nassau County.

There was a 3.41 percent decrease in major crimes reported in Nassau County, and an 0.87 percent decrease in total crimes reported.

In the 3rd Precinct in 2017, rape decreased from three reported cases to one, and sexual abuse decreased from six reported cases to two.

Resident burglary also de-

creased, by 24.74 percent.

Other major crimes, including robbery, assault felony, stolen vehicles and grand larceny increased slightly.

This year there was one criminal sexual act reported, as opposed to 2016 when none were reported.

The 3rd Precinct is broken into two subdivisions, the North and South.

The South Subdivision serves communities including Albertson, East Williston, Floral Park center, Garden City Park, Herricks, Mineola, New Hyde Park, Roslyn Heights and Williston Park.

The North Subdivision serves communities including East Hills, Flower Hill, Great Neck Plaza, Harbor Hills, Manorhaven, Munsey Park, North Hills, Plandome, Plandome Manor, Plandome Heights, Rosyln, Roslyn Estates, Roslyn Harbor, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock, Thomaston, Great Neck, Manhasset and Roslyn Heights.

The area covered by the 3rd Precinct was previously covered by two precincts, but the 6th Precinct was folded into the 3rd Precinct under former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

The closing of the 6th Precinct has had no impact on crime or police operations, Det. Lt. Richard LeBrun previously told Blank Slate Media in an email.

The closing has resulted in over $5 million in savings per year, he said.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement that she’s glad the crime rate dropped “a small amount,” but added the statistics could be better if both precincts were open.

“The 2014 merger of the Sixth and Third precincts has not delivered the cost-savings that was promised and residents believe this has affected their quality of life and safety,” Bosworth said. “Many have committed to the reopening of the Sixth Precinct. It is what our taxpayers, who pay some of the highest property taxes in the country, deserve.”

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports reopening the 6th Precinct.

At a recent Nassau County Village Officials Association meeting, Curran said she and acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder were reviewing the matter.

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DeBono seeks GOP nod in 3rd District Says he looks to break up complacency in run against Congressman Tom Suozzi

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E For Dan DeBono, few things better represent the complacency in the area than the Long Island Rail Road.

“If you ride the train often enough, as I do, you know how horrible it is with delays,” he said. “Something must be done to fix it … what is [Rep.] Tom Suozzi doing? He attends a lot of openings, but is he out there pounding the table in anger? We need a fighter, and Suozzi just wants to go with the flow.”

DeBono hopes to challenge Suozzi, a Democrat, in November as the Republican nominee for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

DeBono was born in Syosset and raised in Northport, where he resides. He served for several years as a Navy SEAL and has spent the last 20 years in finance and investing.

He also formally and informally advised the presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and Rudy Guiliani and currently serves as a committeeman for the Town of Huntington Republican Committee. But this will be his first run for office.

Given his" financial background, the economy is one of his main focuses. President Donald Trump has been touting the success of the economy and the soaring

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Dan DeBono is running for New York’s 3rd Congressional District. stock market, but DeBono doesn’t buy it.

“It’s a mirage, the" facts" bear" that out,” he said. “The economy is strong for some people but horrible for others … the jobs picture is not what it seems to be. We need to create a robust economy for middle-income workers.”

He said he wanted to grow small businesses, which he said are hampered

in New York by over-regulation and nationwide by the government’s preferential treatment of big business through corporate welfare.

“The government has been conducting a reverse robin hood scheme for 10 years … and all it has done is enrich a tiny part of the" population,” he said. “It has crushed middle-class" families and made it impossible for small businesses to compete against conglomerates.”

He said he was concerned about how much was being added to the deficit by the new federal tax cuts (“if it was a private company they would all be fired,” he said). But when it came to local tax deductions, DeBono said that the cap imposed by the law was not the problem.

“It has pulled back the curtain on state and local taxes,” he said. “They sold taxes on the premise they were deductible and now we have to deal with it. [Gov. Andrew]"Cuomo is trying all kinds of ridiculous schemes to beat the law and it was a complete waste of time that could have been better spent finding ways to cut taxes.”

Long Island’s high cost of living was an issue that DeBono returned to again and again. He said the area was a great place to live, but the state is losing young people to places like the Carolinas. At the state level, he would like to see the per-

sonal income tax eliminated and said that IDAs were a waste of money.

DeBono did have some praise for Trump, saying he was pleased to see the president run on putting Americans first.

On the issue of immigration, he said that the borders needed to be enforced and that people who came to the country illegally should not get citizenship.

“People who broke the law, they don’t get to jump to the head of the line,” he said, noting that his wife was an immigrant who went through the 10-year naturalization process.

Regarding immigrants who arrived as children, DeBono said they could perhaps receive a green card if they obeyed the law, but added they should not receive voting rights.

In response to the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, which he called a tragedy, DeBono called for more armed guards in schools but not for gun control, saying he was a firm supporter of the Second Amendment.

And regarding the proposed federal budget, DeBono said he would not support cuts to Medicare and Medicaid until wages improved.

“Many Americans would rather not depend on the government for health care,” he said. “Before we can cut entitlements, we have to cut corporate entitlements.”

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Pols, residents respond to Florida shooting

W H AT C L I E N T S A R E S AY I N G

THE BUZZ ABOUT MINDY

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Acting Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder speaks at Tuesday’s vigil in Mineola for the victims of the Parkland shooting.

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E During a solemn ceremony on Tuesday evening, local officials and religious leaders assembled on the steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola to offer their thoughts and prayers for the 17 high school students killed in a school shooting in Florida last week. But County Executive Laura Curran said politicians would have to do more than just keep the victims in their thoughts.

“Now it is indeed the time for action,” she said. “So that this school shooting won’t#fade into the ethers of the past, only to be remembered when the next one happens.”

Curran called for tougher background checks and a ban on AR-15 assault rifles.

She also encouraged residents to go to law enforcement if they notice suspicious or concerning behavior.

“If you see something, say something,” she said.

And some residents already had.

When acting Nassau County Police#Commissioner Patrick Ryder stepped up to the podium, he said his department responded to several threats made on the day of the shooting in Parkland, Florida.

“Within four hours of that event, we received three threats against our schools here in Nassau County,” he said. “Thank God all three of those incidents were closed and finished that evening, but we want the people of Nassau County to know that we are out there, we are on top of it, we’ve got our finger on the pulse of these types of events.”

In addition to Legislators Ellen Birnbaum and Rose Marie Walker, religious leaders from the Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim faiths all spoke and offered prayers. A group of children stood on the Legislative Building’s front steps, holding signs that called for change.

Charlotte Kerpen, a#freshman at Paul D. Schreiber High School, was not at Tues-

day’s event, but she had already decided to take action. The Port Washington resident said that the shooting in Parkland affected her in a way that others had not.

“I# was seeing Snapchats that kids were taking [during the shooting] and then when the list of victims came out, you can find their Instagram pages,” she said.

“It really hits you hard.”

Kerpen decided to organize an event at Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington to help the survivors in Florida. The show will be held on March 14 at 7 p.m. and will feature 17 performances. The show will include singing and dancing, and all the performers will be in either elementary, middle or high school.

“We wanted to keep it all kids, both performing and running the show,” Kerpen said.

Tickets are $17 and Kerpen hopes to raise $17,000 in honor of the 17 students who were killed. Half the money raised would go to the families of the shooting victims,#while the other half would go to the School Safety Foundation.

Kerpen said some of the money was being raised through donations from local businesses.

“I know the goal is a lot, but I have big dreams,” she said.

Curran said during her speech Tuesday that actions like this — teenagers stepping up to make a difference or advocate for change — were encouraging for adults.

“The thing that I find— it’s strange to say inspiring at a moment like this— what I do find so inspiring is the students’ immediate activism down in Florida,” she said.

Her sentiment was echoed by U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) in a tweet on Wednesday.

“I think we should engage the high school students of #NY03, and all of Long Island, to promote gun violence prevention legislation,” he wrote. “They could help inspire the nation. What do you think?”

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Village of G.N. holds on zoning changes A1 zone public hearings on accessory buildings pushed to March 6; new law also proposed

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Village of Great Neck trustees held off on passing a set of laws to change the limit on how large an accessory structure can be and whether people could build a detached garage in a sector of the village at a board meeting Tuesday night.

Except for the A1 residential zone, which contains the Strathmore residents and parts of other streets, residents can have accessory structures up to 500 square feet or 40 percent of the yards under current law. The A1 zone is the only zone limiting it to 100 square feet, and the proposed laws would make the zone match the rest of the village.

Mayor Pedram Bral argued that the proposed laws would bring uniformity through the village, as it would be “unfair to treat one segment differently.”

He also said they would just allow people to build if they wanted to and that neighbors could raise concerns about proposed changes during the Architectural Review Committee process.

One resident at the meeting said it would be best to leave the laws alone, as there are no detached garages in the area he is aware of and that he believes “this will open the windows for others.”

Another resident said the trustees should hold off on the law for now for a more comprehensive review of zoning laws.

At least two other people expressed their support for the law.

Maureen Klein, a Strathmore resident, pushed for

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Deputy Mayor Bart Sobel said, based on his conversations with Strathmore residents, they did not all seem in favor of changing the zoning. He said he wanted to

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take time to speak to more residents and filed a motion to continue the hearing.

Ultimately, four trustees voted in favor of continuing the hearings to the March 6 meeting. Bral abstained.

Robert Barbach, the building superintendent, and Peter Bee, the village attorney, also highlighted the need to consider a third law to change how much space driveways can take up on side lots across the village.

There will be a public hearing on the matter on March 6.

In unrelated business at the meeting, the village said that VHB, its engineering consultant for potential zoning changes meant to revitalize a portion of Middle Neck Road, will give a presentation on March 6 and seek feedback.

There will also be a public safety hearing at that board meeting.

Other business at the meeting included discussing a survey and soil testing around the area of the proposed Essex footbridge meant to connect two parts of Great Neck and allowing residents to use credit cards to pay for Building Department and tax matters with a surcharge.

When asked about a lawsuit against the village by a resident seeking to halt the installation of LED streetlights outside her home, Bee said, “We’ve objected to it and we’re trying to get it thrown out of court.”

Village Clerk-Treasurer Joe Gill also noted progress about the LED light installation, saying that officials are “exploring further dimming the lights at night” and tying up “loose ends” with streetlights.

LIRR on-time rank lowest since 1996

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N The Long Island Rail Road reported for January its worst monthly on-time performance in more than two decades, prompting LIRR officials to outline a performance improvement plan on Tuesday calling for getting new equipment, building on current tactics and boosting communication with customers.

During the month 83.9 percent of trains arrived “on time,” meaning within six minutes of their scheduled time, according to the LIRR’s “Train Talk” newsletter. Only three of four peak trains were considered “on time.”

Overall on-time performance was down 8.5 points from the previous January, when 92.4 percent of trains arrived on time, and was 13 points lower than January 2010, when 96.9 percent of trains were on time.

This is also the worst on-time performance rating since January 1996, when a blizzard crippled transportation across the metropolitan area. In that month 73.5 percent of trains were on time.

LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski said the plan features more de-icing machines, using new technology like rail switch covers to preserve heat, and using

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The Port Washington branch fared well relative to other LIRR branches so far, with 87.7 percent of its January trains being reported as “ontime.”

M9 trains provided for in the current capital program, as opposed to the current M3s. It also calls for the expanded use of current tactics like brush cutting, rail cleaning and traction gel, as well as more frequent rail inspections and rail grinding to repair damaged wheels and tracks.

In addition, Nowakowski noted the need to accelerate Superstorm Sandyrelated enhancement programs, strategically placing crews in the right places and have “better information sharing” with Continued on Page 59

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Munsey Park leads in wrong direction The Village of Munsey Park’s problems with open government and common sense continue.

The village’s latest assault on civic duty took place last week when officials there refused to release the names of residents who filed petitions to run in the March 20 election for two trustee"seats and a village justice spot.

A woman in the village clerk’s office told Blank Slate Media on Friday, three days after the village’s filing deadline of 5 p.m.

Tuesday, that a Freedom of Information Law request would be required to get the list of candidates who have filed to run.

As if the identity of candidates for public office is some kind of top secret.

By comparison, three other villages in Manhasset – Plandome Village, Plandome Heights and Plandome Manor – were somehow able to respond to requests for candidates’ names within 24 hours.

Village Clerk Tara Gibbons said in an email on Saturday that acceptance-or-declination letters had been sent to the people who filed petitions and that once the petitions were received by the village the names of the candidates would be released.

Which raises the question: why would people who filed petitions in the village clerk’s office on Tuesday to run for office be required to confirm that they want to run on Friday?

Isn’t the filing of petitions a sufficient indication that people are seeking office without asking them to prove they really, really mean it?

And what does a requirement

that a person must" reaffirm his or her candidacy have to do with releasing the names of the people who filed for office? All that was requested was the names of those who filed – not a blood oath that they would campaign until the end.

Candidates can pull out of a race at any time, whether they’ve submitted a letter confirming their intention to run or not.

Gibbons did release the names of those who filed petitions on Tuesday. But why the wait?

The village’s motivation in requiring candidates to confirm their intentions is also suspect.

Attorney Brian Dunning, who said he filed a petition to run, said he received his letter in the mail" around 1 p.m. on Friday and sought to return it to the village prior to a phone interview with the Manhasset Times at 3:30 p.m.

But, he said, Village Hall was closed.

Perhaps the Village of Munsey Park just doesn’t like people challenging incumbents – particularly Dunning and Nathy Yakaitis, another attorney who has filed to run for trustee.

Last year, Munsey Park Mayor Frank DeMento refused to allow Dunning, Yakaitis and two former village officials who regularly attend meetings to speak.

His reason: “because it is not your public hearing,” and he was tired of hearing from the same “peanut gallery” at every meeting.

Mike Armstrong, the Long Island regional director for Reclaim New York, a conservative good-government group, said De-

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Mento’s behavior reflected a “disturbing attitude.”

This followed DeMento’s appointment of his brother-in-law, who was then working for the village as a utility worker, as village administrator without a job search or warning of the impending appointment.

The then village clerk-treasurer, Barbara Miller, said she was not made aware of the appointment before a village board meeting and was “shocked” that the creation of the position was not mentioned on the meeting’s agenda.

After a public uproar," DeMento’s brother-in-law, Daniel Breen, spared the village further embarrassment by announcing he would not accept the"appointment.

This was followed by Miller stepping down and her replacement by the aforementioned Gibbons.

We wish we could say that

Munsey Park was alone in its assault on common sense and good government, but while the village certainly stands out in brazen disregard for norms it has much company on the North Shore.

North Shore villages scored below average in a Press Club of Long Island audit that graded Long Island municipalities and government agencies on New York State Freedom of Information Law requirements.

The audit, which was conducted over 16 months and graded the responsiveness of 195 municipalities on a 0 to 100 scale, found that villages on the North Shore averaged a 66.2 or D rating, lower than the C average for all governments and agencies.

Seven North Shore villages — Roslyn Harbor, Manorhaven, Baxter Estates, Sands Point, Kings Point, Lake Success, New Hyde Park and Floral Park — received grades of F.

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And in recent weeks, Town of North Hempstead officials have refused to answer questions about Robert Troiano and his decision to resign as"the Nassau County acting commissioner for traffic and parking violations a day before he was to be considered for confirmation by the Nassau Legislature – apparently over problems with tax liens he had when serving in two town positions.

The questions asked of both the Village of Munsey Park and the Town of North Hempstead by Blank Slate Media were intended to inform the public. That’s why there’s a First Amendment.

And when officials delay or deny information to the press they are delaying or denying information to the public – the people who pay their salaries.

This is a lesson that should have been learned in grade school.

Perhaps it now needs to be taught in the voting booth.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Political pygmies who love N.R.A.

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want to express my condolences,” “My thoughts are with you at this terrible time,” “My condolences to all of the victims and their families,” “let’s not politicize this situation at this tragic time,” “let’s not jump to any conclusions about the cause of the shooting.” Does it sound familiar?

Those are the words of dozens of spineless politicians every time some gunman kills numerous innocent Americans with a rapid-fire machine gun.

There is no doubt that America tops all of the countries throughout the world when it comes to the mass murder of people at public schools, hotels and airports.

By one estimate there have been school shootings every four days and over 60 since January 1.

The response to these tragedies by the Republican leaders of this country continues to be almost a carbon copy of senseless indifference to the loss of life that dominates our daily headlines.

To show how hard it is to get the elected leaders of our country to understand the gravity of the situation we face, President Trump in his rare expression of condolences, took the time to somehow blame the surrounding community for failing to detect that the issues that were troubling this deranged person.

But, the President has continued allegiance to the National Rifle Association was topped

by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio who looked like a deer in the headlights when he was interviewed by the various media outlets.

Rubio who has an A-plus rating from the NRA, tried to duck the failures of his party by suggesting that we don’t have all of the facts and that legislation would not cure the causes of this latest horror show.

Rubio represents the people of Florida who just witnessed their children and teachers being mowed down and somehow he couldn’t find the words to say that maybe better background checks, supported by 94 percent

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of Americans, are the legislative answer.

In this case as in many others, a real background check might have discovered the fact that the alleged shooter was under treatment for emotional issues and he wouldn’t be able to easily obtain an assault rifle.

Somehow, “Little Marco” as the president called him, also fails to note that there is a need for a major change in the Florida laws when it comes to guns.

At this moment, doctors treating patients with emotional issues are prohibited from asking if they have access to guns.

There are no restrictions on who can buy a gun and in fact, civilians can carry a gun on school property.

Gov. Rick Scott, who is planning a campaign for the U.S. Senate, also ignored the fact that a better background check law might have made a difference.

One thing should be clarified and that is I have no problems with people having access to a rifle or a handgun if a real screening took place.

But the powerful NRA has no interest in changing gun laws because the bulk of their revenues come from the gun manufacturers.

Every time we have a new mass murder, the NRA’s response is that if more people had guns in their possession there is a possibility that a shooting would be stopped.

Even President Trump has frequently stated that the an-

swer to these killings could be arming more people as a preventative measure.

In 2016, the American Journal of Medicine published a study, which concluded that Americans are 10 times more likely to be killed by guns than people in any of the developed countries. We lead the world in gun violence deaths and for the past two years, we have had a dramatic increase in the number of gun casualties.

Even worse is the fact that we are the only country in the world with a record number of school shootings.

There is little doubt that the leaders in Congress will do nothing to correct the flaws in the current law.

Regrettably, more school shootings will take place as well as Las Vegas type mass murders by semi-automatic weapons.

So long as a substantial number of members of Congress are in the hip pocket of the NRA this great American tragedy will continue.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Nothing if not observant as next guy!

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like to think I’m as observant as the next person.

For example, when we took someone to the airport recently, I noticed several areas, both inside and outside the building, that had been cordoned off with yellow “Caution” tape.

I also noticed that neither the elevator nor the escalator was running, and we had to walk all the way across to the other side of the building to get upstairs. That sort of thing gets my attention.

But it wasn’t until we got home and watched the news that night that someone put one and one together.

“Hey, Judy,” said my husband, “isn’t that the building we were in, today? JFK Terminal 4? There’s a story on the news about how there was a huge baggage snafu from that recent blizzard, and then a burst water pipe, but they finally got it all under control, except for one elevator that

still isn’t running.”

I knew there was something “off ” about that elevator!

As for the blizzard and the baggage problem … well, anyone could have missed that.

It reminds me of a passage by one of my favorite writers, Robert Benchley: “I know that if I were on the spot during any important historical event I would not know about it until I read the papers the next day. I am unobservant to the point of being what scientists might call ‘halfwitted.’ It isn’t that I don’t see things, but that I don’t register them.”

You see? It could happen to anybody.

Benchley continues. “I could have been an usher in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, and wondered why the curtain was rung down so early; but on going home, I would have been pretty sure to report a routine evening to the family.

‘They didn’t finish Our Ameri-

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A Look on the Lighter Side can Cousin tonight,’ I might have said. ‘Some trouble with the lights, I guess.’ ” I’m sure I could give Robert Benchley a run for his money.

Take that evening, years ago, when my parents came through New York City on their way home from a trip to Israel and took me out to a dinner.

My dad loved steak, so I had picked out a classic steakhouse spang in the middle of

mid-town. Traffic was fierce — as usual — and I braced myself for complaints about the cabbie’s driving from my folks. But apparently, it all seemed very tame to them. “Oh, this is nothing,” my father laughed. “You should have seen the way they drive in Jerusalem!”

And as our cab pulled up to the door, I was afraid my parents would be shocked by the price of the ride. But my mother was already busy marveling about something else.

“Would you look at that!” she exclaimed. All up and down the block, the sidewalk was practically lined with New York City cops! They were all in uniform and just standing there like movie extras, every 10 feet or so, both ways to the corner from the restaurant’s door.

“I know this is a big city, but I have never felt so safe,” my mother remarked.

I had no idea what was going on, but you know how it

is when your parents come to visit — if they’re happy, you’re happy. So we went in and had our dinner. My Dad’s steak was just the way he liked it; the bill came, he paid, and we cabbed back to my shoe-box apartment.

A few days later, I heard there had been a big-deal police raid on a “massage parlor” in mid-town. When I finally read the story in the papers, I noticed that it was at a very similar address to that for the steakhouse. “I wonder if it’s on the same block?” I asked myself.

But it wasn’t until my parents were safely back home in Maryland that I put two and two together, and figured out, “Oh, so that’s what all the police were doing on the street that night; they were just about to raid the place upstairs!”

Like I always say: You can’t get much by me. I’m as observant as the next person…if the next person is Robert Benchley.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Football’s dash to a final end zone

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he Super Bowl is history and the football season is over; why bother giving more space to them?

My family’s Super Bowl boycott was not unique. Lots of folks have been on the same path. The abolition movement against this activity of extreme collisions is gaining momentum.

Two weeks before this year’s culminating event, the NFL had already made more than $150 million of payments to players (retired after 2006) who had severe cognitive and neurological problems.

The owners of the teams, according to The New York Times (1/13/18) “grudgingly acknowledged a link between football and the disease – a degenerative brain condition.”

Do you think the violence will decrease in coming years?

How many more millions will the NFL pay in damages? What will happen when families of pro players who died before 2006 initiate class action lawsuits?

We have been reading and learning about this violence with increasing frequency. But are there other persuasive signs that tipping points are coming for abolition, or, at least, for ma-

jor reform?

As football becomes the new tobacco – will the weight of evidence finally be so compelling that even those who enjoyed the activity will see a need to halt past practices?

Down after down, lasting damage is inflicted as the goal is to physically knock an opponent to the ground. Anyone who watches can see that the process includes all kinds of other lifedeteriorating injuries, in addition to brain damage.

