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Friday, March 29, 2019

Vol. 94, No. 13

HEALTH & WELLNESS

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENT AT SCHOOL

SUOZZI, KING PRESENT IMMIGRATION COMPROMISE

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Concerns over staffing raised at budget talk

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Growing number of English as a New Language students cited BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The Great Neck Public Schools’ proposed $233.64 million budget is likely to change, school officials said at a budget review session Saturday morning, in response to staffing concerns and increasing numbers of higher need students. Great Neck Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz said the preliminary budget, which is almost $3.8 million higher than the current $229.84 million budget, fulfills a number of promises like maintaining staff levels and programs, adding a nurse, keeping class sizes small and “thinking of our ever increasing [English as a New Language] population.” At the same time, Berkowitz said the board honors its “responsibility to be fiscally responsible” and think about taxpayers, who are now seeing their properties reassessed and perhaps feeling the pinch of their state and local tax deductions being capped at

$10,000. “It’s a very delicate tightrope to figure out how high we can go and still be supported,” Berkowitz said. “I think that if you would’ve spoken to us three years ago, it was a diﬀerent feeling in the community.” Berkowitz also said the budget could still change. The currently proposed tax levy increase is 1.94 percent, less than half the allowed 4.09 percent, due to a high growth factor and borrowing for capital projects related to the $68.3 million bond approved in 2017, John Powell, the assistant superintendent for business, previously said.# This translates to an expected property tax levy revenue increase from $203.57 million to almost $207.52 million. Stephen Lando, the assistant superintendent for secondary education, said there has been an increased demand for business and math courses at the two high Continued on Page 73

PHOTO COURTESY OF LEGISLATOR ELLEN BIRNBAUM’S OFFICE

Betty Leong, former co-president and current board member of the Great Neck Chinese Association, was honored as a woman trailblazer by Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) on Monday. See story on page 73.

Celebration of Persian New Year draws crowd BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Hundreds of people from around Great Neck attended a celebration of Persian culture at Temple Beth-El for Nowruz

Saturday night, experiencing a showcase of emotional music, artwork and culture. The concert and art exhibit, hosted by the Sephardic Heritage Alliance Inc. and the UJA Federation, was the culmination

of a# series of SHAI events in March, exactly 40 years after the 1979 Iranian Revolution that led to an influx of Persian Jews to Great Neck. SHAI President Rebecca Continued on Page 74

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N. Shore University’s District reports 1st staffer dies at 92 anti-Semitic incident G.N.’s Jan Senecal retired after 41 years, volunteered BY T E R I W EST

North Shore University Hospital is now a bustling campus with more than 4,000 physicians, and its 1953 launch, at a time when the space was just open fields, is growing more and more distant. Many of those who currently work or volunteer at the hospital, however, knew one person who embodied that origin story — the hospital’s first hire, Jan Senecal. For Senecal, an outgoing, single local woman with a propensity for giving, the hospital became a family, those who knew her said, which is why she remained on staﬀ until her 1994 retirement and then returned as a volunteer until 2016. Senecal, who lived in Great Neck for many years, died March 13 at age 92. “She meant a lot to a lot of people,” said the hospital’s director of volunteer services, Lisa Breiman. “It’s a great loss when you lose someone like that. It’s like a piece of your history.” Senecal was known as a mentor for medical students during her years as an employee and then a similar figure for high-school-age volunteers when she took up volunteering, though her original position was as a personnel assistant. She was such an early hire that her first work as an assistant was based out of a Great Neck school building because the hospital’s location was still undetermined, columnist Diane Ketcham wrote in a nearly 1,900-word New York Times profile on Senecal upon her retirement. It was after Senecal was promoted to director of the personnel department that she eventually transferred to North Shore University Hospital’s educational program, where she worked directly with medical residents. She would await them every day at 7 a.m. as they came in on buses from Manhattan, Ketcham wrote. After greeting the students, Senecal would ensure that they each got to their destination. As a volunteer she discovered a similar opportunity with the hospital’s “junior volunteers,” the youngest of whom are 14, Breiman said. “As a single woman she adopted all of North Shore,” said Kathleen Nocera, who was friendly with Senecal for 42 years. Senecal, who grew up in Old Westbury, stood at less than 5 feet tall, perhaps 4-foot-7 or 4-foot8, Nocera said, but that did nothing to diminish her presence. “She was a tiny dynamo,” Nocera said. She walked fast, drove a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo and exercised every day, swimming laps in the summer and working out at the Great Neck Senior Center during chillier seasons, Nocera said.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH

