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Man hospitalized after house fire in Great Neck Cause of blaze unclear; victim released BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVEN SCHWARTZ

Firefighters battle a blaze at 920 Middle Neck Road.

A fire ripped into a four-bedroom home at 920 Middle Neck Road last Thursday morning, resulting in one man being transported to a county hospital and two firefighters treated for “minor injuries.” Great Neck Alert Fire Company Chief Steven Schwartz said the blaze, which broke out at 8:52 a.m., took about three hours to contain and drew help from multiple agencies. Schwartz said a man home at the time was transported to Nassau County University Medical Center’s

burn unit. “He had been singed,” Schwartz said. Mike Uttaro, an assistant deputy chief with the Nassau County fire marshal’s oﬃce, said on Friday that the man, who had to be airlifted, was treated for “critical burns” but has since been released and “is doing well.” A fallen beam also hit a firefighter in the head and another required stitches due to an incident with a hydrant wrench, Schwartz said, “but they have been released.” Schwartz said the home is now uninhabitable. Continued on Page 54

Middle Neck Pharmacy slated to close BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

ness, according to its general manager. Full pharmacy services ended Monday and the store is Middle Neck Pharmacy in slated for likely closure in late Great Neck will close its doors January. Gregory Conta, the genafter more than 40 years of busi-

eral manager of the pharmacy for over a year, said the lease was"ending in late January and the business could no longer afford the rent. The pharmacy"has been open since 1971. He said Middle Neck Pharmacy is in the process of liquidation and selling goods at a discount while the pharmacy business itself is merging with CVS across

the street. “We’re in the process of electronically transferring all information to them and our customers will be able to access the system tomorrow,” Conta said on Monday. “Today we’re doing full pharmacy [service], trying to get all last doctor calls in, every refill, everything we can do to help our clientele that’s been very faithful to us and very loyal.”

“It’s upsetting, even myself being here for a short term, but again, we have some of the best customers I’ve ever seen,” Conta later said, adding that Great Neck is a “great town” with “great people.” The Great Neck peninsula has struggled with vacant storefronts in the past, with an overall vacancy rate greater than 10 Continued on Page 66

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Authors to debate G.N. Lake Success blasts inspiration for Gatsby cell node proposal Westport, CT possibly played a bigger role for novel Residents raise numerous concerns BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

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The Great Neck Historical Society will host a presentation that may challenge long held assumptions about ‘The Great Gatsby’ and F. Scott Fitzgerald. BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Many in Great Neck have claimed “Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald as a native son, assuming that when Jay Gatsby stares across the sound toward the green light, he’s peering from West Egg – or Great Neck – over toward Sands Point, or East Egg. But filmmakers Richard Webb and Robert Steven Williams will be challenging this at a presentation hosted by the Great Neck Historical Society at the Great Neck Library on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. suggesting that Westport, Connecticut, might better fit the bill for inspiring the iconic book. “They truly have done an amazing amount of research,” Alice Kasten, president of the Great Neck Historical Society, said on Thursday. “This is not a fly-by-night kind of eﬀort.” Webb and Williams have been working on a film for many years, Kasten said, interviewing Fitzgerald’s family members, scholars and traveling around the country to visit sites that may have influenced the author – including some on the North Shore. Kasten recalled taking the duo around Great Neck and the North Shore, including the Hempstead House in Sands Point, and said they have since kept in touch. “They have done a huge, huge, huge amount of research on Fitzgerald,” Kasten said.

Much of that research appears in “Boats Against the Current: The Honeymoon Summer of Scott and Zelda,” the main subject of the talk, which Webb wrote as an accompaniment to the not-yet-released documentary he is producing with Williams. The book recalls the five-month honeymoon of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald in Westport, Connecticut, in 1920, where the couple was enjoying the success of Fitzgerald’s novel “This Side of Paradise.” They “lived a wild life of drinking, driving and endless partying” there, the book says, and suggests that the town might have been a larger influence for “The Great Gatsby” than Great Neck. “The geography of the green light and Daisy’s house and Gatsby’s house apparently fits Westport really well, according to them,” Kasten said, adding that it doesn’t necessarily discount any influence from Great Neck. This will mark their first Long Island book talk, the Great Neck Historical Society and Great Neck Library said, and will feature pieces of the film. And, Kasten said, she expects a lot of interest in the program. “We booked it in the library because we feel there should be more people than are able to be seated in the Great Neck House where [we usually do presentations] and because they need more technology for their talk than we can provide at Great Neck House,” she said.

Lake Success residents condemned a proposal to install cell nodes throughout the village at a crowded public hearing on Monday night, questioning the project’s necessity and pushing for elected oﬃcials to fight back. Representatives from ExteNet, which is representing Verizon, outlined nine of the 13 nodes being considered for installation on poles in various parts of the village. This is meant to boost cell coverage and increase data capacity in the area, they said, and create a “better mobile experience.” Four of the nodes, which would be in residential areas, were tabled because a community committee is being formed to discuss alternatives, Mayor Adam Hoﬀman said. Susan Rabold, a Cityscape representative working for the village, said that over years the required data capacity needed for cellphones has increased. She said that small sites often address those capacity issues and

that, in the future, they will be more common. “Fourth generation is all about capacity,” Rabold said. Rabold said the federal government has deemed the emissions as “non-ionizing” in that “they don’t change the molecular cell structure, and therefore there is no harm to humans.” Under federal rules, Rabold said, local governments generally must let service providers “deploy their networks.” “You have to let them in,” Rabold said. “You have to act expeditiously on the request. You have to treat them all equal.” Additionally, oﬃcials said, regulations are likely to change so that a special use permit – which ExteNet is seeking – may no longer be necessary. Several residents – among them real estate brokers, doctors and lawyers – said that if officials signed oﬀ on the project, the presence of the cell nodes could damage people’s health, the village’s beauty and property values. Edna Mashaal, a Lake SucContinued on Page 66

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Lake Success filled the multipurpose room to raise concerns about installing cell nodes in the village.

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Stepping up to save Stepping Stones BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N More than 100 people from all over Long Island turned out for the second annual Stepping Stones Lighthouse 5K on Sunday morning, in hopes of supporting the historic lighthouse’s restoration. The race, which began at Steppingstone Park, took runners down Redbrook Road, Gilbert Road and partway down Steamboat Road before taking them down Potters Lane, West Shore Road and back into Steppingstone Park. Alice Kasten, president of the Great Neck Historical Society, said more people had registered for the race than the inaugural race last year and that the group received about the same amount of donations and sponsors. “It was a lovely day,” Kasten said. “People were very happy.” One of those people was Sandy Rabeck, 75, who won second place in the 75-79-year-old age bracket. She said that the race was very well done and that she hopes to return for the third time next year. “I care about the lighthouse,” Rabeck, a Great Neck resident who walked with her husband Stuart, 78, said on Monday. “Historically, it just needs to be kept up – we don’t want to lose it.” The Stepping Stones Lighthouse was built in 1876 to guide people through the rocky Long Island Sound, according to the Great Neck Historical Society, and

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Stepping Stones Lighthouse, as seen from Steppingstone Park, where a race to raise awareness and money for its repairs started and ended. continues to aid navigation today. While the lighthouse remains standing, its interior is essentially gutted and repairs are estimated to cost around $4 million. Robert Lincoln, the chair of the historical society’s lighthouse restoration committee, said there was a bit of a “scare” on Saturday because a large tree fell around the intersection of Kings Point Road and Steamboat Road. But PSEG was able to get power back on and the road cleared, Lincoln said,

and the race ended up accomplishing three things: bringing people together, raising money for the lighthouse and spotlighting the importance of Stepping Stones Lighthouse. “The weather was good, we had some serious runners who had excellent times, and it was a good day,” Lincoln said, adding that the exact dollar amount raised isn’t clear yet. Of the 150 racers listed in the 2018 results for the Stepping Stones Lighthouse 5K, the vast majority of them – 95

– were listed as being from Great Neck. The community with the second most people was Port Washington, with nine people. Residents of Mineola, Roslyn, Albertson, Manhasset, Floral Park, New Hyde Park and other communities also participated. The top three finishers were Rob Murphy of Huntington, who crossed the finish line at 18 minutes and 48.7 seconds, Theo Chang of Great Neck, who finished about two seconds after, and John Phelan of Atlantic Beach, whose finishing time was 20 minutes and 9.3 seconds. “I think we’ve reached out to people beyond Great Neck who are into running,” Lincoln said. “We seem to be pulling more of them into it and I’m hoping it’s going to grow.” The 5K is part of an eﬀort by the Great Neck Historical Society, Great Neck Park District and the Town of North Hempstead, which is the steward of the lighthouse, to restore the historic fixture less than a mile from Steppingstone Park. Kasten said she hopes that a dock being built at the lighthouse, which is a necessary first step for restoring it, will also help bring attention to Stepping Stones. “I hope that once that dock goes in and people are aware that something in fact is happening out there, that will bring more awareness and that people will be more involved,” Kasten said.

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State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso said he’s a “public servant and also a real human being.” and for the challenger,” D’Urso said. “For some reason very few people like the Legislature. Very few people give any credit. They all say they are crooks, but they keep voting in incumbents over 90 percent of the time. So you can’t have it both ways.” His package would also address the LLC loophole, which classifies easy-to-form LLCs as

individuals, allowing them to donate up to $60,600 to political candidates rather than the $5,000 corporations are limited to. Though he does not want to fully disclose the package of bills he’s preparing, D’Urso said, “If all implemented, those bills would root out corruption.” In the realm of education,

D’Urso thinks that inequity in school funding needs to be addressed. Students in districts with less funding are often the most needy, he said. “Many require free lunch,” he said. “Many of them have to have special ed, and if you send a student to a special education school which the school district itself cannot provide it’s very expensive.” D’Urso thinks that the Foundation Aid Formula, which determines how the state disburses aid, needs to be tweaked to address inequity. In an interview with Blank Slate Media, his opponent, Divins, said that he doesn’t think money determines a school’s ability to succeed. D’Urso also thinks that testing processes should be managed by school districts rather than the state while the state maintains broader oversight. When it comes to transportation, he thinks that better oversight within the MTA is the solution to reducing spending. “Because the MTA’s a state authority appoint another inspector general just for the

MTA,” he suggested He’s proud of two particular ratings that he’s gotten during his first term: zero percent from the NRA and 100 percent on his environmental scorecard from Albany-based EPL – Environmental Advocates. He’s involved in groundwater projects around the county, a water survey that will address western Nassau County and the need to address toxic plumes, he said. He voted in favor of the Child Victims Act, which would expand the civil statute of limitations to 50 years old and creates a one-year window for filing civil lawsuits. He also voted for the Reproductive Health Act, which Democrats say intends to codify federal abortion protections in the state. And while Divins says a position in the Assembly should remain a part-time job, D’urso sees it as a full commitment. He’s in his oﬃce every day in the time between six or seven stops around the community. “If you want to do the job well it’s a full-time job,” he said.

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Mailers offer one-sided narratives Independent groups and party committees cast Kaplan, Phillips in starkly different lights BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

If voters were to judge state Sen. Elaine Phillips based on the mailers they received in recent weeks, they might see her as a Donald Trump in disguise who “had the chance to prevent the next school shooting,” but “failed us” while giving money away to charter schools. But they might also see her as a fighter for safe drinking water, delivering record community funding to local institutions and “taking on Albany corruption and getting results” for the district. At the same time, they might have also have seen her opponent for state Senate, North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, as someone profiting from pollution, willing to raise taxes while giving herself a raise, and dabbling in corruption with party bosses. Or, alternatively, they might see her as a smiling “defender of Long Island taxpayers” willing to hold the line on taxes, strengthen gun laws and protect women’s reproductive rights.

questions on gun violence.” At least two others also seek to draw parallels between Phillips and President Donald Trump, saying that she is on the “wrong side of gun reform,” “threatening the right to choose” to have an abortion, and has supported “Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ agenda of supporting charter schools over our public schools.” Kyle Bragg, a secretary and treasurer for the union, did not respond to requests for comment. Another mailer, paid for by Fighting for Our Future, features a racing school with money flyPHOTOS FROM THE CANDIDATES ing out the windows saying “Albany politician Elaine Phillips is Mailers from independent groups and party committees have cast Elaine Phillips and Anna sending our tax dollars to NYC charter schools.” Kaplan in starkly different lights. It then charges that after These are among the dueling ers as of Oct. 1, according to fleeing from a gunman. charter school backers spent mil“Elaine Phillips had the lions to help her campaign in narratives cast by mailers sent a financial disclosure report out by committees to state Sen- filed!32 days before the general chance to prevent the next 2016, she voted to send more election with the New York state school shooting. But she failed than $22 million in tax dollars to ate District 7 residents. us,” the mailer says on one side, city charter schools. Empire State 32BJ SEIU Board of Elections. Among the mailers are one before saying she “voted against PAC, the political action com“As the mailers are indepenmittee for the Service Employees with stark crimson and black text common sense gun reform,” is dent expenditures, the campaign International Union, invested over a white background, with “against keeping guns oﬀ school does not and cannot coordinate $89,707.50 in anti-Phillips mail- a grainy video showing people grounds” and “runs away from Continued on Page 78

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Town officials talk taxes with budget Supervisor says that regardless of future changes, plan will keep rises below state tax cap BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The North Hempstead Town Board discussed its still evolving budget for 2019 at a public hearing last Thursday night, touching on topics like the tax cap and sales tax projections. The $133.3 million budget is composed of the $68.6 million general fund, $37 million town outside village fund (for town services provided outside of village boundaries) and $27.7 million budget for the town’s special districts, which collect taxes only from people serviced by a district. This translates to a roughly 2.9 percent increase over the current budget, which is $129.5 million. Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth described the budget as maintaining current services and as a product of mindful budgeting, but also said it is a “living, breathing document” still open to public input. “Rest assured that no matter what changes are made, the tax levy in the final version of the

North Hempstead 4.65 percent more in sales tax revenue than in 2017 and similar increases have been seen in other municipalities. Following a practice of conservative budgeting and using these recorded numbers, Lamendola said the town is assuming 3.5 percent in growth for 2018 over 2017. “We’re moderately conservative,” Lamendola said. “I think it’s appropriate given our overall revenue mix, our available reserves to offset any sort of significant economic impact.” A preliminary budget hearing will take place on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. In unrelated business, town officials also accepted a $100,000 grant from the New York Dormitory Authority that will go toward PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR restoring the Stepping Stones Lighthouse. North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, as seen at a previous meeting, spoke Board members also apabout the proposed 2019 budget on Thursday. proved a $28,425 agreement with the Long Island Nets, which will allow the basketball team to use budget will remain within the who represents the 4th District, lion. state tax cap,” Bosworth said on asked about the projected sales Jessica Lamendola, the the “Yes We Can” Community Thursday. tax increase from $11.5 million town’s acting comptroller, said Center in New Cassel as its offiCouncilwoman Anna Kaplan, currently budgeted to $12.1 mil- Nassau County has so far given cial practice center.

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With less than a month to go until Election Day, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (DGlen Cove) has continued to grow his fundraising lead over his Republican challenger, Dan DeBono, in the race for the 3rd Congressional District, according to recent campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission. Between the beginning of July and the end of September, Suozzi raised $437,816.32, more than six times as much as the $69,896.88 raised by DeBono over the period. Suozzi raised more over the last three months than DeBono has raised since the beginning of 2017: $381,805.88. Suozzi has raised about $2.5 million since the beginning of 2017 and currently has $1.78 million on hand. DeBono, meanwhile, has $153,794 on hand — less than half of the total he has raised since the start of last year. About three-quarters of Suozzi’s $437,000 intake came from individuals. An additional amount, just short of $100,000, came from political committees like PACs. Of the amount raised, more than $317,000 went toward operating expenditures. About $191,500 went to various consulting services, $13,600 to campaign signs and stickers, $10,000 to printing campaign materials, and $2,000 to robocalls, with much of the rest going to payroll. DeBono, who has touted his unwill-

ingness to take PAC money, received a majority of his almost $70,000 from individual contributions. He did accept $5,000 from the Majority Committee PAC, the leadership PAC for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the majority leader in the House of Representatives. DeBono’s operating expenses between July and September were just over $100,000. About $21,000 went to consulting, $12,900 toward yard signs, $9,000 to social media and $4,845 to voter phone calls. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) raised! $126,069 and spent $281,147 in the most recent filing period, and has $695,216 on hand. Her opponent, Republican Ameer Benno, did not have a quarterly report posted on the FEC website. Two Long Island Republicans — Rep. Peter King! of Seaford and Rep. Lee Zeldin! of Shirley were outraised by their Democratic challengers over the last three months.!Liuba Grechen Shirley raised $1.3 million to King’s $203,000 while Democrat Perry Gershon! raised $1.3 million to Zeldin’s $730,000. But both King and Zeldin had significantly more money on hand than their challengers. Zeldin has $1.8 million to Gershon’s $535,000. And the $2.8 million King has one hand is 10 times as much as Shirley’s $274,000. Reach reporter Luke Torrance by email at ltorrance@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 214, or follow him on Twitter @LukeATorrance.

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MedMen, civics continue to battle After meeting, Manhasset civic leaders remain opposed to group medical marijuana dispensary BY T E R I W EST At a meeting of the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations, MedMen representatives discussed the benefits of medical marijuana and how tightly they run their business last Wednesday. But the civic leaders remained steadfast in their opposition to the company moving into Manhasset. MedMen political aﬀairs manager Landon Dais said that the medical marijuana company’s intended move from an oﬃce complex in Lake Success to 1575 Northern Blvd. in a retail section of Manhasset is to destigmatize the drug and make it more accessible to its Manhasset clientele. In discussion after the MedMen representatives left, civic association members seemed convinced that the company is using the move to position itself should the drug be legalized for recreational use in New York. “They’re not going to invest in this pretty fancy store if it has no potential to be converted,” said civic association secretary Sue Auriemma. When recreational marijuana was legalized in California, MedMen’s Beverly Hills’ store clientele grew from about 75 customers per day to 250, Dais said. The Town of North Hempstead should

ban the sale of recreational marijuana to exempt it from potential state policy, said Jen DeSena of the North Strathmore Civic Association. Towns in New Jersey have done so in anticipation of their state legalizing the drug, according to NJ.com. Dais emphasized both the medicinal benefits of marijuana and the societal benefits of legalized recreational marijuana during his presentation. He also said that MedMen wants to be a good neighbor, sticks tightly to state regulations and provides extra security measures to ensure customer comfort. MedMen stores have at least two security guards at each store during operating hours, Dais said. Before patients can consult for a purchase, they present their ID and practitioner-approved medical marijuana card and an employee looks them up to verify that they have not exceeded their dosage. Dais said that the company’s upscale branding fits in with the other retail stores in Manhasset. The branding is intended to destigmatize medical marijuana, Dais said, considering that the drug has historically been criminalized and is still illegal for medical use in many states. But later, civic group members said they wondered whether the branding was

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Recycled goods may be going to waste Kings Point residents say Meadow Carting mixing recyclables, trash in garbage pickups BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Kings Point is unsure how much of its recyclables are actually being recycled. Residents Eleanor Askari and Jacqueline Harounian approached the Board of Trustees at Monday’s meeting inquiring about the recycling practices of the village’s contracted garbage collector, Meadow Carting.

“ e are not going to save the earth but we can start with getting people to change behaviors,” Rebecca Yousefzadeh Sassouni RESIDENT OF KINGS POINT

Kings Point’s contract with Meadow Carting requires the garbage company to sort recyclables from waste at pickup. ! The village also requires residents to sort trash and recyclables. Village Attorney Stephen G. Limmer said oﬃcials have received a number of complaints from residents that garbage workers dispose of all of their sorted

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Residents approached the board to inquire about recycling in their village. trash in the same place. Rebecca Yousefzadeh Sassouni, a resident of Kings Point, said that she used to separate her recyclables until she walked outside one day and witnessed the garbage worker throwing it all away together.

Limmer said the village addressed this issue with Meadow Carting about a month ago. “We told them that if they don’t recycle, we can hold them in breach of their contract because they are not reliable and responsible bidders,” he said.

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Meadow Carting said that it would recycle, but oﬃcials are unsure that the company has lived up to that promise. An oﬃcial at Meadow Carting said that the company was separating recyclables from regular trash, and this was monitored through receipts from the waste facility. Harounian asked if there is any way to verify that Meadow Carting is in violation of its contract. “We would have to call every homeowner and ask them to watch their garbage men,” Limmer said. He explained that he puts his recycling in clear plastic bags so collectors can clearly see whether they are recyclables or waste. Sassouni suggested that the board provide residents with recyclable bags in the way the village provides reflective vests, which are available free at Village Hall. “We are not going to save the earth but we can start with getting people to change behaviors,” Sassouni said. Harounian requested that the board accept the formation of an informal committee focused on recycling that may come up with suggestions on how to improve recycling habits in the village. “We are always willing to learn,” Mayor Michael Kalnick said.