My Long Island critics, especially young men who play on their high school and college teams emphasize that a person can be injured in a vast array of daily activities.

True, but others do not deliberately set out to hit us as they do on football fields.

Here are some signs of the “End Zone” for football: * Take a look at the cover of Sports Illustrated (December 18, 2017), its huge headline is “CARNAGE.” The cover promises a view “Inside the NFL’s Season of Pain.”

The detailed story says “The Hits Keep Coming,” while it highlights only “one brutal week of devastating and extraordinary injuries.”

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field * Closer to home, this Page 1 headline for Newsday (11/5/17): FOOTBALL TAKES A HIT: “Fewer LI kids playing tackle.” “Parents worried about head injuries.” * A growing number of Long Island high schools are having trouble recruiting enough boys to constitute a squad; some need to look to combining players from two nearby schools (e.g. Wheatley/Carle Place; Great Neck North/South). * This year’s Super Bowl had the smallest viewing audience in nearly a decade (Wall Street Journal, 2/6/18); perhaps folks are getting repulsed by watching the repeated collisions.

* Halftime entertainer “Timberlake Says His Son Won’t Play Football” * ”Football Destroyed My Husband’s Mind” (New York Times headline, 2/4/18) * Several colleges have abolished their football teams, including Hofstra on Long island. ** More star pro athletes say they will not let their sons play football, including LeBron James (he was a star receiver in high school and could have played in college). * With our society moving toward growing focus on corruption of all kinds, can bigtime college football bear the scrutiny of athletes who cheat, of coaches who make 20 times the pay of the U.S. President, and of an NCAA increasingly under investigation for being a coach’s “protection racket,” and not serving the interest of real “student-athletes.”

As a quarterback from the late 1940s into the early 1950s, I appreciate aesthetics and drama of football. Any game that is played against a clock builds suspense and attention when the score is close.

With crafted play sequences, involving specific assign-

ments for each of the eleven offensive players there are elements of geometrics in the unfolding activity that are not as easy to achieve in soccer or hockey where so much of the games is literally “on the fly.”

Because each football down begins from a set position the prospects of play designs could please even Edna St. Vincent Millay, who once wrote: “Euclid alone has looked on beauty bare.”

But all of these positives fade to insignificance when one considers that the collision features of the sport are central to the activity. Better than boxing and ultimate fighting (both of which should be abolished before football), at least the goal in football is not to knock another person unconscious.

Competition, fitness, discipline and being part of a team are all fine features of sports.

More people will be seeking games and athletic contests that do not imperil their health – and their lives.

My pals from England keep reminding me that people around the world are gravitating to the globe’s second most popular sport: Cricket.

PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Will youth movement be difference?

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n ongoing Washington Post analysis has found that more than 150,000 students attending at least 170 primary or secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.

After each, there is a spurt of “thoughts and prayers” and then nothing.

Seventeen school shootings, 34 mass shootings, 2008 deaths from gun violence. That’s just the body count for the first 7 weeks of 2018.

You would think after the unimaginable carnage at a country music concert in Las Vegas, that would have been enough, at least to ban bump stocks which Republicans signaled they were receptive to.

Then nothing. Well not really nothing: instead of banning bump

stocks, Congressional Republicans adopted Conceal Carry Reciprocity, which would essentially negate every state’s gun control regulations (so much for sacred State’s Rights).

Imagine someone whipping out a concealed semi-automatic handgun in the rush hour crowd at Penn Station. Even with the heavily armed national guardsmen who patrol, 50 could be dead in the spate of seconds before anyone even realized what was happening.

You would think after an exAir Force gunman, court-martialed for domestic violence, killed 26 people at a small town Texas church, there would have been legislation to beef up background checks, which the vast majority of Americans, including NRA members and Republicans support.

Dream on.

You would think that after

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Pulse of the Peninsula Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Congress would have reauthorized the assault weapons ban that George W. Bush allowed to expire in 2006, or enacted universal background checks.

Or, given that Republicans and the NRA always fall-back to mental illness, not the easy access

and availability of semi-automatic high-capacity guns as the cause of massive carnage, to stiffen restrictions against those with mental illness, including veterans with PTSD, to acquire guns.

Oh yes, Obama actually did that, only to have Donald Trump and Senator Charles Grassley (who ironically reflexively called for more controls to prevent mentally ill from acquiring guns), to rescind the regulation.

Or after the San Bernardino terror shooting, Congress would have adopted the “No Fly, No Buy” rule. Or after Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot, would have limited the capacity of ammo clips.

But no.

Instead, they have reacted with calls to expand Conceal Carry Reciprocity, to “harden” schools and allow (even require) teachers to carry guns, effectively deputiz-

ing them as soldiers in this war-ofchoice. (If that is the case, teachers should get battlefield pay.)

But now, perhaps after this latest school shooting, something is different. Because the survivors are 17- and 18-year-olds – a cohort of 3.9 million – who will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election if not the 2018 midterms.

They know how to marshal the power of social media and organize an ongoing campaign; they are articulate, passionate, and have the energy to keep this going.

And they are still idealistic enough to think they can actually force politicians to do their will, naively unaware or underestimating the political perils.

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Parkland youth, activism and triumph

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he 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has elevated beyond cliché status the oftstated sentiment about a loss of innocence in childhood.

For many, the events of that day evoked painful memories of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and scores more in recent decades.

Schools, movie theaters, concert venues and more have become American killing fields.

After “thoughts and prayers” are paraded around by politicians from all sides, what happens next?

Many gun rights advocates, refusing to allow for the fact that our forefathers were talking about the right to bear arms such as muskets and had no conception of guns that could shoot down dozens in an instant, stand in the position that it’s not about guns but rather mental illness.

As the executive director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, which serves children and their families facing issues such as depression, anxiety and substance use disorders, I have seen the many faces of mental illness and addictions for more than 40 years.

It is incredibly rare for those who are labeled as mentally ill to be violent. In fact, they are far more likely to be the victims of violence than the perpetrators.

Nevertheless, we do need to have a discussion about mental illness at times like these. That discussion, however, needs to be about how health insurance companies and the elected officials who count on their donations are failing miserably at having adequate numbers of providers on their lists who take insurance.

Over and over again, we hear that, before they found North Shore Child & Family

Guidance Center, which never turns anyone away for inability to pay, they made numerous calls to the mental health providers on their insurer’s list and found that they no longer take insurance or are booked for months.

Aside from receiving emotional first-aid, the surviving students from Douglas High are demonstrating that they need to take action; action that represents triumph over the demoralization of helplessness and despair.

Noted trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk said that “talking about the trauma is rarely if ever enough.”

Survivors have a need to create symbols such as memorials or participate in action that “enable them to mourn the dead and establish the historical and cultural meaning of the traumatic events.”

The surviving students from Parkland are turning their heartbreak and rage into activism by demanding a new

look into America’s gun laws, as Emily Witt wrote in the New Yorker (Feb. 17).

In her encounters with some of the surviving students she reported that “Their grief was raw, their rage palpable.”

“Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Douglas, had the most searing indictment: “The people in the government who were voted into power are lying to us. And us kids seem to be the only ones who notice and are prepared to call B.S. “Companies, trying to make caricatures of the teenagers nowadays, saying that all we are self-involved and trend-obsessed and they hush us into submissions when our message doesn’t reach the ears of the nation, we are prepared to call B.S. “Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the N.R.A., telling us nothing could ever be done to prevent this: we call B.S.

“They say that tougher gun laws do not prevent gun violence: we call B.S.” From Columbine to Parkland, there have been so many shocking events in between. Too many have faded from consciousness.

As journalist Gary Smith, who wrote about a lesser known 2012 shooting at Chardon High School in Ohio, stated: “The clock is already ticking in the land of amnesia.”

How long before Parkland, too, is gone? If it is up to the young activists in Parkland, never.

Andrew Malekoff Roslyn Heights Executive director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, which provides comprehensive mental health services for children from birth through 24 and their families.

To find out more, visit www. northshorechildguidance.org.

N.R.A. guaranteed to win gun battle

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ongratulations to the National Rifle Association, members of the gun lobby, the United States Congress, and many state legislatures which will, once again, prevent any meaningful gun legislation from being passed.

The 2nd amendment forces will win again, even after the most recent tragedy in Parkland, Fla. Keep in mind, Florida’s governor has been lauded by the N.R.A.’s Political Victory Fund which stated: “Rick has signed more pro-gun bills into law in one term than any other governor in Florida History.”

In fact, it is easier under Florida law for a teenager to buy an AR-15 than it is to buy a beer. This is a record about which we gun enthusiasts can truly be proud. With Gov. Rick Scott in our camp, we have nothing to fear.

How is this possible? How is it that six and seven-yearolds at Sandy Hook Elementary School can be slaughtered and our lawmakers do noth-

ing?

The obvious answer is money. In 2015, a bill came before the Senate which stated that anyone on the government’s terrorist watch list should not be able to purchase guns.

We, at the N.R.A., fought against this bill by contributing $37 million to 54 senators. The bill got nowhere.

Here are a few more examples of how our money buys votes. After the Las Vegas shooting, Trump sent his “warmest condolences and sympathies” and then accepted 30 million from the N.R.A. and another 19 million more in attack ads against Clinton.

Sen. John McCain’s comment on Las Vegas was that he “was praying for the victims” and then took 7.7 million from the N.R.A. in his Senate bid for reelection.

Finally, Sen. Mitch McConnell declared “This is a moment for national mourning” and then took 1.3 million from the N.R.A. Any candidate who does not go along with the N.R.A.’s wishes can

face a primary challenge.

In other words, we will find a candidate who is more compliant and who acts at our bidding.

As can be seen from the statements above, the idea of invoking God is always popular with politicians. ! There are several time-tested rules in our playbook.

Number One: In commenting upon the tragedy, start by saying your heart goes out to the victims, their family and friends. You shouldv also state that they are in “your thoughts and prayers.”

Bringing the Almighty into the equation is beneficial.

Number Two: Assert from the outset that the “shooter” had emotional problems and

is mentally deranged or depraved. This is a diversionary tactic, wisely chosen, since it puts off taking action in the present.

It! “kicks the can down the road,” and it never leads to appropriating more money for psychological services.

The minute a politician starts talking about the mental stability of the killer, you know he or she is one of us.

Number Three: Another harbinger of where one stands is the accusation that our adversaries are politicizing the discussion. This is usually followed by! “our loss is still too fresh” and one must respect the rights of the bereaved.

The key word here is politics. We want the public to think that gun control advo-

cates are playing politics with the tragic loss of life. We have repeatedly, and successfully, stated that the time for a discussion about gun control is not now.

We have a perfect track record. No matter how unsafe our schools are, no matter how many people die, no matter the age of the slain, we love our guns and we love our second amendment.

We love Wayne LaPierre, C.E.O. of the N.R.A., who blames violent films, video games and the media for the spate of deaths. If the past is prologue, we have nothing to fear.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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Closed primaries infringe on choice Each citizen’s vote is an intent to cause the election of someone specific, whether it is in an open or closed primary.

In my opinion, it is incorrect for anyone, or any entity (e.g., a political party), to assume a voter’s motivation for casting a specific vote.

After living almost seven decades, I continue to maintain that closed primaries are grossly unfair by allowing only registered members of a major/declared party to vote in a Primary Day election.

Voters unaffiliated with any New York State recognized political party are totally disenfranchised from voting on Primary Day in New York State.

In New York State, 27 percent of its registered voters were not able to vote in the state’s most recent Presidential Primary Day elections in 2016 (https://www.thenation.com/ article/three-million-registeredvoters-wont-be-able-to-vote-innew-yorks-primary/).

By assuming any voter is part of a “strategic” movement to vote for the weakest opposition party candidate in order to undermine the opposition party is tantamount to acting as the “thought police.”

To date, I have not seen any substantial evidence that open primaries cause such alleged, “strategic” voting issues, such as to warrant the essential dis-

enfranchisement of voters who wish to cast their ballot outside their registered party.

In fact, 35 states have ‘freed’ each of their voters to vote for any candidate listed on their respective ballots on a Primary Day in the interest of fairness, independent of party affiliation.

New York State remains one of only 15 states holding onto what I believe is the unfair ‘closed primary’ mentality in which major parties continue to hold sway over and restrict, what I believe is each resident’s right to vote independently.

Over the course of my almost-50 years of voting as a New York State resident, I have heard dozens of fellow New York State residents complain about the restrictions imposed on their ability to vote ‘truly independently’ on Primary Day. Many residents, including myself, did not learn until later in life that voters in 70 percent of our United States are granted the freedom to vote for any party’s candidate on a Primary Day’s ballot…a freedom only allowed in states with open primaries, but not in New York State.

New York State’s voters remain in the group of only 30 percent of states who are denied that very same privilege of voting in open primaries.

No political party, in my opinion, has the right to hold

sway over a voter’s independent choice on any Primary Day ballot.

If there is any hope for this country to ever become moderately cohesive, again, political parties must stop viewing each other as the “opposition.”

I believe the majority of voting Americans realize that extremes, in any direction, will not serve the best interests of our current citizens and their progeny.

An “us” versus “them” political mentality will continue to tear at the very fabric of our American foundations.

In fact, America’s own founding fathers tried to warn future generations about the potential dangers presented by dominating political parties.

Founding father, George Washington, warned that political party dissension “agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another.”"

In his farewell Presidential speech, Washington referred to “political parties” as “factions” warning, “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal

and permanent despotism.”

Founding father, John Adams warned, “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”

It is my belief that each critically thinking citizen, without regard to party affiliation, would vote for the candidate whom he believes will best serve the public good in any open primary.

If a voter is unhappy with his party’s candidates, he should not be required to endure the extra burden of collecting signatures of fellow party members on a designating petition to place a preferred member of his party onto his party’s primary ballot.

Also, if a voter is unhappy with his party’s candidates, he should not be required to endure the extra burden of circulating or signing a petition to place a preferred candidate from any party onto an independent party line on the New York State general election ballot.

It is obvious to me, and to many other critically thinking New York State residents, that requiring a voter to ‘jump through such outrageous hoops’

to vote outside of his registered party on Primary Day is patently unfair and designed to discourage voting for candidates other than whom the major, political party machines support.

We live a free country in which each voting citizen should be able to cast his vote in any way he sees fit.

Closed primaries are one of the causes of serious, unfair election problems, in my opinion, not vice-versa.

It is time for New York State to become an open primary state, along with the other existing 35 open primary states."

Otherwise, major political parties in New York State will continue to curtail many voters’ abilities to use their critical thinking skills to choose independently on Primary Day elections.

Why should residents in 70 percent of our United States enjoy the extra freedom-of-choice offered by open primaries (untethered by being locked-into voting only for a candidate in one’s registered-political party) while New Yorkers are denied that same freedom-of-choice?

Even our revered Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, declared, “…if I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.”

Kathy Rittel East Williston

Ugly side of G.N. Plaza beautification

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ell, according to the article in the Feb. 16 Great Neck News, Jean Celender is finally going to get her Welwyn Road “beautification project.”

Everyone agrees that this area needs a major facelift, but this project is certainly not resident-friendly.

We’ll have bicycle lanes (surely you jest — a Sherman tank would be more appropriate on Welwyn Road), those wonderful slippery bricks on the sidewalks, and, oh yes, a “public plaza,” so aptly re-named by our illustrious full-time mayor after there were too many objections to her proposal of a park in front of the post office. " There will be a place

where you can eat your lunch as you enjoy inhaling the fumes from the buses and listening to the racket of the Shop Delight delivery trucks unloading their wares in the fire lane—all while being entertained by the “Horn Concerto for Mercedes and Escalade” by the entitled composer Mimi Eimfurst.

"You will have the privilege of watching the buses struggle to make the turn through the narrowed street from your front row seat in the “public plaza” in front of the post office. (As the street exists now, it takes most buses two or three attempts to make the turn.)

"And what will you do with your garbage? " Once again, the resident

parking disaster on Welwyn Road has been ignored by Jean Celender with no help in sight; and the parking garage for residents that was proposed a few years ago, has yet to materialize, if ever.

"According to the rendering of the “beautification project” presented in the February 16 issue of the Great Neck News, it appears that residents will lose six parking spaces—three in front of Celender’s park/aka public plaza, and three more on Shoreward Drive, adjacent to the commuter lot. " With the resident parking disaster in the Welwyn Road/Shoreward Drive area worse than it’s ever been, now Celender is going to eliminate

six more parking spaces! Where will the residents and people with legitimate business on Welwyn Road park after the Shop Delight employees usurp all the remaining spaces? " Celender has given tacit approval for the large number of non-resident Shop Delight employees to continue to park illegally in the Welwyn Road/ Shoreward Drive area for up to 12 hours daily; during a 10-month period, VGNP code enforcement issued 200 tickets in the Welwyn/Shoreward area, which amounts to 20 tickets per month — fewer than one ticket per day—and Jean Celender has made no attempt to curb Shop Delight’s violations. " The late B. Mussolini, of

historical fame, attempted to bring back the glory of Ancient Rome to Italy, regardless of the consequences to his people; the Welwyn Road project is Celender’s latest attempt to bring glory to herself and Village of “Neck Plaza” regardless of the consequences to the residents. " If Mussolini had lived to see this, he would have been right proud; but alas, Jean hasn’t made the trains run on time. !Leo Pfeifer Village of Neck Plaza (We want our “Great” back!)

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Cuomo sees bright future for LED lights

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Governor’s push comes with North Shore’s embrace

PHOTO STILL FROM NY GOVERNOR CUOMO’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the 2018 State of the State address.

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a smart street lighting program on Monday, calling for more than 500,000 LED street lights to be installed throughout the state by 2025 in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money.

Smart Street Lighting NY, an interagency initiative to be led by the New York Power Authority, aims to work with cities, towns, villages and counties throughout the state to manage and implement LED streetlight technology, according to the governor’s office.

The power agency would provide upfront financing for the projects, with repayments to the agency made after taking into account cost savings.# Municipalities could also seek guidance on options for lighting and specifications on lights to

incorporate SMART technology, which can be used for weather sensors, Wi-Fi, energy meters and other features.

“This modernization program will help save taxpayer money, increase energy efficiency, and increase public safety through increased visibility,” Cuomo said, adding that it is a “win-win-win” for the state.

Cuomo previously said he hopes to reduce carbon emissions 40 percent by 2030, based on 1990 levels.

The initiative comes as LED street lights have begun to dot the North Shore, including in the Village of Great Neck, which has replaced more than 800 incandescent bulbs with LED ones, and other areas within the Town of North Hempstead.

Other towns on Long Island, including Huntington, Islip, Brookhaven and Hempstead, have also invested in LED lights in recent years.

LED light advocates have argued that switching to these lights reaps long-term savings, safety and benefits for the environment.

Critics have raised concerns that there could be adverse health effects.

In addition to the power authority, the interagency effort will include the Department of Public Service, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Department of Environmental Conservation and other state agencies.

“NYPA currently has more than 100,000 LED streetlight fixture replacements planned in our energy services pipeline with our governmental customers,” said Gil C. Quiniones, the president and CEO of the agency. “With the launch of Smart Street Lighting NY, we are redoubling our efforts to aggressively meet or exceed the Governor’s goal of 500,000 LED streetlights installed in New York by 2025.”

Resident sues VGN over lights

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Village of Great Neck residents see the light, but for some it might be causing serious damage, a legal complaint filed in Nassau Supreme Court alleges.

Great Neck resident Judith Youngblood filed a nearly $1 million lawsuit on Feb. 7, naming Mayor Pedram Bral, the Board of Trustees, the clerktreasurer and the village as defendants, in an attempt to get an injunction against LED light fixtures being installed within 200 feet of her home.

According to the legal complaint, the new fixtures “emit high levels of intense light directly” into Youngblood’s home, making it “impossible to sleep, use and enjoy the home she has

lived in for the past 28 years.”

The complaint also says the village “falsely assured residents that the new lights would not be of a high intensity and would not pose a nuisance to the use and enjoyment of residents’ homes” and intentionally continued to install the lights, despite some opposition.

Tamara Harris, a Manhattan-based attorney, is representing Youngblood.

Andrew Preston of Bee, Ready, Fishbein, Hatter & Donovan LLP, who is representing the village, filed sought to get the case dismissed, according to legal documents provided to Blank Slate Media.

In the court documents, Preston argues “a street light is not a substantial interference,” “not unreasonable in character,”

and that turning off individual lights to avoid annoying neighbors “could result in an unsafe condition to the general public and expose the Village to further tort liability.”

The village has nearly finished its $600,000 plan to install more than 800 streetlights with LED bulbs, village ClerkTreasurer Joe Gill said at a Tuesday night board meeting.

The project, paid for by the Community Benefit Fund, is partly offset by a $250,000 state grant.

Some residents have previously expressed concern and opposition to the LED lights both in village meetings and through newspaper letters, questioning trustees about possible health risks and the process through which the lights were installed.

PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, seen here with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, and New York Islanders’ Captain John Tavares at a January press conference, proposed an amendment that would eliminate penalty payments for the team not playing at Nassau Coliseum.

Coliseum contract change proposed Would end penalty charges to county

BY R E B ECC A K L A R Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has proposed an amendment that would eliminate the penalty Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment has to pay Nassau if the New York Islanders don’t play six games per year through 2027 at the Nassau Coliseum, according to Newsday.

Last month Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the team would return to its former Coliseum home to play half its home games over the next three seasons while the new arena at Belmont Park is built.

The team will continue to play half of its home games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where the Islanders currently play.

Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, which operates the Coliseum and Barclays, said the deal depends on the county revising the Coliseum lease, Newsday reported.

The 2013 lease states that if the Islanders don’t play four reg-

ular season and two preseason games at the Coliseum each year, Brooklyn Sports has to pay Nassau $1 million a year for five years, Newsday reported.

Curran’s proposed amendment eliminates the penalty as long as the team remains on Long Island through 2027.

In December, Cuomo announced that the Islanders were returning to Long Island with a development including an 18,000-seat arena, a multipurpose event center, a retail center and a hotel.

“This amendment fulfills a promise Nassau County Executive Curran made, and that is to guarantee that there will be hockey at the Coliseum,” county spokesman Mike Martino told Newsday.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano began implementing the penalty last year, according to Newsday.

The payments would stop as of July with the new amendment, according to Newsday.

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One of the hundreds of LED lights installed throughout the village shines down on a portion of Baker Hill Road, right near Village Hall.

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Lhota recuses self from Belmont talks MTA chairman’s decision follows local activists suggesting a ‘conflict of interest’

BY R E B ECC A K L A R MTA Chairman Joe Lhota will recuse himself from the Long Island Rail Road expansion at the Belmont station, according to Newsday.

The recusal follows a letter written by the Belmont Park Community Coalition stating that Lhota, who is also employed by Madison Square Garden, has a conflict of interest concerning the Belmont project.