Jan Senecal, pictured in 2011, was North Shore University Hospital’s first employee. Senecal balanced her devotion to the Manhasset hospital with her commitment to prayer, meditation, the Mets and her many friends, Nocera said. She regularly worshiped at St. Aloysius in Great Neck and meditated daily. Those aspects of her life, however, fewer people knew about, Nocera said. “She had a deep and abiding peace that transcended all of the businesses of the diﬀerent jobs that she had at North Shore,” she said. On Saturday nights, Senecal would try a new restaurant with one of her friends, many of whom were also unmarried, Nocera said. And her excitement for the Mets landed her at many baseball games and motivated her to wear a uniform for Halloween while living at her most recent home, Ozanam Hall Nursing Home in Bayside. Both Breiman and Nocera described Senecal as a deeply caring person. Losing her feels as though a piece of North Shore University Hospital’s history is gone, too, Breiman said. Senecal would tell volunteers about what the hospital was like in its earliest days, surrounded by orchards and roaming cows, she said. And for Nocera, who had known Senecal for more than four decades, her death meant the loss of a best friend. “It is a hole in my heart … but she had a long and wonderful, joyous life,” Nocera said.

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

An anti-Semitic incident involving two Great Neck North Middle School students occurred last Friday, Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast wrote to parents in a letter on Monday. Prendergast did not go into detail about the incident, but called it anti-Semitic and said school oﬃcials took “immediate action” by notifying the students’ parents and the Nassau County police through the problemoriented policing program, and taking “immediate disciplinary action.” “As our nation confronts a growing number of anti-Semitic threats, we know that Great Neck is particularly vulnerable,”"Prendergast wrote in the letter. “Our school district will never minimize, excuse, or tolerate any manner of anti-Semitism or any incident of bigotry or hate of any kind.” Prendergast went on to say it is essential to come together as a community to overcome “the prejudices that we see all too often in our society” and that the district looks forward to working with the community to restore “unity and calm.” Prendergast could not be reached for further comment on Tuesday. Some Great Neck residents and members of the school community said they were alarmed by the incident, but many urged people not to “jump to conclusions” about what happened or spread rumors. “The accused girl or her parents are not here to respond or defend themselves. None of us were there,” one parent posted about the incident in the Great Neck Mommies Facebook group. “Nobody knows if these two girls had previous issues with each other. No excuse to slap someone, but we should not jump to conclusions about what happened, and let authorities handle it.” Another parent said middle

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Great Neck Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast sent a letter on Monday to parents addressing an “anti-Semitic incident” that took place at North Middle School, saying the school takes the incident very seriously. school students can do crazy things for attention without truly meaning them. “I really think it’s a mistake to ‘overblow’ one incident – if there was no problem of anti-Semitism in the school before, there probably isn’t one now,” the parent said. “There is only one right response to this, which is to let the educators handle it and try to show some sympathy for the kids involved.” Great Neck Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz said several local rabbis have contacted the district about how they can help and that the district is looking to add programs from Holocaust memorial societies and the Anti-Defamation League to enhance its current programs. Both North and South Middle Schools are considered No Place for Hate Schools by the Anti-Defamation League, which requires schools to have a committee to oversee and promote harmony and respect for diﬀerences, present a respect resolution and hold three or more activities each year to celebrate diversity and proContinued on Page 84

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Local art students showcase skills Plaza courtroom turned into gallery for G.N. schools community education students BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N