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School officials flunk test in Roslyn Many Roslyn residents expressed excitement last week that a Hollywood movie about the Roslyn school scandal, starring box office idol Hugh Jackman and written by a former Roslyn resident, would be filming in Roslyn. But Roslyn school officials apparently did not share their excitement. They emailed a letter to parents of students – but not taxpayers who don’t have children in school – announcing that they would not be cooperating in the making of the film. “The media has reported that filming will begin this week,” the email said. “The school district is not associated with the movie or its production, is not participating in this movie in any way, and no filming will be permitted on school grounds.” But just why is it a good idea for school officials to impede a movie retelling the history of what was described as the nation’s largest school system embezzlement? School officials provided an answer in the next paragraph of the email. “While the film is purportedly meant to entertain, it’s important to remember that what occurred in our school district was far from entertaining,” the email continued, citing the harm done – the theft of $11.2 million “meant for our children’s education.” Well, we’ll leave judgment on the entertainment value to the makers of the movie and the public that will be invited to view it. But do Roslyn school officials really believe that movies that deal with dark and even unsettling subjects should not be made?

This would seem to imply that movies such as “Schindler’s List,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Sophie’s Choice” and a thousand other dramas should not have been made. Movies, and books, often teach important lessons about people and history while also entertaining. We would expect school officials to encourage the telling of the Roslyn school scandal as a teachable moment, not oppose its making. The story of the Roslyn school scandal centers on former Roslyn School Superintendent Frank A. Tassone, a beloved figure who, according to the New York Times, “regularly lunched with high school students, who led a Dickens book group for parents, who brought foreign language education to the elementary school and seemed to relish his personal bonds with the P.T.A. and the school board.” A film website said he sought to make Roslyn High School, already ranked among the nation’s best, the No. 1 high school in the country. But Tassone also wanted the good life and would be convicted of stealing $2.2 million to spend on luxury vacations, gambling junkets, fees for his Upper East Side apartment, dry cleaning bills and a vacation home. No question this is the stuﬀ of literature throughout the ages – as well as stories from federal prisons across the country. Tassone was joined in a scheme to steal money by Pamela Gluckin, the former assistant superintendent for business, other school oﬃcials and their friends

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and family. Combined, they made off with $11.2 million. Then state Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, who himself would later go to prison on corruption charges, described the Roslyn scandal as “the largest, most remarkable, most extraordinary theft” from a school system in “American history.” What seems clear is that Roslyn school officials’ response in the email sent last week was largely based on concerns about the school district’s reputation and that of its officials, both past and present. If this was actually about protecting students from ugly incidents from the past, American history in Roslyn would be taught without mentioning slavery, the treatment of Native Americans, Jim Crow and Japanese internment camps during World War II. The email continued in both a defense of the district and as a taxpayer-funded plug for board members.

“Since those days, the transformation of Roslyn Public Schools has been nothing short of remarkable,” the district said. “Under the leadership of a new, reform-minded Board of Education, the school district worked tirelessly to recover millions that had been stolen. The nationally-recognized Roslyn Public Schools of 2018 bears no resemblance to the organization as it existed 15 years ago.” This may be true, but in defending their reputation, Roslyn school oﬃcials have missed an important lesson from the school scandal – that truth is more important than reputation. The first indication of wrongdoing in the school district came in 2002 when a Home Depot clerk in Selden reported to the school district that a district credit card had been used to purchase $85,000 worth of construction material for a private contracting company, which it turns out was owned by Gluckin’s son. “But instead of leading directly to a criminal investigation,

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the tip was checked first by the school’s auditor, Andrew Miller,” The New York Times reported. Miller, who would later be charged, reported his findings to Tassone – that the business administrator and her son had stolen $250,000. Tassone, The Times reported, “took the matter to the Roslyn School Board with a dire warning” – that the district’s reputation would suﬀer if the matter became public. Rather than reporting the crime, the school board decided to allow Gluckin and her son to repay $250,000 – a small fraction of the $4 million Gluckin was later found to have stolen – and to resign. The true scope of the embezzlement did not emerge for another two years. Sweeping embarrassing facts about the school district under the carpet is a movie Roslyn oﬃcials have already seen. We would have thought they would have learned something about that the second time around.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Like Lazarus, Affordable Care Act is back

olitics is a business that takes numerous twists and turns. What is unpopular one day can become popular years later. A failed candidate can make a comeback. A winning candidate can turn out to be a loser years later. Of all the ironies in national politics, the health care law has now! risen to the top of the list. A!few short years ago, over 50 Democratic members of Congress went down to defeat because they supported Obamacare, which is properly called the Aﬀordable Care Act.! Voters were told by Republican candidates that the ACA would destroy America and was the closest thing to socialism. Many competent and forward thinking legislators lost their seats because they voted for Obamacare. Now! four years later, like Lazarus, who is reputed to have been brought back from the dead by Jesus, the ACA may

be the main reason Democrats take back the House of Representatives on Nov. 6. Despite the continuous eﬀort by President Trump to wipe out the ACA, it has not only survived, but has become a vital law for millions of Americans. I still vividly remember Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell! pledging to destroy the ACA during his tenure and making it the cornerstone of the Republican agenda. McConnell kept his word and almost passed a Senate bill repealing the ACA until the late Sen. John McCain cast the deciding vote to save the ACA. If! you do a random sampling of Congressional races around the country, one of the key issues in all of those races is the ACA and which party is going to do more to save it. The Republican Party never anticipated that the ACA could become their Achilles heel. To cover their members going into this year’s election, a bill

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was introduced that supposedly keeps coverage alive, but the bill does nothing for people with pre-existing conditions. The! fact that health care, which was once a toxic issue for Democrats has now become its pivotal issue on Election Day is somewhat remarkable but not surprising. Students of politics will remember that House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill

once advised President Reagan that Social Security and Medicare are the “third rail of politics.” Reagan was being asked by Republican leaders to raise the Social Security age eligibility. Reagan the Republican, paid attention to O’Neill, the Democrat, and resisted doing anything to the program. Fast! forward to President George H.W. Bush. His advisors were urging him to let Social Security recipients make their own decisions on how to invest their moneys following the model of 401-k plans. Bush pushed the idea hard and didn’t understand why the outside world didn’t buy into it. His son, President George H. Bush, promoted the idea of creating 401-k plans out of Social Security moneys and that idea again fell flat. Despite the fact that!health care is now under debate around the country, President Trump is doing everything in his power to destroy the ACA.

His latest ploy is to shut down the ACA website during the upcoming enrollment period in an effort to stop more people from signing up. So oddly, many of the voters who put Trump in office would suffer greatly at the hands of Trump, if any of his plans were successful. Twelve! Republican governors are currently pushing a lawsuit that if successful would find other ways to stop the ACA. They are challenging parts of the law that subsidizes insurance companies for covering people with serious health issues. By early next year, that lawsuit will reach the Supreme Court and no one can predict which way the justices will rule. There!is no doubt that the fate of the ACA will be decided in 2019. If it survives, no politician will have to guts to keep up the effort to destroy it. If it is abolished, it will be fascinating to watch President Trump campaign for re-election in those states that helped elect him.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

‘First Man’ teaches many lessons

went to see the film “First Man” this weekend, directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. It was inspirational on many levels. First, the sheer magnitude of the accomplishments: yes, the film, but even more — as the film reminds us — what we achieved in space. You get an inkling from Chazelle’s very deliberate decisions to give us an astronaut’s-eye view of the program, from incredibly shaky footage, loud and confusing audio, and vistas no better than the astronauts got through tiny windows… until it goes all silent and IMAX when we reach the Moon. You understand how, strapped into tiny capsules atop enormous rockets, our astronauts sometimes felt, as one said,“like a rat being shaken by a very large terrier” — and you can’t help thinking, “These guys were even braver — or crazier — than I thought.” It gives another perspective on what writer Tom Wolfe la-

beled “The Right Stuﬀ ” — stoic and calm in the face of unimaginable danger. The big question of those days is also the big question of the film. As a reporter puts it, at one point: “Do you ever question whether the program is worth the cost, in money or in lives?” Growing up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., I was 15 when Armstrong became the “First Man” to set foot on the Moon. But that landmark event came just one year after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., which had touched oﬀ four straight days of rioting, sending blocks of our inner-city up in smoke. So I sympathized with contemporary critics who insisted that our Space Race was costing the nation far too much, using up money that was urgently needed here at home. As an adult, I have begun to reconsider. The Space Race is long since over and done, but we have at least as much misery and poverty as ever. It wasn’t until recently that I realized how completely the

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A Look on the Lighter Side mission to conquer space was woven through the fabric of our daily lives. It was in the TV programs we watched, from “The Jetsons” to “Lost in Space;” it informed our architecture (a public library whose entrance resembled a space ship); it even packaged our junk food (astronaut ice cream!). Nor did I realize how bereft we have been, without it. The loss feels especially poignant here on Long Island, in what inhabitants used to call “NASA County,” where so many of our nation’s aircraft were

designed and built, up to and including the Lunar Excursion Module — the “Eagle” of Armstrong’s proud declaration, “The Eagle has landed.” We need a mission. It can be a Space Race. It could be Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of finally “rising up and living out the true meaning of our creed.” It could be starting the equivalent of a Manhattan Project to conquer and reverse climate change. We should do one or all of these things for the same reason President Kennedy started the space program: “We do these things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” And because we need them. I believe that something in us curdles when our only mission is just getting through the day. “A woman’s reach should exceed her grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” What happens when we have no big, inspiring mission? Well, look around. What is our President’s biggest goal? Returning to the past! And while there may be

many cultures that are able to live in the shadow of former greatness (Rome; Athens; France)… we are not among them. America has always been about the future. But recently, we seem to have stopped believing. I don’t know whether that’s because of climate change, or the supposed “end” of the white majority — both of which trends are converging now, rather shockingly, on 2040 or 2043 — but it is having terrible eﬀects. Because when you stop believing in the possibility of a better day just over the horizon, you start thinking, “This is all there is.” And the day after that, you are scrabbling, each against all, over who gets how big a slice of the pie. Throwing people out of the lifeboat. As if that will somehow save you from your fate. “First Man” brought me to patriotic tears, because it showed me how starved I am for a mission to believe in, today. Are you listening, contenders for 2020? It’s literally a matter of life and death.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

How long can we ignore global warming?

atastrophic weather events, mass migrations, crop failures from drought and floods, mudslides, wildfires, dangerous algal blooms, coral reef loss, arctic sea ice loss… these increasingly common events have all seeped into our news headlines and they are here to stay. But like everything in life, the more you hear it, the more you get used to it. Can we risk becoming desensitized? The answer is absolutely not. Last week, leaders from around the world gathered in South Korea to discuss their growing concerns about climate change based on the most recent scientific data. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that the pledges made at the Paris Climate Accord in 2015 are no longer enough to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius. The consensus was that even if we achieved this goal, we should expect to see catastrophic changes in weather, sea level rise and agriculture and natural eco-systems. The oﬃcial report coming out of the conference was written and edited by 91 scientists from 40 countries

who had analyzed more than 6,000 scientific studies. With global emissions currently rising, the IPCC says we will need a 40 to 50 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 and a carbon-neutral world by 2050, a monumental challenge to our scientific communities and to all of us living on this planet. They also say we could reverse a shortfall with new carbon removal techniques. But we need the will to do it. Every nation on the planet must participate. Which brings me to the appalling lack of interest in this global crisis by our leaders in Washington. We have influential, decision-making leaders who are climate change deniers, making snowballs to make their point. Our President has dismissed climate change as a hoax and says it was created “by and for the Chinese.” He has also vowed to increase the burning of coal and intends to withdraw the United States (the second largest producer of greenhouse gases) from the Paris Agreement with its 195 member governments from around the world. None of our climate change deniers in Washington have the academic

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expertise or it seems, the most basic understanding of science, to address this biggest challenge that humanity has ever faced. In normal times, our leaders would defer to the scientific community. These are not normal times. What to do? To start, we can vote for and support leaders that understand the perils of ignoring what is happening before our eyes. They can take immediate action on carbon pricing or taxing, regulate emissions from our fossil fuel-driven power plants and industries, stop burning coal and participate or invest in technologies that can remove atmospheric carbon dioxide.

What to do? To start, we can vote for and support leaders that understand the perils of ignoring what is unfolding before our eyes. They can take immediate action on carbon pricing or taxing, regulate emissions from our fossil fuel- driven power plants and industries, stop burning coal and participate or invest in technologies that can remove atmospheric carbon dioxide. According to the world’s top climate scientists, new technologies must be developed to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in combination with unprecedented aggressive actions to limit the burning of fossil fuels and build out renewable energy sources. Emerging technologies include capture and sequestration (storage) of carbon dioxide, but they are not currently viable economically on a large scale. Another involves burning biomass (like switchgrass and agricultural waste) instead of burning fossil fuels to generate electricity. Today, only about one percent of electricity in the U.S. is generated that way. According to the IPCC report, renewables, which make up about 20 percent of our electricity mix, would have to in-

crease to 67 percent. A serious global eﬀort to increase solar, wind and geothermal installations must be a priority. The urgent message from South Korea is that we have to take action today. We do not have the luxury of waiting. One known low-tech way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is to grow more forests. In fact, reforestation was seen as an essential part of the solution outlined this week by the IPCC if the world is to get even close to its newly stated goals. Yes, trees are a critical piece of our global warming solution, but the amount of land needed to grow huge forests is daunting. But everyone of us can plant trees on our own property and encourage our towns and villages to plant them wherever they can. As I look out the window at the wind and rain, the remnants of Hurricane Michael that has destroyed yet another large swath of our country, I wonder what it will take to make our leaders understand the consequences of the warming of our planet. This is about our children and our grandchildren. Is there anything we care more about?

PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

In midterms, vote for climate action

here are many specific issues to drive voting these midterms – health care, gun violence prevention, women’s reproductive rights, immigration reform – arguably the most important elections of our lifetime, but the one that addresses an existential threat to our lives and our planet is climate change. Rather than unify the nation around a disaster, climate catastrophes have become more political than ever. Indeed, we see that some Americans are more valuable to protect and restore than others; depending upon how you voted, you will be more deserving of aid than others. But while the government rushes money to open roads and restore power in precincts that voted the right way, there is no interest, no money, to address the cause of these climate catastrophes or even rebuild for sustainability or mitigation.

Indeed, Republicans are intent on shutting down climate science and doing everything possible to keep an economy running on fossil fuel rather than clean, renewable. Indeed, during that mind-exploding interview with “60 Minutes,” Trump declared he didn’t believe global warming is caused by human activity and that climate change could simply reverse on its own. He knows this because, after all, he has a big brain and scientists who warn of disaster have a political agenda. Those scientists recently came out with a report that gives specifics to the catastrophic impacts of climate change that will be apparent by 2040. But tell that to the people of Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, the Carolinas, and the people of island nations that are literally drowning today. “It’s telling us we need to reverse emissions trends and turn the world economy on a dime,”

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Pulse of the Peninsula Myles Allen, an Oxford University climate scientist and an author of the United Nations the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, told the New York Times (Oct. 7, 2018). Donald Trump’s reaction to the report? Well, he’s been so busy holding campaign rallies and attacking “evil” Democrats, who will

turn America into socialist Venezuela if they ever get power, but nothing to say about the national security and public health threats that climate change poses. And this after Hurricane Michael tore through the $3.4 billion Tyndell Air Force Base in Florida. The New York Times in an editorial said governments would literally have to change their fossil-fuel dependent economies dramatically unless the planet’s temperature change so radically by 2040 that human societies and the animal kingdom won’t be able to adapt fast enough. The editorial referred to Trump as an “outlier” among government leaders who, following Obama’s lead, joined the Paris Climate Accord to to mitigate climate change. I would use diﬀerent terms for Trump: “Saboteur.” “Criminal.” Interestingly, even Saudi Arabia, which is holding a “Devos in

the Desert” conference to reduce its economy’s dependency on oil, sees the handwriting on the wall: demand for oil will decrease because 1. fossil fuels are being depleted or too expensive to extract and 2. nations are moving away from fossil fuels to power their society. But Trump? He boasts that the U.S. has become the biggest producer on the planet. Meanwhile, he makes us vulnerable to Saudi Arabia’s threat to push up the price if the US retaliates for murdering Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump, on the one hand, likes to boast that the U.S. has “led the way” to reduce its carbon emissions. But the statistics are from 2005 to 2017, before Trump and his criminal enterprise at the Environmental Un-Protection Agency reversed course, actually switching the incentives to transition to clean, renewable energy. Continued on Page 61

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READERS WRITE

Action needed to control drug costs

sserting “disgust” with politics, Jerry Kremer considers the pharmaceutical industry — which leads him (and us) to greater disgust. My stalwart Republican dad used to say, “It’s human to complain. It’s patriotic to act. Think about the Founding Fathers.”! ! We need frank discussion around American health care.!!Think Nov. 6. Kremer bemoans too many drug ads — 771,368 in 2016, up 65 percent from 2012. Unbelievably, U.S. drug marketing exceeds the total cost of U.S. medical education.!! Big Pharma averages 23 percent profit margins. The Fortune 500 averages 7 percent. Of the 15 companies with the greatest dollar profits, 12 are drug companies.! Why so high?! ! Monopolistic pricing.! ! With as many as 3,300 lobbyists spending $1.2 million per day on our 535 members of Congress, our patent laws now protect “me-too” drugs and devices — e.g., re-patented minor changes to asthma injectors raised prices from $15 to $400.! Generics are also being monopolized: Martin Shkreli (in prison for defrauding hedgefund

shareholders, not patients) raised the price of Daraprim (for deadly parasite infections) from $13.50 to $750 per tablet (5,500 percent).! ! Shkreli is hardly alone: just last month, Nirmal Mulye defended raising the price of nitrofurantoin (a WHO “essential” antibiotic) 400 percent because of his “moral requirement” to shareholders “to sell the product at the highest price.”! Why such demand for overpriced drugs?! ! Some save lives.!!Others explain those annoying TV ads. Marketing works — and constitutes 30 percent of pharmaceutical spending. But, but… innovation?! ! Drug companies spend far less on R&D than marketing — and prioritize “me-too” re-patents. Breakthrough medications depend on your and my tax dollars. Every single FDA-approved new drug since 2010 came from NIH-supported research. Of the $100 billion spent by the NIH (2010-2016), $64 billion helped develop 84 first-in-class drugs. Taxes save lives. Who knew? In 1980 the Baye-Dole Act allowed universities and nonprofits to patent medications and devices developed with federal funding — and to sell them to

drug companies.! ! Baye-Dole includes a government “marchin” right should public access be constrained, perhaps by pricegouging. But “marching in” has never happened — even when Abbot Labs raised the price of Norvir (for AIDS) 400 percent for Americans but not foreign countries. Recently, 10 pharmaceuticals spent $9B commercializing cancer drugs, for which they’ve reaped $67 billion in monopoly profits within the U.S.! The low prices they charge across the rest of the world are gravy.! Last spring, a widely quoted Goldman Sachs analyst asked, “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?”! ! His answer: “No!” He cited Gilead’s breakthrough drug for Hepatitis C (a 90 percent cure rate for the previously incurable, at $95K per treatment); 2015 sales of $12.5B plummeted to $4 billion in 2018. Profits require “sustainable” markets, he explained: on-going treatments, not cures. We desperately need new antibiotics to combat resistance — but, because new antibiotics will be used sparingly to maintain their potency, self-respecting drug companies with “moral ob-

ligations” to shareholders ignore our need.!!Ditto for ballyhooed “customized” cancer treatments — how do you sustain even 23 percent average profit in genetically tiny markets achieving cures? “Opportunity cost” means hundreds of essential medications are no longer produced or are perilously unavailable — 90 percent of emergency room physicians describe patients suﬀering from 2018 shortages. The FDA’s response: a taskforce.!! More promising is Civica Rx, a just-founded, non-profit drug manufacturer. Citing danger to patients from 183 activedrug shortages, its large-hospital founders plan priced-at-cost diabetic supplies, asthma medications, and other essential generics in 2019. What can we do to break coercive monopolies that assert the “morality” of extorting abusive profits? We could “march in,” perhaps for a percentage of profits. More easily, like every other developed nation, we can allow our most-trusted health agency (Medicare) to negotiate drug prices.! ! We pay 160 percent to 250 percent more than other wealthy countries do — for

the same drugs, from the same factories.! Americans funded the research for these drugs. We should pay less, not twice as much.! Medicare is projected to spend $1.5 trillion on prescription drugs over the next decade. Imagine saving $750 billion? While that’s unlikely in D.C. anytime soon, New Yorkers have options. Ask your New York Senate candidates whether they support the New York Health Act. Like Medicare, but oﬀering better benefits and covering everyone, the bill will use the clout of 20 million New Yorkers to extract volume discounts from Big Pharma.!!The VA, negotiating for 20 million veterans, saves 40 percent.! ! The Rand Corporation recently concluded that New York Health would save New York money, stimulate our economy, create 180,000 new jobs — and save lives. Greed is disgusting. In health care, it’s deadly.! Vote on Nov. 6, as if your life depends on it — others’ lives will.!! Judith B. Esterquest Manhasset