In December, the Empire State Development Corp. awarded a request for proposal bid to New York Arena Partners to build a 18,000-seat arena, a multipurpose event center, a retail center and a hotel on 43 acres of state-owned land currently used for parking spaces at Belmont Park.

New York Arena Partners is a partnership that includes Sterling Equities, the Scott Malkin Group, Madison Square Garden and the Oak View Group.

In its letter, the Belmont coalition states that according to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission Lhota was paid $150,000 by the Madison Square Garden Co. in 2017.

In December, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE LHOTA VIA TWITTER

MTA Chairman Joe Lhota will recuse himself from matters regarding Belmont expansion.

that the arena would be built at Belmont Park it was also announced that the station would be renovated to accommodate additional traffic to Belmont.

Aubrey Phillips, an Elmont resident and vice president of the Parkhurst Civic Association, previously told Blank Slate Media that if the station is going to be improved it should be improved with the needs of the community in mind.

The station needs trains at 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., to take children to school and residents to work, Phillips said.

“Not at 4 in the afternoon simply because there’s a game there,” he added. “That has no sustainable economic or transportation influence on the Elmont community.”

The coalition has voiced other concerns about the project, including that a sports arena does not bring sustainable development to the community.

The coalition also has concerns over how the Empire State Development Corp. has handled the process, stating that the Belmont Community Advisory Committee that was formed earlier this month should have been formed before the bid was awarded.

St. Mary’s Gael laces up for Team USA

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I A St. Mary’s alumnus has spent the month in PyeongChang, South Korea, playing his third year for the United States men’s hockey team in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

North Bellmore native Matt Gilroy, 33, is spending the month proudly sporting the red, white and blue uniform and representing his country in a sport he has played since he was 9 years old.

During his time at St. Mary’s in Manhasset, director of communications" Eileen Symmons said, Gilroy was named MVP in 2003 and helped his team capture two hockey state titles before his graduation in 2003.

Gilroy also played lacrosse at St. Mary’s.

“St. Mary’s is proud to support Matt Gilroy and watch him fulfill a dream of a lifetime,”"Symmons said. “His hard work and perseverance over the years has certainly paid off and we couldn’t be more excited for Matt and Team USA. The school hosted a celebratory breakfast in his honor on February 14 where over 200 students, including the current hockey team and faculty members were able to watch the first game together as a community.”

Symmons said the No. 97 hockey jersey Gilroy wore at Boston University proudly hangs in the" Brother Kenneth Robert Gymnasium nearly a decade after his college graduation in 2009.

Gilroy continued to wear No. 97 for Team USA, a number that he wears in remembrance of his brother Timmy, who died after a bicycle accident when he was

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

St. Mary’s alumnis Matt Gilroy played for Boston University and multiple National Hockey League teams before being named to the U.S. men’s hockey team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PeyongChang, South Korea.

8 years old. The brothers played on the same teams growing up. Matt donned 98 while his brother was always 97 in homage to Wayne Gretzky.

In college, Boston allowed him to continue the tradition, though high numbers are usually banned, and the tradition will continue in South Korea.

During his time at Boston, Gilroy was honored as the second player in the university’s history to win the Hobey Baker

Memorial Award, given to the best player in college hockey, as well as the Walter Brown Award for the best American-born hockey player in New England.

Gilroy was later inducted into the Boston University Hall of Fame with the Class of 2017.

Though Gilroy went undrafted by the NHL, he played more than 200 games with various teams, including the New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Tampa

PHOTO COURTESY OF EILEEN SYMMONS

Brother Kenneth and St. Mary’s alumnus Matt Gilroy pose during a recent visit.

Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers from 2009 through 2014.

Gilroy has spent time in the Kontinental Hockey League since June 2014, including time on Atlant Moscow Oblast and Spartak Moscow.

Team USA defeated Slovakia 5-1"Tuesday to advance to the"quarterfinals against the Czech Republic, but the men were eliminated 3-2 on Wednesday in a shootout.

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Nassau County home Victims act backed sale prices up in Dec. by 90%, poll says

BY LU K E TORRANCE

BY R E B ECC A K L A R

The median sale price for Nassau County homes in December was up from the month before but pending sale prices were down, according to data from the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island.

The median sale price was $499,000 in December, a $9,400 increase from the preceding month.

It was also $30,000 more than the median price in December 2016.

Prices of residential single and multi-family homes have risen over the past three years, according to the report.

And while the median pending sales price went from $515,000 in November to $489,889 in December — the largest month-to-month drop in 2017 — it was still higher than the $480,000 of December 2016.

The increase in the sales price could be due in part to less housing on the market. While the number of properties sold in December was 1,027, up very slightly from 1,017 the month before, it was al-

Ninety percent of New York state voters support the proposed Child Victims Act, according to a recent Quinnipiac University Poll, yet the state Senate

has not brought the bill to a vote.

The bill would expand the criminal statute of limitations to victims who are 28 years old and the civil statute of limitations to victims up to 50 years old.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF DANIEL GALE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

The four-bedroom home at 31 Elm Sea Lane in Plandome Manor was one the summer home of most 100 fewer than were sold in December 2016. That 8.6 percent drop from a year ago was the largest for any month in 2017.

Pending sales in Nassau in December were down to 854, the lowest in at least three years and down significantly from 1,009 in November. But it was only a slight decrease from December 2016, as December and January tend to

have the lowest number of pending sales over the course of a year.

Despite slipping in some areas, Nassau remains far ahead of neighboring Suffolk County" when it comes to prices. Suffolk’s median sale price and pending sale price were $359,000 and $349,000 in December, respectively, although 1,183 properties were sold and 1,060 were pending"sale.

PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR

New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, founding member Marci Hamilton seen here at a press conference calling on state Sen. Elaine Phillips to support the Child Victims Act, is calling on Phillips again to support the act which has the support of 90 percent of state voters.

FREE LEGAL & FINANCIAL PLANNING CONFERENCE Your Financial Future Matters Saturday, March 24th I 8:30 am - 1:30 pm Plainview Holiday Inn I 215 Sunnyside Blvd. I Plainview

Topics: Advance Directives, Medicaid, Asset Protection, Accessing Services in the Home, Nursing Home Care, Guardianship Actions, Financial Planning Issues and more.

Free on-site respite care provided by Access Home Care and Home Companion Services. Activities provided by Creative Caregiving Solutions, Inc. Space is limited and registration is required.

Call 800.272.3900 This program is supported in part by a grant from the New York State Department of Health

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South presenting ‘Annie’

PHOTO BY WILLIAM CANCELLARE

South Middle School will present Annie on March 15, 16, and 17.

South Middle School will present the musical Annie on Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, March 17 at 1:00 and

7:00 p.m. All performances will take place in the school auditorium, 349 Lakeville Road.

This production will be under the direction of Gabriel

Carras, the English department head at South Middle School.

Tickets are $10. For additional information, please call (516) 441-4600.

Elementary programs open Registration is open for the third trimester of the Great Neck Public Schools AM/PM enrichment program.

This is a tuition-based program that offers enrichment courses for elementary students before and after school hours. Each course meets once a week over ten weeks.

Early morning courses include a variety of academic and physical activities for students in second through fifth grades. This trimester, the enrichment program is introducing new after-school courses for fourth and fifth-grade students that focus on world languages. These offerings include French, Greek, Mandarin, and Spanish courses.

The AM/PM enrichment program is available at Elizabeth M. Baker, John F. Kennedy, Lakeville and Saddle Rock schools. Course offerings and times

vary by school building.

The third trimester of the elementary AM/PM enrichment program will begin on March 12 and run through May 25. Parents and guardians are encouraged to register before March 5; offerings may change after March 5 based on the level of interest for each course.

The fee for each course is $100. For a complete list of course offerings and registration information, please view the program catalogs on the Recreation Department page of the GNPS website at www. greatneck.k12.ny.us.

For more information about the elementary AM/PM enrichment program, please contact David Zawatson, director of physical education, recreation and athletics, at (516) 441-4045 or dzawatson@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

G.N. gets silver in science bowl A five-member team from South High School won second place at the Long Island Regional High School Science Bowl at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Jan. 27.

The team of Adrian Chen, Shawn Kang, Yuhan Liu, Jennifer Wang, and Anthony Zhan competed against 19 other teams at this regional event.

Teams faced off in a fastpaced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math.

South High has taken high awards at the last three Regional Science Bowls, placing first in 2017, third in 2016, and second in 2015. The team’s

coach is James Truglio, biology teacher at South High.

“The National Science Bowl continues to be one of the premier academic competitions across the country and prepares America’s students for future successes in some of the world’s fastest growing fields in science, technology, and engineering,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.

The Science Bowl is one of the nation’s regional competitions of the 27th Annual DOE National Science Bow, or NSB, with more than 14,000 students competing each year. Approximately 275,000 students have participated in NSB in its 27-year history and it is one of the nation’s largest science competitions.

Public safety North students at conference forum in VGN

Six juniors from the North High School Athletic Leadership Club joined students from all over Nassau County for the 15th Annual Student Athletes as Leaders: Leadership On and Off the Field conference at Hofstra University on Feb. 1.

Great Neck North High School was represented by student leaders Nicole Victory, Alexis Namdar, Kayla Ebrani, Matthew Nabatkhorian, Maor Amar and Benjamin Veliz, as well as Principal Daniel Holtzman and Athletic Director Eamonn Flood.

The conference included speakers, workshops and discussions to support positive student leadership throughout Nassau County schools.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Six juniors from the North High School Athletic Leadership Club joined students from all over Nassau County for the 15th Annual Student Athletes as Leaders: Leadership On and Off the Field conference at Hofstra University.

Great Neck Village Mayor Pedram Bral and the Board of Trustees will host a Public Safety Forum at Village Hall on March 6, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting.

A representative of Nassau County Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing, or POP, unit will make a presentation and be available for Q and A. Village of Great Neck residents are encouraged to attend.

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Tilles Center expands shows to ‘cast wider net’

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illes Center Executive Director William Biddle was hired two years ago to expand the programming at the LIU Post performing arts cen-

“Our role as a community performing arts center really is to find and meet people where they’re at and move them along,” Biddle said. “They may come to us through the Chinese acrobats, but maybe they’ll try a Broadway show. Trying to find things that are relevant to our audiences and we realize that for us to be successful, you have to cast a much wider net.”

Originally from New Jersey, Biddle said he has spent most of his career running community-based, university-owned arts centers with a focus on programming for the external community as well as the student population.

Biddle said in the last three to five years, audiences have changed and programming needed to change with them.

“Tilles historically has been known for the best in what a lot of folks consider world-class performances — the best orchestras, the best dance companies,” Biddle said. “My programming philosophy really boils down to always presenting world-class performances, but understanding that world-class has different meanings for different people. For some people, it’s Michael McDonald. For other people, it’s the Royal Philharmonic. For other folks, it’s the New York City Ballet and for others, it’s Larry the Cable Guy.” Biddle said the Tilles Center, which used to run on the academic year calendar with summers off, added some classic rock performances last summer and has looked

PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEVE SANDICK

at redoing the center’s plaza area for some outdoor programming as well.

Biddle also said this is the first year the center has offered multiple sensoryfriendly performances for children and adults on the autism spectrum, including the upcoming Red Kite Treasure Adventures"shows in March in the center’s Patrons Lounge. The shows are small, meant

for about 12 people and their caretakers.

“It’s a very intimate and safe space,” Biddle said. “There’s no extreme lighting or extreme sound, and we’re working with the Chicago Children’s Theater Company on that, and we’re training our teachers through our arts education program to work on these sensory-friendly performances.

PHOTO COURTESY OF TILLES CENTER

William Biddle

“I’m hoping in the next year or so, out of this training, we’ll put together our own show that we will take throughout Long Island, taking that show to the communities.

That’s part of a central part of our mission, to make the arts more accessible to more people.”

Biddle said last year the center offered a viewing of “The Godfather” with a live orchestra playing the score and is considering doing a similar event with the “Star Wars” saga films this year.

Biddle has also focused on expanding the arts education programs through the Tilles Center, including sending master classes to more than a dozen local dance studios with companies performing at the center. The students are given opportunities to take workshops from professional dancers and choreographers before seeing the shows.

Biddle said the Martha Graham Dance Company is in residency at the center through April and will work with LIU Post students as well as high schoolers, discussing the Martha Graham legacy and style before a choreographer sets a piece with the students to be shown at the company’s concert.

Biddle said his focus is to increase not only the quantity of shows but the quality of the performances brought to the Greenvale campus.

“If someone’s going to put out the money to attend a world-class orchestra, they’re going to see one of the best in the world,” Biddle said. “Next season alone, we haven’t officially announced this yet, but we’re bringing one of the top five orchestras in the world that will be performing here. Our orchestra series will rival some of the performances at Carnegie Hall.”

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Diana Krall: Turn Up the Quiet World Tour 2017-18

Friday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m.

This performance will feature material from jazz singer Diana Krall’s new album, Turn Up The Quiet, as well as a mix of her fan favorites.

Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info & Tickets: (516) 299-3100 • tillescenter.org

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The Lords of 52nd Street Friday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m.

One of New York’s favorite bands, The Lords of 52nd Street has sold more than 150 million records, helped establish Billy Joel’s formidable sound, and continue to perform their legendary hits in sold-out shows.

Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 283-5566 • thespaceatwestbury.com

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Rush Through Time featuring Mystic Rhythms

Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

For those who missed out on ever seeing a Rush concert, this is your chance as Mystic Rhythms, considered by many to be the world’s premiere Rush tribute band, puts on a memorable show featuring Rush’s classic rock hits.

Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 673-7300 • paramountny.com

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The Musical Box: Celebrating 50 Years of Genesis Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

The Musical Box: Celebrating 50 Years of Genesis will feature the classic album, Selling England By The Pound, as well as an encore set of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 • thetheatreatwestbury.com

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An Afternoon with Sheila Nevins

Sunday, Feb. 25 at 4 p.m.

Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, will discuss and sign copies of her New York Times best-selling book, “You Don’t Look Your Age… and Other Fairy Tales.”

Where: Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 423-7611 • cinemaartscentre.org

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Theatre Production: “Machinal”

Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. through Sunday, March 4 (check website for a schedule of performances)

Lean on Me: José James celebrates Bill Withers 3/4/18

The students of the Department of Theatre will present this groundbreaking work inspired by the infamous 1927 murder trial of Ruth Snyder — a riveting look at how advances in the industrial age (not unlike the digital age today) created an atmosphere virtually devoid of empathy and humanity, trapping many women in a male-dominated, oppressive wasteland.

Where: Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave. in Garden City Info & Tickets: (516) 877-4000 • pac.adelphi.edu

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Maria Shriver Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Journalist, activist and best-selling author Maria Shriver will discuss her new book, “I’ve Been Thinking …: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life.”

Bill Charlap 3/3/18

David Bromberg 3/1 /18 & 3/2/18

Where: Madison Theatre at Molloy College 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre Info & Tickets: (516) 323-4444 • madisontheatreny.org

Celebrity Autobiography 3/9/18

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EagleMania 3/10/18

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LEO’S Serving Leo’s Famous Breakfast Saturday & Sunday 8-11:30AM

THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK

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MLI’s Maple Sugaring

Friday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Kids of all ages can help kick off the start of maple sugaring season. At this event they will see how sap from a tree is collected and learn how farmers transform it into the delicious maple syrup everyone loves. Participants should come prepared for the outdoors.

Where: Science Museum of Long Island, 1526 N. Plandome Road, Manhasset Info: 516-627-9400 or smli.org

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laddin and the Magical Lamp

Thursday is Mexican Night at Leo’s Margaritas Mohitos Fish Tacos Fajitas Tacos

Friday Only 25% Off Entire Lunch or Dinner Check

Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 3/1/18 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer

Saturday Only 25% Off Entire Lunch or Dinner Check

Saturday, Feb. 24 at 1 p.m.

This is the classic tale of the young boy Aladdin, an evil wizard, a great treasure and an old lamp that grants magic.

Where: Cultural Arts Playhouse, 170 Michael Drive, Syosset / Info & Tickets: 516-694-3330 or culturalartsplayhouse.com

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r. Popper’s Penguins

Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. (family workshop at 1 p.m.)

Children ages 4 and up can join Mr. and Mrs. Popper and their puppet penguins in this action-packed musical adaptation of Richard and Florence Atwater’s award-winning book. There is a family workshop before the show where kids can hear the story of Mr. Popper, Bill, Janie and their adventures with Captain Cook, act out part of the story, and make and take home a penguin craft. Family workshops are an additional $5 per person.

Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville | Info & Tickets: 516-299-3100 or tillescenter.org

Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 3/1/18 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer

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Sunday Only 30% Off Entire Dinner Check

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Tuesday Only 30% Off Entire

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Thursday Only 25% Off Entire

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Discussion

Saturday, Feb. 24, 3 to 4 p.m.

Young readers ages 8 and up can have fun talking about their favorite books. Last month the group talked about books that had been made into a movie. This month they will be talking about books that have love or happiness as a theme.

Where: Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine, 110 N. Park Ave. in Rockville Centre | Info: 516-764-6000 or turnofthecorkscrew.com

Saturdays at the Museum Studio Saturdays through March 31, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Little ones can drop into The Manes Center to create projects and work inspired by the art on view in the current exhibition. They can spend up to an hour exploring a range of materials, techniques, and themes before enjoying the museum’s lush grounds filled with trails, a sculpture park and gardens. The event is open to all ages and abilities and is free with museum admission.

Where: Nassau County Museum of Art, One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor Info: 516-484-9337 or nassaumuseum.org

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The students of the Adelphi University Department of Theatre present “Machinal,” a gripping drama by American journalist and playwright Sophie Treadwell.

“Machinal” will run from Feb. 27 through March 4 in the Olmsted Theatre in the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (Adelphi PAC), 1 South Ave in Garden City. “Machinal” is directed by Maggie Lally.

It’s America’s Golden Age, a time of happiness, freedom and prosperity — or is it?

For one young woman in the industrial, male-dominated world of the 1920s, life is nothing like she hoped it would be.

Tormented and unfulfilled in a passionless marriage and an unwanted motherhood, she finally discovers joy in the form of an illicit love affair and her life is forever changed.

A groundbreaking work in the landscape of American theatre, “Machinal”

is a riveting look at how advances in the industrial age (not unlike the digital age) created an atmosphere virtually devoid of empathy and humanity trapping many women in a male-dominated oppressive wasteland.

The 2 p.m. performance of “Machinal” on March 3 will be open captioned for deaf and hard of hearing patrons.

Open captioning is made possible through Adelphi’s Center for Health Innovation.

The Adelphi PAC is one of Long Island’s premier cultural arts venues for entertainment of all kinds.

Tickets are currently on sale for $30 with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni. Information is available online at pac.adelphi.edu or at the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516.877.4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu.

Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

COL. LAWRENCE WILKERSON Guest Speaker Fmr. Chief of Staff, former Secy. of State Colin Powell

America Needs A Future: What A Sound Foreign Policy Would Look Like Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:30PM

CHRIS NICOLA Guest Speaker (and caving enthusiast) Holocaust Memorial Service

No Place On Earth (a Story of Extraordinary Resilience) Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7:30PM

PROFESSOR FRED LAZIN Guest Speaker Israel Independence Day Service of Celebration

Israel: A Road Map for the Months Ahead Friday, May 11, 2018 at 7:30PM

DR. YASSIN EL-AYOUTY Guest Speaker United Nations political director (ret.); founder, Sunsglow Using the Oneness of All Faiths as An Anti-Jihadi Weapon Friday, June 1, 2018 at 7:30PM

HAROON MOGHUL Guest Speaker Fellow, Jewish-Muslim Relations, Shalom Hartman Institute How To Be A Muslim: An American Story

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‘Chess and Other Pieces’ at Molloy The Madison Theatre at Molloy College with present “Chess and Other Pieces: Broadway Musicals of the ’80s” starring Jake Boyd (“Rock of Ages”), Scott Logsdon (“Les Miserables,” “Sweeney Todd”), Janet Metz (“Fiddler on the Roof,” “On the Town”), Anne Runolfsson (“Phantom of the Opera,” “Les Miserables”), Justin Sargent (“Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark,” “Rock of Ages”) and Christ White on Sunday, March 25, featuring a full ensemble from the Molloy College Theatre Arts Program and accompanied by the South Shore Symphony Orchestra.

For more information about the event, go to www.madisontheatreny.com.

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Salsa orchestra at Kupferberg Center The legendary salsa orchestra El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico will perform a one-night-only show at Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College.

Officially named “Ambassadors of Our Music” by the Puerto Rican Senate, the renowned salsa orchestra seeks to inspire audiences worldwide with their horn-punctuated Latin rhythms and vocal harmonies.

Since its inception in 1962 by bandleader Rafael Ithier, El Gran Combo have collaborated with several household names, such as singers Charlie Aponte, Johnny Ventura, Celia Cruz, and Jerry Rivas, and mu-

sicians Miguel Marrero, Milton Correa, Edwin Cortes, and Martin Quinones. So many renowned artists “graduated” from El Gran Combo that the band became affectionately

known as the University of Salsa.

Over the course of their musical career, the group has been met with global acclaim and numerous accolades, in-

cluding six Grammy nominations for Best Tropical Album and Best Latin Performance and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Billboard in 2002.

This dynastic institution is

considered the most successful salsa orchestra in Puerto Rico and throughout the world.

Their staying power can be attributed to their willingness to evolve musically, the steady presence of their founding members, and the unwavering loyalty of their fans.

The band will perform on Friday, March 2 at 9 p.m. in Colden Auditorium,# 15349 Reeves Ave. in# Flushing.

Tickets are priced from $39 to $89. Students get a 10% discount with CUNY ID. For tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com or call the Kupferberg Center for the Arts box office at 718-793-8080.

Pa. metal band to Trio Solisti returns to play The Paramount Adelphi on March 3 An industrial city situated# in# Northeastern Pennsylvania, you could say Scranton quietly prides itself on a tried-and-true, Rust Belt work ethic.

So the band that hails from this city,# Motionless in White,# dug into the roots of their hometown’s pervasive attitude for their fourth, full-length album entitled Graveyard Shift.

Comprised of Chris “Motionless” Cerulli on lead vocals, Ricky “Horror” Olson on rhythm guitar, Devin “Ghost” Sola on bass, Ryan Sitkowski on lead guitar, and Vinny Mauro on drums, the band#derived their name from the song, “Motionless and White,” by fellow metalcore band Eighteen Vision.

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small-town, blue-collar spirit,” says Cerulli.

“We put ten years into growing this and working hard to do what we love the most.

We look forward to putting#in#another ten.