For many of the artists on display in the Great Neck Plaza courtroom at 2 Gussack Plaza, it was a showcase of passion, patience and perseverance. The courtroom, encased in paintings from Great Neck Public Schools Community Education students taught by Mina Rabbani, was abuzz with conversation during a reception last Wednesday evening, where artists, along with family and friends, explored a wide range of works. Among the roughly 40 paintings on display were landscapes, including one of Steppingstone Park in Kings Point, colorful portraits of people and animals, and an array of flowers. One of the artists was Barbara Silver, who said she began painting only three and a half years ago. She was always an athlete and “never knew” she had a talent for painting, Silver said, but after retiring wanted something to fill her time. “I’ve learned patience, concentration and not to give up,” Silver said. “You’ve got to keep persevering, because you’ll eventually get it.” Nancy Kantaris, another artist whose work was on display, also began painting recently. After trying at a sip and paint night at the Muse Paintbar in Great Neck Plaza, she investigated art classes and discovered Rabbani’s courses, Kantaris said.

style and self-expression. In the process, Rabbani said they all become a sort of family. “The thing I like about my classes is they come from diﬀerent backgrounds – Israeli and Indian and Japanese and Asian – and they just share this energy and they become so close,” Rabbani said. “That’s what I love about it.”

PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN

Mina Rabbani, who has taught art for more than 30 years, addresses the public and her students. Now her first ever color painting – that of warm-looking tulips – from that class is on display. “It looked simple,” Kantaris said with a laugh, “but it was not.” Rabbani, a Roslyn resident, has spent more than 30 years teaching in the Great Neck schools, oﬀering courses for beginners, intermediate painters and more advanced artists. Beginning students learn

the fundamentals, like how to use color, form, shading, space, texture and composition to create successful pieces, while more advanced students begin to develop their own personal art styles. Rabbani said that with her classes, she aims to teach students “a little bit of everything” – still life, figures, portraits and landscapes. She also places an emphasis on their developing their own art

“ he thing I like about my classes is they come from different backgrounds – Israeli and Indian and Japanese and Asian – and they just share this energy and they become so close.” Mina Rabbani Paula McNabb, who started painting exactly a year ago, said she always wanted to paint but never had time before. She said she was “very nervous” in the beginning, but found the class to be very supportive, instruction “very great,” and the class atmosphere positive. Overall, McNabb said, she learned Continued on Page 73

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Multigenerational celebration of Purim North Shore Hebrew Academy hosts two-day event featuring readings and chanting BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N

North Shore Hebrew Academy had a multigenerational celebration of Purim last Wednesday and Thursday, with alumni and current students joining to chant the Megillah, the Book of Esther. The Book of Esther tells of the Jewish victory over Haman, a vizier in the Persian Empire who sought to destroy the Jews but was ultimately hanged. The story is the focal point of Purim, a Jewish holiday that features hearing the story, charity, exchanging food and drink, festivities and costumes. For the Wednesday night reading at Great Neck Synagogue, 11 students were selected from among 309 North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School students that Dr. Paul Brody – who introduced the program at the school with Rabbi Michael Reichel, the principal of the school in 2002 – has instructed over the last 18 years. Then on Thursday morning, 18 eighthgraders and four alumni, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic, chanted the Megillah at a special assembly at North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School. They each performed a portion of the reading. “It’s enjoyable. Once you learn it, there’s nothing like it,” Brody said. “It’s just a beautiful thing –!and it has a happy ending.” But reciting the Megillah comes with a number of challenges, Brody said. He said

PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL BRODY

Several students from North Shore Hebrew Academy have gained the skill needed to recite the Book of Esther at Great Neck Synagogue from Paul Brody.

one has to memorize the notes on each word and the vowel on each letter, for example, and a clear recitation of the entire Megillah almost never takes less than 40 minutes. Brody said that under Jewish law, the Megillat must be clearly heard by those listening. “Keep in mind that this comes after a day of fasting, so everybody is in a rush to complete the hearing of the Megillah so they can eat,” Brody added. The scroll it is read from is also very particular.