Walking for cures a dead A plea to save end for health care ills history in G.N.

utumn brings many seasonal traditions, one of which are public “walks” and “runs” to help find cures for diseases. Whether it’s lupus, breast cancer, Alzheimer’s, or other aﬄictions, ordinary citizens pay up for the privilege of participating in these fund raising events. I’ve often thought these affairs were rather odd, simply because of the state of health care and how it’s delivered in this country. For! example, on the Walk to End Lupus website, it states the money collected will “lead special research initiatives, fund innovative studies, and advocate for increased public and private investment in lupus research to advance the science and medicine of lupus.” Which is indeed a noble goal, as ending human suﬀering in any form is. Except there is something very strange about ordinary citizens chipping in their own money

to fund private investment in a cure they will unlikely be able to aﬀord, or be bled dry consuming. And then, as is their custom, the providers of these publicly funded cures, some of it in contributions, some of it in the form of the $100 billion spent on research in the past decade by the National Institute of Health, will lobby Congress to prevent cheaper generic versions of the cures from reaching the market. That’s how we got a shortage of EpiPens right before the school year: Mylan Labs, which owned the patent that allowed them to charge $600 for what is a pair of retractable ball point pens, pretty much owned all of the production available, and prevented any competitors from entering the market they controlled. A generic version is finally on the way, but that’s our system: it puts patent squatting ahead of the public welfare, leaving our children vulnerable. So who would be crazy

enough to take their own money out of their pockets in order to be gouged later? The same ones who allowed a 501(c)3 “non-profit” to create a hospital monopoly in their own backyard, while its management showers itself with eight figure salaries, which requires them to perform all sorts of over-testing, and also has them resorting to fund raising as well. Including, wouldn’t you know it, “walks.” Lenin famously said that the “Capitalists will sell us the rope to hang themselves with.” He didn’t count on Americans being gullible enough to supplying the rope for free, and then getting it sold back to them by capitalists along with a 10,000 percent mark-up and a patientsupplied Range Rover for every practitioner. That’s a “free market economy” for you. Donald Davret Searingtown

ayor Bral, Coming home from a recent trip to Italy, I have heard rumors about the village’s plans to sell Village Hall, and to turn the corner of Piccadilly and Middle Neck Road into apartments.! One of the highlights of traveling in Europe is viewing the antiquities — whether they be Roman ruins, buildings from the Victorian age, or Deco designs.! They are something to treasure. Of course, Great Neck is not that old, but we still have a few remnants of our past that deserve to be preserved and cared for.! The present Village Hall contains the bones of the original Baker farmhouse.! As I am sure you are aware, Mills Baker was one of the prominent early farmers on the peninsula.! And the “wedding cake building,” located at the corner of Piccadilly Road and Middle Neck Road,

constructed in the 1930s as an Oldsmobile dealership and gas station, is unique in design, and has become a landmark in Great Neck. I urge you to protect both of these buildings.! We have so little of our past left in Great Neck, as the homes of our notable former residents are torn down to make way for newer and grander structures, or subdivided to allow for more housing. These are buildings that should be landmarked, not destroyed.! Do you know that Great Neck is one of the very few areas without a local historical museum?! Either of those buildings would be a suitable home for such a museum.! We should not be destroying our community’s past, but honoring it. Alice Kasten Great Neck Historical Society

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ust for the record, I look forward to reading Karen Rubin’s column (Viewpoint) each week. She has an excellent understanding of our country’s past and present policies and how they are presenting"a challenge to going forward in a just and productive manner. She presents the laws and their positions in today’s society which bring to light questions regarding the democratic means of ensuring that the rights of the

n response to the article dated 9/25/18, “Great Neck Oﬃcials Tout School Fixes, Residents Blast Parking Lot,” Colleen Bowler, a spokeswoman for the people who make up our coun- Great Neck Public Schools, said try are protected. administrators followed up on Questioning and criticizing these claims and found “no reports actions and decisions of late is of car keying.”" Bowler’s statement contranecessary in order that divisions in our multiethnic population dicts the meeting minutes from and power held by less than a the Shared Decision Committee consensus be called into ques- meeting held on April 13, 2016 tion and examined in order that at Great Neck North High School." decisions can be representative In those meeting minutes, it states that the subject of cars was disof the general public. cussed." Under that heading are Amy Prochaska bullet points: Keying and damagPort Washington" ing, and damaged cars would get spots in the top lot." While this may be embarrassing for the school to admit, this topic was indeed discussed,

but unfortunately, it was only discussed among the school administrators, teachers, and parents of students attending Great Neck North High School in reference to the need for a new, expanded parking lot. " Of note, in the minutes of the Shared Decision Committee meetings over the past few years, no other safety issues leading to the need for an expanded parking lot were recorded." Additionally, the other stakeholders, those living in the environs of the school, were not included or invited to any of the pre-bond proposal parking lot discussions." Thus far there are nearly 600 residents within the Great Neck community who have signed a petition in opposition to this illconceived parking lot." We object

to the parking lot because of the increased traﬃc that will be introduced into an already densely trafficked area, because of the assault on our green space, and because there is an existing, underused parking lot two blocks away that the student drivers could use." The consistent, steady presence of residents in opposition to this line item in the bond at regular Board of Education meetings, as well as the various cogent arguments that have been presented, should give the Board of Education reason to reconsider a more productive use of nearly $700,000 of public funds that will benefit only a small fraction of the district’s students."

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Today, low income school districts get 75 percent or more of the average New York State cost per student while high income school districts get 5 percent or less." Let’s make state aid 15 percent" of average. New York State student costs for higher income school districts and 75 percent of average costs for lower income school districts. The average cost per New York State student, excluding special needs students, is about $20,000." Again, thank you, Sen. Phillips, for your eﬀorts, and I ask Gov. Cuomo to please wake up and make this needed change in New York’s foundation aid formula.

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Sad passing of State aid formula unfair Frank Padavan

t was with great sadness as I read of the passing of former New York state Sen. Frank Padavan at age 83. He was elected to state Senate in 1972 and served for 38 years. Padavan fought hard for residents with mental health issues. He also served 30 years as a colonel in the reserved Army of Engineers. He served the people of Queens and New York state with honor and dedication. He was also on the board of directors of the Queens Village Republican Club where I am also a member. I had worked on some of his campaigns, had posted signs and had written to various newspapers in their letters to the editor in support of Padavan.

When I was first Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus in Douglaston, I had him speak at our installations of oﬃcers on issues that concern the many in our community. Whenever I had a problem, I would write to him for help and he would respond and try to do what he could for me. Padavan truly has cared for the concerns of the middle class. We in Queens and in this great state of New York have been truly blessed to of had Padavan as our state Senator. Padavan, may you rest in peace for you’ve done good. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

ost Long Island residents are unaware of the major flaw in New York’s state aid formula, which gives some Long Island and other New York State students $11,000 and more in foundation aid, while other school districts, such as Port Washington, get less than $1000 per student." In total state aid, some school districts get close to $20,000 per student in overall state aid, while others, like Port Washington, get less than $2,000 per student. The key part of state aid is Foundation Aid using a formula based upon average resident income, not median resident income. School districts with a few multi-millionaires have much higher average resident income than other school districts" while the typical (i.e., median or middle) resident income diﬀerence is far

In fairness, the formula should be based upon median incomes, not average incomes greatly aﬀected by a few very wealthy residents." But Gov. Cuomo has failed to take meaningful action to correct this indisputable unfairness in the state aid formula. However, I do want to thank our Sen. Elaine Phillips for trying to address this problem, but without success because of other opposing politicians. Yes, low-income school districts" should definitely get more state aid per student than higher income school districts. But the diﬀerence should not be 10 to 1 or higher, but rather 5 to 1." In other words, the higher income school districts" should get at least one-fifth as much per student as the lower income school districts.

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avid Zielenziger should be elected Trustee of the Great Neck Library because of his commitment to scholarship, books and education and his career in journalism. He’s been active for years asking questions of local elected oﬃcials. He leads services at Temple Israel. He’s read 10,000

more books than his opponent will ever read." Zielenziger is committed to getting politics out of the library and positioning it to be national Library of the Year. I support him enthusiastically. Julia Yu Great Neck

n Thursday, Nov. 22, Thanksgiving Day, we will be preparing and delivering hot meals to homebound senior citizens, coordinating this program from our home." Last year we provided over 450 meals and we expect to be doing the same this year. We are in need of donations of desserts, individual non-carbonated beverages, mini loaves of bread or dinner rolls, turkeys, and cash in order to complete the meals." " These items can be dropped oﬀ at our home at" 35 Maxwell Road, Garden

City." " Please call us as soon as possible to coordinate a convenient drop oﬀ time. All deliveries will begin at 12 noon on Thanksgiving Day.""Each delivery is accompanied by a visit, if so welcomed by the recipient.""We deliver to between 35 and 40 diﬀerent towns within" Nassau" County; please call us if you are able to help with the delivery of the meals. This year will be the 23rd" year we have coordinated this project. "It is a special part of our family tradition, and we invite you to make it part of yours, as

well." " Your generous donations of food, money, and time have made the deliveries a tremendous success each year." " With your help, we can continue to bring a meal and a smile to those who are alone on the holiday. Feel free to contact us at 516746-8331 regarding any part of this program. We thank you all for your continued support each year. Melinda and John Alford Garden City Letters Continued on Page 59

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Legislature questions assessment plan Republicans, Democrats concerned new executive order could raise home values too quickly BY LU K E TORRANCE Both Republicans and Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature expressed concern this week over County Executive Laura Curran’s plan to fix the assessment system. “I do support correcting the assessment system,” said Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D-Glen Cove), noting that the county’s assessment rolls have not been updated in seven years. “But I think the trepidation!comes from the fact that we haven’t seen firsthand data yet … maybe [Curran] should consider slowing down the process.” On Monday, Nassau County Assessor David Moog went before the Nassau Legislature to testify about the eﬀects of Curran’s recently implemented executive order. The executive order would!set the class one level of assessment — which covers one-, two-, and three-family homes — at 0.1 percent of market value. That was a drop from 0.25 percent, which was set when Cur-

ran signed an executive order in March to restart the tax rolls. But the administration decided to change course after!research showed that it would be diﬃcult for the county to win assessment challenges against wealthy homeowners under that plan. The tax rolls have not been updated since 2011, and as a result the tax burden has shifted from Nassau residents who challenged their assessments to residents who did not. County legislators are worried that the new plan could cause property taxes to rise too suddenly for some homeowners, rather than gradually rising to the appropriate level. On Monday, Moog warned that without state legislation spreading the assessment increases over a fiveyear period, some homeowners could see their property tax bills increase by 20 percent. Both Curran and the Legislature want state legislation to spread out the increases, but Presiding Oﬃcer Rich Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said it was a mistake to leave that to the “poli-

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earlier agreements,” he said. “Homeowners will have the opportunity to look at this, and express … what their feelings are for the whole process.” They will be able to do that because the Legislature unanimously approved a bill that would require the assessor’s office to send notices by Nov. 15 to Nassau homeowners notifying them of the potential impact. “[The assessor’s oﬃce] is sending out notices on Nov. 1 that show the fair value and assessed value, but!won’t say what the tax impacts are,” Nicolello said.! PHOTO BY DANTD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS And that confusion about the tax impact extends to the Nassau legislators. The Nassau County Legislative and Executive Building is “I! don’t know what impact seen in Mineola. it will have on people’s home cumvented the tax cap” with the values, and I don’t feel good tics of Albany.” “Whether that [legislation] new 0.1 percent increase, which about approving this without comes to pass is an open ques- could lead to an increase “all at that information,” said DeRiggiWhitton. tion,” he said, adding that the once.” He also said there was nothstate Legislature would not look Reach reporter Luke Torrance ing the Nassau Legislature could at it until January. Nicolello said he agreed do to stop Curran from going by email at ltorrance@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307to the plan in March that Cur- ahead with the plan. “She has the power, so we 1045, ext. 214, or follow him on ran eventually abandoned in September. He said Curran “cir- can’t make her go back to the Twitter @LukeATorrance.

pledges to: • Remove abortion from the state criminal code • Keep firearms from high-risk individuals • Never fund charter schools with public school money

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• Walked out on a vote to take abortion out of the state criminal code •Voted 'no' on sensible gun violence prevention • Voted in favor of funneling public school money to New York City Charter Schools.

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Both said that too much money was going to people at the top and both were against the tax cuts passed by Republicans and President Donald Trump. DeBono did say that Trump had helped the economy grow, while Suozzi called the tax cuts a “sugar jolt” to the wealthiest Americans that increased the deficit. Suozzi said he would support a carbon tax, while DeBono said residents already paid too many taxes. Their exchanges served as a stark contrast to the other two debates, which lacked the hostile back-and-forth. The candidates for state Assembly, incumbent Democrat Anthony D’Urso and Republican challenger Byron Divins, generally got along and agreed on many policies. Only one candidate for the state Senate — Democrat Anna Kaplan," a member of the North Hempstead Town Board — showed up. State Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill) could not make the debate, as she was attending an"award ceremony honoring her daughter at Cornell University. “It’s a balancing act between politics and family, and" sometimes family has to win,” said Town of North Hempstead Councilman Angelo Ferrara, who read a statement on Phillips’ behalf. “But she very much wanted to be here.” Ferrara touted Phillips’ accomplishments in securing school security"funding, money for a shuttle bus to the Amsterdam, tax credits and protections for Long Island drinking water. “Some people get into politics for the power or glory or the money, and other people get into it to make life better for the residents they serve,” he said. “She truly works for the people.” After the statement it was all KaContinued on Page 67

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Roslyn studio hopes to be a knockout BY T E R I W EST Just a year after graduating from college, Alek Kucich has already been through a career transformation that many take decades to accomplish: ditching the corporate city lifestyle for an entrepreneurial passion project. It was halfway into his first job in the city that he started dreaming of an out, a dream that’s materialized in BOUT Boxing, a fitness studio in Roslyn. Mirrors and bags line one side of the room opposite windows that face a brick wall. The 23-yearold operates the business almost entirely on his own and is the motivating and challenging trainer whom participants keep coming back for. He oﬀers group boxing classes and one-on-one sessions meant to be adaptable for participants of all ages and skill levels. BOUT Boxing doesn’t

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Chamber calls for sewer cost analysis BY T E R I W EST The Manhasset Chamber of Commerce has circulated a petition requesting a feasibility study to investigate the cost of creating sewers on Plandome Road. Plandome Road currently pumps wastewater into underground cesspools, which is both costly for businesses and detrimental to water supplies, said T.J. Costello,! president of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce. The petition is directed to the Great Neck Water PHOTO BY TERI WEST Pollution Control District and the Manhasset-Lakeville Water District and after several weeks of circulation has This petition documents growing support for sewers along Plandome Road, said Manhasset Chamber about 80 signatures, Costello said. Businesses stay away from Plandome Road because of Commerce President T.J. Costello. of its current water drainage system, especially restauThe buildings along Plandome Road are also aging Residents have been concerned that a sewer would rants, which are especially reliant on lead to the construction of apartment while the costs of pumping waste are rising, Costello water, said!Richard Bentley, president of buildings because the technology can ac- said. the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic The water district would support sewer installation, commodate taller buildings, Bentley said. “ e only have Associations. For years, politicians avoided ad- Schrader said. Pumping cesspools often costs about “We live above our drinking water, we live above one well north of dressing the topic because of that public $1,000 per week, and they are expensive Manhasset Bay. The use of cesspools is an absolutely anconcern, Costello said. Northern Boulevard, Now, people are more aware of the tiquated technology,” Auriemma said at the civic group’s to replace, Costello said. “That’s a lot of money that could col- and that well is out environmental eﬀects of cesspools as ni- Wednesday meeting, one place where the petition cirlectively go to better uses,” he said. trates are showing up in Manhasset Bay, culated. Great Neck has a sewer system that of service for high he said. Public opinion is shifting, and this petition is a good channels water along Northern BouleWaste placed directly into the ground way to demonstrate that, especially by gathering signitrates.” vard, Bentley said. Sewers along Plandeventually travels downward. Nitrates in natures of local business owners, Costello said. Plus, a Paul Schrader ome Road could connect to that system, groundwater is an issue across Long Is- feasibility study may cost hundreds of thousands of dolSUPERINTENDENT OF THE he said. land, but especially in areas without sew- lars, an investment that warrants proof that sewers are The town needs to draw restaurants MANHASSET-LAKEVILLE WATER ers, said Paul Schrader, superintendent of something people truly want, he said. to Plandome Road if it is going to be a “People are realizing, look, it’s going to have to hapthe Manhasset-Lakeville Water District. DISTRICT. “destination downtown,”!Sue Auriemma, “We only have one well north of pen,” Costello said. “It seems as though it’s worth investsecretary of the civic associations council, Northern Boulevard, and that well is out ing in now.” said at the council meeting last Wednesday. of service for high nitrates,” Schrader said.

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Phillips gets support of women’s group BY LU K E TOR R A N C E State Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill) announced last week that she had received the endorsement of the Nassau County chapter of the National Women’s Political Caucus. “Throughout my professional and public service career, I have been a strong advocate for women at home and in the workplace, for better career opportunities and better access to health care, child and family care, and for every woman to be treated fairly,” Phillips said in a statement. “It’s never easy to balance the demands of motherhood, career and community service, and I am committed to supporting every woman who wants the opportunity to succeed, and to help inspire the next generation of woman leaders.” The organization is the local chapter of a nationwide group founded in 1971 by Gloria Steinem. The goal of the group is to support women running for oﬃce at all levels of government. The Nassau County chapter began operations in April of last year, and has supported both Democratic and Republican candidates. Phillips, who formerly served as the mayor of Flower Hill, is running for a second term in the Senate. She is being

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Gold Coast festival comes to N. Shore

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he Gold Coast International Film Festival will offer an array of films touching on everything from baseball in Israel to a humorous twist on chronic back pain. More than 80 movies will be offered over 10 days in the Soundview Cinema of Port Washington and the Bowtie theaters in Manhasset, Roslyn and Great Neck, according to the festival’s website, along with special guests and talks after certain films. There will be dozens of documentaries, foreign films from 22 countries, dramas, family programs, comedies and short films ranging from four to 30 minutes each. Caroline Sorokoff, the festival director, said it will feature award-winning movies and include dramas that are making premieres either on Long Island or

New York. B u t what stands out in particular this year is the sheer number of visits and question and answer sessions with people involved in the film industry, Sorokoﬀ said. “It’s really all about great films you can’t see anywhere else and insider Q&As,” Sorokoﬀ said. “That’s really why people come to us and why people have been calling us already asking, ‘When’s the schedule going to be released?’” The Gold Coast International Film Festival will launch with a night of Beatlemania on Friday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Bowtie Great Neck Squire Cinemas. It will feature the Long Island premiere of “Deconstructing the Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour,” a live performance by tribute band Penny Lane!, and a visit from musicologist and Beatles expert Scott Freiman, who created the “Deconstructing the Beatles” series. Another of the films on the schedule is “Bathtubs over Broadway,” a documentary focusing on so-called Broadway-style “industrial musicals” and “Late Show with David Letterman” comedy writer Steve Young’s journey through a world of corporate song and dance. Young will be available for a Q&A session after the film, which will play on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Port Washington’s Soundview Cinema. There will also be an underdog sports story, “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel,” making its Long Island premiere

on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 4:30 p.m. at the Bowtie Great Neck Squire Cinemas and a visit from Jeremy Newberger, one of its directors. The film chronicles Israel’s national baseball team’s unexpected victory at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, its battles against other national teams, and explorations of the team members’ Jewish identities. Another film set to premiere on Long Island is “Yellow Is Forbidden,” which follows Chinese designer Guo Pei and captures her rise to the international scene as she faces challenges from various forces like tradition, prejudice and the pressure China’s economic rise puts on artists. That film will be shown on Friday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bowtie Great Neck Squire Cinemas. “Diane,” deemed the best narrative film at the Tribeca Film Festival and produced by Martin Scorsese, will also be shown at the Soundview Cinema in Port Washington on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. The event will also feature a Q&A with Matt Prigge, a New York University professor and film critic, who worked as film editor for Metro and written for publications like The Village Voice, Philadelphia Weekly and Nashville Scene. Sorokoﬀ also highlighted Making Memories, a special program for people with memory loss and their caregivers, which will include clips from military themed films and a sing-along led by musician Roberta Fabiano. This will take place on Tuesday, Nov.