Both the area we come from and the fan base brought us to this point. Graveyard Shift is all about that work ethic. It’s been instilled#in us. Early on, we realized if you give the time and effort to chase a dream, it’s possible to achieve it by the sheer amount of drive and passion you have.”

This passion will be on display at the band’s live performance at The Paramount on Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m.

The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington. To purchase tickets for the show, call 631-673-7300 or go to www.paramountny.com.

Trio Solisti will return to the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center with another exhilarating performance on Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m. on the Westermann Stage, Concert Hall in the Adelphi PAC, 1 South Ave. in Garden City.

This concert will include Rachmaninoff ’s Piano Trio Élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor, Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1, and Brahams’ Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8.

Founded in 2001, Trio Solisti — featuring violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach, and pianist Fabio Bidini — has performed at prestigious concert venues such as the Great Performers at Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, People’s Symphony Concerts at Town Hall, Washington Performing Arts Society at Kennedy Center,

Seattle’s Meany Hall and La Jolla’s Revelle Series.

The ensemble has a varied discography on a number of record labels, including Naxos, Bridge Records, Endeavour Classics, and Marquis Classics.

It actively champions contemporary music, collaborating with leading composers such as Philip Glass, Lowell Liebermann, Paul Moravec and Kevin Puts.

Tickets are currently on sale for $35 with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni. Information is available online at pac.adelphi.edu or at the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516.877.4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu.

Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

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The North Shore Symphony Orchestra will present a concert featuring the works of Giuseppe!Verdi, George Bizet and Antonin Dvorak on!Saturday,!March 3 at 8 p.m. at!Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School located at 50 Kennedy! Drive in Plainview.

Under! the helm of guest conductor Felipe Tristan, the musical production will present Verdi’s!La Forza del Destino: Overture,! Bizet’s Carmen: Selections from!Suites 1 and 2 and Dvorak’s!Symphony No. 8 in G Major.

In!2012, Tristan debuted as conductor and flutist at Lincoln Center in a concert titled “Viva la Flauta!” Later, he made his conducting debut in Carnegie Hall as part of the “Season Finale” of Redes USA. He is founding director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Americas, an organization that promotes Latin American concert music, along with standard classical repertoire. In its 2016-2017 season, the SOA presented a festival in NY dedicated to Mexican composer Carlos Chávez, at the prestigious DiMenna Center for Classical Music.

Tristan is also artistic director of the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia, and he made his conducting de-

but in Mexico’s foremost concert hall, the Palacio de Bellas Artes. He is also the first Mexican to be named assistant conductor of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, which he joined in 2015 and is now a part of their board of directors.

Tristan was recently named director of string orchestras at the Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Arts. Since 2016, he is the assistant director of education of the Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance organization that has won five Grammy awards.

This!past summer, he made his conducting debut in Panama, and also attended the prestigious Gstaad Music Festival in Switzerland, with Jaap van Zweden, music director designate of the New York Philharmonic. Also in 2017, he had his first tour of China, in the cities of Beijing and Zhengzhou, where he conducted and presented a TED X Talk about the benefits of music.

The March 3 concert on Long Island! will also bring together the talents of the 75-member North Shore Symphony Orchestra, Long Island’s most established community orchestra. Tickets, which are $15 for general admission and $12 for seniors and students, may be purchased at the door 30 minutes prior to the performance.

Further information about North Shore Symphony Orchestra and the evening’s concert may be found on the orchestra’s website, www.northshoresymphonyorch.org,!or by calling 631-827-5401.

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‘Walking With Whitman’ series to kick off Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is proud to announce the lineup for its eighth season of its signature series, “Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance.” The series features six programs held on seasonal “first Fridays” and consists of a community open mic, a musical interlude, and a poetry performance.

The event launches on March 2 with Scott Hightower and continues on April 6 with Terrance Hayes. John Dorsey concludes the spring season in May.!The fall series begins on Oct. 5 with Tom Pickard, followed by Elaine Equi on Nov. 2, and concludes with Steve Dalachinsky on Dec. 7.

Each program begins at 6 p.m. with the open mic, continues with refreshments and a musical interlude by Tom Santoriello & Friends at 7:15, and features the poet performer at 8 p.m. After the poetry reading, the poet offers a Q&A and book signing. “Walking with Whitman”!is hosted by WWBA Writer in Resi-

dence George Wallace and is sponsored

by Poets & Writers.

Hightower, to be featured on March

2, is the author of “Self-evident” (Barrow Street Press, 2012); “Part of the Bargain”! (Copper Canyon Press, 2005),

winner of the Hayden Carruth Award for New and Emerging Poets; “Natural Trouble” (2003); and “Tin Can Tourist” (2001). He has also published a bilingual collection of poems in Spanish, translated

by Natalia Carbajosa. Hightower’s translations of poems by poet Aurora de Albornoz have garnered him a Willis Barnstone Translation Prize. “Tartessos,” his second bilingual collection, is forthcoming. Hightower has taught at Gay Men’s Health Crisis and currently serves as adjunct faculty at NYU ’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He lives in New York City and sojourns in Spain.

The “Walking With Whitman” events are open to the public and include discounted tickets for members and students (members $10; non-members $15). !For more information about the series and to buy tickets, go to www.waltwhitman.org.

The Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site is located at!246 Old Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station.

Drinking whiskey for a good cause

Whiskeys and bourbon barrel aged craft beers are on tap for the 2018 Winter Bourbon Festival taking place on Saturday, Feb. 24 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. ! Now in its fifth year, the event will be held at T.J. Finley’s located at 42 E. Main St. in Bay Shore.

Sales of whiskey rose 7.7 percent in 2016, outpacing the entire spirits industry.

The growth in sales of American whiskeys — which include bourbon, rye and Tennessee whiskey — was led by millennials’ interest in the spirit, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.

“What we’ve found is that people are interested in learning more about whiskey,” said Drew Dvorkin, owner of T.J. Finley’s. !“People drink seasonally. !Starting

in the fall, and continuing through winter, people do a good deal of exploring and experimenting with different whiskies and whiskey cocktails. !They ask questions and taste-test to find their favorites.”

The Winter Bourbon Festival will give the whiskey lover a large range of styles from which to choose. ! Attendees will be able to try some of the best-selling and most desirable whiskeys all under one roof. ! As a special treat, festival goers will be able to learn the art of mixing the season’s most popular cocktails — the Boulevardier and the Manhattan. !Brand ambassadors from Buffalo Trace will be on site to teach, preach, and provide samples of these speciality cocktails.

“Craft beer drinkers and whiskey drinkers share a passion for flavor, variety, tradition, and an artisan spirit,” said Dvorkin. !“The Winter Bourbon Festival is one of our favorite events of the year. !Enthusiasts from all over Long Island, Queens, and New York City gather to enjoy an eclectic variety of whiskey and barrel aged beer. ! It’s great to spend a winter afternoon — sipping amazing whiskey, enjoying a hand-rolled cigar, and eating barbecue food with friends — all while supporting a worthwhile cause.”

The event will help raise funds for Gavin’s Got Heart, a local 501c3 charity with a mission to educate people about congenital heart defects while offering

support to families with children affected

by CHD. Back by popular demand is local cigar purveyor, Village Cigar Headquarters (locations in both Babylon and Patchogue), who will be selling hand-rolled cigars as well as cigars with tobacco that have been soaked and aged in Tennessee whiskey barrels.

Tickets for the Winter Bourbon Festival are $95 and include a commemorative tasting glass sponsored by Jim Beam, sampling of bourbons and specialty craft beers, and unlimited BBQ food. ! This is a 21+ event. !All attendees must show valid photo ID for admission. !To purchase tickets, go to www.winterbourbonfestival.com.

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Our drug epidemic, why it happened Healthy lifestyle changes can make great changes in combatting use of opioids

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TOM FERRARO Sport Psychologist The headlines are filled with data on the epidemic of opioid use in America.

We now have over 50,000 deaths due to drug overdose per year. And it’s not only the young of our nation that are overdosing on painkillers.

There is now a new term called “death by despair” refers to white middle-aged men and women who are overdosing due to depression. Alcohol abuse has risen by 50 percent since 2000 and now 12.7 percent of Americans or one in eight are alcoholic.

Now we see that recreational marijuana is legal in California, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Washington and Alaska. And in case you’re tempted to try some pot you should know that in our clinical settings we now treat amotivational syndrome due to longterm marijuana use and it consists of blunted emotions, loss of drive and impaired memory process.

Back in 1932 Aldous Huxley wrote “Brave New World” where he described a population that was so zonked out on the drug Soma that they had little interest in the world around them. We are fast heading in that direction but too bad for us all these

drugs appear to have prise that everyone turns rather sinister side effects. to drugs to find some reOpioid use will slow lief and a way to ease up. heart rate and eventually 2." Salary stagnation reduce the person’s ability has been with us since to enjoy natural pleasures 1980. But the cost of livlike food, exercise and ing always goes up. The sex. It may also kill you. result is that every family Long-term alcohol use is forced to overwork just will produce liver disease, to keep up with the Jones. cirrhosis, pancreatitis, This means exhaustion and esophageal issues. and on the heels of exDR. TOM FERRARO The nation is in the haustion, you will find Our Town midst of a drug crisis that people going to doctors shows no signs of letting or the local liquor store to up. It is always wise to get some extra energy in understand the many reasons for this epi- the form of your chemical of choice. demic in order to have a chance to hold back 3. The information explosion has been the tide. with us since the 1960s and with it comes a Social critics have suggested a variety of dizzying array of media outlets to hook into. causes for this cultural tidal wave of painkill- And the unrelenting amount of information er use and alcohol abuse. Here are the lead- that we must digest produces anxiety and a ing reasons: feeling of being flooded.

1. America is a highly competitive nation In Donna Haraway’s “Cyborg Manifesto” and our singular value system is to win, win, she warns that our fusion with technology, win. This is the essential dictum of a capitalis- cars, phones, radios, and computers is fast tic society and there is no alternative position changing us into cyborgs and I think she’s that gives our competitive drive any balance. right. But the problem is that we are still huSo what we get is a population that is man and our bodies just can’t take it. always in overdrive. Pro athletes are in over4. Related to all the above is the epidemdrive. Kids who play sports are in overdrive. ic of both psychosomatic and hypochondriac And parents are in overdrive. So it is no sur- illnesses that every doctor is treating.

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These psychosomatic symptoms like headaches, back pain, digestive problems and/or hypochondriasis are all connected to anxiety or repressed anger and in fact often require medication to treat. And some of these medicines are painkillers.

These are just a few of the cultural pressures that have produced the drug overuse issue. And what pray tell are we to do about all this? Here are a few suggestions: 1. Get more sleep. I recommend at least 8.5 hours per night. This requires you to turn off the tube by about 9 p.m.

2. Take long walks in nature without your cell phones with you. Nature is the great elixir of life.

3. Exercise daily or play a sport that you enjoy.

4. Find a hobby or art form that you can do at least once or twice per week 5. Read more literature. “Moby Dick” will take you many many hours to get through but you will be better off for it.

6. Meditate or do yoga. This is fun and relaxing for you and you will meet some nice folks in the studio.

7. And if your symptoms or drug use persists, you can’t stop using or if you find that you need more and more of it, seek local professional help. There is no shame in getting help if the drug has gotten its claws into you and you can’t get free of it.

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What are the risks and benefits to endometrial ablation?

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emales undergo many different experiences thanks to their reproductive systems. From the start of puberty to the final stages of menopause, the female body goes through many changes, many of which are spurred on by hormones. One condition women in their 30s and 40s may face is the onset of heavy menstruation levels and/or irregular bleeding.

Menorrhagia is the medical term for menstrual periods with abnormally heavy or prolonged bleeding, offers The Mayo Clinic. Hormonal imbalances may cause the buildup of the lining of the uterus (endometrium) to develop in excess and eventually be shed in the form of heavy bleeding.

Fibroids, dysfunction of the ovaries, polyps, cancer, and intrauterine devices all may contribute to heavier

than normal periods.

Heavy menstrual cycles can impact quality of life, particularly if they are accompanied by severe cramping and bleedthrough. Doctors may recommend treatment if heavy periods soak a pad or tampon every two hours or less; if menstrual periods last longer than eight days; or if periods are accompanied with anemia from excessive blood loss, says Healthline.

Typically, hormone therapy, IUDs or medications are first prescribed to treat the problem. However, if these are not effective, a gynecologist may recommend a procedure called endometrial ablation.

To understand how endometrial ablation works, it is first necessary to comprehend the basic menstrual cycle. Each month, a wom-

an’s body readies itself for the prospect of pregnancy.

In addition to an egg being released to fertilization, the endometrium will build up in the uterus to provide a place for the fertilized egg to implant and develop. If no fertilization occurs, the egg and the lining will shed away and exit the body through menstruation.

During endometrial ablation, a doctor will perform a procedure that will permanently remove the endometrium and prevent further periods, says The Mayo Clinic. The process varies depending on certain factors, but will begin with the dilation of the cervix to allow for the insertion of medical instruments. Options to treat the endometrium include electrosurgery, cryoablation (freezing), hot fluid, heated balloon, microwave, and radiofrequency. NovaSure Endometrial Ablation uses

radiofrequency distributed through a netting inserted into the uterus.

In many cases, women who have undergone endometrial ablation will gradually see their periods lighten, and some may stop altogether. The recovery time can take anywhere from a few weeks to months.

One of the risks of endometrial ablation is sterilization. Although it is not designed as a birth control method, endometrial ablation will make the endometrium unable to sustain a fertilized egg or a growing embryo, and miscarriage is likely, says Healthline.

Therefore, women who are still planning to have children should not undergo the procedure. Those with uterine or endometrial cancer or other conditions may be precluded from

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Women considering endometrial ablation are urged to go over all of the benefits and risks with their doctors.

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Simple ways to avoid injuries when working out

Five to 10 minutes of light aerobic exercise before working out can help men and women avoid injury.

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desire to live a healthy, active life compels many people to include exercise in their daily routines. Numerous studies have shown that regular workouts that include a combination of strength training and cardiovascular exercise can make bodies less susceptible to injury while reducing a person’s risk for conditions such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Exercising is most effective when it’s part of a daily routine, but that routine can be derailed if men and women are not taking the appropriate measures to avoid injury while working out. While even professional athletes succumb to injury from time to time, there are steps everyone can take to avoid injury when working out.

Confirm your technique is the right one. Exercise science is continuously evolving, and that means workouts and fitness machines are evolving as well.

When using a piece of equipment for the first time or altering a workout routine, men and women should consult with a gym employee or personal trainer to learn the correct technique. Incorrect technique can lead to minor and serious injuries because muscles are used in ways they are not intended to be used when exercises are performed properly.

Research appropriate techniques, taking advantage of online video tutorials if you don’t exercise at a gym, to ensure the exercises you want to perform are done properly. When beginning a new routine, ask a friend or gym employee to observe your workout and let you know if you are doing anything incorrectly.

Be patient. Lifting too much weight or pushing yourself too hard on the treadmill, exercise bike or elliptical machine will

increase your risk of injury. This is especially true for men and women working out for the first time or after lengthy stretches of inactivity. Men and women who are elderly, inactive and/or overweight are likely to suffer from poor balance because their muscles are weak. Those muscles can be strengthened over time, but remain patient and stick to light weight during initial workouts so lack of balance does not lead to pain or injury. Take the same approach with aerobic exercise to prevent muscle strains and pulls.

Increase weight and the intensity of cardiovascular exercises as muscles gradually strengthen and become accustomed to exercise.

Allow for adequate time to warm up. Failure to warm up is another contributor to exerciserelated injury. Before diving into a workout routine, spend between five and 10 minutes warming up your body with some low-intensity exercises. This increases blood flow to the muscles and makes them more elastic and pliable

than cold muscles, thereby improving flexibility. Some lowintensity cardiovascular exercise on the stationary bike or treadmill can greatly reduce injury risk during the workout.

Vary workouts and exercise regularly. Varying workouts is a good idea because doing so can prevent repetitive-use injuries and prevent overuse of muscles.

Repetitive-use injuries such as shin splints and tendinitis require extended rest to heal, and that can derail your routine and nullify your progress. Vary workouts so you are not always working the same muscles, and don’t mistake varying workouts for varying workout schedules. Working out five days one week and one day the next increases your risk of injury.

Injuries sometimes happen when exercising. But veteran and novice fitness enthusiasts can employ a handful of simple strategies to greatly reduce their risk of injury while working out.

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Methods to treating arthritic knees

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steoarthritis of the joints can affect people of all ages, but is one of the leading causes of disability in the aged population in the United States. A study published in the Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine found incidence of knee OA is rising by increasing average age of the general population. Age, weight, trauma, and repetitive movements are common risk factors for the condition.

According to Dr. Scott Paris of Central Jersey Spine and Wellness, more than 27 million people in the country suffer from knee arthritis. An estimated 37 percent of Canadians aged 20 or older who had been diagnosed with arthritis reported osteoarthritis, with 29 percent occurring in the knees, states Statistics Canada. Knee arthritis occurs when there is a degeneration of articular cartilage that covers and protects the patella (knee cap) at the knee joint, offers the online resource Arthritis-Health. Since this cartilage has no nerve endings, some people can experience arthritis but feel no pain. However, pain may occur when doing specific activities that cause impact between bones, like jumping, walking up stairs or certain sports.

Over time, knee arthritis may become worse, and pain can be accompanied by stiffness and loss of mobility. This may be accompanied by knee locking or buckling.

Those who suffer from knee OA may seek treatment. In 2014, the Osteoarthritis Research Society International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting osteoarthritis research and treatment, updated its recommendations for the treatment of osteoarthritis targeted to different patient characteristics. The main categories of treatment include non-drug treatments, medication, injections, and surgery.

Non-drug treatments: Examples of nondrug treatments include exercise, stretching and range-of-movement strategies. Weight loss can alleviate excess strain placed on the hips and knees and reduce pain. Braces, sleeves and orthotics may help reduce pain and joint stiffness when directed properly through a specialist.

Medications: Many medications are geared around reducing inflammation and pain and include over-the-counter pain relievers and NSAIDs, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and naproxen sodium. Topical NSAIDs may be tried, and these can reduce the risk of gastrointestinal side effects from oral medications. OARSI also found that the antidepressant duloxetine may help with chronic knee pain.

Injections: The Arthritis Foundation says that some doctors can inject corticosteroid compounds directly into affected joints. Use of hyaluronic acid injections can supplement the natural substance that gives joint fluid its lubrication and viscosity. These injections may help relieve pain and improve mobility.

Surgery: In cases when the aforementioned treatments are unsuccessful, doctors may suggest surgery. The Arthritis Foundation says joint lavage and arthroscopic debridement, which involve flushing the joint with a sterile saline solution and the surgical removal of tissue fragments from the joint, are controversial but may help some people achieve short-term relief. Partial knee replacement may be another option that offers a similar improvement in function, but fewer complications than a total knee replacement.

Osteoarthritis in the knee can be painful and restrictive. Working with a qualified doctor, individuals can develop a treatment plan that works for their specific conditions.

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Fat-freezing techniques ‘heating’ up the tubes around to target certain fat deposits. Although newer techniques, including using various anesthetics, have been introduced to make liposuction more comfortable, swelling, bruising and pain as well as fluid drainage from the incision sites may result.

Freezing fat cells may be a way to achieve a slimmer physique without the need for surgery.

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at freezing is billed as a treatment that can eliminate people’s fat cells in predominately troublesome areas of the body to create a slim physique.

Also known as cryolipolysis, this noninvasive procedure is attracting a growing number of people interested in reshaping areas of their bodies without the need for going under the knife.

Liposuction has traditionally been one of the more popular procedures for removing excess fat and helping to mold the body. WebMD says liposuction removes fat using suction. A small, thick, blunt-tipped cannula is inserted through tiny cuts in the skin. Fat is then vacuumed out through these tubes as the doctor moves

Fat freezing, which is primarily known by the name CoolSculpting®, is a Food and Drug Administrationcleared, nonsurgical procedure that helps to eliminate fat. The company states that it uses controlled cooling to eliminate fat that resists the effort of diet and exercise.

The concept of fat freezing actually started with a popular dessert. Scientists at Harvard University discovered that some children who ate popsicles ended up with dimples in their cheeks. Doctors Dieter Manstein and R. Rox Anderson later concluded that the popsicles froze and eliminated small pockets of fat cells without damaging skin or surrounding tissue. This was the science behind cryolipolysis.

The doctors developed a system to deliver precisely controlled cooling to target fat cells under the skin. The crystalized cells die and are naturally eliminated from the body through time.

Dermatologists and medical spas are increasingly offering fat-freezing services to their clients. Many people are attracted to CoolSculpting because it doesn’t require surgery.

According to Zeltiq Aesthetics, the original parent company of the CoolSculpting technology, the FDA found the procedures offered “clinically meaningful” changes in 60 patients after treatment for the reduction of love handles. Six months after treatment, ultrasound measurements found an average 19 percent reduction of the targeted fat layer.

During a roughly one-hour treatment session, a vacuum device pulls on fat bulges and exposes the fat to cold. It may take several treatments to achieve desired results, and decreases in fat do not immediately occur, but can be seen two to four months later, on average. Treatments are not covered by insurance and can range from $750 to $2,000 per area.

Currently, there are no safety concerns, but the technology is still very new and there are no long-term study results. Side effects can include temporary redness, swelling, blanching, bruising, firmness, tingling, stinging, tenderness, cramping, aching, itching, or skin sensitivity, offers CoolSculpting. According to the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, CoolSculpting accounted for almost half of all body-sculpting treatments in 2016.

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Embracing germs: They’re not all bad

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erms have gotten a somewhat undeserved reputation. For decades, people have done what they can to avoid these unseemly organisms, thinking that exposure to germs is the single-best way to get and remain sick. Certainly there are germs that a person would be wise to avoid. However, not all germs must be avoided.

Germs are tiny organisms that can enter the body through open cuts, the mouth, the nose, and the eyes. Germs are found all over the world. The four main types of germs include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Bacteria are a type of germ that often get a bad rap but actually may have benefits that outweigh their negatives.

Bacteria are tiny, one-celled creatures that get nutrients from their environments to live. In some instances, that environment is the human body. Bacteria can reproduce inside and outside of the body. While bacteria that cause repeated infections might be considered bad, there actually are a host of good bacteria. Such bacteria help people digest food and protect against gastrointestinal upset, such as diarrhea.

Some bacteria may help people fight off illnesses caused by other bacteria or viruses, says research published in the journal Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. Beneficial bacteria may help stimulate the immune system so that the body is better able to fight off diseases naturally.

People frequently overlook good bacteria in an effort to eradicate bad bacteria, and that can have serious detriments.