“It’s really read from a parchment scroll that has to be written with a special ink by a special scribe who’s trained in a certain calligraphy and has a serious mindstate when he’s writing it,” Brody said. “It takes a long time to write such a Megillah.” Brody chanted the entire Megillat Esther at Great Neck Synagogue – marking the 24th year he has done so there and 47 years of reciting it altogether. Eli Mendelson, a 2009 graduate of North Shore Hebrew Academy and student of Brody’s, was also able to chant the entire Megillah for the congregation at a later reading.

“He read the ‘Gantze Megillah’ – it’s almost unheard of for a student to do that,” Brody said. Mendelson said there is a lot of preparation that goes into reading the entire Megillah. At the end of the day there’s a lot of satisfaction, he said, and over the years he has gained a multilevel understanding of the text. “Compared to most other experiences reading in front of a congregation during the year, not only is this a particularly happy day, but you get a bonus of appreciating the content that you’re sharing,” Mendelson said. Dr. Lisa Kalimi, whose sons Eric, class of 2018, and Daniel, class of 2019, recited portions of the Megillat Esther, said she has been chanting the story every year for about the last decade in a women’s only group. It’s not a skill acquired by most people or used very often, she said, since the Megillah is only read on Purim. Seeing her son among students chanting the Megillah was very meaningful, she said, and amounted to “passing on a tradition.” “It’s fabulous,” Kalimi said. “It’s a proud moment.” Brody said hearing his past and present students chant the Megillah made him feel extremely proud. “I, along with the students’ parents, grandparents, administration, and faculty, experienced much ‘nachat,’” Brody said.

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Suozzi, King tout immigration bill Proposed legislation calls for protecting Dreamers, building 700 miles of barriers BY T E R I W EST

U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (DGlen Cove) and Peter King (RMassapequa) announced this week that they are crafting an immigration reform bill that would give immigrants with temporary protective status and DACA status a path to citizenship while reinforcing southern border security and humanitarian aid in Central America. The congressmen characterized the deal as a bipartisan effort coming from two politicians who hold diﬀerent views on the issue in an op-ed published on the New York Times’ website Sunday titled “A Grand Compromise for Immigration.” “The Republicans have a legitimate concern that the last time the country did a program to legalize folks they never did anything to stop the further migration,” Suozzi said in an interview. “You have to try and balance the two.” The bill will oﬀer Dreamers, or migrants who arrived in the U.S. as minors without documentation, as well as individuals

border, $4.3 billion to nonphysical border reinforcement and aid to Central America and the other $1.4 billion to the administration of the citizenship program. The physical structures on the border would extend about 700 miles, according to Newsday. New nonphysical structures would include Border Patrol hires, enhanced radar technology and improved ports of entry, Suozzi said. The humanitarian aid would be directed to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras and administered by the U.S. government or nonprofits, Suozzi said, and directed toward enhancing the PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN quality of life as a means of preventing further out-migration. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) is developing a bill with Rep. The representatives estiPeter King (R-Massapequa) as a bipartisan effort to address mate that 1.9 million Dreamers, 400,00 individuals with tempoimmigration. rary protective status and 2.7 with temporary protective status years” and do not have a crimi- million of their relatives would nal record, the legislators wrote make up the five million applia path to citizenship. cants. To gain citizenship, they in the op-ed. “On Long Island, we have With an estimated $10 billion would have to pay a $2,000 fee. Their relatives would also in revenue from five million ap- one of the 10 largest populations become eligible for protective plicants, the government would of undocumented immigrants status if they have resided in the direct $4.3 billion toward physi- from Central and South America, U.S. “for a significant number of cal structures on the Southern as well as countless unaccompa-

nied minors,” King and Suozzi wrote in the New York Times article. “Many have been in our communities for decades living productive lives, attending school with our children, working six days a week and going to church on Sunday.” Suozzi said that he has been dedicated to supporting migrants since his beginning in local politics. “I’ve been working on this issue for 25 years,” he said. “My first speech as the City of Glen Cove mayor on Jan. 1 of 1994 included a big subject of the newcomers from Central and South America.” In Glen Cove, he helped create an indoor space dedicated to day laborers seeking employment. This year, Suozzi brought a DACA recipient from Glen Cove to the State of the Union address. He said he anticipates his new bill being a tough sell in a divided Congress despite its bipartisan ideals. “I’m a naturally optimistic person, but it’s going to take a lot of work and a lot of eﬀort to get this done,” he said.