6, at 11:30 a.m. in the Gold Coast Arts Center. There will also be a set of family film days, including on Monday, Nov. 12, starting at 12:30 p.m. at the Gold Coast Arts Center with handpicked films for a family audience, Sorokoff said. “Song of Back and Neck,” a romantic comedy, tells the tale of Fred, a paralegal who suffers from immobilizing back pain. He meets a client going through divorce proceedings – which not only sparks a romance, but unconventional acupuncture treatment for his back. Paul Lieberstein, the director, producer and screenwriter of the film, will appear via Skype from Los Angeles to field questions from audience members at the film’s screening at the Soundview Cinema in Port Washington on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. “It’s a really quirky, fun, romantic comedy,” Sorokoff said. Sorokoff also said the film “Happy,” which documents how people around the world find happiness despite their living conditions, as well as the panel featuring Katz Institute for Women’s Health experts and Roko Belic, the film’s director, is particularly relevant for today. The film will be shown on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Soundview Cinema of Port Washington. “It’s just kind of a nice way to remind people to take a step back and take care of themselves,” Sorokoff said. A full list of offerings can be found at the Gold Coast International Film Festival’s website. Tickets are now on sale.

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Whoopi Goldberg Friday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.

Oscar-winning actress, comedienne, author, and television host of the ABC daytime talk show, “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg will take the stage in Westbury, sharing her humor, stories and insights on the world today.

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Hofstra University Presents: “Into the Woods”

Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. (ongoing performances through Nov. 4) “Into the Woods” weaves the classic stories of “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Cinderella,” and “Rapunzel” around the tale of a baker and his wife who learn that they are childless because of a witch’s curse. Where: Sosnoff Theater at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, Hofstra University, Hempstead Info & Tickets: (516) 463-6644 • events.hofstra.edu

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This Tony award-winning musical is based on Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical film, “8½,” about a famous Italian film director who has turned 40 and faces double crises: he has to shoot a film for which he can’t write the script, and his wife of 20 years may be about to leave him. Where: Madison Theatre at Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre Info & Tickets: (516) 323-4444 • madisontheatreny.org

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The Halloween Ball includes blood-thirst-quenching cocktails in the Vampyres’ Lair, a gory dinner (for meat eaters and vegetarians alike), and entertainment fit for the most daring night creature. Throughout the week, you can pay a visit to the Vampyres’ Lair, a fun and terrifying experience. Where: Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, Hempstead House, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point Info & Tickets: (516) 571-7901 • sandspointpreserveconservancy.org

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Author Alice McDermott with “The Ninth Hour”

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Sunday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. Join this afternoon event with bestselling and award-winning author Alice McDermott as she speaks and signs copies of her novel, “The Ninth Hour.” In Catholic Brooklyn during the early part of the 20th century, a man’s suicide reverberates through many lives. Where: Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 271-1442 • bookrevue.com

The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson

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Tuesday, Oct. 30 through Sunday, Nov. 4 (check venue website for daily show times) This play by Lanford Wilson is set in the mid-20th century in Eldritch, Missouri, a decaying Bible Belt town that once was a prosperous coal mining community, and focuses on the murder of an aging local hermit. Where: Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City Info: (516) 877-4000 • pac.adelphi.edu

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Little River Band Thursday, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.

Through the 1970’s and ‘80’s, the Little River Band enjoyed success with multi-platinum albums and chart-topping hits like “Reminiscing,” “Help Is on Its Way,” “Lady,” and “It’s A Long Way There.” Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 673-7300 • paramountny.com

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Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m. to 9: 30 p.m. (Spooky Walk) and Sunday, Oct. 28, 12 p.m to 4 p.m. (Not-So-Spooky Walk)

Clark Botanic Garden transforms into a haunted maze with goblins, ghosts, zombies and more. Minors must be accompanied by an adult at the Spooky Walk. Younger children will enjoy fun-filled activities at the Sunday celebration. Both events are $5 per person.

Where: Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson Info: 311 or northhempsteadny.gov

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This day will be full of family activities — from pumpkin picking and decorating, to mask making and trick-or-treating — and includes a haunted house, food trucks, bounce houses, live entertainment and more. Wear a Halloween costume to enter the costume contest and walk in the Halloween parade.

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

aunted House and Children’s Fall Festival

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Saturday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Haunted House) and Sunday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Fall Festival)

Children ages 6 to 12 can get into the Halloween spirit at the Haunted House. The following day, the whole family can dress in costumes for this fall celebration for kids that will include live country music, hayrides, pony rides and a seasonal petting zoo. !

Where: Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park / Info & Tickets: 718-347-3276 or queensfarm.org

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Kids can join this night at the museum to celebrate Halloween in a safe and spooky way. They can show oﬀ their costumes, decorate a goody bag, go trick-or-treating in the gallery, get their faces painted, listen to eerie music, make cool and creepy craft projects, and enjoy a bubble show extravaganza.

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City Info: 516-224-5800 or licm.org

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This Halloween party for young children will feature adorable woodland plush animals celebrating Halloween in a charming display complete with fairy cottages and sparkle lights. Children can come in costume — and bring pets in their costumes, too. Members: $10 per car; non-members: $20 per car.

Where: Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, Hempstead House, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point Info: 516-571-7901 or sandspointpreserveconservancy.org

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Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth & the Town Board dare you to join us at Clark Botanic Garden:

CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN 193 I.U. WILLETS ROAD, ALBERTSON

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(may not be suitable for young children; minors must be accompanied by an adult)

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Date: Sunday, October 28 Time: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Admission: $5 per person

Date: Friday, October 26 & Saturday, October 27 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Admission: $5 per person Sponsored by:

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Council Member, Dist. 2 Peter J. Zuckerman

Council Member, Dist. 3 Angelo P. Ferrara

Council Member, Dist. 4 Anna M. Kaplan

Council Member, Dist. 5 Lee R. Seeman

Council Member, Dist. 6 Dina M. De Giorgio

Town Clerk Wayne H. Wink, Jr.

Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman

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Direct from Broadway to Port’s Landmark Bobby Conte Thornton isn’t actually referring to his own life story with the title of his solo cabaret show. The 25-year-old’s “Blame It on My Youth” debuted to critical acclaim at the historic Venetian Room in the Fairmont San Francisco before coming home to sell out at Manhattan’s Feinstein’s/54 Below, with a set list that takes him from Nat King Cole to Alan Mencken to Pasek and Paul. Now, direct from his highly praised Broadway debut as Calogero, the lead role in Chazz Palminteri’s hit musical “A Bronx Tale,” Thornton is now bringing!“Blame It On My Youth” to!Landmark on Main Street on Friday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. In addition to the full concert with a four piece band, Thornton sits down with Palminteri on stage to talk about their unique collaboration of working together on his life story. Steve Barnes of the Albany Times-Union says Thornton delivers, “a polished, impassioned set with a musical and emotional maturity beyond his 25 years. He’s still plenty youthful, prone to stomping on the stage or leaping on the piano or kicking out

his long, lanky legs like a thoroughbred colt, and he exudes a young person’s idealism. But his musical choices and the interpretive intelligence behind the way he uses his supple, powerful tenor suggest an older, wiser performer.” A 2015 graduate of the University of Michigan, Thornton starred in “Grease” at the Paper Mill Playhouse in! Millburn, NJ,!and “Les Miserables” at the Muny in St. Louis while pursuing his BFA. His New York theater credits include “My Fair Lady,” directed by Richard Maltby Jr. Thornton has also starred regionally in Two River Theater’s all-male “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” and the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s “A Comedy of Tenors.” His television credits include “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Madam Secretary,” and the upcoming CBS military legal drama

“The Code.” The audience can expect a lively crowd at this show given that Thornton has deep roots in the community around Landmark. “After college, Bobby came to live with us in Manhasset while he auditioned for Broadway,” says his grandmother Helen “Mimi” Conte.! “He got to spend a lot of time with his ‘Pappy’ Anthony, listening to the stories Anthony had heard from his father, a first generation immigrant from Italy, and of course I stuﬀed him full of homemade raviolis and Italian family values. So when he went to audition for ‘A Bronx Tale,’ he was a natural for the part that Chazz Palminteri had written about his own life growing up in the Bronx.” Tickets to the performance are available through Landmark’s Box Oﬃce, 516-767-6444 and online at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

Tesla returns to rock The Paramount It’s been said that lightning never strikes the same place twice. However, it does in the case of the band Tesla, who will return to The Paramount on Thursday,!Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. Over the course of their 30-year career, the

hard rock quintet that hails from Sacramento, Calif., has sold more than 25 million albums and performed to sold-out crowds across the world. Comprised of Frank Hannon and Dave Rude on guitar, Brian Wheat

on bass, Troy Luccketta on drums, and Jeﬀ Keith as lead vocalist, the band’s! journey kicked oﬀ with 1986’s platinum-certified debut, Mechanical Resonance, which solidified them as a household name and yielded signature anthems, such as “Modern Day Cowboy” and “Love Song.” Tesla’s musical road continues with this upcoming concert, sure to entertain their many fans. The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington. To purchase tickets to the show, go to www.paramountny.com.

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Rock music photo gems focus of exhibit Photographer Mick Rock, who was instrumental in creating some of the most iconic images in rock music history, will be the focus of a retrospective that!will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 6 to 10 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 21, from 1 to 6 p.m., at The Jewelry Studio, located at 1107 Old Country Road in Plainview. This unique gallery experience will include a collection of limited edition photographic pieces that will be on sale to the public, along with wearable jewelry art designed by The Jewelry Studio founder, Robert Pepkin. The artworks that will be on display range from classic portrait pieces of Long Island natives like Joan Jett and Lou Reed, to Rock’s quintessential album covers from the late ’60s through today, including Lou Reed’s Transformer, Iggy Pop’s Raw Power, The Ramones’ End of the Century,!and works from his creative partnership with David Bowie. With the upcoming release of Queen’s biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” arriving in theaters this November, the collection will include some of Rock’s timeless works with the band including their Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack!album covers. Rock is often referred to as “the man who shot the ’70s,” for his images of! Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd),! David Bowie,! Lou Reed,! Iggy Pop,! Queen, the!Sex Pistols, the Ramones,!Blondie and many more. London born, he has resided in New York for the past 35 years, and has! shot more than 100 album covers.!His recent subjects include!Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Daft Punk, Rufus Wainwright,!Kings of Leon. Rock recently shot special stills for the new TV version of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” featuring the transgender actress Laverne Cox as Frank N. Furter. He also produced and!directed seminal music videos for Bowie, including “John, I’m Only Dancing,” “Jean Genie,” “Space Oddity,” and “Life On Mars.” At the event, Rock will autograph the new trade edition of his publication, “Mick Rock: The Rise of David

Bowie, 1972-1973,” a limited-edition book that sold out just before Bowie’s death. A documentary about Rock’s career, entitled “SHOT!,” launched at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016 and released theatrically in 2017. “I’ve never felt like a voyeur, although I’ve certainly done plenty of looking,” Rock was quoted as saying!in the London Times. ! “I work from the inside out. Like a cook, I gather all the ingredients and keep mixing and stirring and tasting until the kind of effluvia starts to rise, then I’m oﬀ to the races. It’s an addictive kind of a feeling that I need a regular shot of otherwise I don’t feel right.” A Long Island native, Pepkin attended the Pratt Institute for Fine Art before working with fine jewelry artist Marla Mencher. He found inspiration in a new kind of art that people could wear.! After a chance meeting with Francis Ford Coppola’s father Carmine, he was hired to work on the set design of their production of “Opera on the Sound.”! Pepkin continued to get more involved in the design and creation of jewelry and eventually opened The Jewelry Studio. During his 40 year career as an artist and jeweler, he has been inspired by countless artists both inside and outside his field. ! Pepkin first met Rock more than 30 years ago and is excited to collaborate with him in their upcoming gallery exhibit. “The attraction to Mick’s work for me comes from the many theatrical undertones, from the drama behind the legendary black and white Queen II album cover to capturing the dramatic poses of Iggy Pop on stage,” Pepkin says. “All of his shots capture the spirit of the artist or band he works with. The same has gone for me when trying to create something that someone will wear. You have to capture their spirit because the pieces become part of them and part of their own history.” Through David Glicker, a mutual friend and promoter, the two artists have reconnected to collaborate on this special gallery show that runs through January.

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A talk about warbler watching this fall The North Shore Audubon Society will present a talk, “Fall Warblers on Long Island,” delivered by Joe Giunta on!Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. The event will take place at the Manhasset Public Library at 30 Onderdonk Ave. Giunta, a native New Yorker, has been an avid birder in the region for nearly 30 years. He is the birding instructor for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and has led bird

walks for many organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, New York City Audubon, the Brooklyn Bird Club, and several for the North Shore Audubon Society. Giunta’s program will highlight warblers in their fall plumages so bird watchers can better identify them in the fall foliage. The talk is free and open to the general public. For more information, go to www. northshoreaudubon.org.

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G.N. street fest fans community flair Annual autofest and street festival in Great Neck Plaza to feature contests, local talent BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The annual Great Neck Plaza Street Festival and AutoFest will showcase the talents of local students in addition to cars and restaurants on Sunday, a move aimed at making the event more “community oriented.” This year will feature two stages for musical and dance performances by Great Neck children at both ends of Bond Street, as well as a karaoke contest for 11-to-18-year-olds and more than 50 pieces of art on display and a variety of contests. In addition, Great Neck South High School’s robotics team will showcase its creations. “We wanted to create an event that would give the Great Neck community more reasons to come out and enjoy a festive day with family and friends,” said Ron Edelson, executive director of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District. “Building our entertainment

around the awesome talent of the youth in this community seemed to be the perfect way to re-energize the festival.”

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Student art focus of Halloween exhibit The Huntington Arts Council!invited students in grades!6 through 12!to create and submit art inspired by the theme of Halloween. The result is the exhibit, Nightmare on Main Street, which will be on display from Friday, Oct. 19 through Saturday, Nov. 3. “I love spooky, but not horror,” said the show’s juror, Jessica Valentin. ! “I blend my work with spooky themes, color, and sweetness so I can deal with the things that scare me. How do you face the things that scare you?”! A costume reception will take place on Friday, Oct. 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main St. in Huntington, where prizes will be awarded in two categories, grades 6 to 8 and 9 to 12. The students who were accepted into the show include:! Olivia Belluomo, Brooke Blumberg, Sage Boiko, Grace Burkart, Giavanna Castro, Ziqian Chen, Maxwell DeFalco, Alysse Fazal, Gloria Gang, Rachel Taylor Goldsmith, Elizabeth Gordin, Jenna Hart, Zoe Hartmann, Morgan Hlaing, Jiayi Huo, Evelyn Johnson, Aya Karimealaoui, Evgenia Kennedy, Anna Laimo, Siyu Lei, Juliette Liberatoscioli, Angelina Lomangino, Jessica Lyle, Sara Madsen, Chase McGill, Madalyn Metzger, Frida Misko, Benjamin Pollard, Sophia Polizzi, Dylan Roca, Matthew Rubenfeld, Jessica Rush, Mehr Sharma, Martina Simone, Juliah Triana, Leia Ulrich, Anna Vig, Emily Villavicen-

cio, Isabelle Waldorf, Hephzibah Yoo and Ida Zuo. “Nightmare on Main Street is in its seventh year and continues to receive a strong response from the student artists who enter the show as well as the surrounding community,” said Huntington Arts Council Executive Director Marc Courtade. “With over 85 pieces submitted and 41 artists chosen from across Nassau and Suﬀolk Counties, the artwork featured in this exhibit reflects an incredible level of talent. We are always thrilled to see the work of young adults in our gallery. Please join us for our costume reception on the 26th, where awards will be presented to select artists in the grade 6 to 8 and 9 to 12 categories, as well as prizes for best costume. Its a fun evening, everyone is welcome.” “I was honored and excited to be chosen as a juror. It was surprising; the layered complexity, and the technical skill of these young artists. I love the places that they took the theme.! It was hard. There was lots of good work to choose from,” added Valentin. Known for her heartbreaking pop style, Valentin works in the digital and collage realms. Her art has graced gallery and street walls from Long Island to Manhattan. Her latest project, Muñeca Arthouse, is a unique gallery space in Patchogue. This is a free event, and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.

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Bringing back Broadway of ‘70s, ‘80s Why do certain songs catch on and become smash hits? Why do only a few musicals having long runs? An obvious answer is that amazing talent has been enlisted during production. To establish a Broadway hit you must have great songwriters, great directors, amazing singers and actors, talented choreographers and experts in set design and lighting and costumes. All that’s true but to have a smash Broadway hit you need something else. You need to tap into the culture’s deepest hopes. It has been said that the arts are the way that a culture dreams. The culture’s dreams remain unconscious until an artist somehow expresses them for us. If the playmaker and songwriter taps into our deepest hopes they just may produce a smash Broadway hit. So when I got a call from producer Margo Bayroﬀ of the Herricks Community Players I was more than happy to meet with her and explore what this seasons oﬀering was all about. We met at the Herricks Community Center Theatre where Margo told me that they had decided to put on a musical revue based upon the biggest Broadway shows of the 1970’ and 1980’s including classics taken

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from “Chicago” (1975), began to realize just “Sweeney Todd” how much time and (1979), “Shenandoah” eﬀort is put into a pro(1975), “Phantom of duction like this even the Opera” (1988),” Anthough it will only run nie: (1977), “Grease” for three days. (1971) and “Little Shop After our chat I of Horrors” (1986.) returned to my oﬃce I wondered why where I planned on they chose to review investigating the songs the ’70s and ’80s and they chose and what DR. TOM FERRARO she told me “those these songs would say Our Town were much simpler about the 1970’s and times back then where the 1980’s. the country still had hope and a brightThe first song I researched was Mr. ness to it. The fashion colors were gay Cellophane from the play Chicago. and bold with lots of oranges and pinks This will be the revues second numand bright blues. In the ’70s we still had ber and was memorably performed on some flower children around, the Ameri- Broadway by Joel Grey and by John C. can dream was still alive and we felt Reilly in the film version. The song is maybe we could bring back some of that about schlubby pushover Amos Hart brightness.” who expresses what it feels like to be I thought that was well put. And invisible and ignored by the woman he soon enough we were joined the co-pro- loves. In the film version, it was done ducer Lisa Simon-Weitz and costume de- like a fantasy piece with John C. Reilly signer/ actress Maura Calio along with dressed like a tramp clown reminiscent director Susan Weber via the phone. of Charlie Chaplin or Emmett Kelly. It is They have a cast and crew of 45 in- worth noting that Reilly came up with cluding musicians and child actors and his own choreography for the piece. as I was shown around the backstage I As a psychoanalyst, we are trained to analyze the cultural zeitgeist. The 1970s was the birth of the feminist movement ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA and I thought this song was a true symbol of the embattled and weakened and even castrated male of the 1970s who seemed rather confused as to what to do about female power. And the Me Too movement of today attests to the fact that this issue has not been adequately resolved in any way. The second song from the show I chose to analyze was “Somewhere That’s Green” from the comedy horror musical “Little Shop of Horrors” (1986.) In thisheart-rendingg number Audrey sings of her sweet desire to have a simple

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar NYCB LIVE, HOME OF NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • www.nycblive.com Saturday, Oct. 20, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Long Island Whiskey Fest Through Saturday, Nov. 3 (check website for daily times) Blood Manor Presents Crypts of the Coliseum NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Friday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. Arlo Guthrie: “Alice’s Restaurant Back By Popular Demand” Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. Monsters of Freestyle with TKA, Rob Base, Expose and many more! THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 • www.paramountny.com Friday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. Back to the ‘80s Show with Jessie’s Girl Saturday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m. Comedian Billy Gardell Thursday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Tesla THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283-5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. Los Lobos Sunday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance Live! 2018 MY FATHERS PLACE AT THE ROSLYN HOTEL 1221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn (516) 413-3535 • www.myfathersplace. com Friday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. The Loser’s Lounge: Midler vs. Manilow — Battle of the Bands Thursday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Richie Furay LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-1384 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.co Friday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. Blame it on my Youth: An evening with “A Bronx Tale’s” Bobby Conte Thornton and special guest Chazz Palminteri Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. Port’s Got Talent: A Night of Entertainment Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Film Screening and Discussion: “Power & Control: Domestic Violence in America” GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • www.goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The Stars Come Out! A Gala Event to

Benefit the Gold Coast Arts Center & Gold Coast International Film Festival Through Dec. 15 Exhibit: Storytelling Through the Lens TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • www.tillescenter.org Saturday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m. Rocktopia – Featuring Dee Snider from Twisted Sister Sunday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. Tower of Power and Average White Band Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. Batboy: A Yankee Miracle Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 1 South Ave., Garden City (516) 877-4000 • www.pacadelphi.edu Friday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. The Sounds of Cinema Saturday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m. A Musical Morning with Dr. Brent Talbot: Children’s Songs and Games from Bali Sunday, Oct. 21, 2 p.m. Verdi’s Rigoletto Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1 p.m. Student Recital MADISON THEATRE AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 323-4444 • www.madisontheatreny. com Saturday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m. Candy Dulfer NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor (516) 484-9338 • www.nassaumuseum.org Sunday, Oct. 21, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Family Sundays at the Museum Sunday, Oct. 21, 3 p.m. Artist in the Gallerty: Scott McIntire (free with museum admission) SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY/HEMPSTEAD HOUSE 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point (516) 571-7901 • www.sandspointpreserve. org Saturday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. PUSH Physical Theatre’s “Dracula” Wednesday, Oct. 24, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Just Moms Discussion Group LONG ISLAND CHILDRENS MUSEUM 11 Davis Ave., Garden City (516) 224-5800 • www.licm.org Friday, Oct. 19, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kids in the Kitchen: Stacked Taco Children ages 3 to 5. Fee: $5 with museum admission ($4 LICM members). Saturday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Messy Afternoons Children ages 18 months to 4 years will be up to their elbows in mud and slime. Free with museum admission.