Unfortunately, the “antibacterial” products available for cleaning and

medicines used for treating bacterial illnesses do not discriminate between good and bad germs. They simply eradicate them all. Heathline says that this can create an imbalance of bacteria in the body that may lead to harmful bacteria taking over. Harmful bacteria also may evolve to resist common treatments because of the overuse of antibacterial and antimicrobial medicines and products.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that antimicrobial agents have been used for the last 70 years to treat patients with infectious diseases. Although they’ve helped treat illnesses, these drugs have enabled the organisms they’re meant to destroy to adapt to them, making the drugs less effective. Some bacteria are even resistant to certain antibacterial drugs. The CDC says each year in the United States at least two million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics — with at least 23,000 people dying as a result of these infections.

Various medical sources urge that regular handwashing with plain soap is enough for cleansing. Consuming foods with naturally occurring helpful organisms, such as yogurt, chocolate, feta cheese, pickles, and dark chocolate, can help increase the levels of good bacteria in the body. Taking a probiotic supplement also may help, although researchers at the Cleveland Clinic report that there is not enough proof to say for sure.

People should speak with their doctors before taking probiotics or other steps to increase bacteria to make sure they are a wise decision for each individual.

Fruits and vegetables may lower risk of PAD

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ain in the lower extremities may be indicative of a condition called peripheral artery disease, or PAD. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says PAD occurs when plaque builds up in the arteries that carry blood to the limbs, head and organs, contributing to atherosclerosis, or a hardening of the arteries. Blocked blood flow and eventual limited oxygen supply to these areas can cause pain and numbness. When severe enough, PAD may lead to tissue death.

Discomfort due to PAD usually occurs when a person is walking or exercising, because the muscles are not getting enough blood during these activities to meet their needs, says the American Heart Association. Those with diabetes may confuse pain with neuropathy, and the elderly may think pain from PAD is a normal sign of aging and stiffness.

fects an estimated 8.5 million people in the United States alone. Researchers examined dietary data from roughly 3.7 million men and women, with an average age of 65. Approximately 6.3 percent of the subjects had PAD, and 29.2 percent indicated they ate three or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day. The discovery was those who reported eating three or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables had an 18 percent lower risk of PAD than those who reported eating less of these foods. The association between fruit and vegetable consumption and lower PAD risk remained even after accounting for age, gender, race, smoking status, and various cardiovascular risk factors.

When undiagnosed, PAD can lead to further complications, including increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and coronary artery disease. Even amputation of a limb may be necessary. However, PAD is preventable when taking a few steps to improve diet.

Saturated fats, trans-fats and sodium can contribute to the formation of plaques that lead to PAD. Replacing these foods with more vegetables and fruits that are naturally lower in saturated fats can help, as can increasing dietary fiber consumption. One way to incorporate these types of foods is to adhere to a Mediterranean diet, which offers high proportions of legumes, fruits, vegetables; moderate amounts of fish and dairy; and limited meat and meat products.

According to new research published by the American Heart Association, eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of developing PAD, which af-

Peripheral artery disease can be a warning sign of cardiovascular trouble. Altering one’s diet may help naturally prevent or treat this condition.

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How to avoid muscle soreness

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uscle soreness can affect people from all walks of life. While exercise enthusiasts who work out several times per week may feel like they should be immune to muscle soreness, this potentially painful condition that can adversely affect quality of life can fell even the most ardent fitness fanatic.

Those who find themselves routinely battling muscle soreness can employ the following tactics to feel better and enjoy the fruits of their labors in the gym.

Listen to your body. Daily exercise can greatly benefit long-term health, but it’s important that men and women listen to their bodies, paying attention to any signs that it might be time for a break. Each person is different, but exercise aficionados who recognize any abnormal signs such as unexplained fatigue or cramps may need to take a day off. Bodies need time to recover after a workout.

Get adequate sleep. Getting enough sleep provides recovery time. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults between the ages of 18 and 64 years of age get between seven and nine hours of sleep per night. The NSF recommends adults 65 and older get between seven and eight hours of sleep per night.

Don’t overdo it. Pushing a body too hard increases a person’s risk of injury or illness. Muscles that are overtaxed will very likely begin to feel a type of pain known as delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS. The American College of Sports Medicine notes that any type of activity that places unaccustomed loads on muscle may lead to DOMS, but activities such as strength training exercises, walking down hills, jogging, step aerobics, and jumping are known examples of contributors to DOMS. Such activities should not necessarily be avoided, but it’s important that men and women not push themselves to the point of overexertion when performing them.

Stay hydrated. Muscle soreness may appear if men and women are not drinking enough water before, during or after their workouts. A dehydrated body’s muscles do not have enough electrolytes, and that can be contributing to the feelings of soreness some exercise enthusiasts feel. Drink lots of water throughout the day, and don’t forget to bring a water bottle along to the gym when working out.

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T hanks to education and awareness about skin cancer, more people are taking heed of skin growths and changes and visiting their dermatologists.

A spot or mole on the body can be a cause for concern. A seborrheic keratosis is one such type of skin growth that is actually benign but may cause concern due to its appearance.

Seborrheic keratoses, or SKs, are one of the most common noncancerous skin growths, says The Mayo Clinic. Although anyone can get them, they are more common in middle-aged to older adults.

Also known as basal cell papilloma, senile warts or barnacles, these growths form as a common sign of skin aging, according to DermNet New Zealand.

The American Academy of Dermatology says a seborrheic keratosis may seem worrisome because it can look like a wart, a pre-cancerous skin growth or even skin cancer. However, despite their appearance, SKs are harmless.

How do SKs form?

Seborrheic means “greasy” and keratosis means “thickening of the skin.” Despite the name, SKs are not known to be caused by an abundance of sebum in the skin, nor are they limited to areas of increased oil production. The exact cause of SKs isn’t known, but some doctors feel that an overproduction of skin cells can cause a thickening of the skin in certain areas. The American Osteopathic College of Dermatology offers that SKs are most likely hereditary, and they often are found on the trunk of the body and where the face meets the scalp. Sometimes seborrheic keratoses may erupt during pregnancy, following hormone replace-

ment therapy or as a result of other medical problems.

Appearance of SKs

Some of these growths have a warty, rough surface, while others look like dabs of warm, brown candle wax on the skin.

ADA says they can range in color from white to black, but most are tan or brown.

The appearance of SKs may change as one ages, and it is even possible for them to fall off naturally over time. The Mayo Clinic says that, unless changes include becoming sore or bleeding without healing, there’s little need to act. SKs may form singularly, but often they appear in groups.

Cancer risk?

SKs have no relationship to skin cancer and do not pose a risk to one’s health.

Unlike moles, they will not turn into melanoma. The superficial nature of SKs mean they can become irritated by clothing and grow.

Treatment Unless a seborrheic keratosis is in an area that causes constant irritation, there is really no need to seek treatment.

However, dermatologists can remove them quite easily if they are unsightly or uncomfortable. A topical anesthetic, cryosurgery or laser therapy is possible.

Generally little scarring is produced, offers AOCD. Although SKs are harmless, their appearance may be similar to skin conditions that are not. Those who are unsure about changes to the skin should always seek the help of a licensed dermatologist.

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ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills (631) 462-5400 • www.artleagueli.org Through March 4 (reception on March 4, 1 to 3 p.m.)

Exhibit: Go APE Exhibition of High School Advanced Placement Students SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point 516.571.7901 • www.sandspointpreserve. org Sunday, Feb. 25, 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Tea & Meditation PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay 516.922.8678 • www.plantingfields.org Sunday, March 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Ave., Garden City (516) 224-5800 • www.licm.org Saturday, Feb. 24 and Sunday, Feb. 25, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Messy Afternoon Ages 18 months to 4 years. Free with museum admission.

Friday, March 2, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Kids in the Kitchen Ages 3-5. Fee: $5 with museum admission ($4 LICM members).

Through Sunday, May 13 Traveling Exhibit: Dinosaurs — Land of Fire and ice All ages. Free with museum admission.

CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City (516) 572-4111 • www.cradleofaviation.org Saturday, Feb. 24, 7 to 11 p.m.

‘80s Arcade and Karaoke Night HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove (516) 571-8040 • www.hmtcli.org Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m.

Speaker Program: Atrocities in Myanmar — Rohingya Are Being Raped and Murdered as You Read This THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop. com Fridays at 11 a.m.

Music & More: Marilyn & Her Guitar For children ages 2-4 Fridays, 7-9 p.m.

Cafe Music at The Dolphin. Free admission.

Sunday, Feb. 25 at 11:30 a.m.

For Kids: Story & Craft: “Elmore” by Holly Hobbie BARNES AND NOBLE 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset; (516) 365-6723 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place; (516) 741-9850 www.barnesandnoble.com Saturday, Feb. 24 at 11 a.m.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss Story Time (Manhasset and Carle Place) TURN OF THE CORKSCREW BOOKS AND WINE

110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 764-6000 • www.turnofthecorkscrew.com Saturday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m.

Kids Gathering and Book Discussion

Bay General admission tickets are $30; $15 for students; children under 10 are free.

Tickets cab be purchased at the ensemble’s website, 222.libaroque.org

WALT WHITMAN HISTORIC BIRTHPLACE 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station (631) 423-7611 • www.waltwhitman.org Friday, March 2 at 6 p.m.

Open Mic & Walking wit Whitman: Scott Hightower

SYMPHONIC POPS OF LONG ISLAND PERFORMANCE The music of Elvis Presley, “Wicked,” “Les Miserables” and more Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m.

At Huntington High School, 188 Oakwood Road, Huntington The concert is open to the public, wit a suggested $10 donation.

For information, call 516-414-1831 or go to symphonicpopsli.org

CINEMA ARTS CENTRE 423 Park Ave., Huntington (631) 423-7611 • www.cinemaartscentre.org Sunday, Feb. 25 at 4 p.m.

An Afternoon with Sheila Nevins

LIVE MUSIC AT OLDE TRADING POST (OTP) TAVERN 1218 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 492-3195 • www.oldetradingpost. com Sunday, Feb. 25, 4 to 7 p.m.

Mary Gibbons Sunday, March 4, 4 to 7 p.m.

Jacinta & Billy LIVE MUSIC AT SWING THE TEAPOT 6 Verbena Ave., Floral Park (516) 492-3195 • www.swingtheteapot. squarespace.com Friday, Feb. 23, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Mike Barry Band Saturday, Feb. 24, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Kerry Kearney Band

COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rte. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor (516) 692-6768 • www.cshfishhatchery.org Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 to 11 a.m.

Pollywog Adventures: Preschooler crafts, stories and games.

Adults $6; children 3 to 12 and seniors 65 and up $4; children under 3 and members free.

Thursday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Slippery, Slimy Science THE WHALING MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor (631) 367-3418 • www.cshwhalingmuseum. org Friday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Arctic Adventures Camp: Crafts, scavenger hunts, experiments and a snack.

Grades K through 3.

Sunday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Toothpalooza!

All ages. $12 per child; $5 per adult; members half price.

THE LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS The Master’s Voice: LIBE 48th Annual Tribute to John Sebastian Bach Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.

At St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m.

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Community Calendar SINGLES ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND BOWLING Last Saturdays of the month, Feb. 24, March 24, May 26 and June 30, 7 to 9 p.m.

At Herrill Lanes, 465 Herricks Rd., New Hyde Park Cost: $5 per game. For ages 25 plus.

Social gathering afterwards at the Omega Diner, 1809 Lakeville Rd. in New Hyde Park For more information, contact Vincent Scire at 516-465-3953.

COLD SPRING HARBOR HILLS & LOOP Sunday, Feb. 25 at 9 a.m.

Meet at the Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt Trailhead on Harbor Road (Rte. 25A) in Cold Spring Harbor (in the parking lot adjacent to the CSH Public Library) A 4.8-mile, moderate/hilly hike.

To sign up and for more information, go to www.ligreenbelt.org or call Tammy, 631896-1409, between 6 and 9 p.m.

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION’S 17TH ANNUAL GO RED FOR WOMEN LUNCHEON Wednesday, Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

At the Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury For more information, tickets or sponsorship opportunities, call 516-962-0811 or visit www.longislandgoredluncheon.heart.org.

ST. ALOYSIUS SOCIABLES OF GREAT NECK Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 12:30 p.m.

At the Jolly Fisherman, 25 Main St., Roslyn Cost: Price of your meal Call John Hyland, 516-482-3795, for reservations.

SHELTER ROCK JEWISH CENTER 272 Shelter Rock Road, Roslyn Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Purim Festival: Megillah Reading followed by light food, DJ music, dancing and family fun.

For more information, call 516-741-4305 x10 THE ROSLYN AND PORT WASHINGTON CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BUSINESS NETWORKING MIXER Wednesday, Feb. 28, Time TBD At The Atria at Roslyn Harbor, 100 Landing Road, Roslyn For more information, go to www.roslynchamber.org.

ADELPHI NY STATEWIDE BREAST CANCER HOTLINE & SUPPORT PROGRAM At Adelphi’s Alumni House 154 Cambridge Ave., Garden City 516-877-4314 or 800-877-8077 Mondays, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

General Support Group and Support Group for Caregivers of People with Breast Cancer Tuesdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Young Women’s Support Group, Under 40 Thursdays, 7 to 8 p.m.

Support Group for Newly Diagnosed Stage 4 Breast Cancer Last Monday of the Month, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Touchstone Group: For those who received their last treatment more than 18 months ago.

Tuesday, March 20, 2 to 3 p.m.

Strength for Life at Adelphi University: Exercise Strategies for Cancer Survivors

At Adelphi’s Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Ave. in Garden City To RSVP, call 516-877-4325, email breastcancerhotline@adelphi.edu or register online at breast-cancer.adelphi.edu.

NYU WINTHROP HOSPITAL 200 Old Country Road, Suite 250 Mineola, NY 11501 Call 516-663-8300 to register for these free programs.

First and third Tuesday of the month, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Breast Cancer Support Group At NYU Winthrop Hospital, Pediatric Conference Center, 259 First St., Mineola Seating is limited; registration is required.

Call 516-663-2556.

Wednesdays, 1 to 3 p.m.

Breastfeeding Support Group At Winthrop Welcome Center, 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML5, Garden City For more information and to register, call 1-866-946-8476 Seating is limited; registration is required.

Call 516-663-2556.

Thursdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Art Group for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment At NYU Winthrop Wellness Pavillion, 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML-5, Garden City Registration is required. Call 516-663-4429.

Thursdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 5:45 p.m.

Free Tobacco Cessation Program At NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center, 101 Mineola Blvd. at the corner of Second St., Mineola Registration is required. Call 866-946-8476.

NORTHWELL HEALTH COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CLASSES Saturday, Feb. 24 at 9 a.m.

Preparation for Childbirth / One-Session Class At Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 27005 76 Ave., Room T132, New Hyde Park This class should be completed 3-4 weeks prior to delivery date. Bring a snack and beverage.

For more information and to sign up, call 718-470-5134 or go to www.northwell.edu.

Sunday, Feb. 25 at 9 a.m.

Preparation for Childbirth / One-Session Class At North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive TCR 4 & 5, Manhasset This class should be completed 3-4 weeks prior to delivery date. Bring a snack and beverage.

For more information and to sign up, call 516-881-7000 or go to www.northwell.edu.

NORTHWELL HEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE Saturday, March 3, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (registration and breakfast, 8:30 to 9 a.m.)

Wellness Workshop for Cancer Survivors At the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Conference Center, 500 Hofstra University, Hempstead This free, half-day workshop event includes two panel discussions and four breakout sessions.

To register, call 516-734-7212 or go to www. northwell.edu/surviveandthrive

NOTRE DAME PARISH SPRING CRAFT AND GIFT FAIR Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (snow date March 10) At Notre Dame School Auditorium, 45 Mayfair Road, New Hyde Park More than 45 vendors, Chinese auction and grand prize, and 50/50 raffles, a bake sale table, hot and cold food, beverages and snacks.

For more information, go to ndnhp.org.

14TH ANNUAL NORTH HEMPSTEAD POLAR PLUNGE Saturday, March 3 (registration at 10 a.m.; plunge at 12 p.m.)

At North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W. Shore Road, Port Washington The event benefits Special Olympics.

For more information, call 311 or 516-8696311.

ST. PATRICK’S AFTER PARADE PARTY Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m. (doors open at noon) At Knights of Columbus, 186 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola Free admission. Live music by Billy and Jacinla.

Irish food and drinks at reasonable prices.

TEMPLE SINAI OF ROSLYN 425 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights 516-621-6800; www.mysinai.org Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Purim Shpiel: “Purim through the Decades: From Cole Porter to Coldplay.” $18 suggested contribution for non-members.

Sunday, March 4, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Purim Carnival: $15 per child includes unlimited games and activities Thursday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m.

“Do Not Stand Idly By”: Talk about gun violence prevention. No charge.

HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH’S 8TH ANNUAL “OLDIES CONCERT” 500 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park 516-354-03589; www.holyspiritnhp.com Saturday, March 10, 6 to 11 p.m.

Dinner, dancing and concert with Alive ‘N Kickin’ featuring Pepe Cardona and air personality Don K. Reed to MC the show. $35 per ticket/$40 at the door.

For ticket information, call Dolores Santangelo at 516-903-6630.

WILLISTON PARK AMERICAN LEGION’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER DANCE At the American Legion Auxiliary Post 144, 730 Willis Ave., Williston Park Sunday, March 11, 3 to 7 p.m. $40 per person includes a traditional corned beef dinner, open bar, music and dancing.

The building is wheelchair accessible.

For reservations and more information, contact Ellen Randle at516-270-3876 or Christine Horvath at 516-248-4103.

SID JACOBSON JCC 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, 11548 516-484-1545; www.sjjcc.org/jll.

Fridays Shababa Fridays, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

General Exercise Group for All Cancer Survivors, 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.

Discussion Group for All Cancer Survivors, 1:15 to 2 p.m.

Sundays: Gentle Yoga for All Cancer Survivors, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Mondays: News Behind the News, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Eat, Chat, Move!, 6 p.m.

Tuesdays: Mah Jongg Clinic, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Tuesday Lectures, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Swim Program for Strength & Wellness,11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Knitzvah: Knitting for a Cause, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays: Knitzvah: Knitting for a Cause, 12 to 2 p.m.

Taste of Torah, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Thursdays: Games Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Meditation, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Eat, Chat, Move!, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Shababa Cooks UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT SHELTER ROCK 48 Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset 516-627-6560; www.uucsr.org Wednesdays, 1 to 4 p.m. in the Veatch Ballroom Wednesday Bridge Group Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Veatch Ballroom and Terrace Room Inisfada Zen Sitting Meditation Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m. in the Art Gallery Yoga with Mike Mancini Members: $5 per class/Non-members: $7 per class (no registration required) Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m. in the Veatch Ballroom (1-2 beginner; 2-3 intermediate and advanced) Friday Bridge, Lessons & Game Play Saturday, March 10, 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Program (must register in advance at www. prepare.ny.gov) Fridays, March 16, April 20, May 18 and June 15, at 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Soulful Small Group Friday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Women’s Group Book Series: “The Bridal Chair” by Gloria Goldreich Wednesdays, March 21, April 18 and May 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Emerson and Thoreau: Two Aspects of Transendentalism TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM 401 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights; 516-6212288 Thursday, March 22 at 7:45 p.m.

The Molly Chernofsky Community Cinema Series: “Carvalho’s Journey” ($20) HUNTINGTON WINTER FARMERS MARKET Every Sunday through March 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

253 Oakwood Road, Huntington Support local growers and enjoy a taste of small-town life with family and friends.

For more information, go to www.longislandfarmersmarkets.com.

GAME ON TRIVIA Every Tuesday through March 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Olde Trading Post (OTP), 1218 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park Free event. Food, drink specials and prizes.

For more information, go to www.gameongameshow.com

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ing events. For a complete listing, go to www.greatnecklibrary.org.

Yoga and Meditation Series Monday, Feb. 26, 10 to 11 a.m.

Simply Me Performed by Mitchell Learn yoga postures, breathing Robert Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. practices and meditation tech“Simply Me” is a musical show niques. Open to all levels. Bring a about one man bringing back real- yoga mat, meditation pillow to sit ity to the art of living, performed on, water bottle and small towel.

by Mitchell Robert. Pianist John Great Neck Main Library is located at 159 Bayview Ave. in Great Neck. Bowen will accompany Mitchell on Wednesday Film Matinee at Main Following is a sampling of upcom- the piano. Registration suggested Wednesdays at 2 p.m. “The Glass by calling 516-466-8055, ext. 208. Castle” on Feb. 28. Refer to the

Library newsletter or website for the full film schedule.

Great Neck Library Closing/ Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www.cancellations. com for Library weather related closings/program cancellations.

In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type

Great Neck Park District Great Neck House is located at 65 Arrandale Ave. in Great Neck. Following is a sampling of upcoming events. For a complete listing or to register for any event, go to www.greatneckparks.org or call 516-487-7665.

Nature Program: Bird-

ing Around Great Neck Sunday, Feb. 25 at 12:30 p.m. Meet in front of the main branch and then carpool to various birding spots where you’ll search for winter waterfowl and other birds. Bring binoculars. Register now online gnparks. org or call 516-482-0355. Children under 16 may not attend.

Sunday @ 2 Series The popular Long Island singing duo, Louis & Joann, offers an afternoon filled with Broadway show tunes and Italian favorites on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.

Great Neck House Classes A new session of classes, for adults and children, will begin at Great Neck House the week of Feb. 26 and run through the week of June 4. Check out the classes offered and register online at www.gnparks.org

or come into Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Avenue. For more information call 516-482-0355.

Birthday Parties in the District Book your child’s next celebration with the Park District. Choose a skat-

in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for library district residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in library hours or programs.

ing party at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink by calling 516-829-4323; for a unique-themed party package at Steppingstone Park call 516-4820355. Parties include a private party room, two party hosts, invitations, pizza, cake and more. Check the Park District website at gnparks.org.

Defensive Driving Classes Great Neck House continues to offer Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Classes. The classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The next class is Saturday, March 3. To sign up for a class or for more information, call Great Neck House at 516-482-0355.

Great Neck Community Calendar THE ROTARY CLUB OF GREAT NECK Invites residents and business people to visit its meetings for social and business networking. In alignment with the club’s motto, “They Profit Most Who Serves Best,” all are welcome to discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back to the community while networking through the Rotary Club of Great Neck. On the second Wednesday of each month, dinner

events are held to support local Great Neck restaurants, and on all other remaining Wednesdays in the month, the group gathers for breakfast at 8am in the boardroom of TD Bank at 2 Great Neck Rd. For more information, visit their website at www.rotaryclubofgreatneck. org or Facebook page at rotaryclubofgreatneck. To arrange for your visit as a guest or if interested in becoming one of their weekly speakers, please email

rotaryclubofgreatneck@aol.com or call 516-487-9392.

go to www.toolsatsilversneakers.com or call (516) 745-8050.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program — Free Silver Sneakers exercise classes for those 65 and older at all levels on balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors on Monday through Saturday. Locations are in Garden City Park, Lake Success and Floral Park.