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Safety threats seen at drinking water forum BY T E R I W EST Much of Long Island’s underground aquifers, which provide the island’s drinking water, contain chemicals, but local water experts have not yet come to a consensus on whether these substances pose a danger to residents or how to address the problem. To some, like Dorian Dale, Suﬀolk

County director of sustainability, the priority is finding funds for water treatment. For others, like water specialist and New York Institute of Technology associate professor Sarah Meyland, the creation of a regulatory agency to focus its eﬀorts on preventing contamination in the first place is long overdue. Continued on Page 62

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A digital rendering of the proposed 16 Maple Drive development, which would feature 11 apartment units and nearly 3,000 square feet of retail space. project, said the village should request numerous documents. Among the requested documents are an expanded environmental assessment form, a traﬃc impact study, a shadow study, bulk analysis, a parking management plan, emergency response plan, a restriping plan for the Maple Drive parking garage, and further explanation of the façade design and features. “It indicates additional information that they believe we

should request in order to be able to conduct an adequate review of the potential environmental consequences of this project” under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, Gabriele said. He also said that many people attended a recent Board of Zoning Appeals meeting to voice their opinions on the project. The project currently requires variances for height, setback and lot coverage, which

need to be approved by the zoning board. Among attendees’ concerns were a parking shortage, the building not fitting into the neighborhood and hesitance to widen the garage entrance, Gabriele said. Supporters, meanwhile, said that the changes to 16 Maple Drive are needed for revitalization. “There were numerous neighbors and members of the public there who voiced some objections and concerns about the project and there were some people that voiced some comments in support of the project,” Gabriele said. Christopher Prior, an attorney representing Spiegel Associates, said the company will work to provide the documents. He also said the shadow study is done and bulk analysis is a work in progress. “I would think that a month from now would be a good time frame,” he said. “If we could adjourn the meeting until that night, your second April meeting, we should be able to make significant headway and have materials submitted before

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G.N. to rally against anti-Semitism Organizers cite comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), response in Congress BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N A rally against hate and anti-Semitism is planned at the Village Green in Great Neck Sunday morning in response to what some have seen as poor political leadership in speaking up against anti-Semitism. The rally comes in the wake of comments from U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has been under fire for remarks about Israel, including a suggestion on Twitter that pro-Israel sentiment among lawmakers was motivated by donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. At a later event, she said she wanted to talk about the “political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.” Alan A. Mazurek, a retired neurologist and an organizer of the rally, said he and many others were “very disturbed by all the anti-Semitic utterances.” He said he was hoping that leaders would call for some type of action whether it was a rally or mass campaign or letter writing. “We got deafening silence from our leaders,” Mazurek said. “Because there was this lack of response, I felt as a concerned Jew that when anti-Semitism rears its ugly head in America, there’s serious trouble.” Democratic and Republican leaders have condemned these remarks, saying they evoke anti-Semitic tropes, including that of “dual loyalty.” The Anti-Defamation League pointed out that “the charge of disloyalty has been used to harass, marginalize and persecute the Jewish people for centuries.” Omar, who is Muslim, apologized for her tweets

and thanked her colleagues for teaching her more about “the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes,” saying it was never her intention to oﬀend anyone. But she also said

she was not apologizing “for the problematic role of lobbyists in our politics, whether it be AIPAC, the NRA or the fossil fuel industry.” Congress ultimately passed a broad resolution condemning all kinds of hate, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and white supremacy, which Mazurek described as “watered down.” Mazurek said he has reached out to various groups, including religious leaders throughout Great Neck, the Persian Jewish communities, the Chinese-American community and Long Island lawmakers and Great Neck mayors. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran will attend, he said. “We’re crossing all lines,” Mazurek said. Mazurek also said this is an issue relevant for everyone, because while history shows Jewish people are often the first to be targeted, they are not usually the only ones to be hit. “This has become an issue for the entire community, not just Jews,” Mazurek said. The rally will also come amid an increase in hate crimes overall, FBI data released late last year suggests. Reported anti-Jewish incidents spiked by more than a third from 684 in 2016 to 938 in 2017 nationwide, according to the FBI, driving up hate crimes by 17.2 percent overall. The Anti-Defamation League’s data also found a similar story, with 1,986 anti-Semitic incidents recorded nationwide in 2017 – a 57 percent increase from the 1,267 recorded incidents in 2016. The rally on Sunday will last from 10 a.m. to noon.