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A&E Calendar cont’d BARNES AND NOBLE 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset and 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place (516) 365-6723 (Manhasset); (516) 741-9850 (Carle place) • www.barnesandnoble.com Saturday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m. “Elbow Grease” Story Time Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Barnes and Noble Book Club: “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel” by Hank Green CINEMA ARTS CENTRE 423 Park Ave., Huntington (631) 423-7611 • www.cinemaartscentre.org Monday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Movie Trivia Night BOOK REVUE 313 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 271-1442 • www.bookrevue.com Friday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Author Dina Santorelli, “Baby Carter” Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Author Ellie Kemper, “My Squirrel Days” Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Author Amy Giles, “That Night” THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP AND CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop. com Friday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cafe Music at the Dolphin Saturday, Oct. 20, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Author Martin Brown, “Chuckanut Dreams” TURN OF THE CORKSCREW BOOKS AND WINE 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 764-6000 • www.turnofthecorkscrew. com Saturday, Oct. 20, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Author Teddy Crawford, “Right Foot First: A Practical Guide to Self Safety, Wellness, Awareness and Keeping Fit for Life” ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND JEANIE TENGELSEN GALLERY 107 E. Deer Park Road, Dix Hills (631) 462-5400 • www.artleagueli.org Through Sunday, Oct. 28 Exhibit: Alex Ferrone Gallery Presents — “Eclecticism” PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-8678 • www.plantingfields.org Friday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Haunted Halloween Nights at Coe Hall Saturday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct. 21, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Frankenstein: Little Mary’s Monster Radio Drama OLD WESTBURY GARDENS 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury (516) 333-0048 • www.oldwestburygardens. org Through Monday, Oct. 29 (see website for daily hours and ticket info.) Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns THE WHALING MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor (631) 367-3418 • www.cshwhalingmuseum. org Saturday, Oct. 20, 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Harbor Haunts Walking Tour! (6 p.m. is the spookier session) For ages 10 to adult. $12 per adult/$8 per child. Spots are limited.

Community Calendar PORT WASHINGTON POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE At Sunset Park, 325 Main St., Port Washington (516) 965-9883 • www.pwpal.org Friday, Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. 5th Annual College Coaches Clinic Pitchers and catchers report at 5:30 p.m., all others at 6:30 p.m. Fee: $125. Go to www.pwpal.org for details and to register. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT SHELTER ROCK 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset (516) 627-6560 • www.uucsr.org Friday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Soulful Songs & Stories Friday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Group Book Club: “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. Inisfada Zen Sitting Meditation ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (516) 767-0363 • www.ststephenspw.org 9 Carlton Ave., Port Washington Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Annual Fall Fair Petting zoo and pony rides from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., music and dancing from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., children’s carnival, lunch and baked goods, handmade quilt raffle, Continued on Page 50

WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE AND HISTORIC SITE 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station (631) 427-5240 • www.waltwhitman.org Sunday, Oct. 21, 1 p.m. Halloween Family Day with Magic Mike There will be magic, face painting, spooky (not scary) games, Halloween crafts, a prize for Best Costume, guided tours and more fun for all ages. COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rte. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor (516) 692-6768 • www.cshfishhatchery.org Saturday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct. 21, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Egg Taking Demonstrations Learn the century’s old process of trout egg taking and rearing. $6 adults; $4 kids ages 3 to 12 and seniors 65 and up; under age 3 and members are free. LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE: “A BAROQUE BASH — CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF THE ERA” www.libaroque.org Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown Sunday, Oct. 21, 3 p.m. Christ Church, 61 Main St., Oyster Bay

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gift basket chances, country store, organ demonstrations, trash and treasure, holiday goods, plants and more. Admission is free.

CONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAEL 40 Hill St., Glen Cove (516) 676-5080 • www.ctionline.org Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. Dance Party/Concert: Spontaneous Combustion Performs Admission is $20 for adults; $25 at the door; $10 for those 18 and under. Reserve by phone at 516-676-5080 or via email at office@ctionline.org. Sunday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m. Free Story Time Sunday (for children ages 1 to 4)

NORTHWELL’S CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 1500 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn (516) 858-3095 • www.northwellhealth. edu/integrativemedicine Saturday, Oct. 20 through Nov. 10, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Girl Scout Mother Daughter Yoga Learn the benefits of yoga in a parent/ daughter combined practice that will gradually increase the level of difficulty at your own pace each Saturday. $80 for each mother/daughter pair; $10 additional for siblings. Register online at www.northwell.edu/integrativemedicine. Saturday, Oct. 20, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Yoga for the Broken-Hearted A healing context for individuals who have experienced loss of all types using Kundalini Kriya’s meditations and specific mantra. $50 in advance; $60 at the door. Register online at www.northwell.edu/ integrativemedicine.

JONES BEACH STATE PARK Ocean Parkway, Field 5, Wantaugh (631) 300-3212 • www.mainacsevents.org Sunday, Oct. 21, 7:30 a.m. American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk Sign up online for easy check-in the day of the walk. Check-In officially opens at 7 a.m. — you can visit the Field 5 or West Bathhouse check-in tents. CAUMSETT STATE HISTORIC PARK PRESERVE 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington (631) 423-1770 Sunday, Oct. 21, 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Salt Marsh Special Join this slow, approximately five-mile

OLDE TRADING POST 1218 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 492-3195 • www.oldetradingpost. com Saturday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m. Music: Dan Readon Friday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.

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WINTHROP WELLNESS PAVILION 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML-5, Garden City (516) 663-3916 • www.parks.ny.gov Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Breastfeeding Support Group Sessions are free, but pre-registration is required by calling 516-663-2556. Friday, Oct. 26, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Breast Cancer Support Group for the Newly Diagnosed Patient Sessions are free, but pre-registration is required by calling 516-663-2556.

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ST. ALOYSIUS SOCIABLES MONTHLY LUNCHEON At the Jolly Fisherman, 25 Main St., Roslyn (516) 482-3795 Wednesday, Oct. 24, 12:30 p.m. Cost: Price of your meal. Call John Hyland (516-482-3795) for reservations.

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NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION 15th and West Sts., Mineola (516) 747-4079 • www.nassaubar.org Thursday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m. Free Legal Consultations at Bar Association You must register in advance by calling 516-747-4070. NYU WINTHROP RESEARCH & ACADEMIC CENTER 101 Mineola Blvd., Mineola (866) 946-8476 • www.nyuwinthrop.org Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Inspiring Women: Breast Cancer — Reduce your Risk: What You Can Do Session is free, but registration is required by calling 516-663-3916 or emailing inspiringwomen@nyilangone.org. CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN 193 I U Willets Road, Albertson (516) 484-2208 • www.clarkbotanic.org Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Spooky Walk) and Sunday, Oct. 28, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Not-So-Spooky Walk) Spooky Walk and Not-So-Spooky Walk Clark Botanic Garden will transform into a haunted maze with goblins, ghosts, zombie and more. Both events are $5 per person. CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH In Fitzgerald Hall, 155 Garfield Ave., Mineola (516) 294-6379 • www.corpuschristimineola.net Friday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m. Oktoberfest sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of Corpus Christi Join this fun-filled evening of music and dancing, German food and dessert. Tickets are $35. For reservations, call Jill Begg, 516-294-6379. HERRICKS COMMUNITY CENTER THEATRE 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park (516) 742-1926 Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 28, 3 p.m. Herricks to Broadway: A Musical Revue — Celebrating Broadway 1970s and ‘80s The performance will include songs from “Grease,” “Annie,” “Dream Girls” and more. Tickets: $25 adults; $22 senior/ child. To order tockets, call 516-742-1926.

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Great Neck Library self-expression and storytelling. New writers, professionals and Great Neck Main Library is loeveryone in between are welcome. cated at 159 Bayview Ave. in Great Sharing is encouraged, but not Neck. Following is a sampling of required. upcoming events. For a complete listing, go to www.greatnecklibrary. THEH GOLDEN AGE OF THE org. AMERICAN MUSICAL AT MAIN Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. THE WRITER WITHIN AT MAIN Enjoy video clips with perforFriday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. mances by original cast members Access your authentic voice and of musicals including “Oklahoma,” explore the power of imagination, “A Chorus Line,“ “Carousel,” South

Pacific,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “The London and is directed by Stephane Music Man” and more. Clips include Brize. commentary by Rodgers & Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim. GREAT NECK LIBRARY CLOSING/ CANCELLATION INFORMATION WEDNESDAY FILM MATINEE ONLINE AT MAIN: “THE MEASURE OF A Library patrons connected to the MAN” Internet are asked to check the Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. website: www.cancellations.com Unemployed everyman Thierry for library weather related closings/ must submit to a series of quietly program cancellations. In order to humiliating ordeals in his search access this service, library district for work. The film stars Vincent residents can log on to cancella-

tions.com, type 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.

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 Serve 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 8 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank at 2 Great Neck Road. For more information, visit the 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

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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 at 9 a.m. The events are located at the Cumberland Adult Center, 30 Cumberland Ave. in Great Neck. For more information, call 516441-4949. For a monthly schedule of activities, go to www.greatneckadulted.org.

Great Neck Great Neck Social Center Park District 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, gamedays, discussion groups, health and wellness lectures, reading groups and more. New members are welcome. For more information, go to www.gnsocialcenter. org or call 516-487-0025. Following is a sampling of daily activi-

Great Neck House is located at 14 Arrandale Ave. in Great Neck. Following is a sampling of upcoming Great Neck Park District events. For a complete listing, go to www.greatneckparks. org or call 516-487-7665.

SUNDAY @ 3: HANNAH GILL DUO Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. Join Great Neck House for a performance by the Hannah Gill Duo. Soulful, vocal powerhouse Gill and skilled guitarist/songwriter Brad Hammonds, offer up music with contagious melodies and intelligent lyrics, which reveal personal perspectives on love, loss, hope and transformation. Together, they offer a dynamic jazzy live performance. A park card is required for admission.

NATURE PROGRAM: AWESOME ALLEY Sunday, Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. Take a leisurely stroll through the city’s Alley Pond Park, off of Douglaston Parkway (do not go to APEC on Northern Blvd.). Register as soon as possible online www. gnparks.org or call (516) 482-0355. Children under age 16 not permitted to attend. HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS Join the Village of Great Neck Plaza for this Spook-tacular Halloween Window Painting event on Sunday, Oct. 28, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children, teams of friends and families can partner

up to paint various storefront windows on Middle Neck Rd. in the heart of town. Bring a spooky, colorful holiday look to Great Neck. Mandatory registration is free. Register your team today to secure your window at www. register.parksreconline. com/wbwsc/greatneck. Great Neck Plaza’s annual Halloween parade takes place on Bond Street at 12 p.m., so wear your favorite costumes. HAUNTED HOUSE At the Parkwood Sports Complex on Oct. 26, 27 and 31, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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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

COMMUNITY NEWS

PATV covered gun forum PATV will cablecast this month on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 8 p.m. Channels 20 (Altice/ Optimum) and 37 (Verizon Fios) streamed at patv.org/livestream the filmed event held at the Great Neck Library: “Preventing Gun Violence in Our Communities” with Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso and panelists: Avalon Fenster, Sergio Argueta, Shenee Johnson and Nassau County District AttorneyMadeline Singas. The program can also be viewed on the YouTube channel: PATV Long Island. Tune in to hear all the information regarding securing our communities from gun violence.

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Faculty recital on Oct. 24

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A fire spread to the rooftop of the Middle Neck Road home, making the battle more difficult for firefighters.

Man hospitalized after G.N. house fire Continued from Page 1 The cause of the blaze is unclear at this time. “The fire is still under investigation, but it is not considered suspicious,” Uttaro said, adding that investigators haven’t been able to speak with the individual yet, which is “one of the key elements of any investigation.” When asked about the number of fires the company has responded to this year, Schwartz said this was the eighth call to require multiple departments to respond within 10 months – which might be a record. Uttaro said that between late October and March, fires

tend to increase because of electrical or heating issues. Both Schwartz and Uttaro emphasized the importance of fire safety and residents having functioning smoke detectors in their homes. Agencies on scene included the Alert, Vigilant, Port Washington, Plandome, New Hyde Park and Manhasset-Lakeville fire departments, the" Kings Point and Nassau County police departments, the Nassau County fire marshals, Nassau County Arson and Bomb Squad, PSE&G, National Grid, the Great Neck Water Authority, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

CORRECTION The Sept. 28 article “100 daffodils for the Holocaust’s lost” misstated the source of a gift of daffodil bulbs to the Great Neck Park District to commemorate the children lost in the Holocaust. The daffodils, which will be planted in Lakeville Park, are being donated by Congregation L’dor V’dor, Marathon Jewish Center and Temple Torah, not Great Neck resident Ellen Charlop, who arranged the gift. The park district said it accepted a gift of 100 daffodil bulbs. But Charlop said in a subsequent phone conversation that the gift would be more than 100 bulbs. The article also misstated where children of Congregation L’dor V’dor will sing in a Kristallnacht program on Nov. 4. They will sing at the synagogue, not the park.

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The annual Great Neck Public Schools Faculty Recital will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m., at South High School General Purpose Room, 341 Lakeville Rd., featuring music provided by school faculty and friends. Performing solo or in groups, instrumental and vocal musicians hope to deliver concerthall-caliber presentations. Highlights from the evening include music from The Beatles, Frederic Chopin, Stephen Flaherty, Jason Robert Brown, Armand Russell, Franz Schubert, and more. Suggested ticket prices, at the door, are $5 for students and seniors, and $10 for adults. Proceeds will benefit the Music Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to graduating seniors who plan to continue musical studies. Music faculty who will be performing include: Andrew Denise of South Middle School, Chad Lasky from Saddle Rock, North High’s Pamela Levy and Joseph Rutkowski,"Janine Robinson and Michael Schwartz of South High, Jacque-

PHOTO BY JESSICA K. VEGA

The Great Neck Public Schools will be hosting their annual faculty recital on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at South High School. lyn Tomlet of Lakeville," district teacher Alexander Swerdlin, North Middle School’s Matthew Trinkwald, and Anthony Virgilio, who teaches in North Middle and South High. Non-music faculty/administration performers include Zachary Boyt of North Middle, Stephen Goldberg from the Village School, Daniel Holtzman of North High, Stephen Lando,

David Manuel and Steve Tringali of South High, Ilana Meredith Schikler from North High and Robert Zahn of South Middle School. Light refreshments will be available. For more information, please contact Pamela Levy, the event coordinator, at (516) 4414740, or at plevy-majnemer@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

Berkowitz on state panel Barbara Berkowitz, president and 27-year member of the Great Neck Board of Education, was selected by the New York State School Boards Association to serve as a panelist at a recent training event for school board officers and aspiring board officers. The audience also included superintendents, administrators, and public education leaders from the region. The panel at the 2018 Board Officers Academy on Sept. 21 was comprised of three experienced school board presidents who were selected by NYSSBA to share their knowledge about leading a cohesive Board of Education. Panelists fielded questions from audience members about challenges faced by school board officers. The 2018–19 school year

is Berkowitz’s thirteenth year as president of the Great Neck Board of Education, which makes her the longest consecutively serving president in the history of the district. Ms. Berkowitz was first appointed to the Great Neck Board of Education in 1992 to

fill a vacancy after the death of a board trustee; she was elected to the board the following year. She has served as president of the board since 2006, and previously served as vice president from 2000–03. Berkowitz is a past chair of the Board of Education Policy Committee and the Citizen’s Advisory Committee, and she currently serves as an ex oﬃcio member of all Board of Education Advisory Committees. The Board Oﬃcers Academy is part of NYSSBA’s School Board U, a state-wide training program for school board members to develop skills in the areas of governance, fiscal accountability, and leadership. NYSSBA serves nearly 660 local school boards and boards of cooperative educational services, or BOCES, which represent almost 5,000 members.

South student in orchestra Deep Data, a senior at South High School, originally selected as a New York State School Music Association All-State Music Conference Alternate, has been placed into the All-State String Orchestra. He will play the violin.

Deep joins 15 students from North High School and South High School who were previously announced as musicians selected for the AllState Winter Conference from Nov. 29 – Dec. 2 in Rochester.

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Haass, Akerman dialogue at temple Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel oﬀered the first program of the 2018/19 season:

“In conversation with Richard Haass and Nick Akerman moderated by Errol Louis.”

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Blank Slate Media publisher Steven Blank asks question during Q&A.

Participating in program: Nick Akerman, Errol Louis, Richard Haass, Ira Rosenzweig-Cooper (president of Temple Emanuel), and Rabbi Robert S. Widom

Grand Marshal NYS Assemblyman Tony D’Urso

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New classes at Art Guild The Art Guild of Port Washington has welcomed artist and educator Antonia Fthanikis to its staﬀ to teach Empowering the Teen Artist for Middle & High School Students. This eight-week class will take place on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning on Oct. 25. Students will be encouraged to investigate the principles and elements of design, make cultural connections and integrate influences across-borders while advancing their artistic expertise. Subject matter will include realistic and abstracted: still life, landscape and portraiture. Students will gain exposure to a variety of media in order to produce a varied portfolio that demonstrates technical skill as well as creativity and conceptual skills." In addition, students will learn how to create their own painting and drawing mediums from natural materials, using centuries-old techniques such

as: egg tempera, used by Renaissance artists and modern masters; Sumi ink, a signature technique of Asian art and culture; charcoal, possibly mankind’s earliest art material; and watercolor, natural pigments from our gardens and yards replicate materials used for thousands of years. Fthenakis is a Parsons School of Design graduate, a" Bank Street educator" and a" teacher of children and young adults with special needs," teaching studio arts and the art of traditional skills in NYC" public school for 17 years." Currently based in Port Washington, cocreating" and" oﬀering teachings" inspired by the natural world,"Waldorf philosophy, integrative"holistic wellness and the Reiki healing arts." Classes for children and adults run year-round. The last workshop planned for this year: Simple and Sophisticated Relief Printmaking with Stephanie

Navon-Jacobson, Nov. 10-11 is now registering. Workshops for 2019 include, Seascapes and Winter Scenes in Pastel with Lana Ballot in March, Painting the Figure from Photographs in Watercolor with Ted Nuttall in June, and Painting in Colored Pencil with Cynthia Knox in July. More workshops are being added. Fall classes for adults are now open for registration: Fundamentals of Drawing with Greg Follender on Monday evenings begins Oct. 22, and Get Sharper with Stephanie Navon-Jacobson on Monday afternoons begins Oct. 15. Check The Art Guild website and Facebook page throughout the year for information about their programs and events. The Art Guild is located at Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd. in Manhasset. To register or for more information, call 516-304-5797, visit www. TheArtGuild.org or email info@ theartguild.org.