For more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times,

TUESDAYS WITH REAP The Retired Energetic Active People group meets every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cumberland Adult Center, 30 Cumberland Ave. (just east of Lakeville Road) in Great Neck. For more information, call 516-441-4949 for more information. For a monthly schedule of activities, go to www. greatneckadulted.org.

Great Neck Social Center 2 trustees in G.N. villages decline to seek re-election

The Great Neck Social Center, located at 80 Grace Ave. in Great Neck, hosts a full calendar of events for seniors every month that includes tea times, lunches, game days, discussion groups, health and wellness lectures, reading groups and more. New members are welcome. For more information, go to www.gnsocialcenter.org or call 516-4870025. Following is a sampling of daily activities.

Mondays 10 a.m. Tea Time 10:45 a.m. What’s Your Opinion? and Piano with Dr. Herb Saltzman 12: 45 p.m. Mah Jongg, Canasta & Open Game Tuesdays 9:45 a.m. Bingo 11 a.m. Card Playing Group 2 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group

Wednesdays 9:45 a.m. Tai Chi 10:30 a.m. Knitting & Handcrafts 1:30 p.m. Billiards Thursdays 10:15 a.m. Movie Day 2 p.m. World in Depth 2 p.m. Ping Pong

Fridays 10:30 a.m. Line Dancing with David 12:45 p.m. Open Mic with Midye & Phoebe 2 p.m. Veteran’s Meeting

Continued from Page 2 1985, are also seeking re-election uncontested.

Patricia O’Byrne, the village clerktreasurer, said Celender makes $65,000 a year, Rosen makes $12,500 and trustees get $10,000. Trustees can also get medical benefits, but Marksheid and Lawrence Katz declined to accept them, she said.

Great Neck Plaza is the only municipality in Great Neck with elections in March that provides a salary for mayors and trustees.

Celender, Marksheid and Rosen could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.

Great Neck Estates Trustees Howard

Hershenhorn, who first began serving in 2008, and Lanny Oppenheim, who first began serving in 2011, will both be seeking re-election uncontested.

Thomaston Trustees To-An Pang and James Sharkey, who is also deputy mayor, are also in uncontested elections.

Russell Gardens Trustees David Miller, who is also a deputy mayor, and Matthew Ellis, are also running for re-election. They both began serving on the board in 2012.

Allen Cohen, the village justice of Russell Gardens, is also seeking re-election.

The villages of Great Neck, Kings Point and Lake Success will have their elections in June.

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JFK celebrates Alert installs junior officers Kindness Week

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Students of John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Great Neck spell out the phrase “kindness matters.”

The John F. Kennedy School celebrated Kindness Week from Feb. 12 through Feb. 15.

The celebration kicked off with a building-wide assembly, where Student Council representatives led their classmates in a kindness pledge. Other activities took place throughout the week to reinforce the concept of kindness and encourage good deeds.

This program was sponsored by the Student Council and coordinated by Assistant Principal Mrs. Murray and fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Schapira, with support from the entire JFK staff.

Locals ‘freezin’ for a reason’ Are YOU ready to take the plunge?

Join the members of the Great Neck Alert Fire Company as they support Great Neck resident Erin Lipinsky at the 14th Annual Town of North Hempstead Polar Plunge, Saturday March 3 at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington.

Funds raised will go to support the athletes of Special Olympics New York. Last year, Erin raised over $12,000 and this year he’ll be “Freezin’ for a

Reason” with a goal of $10,000.

Erin is a longtime member of the Great Neck Spirits Basketball Team for Special Olympics.

Anyone interested in taking the plunge should sign up at www.polarplungeNY.org/ northhempstead. Check-in is between 10-11:30 a.m., plunge is at 12 noon.

Can’t make the plunge but want to make a donation?

Please visit Erin’s fundraising page at: http://events.nyso. org/goto/erinlipinsky

The Great Neck Alert Fire Company is pleased to announce the installation of the 2018 officers of the Great Neck Alert Junior Firefighters.

The installation ceremony took place on Monday, Jan. 29 at the Alert Fire Company headquarters. The new officers

for 2018 are: Capt. Seth Newman, 1st Lt. Julia Motchkavitz, 2nd Lt. Maya Garfinkel, Recording Secretary Niki Talledo, and Financial Secretary Ethan Moezinia.

The Junior Firefighters program is for young adults between the ages of 12 and

17. They meet twice a month and receive training in first aid, CPR, fire safety and participate in other firefighting drills and activities. For those interested in applying, please visit the website at www.alertfd.org or phone 516-487-1057.

G.N. competes in state games The 38th Annual Empire State Winter Games, held this year in Lake Placid from Thursday, Feb. 1 through Feb. 4, brought athletes from across New York, the Northeast and Canada, as well as a number of the Great Neck Park District’s own, to compete in over 30 winter sports events.

29 solo ice skaters and several synchronized skate team members participated in various events throughout the weekend, earning a variety of prizes.

Solo skaters from Great Neck who participated include Marcel Agredo, Abigail Bernstein, Anna Calamis, Brooke Cenname, Julia Cho, Kristen Cho, Alysa Cummins, Sara Dorish, Kristina Feng, Hannah Bella Ferster, Ava Goykhberg, Allison Hu, Stanley Hu, Faith Kucic, Iris Liang, Selena Lu, Isabella Marino, Arielle Mueller, Leanna Ng, Luna Romero, Tova Shafran, Shirin Soleimany, Carolina Swiatkowska, Stephanie Sze, Kristen Tam, Hailey Wong, Lucy Xiao, Christa Xu and Sienna Yamins.

First place winners for solo skater categories from Great Neck are as follows: Girls Solo High Beginner: Alysa Cummins , Sara Dorish and Stephanie Sze Boys Solo High Beginner: Marcel Agredo Novice 6.0 Free Skate: Brooke Cenname Intermediate Test Track: Arielle Mueller Second place winners in solo skater categories from Great Neck are as follows: No Test:# Anna Calamis and Isabella Marino Third place winners from Great Neck are as fol-

lows: Girls Pre-Preliminary: Allison Hu Boys Beginner: Stanley Hu Luna Romero won fourth place in the preliminary category.

Also skating at the event were the synchronized skating teams, the Icicles (Pre-Juvenile) and the Ice Gems (Synchro Skills 1). Although they did not win a medal, they had a great skate and enjoyed being participants in the event.

Ice Gems included Irina Chiang, Krystal Deng, Christa Xu, Rafaella Sarraf, Sienna Yamins, Elaine Su, Aurora Yan, Eva Westbay, Hannah Checo.

Icicles, Pre-Juvenile included Alexa Hizon, Alysa Cummins, Victoria Tjihaja, Iris Liang, Allison Hu, Isabella Marino, Ava Goykhberg, Mali Cooper, Stephanie Sze, and Abigail Bernstein.

Skate Pro/Coach Matthew Thomas, on staff at the Great Neck Park District Skate School, competed in Men’s Speed Skating Short Track event and now plans to continue on to Nationals in that category.

He grew up skating in Syracuse, NY, where he was introduced to skating through the Learn-toSkate Program. He continued to train as a figure skating competitor and in 1998 he became the Eastern Sectional Champion, before moving on to his current career as a Skating Coach. Matt is also a professional saxophonist, holding a Bachelor’s degree in music from SUNY Buffalo, performing regularly both in NYC and internationally.

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Parker listens to patients and residents Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation has established the Ambassador Program, designed to enhance and strengthen Parker’s already famous patientcentered health care philosophy.

The program makes extraordinary things happen every day, and Truly Listens to Patients, Residents and their families.

“The Ambassador Program is the eyes and ears of our management team,” stated Michael N. Rosenblut, Parker Jewish Institute president and CEO. It’s like an internal communications network, bringing issues of concern back to the team’s attention. “In this way, the administration can address any urgent issues quickly and on a regular basis,” he stated, adding the program supports his corporate philosophy which is exemplified by Parker’s tagline, Where

Excellence Is The Standard.

Ambassadors are members of Parker’s administrative staff, and each is assigned to cover a particular floor. They make frequent rounds looking for things out of the ordinary, such as: broken tiles; squeaky doors; flickering lights; food on the floor; patient and resident concerns, etc.

Their goal is to resolve any issues by submitting them to the administration, director of nursing, or management.

The goal of the program is to strive to make the Parker community better and stronger by improving communications, address concerns as they happen and create an experience of empowerment and engagement by all.

An Ambassador highlight is the Prestige Program.

Newly admitted residents and patients are visited by two full-time Prestige staffers, who provide information

about services and amenities at Parker, optional community resources once they’re discharged, and answers to frequently asked questions.

According to Rosenblut, “Patients can’t remember everything they’re told on their first day, and that’s where Prestige comes in. Their families can rest assured someone will be here to help guide them.”

Also included are Concierge Representatives from the Parker Nursing Department.

On the first day of an admission, and for the next five days, CRs spend time with new patients or residents, helping to familiarize them with Parker.

Each CR also conducts a survey after this initial orientation. CRs may also respond to call lights, deliver trays at meal times, transport patients to activities, etc.

D’Urso hosts Sound hearing

State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso, who sits on the on the state Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee and chairs the Assembly’s Long Island Sound Task Force, recently co-chaired a hearing, held here on Long Island, with the chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee Assemblyman Steve

Englebright.

The purpose of the hearing was to get testimony about what the impacts would be to Long Island if the federal government authorized offshore drilling here for oil and gas.

“We are trying to stop the federal government from destroying our shores and coastline. I firmly

believe that there will be many negative repercussions to life on Long Island as we know and love it if the off-shore drilling were to be allowed. That is one of the reasons that I was eager to hold this hearing. The other reason was the decision of the federal government to hold their hearing on this issue in Albany, rather than here on Long Island where those most likely to be directly affected live,” said D’Urso.

Hundreds of people representing environmental groups and local residents attended the hearing to show their opposition to the proposed drilling. They spoke about how the drilling could affect our economy, culture, tourism, sea life, ecology, fishing industry and many other issues.

The testimony presented and submitted on this proposal will be shared with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management before the public comment period ends on March 9.

Forensic accounting at Old Westbury

The State University of New York at Old Westbury School of Business will offer in Fall 2018 the first graduate program in forensic accounting available on New York’s Long Island.

The SUNY Old Westbury Master of Science in forensic accounting is a 30-credit program for students seeking a career in this fast-growing arena as a forensic accountant or fraud examiner."

“We are very excited at being able to expand for Long Island our high-quality stable of graduate business programs,” said President Dr. Calvin O. Butts III. “An Old Westbury education in accounting has for decades prepared our graduates to excel when they sit for the state’s certified public accountancy exam.

Now, by combining our existing undergraduate and graduate proPHOTO COURTESY OF VISCARDI CENTER grams with our new program in forensic accounting, we are offerThe Viscardi Center in Albertson is offering two aquatic ing among the most comprehenexercise sessions this spring. sive services in the preparation for as May 3, 10 and 24.

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Aquatic classes at Viscardi The Viscardi Center in Albertson is once again opening its indoor heated pool to the community.

Two aquatic exercise sessions, ideal for adults who would like to reduce joint stress and boost overall fitness, will be offered this spring.

The pool is heated to 90 degrees for the small classes with an experienced instructor, and parking is available outside the pool entrance.

Two sessions are available from 4 to 5 p.m. on six consecutive Tuesdays or Thursdays. The Tuesday session runs April 10, 17 and 24 as well as May 1, 8 and 22. The Thursday session runs April 12, 19 and 26 as well

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ment to qualify for CPA licensure in New York State. In addition, the program serves as a strong foundation for those seeking Certified Fraud Examiner certification.

In pursuit of the M.S. degree, students are required to obtain access to the"Certified Fraud Examiner" Manual whose content is integrated into courses across the curriculum, ensuring the program provides a comprehensive overview of materials covered in the" Certified Fraud Examiner"exam.

“Recent studies show that organizations globally lose an average five percent of annual revenues to instances of occupational fraud and abuse,” said Raj Devasagayam, dean of the SUNY Old Westbury School of Business.

“Through this degree program, we will prepare professionals with the skills and preparation to identify fraud when it occurs, and to inform decision-making processes and develop procedures to protect against it.”

For more information on the M.S. in forensic accounting, visit oldwestbury.edu/forensic.

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Youth of nation standing up to gun violence

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t a rally on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., thousands called for change in their protest in the wake of a massacre of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Hight School in Parkland, Fla. Emma Gonzalez a student at

school gave a speech that blamed President Trump, Congress and the N.R.A. that mainly gave lip service to their grief.

The youth of our nation are standing up against gun violence and are saying if the government is not going to act they will.

They intend to take their pro-

test to the media and will shame those in Congress through Facebook and other media outlets.

They will also hold rallies across the country including a big one in Washington in the coming months.

Our children are crying out for action. They just want to be

safe when they go to school. They will not be silenced and will be heard. Some young people at the rally held signs that said, money killed my friends, my friend died for what, guns don’t die, children do and we stand with you Stoneman Douglas.

All the rhetoric will not bring

about change but I believe the voices of our children will bring about changes in waves of tears for justice. Remember this too,” Evil thrives when good people do nothing.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

Questions remain on Manorhaven zoning district

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hen concerned Manorhaven residents gather at Village Hall on March 3 for the Q&A on the draft Waterfront Report, they should ask serious questions about the proposed Zoning Overlay District.

This overlay appears to be a gift to developers and large

commercial landowners, permitting the rezoning of the Commercial Marine District to become Residential, thereby causing a huge increase in housing density and removal of longtime protections for marinas.

How will massive construction followed by hundreds of

more cars on the street impact the quality of life for the whole Port Washington peninsula?

How will our schools, sewers and roads be affected, and who will pay for upgrades?

Who will actually benefit from establishing a new Zoning Overlay District?

The report is long on flow-

ery promises, but short on meaningful details on the impact on residents’ lives." History shows that rezoning favors developers because they can get more profit from condos than they do from marinas.

Residents must demand a comprehensive analysis before the village considers any zon-

ing changes in the most densely crowded village in New York State.

Caroline S. DuBois Acting Secretary, Manorhaven Action Committee (MAC) Port Washington

Answers needed for Cuomo project proposals

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attended a North Shore action group meeting last week and was impressed how many residents are giving their time and effort to solve the problems here on Long Island.

Gov. Cuomo spokesman Imran Ansari came and gave a long talk on all the billions of dollars and future accomplishments they hope to achieve in the near future for New York state.

While it all sounds good at first, Gov. Cuomo should have had a team to sort out the pros and cons of certain projects.

Take for instance elections.

In order to get more people to vote, the idea is to allow thousands to register on Election Day. Who thought that up without thinking of the most fundamental rules applying to a voter?

How can a poll worker check on

whether the person is a U.S. citizen?

Does the person reside in the district?

Is the person of age, etc. etc.

Their name will not be in the poll books so they would have to be sent to the County Court for a judge to decide. How can they check on such short notice?

Yes, it is important for people to get out and vote, but only if

they are of legal age, reside in the district and most important be a U.S. citizen. It must be done legally in order to prevent voter fraud.

Taxes was another issue brought especially how it would affect senior incomes, to which Mr. Ansari could not answer.

He assured us that he would take back to Gov. Cuomo our concerns but it seems to me a little

G.N. ed board bends to will of a few I have read with interest the letters to the editor and articles about the proposed parking lot that was slipped into last year’s 100-plus item bond."

Approximately twenty five years ago the school district began its encroachment on Great Neck North’s residential neighborhood on a smaller scale."

Back then the school district decided to pave over a portion of what was a tree filled lot on the northwest corner of Beach and Polo Roads – a lot today that is devoid of most of those trees."

At the time, the neighbors and other Great Neck residents were focused on preserving the trees." As in the current situation, the Board did not include the residents in the decision-making process until they said it was irrevocable."

The school gave us assurances that the pavement would not affect the trees at all."

We, of course, explained that the root systems

of the trees would be undermined, and of course, they were."

Slowly the trees died, and without much ado, the GNPS provided more parking spaces for the seniors." On the northwest corner is now a lot that has over 20 parking spots available for student parking."

"Twenty-five years ago, the school board similarly had a deaf ear to the complaints from the residents."

At that time we were more concerned about the trees, and we too told the Board that there was student parking available at the school owned Parkwood lot." It’s appalling that the school district is willing to chip away at this tree-lined residential neighborhood so that seniors, who spend so little time in school can have closer parking.

Though the lot on the northwest corner would have provided my own children closer parking, I still fought for the preservation of the trees, because I knew that my healthy

children were capable of walking from the Parkwood lot."

I didn’t want to spoil my children, and I always wanted to teach them proper values:" to value their environment and the neighborhood which they traversed on a daily basis to go to school; and to recognize that being privileged means not taking advantage of others just because you can."

Having set a precedent twenty-five years ago, the school board’s current plan will eliminate a much larger green space.

It is shameful that the board continues to bow to the needs of a small portion of parents, who already have close to 100 parking spots for seniors and who don’t want their children to cross Arrandale Avenue, but they entrust them with two-ton vehicles."

Will they ever have enough parking spots?"

Anne Meyers Great Neck

more thought on such important changes and spending billions, would be a big help before presenting them to the public.

As Mr. Ansari did not take notes or record the meeting one can only hope that he has a good memory.

Jean Pierce Great Neck

‘Losing the future’

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nother violent act in a violent country. We have become accustomed to the carnage.

Years ago I lost my only daughter.

When a parent dies, you lose the past.

When a spouse dies, you lose the present.

When a child dies, you lose the future.

Save a place for them in your memory and in your heart and save a fragment in your conscience to fight for justice.

Myra Feder Great Neck

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Setting the record straight on LED lights

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reat Neck News columnist, Karen Rubin, in her 2/16/2018 report entitled “G.N.’s Foray into Smart Cities Tech,” included numerous examples of misinformation too many to describe.

I will make every attempt, however, to identify the most critical misstatements.

From what I have seen of Ms. Rubin’s weekly column, it is written as an Op Ed piece as opposed to hard news investigative reporting.

Her recent attempt at reporting on Smart City technology and LEDs, on the other hand, required her to carefully investigate facts, both scientific and medical. This she obviously did not do.

Ms. Rubin, as a reporter, has a grave responsibility to present the facts as best she can—and not to go out of her way to distort them due to a hidden agenda.

She also has a responsibility to attribute statements to specific individuals only if she has heard or seen such statements made by those individuals. Ms. Rubin has fallen far short on both these counts with respect to her presentation of LED streetlights and the Smart Cities wireless system that has been up and running in the Village of Great Neck since Jan. 3.! There is, in this community, a vast lack of understanding of the science and biology related to these lights.

With her recent column, Ms. Rubin has spewed misinformation, without fact-checking of any kind, thereby damaging the credibility of those who have worked tirelessly to raise the public’s awareness.

No doubt, the end result is much confusion by the general public and elected decision makers – the very people Ms. Rosenthal and I hoped to enlighten.

Those of us who have been actively engaged in an on-going public awareness campaign to educate village officials, and the public, about LED lights deserve nothing less than an apology from Ms. Rubin, and a formal retraction of her misleading and wildly inaccurate statements.

The total cost of the LEDs plus Smart Cit- ment taking in order to communicate the nities like Davis, California.!! ies installation in the Village of Great Neck dimming capability?! Certainly, we do not That community and others like it who is greater than $600,000, NOT $350,000, all read the Great Neck News cover to cover.! ! responded ! ! ! ! ! ! to citizen complaints installed as Ms. Rubin erroneously stated. Over and I will acknowledge that the new bulbs, 2,700K LED lights, which provide a warmer, above the $250,000 government grant, the on some blocks, have been dimmed some- more yellow light similar to our old bulbs.! ! ! ! ! ! !

Village of Great Neck has provided greater what.! Nevertheless, the majority of residenDespite the “reasons” given by RealTerm than $350,000 from its own funds to com- tial blocks and main thoroughfares remain, Energy, there was never any good reason to plete this project. Karen, get your basic facts for me and many others, blindingly bright install 4,000K bulbs in our village! ! straight. and unbearable.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I now Even lighting manufacturers I spoke I am completely misquoted by Ms. Ru- wear special blue-wavelength-blocking am- with agreed on that point. bin. She attributes the following statement ber sunglasses when I go out at night, which Rubin presents a totally garbled, incomto me: “…Mayor Bral…is running our village I must do every night to walk my dogs. ! prehensible description of the possible danlike a dictatorship.” I never said anything like In her Feb. 16!column, Ms. Rubin de- gers of electromagnetic fields.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! that. I would never say anything like that.! !clares that the lights are not too bright, as No one has ever brought up the emis!All my statements regarding the LED instal- if her opinion is the only one that matters. sion of electromagnetic fields by LED lights. lation have been limited to recommendaRubin wonders how LED streetlights can What has been discussed is the emission of tions about the specific qualities of the LED possibly be a health hazard. If she had read such fields by wireless networks.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! lights in order to have the best outcome for any of my previous submissions to this paper, I won’t cover this any further, because the community. ! I have never made a de- she would have read that blue-rich light has whatever information Ms. Rubin presented rogatory comment about Mayor Bral.! ! ! ! ! !already ! been proven harmful to our helth. is totally beside the point.

Throughout this process, I have tried to !Thus, with years of cumulative exposure Now to the issues of moonlight and sunbe an ally and a valuable source of informa- to these streetlights, damage may be done light. Regarding the moon, it is true that if one tion to the mayor and trustees, in the hope to our eyes, as well as disruption to our sleep were to characterize the “color” of the light of that their having such information would cycle. the moon, one could describe it as at 4000K.! ! ! ! ! ! enable them to make a careful and considThis is not my personal opinion — it is What we have to remember, however, is that ered decision. the conclusion reached by many scientists the moon does not emit light — it only reRubin states that there was “a lot of no- and doctors.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !fl!ects ! !light. tice for complainants to attend…” In fact, The dilemma we now facing is that The reflected light does not have the no information at all was disseminated to these lights are still too new, so we can’t same energy as directly emitted light, and residents that RealTerm Energy consul- predict what dangers will lurk as the years thus is not as dangerous as directly emitted tants would appear at the Feb. 6 VGN BOT go by. As an informed citizen who advocates light.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! meeting to answer questions and hear com- caution with respect to the public’s health Insofar as the sun is concerned, it obviplaints.! Why did Ms. Rubin believe other- and welfare, it seemed prudent to delay the ously does emit light. wise? installation of the Village’s LED streetlights Ms. Rubin implies that we can all walk The Smart Cities wireless system will al- until a safer version (less blue-rich) became safely in the sunlight. low us to adjust the brightness of the new available.

Unfortunately, we all know this is not LED bulbs, which VGN Clerk, Joe Gill, is Let’s now discuss the issue of Kelvin. the case. !Indeed, if we were to stare at the presently testing.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !The ! ! higher ! ! ! ! the ! Kelvin measurement, the sun for as little as three minutes, we would The problem is, however, the majority more blue-rich the light.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !all! go ! !blind!! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of residents remain uninformed that they We have both 3,000K and 4,000K Obviously, the LED streetlights in our should be phoning Mr. Gill to request their bulbs installed. The fact is it is not pos- village are not as powerful as the sun, but lights be dimmed down.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !sible ! ! !to! !adjust ! ! our bulbs up or down in it remains dangerous to stare directly at In the absence of phones ringing off Kelvin. The AMA has recommended a them, especially so when the cobra-fixtures the hook or residents crowding Village Hall, maximum upper threshold of 3,000K.! needlessly ! ! expose ! ! us to! bare! LED!!bulbs, ! the ! ! !

Mayor Bral mistakenly believes that every- But remember, we had the option to go low- mayor’s choice for our village. one is happy and satisfied.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !er! than ! ! !3,000K !! and follow the satisfactory Amy Glass, Ph.D. But what effort is the village govern- outcomes already demonstrated in commuGreat Neck

Letter-writer misrepresents column

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udy Rosenthal charges that she did not say there was a “secret agreement” between the Village of Great Neck and RealTerm Energy.

However, during the NYCLU program, she repeatedly charged there was a secret deal to allow RealTerm to use the village to pilot smart technologies, and provided me with a document she FOILed from the village which had a “confidentiality” paragraph.

I asked Mayor Bral to explain what confidentiality meant and it had nothing to do with giving RealTerm carte blanche to test new systems.

Rosenthal says that “despite what you wrote in your column today, the possibility for camera

surveillance and audio sensors is real.”

I never said there was not the possibility to add surveillance technology, but when I confronted Mayor Bral, he said that would require the acquisition of different system and the village has no intention to do that at this time.

If the village decides at some future time, there would be public hearings, just as there were on the street lighting. He clarified what “smart cities” technology meant in terms of the street lighting system RealTerm installed: the ability to monitor environmental conditions and dim or intensify the LED lights. !Rosenthal also!asserts that she “never said! anything for

print about Bral and a dictatorship. That’s not!my style.”

But in one of the reams of documents and letters she sent me was this: “Thank you for attending, for actively taking pictures and demonstrating enthusiasm for a Great Neck project which is being! implemented in a veil of secrecy.!For two years, VGN Mayor Bral refuses to answer challenging questions in public and print…! We are a community in crisis and 99% of community does not even know it – because the facts have been so well concealed. This protects Mayor Bral who is running our village like a dictatorship.” ! If she did not want me to consider these statements in my column, why would she have

provided them for me. ! I even gave Judy the opportunity to answer each of the objections she raised, which I similarly posed to Mayor Bral in two phone interviews, lasting over two hours: !Do I have this correct? !You had these objections: Board, and especially Bral, is disrespectful, dismissive, disparaging to women 2.! Village has secret agreement with Real Term that it can do whatever it likes to “pilot” Smart Cities technologies, beyond the installation of LED lights it was contracted for, such as using the nodes to install video and audio surveillance technology.

3.!Village installed 4000 kel-

vin LED bulbs in the blue-white spectrum that pose health risks including cancer, premature birth 4.!LED lights are too bright and invade homes including bedrooms, spreading unsafe microwaves in addition to unwanted light.

I asked why she did not speak up, when she had the opportunity at the Feb. 6 board meeting to get the village board’s answers to these concerns on the record because both Janelle Clausen and I were reporting on the hearing, and she said she had already spoken out too much and did not want to be the focus of the story.

Karen Rubin Great Neck

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In memorium to Entering smoke-filled room high school T

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oung classmates and friends— The ultimate measure of truth and beauty.

We love you, like sons and daughters, Brothers and sisters, all of you: Jaime Guttenberg. Aaron Feis. Martin Duque.

Nicholas Dworet. Luke Hoyer. Chris Hixon.

Meadow Pollack. Joaquin Olivier. Gina Montalto.

Alaina Petty. Cara Loughran. Scott Beigel.

Alyssa Alhadeff. Alex Schachter. Peter Wang.

Carmen Schentrup. Helena Ramsey…

And all the wounded. " How you came to learn but we emerged Knowing much has changed in the negative sense.

Something horrible." Repeating a destructive circle."

Dante could not have made a ring of Hell More potent or blood-choked.

Sadness rises with the force of a flood— Moving everywhere, carrying the good before it.

Why anything like this ever again? " Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

Abortion backers need our prayers

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hen I first read Dr. Hal Sobel’s letter , “Profiles in Courage” (Feb. 16t), I thought it was satire.

I now think he was actually serious. He regards as heroic two people who played important roles in bringing about the “right” of every woman to kill the unborn child living within her womb.

Sobel seemed to boast that Roe v. Wade has resulted in “over 60 million” unborn babies being destroyed in 45 years!

Science has now made it quite clear that human life begins at conception.

We now have pictures and videos of babies moving about at 9 and 10 weeks of age in their mother’s wombs.

Indeed, such pictures are the reason Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a key abortion leader in the 1970’s who supervised

60,000 abortions, completely changed his position upon facing the reality of his life’s work.

We should never judge the subjective guilt of a woman who kills her baby."

Only God knows what “problems” she was facing in her mind. Objectively, however, killing one’s unborn baby is a terrible evil.

How an educated person today could want to honor individuals responsible for killing 60 million unborn babies is deeply troubling. But we should not be angry at such people."

We should instead ask God to help them get over this confused way of thinking and forgive them for celebrating the direct violation of God’s law, “Thou shalt not kill”. !Elizabeth L. Russo Port Washington

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he headline on page 3 of the Feb. 16, 2018 edition of the Grreat Neck News trumpeted “Markowitz elected vice chair of County Dems.”

Along with John Ryan, chairman of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee, and Jay Jacobs, Nassau County Democratic Party Chairman, Steve Markowitz will wield power over our local government, including strong ‘suggestions’ on who will fill positions in the town, county and"villages that pay well into the six-figure salary level.

Who are they, who vetted them, what do they stand for, where are their financial disclosures, background checks on any legal actions, civil or criminal and whether there are non-disclosure financial settlements of harassment suits so prominent in our times.

I offer that these are the people who brought us Gerard Terry, indicted, plead guilty, tax fraud; Robert Troiano, Jr., recently resigned positions in both the Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County amidst disclosure of tax liens of over $80,000 and foreclosure action involving a debt of $729,000.

Troiano’s defense was he’s been working on the problem for 10 years. Don’t worry about him, the Party saw to it that he landed on the Board of Elections in Nassau.

Markowitz, Ryan and Jacobs are quoted in the article as taking credit for victories from Laura Curran, Jack Schnirman, as well as Madeline Singas.

Fellas, don’t be modest; you are also responsible for Elaine Phillips’ victory because you offered us Democrats, Adam Haber.

Markowitz says his primary responsibilities will be “spotting ideal candidates.”

Is this why we have Anthony D’Urso after 10 years retired as our Assemblyman in Albany?"How about Ellen Birnbaum, wife of Judge Mark Birnbaum?

Was/is she the most qualified person to be our county Legislator?

How about Kim Kaiman and her $80,000 plus salary. Did she beat out all other ‘ideal candidates’ when you and your buddies wedged her into town government?

You also state you are to ‘develop party strategy.’

Is an ethics policy for county and Albany like they have in North Hempstead a priority of yours?

What about our immigration, gun control, environment. Where do you stand and what policies can you offer?

Folks, these are the people, not chosen by the public, who go to National Conventions as delegates, even super delegates. They are the ones we were warned about who would have gone to Concon. They may not be paid, but you can believe they enjoy reimbursement expenses and non-monetary benefits every day.

Finally, Jay Jacobs is quoted at the end of the article, “There are elections every two years and seven vice chairpersons in total.” Who, what, why when and where?

North Shore Action Group, Indivisible, LWV, any ‘good-government’ groups, pay attention to this modern version of ‘the smoke-filled room.’ It is widespread within both major political parties.

Steven M. Walk Great Neck

Lot a product of open gov.

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he members of the Great Neck Board of Education unanimously support all the line items contained within the May 2017 bond, which was passed by an overwhelming majority.

We have heard the concerns of the neighbors regarding the parking lot at North High School, reviewed the procedures that led to the bond vote, and are in agreement that due process was followed.

Great Neck Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Prendergast, issued a letter regarding the project to the newspapers and shared the same letter at the last board meeting.

The decision-making process has been explained by a representative of the North High School Shared Decision Making Committee, and it is clear that the safety of our students is the sole concern for the project. We continue our wholehearted support for the construction of this additional parking lot.

Great Neck Board of Education Barbara Berkowitz, President Donald Ashkenase, Vice President Donna Peirez, Trustee Rebecca Sassouni, Trustee Jeffrey Shi, Trustee

Do something to save your kids

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TAs (UPTCs) must unite across communities, across the state, across our great country.

United, you can do something and say something to keep your children safe.

Be a force to protect your children, don’t depend on others, put the pressure on those that made the laws.

You are the parent-teacher associations in place with the power and vote to be in the forefront to protect your children.

Don’t leave it to others who don’t have your child’s

safety as their primary interest.

Say something, do something before this epidemic reaches each of you.

The Great Neck, Manhasset, Herricks PTAs (UPTCs) can and should do something to keep our child safe, be part of the leadership.

Put a STOP to the senseless killing of innocent children.

Charles Schneider Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 65

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Business&RealEstate

Who is really representing you?

I have dealt with thousands of client sellers and customer investors, purchasers and tenants over the years.

One thing that really bugs me is that many of them do not have a clear understanding of who is actually representing them in their sales transaction or rental.

We, as licensed brokers, associate brokers and salespeople are required by the state Department of State, our licensing entity in New York, to provide an agency disclosure to every person we take out, at first contact, to explain who our representation is with, in the case of a rental, either the tenant, landlord, or broker.

It specifically states on the form, The is Not a Contract, so the customer is not contractually obligated and do not have to sign the form, but, when explaining everything my customers almost always do and I provide them a copy for their records or to show their attorney, to make them feel at ease.

When it comes to a rental, depending on what the listing agent allows, they usually provide a choice of who we can represent, either the landlord, tenant or broker’s agent, who will cooperate or is engaged and assisted either by the tenant’ agent or the listing agent in finding a rental or a lease.

The broker’s agent does not have a direct relationship with either the tenant or the landlord and therefore neither party can provide any instructions or directions to the broker’s agent and therefore do not have any vicarious liability for the actions of the broker’s agent.

A landlord’s agent engaged by the landlord solely represents the landlord in the rental transaction and has his or her’s best interest in mind. A dual agent, with advanced written

permission from the landlord and prospective tenant, can represent both parties in a rental transaction. The agent cannot provide the full range of fiduciary duties to either party.

All specific obligations to either party must be in writing and everything must be explicitly explained to both parties so that there is a clear line of communications and understanding to both landlord and tenant.

Both parties are giving up their right to undivided loyalty to which must be clearly stated and understood. Lastly, the dual agent can with written permission from the seller and buyer another sale’s agent to be the designated sales agent between the landlord and tenant, if the dual agent is not available.

Again, the designated sales agent, similar to the dual agent, cannot provide the full range of fiduciary duties to the landlord or tenant. They also must explain that they, like the dual agent, cannot provide their undivided loyalty, but are under the supervision of the real estate broker.

Both landlord and tenant should consider the possible consequences of a dual agency relationship with designated sales agents before agreeing to such representation.

No matter what position the agent decides to choose, the following are the fiduciary duties and the obligations without limitation to provide to whomever they represent: 1. Reasonable care 2. Undivided loyalty 3. Confidentiality 4. Full disclosure 5. Obedience 6. Duty to account In dealing with a tenant, a landlord’s agent must perform the following:

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

1. Exercise reasonable skill and care in performance of the agent’s duties 2. Deal honestly, fairly and in good faith 3. Disclose all facts, known to the agent materially affecting the value or desirability of the property except as otherwise provided by law It is similar when dealing with a property for sale and who will be representing whom. The word tenant is replaced by the buyer and the word landlord is replaced by seller.

All the fiduciary duties that an agent is obligated to perform are the same, depending on whether they are representing the seller as a broker’s agent or seller’s agent or if representing the buyer as a buyer’s agent.

A broker’s agent is an agent that cooperates or is engaged by a listing agent or a buyer’s agent (but does not work for the same firm as the listing agent or buyer’s agent) to assist the listing agent or buyer’s agent in locating a property to sell or buy, respectively, for the listing agent’s seller or the buyer agent’s buyer.

The broker’s agent does not have a direct relationship with the buyer or seller and the buyer or seller cannot provide instructions or directions

directly to the broker’s agent.

The buyer and the seller, therefore, do not have vicarious liability for the acts of the broker’s agent.

The listing agent or buyer’s agent do provide direction and instruction to the broker’s agent and therefore the listing agent or buyer’s agent will have liability for the acts of the broker’s agent. Dual agency and agency with a designated sales agent works the same way in a sale as it does with a rental.

When taking a listing with a seller, the listing Broker or salesperson should be explaining the types of agency representation that are available to the seller. The problem many times is that the agent does not know how to explain it and the seller will, therefore, have a difficult time understanding what type of representation they have; but they assume they are being represented by their agent as a seller’s agent.

However, in a hot market that we have been situated in for several years, many times the agents are getting closer to the buyers as the inventory has become historically low, and there may be more days spent with the buyer, searching out to find their first home, homeowner association, condo or co-op or investment property that they want to purchase.

The agent may step over the line in the methods of how they are dealing with the buyer and forget about with whom they are really representing, their buyers or their sellers?

Agency agreements and their respective representations can be very tricky and very confusing to a new and even an experienced agent and my professional opinion is that the initiative of the agent to take more classes should be in the forefront of attaining their

continuing education credits in the classroom or online instruction.

The fact is many wait to the last minute to sign up for classes and to be able to learn, absorb and apply what knowledge that they have gained, can be a chore and obstacle unless practiced daily.

This is a business and not a job and if treated like a business, it will pay you handsomely. However, more than 40% of the agents have jobs in the U.S., although those that treat it like a business will survive and produce the necessary and desired results.

That is why as a seller, investor, buyer or tenant, it is prudent to interview whomever you will be using to represent you as a seller’s, landlord’s broker’s, buyer’s or tenant’s agent, to make sure they have the necessary knowledge, expertise, customer service oriented mindset and technology tools to handle what may be your largest purchase or investment of your life or where most of your wealth is situated; and you want the best of the best or what I say, “the cream of the crop” to protect your most valuable asset now and in the future!

If you have an opinion on this, please feel free to send an op-ed to the editor or drop me an email or a call.

Phil Raices is the owner/ broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 7 Bond St. in Great Neck. He has earned the designations as a graduate of the Realtor Institute and is a certified international property specialist. He can be reached by email:Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or by cell (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions or article suggestions or provide you a free comparative market analysis on your property.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Great Neck Great Neck Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $820,000

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90 Knightsbridge, Great Neck Sold Price: $335,000 Date: 01/23/2018 1 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Co-Op Schools: Great Neck MLS# 2961806

Demographics near Great Neck, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 10,143 7,535 38 3 81,778 39,915

County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949

6 Bly Court, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,620,000 Date: 01/09/2018 5 beds, 3 Full/2 Half baths Style: Contemporary # of Families: 1 Lot Size: .51 acre Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $20,954 MLS# 2961203

4 Maple Drive, Great Neck

24 Burbury Lane, Great Neck

Sold Price: $258,888 Date:01/30/2018 1 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Co-op Schools: Great Neck MLS# 2978225

Sold Price: $960,000 Date: 01/05/2018 4 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Contemporary # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x120 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $18,337 MLS# 2970665

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Great Neck by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in Great Neck and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Spector lives on through L.I. buildings Continued from Page 1 1965 – at 27 years old.

“He became the sole practitioner and the rest is history,” Marc Spector said.

Growing up, Spector said, his father would often be the first in the office, sometimes getting there before dawn. They would also visit construction sites on Long Island and keep up with the work, Spector said.

But they never missed a family dinner, Spector said.

“It always was family comes first and work is second, even though my life was intertwined with him between family and work because we worked next to each other 29 years,” Spector said. “It was kind of an ebb and flow.”

“He was always dad first, architecture was always second, believe it or not,” Spector added.

Michael Spector for-

PHOTO COURTESY OF SPECTOR GROUP

Michael Harris Spector mally retired in 2007 and stepped away from day-to-day operations but “never completely left the business,” Marc Spector said.

Michael Spector’s battle with cancer lasted two years, Marc Spector said, but even then his father put his family and friends first.

“He managed it well,” Marc Spector said. “He never complained, he never said he was in pain, he

was only concerned with how everyone else was doing.”

In addition to Marc Spector, he is survived

by Joan Spector, his wife of 56 years, another son, Scott Spector, a daughter, Jolie Slovis of Roslyn, and nine grandchildren.

The Michael Harris Spector Architecture Scholarship at Syracuse University has been founded in his honor.

LIRR monthly on-time rating worst since 1996 Continued from Page 12 customers.

“Obviously, the service that we provided to customers was not what they expect, it’s not what they deserve, and certainly not what we try to put out there for them,” Nowakowski said at the Tuesday meeting.

Nowakowski had previously attributed the series of delays in December and early January to slippery rails from leaf residue, cold weather putting rails, equipment and signal switches under “tremendous pressure,” and the January “bomb cyclone.”

Intense snow drifts and the fineness of the snow also complicated matters, Nowakowski said, as did damage to the railroad’s powerful snowplow.

The Port Washington branch, which includes stops in Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome and Port Washington, fared better than most lines, reporting an 87.7 percent overall on-time rating as against 91.4 percent in January 2017.

It also posted the best morning peak arrival time, with 81 percent of trains being on time, and the third highest off-peak

rating at 91 percent.

The Oyster Bay branch, which runs through Roslyn, Albertson and East Williston, posted an overall on-time rating of 84.7 percent, but the second worst evening peak on-time rate at 68.3 percent.

Ninety-three percent of trains were on time in January 2017.

Port Jefferson’s branch, which includes stops in Mineola, New Hyde Park and Floral Park, saw its on-time rating drop nearly nine points from 92.9 percent in January 2017 to 83 percent. Around three-quarters of peak trains were on time.

Overall, the Greenport/Ronkonkoma branch had the worst on-time rating, with 78.9 percent of its trains reported as on time, including 67.6 percent of its AM peak trains, 76.2 percent of its PM peak trains and 82.8 percent of its off-peak trains.

January’s problems follow MTA Chairman Joe Lhota promise that improved service seen during the “summer of hell” repairs, due in part to an extensive mitigation plan and improved communication, would become the “new normal” for commuters.

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90 percent back Child Victims Act, says poll Continued from Page 21 The act was passed by the state Assembly five times but has never made it to a vote in the Senate.

New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, a group of survivors and advocates, has been calling on Majority Leader John Flanagan and his Republican colleagues, including state Sen. Elaine Phillips of Flower Hill, to support the bill.

“You have to ask yourself, when 90 percent of New Yorkers support the passage of the Child Victims Act, why isn’t the New York State Senate and Majority Leader John Flanagan willing to announce their support for passage of the bill,” Marci Hamilton, New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators founding mem-

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ber, said in a statement.

Hamilton added that the inability of Flanagan and his “enablers,” including Phillips, to take a stand on the bill shows they believe “victims of childhood sexual abuse don’t matter or should have access to justice.”

This is the first year the bill was included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal.

In a statement, Phillips said that “this is an issue that should not be taken up during the crafting of a State budget.”

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Kathryn Robb, a founding member of the group and a survivor of repeated sexual assault as a child growing up in Manhasset, said in a statement that at a time when “sexual assault is front and center in our national conversation, our state senators have the opportunity to actually show some leadership, instead of hiding in the corner.”

“With support from the State Assembly, the Governor, editorial boards across the state, and most importantly 90 percent of voters in New York, it’s clear who remains in the minority on this issue: Senate Majority Leader Flanagan and his rank and file Senate enablers,” Robb said.

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careers@rallyelexus.com for an interview. EOE

2018 SUPER SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE PARK AT EAST HILLS!

1. Are you looking for an exciting summer job with competitive pay and an upbeat work environment?

2. Would you like to spend the summer at the finest park facilities with the largest municipal leisure pool on Long Island?

3. Do you want a quick turnaround on your application so you know where you will be working this summer? (subject to agency confirmations and background checks.)

Then our positions are a perfect fit for you! Apply for a position as either a

Park Attendant or Lifeguard

REQUIREMENTS: Available to work through Labor Day weekend • At least 16 years of age LIFEGUARD ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Lifeguards must be Nassau County Certified • Rookie/1st year Lifeguard Starting @ $15.50/hr.

To apply, contact The Park at East Hills at (516) 484-9800, e-mail us at: clastraglio@villageofeasthills.org, or simply visit Village Hall on a business day from 9am – 4:30pm.

We are located at 209 Harbor Hill Road, East Hills, NY 11576.

Ask for Christina Lastraglio to get an application.

The Village Of East Hills is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Nassau Locations • Competitive Salary/Benefits Email cover letter and resume to:

careers@harborchildcare.org New Hyde ParkGarden City Park UFSD

PROVISIONAL GROUNDSKEEPER The NHP-GCP UFSD is looking for an individual with groundskeeper/landscaping experience.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Lawn, tree, & shrub maintenance, Equipment maintenance & repairs, Ball field maintenance, Trash, leaf and snow removal Starting salary as per Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Must have one year of satisfactory grounds work experience.

Please send resume to: Erik V. Nakutavicius, Director of Facilities,

by February 26, 2018 1950 Hillside Ave. New Hyde Park NY 11040

EOE

BABYSITTER / DRIVER / ASSISTANT to drive kids home from school then to activities. Errands including short supermarket lists, post office or bring cat/dog to vet. Hours 2:30-7:00 Mon-Friday. Please email: ttsandoval@aol.com BOOKKEEPER Part time, six hours a day, two days a week. Flex time starting at 9am. Garden City office, small real estate investment business. Private duties only, not open to public. Must have bookkeeping experience and know Quickbooks program. Low pressure, congenial environment. Call 516-294-9420 FT CAREGIVER NEEDED Loving family is looking for a caregiver who is energetic, caring, has strong values, great communication skills and appreciates good nutrition for a 4yr old Diabetic. The person will need to be able to administer medication, prepare meals and assist with other errands on an as needed basis.