Women of Distinction Awards North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth attended state Assemblyman Ed Ra’s Sixth Annual Women of Distinction Awards on Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Westbury Library." The event celebrated the accomplishments of extraordinary women who have made a positive impact on the local community. Bosworth presented all the honorees with citations in recognition of their accomplishments." This year’s honorees included Mary Maguire" of Garden City, Susan Sohmer of Mineola, Theresa Leno of West Hemp-

stead, Karen Signoracci Suero of Mineola, Marianne Russo of Glen Head, Tara McCarton of Garden City, Ann Forster of Gar-

den City and Marlene Botta of Franklin Square." Emily Kille, of Mineola, was presented with the Emerging Leader Award.

Breast cancer awareness

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Council Member Anna Kaplan

Island Women’s Aﬀairs’ “A Walk to Remember” event at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson." The event was designed to raise awareness and educate people about breast cancer and featured speakers and uplifting music and dance performances." Bosworth and Kaplan presented proclamations to the association’s president, Dr. Jagdish Gupta, in recognition of her recently attended the American work on the event as well as Dr. Association of Physicians of In- Ajay Lodha in recognition of bedian Origin Queens and Long ing honored at the event."

Suozzi aids Helen Keller funding Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), since arriving in Congress, has secured a total of $3.5 million increase in annual appropriations for the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC). When combined with 2018, this increases the center’s funding by 31 percent"and will result in expanded services to individuals who are deaf-blind. “HKNC does work that represents miracles in people’s lives,” Suozzi said. “It is an honor to have this national institution, headquartered in Sands Point, in the congressional district that I serve. I am proud that I could negotiate this increase in funding that will go a long way in helping these truly exceptional people continue to do remarkable work.” " Suozzi was thanked by" HKNC Executive Director Susan Ruzenski. “From day one, Tom Suozzi has been our biggest supporter,” she said. “He has always worked and advocated on our behalf. We were the first place he visited after his election to Con-

gress and he has delivered on every promise, before or since. Congressman Suozzi is the best champion we have, and we are eternally grateful to him for his consistent, considerable support of HKNC.” Joseph Bruno, Helen Keller Services (HKS) President and CEO, also thanked Suozzi. “Congressman Suozzi’s extraordinary role in championing the need for expanded HKNC services benefits deaf-blind individuals, their families, and service providers here on Long Island and across the United States,” he said. “Everyone at Helen Keller Services joins me in thanking him for his steadfast commitment to our mission.”" HKNC is a division of Helen Keller Services (HKS) and was established as an Act of Congress in 1967. The center provides comprehensive vocational and independent living training to youths and adults who are deaf-blind and is the only national comprehensive program working exclusively with youth and adults with a combined vision and hearing loss.

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Supreme Court should become boring

ince 2010, the Supreme Court has delved into some the most contentious issues in American politics — from upholding gay marriage and the Aﬀordable Care Act, to striking down campaign contribution limits and a portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.! On these subjects, the Supreme Court splits along party lines. It recognized a constitutional right to gay marriage by a vote of 5 to 4.! It sustained Obamacare by a vote of 5 to 4 (and then 6 to 3).! It decided Citizens United 5 to 4. And it modified the Voting Rights Act 5 to 4.! Without knowing the legal questions being decided, most observers could predict how nearly every Justice decided nearly every one of these cases.! This is not a helpful scenario for an institution whose legitimacy is based upon the premise that laws ascend over politics rather than politics ascending over laws. The Brett Kavanaugh hearings accelerated these concerns. But approaching the abyss, the Supreme Court has one workable solution to its legitimacy crisis: it can slow down. For the near-term, the Justices should decline review — or deny “certiorari” — over the nation’s most polarizing political questions unless and until the legal questions themselves become time sensitive. The first reason why the Court should

exercise this restraint is because the proposed goal is already within reach. Contrary to what the headlines suggest, highly politicized cases are the exception rather than the rule. Observers can predict how most Justices would view a case about gun rights or abortion, for example, but ask those same people to guess the outcome of a case concerning civil procedure or patent law.! The truth is, the Justices agree more than they disagree.! In the most recent term, they split 5 to 4 less than half as often as they decided cases unanimously.! And unanimity has proven a more frequent phenomenon than 5 to 4 splits for every iteration of the Court for more than 30 years.!! Second, docket-restraint will serve the interests of both the left and right sides of the political spectrum. This point is straightforward for Democrats. Delaying action on major social questions will mean at least short-term preservation of the status quo.! This is not ideal, but better than the alternative results that liberals are likely to receive with Justice Kavanaugh replacing Justice Kennedy.! Yet docket-restraint will also serve the interests of those who want Kavanaugh to usher in a dominance of conservative ideology.! While the left and right both want their views to prevail, they also want legal victories to endure.! This is possible when the

country has faith in its judicial institutions.! But if the Court emerges as a mini-Congress, subject to whichever way the political winds are blowing, then Americans will lose faith that Supreme Court doctrines are lasting.! Perhaps the Court will one day overturn Roe v. Wade or deem aﬃrmative action a violation of the Equal Protection clause.! But on the heels of the most fraught confirmation process in a generation, if the Court sprinted toward these lightning rods while polarization still boiled, then these decisions would appear illegitimate to half the country. Moves to pack the Court with more than nine Justices would become a genuine possibility. Third, docket-restraint is flexible enough to welcome politically charged cases when time is of the essence.! Bush v. Gore is a good example.! If the next presidential election were to hinge on a complex question of law, the case would of course shoulder immense political pressure.! But because the legal question itself would be time-sensitive, as it would in a variety of other imaginable scenarios, restraint would give way to finality.! In these types of cases, the Court will have no choice but to appear political.! But the Court will preserve more slack if it has otherwise proven reluctant — rather than eager — to decide highly charged political questions.

With all of this said, docket-restraint carries downsides.! Every litigant seeking review from the Supreme Court has real concerns with often major stakes.! Denying review of their cases will have consequences for them.! Sometimes, these consequences will bleed into other geographic areas, where the same types of legal questions will garner diﬀerent treatment in different courts.! These splits are the type of problem that having one Supreme Court can help resolve—and which a policy of docketrestraint will occasionally leave percolating.! However, there is no shortage of litigants seeking review from our nation’s highest court.! The vast majority of their certiorari applications — typically more than 95 percent of them— get denied.! These cases, too, involve real litigants with real concerns, and many of them also involve geographic legal splits that the Supreme Court nevertheless leaves intact.! Welcoming more of these bland cases to the docket in lieu of fraught political questions might make the legal news less interesting.! But it will aid the healing process for one of the nation’s most important institutions.!!!! Alexander Klein Attorney at Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP in Garden City

Cuomo’s plans to upgrade Kennedy

omething was missing from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement of his $13 billion Kennedy Airport upgrade project.! Did he forget his 2017 State of the State speech at the Regional Plan Association in calling for a one seat ride on public transportation for those traveling to and from Kennedy Airport?! Has he given up on the idea because the concept is not financially or technically feasible? This idea is nothing new and has been! periodically studied before going back to the 1960s by various other agencies including the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Oﬃce of Planning, Long Island Rail Road, NYCDOT, NYC Department of Planning Transportation Division, NYC Economic Development Corporation and New York Metropolitan Transportation Council. ! They all died due to priority given other competing projects for funding, lack of local consensus among elected oﬃcials, various transportation operating agencies along with potential city, state and federal funding agencies. !No one can spare several billion dollars to make this happen.! ! In 1999, the Regional Plan Association proposed a new subway service route. !It would have operated from Manhattan on to!Brooklyn via the Montague Street Tunnel (currently used by the R line) and on to Jamaica via the! LIRR! Atlantic Branch (Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn to Jamaica which would have to be converted to subway useage ending commuter rail) and on

to Kennedy Airport via the Air Train. This idea was never supported by most elected officials or the MTA. Former Gov. Pataki was also big advocate for a one seat ride from the World Trade Center to Kennedy airport promoting some of the same concepts as RPA back in the 1990s. !In 2004, the MTA, Port Authority of NY and NJ, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and NYC Economic Development Corporation, at the request of Pataki, completed a study which looked at several of the same five options proposed by RPA in 2017. !These ideas were also never really supported by most elected officials or the MTA. Transportation history has a habit of repeating itself, and will probably do so again with this latest round of RPA proposals. ! Each generation of elected officials, transportation planners and transportation agencies frequently recycles the same old concepts which never see the light of day. It is a safe bet that there never has been and or will be a real one seat ride. !Creating a one-seat ride from Penn Station to JFK by extending either the LIRR using Air Train tracks or extending the Air Train using LIRR tracks will not work. LIRR and Air Train equipment are not compatible. The only exception is one-stop express shuttle bus services from either Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station or World Trade Center directly to Kennedy Airport. ! These existing services could be ex-

panded with additional operating and capital subsidies to the current private bus operator. !Most travelers who want to reach Kennedy Airport via public transportation will always have to transfer from either the!LIRR, subway or bus to the Air Train at Jamaica or subway to the Air Train at Howard Beach. ! The best course of action is to make this transfer as easy as possible. Increasing the frequency of Air Train service would help. Lengthening each Air Train from two to either three or four cars might make it more attractive. Building the existing Air Train north via the Van Wyck Expressway to LaGuardia Airport, which was the original concept decades ago with one intermediate stop at the Shea Stadium No. 7 subway and Port Washington branch LIRR station(s) might be a better investment than any of the Regional Plan Association proposals. !! Everyone missed the most obvious option which exists today. ! Kennedy Airport travelers in the know including many from other states and nations transfer from the A train at Howard Beach to the Air Train. The A train provides excellent connections to downtown Brooklyn, Wall Street, Penn Station and Port Authority 42nd Street bus terminal. (You can transfer at the Fulton Street downtown Manhattan subway station to the Lexington Avenue subway for direct access to Grand Central Terminal, West Fourth Street to the various subway lines running up Sixth Avenue including

the F line to 63rd Street with a direct across the platform connection to the Q Second Avenue uptown east side Manhattan line or Eighth Avenue 42nd Street via No. 7 Flushing line two stops to Grand Central Terminal.) Many are too young to remember!that up until the!1970s, NYC Transit!extended E line service which ran express in Brooklyn providing supplemental service to the A line during rush hours to the Rockaways. ! This included a stop at Howard Beach prior to construction of the Air Train. !Why not bring back this service? There is existing subway capacity and equipment to increase the frequency of service on the A line oﬀ peak, evenings, overnight and on weekends. !This might make it more attractive to both existing subway riders and Kennedy Airport customers. !Rockaway riders would benefit by shorter waits between trains. ! The lower level of the Eighth Avenue 42nd Street Station in midtown Manhattan was once used in the 1960s for service directly to Aqueduct Race Track known as the Aqueduct Special. It could once again be used to provide additional service to Kennedy Airport Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who previously worked!31 years fo the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Oﬃce)

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Fascism is coming to America I

n “This is How Democracies Die,” Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Labitsky write: “Because there is no single moment — no coup, declaration of martial law — in which the regime obviously ‘crosses the line’ into dictatorship, nothing may set oﬀ the alarm bells… Democracy’s erosion is… almost imperceptible.” I believe that this is precisely what we are experiencing in America today. This thesis may be considered radical hyperbole, but I view it is a reasonable hypothesis. What evidence exists that President Trump is leading this nation down the road to fascism? Trump has ignored the rule of law which is a foundational principle of our democracy. He has labeled our free press as “the enemy of the people” yet it is one of the bulwarks of any democracy. He has appointed cabinet heads who oppose the very goals of the agencies they lead. He has reversed decades of foreign policy achievements by calling African nations “s***hole countries,” saying immigrants

“infest” our country and alienating close allies like England, France, Germany, Mexico and Canada. Leaving himself open to charges of treason he has “cozied up” to dictators like Putin, Kim Jong-un and Turkish President Erdogan. He has used executive orders to undermine the legislative branch of government. He has purged the words “climate crisis” and “global warming” from all government documents in a move which flies in the face of science and suggests thought control. He colluded with the Russians to aﬀect results in his 2016 election. He has made every eﬀort to undermine the Mueller investigation including the firing of the FBI director and repeated threats against his Attorney General. According to the Washington Post"“fact checker” as of Sept. 12, 2018, Trump lied or made false statements to his fellow Americans — 5001 times. In violation of human rights, he has closed the door to asylum seekers and put their children in cages.

The “Gag Rule” cuts oﬀ all federal spending for overseas family planning and maternal health services. Trump re-imposed it causing untold suﬀering and death in Third World nations. By appointing Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Trump has sealed the fate of Roe v. Wade. Women will die when they resort to “back alley” abortions and other vain attempts to end unwanted pregnancies. In a New York Times investigative report which was over a year in the making, the authors concluded that there was massive tax fraud, the creation of “shell” companies, undervaluing of properties and the avoidance of inheritance taxes. Finally, David Rosen writing in Public Citizen News states: “The country never before has confronted the reality of a president who owns a complex business empire and seems uninterested in avoiding conflicts of interest.” If ever the emoluments clause of the Constitution seemed applicable, this is the time. The alleged violations of our Constitution cited above do not even scratch the

surface. When Republicans are aghast that anti-Trumpers are so relentless in their attacks upon a “duly elected president” they need to look at the record. What they don’t take into account is that Trump is the worst president in our nation’s history and also the most mentally unstable. Germany was the most literate and cultured of nations yet they gave the world the Nazi Party. In 2016, America was fed up with “the swamp” in Washington and they gave us Donald Trump. It can happen here. In fact, it has. Will our fragile democracy survive? Former Supreme Court Justice William Brennan believed it would. He wrote: “The Constitution will endure as a vital charter of human liberty…” but this was before Trump, McConnell and Ryan. This was before a reconstituted Supreme Court with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. Bobby Kennedy wrote about a revolution which “would be peaceful if we are wise enough, humane if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough. Viva la revolucion!! Hal Sobel Great Neck

Elaine Phillips passive on gun control

ho can ever forget Newtown and other school shootings plus the recent Parkland, Florida school murders? For any parent, this latest horror has hit an emotional cord once again. Where has Elaine Phillips been in this time of tragedy on the gun control issue? Shortly after Parkland, over 900 people who reside in the 7th State Senate District gathered at Ielpi Park in Great Neck for the Anti-Gun Rally. While many elected oﬃcials came to express support for anti-gun legislation,

including Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Sen. Phillips did not show up. Was she too busy or too afraid? Why does she blindly accept the National Rifle Association’s PAC money that the state Republican Committee piles up in its coﬀers to dole out to its state Republican legislators so that they will continue to support the NRA? Has she ever joined her constituents at an anti-gun violence rally or reached out to such gun safety organizations as Everytown for Gun Safety and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence?

Has she ever held a Town Hall meeting to address gun violence, for that matter? Has she ever spoken with survivors of gun violence or consulted with physicians and psychologists about its physical and mental eﬀects upon victims? Kaplan has been in the forefront advocating for anti-gun legislation. She has heard the survivors’ and victims’ stories. Kaplan cannot be bought by the NRA. Never. She will always be transparent about where she stands on this issue. There is no more time to waste wait-

ing for the Republicans to pass anti-gun legislation in the Senate, so that the governor will then sign as he has promised. No more children can die. Therefore, we must do the right thing and replace Phillips so that New York state can finally enact the legal protections against gun violence sorely needed. I urge all residents to vote for Kaplan on Row A as your new state Senator in the 7th"District on Election Day, Nov. 6. Sandra Yousefzadeh Great Neck

Where did American measurements go?

on’t we in the United States use the American System of Measurements… which includes spoonfuls and tablespoonfuls?" Why, then, are pharmacies dispensing medicines with directions only in milliliters and other metric system measure-

ments?" Why are Americans being forced to follow the foreign metric system when taking medicines?" When I asked a local CVS pharmacist this question last Saturday, she told me it’s because the measurement syringes and cups have metric mea-

surements." Why, then, doesn’t CVS and, other pharmacies, purchase syringes and cups with only ounces or teaspoonful measurements?" Is big business manufacturing only metric system syringes and cups?" Is big business socially en-

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gineering the acceptance of metric system-use in the United States to comply with foreign countries’ measurements… rather than vice-versa… because big business can make bigger profits by selling onefits-all" cups and syringes to foreign countries, too? I thought our American system of using teaspoonfuls and tablespoonfuls was our oﬃcial measurement system… not the metric system of measurements. Is there some subtle, profit scheme afoot to convert our American, traditional, avoirdupois-based ounces, pounds,

teaspoons, and tablespoons to metric system measurements in pharmacies? I hope not. To my knowledge, the adopted American System of Measurements is not the metric system." If there was an oﬃcial changeover in the United States from our avoirdupoisbased measurement system to the metric system, I would like to know… perhaps, I missed something in the recent decade. Kathy Rittel East Williston

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Support Zielenziger Many thanks to Great for library trustee Neck school board

avid Zielenziger has been an asset to all aspects of the Great Neck community for decades. His dedication of time and eﬀort to make ours a better community is apparent to anyone who talks to him.

iving a huge thank you to the I support!Zielenziger for Great Neck Great Neck Public Schools Board Library Trustee and believe that he will of Education President Barbara beam with pride in this role.! Vote for Berkowitz, Vice President Donald him on Monday, Oct. 29. Ashkenase, Trustee Donna Peirez, Trustee Robert Aizer Rebecca Sassouni, and Trustee Jeﬀrey Shi Great Neck for their dedication and outstanding service to the Great Neck community. In conjunction with celebrating School Board Recognition Week in New York State, we acknowledge our board’s unwavering commitment to educational excellence. “Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and

Zielenziger deserves spot on library board

lease vote David Zielenziger for Great Neck Public Library trustee.! Zielenziger is the person who regularly attends public meetings to keep me informed of the operations of our local government, and he frequently exposes waste, fraud, and abuse.! He is a journalist, scholar, and historian, and as such he will act as a watchdog over our library tax dollars and preserve the library as a depository for our printed and electronic resources.!!

Zielenziger provides religious education at his Temple, but at the same time he acts as a zealous guardian of the rights and liberties of all in our community, regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity.! We do not have a more dedicated and qualified person than Zielenziger to help run our public library for ourselves and our children. !!!! Dan Capruso Great Neck

In midterms, vote for climate action Continued from Page 16 He canceled the Coal Power Plan, gave extensions to coal-fired plants, reversed fuel economy standards, said it’s A-OK for coal plants to spew methane and by the way, a little radiation is good for you. This wasn’t always a partisan issue (remember Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi commercial together?) until the Republicans, bought by the fossil fuel industry declared climate change a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese to weaken the US economy. They cast climate action as “socialist” (as they do on Medicare, Social Security, Obamacare) and a betrayal of America’s sovereignty (America First!) What is so conveniently ignored by Republicans (who claim to worship capitalism) are the costs to the economy by failing to address climate change. Count the billions in disaster relief and add the billions to rebuild infrastructure, lost productivity because people can’t work or their workplaces are destroyed. And maybe calculate the cost of lives destroyed by health problems, injuries and premature death. Put a dollar figure on that. The

Trump Administration won’t. But since trade (cash on the barrel) is the only foreign policy Trump seems to care about, the 194 other countries who signed the Paris Climate Accord should strike back. President Emmanuel Macron of France at the United Nations suggested that France either would not forge a trade agreement with a country that was not part of the Paris Climate Accord, or it would require mitigation. “That means there is no comprehensive agreement if [the nation is] not in line with Paris … France continues to spearhead this global fight against climate change…In the G7, I will work to see the Paris obligations increased.” Other countries should impose a tax on imports from the United States, or ban American products entirely. And these small island nations, like Indonesia and the Philippines, that are being inundated by rising sea levels, should sue the United States for relief. It is crucial for voters need to elect representatives at every level of government, local, state and federal, who acknowledge this existential threat and vow to take climate action.

minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.” – Sir Anthony Seldon. The countless hours they have all spent in helping our schools provide an exemplary education to our community at large does not go unnoticed and is so greatly appreciated. We look forward to continued strength and unity in our district with their guidance and leadership. Michelle Ahdoot President, United Parent-Teacher Council Great Neck Public Schools

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Robotic pancreatic cancer surgery at LIJ Emma Barros, who originally hails from Ecuador and now resides in Brentwood, reached a milestone that she feared she’d never live to see — the celebration of her 40th birthday with her loving husband and daughter, and 10 of her closest family members. Joining in the family celebration at Long Island Jewish Medical Center was Dr. Gary Deutsch, the innovative surgeon who realized that Barros was the perfect candidate for a complex surgery known as the Whipple procedure to cure pancreatic cancer. The challenge arose from Deutsch’s decision to utilize the da Vinci robot to remove a large tumor instead of going with traditional laparoscopic surgery. Earlier this year, Barros visited her doctor complaining of severe stomach pain that, she learned, was caused by gallstones. Even after having them removed surgically in March, the pain returned with new symptoms — Barros turned a yellow hue from jaundice and suﬀered terrible itching. Speaking through an interpreter, Barros said, “I didn’t want to believe anything was wrong. My husband told me I was turning yellow and I didn’t want to believe. I even asked my daughter and she told me it was

true.” Barros returned to the emergency department at LIJ and learned that a gallstone was stuck in her bile duct, causing a blockage. Her doctors hoped to remove the gallstone endoscopically and, to their surprise, Barros was found to have a large mass in the first part of the intestine. This unexpected finding was biopsied and revealed that Barros had pancreatic cancer. At this point, Barros met Deutsch, a surgical oncologist who decided that the robotic Whipple procedure (named after the surgeon who pioneered its use) was a better way to go. “The reasons for using da Vinci were many,” said Deutsch. “By operating robotically, we have better visualization with a high-definition 3D camera and more freedom of movement and dexterity. Also, such major abdominal surgeries traditionally resulted in longer incisions, more pain and scarring, and more recuperation time for the patient than da Vinci surgery. For Ms. Barros, we only needed to make five small incisions that are less than one centimeter in length. And, she was able to go home in four days.” On Sept. 21, Deutsch performed the complex, 10-

hour surgery — also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy — which involved the removal of the right side of the pancreas gland along with some of the surrounding intestine and a portion of the bile duct. She was back at home in less than a week, and was finally able to look forward to her 40th birthday. Surrounded by her loving family and her surgeon, giant balloons and a birthday cake, Barros said simply, “It is such a blessing to be with my family today. This is a very special birthday.”

Parker opens new palliative care unit

Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation has opened a new eighth floor, six-bed Palliative Care Unit, dedicated to providing relief from the symptoms and stress of debilitating and serious illnesses. Parker’s program expands their existing palliative services and delivers unitbased, coordinated care to patients with advanced pain treatments and expert management of disease symptoms, with the goal of improving their quality of life. The new unit was made possible by a grant from the UJA-Federation of New York. “Parker’s team of medical professionals provides personalized palliative care for patients, when they suﬀer with pain, stress or other symptoms from a serious illness. Palliative care can be provided at any stage of an illness, and alongside treatments designed to cure a patient,” said Michael N. Rosenblut, president and CEO of Parker Jewish Institute. “It’s about

providing compassionate care for a serious illness, including end of life care, and even the grieving process for one’s family members.” Highly trained in palliative medicine, Parker’s team includes: skilled palliative care nurses; physician services; physical, occupational and speech therapy; pastoral care; home health aides; short term inpatient/respite care; medical equipment and medications; social work services; bereavement counseling; hospice trained volunteers; and 24-hour on-call services. “Parker’s Palliative Care Unit was created with a goal of providing comfort and compassion to patients, a commitment to help patients and families deal with the challenge of a serious illness, and to live each day to the fullest,” said Aida Cabrera-Moro, RN, Palliative Care Nursing Director. Some of the serious illnesses treated by Parker’s Palliative Care Unit include: cancer; heart, lung and kidney disease; Alzheimer’s; HIV/AIDS; ALS; multiple sclerosis; Parkinson’s and more. If a patient’s illness does not improve, Parker respects their wishes and honors their dignity in making end of life decisions. Most importantly, such patients have access to Parker’s onsite Hospice Program. According to the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State, Parker has one of the state’s premier hospice services. Medicare, Medicaid and many private insurance plans are accepted. Advisors are available to answer your questions about insurance. Call 516-586-1575 or 718-289-2800 to learn more about Palliative and Hospice Care at Parker Jewish Institute.

Northwell aneurysm walk raises $90,000 Approximately 1,000 walkers raised $90,000 at Jones Beach State Park at Long Island’s 10th annual Brain Aneurysm Awareness Walk, hosted by Northwell Health’s Brain Aneurysm Center and the Brain Aneurysm Foundation. Proceeds from the walk will go to support essential research at the two organizations. The walk has raised more than $700,000 since its inception. “This year’s walk was a tremendous success,” said Dr. David Chalif, director of Northwell Health’s Brain Aneurysm Center. “Every year at this event, as I look over the crowd filled with hundreds of patients we have treated, I realize that when we treat a patient with a brain aneurysm, we are taking care of not only the patient, but their whole family. It is a very profound feeling and something we do not take for granted.” Brain aneurysm survivors, their families and friends attended the mile-

stone event on Sept. 22, led by survivors Steve Calzolano, 59, of Levittown, Tricia Mallardi, 55, of Oyster Bay and Rich Salgado, 52, of New Hyde Park, who each shared their stories. They were joined on stage by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who spoke about the shock and pain of losing a family friend to a brain aneurysm as well as a colleague who survived their health scare. “It is time to get out of the shadows and help bring awareness,” Curran told the crowd. Walk participants were reminded of the warning signs of a brain aneurysm: severe headache, nausea, blurred or double vision, stiﬀ neck or neck pain, pain above or behind the eye and loss of sensation. But with so many survivors among the walkers, it’s clear that fast medical intervention can make all the diﬀerence.

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Phillips gets support of women’s group Continued from Page 25 The club’s policy, first reported by the New York Daily News, drew swift condemnation from several local women’s groups, such as the! National Organization for Women in Nassau. But Phillips said in a statement that she was unaware of the policy. “This event was booked not by my campaign, but by a longtime member of that club who was unaware that, while

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It’s all about relationship with client I have done a lot of reading and research over the last year or two and have seen over the years how our real estate market has drastically changed. It has gone from a fairly personal interaction between the real estate person and his or her customers to a “lead generation and lead capture” type environment. It is not unusual to see many agents spend exorbitant sums of money on gathering buyer and some seller leads through various online sources. Many of these leads could be derived from many other sources at a more reduced cost. Developing rapport and relationships is an “old-fashion” method that has always worked for those who practiced it. Yes, it does take time to develop, but one cements a solid connection to that person or couple in a much diﬀerent fashion than just getting a cold lead from an outside source and then one must begin to develop and mold a relationship. However, there are connections that we all have from past jobs, businesses, networking,

neighbors, former customers and clients, places you shop on a consistent basis, parties, etc. that hopefully, you can build upon. People do business they like and that’s a good portion of the battle in building your current and future book of business. Many agents are out of touch with the most crucial and important groups that they have not stayed in touch with to develop a continued conversation. I have spoken to many homeowners and had asked who sold them their home and a great percentage said that either there was no contact, they couldn’t remember or they wouldn’t necessarily use them again. The number one source for new business is referrals from past clients; assuming that you have stayed in touch with them. The National Association of Realtors had previously completed a comprehensive survey in 2017 about how realtors go out and searched for new business. The thing that was found

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after interviewing thousands of homeowners throughout the country was that the vast majority of agents, 80 percent, never stayed in touch with past customers, who had completed a transaction with them. They collected their checks at the closing, maybe visited once and that was it! I believe, it would be a logical conclusion, that this would be the easiest way to gather new business, but it wasn’t. Referrals are the “lifeblood” of all new business, but surprisingly, it seems to be the most challenging for the ma-

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jority to do. Today, spending enormous sums of money to attract new business seems to be the norm and is easy, and is the path of least resistance in securing new business. You spend your money, put yourself in front of thousands of listings, whether they’re yours or someone else’s and presto, your phone rings with an inquiry. For new agents, this may be the way to go, if they haven’t figured out their current or past spheres of influence. But as the market changes, I believe rekindling and building relationships will always be a more solid, longer lasting, more rewarding experience and path to pursue; and the expenditure will be the agent’s time, eﬀort and discipline to contact and speak with those who are currently doing business with you, as well as those in the past. Even if it were other business outside of real estate, it would be another avenue to pursue and focus on. There are times when some of your best and closest friends, who were former clients; and by staying in touch with them, they become your most solid advocates for new business. Receiving reviews and testimonials for the good job that you have done in securing a purchase, sale or investment opportunity, is also extremely important to allow your buyers, sellers and investors to do a little bragging for you. As a broker, when I have done what was needed and necessary to do from helping

with mortgage referrals, house inspectors, contractors, cable and utility companies, filling out applications and whatever other critical services that might be needed prior to and after someone moves in, from start to finish; I have always asked for a review and truly appreciate and consider a positive one, as a testimonial to my business in continuing to “pay it forward.” More than 60 percent of sellers and buyers will search out an agent on the internet, before even calling, to see what consumers say and have experienced in their dealings with a realtor. My first sale, 25 years ago was with a family and I had stayed in touch with them, in various ways. This year became my client seller and we just closed a few weeks ago. Staying in touch will always benefit you as well as your sellers because nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care! Philp A. Raices is the owner/ broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave. Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular free updates of sold homes in your area and what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW.Li-RealEstate.Com He can be reached by email, at: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com, or by cell (if you need advice): (516) 647-4289.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Great Neck Great Neck Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $915,000 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 Hampshire Road, Great Neck Sold Price: $940,000 Date: 08/28/2018 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 59x100 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $12,197 MLS# 3039632

110 Windsor Gate, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,875,000 Date: 05/14/2018 5 beds, 4 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: .93 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $32,829 MLS# 2950345

1 Cathy Lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $928,000 Date: 06/29/2018 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 55x90 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $15,305 MLS# 3029529

1 Farm Lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $995,000 Date: 08/16/2018 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 128x77 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $21,927 MLS# 3007229

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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Middle Neck Pharmacy slated to close Continued from Page 1 percent in the villages of Great Neck Plaza, Great Neck Estates and Great Neck as recently as summer 2016. Hooshang Nematzadeh, a real estate developer and vice president of the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce, said the rate still hovered around 10 percent as of last year. He attributed this to the diﬃculties of doing business, including higher taxes driving up rent, online retail challenging downtowns and demographic changes. “Other areas do have the same problem,” Nematzadeh, who is also a trustee in Kings Point, said Monday. “Roslyn is doing better, but Port Washington has the same issues on Plandome Road with vacancies.” Asked if he was surprised about the closing of Middle Neck Pharmacy specifically, he said, “Totally.” Jeﬀ Kim of Northern Real Estate, which seeks to lease the 5,000-square-foot space, said that he has received some calls from interested parties, includ-

ing the Everfresh supermarket next door, but that nothing is finalized and Middle Neck Pharmacy is not moving out until the end of January. “[Everfresh] called up, they said they want to extend their supermarket for organic products over there, but nothing has settled yet,” Kim said. In a follow-up call on Tuesday, Kim said his company is negotiating with a major cellphone provider but he is not at liberty to disclose who. Howard Hassan, a manager at Everfresh, said the supermarket has been “hopeful for years” for an opportunity to use the space. But nothing has come of it yet, he said, and the business first needs to “see if it would come to fruition” before commenting on specifics. “I know that for sure we would be thrilled to be able to expand and service our shoppers better, to have more room, making it a better shopping experience,” Hassan said. Representatives from two pharmacies also reached out

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families of Great Neck, after 40 years of terrific community service, Middle Neck Pharmacy is sadly closing its doors.” Abe Harooni COLONY PHARMACY

to Great Neck residents on the Great Neck Mommies Facebook page, including Great Neck Chemists, which has been in business for 30 years, and Colony Pharmacy. “Dear friends and families of Great Neck, after 40 years of terrific community service, Middle Neck Pharmacy is sadly closing its doors,” Abe Harooni of Colony Pharmacy posted on Facebook. “We at Colony Pharmacy welcome all Middle Neck Pharmacy customers. We will gladly transfer all your prescrip-

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Middle Neck Pharmacy is ending its pharmaceutical business and is likely to close their doors early next year. tions and refills to us and fulfill all your pharmaceutical needs.” Daniel Longo, the business development manager for Great Neck Chemists, also said the pharmacy “would love to welcome any past Middle Neck Pharmacy customers.” “Great Neck Chemists has been serving the Great Neck community since 1987 with the

same ownership,” Longo said. “Free delivery and personalized service has always been our mission.” Another pharmacy mentioned in the group that would deliver was Town Pharmacy, which is located next to North Shore Farms.

MedMen, civics disagree Residents condemn the commanding officer of the 3rd Precinct today and he had absolutely no awareness of who Medcess store are middle-aged or elderly, the store’s Men was or what they do,” Bentley said. lead pharmacist, Gagan Puar, said. Esparza said that he has a conDais suggested that a dispentact with the Police Department sary is similar to an eyeglass store, whom he plans to reach out to. which provides health services but “ hey’re not going “I assure you we will have a is placed among retail stores. Such to invest in this working relationship with the Nasa mindset can help destigmatize sau County Police Department here the drug, Dias said, which is one pretty fancy store if and they will understand what reason to locate it in a retail area. it has no potential to we’re all about because we’re goThe Northern Boulevard buildto make the time to go out and be converted.” ing ing has a parking variance that see them, introduce ourselves here, allows retail facilities to operate Sue Auriemma let them see our security plans,” he with its 16 parking spaces, but CIVIC ASSOCIATION SECRETARY said. the town has classified MedMen’s Dais said his mother, who has planned store as a medical facility, breast cancer, is an example of said lawyer Kathleen Deegan Dickson, who is as- someone who has found relief from medical marisisting MedMen with its land use and zoning ap- juana. plications for the new location. He also emphasized the social benefits of regA medical facility would require 11 more ulating rather than criminalizing marijuana. parking spaces, Deegan Dickson said. MedMen Criminalization has not stopped marijuana plans to apply for a parking variance for its medi- use, he said, but has instead created unstandardcal office and to appeal to the town to be con- ized black market production. When he smoked in sidered a retail site. It has a letter from the state college, he never thought about who was growing Department of Health supporting that it is retail, it or what their process was, Dais said. she said. “What pesticides did they use on that marijuaThe North New Hyde Park location that it is na?” he said. “I know in our facility in Utica, New moving from was classified as medical, she said. York, we’re not allowed to use any pesticides … it’s The company wants to be involved with gov- a process, it’s clean, we know exactly what it is.” ernors’ task forces pursuing legislation to legalize On Thursday, MedMen announced that it has recreational use, said Rob Esparza, MedMen’s di- signed an agreement to acquire PharmaCann LLC, rector of global security, who serves as a public according to Business Wire. safety liaison and is based in Los Angeles. The acquisition, valued at $682 million, will He detailed how the company demonstrated make MedMen the largest marijuana company in its security practices to New York police officials the country, said CEO Adam Bierman. when it opened its Manhattan location. PharmaCann has four dispensaries in New “I’m concerned because here you are making York, and the closest to Long Island is in the Bronx. an application here in Manhasset and I spoke with Continued from Page 11

cell node proposal Continued from Page 2 cess resident and real estate broker, said she loves her village and questioned why officials would want to compromise its beauty or even take a slight risk when it comes to health. Then, speaking as a real estate broker, Mashaal said in recent years “it’s been very difficult” and that the nodes will only drive down property values. “Our values will go down,” Mashaal said. “I promise.” Marc Voses, a Lake Success resident and attorney, described the application as “faulty,” not adhering to village code and not using a proper form of analysis when it comes to coverage needs. He also cited a federal case with the Town of Islip, where it was able to reject a cell node application based on aesthetics and a demonstrated lack of need to improve cell coverage. “We don’t need this and there’s been no demonstrated need for these towers,” Voses

said. Jill Madenberg, who has sent studies to the board and expressed health concerns over the nodes, said the hearing clearly shows that residents are against the cell nodes. “I kept hearing from ExteNet about wanting to engage our community,” Madenberg said. “And if you look around this room, we are engaged, and we don’t want this.” Some residents also took interest in the village’s representation and transparency about the process, highlighting that village Attorney Andrea Curto of the Forchelli Deegan Terrana law firm had a colleague who represented TMobile when it sought to build cellphone towers in Wantagh. Curto said the firm has not represented ExteNet in the past and that if there was a conflict, she would have informed the board and recused herself. Additionally, one resident said a more “adversarial” approach might be needed to get the best results for the village.

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Roslyn studio hopes for a knockout Continued from Page 21 Workouts are based on timed intervals rather than a set number of repetitions, he said. Rounds of three minutes include four 45-second sets that alternate between boxing combinations and body weight exercises, such as squats or push-ups. Kucich capitalized on his experience with boxing training and a growing popularity of the sport to found the business. He started boxing in college, where he practiced daily, competed in fights and trained others. “When I got done in school, I graduated with a criminal justice degree. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want to work a normal 9-to-5 job,” Kucich said. But he did at first, at a baseball gear brand’s New York City oﬃce. Discontented, he started brainstorming his own business, which quickly transitioned into serious planning. First he talked to his parents. Then he talked to friends with business backgrounds. Soon he was doing financial calculations,

and they were coming back positive. “That was probably around April or late March, and that was when it became kind of real,” Kucich said. BOUT had its grand opening Sept. 15 and has grown since then, mostly through word-ofmouth, he said. “He’s great,” said Paige Terryberry, who said she goes to BOUT Boxing about twice a week. “He’s very encouraging. The workouts are really dynamic. He works one on one with people if you need it. He’s very positive.” Friends are telling friends, and parents who participate have started bringing their children, Kucich said. On a quiet Monday afternoon, “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from “The Lion King” is echoing from the speakers as Kucich trains 6-year-old Anthony Vennera, one of his youngest clients. Kucich decides they’ll each do a few push-ups before running across the room, doing a few more and running back. Vennera does about half a push-up on the far side before

deciding that beating Kucich is worth more than strictly following his request. “That was cheating!” Kucich says. “I’m going to let that go though.” Boxing began skyrocketing in popularity as a fitness routine in the U.S. last year, Kucich said, and he has pinned down the reasons. One, people found out that models and celebrities were doing it, he said. “In 2018 it grew even more, and that’s just because the celebrities that didn’t know about it are doing it,” Kucich said. But it’s also popular because of the nature of the exercise, he said. It demands your full body, every session is diﬀerent and it’s fun to punch stuﬀ. “There’s nothing like hitting something, and the sound that the gloves make when you hit a bag or hit a pad perfectly,” he said. Terryberry started with kickboxing before switching to boxing. She knows the sport is currently trendy but thinks it “has the potential to stick around long term just because it’s such a well-

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“We get 19-year-olds and then we also get 65-year-olds,” Alek Kucich said of his boxing studio. He designed the space to be clean and welcoming. rounded workout.” Kucich is finding that people don’t want to punch each other but do want to give boxing a try, and that’s exactly where a tough but welcoming space like BOUT Boxing comes in. “People come in here and they’ve never done something

like this, and then you are able to work these people out so hard and push them, making them uncomfortable,” Kucich said. “At the end they thank you and then they keep coming back because they enjoy it. I think that’s something I haven’t really gotten over yet.”

A mother’s grief reaches Congress Continued from Page 24 Kyra’s parents should have joint custody. Child Protective Services deemed her case as low risk because the father “hadn’t hit [Kyra].” Even when the father refused to follow court orders on medical directives, Franchetti said the attorney assigned to the case “refused to get involved.” Following Kyra’s death, Franchetti has spent most of her time outside of Franchetti Communications — where she works as the chief marketing oﬃcer and leader trainer — to improving child safety in custody cases. That is what drew her to House Resolution 72, which was introduced almost a year to the day after Kyra was killed. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) was the resolution’s sponsor, and its introduction in the House was spearheaded by Joan Meier, a law professor specializing in domestic abuse at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Other groups and people from around the country took part, like Ana Estevez of South Pasedena, California, whose 5-year-old son was murdered by his father.

As soon as she found out about it, Franchetti wanted to help. She met with legislators on Long Island and in Washington to convince them to support the resolution. “I reached out to [Rep. Tom] Suozzi [D-Glen Cove] and he signed right on,” she said. “I# met with [Rep. Peter] King [R-Seaford] in his oﬃce in D.C. over the summer and he signed on.#It was wonderful to go down and have people listen to your side of the story and want to help.” Reps. Kathleen Rice [D-Garden City] and Lee Zeldin [R-Shirley] also co-sponsored the resolution. In total, 13 New York members of the House of Representatives supported Resolution 72. According to the text, Resolution 72 says that “child safety is the first priority of custody and parenting adjudications” and that safety should be the first concern in custody decisions. It says that evidence of abuse can only be submitted by an approved fee-paid professional, that states should have clear standards for the professionals and that courts should consider paying these professionals. It also calls for hearings on the practices

of family courts. The resolution will now move to the Senate. In the meantime, Franchetti is working to get similar legislation in New York state. Through the Kyra Franchetti Foundation, she is raising money to help raise awareness of the issue. “I want to see things change inside and outside of the court system,” she said. It is an issue she continues to chip away at every day. She said that she thinks about her daughter all the time. “She used to go to the park in Manhasset across from the train station, and she loved to go on the swings near Landmark on Main Street” in Port Washington, Franchetti recalled. “She was very happy, energetic, bubbly toddler … and she deserved so much. If legislation like this came along# earlier, my child may be alive, and I don’t want this to happen to somebody else’s child.” Reach reporter Luke Torrance by email at ltorrance@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 214, or follow him on Twitter @LukeATorrance.