Driving is a must. Please call 516978-6842

LIST YOUR JOB OPENINGS HERE NOW! CALL 516.307.1045

TEACHERS

Judaic Studies, Special Education and Early Childhood.

• Immediate openings.

MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH Email:

HRresumes@mdyschool.org FACTORY POSITION: Part time.

Light factory work at Mineola dental company. Will train. Mature, dependable person. 2 days per week, 3 hours per day. Retirees welcome.

516-499-8530 LION WANTED! Are you a fierce competitor? Resourceful? Aggressive? Do you command respect?

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Salary + commission. Health Insurance & Holidays. Email resume and cover letter: sblank@theislandnow. com or call Steve at: 516-307-1045 ext 201. All inquiries are in strict confidence. Blank Slate Media, 105 Hillside Ave, Suite 1, Williston Park, ny 11596. Fax: 516-307-1046 PART TIME POSITION AVAILABLE: Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Zoning Board: Inc. Village of Williston Park. Detail oriented person needed with good customer relations and excellent computer skills. Hours 19.5 per week/afternoons and night meetings. Please send resume to jkain@villageofwillistonpark.org

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▼ EMPLOYMENT, MARKETPLACE, REAL ESTATE, SERVICE HELP WANTED

SITUATION WANTED

WANTED TO BUY

PETSCHAUER INSURANCE Temporary Assistant to the Social Media Coordinator. Approximately 10 hours per week at $13/hr. Required: Experience creating, directing, editing, uploading videos.

Looking for candidate located near Garden City. Contact: Tina Rustyak 516-419-4260

IRISH LADY AVAILABLE to care for sick or elderly full time any days. Experienced in all phases. References and car available. Garden City references. Please call 516-437-1285

$$ CASH FOR YOUR LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental COLLECTIBLES CASHitems, $$

SECRETARY/OFFICE MANAGER: Busy Garden City Trusts and Estates Litigation Firm seeking Full Time Legal Secretary/Office Manager. Must have excellent phone skills, dictataphone skills, filing and typing skills and be proficient in Microsoft Word. Knowledge of Hot Docs, Quicken and Timeslips a plus. Fax resume to 516-2484785 or email: cherylberkowitz@ laurinoandlaurino.com Starting Immediately

SITUATION WANTED AIDE/COMPANION AVAILABLE with over 12 years of experience.

Seeking to work with the elderly.

Excellent references and will be provided upon request. Please call 347-965-0333 AIDE/COMPANION Irish woman with over 10 years experience.

Honest and reliable. Licensed driver with own transportation.

Excellent references. Please call: 516-458-2018 CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones at home or in a health care facility? Call 516-410-9943 for a NY State certified nursing assistant with excellent references !

CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE /COMPANION: over 12 years experience seeks position with the elderly. Prepare nutritious and appetizing meals, light housekeeping, live in or out. Excellent references.

Please call Joy 347-898-5804 ELDER CARE: Woman seeking position caring for the elderly. Available to live out and work nights or overnights as well. Over 20 years experience including in nursing home. References furnished upon request. Call V 516-943-3172 ELDER CARE: Woman seeking position caring for the elderly.

Available to live out and work nights or overnights as well. Over 20 years experience including in nursing home. References furnished upon request. Call Swaby 516-576-4736 NANNY/ BABYSITTER Experienced Babysitter available FT /PT. Trustworthy, responsible, active, creative and fun! Child development background. Excellent references. Licensed driver.

Call Doris 516-330-0230 or email: dorischris910@gmail.com

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WANTED TO BUY BUY ANTIQUES Objects of Art, sterling silver, old rugs, jewelry, Judaica Call 516-331-1582 Closed Saturday TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

clothing, modern Coins, furniture, Buyingart, USold& &Foreign estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, Stamps, Medals, Currency, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, Sports Cards, Comics & More! flatware.

Call George 718-386-1104 Jewelry, Sterling Silver, or 917-775-3048

Flatware & More

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We will thoroughly research, organize, price and advertise your sale for the best results! Call Cynthia 516-764-5573

PETS

PET SERVICES A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242 BIG DOGS, SMALL DOGS, YOUNG DOGS, OLD DOGS, I walk them all! No pack-walks here, your dog will get the benefit of one-onone attention. I specialize in highenergy dogs and guarantee to bring you back a tired dog! Please visit: www.walksforlife.com OR contact Eddie, a Garden City resident at 347-248-1445. Walks For Life Pet Services, LLC. DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability.

Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTO FOR SALE 2016 BMW 535i xDrive Sedan Mineral Metallic Grey. 15,000 miles in excellent condition. I have car fax and all service reports. Live locally and happy to have car brought to any mechanic for inspection.

Asking $42,500. Please contact: 516-906-0143 if interested. Thanks!

ROOM FOR RENT

LOTS FOR SALE

MINEOLA: Large furnished room, private entrance, share bath, own TV, microwave and fridge, A/C. No pets/smoking. $735 month all utilities included plus 1 month security.

References required. 516-747-5799

LAND INVESTMENT 20 acres $39,900. 60% below market! Huge pond site, stream, woods, town road, beautiful bldg sites. 888-905-8847 NewYorkLandandLakes.com

Beautiful Historic. Bldg., 7 Fl., Vacant.

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OBO. Cost to build today $12 mil.

ALL RUNNING or REPAIRABLE CARS CASH ON THE SPOT TOP DOLLAR PAID

$

Ask $4,000,000 Mil.

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

$999K HOME SWEET HOME! 1 Fam, 4BR, 2.5BA, Master BR w/ sauna, Fin. Bsmt, Attic, Fenced Backyard w/Inground Heated Pool, 2 Car Gar & Dway. Great School Dist.

APARTMENT FOR RENT

COMMACK 1 BR, EIK, full bath, pvt entry, ground floor, parking, no pets/smoking, a/c. Refs. Price $1675 includes all. 1 mo. sec.

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CONDO/CO-OP FOR SALE GARDEN CITY Large One Bedroom Condo in the heart of downtown Garden City. This 800 sq ft Condo boasts newly finished Hardwood Floors, Dining Room, brand new Bathroom & Kitchen with d/w. Low maintenance & taxes. By ownerno broker. $579,000 Call: 646-499-1684

LOTS FOR SALE JUST REPO’D 10 acres $19,900 Fields, woods, stream! Country setting in upstate NY. Call 888-479-3394

HOUSE FOR SALE

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LAND WANTED SEEKING LARGE ACREAGE Serious cash buyer seeks large acreage 200 acres and up in the Central/Finger Lakes/So. Tier & Catskills Regions of NY State.

Brokers welcome. For prompt, courteous, confidential response, call 607-353-8068 or email: Info@NewYorkLandandLakes.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY CALL EMPIRE TODAY to schedule a FREE in home estimate on Carpeting & Flooring. Call Today! 1-800496-3180 DISH NETWORK Satellite Television Services. Now over 190 channels for ONLY $59.99/mo! 2yr price guarantee. FREE installation. FREE streaming. More of what you want!

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SEEKING SUMMER RENTAL Two former long time Garden City residents seek a summer rental (July, August and September or a part thereof) for a house or apartment. Please contact Rob Brokaw: 843-936-3662 or: robert_brokaw@hotmail.com

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RENTALS Five rooms. 2 Bed, 2 Full Baths, FDR, Wood Floors, A/C, Parking $3,000 “Move Right In” 5 Rooms, 2 BR, FDR, Modern EIK $2,900 Garden City Properties (516)746-1563 / (516)313-8504

HOUSE WANTED TO RENT

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▼ CLEANING, SERVICES HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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516-426-1320 Mike Janssen

Home Improvement Contracting Inc. References Available Nass# H3813840000 Suff Lic#H42514

AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 25 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 5 16-741-2154 MASONRY All types of stonework Pavers, Retaining Walls, Belgium Block Patios, Foundations, Seal coating, Concrete and Asphalt driveways, Sidewalks, Steps. Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured #H2219010000 Boceski Masonry Louie 516-850-4886

MASONRY WORK Brick Work, Cement Work, Driveways, Patios, Walkways, Pointing, Blacktops.

All Types of Work.

James Randazzo Concrete & Tile Lic# 25881HI/Ins.

631-669-0321 516-983-7349 PAINTING & PAPERHANGING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish, Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal, Power Washing, Wood Replacement JOHN MIGLIACCIO Licensed & Insured #80422100000 Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516-483-3669 (Office)

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PARTY HELP LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

CLEANING

MBR HOUSE CLEANING Offices & Buildings

Honest, Reliable, Hardworking, Experienced, Excellent Ref. Reasonable Rates

FREE ESTIMATES

TUTORING

CALL/TEXT 516-852-1675

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

SPRING CLEAN ! EASTER APRIL 1HOP TO IT! CLEANING LADY AVAILABLE Also organizes homes, offices, garages. English speaking, honest, reliable. EGGcellent references. Own transportation. Animal friendly. Free estimates. Call 516-225-8544

ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314

INSTRUCTION PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow.

Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

CLEANING HOME AND OFFICE CLEANING Reliable and Honest. Free Estimates. Good References. Call Carol 516-401-9901 HOUSE CLEANER: Excellent service with great references. Reliable, own transportation. Please call Mirian at 516-642-6624 HOUSE CLEANER: Excellent service with excellent references!

Please call Erika at 516-304-2093 or 516-939-3660 HOUSE CLEANING: Excellent service, with great references, reliable, own transportation, English speaking. Call Selma 516-690-3550

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STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs.

Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

SERVICES

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A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/ Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

APPLIANCE REPAIR Insinkerator Garbage Disposals, Instant Hot Water Dispensers & Filtration Systems only. Marty’s Appliance Repair Call 516-532-0385

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed /insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516466-9220

COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.

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PLUMBING PROBLEMS? Clean professional licensed Master Plumber residing in Garden City Department of Health Certified Backflow Prevention Tester/Installer Expert repairs in All phases of Plumbing & Heating. No leak or drip too small Call Angelo 516-639-5880

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The Great Neck News, Friday, February 23, 2018

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▼ LEGALS

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Legal Notice GREAT NECK WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK DIGESTER IMPROVEMENTS AND GREASE RECEIVING STATION CONTRACT NO. 18-01-G GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. 18-01-H HVAC CONTRACT NO. 18-01-E ELECTRICAL Sealed Bids for Contract No. 18-01-G, 01-H and 01-E Digester Improvements and Grease Receiving Station will be received by the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District office, located at 236 East Shore Road, Great Neck, New York 11023 until 12:00 P.M. (local time), on March 28, 2018 and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. No bids will be accepted after said hour. Bids should be plainly marked: “ Bid No. 18-01 G, H and E.” The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders, Bid Contract, General Conditions, Bid and Payment Bonds, Supplementary Conditions, Drawings and Technical Specifications may be examined at the following location: Great Neck Water Pollution Control District 236 East Shore Road Great Neck, New York 11023 (516) 482-0238 All Bidders must obtain a set of the Contract Documents.

Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District at 236 East Shore Road, Great Neck, New York 11023 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. upon payment of $200.00 for each set of documents.

Each Bid must be accompanied by a certified or bank cashier’s check made payable to OWNER, or a Bid Bond issued by a surety licensed to conduct business in the state where the Project is located and having a rating of ‘A-’ or better from A.M. Best

Company and named in the current list of ‘Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies’ as published in Circular 570 (amended) by the Financial Management Service, Surety Bond Branch, U.S. Department of the Treasury, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the Bid submitted. The list may be ordered from the Government Printing Office Bookstore, 1-866-512-1800, ContactCenter@GPO.gov.

Each Bidder must complete and submit with his/her bid the ‘Iranian Investment Activities Certification’ provided in the Bid Form in compliance with General Municipal Law 103-g, Iranian Energy Sector Divestment.

The Bidder to whom the Owner proposes to award the Contract to will be required to furnish bonds and the necessary insurance certificates as prescribed in the General Conditions and the Supplementary Conditions upon execution of the Agreement.

Bidders are required to execute a non-collusive bidding certification required by Section 103-d of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York.

The attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to the conditions of employment to be observed and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contracts.

Bidders are also required to comply with the anti-discrimination provisions of Sections 290-301 of the Executive Law of the State of New York.

The OWNER further reserves the right to reject any and all of the Bids received, to readvertise for Bids, to abandon the project, to waive any or all informalities in any Bid received and to accept any proposal, which the OWNER decides to be for the best interest of the OWNER. Date: February 16, 2018 Great Neck Water Pollution Control District By: Board of Commissioners Jerry Landsberg Steve Reiter Patty Katz GNN #147768 1x 02/23 /2018 #147768

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Notice of Formation of iMove With Naz LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/05/2017. Office location: Nassau County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 63 Hicks Ln Great Neck, NY 11024.Purpose: any lawful purpose.

GNN #147478 6x 01/26, 02/02, 02/09, 02/16, 02/23, 03/02 /2018 #147478

Notice of Formation CBN Ventures LLC, Art. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/16/2018. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 14 Lake Rd., Great Neck, NY 11020.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

GNN #147568 6x 02/02, 02/09, 02/16, 02/23, 03/02, 03/09 /2018 #147568

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Town of North Hempstead— Board of Zoning Appeals Pursuant to the provisions of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Zoning Appeals of said Town will meet at Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York, on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, to consider any matters that may properly be heard by said Board, and will hold a public hearing on said date to consider applications and appeals.

The following cases will be called at said public hearing starting at 10:00 a.m.

APPEAL #20480.A—N&W Realty (Great Neck Jaguar), conditional use 70-126.D, and variances 70-103.A(1), 70-103.F(1), 70-103.M, 70-132.A, and 70-202.1(C), to maintain a conversion of a storage area to office space with insufficient off-street parking, loading, and storage of automobiles for sale within a required front yard setback, retaining walls exceeding the permitted height within a required front yard setback and a driveway ramp with insufficient trench drain; S/E/cor. 732 Northern Blvd. and Spinney Hill Dr., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 108, Lot 1, B-A/R-B Districts.

APPEAL #20480.B Manije Golche, conditional use 70-126.H to maintain accessory parking within a greater restricted district; N/E/cor. 74 Manor Dr. and Spinney Hill Dr., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 108, Lot 44, R-B District.

The full list of cases for this calendar may be obtained at www. northhempsteadny.gov. All interested persons should appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting and/or hearing.

DAVID MAMMINA, R.A., Chairman; Board of Zoning Appeals GNN #147754 1x 02/23/2018

Daniel Gale Sotheby’s opening a G.N. office

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty is planning to open an office in Great Neck Plaza by spring, according to Samuel Marcus, who will manage the new office.

And, according to Marcus, “it’s long overdue.”

“Great Neck as a community has really been searching for something different,” Marcus, who is currently an associate real estate broker in the company’s Glen Head office, said “and we’re ready to provide it for them.”

The addition of a Great Neck office comes as Daniel Sotheby’s International Realty has expanded into Queens, Rockville Centre on the South Shore and east toward Westhampton Beach.

The organization has 27 offices, including two in Manhasset, one in Greenvale and one in Port Washington, as well as 900 sales agents. It had $3.3 billion in sales in 2017, an uptick from $3.2 billion in 2016.

While Marcus said Daniel Gale Sotheby’s could be considered a “luxury real estate brand,” he said most of its sales are below a million dollars and that Great Neck “is that luxury lifestyle.”

“Luxury is not a price,” Marcus said.

“It’s an experience.”

“I think we’re providing a much needed service that doesn’t currently exist there,” Marcus added.

He said that the Great Neck-based agents, combined with access to Sotheby’s International Realty’s resources, will bring a new way of doing real estate business in Great Neck.

“I think the hope is that we’re able to demonstrate that Daniel Gale Sotheby’s difference to the community so that they understand the difference and

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Samuel Marcus, currently an associate broker at Daniel Gale’s Glen Head/Old Brookville office, will be managing the company’s new Great Neck office. how we can service them much better,” Marcus said. “If the community really understands that, they’ll embrace what we have to offer and we will grow in the community and dominate the market really quickly as we have in other communities.”

“We are bringing to Great Neck a very professional, ethical business model,” Marcus added. “We’re bringing our way to Great Neck and I think that in itself is raising the bar.”

Marcus said he expects the office, which will be located at 42 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck Plaza, to be open in early May.

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Phillips also silent on gender-identity bill

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hank you for shining a light on Sen. Elaine Phillips’ despicable opposition to the Child Victims Act in your Feb. 16 editorial.

In short, Phillips will not support or even publicly discuss a bill that would extend the stat-

ute of limitations for sex crimes committed against minors.

I’m sure that comes as a shock to many of your readers, but it shouldn’t.!

Complicity through silence is Phillips’ modus operandi.

Phillips has also been silent

on the Gender Expression NonDiscrimination Act, otherwise known as GENDA.! GENDA would outlaw discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in New York State.

Like the Child Victims Act, GENDA hits a GOP-erected road-

block whenever it’s sent to the state Senate for consideration, and Phillips has done nothing to remove that roadblock since she took office.

Phillips is convinced that her constituents will not hold her accountable for the failures

of these bills if she just keeps her head down and her mouth shut.!

We’ll see how her platform of inaction plays out on Nov. 6.

Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

Will youth movement be the difference?

Continued from Page 16 war predicated on politically expedient lies.

But this is war on the homefront.

This is a public health scourge in our neighborhoods: guns kill 33,000 Americans a year, the equivalent of a 9/11 each month and injure another 100,000 each year whose lives, like the 14 injured Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., will be forever altered – sports scholarships lost, college savings lost, career track altered.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, 95 Americans have been murdered on US soil by terrorists (every one an American citizen or legal resident), but in that same timeframe, guns killed 561,000.

Will this stab at activism be different?

My question is how soon will they become frustrated and beat down by the political song-anddance? Or will they be snuckered by promises, as hollow as the bullets that the NRA defends that can pierce police protective vests?

Trump, who made a show of visiting two victims in the hospital and praising first responders (not heroic teachers who now as part of their duties have to make themselves human shields, like the three murdered in Parkland),

said he might “consider” a bipartisan bill improving background checks, a statement so remarkable, it warranted front-page headlines.

He is talking about the Cronyn bill, which came out of the Texas massacre, but it only requires the military to do what they were legally supposed to have done: notifying the federal database of military! personnel who committed domestic violence and shouldn’t be able to buy a gun anyway.

And even in his phrasing, “I will be open to a bipartisan bill” to improve background checks sounds like the same bullshit he used when he betrayed Dreamers.

The reality behind his bullshit is that Trump’s budget would cut 19 percent from funding for background checks, and thanks to George W Bush’s Attorney General John Ashcroft, background checks have to be completed within just three days, and the records destroyed (that’s how the Charleston massacre was able to get his gun).

Over and over, Trump has pledged his fealty to the NRA, which apart and in concert with the Russians, did more to send him to the Oval Office than anyone or anything – $30 million in spending, split between proTrump and anti-Clinton cam-

paigns.

And even now, it compromises the bulk of his precious, unshakeable “base.”

In his State of the Union, he said, “My duty, and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber, is to defend Americans, to protect their safety, their families, their communities,” which sounded as if he might finally call for action to restrain the scourge of gun violence, especially after the two most monstrous massacres in history.

Instead, his next line was, “We are totally defending our Second Amendment…”

The reality is, it is easier to buy an assault rifle than buy alcohol or access reproductive health care or register to vote; it is easier to get a gun license than a drivers license, to get a gun than register a car; there are more gun stores than grocery stores, McDonalds and Starbucks combined.

Young people, don’t be played! Here’s what should constitute gun reform: • Restore the ban on assault weapons; limit the capacity of ammunition clips; ban bump stocks.

• Require universal background checks including gun shows and private sales and online sales; remove the artificial limit in time for the check to be

completed or increase the waiting period beyond three days.

• Require training and licensing and a national database of gun registration; and renewal program for license and registration (just as for a car).

• Bar felons, domestic abusers, those diagnosed mentally ill, anyone under the age of 21 from buying a gun, and those on a terror watch list (“No Fly, No Buy”) • Tax purchases of guns and ammunition, the money going into a victims fund to pay compensation to survivors and for health care.

• Require gun owners to take out liability insurance, just as automobile insurance.

• Overturn Stand Your Ground laws; defeat Conceal Carry Reciprocity.

Emma Gonzales, one of the Parkland school survivors, properly called out the “bullshit.”

“The people in the government who were voted into power are lying to us. And us kids seem to be the only ones who notice and our parents to call B.S.,” she said in an impassioned and ontarget speech. “Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the N.R.A. telling us nothing could have been done to prevent this, we call BS. “They say tougher guns laws do not decrease gun violence.

We call B.S. They say a good guy

with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. We call B.S. They say guns are just tools like knives and are as dangerous as cars. We call B.S. They say no laws could have prevented the hundreds of senseless tragedies that have occurred. We call B.S. That us kids don’t know what we’re talking about, that we’re too young to understand how the government works. We call B.S. “If you agree, register to vote. Contact your local congresspeople. Give them a piece of your mind.”(Crowd chants) “Throw them out.” (Listen to her powerful speech, https:// www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/us/ florida-student-emma-gonzalezspeech/index.html) Ironically, it may come down to the “unintended consequence” for Republicans: if the NRA lackeys are swept out of office in favor of politicians who enact true gun reform, that might also result in campaign finance reform, overturning Citizens United and requiring Disclosure, finally breaking the shackles the NRA (which may well have funneled Russian money in the $55 million it spent in the 2016 campaign, including $30 million it spent to elect Trump) has on lawmakers.

That would be killing two birds with one stone, not an AR15.

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North Hempstead Town Hall is seen in Manhasset.

Troiano tax liens not in 2014 disclosure to town Continued from Page 1 sau County Legislature, and in those four years he racked up $81,533 in federal income tax liens, according to Newsday. He also had a $749,264 lien on a house he owned facing foreclosure, Newsday reported.

But none of his liens were included in the financial disclosure under debts. The form asked an applicant to “describe all debts of you, your spouse, or your dependent children in excess of $5,000.”

Troiano listed seven debtors, two of which were his

spouse’s. Troiano’s debtors were Bank of America, Citibank, Ocwen Financial Services and Mohawk. He listed “North Carolina” as a creditor for both himself and his spouse. The amount owed to each was redacted.

Troiano told Newsday that the foreclosure had been canceled and that he had paid off his income tax liens, although he did not do so until late last year.

A spokeswoman for the Town of North Hempstead said a statement would be forthcoming.

Troiano was slated to

be appointed in January as the county commissioner for traffic and parking violations, a position he was selected for by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran. He served as acting commissioner for several weeks before stepping down at the end of January after his tax issues came to light.

After stepping down, Troiano joined the county Board of Elections, where he currently works. Attempts to reach him there were unavailing.

A spokesman for Curran declined to comment.

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