Suozzi, DeBono clash for first time Continued from Page 20 plan, as Ferrara did not answer questions on Phillips’ behalf or respond to her opponent’s attacks. Kaplan said that as an immigrant, she would stand up for fellow immigrants, and said that Phillips was not strong enough on gun control, handling corruption and protecting

the environment. Kaplan said she would support the New York Health Act, which would provide health care to every state resident, and also supported increased funding for public transportation (residents of the Amsterdam are currently petitioning for a Nassau bus route on West Shore

Road). There was little criticism directed toward either state Assembly candidate. Both D’Urso and Divins touted their immigrant backgrounds and their love of the United States. Both agreed that state protections should be put in place to keep abortion legal in New York. And

both supported the New York Health Act. Just about the only diﬀerence was on gun control. Both said they supported the Second Amendment. But while D’Urso said he supported “every piece of [gun control] legislation that’s come before me,” Divins said that further regulations

were unnecessary. “We have to enforce the laws that we have now,” he said. “I don’t think we need more.” Reach reporter Luke Torrance by email at ltorrance@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-3071045, ext. 214, or follow him on Twitter @LukeATorrance.

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INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Looking to sell items from your home? Consider doing an Online Auction! Online Auctions reach more interested buyers than tag sales and can often sell for more than what you would make at an estate or tag sale. Invited Estate Sales by Tracy Jordan can do both! You can sell your items online reaching potential buyers locally or globally as well as hosting a private sale from your home! Let us guide you on what items to put in auction including furniture, housewares, decorative items, jewelry, collectibles, coins, artwork and anything else you may no longer want or need. Our services can help you to maximize your selling experience whether you are selling 1 item or 500 items. We are a one stop service for all your needs when you are moving or selling a property! Selling, donating, discarding and cleaning out services can be done to meet your time frame with minimal stress. Estate and Tag Sales Online Auctions Cleanout and Moving Services Home Staging Services Appraisals Contact for more info: info@invitedsales.com or Call: 516-279-6378 to schedule a consultation or receive more information. www.invitedsales.com

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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 owner no broker. $569,000 Call: 646-499-1684

HOMES FOR SALE GARDEN CITY Impeccably maintained Expanded Split in the Estates. Center of block. Close to Stratford School & LIRR. LR, DR, EIK, large Den. Oversized MBR w/ Walk in Closets & updated Bath. Two additional BRs & Fam Bath. Lower level FR/Office w/Bath. CAC, Gas Heat, new HW heater, new 200 amp service. 2 car garage, private back yard. Room to expand. Low taxes. $989,900. Principals Only. Call 516-747-1024

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OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE SEBASTIAN FLORIDA (East Coast) Beach Cove is an Age Restricted Community where friends are easily made. Sebastian is an “Old Florida” fishing village with a quaint atmosphere yet excellent medical facilities, shopping and restaurants. Direct flights from Newark to Vero Beach. New manufactured homes from $114,900. 772-5810080; www.beach-cove.com

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New assessment website Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced the launch of www.AsktheCountyAssessor.com, a website which will provide answers and allow questions regarding the County Executive’s reassessment initiative. “This new assessment process will bring about many changes and a lot of questions. We are here to provide the answers. We will make every effort to provide full transparency on an interactive website,” said Curran. The website will offer a complete customer service outreach portal with all the information Nassau’s property owners will need, including options for individuals to look up specific reassessment home values. The website will feature ongoing updates and frequently asked questions. Residents will have the ability to submit questions directly to the Department of Assessment. In the coming weeks, additional functions will be added, including a feature allowing property owners to schedule appointments at either the Department of Assessment in Mineola or one of four mobile offices.

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Residents will also be able to access a report generated by Prognose, a program that provides a full picture of a resident’s property assessment, comparable sales in their area and other important information. The website will be an important resource as Nassau County Assessor David Moog moves to re-staﬀ the Department of Assessment. Over 100 employees were lost when the prior administration froze the roll in 2011. Moog has provided the levels of assessment for the tentative roll for tax year 2020/2021. Based on his professional responsibility and expertise, and the results of an expert analysis, he has set the new class one level of assessment at .10 percent and has set the levels of assessment for property classes two, three and four at 1 percent. This initiative will create an accurate assessment roll for the first time since the roll was frozen. “This is step one of a new customerfriendly Department of Assessment,” said Curran. “We are staﬃng up to respond to our residents. And while our telephone system is still being set up, property owners can use this new website. Our residents are the customer, and they will come first.” Curran continues to encourage residents to make sure their property assessments are accurate. “Property owners will absolutely keep their right to grieve their assessments,” said Curran. “Property owners, however, shouldn’t have to file a claim to be treated fairly. That’s our job. A correct, defensible assessment roll accomplishes that goal.”

Andrea and Michael Leeds and Americana Manhasset’s Champions for Charity® will be the honorees at North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center’s 65th Sapphire Anniversary Gala, which will take place Oct. 25 at the Garden City Hotel. Andrea Leeds has been a board member at the Guidance Center for more than 20 years. She and her husband Michael have taken a leadership role in philanthropy and have been passionate, dedicated and committed supporters of the Long Island community. Every holiday season, Americana Manhasset supports more than 100 notfor-profit organizations during its annual Champions for Charity® holiday shopping benefit, which this year takes place from Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. (Visit championsforcharity.org for free registration.) Since its inception in 1996, Champions for Charity® has raised nearly $12 million. The co-chairs for this year’s gala are

Matilde and Cliff Broder and Rosemarie and Mitchell Klipper. Journal co-chairs are JoEllen Hazan and the recently deceased John Gutleber, who passed away unexpectedly in September. Auction co-chairs are Deirdre Costa Major and Charles Chan. The Mistress of Ceremonies is News 12 Long Island’s Carol Silva. The gala will feature delicious food, live music, dancing and auction and raffle prizes. The speaker will be Linda Beigel Schulman, whose son Scott Beigel was murdered during the Parkland, Fla. tragedy. “For 65 years, the Guidance Center has been committed to providing essential mental health services to all children and families, regardless of their ability to pay,” says Executive Director Andrew Malekoff. “The generous support of our honorees, donors and sponsors at the gala will help us maintain the highest standard and quality of care to our community.” All proceeds will benefit the Guidance Center. To learn more about becoming a sponsor or an underwriter or purchasing tickets, visit www.northshorechildguidance. org/events, call 516)-626-1971 ext. 337 or email development@northshorechildguidance.org.

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Americana car show draws crowd BY J OH N N U G E N T The 14th annual Concours D’Elegance at the Americana displayed a wide variety of cars at Americana Manhasset on Sunday. There were more than 200 cars vying for 24 prizes, according to Heather Betz, the event’s organizer. Judges selected a 1939 Delage owned by Colton Amster as the Best in Show. Priscilla Gremillion of St. Louis Crystal presented Amster with a blue crystal vase for winning the competition. Betz estimated that about $25,000 would be raised at the event. All proceeds will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House. Names like Porsche, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Austin-Healey, Lam-

borghini and Aston-Martin were among the entrants that lined both sides of Americana’s stores. Jim Glickenhaus, who supports the event every year, featured his SCG003S, an ultra high-end sports vehicle that takes nine months to build and has a price tag of $2.2 million. Glickenhaus owns a factory in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he produces 325 “race and road legal” luxury autos every year. Also notable among the entrants were a 1928 Bentley, 1930 Cadillac V16, 1948 Cadillac limo and 1958 Chevrolet Corvette, all polished and shining as if they just rolled off the assembly line. The chief of judges, Jeffrey Einhorn, presented awards to the winners and selected the"winner of the $50,000 raffle.

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A 1928 Bentley was among the cars displayed at Sunday’s Concours D’Elegance.

COMMUNITY NEWS

JCC 5K benefits cancer center

Sid Jacobson JCC recently hosted its annual “Stronger Than Cancer 5K” on Sunday, Oct. 7. The annual event had a turnout of over 600 participants including runners, walkers, volunteers and vendors. All funds raised will directly benefit the JCC’s Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center and its programs. The center supports much-needed programming, most of which are free to the community; including exercise classes, discussion groups, counseling services, an after-school program for children whose parent or sibling has been diagnosed, and more. Programs are open to those living with cancer throughout

all stages of treatment and survivorship while helping participants feel active, resilient and empowered in body, mind and spirit. Hal Fuchs, a member of the “Stronger Than Cancer 5K” committee, like many, has been personally touched by cancer. His wife is a cancer survivor who attended Sunday’s race, along with many of Fuchs’ family and friends. “It makes me proud to be part of such an impactful organization that provides free services and programs to the community, and doesn’t ask for anything in return,” says Fuchs. “It’s a great feeling to know that Sid Jacobson JCC members’ annual dues go towards pro-

grams like this that are positively impacting the lives of so many.” Randy Hight, director of the JCC’s Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center, has seen the “Stronger Than Cancer 5K” grow over the years and is pleased that it has become a community event that highlights the importance of compassionate and holistic services for all cancer survivors. “We are grateful for the funds raised that benefit the Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center,” says Hight. “They enable us to continue to provide cutting edge and comprehensive programming for cancer survivors and their families in the community.” Upcoming programs for cancer survivors include “Exercise for Cancer Survivors in Their 20s, 30s & 40s” beginning Tuesday, Oct. 30, “Breast Cancer Gentle Yoga” beginning Sunday, Oct. 28, and more." Ongoing support programs, like the “Male Cancer Survivors’ Discussion Group,” “We’ve Got Your Back – Family Cancer Support,” and more, are oﬀered on a monthly basis. To enroll yourself or a loved one in a program oﬀered at the Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center, contact Randy Hight, 516-4841545 ext. 213, rhight@sjjcc.org. To make a donation to the Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center, visit www.sjjcc.org/5K.

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Mailers deliver one-sided narratives in district Continued from Page 6 with the groups sending them out,” Kaplan campaign spokeswoman Tess McRae said. “Instead, we are focused on electing Democrat Anna Kaplan to the State Senate so that she can pass desperately needed and long overdue legislation such as the Reproductive Health Act and common-sense gun violence prevention once and for all.” There are also mailers being sent out from the respective party committees. The New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee is sending out mailers touting Kaplan

as someone who would be “a defender of Long Island taxpayers,” for example, and “fight for what’s right” in protecting women’s reproductive rights and strengthening gun violence prevention laws. Meanwhile, one mailer from the New York Republican Senate Campaign Committee features an image of “the proverbial smoke-filled back room,” where “party bosses and politicians cut deals to enrich themselves at our expense.” It seeks to link former North Hempstead Democratic Party head Gerard Terry, who was sentenced for tax fraud and eva-

sion, with!Kaplan, alleging that she “rewards her political boss” with two taxpayer-financed jobs. It then goes on to say she voted to raise property taxes while giving herself a raise. “We’ve had enough corruption in Nassau County,” it reads. “The last thing we need is politician Anna Kaplan in Albany.” Another Republican mailer focuses more on property taxes and the raise and says,! “Anna Kaplan loves taking money from your family!” Two other mailers also call Phillips a fighter, including one saying that she has fought against corruption in Albany

and is “getting real results, real reform.” A representative for the New York Republican Senate Campaign Committee could not be reached for comment. Chris McKenna, a spokesman for the Phillips campaign, said the campaign is showing the state senator’s “record of delivering and standing up for Long Island and this Senate district.” McKenna also said the campaign intends to “share factbased information about her opponent’s record of repeatedly raising taxes, while increasing her own pay” and the dangers

of “single-party state government that her opponent champions.” “By contrast, her opponent’s supporters have made no secret of their plans to run an ‘entirely negative’ campaign that has made outrageous claims about votes that never happened, and positions that the Senator has never held or supported,” McKenna said. “We trust that voters can tell the diﬀerence, and when they weigh their choices for State Senate will understand that re-electing Senator Phillips will continue to move Long Island forward and protect our communities and way of life.”

COMMUNITY NEWS

Donate an organ and give the gift of life The numbers are staggering: heart failure aﬀects about five million Americans with almost one million new cases diagnosed each year. What makes this even more frightening is that there just aren’t enough healthy hearts to go around for transplant. In fact, New York State is last nationally in terms of organ donation. Much of the same can be said about people in dire need of a new kidney. There are hundreds of New Yorkers currently on the kidney transplant waiting list — and many people wait at least five years (sometimes 10) for a kidney from a deceased donor. The waiting list has doubled in size over the last decade. In an eﬀort to turn the desperation of patients awaiting organ transplants into renewed hope, Helen Irving, president and CEO, LiveOnNY, joined two patients awaiting new organs and their doctors in an urgent plea to New Yorkers to “have a heart” and become organ donors. During his opening remarks, Dr. Lewis Teperman, director of transplant services at Northwell, explained how dire the situation in the United States truly is. “There are currently over 120,000 people waiting for organ transplants in the United States,” said Teperman, “and only 18,000 deceased donors. What that means, quite simply, is that we don’t have enough organs to fill the need. We know that transplantation works, but we need the donors. It’s as simple as that.” Dr. David Majure, who is! medical director of Northwell’s mechanical circulatory support program, noted that the goal of heart transplantation is to get people back to their roles in society and fully able to participate in the ac-

tivities they love. “Heart transplantation can really change the course of a patient’s life,” he said. “Organ shortages such as we continue to experience severely limits our ability to transform a patient’s life.” Dr. Elliot Grodstein, a surgical oncologist at Northwell, echoed these sentiments. “We see so many terrible things in the news these days,” he said. “The best part of my job is seeing people who make the decision to donate in order to help save a life. I consider doing this work with such fine people to be a great honor.” Simone Tibbets, 40, of Bellmore, is in desperate need of a healthy kidney. Diagnosed with lupus three months after giving birth in 2008, Tibbets underwent several hospital vis-

its because she just wasn’t feeling well. In early 2009, after a battery of tests because of excruciating pain, it was revealed that Tibbets was in renal failure. She has been on dialysis since 2011, and on the kidney transplant list since 2015. “I’m hopeful that one day the phone will ring and that there will be a kidney for me,” Tibbets said. “Saving a life is a tremendous act of kindness. You can make such a diﬀerence when you gift of gift of life. I’m here today to encourage everyone to get on the list. Sign the organ donor card… so much depends on this.” Virginia Spolan, 69, of Forest Hills, suﬀered a heart attack in December 2016. The event was so traumatic that she can’t remember any details. All she knows is that she was taken to LIJ Forest Hills and woke up two months later — after having been placed in a medically-induced coma — at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. In December 2017, Spolan underwent Left Ventricular Assisted Device surgery, which is keeping her alive. She hopes that people will be moved by her story and become organ donors. When asked about the significance of Organ Donor Enrollment Day on Oct. 10, Spolan said simply, “I hope everyone who hears this will sign the organ donor card. I just want my life back.” Speaking on behalf of LivOnNY, Irving said, “We need the support from our community. We urge you to make a selfless gift and sign the organ donation card. We can only help our fellow New Yorkers when we work together as a community.” To sign on to become an organ donor, please visit LongLiveNY.org.

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COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

Silverstein celebrates Yom Kippur Silverstein Hebrew Academy recently organized several opportunities for its students to learn about the holiest Jewish holiday of the year, Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is a day of atonement, traditionally celebrated with a period of fasting and intensive prayer. To prepare for the holiday, students were led through interactive lessons based on their grade level, from early childhood education through middle school. “We are not teaching a lesson, but providing students with life experiences, which they can live and feel as they learn the meaning behind our customs and prayers,” said Head of School Shireen Butmann. “Our goal as a Yeshiva is to have our students develop a sense of pride in their faith, to bring their heritage alive as a way of life with meaningful core values and beliefs that direct their ev-

eryday actions with their family, friends and the world around them.” At the youngest grade level, Morah Tzivi led her Nursery Bet class through a reenactment of the story of Yonah and the Whale. This biblical story, told in the Book of Yonah, reveals the meaning of Yom Kippur and

is used as a teaching tool by Jewish communities around the world every year on the holiday.! Following the reenactment, students designed whale crafts, discussed emotions and discovered the Yom Kippur mystery box to learn about the holiday in an innovative way. Students at the elementary

school level also participated in classroom-centered activities to help them further understand the holy day. Students discussed the meaning of the day, asked questions and gained a firmer grasp on why they pray and atone on Yom Kippur. At the middle school level, Silverstein Hebrew Academy

organized an opportunity for its students to visit the Ohel of the Chabad Rebbe in Cambria Heights. This visit gave students an opportunity to experience first-hand the positive influence and impact Lubavitcher Rabbi Menachem Schneerson has had on the Jewish faith. During the field trip, students wrote personal messages to the Rabbi asking for blessings and practiced self-reflection and prayer at the grave. Students and staﬀ prayed together and learned more about the religious holiday through passage readings. For more information on the Silverstein Hebrew Academy in Great Neck, visit http://www. shagn.org/.

Focusing on plight of refugees

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Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso honored a group of artists whose work are on display at the Gold Coast Arts Center, including George McClintock, Wiliam Riera, Orestes Gonzalez, Karen Rubin, Audrey Gottlieb and Neil Tandy. Verónica Cárdenas and Deborah Feingold, not pictured, were also honored.

Artists honored at Gold Coast Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso recently honored a group of artists who are displaying their work at the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck. “Storytelling through the Lens showcased a group of talented local artists,” D’Urso said. “I encourage everyone to go and see the exhibit which runs until Dec. 15 at the Gold

Coast Arts Center, located at 113 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck.” Among the artists on display are George McClintock, Wiliam Riera, Orestes Gonzalez, Karen Rubin, Audrey Gottlieb, Neil Tandy, Verónica Cárdenas and Deborah Feingold. Jude Amsel is the gallery’s curator.

According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, there are over 68 million refugees around the world, driven from their homes by war, violence and persecution. Temple Isaiah has designated Friday, Oct. 19! as a Refugee Shabbat, and will present a program that specifically focuses on the plight of the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar. In 2017 there were approximately one million Rohingya in Myanmar, representing the

largest percentage of Muslims in the country. The government of Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist country, denies the Rohingya citizenship, and even excluded them from the 2014 census, refusing to recognize them as a people. Beth Lilach, the senior director of adult and community aﬀairs of the Holocaust and Memorial Tolerance Center of Long Island, will provide an inside look into the current genocide of the Rohingya. Lilach was invited to Bangladesh

to visit the refugee camp and has since met with the State Department to share her experience and plead for help. Temple Isaiah invites the community to attend Refugee Shabbat on Friday, Oct. 19!at 7:30 p.m., to help shine a light on the Rohingya tragedy and call attention to the millions of others in need of safe havens. Temple Isaiah is located at 1 Chelsea Place, oﬀ Cutter Mill Road. For further information, call the Temple oﬃce at (516) 487-5373.

53 ‘Commended Students’ Fifty-three seniors in the Great Neck Public Schools have been named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. To achieve this honor, they placed among the top 50,000 of the more than 1.6 million juniors who took the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Each Commended Student received a letter of commendation in recognition of exceptional academic promise. Although Commended Students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some become candidates for scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses. A spokesperson from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation said, “The young men and women named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success. They represent a valuable national resource. Recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation.”

North High North High’s Commended Students are: Maor Amar, Todd Bichoupan, Samuel Calto, Micaela Chin, Aaron Geula, Michelle Goh, Eyal Hakimi, Noah Hanover, Shi-In Kim, Timothy Lee, Bob Qian, Qingyuan Qian, Molly Racsko, Erica Smiley, and Sarah Tang. South High South High’s Commended Students are: Elana Amir, Heather Cai, Ashley Chen, Jeremy Chen, Rena Chen, Victoria Cheng, Wei-Ching Chi, Eric Cho, Brittney Choi, Jaymin Choi, Sehyun Chung, Patrick Duan, Katie-Ann Fu, Raymond Gresalfi, Andersen Gu, Kenneth Hahn, Kristin Hon, Anthony Hou, Dylan Hsu, Zhen Huang, Raina Kirshnitz, Rachel Kosofsky, Keerthivasan Kumanan, Joyce Lee, Chi Wan Virginia Lo, Michael Lu, Stefan Lungu, Jennifer Luo, Deven Madan, John Mannooparambil, Lenny Meng, Ethan Osman, Seo Hyun Park, Noah Sheidlower, Ann Too, Jeﬀery Tse, Michelle Zheng, and Hannah Zhong.

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