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K, we’ll concede that the 33 parents who allegedly paid millions in bribes to help their children get into elite colleges appear to have set a new standard for unfairness in the college admissions process. It’s hard to compete with allegations of directing bribes to college coaches, having someone taking the SAT or ACT exams for a student or having someone review and correct!the students’ answers after the tests were taken. Or university coaches and administrators getting!paid to secure admission! for students who may not have even played the sport. Or students’ faces photoshopped onto athletes’ bodies and bogus achievements added to their college applications. Or defendants who include television star Lori Loughlin! and her husband, the fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli; the actress!Felicity Huﬀman; and William E. McGlashan Jr., a partner at the private equity firm TPG. It is also hard to compete with how the rich have “traditionally” bought their children access to top colleges as Charles Kushner appears to have done for his son Jared, now President Trump’s sonin-law and chief counselor. Charles Kushner pledged $2.5 million to Harvard University in 1998, not long before Jared – with reportedly a less than stellar high school record – was admitted to the prestigious Ivy League school. Coincidence? We report, you decide. Done deciding yet? Still, a good case can be made that many who enjoy reading the details of the latest college admissions scandal or more traditional access buying haven’t at least tipped the playing field greatly in favor of their children beginning in

kindergarten. How so? By choosing to live in a school district with a strong record of success for its students. Which invariably translates into a school district with high property taxes, more expensive homes and wealthier parents. The United States – and the United States alone – relies on property taxes to finance our public schools. The results can be seen in the great disparity in spending per pupil between school districts in our area. Great Neck, for instance, spends more than $34,000 per student while neighboring Sewanhaka spends $24,000 per pupil. We take nothing away from the hard work and valuable contributions of board of education members and parent associations, but the diﬀerence in spending should, and usually does, translate into better education, more services and greater opportunities for students in high tax districts. And this does not even take into account the money spent by parents on ACT and SAT prep classes and companies that assist students and parents in the application process – including help on writing essays – as well as the assistance of parents. This is destiny by zip code. Nassau County residents frequently complained about their high taxes even before a county reassessment that will raises taxes on half of the county’s property owners and the tax law approved by a Republican Congress and president that limits to $10,000 the federal tax exemption for state and local taxes. But there is an easy solution they have chosen not to take: cutting school spending. Since two-

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thirds of most property tax bills go to schools wouldn’t that be the logical place to cut costs? School districts that spend $34,000 per pupil could cut spending to $24,000 per pupil and watch their property tax drop dramatically. In fact, taxpayers have the power to insist on these spending cuts – and tax cuts – since they vote on school budgets. Yet they don’t. For understandable reasons. Parents want the best for the children and they know that higher spending means a better education. No one can argue with that. And even those who don’t have children in the district know that good schools translate into higher home values. The state of New York has responded to both the high taxes and the disparities in education between children attending public schools. The state helps reduce the imbalance in spending between districts with a state aid formula in which less aﬄuent school districts get more help through the state income tax. But its eﬀorts fall well short of establishing parity.

To address high taxes, the state Legislature and Gov. Cuomo imposed a 2 percent tax cap on all local governments that limits how much they can increase the tax levy from year to year – a temporary plan Cuomo would now like to see made permanent. The tax cap places a significant restriction on local governments’ discretion in spending, which oddly has strong local support. Implicit in this support is the plea: Stop us before we vote again. The tax cap is particularly restrictive on school districts since an override of their tax cap requires 60 percent of the public’s vote. A village only needs three of its five members. Sixty percent of the vote is a hard thing to achieve. The last president to get 60 percent of the popular vote was President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 when he defeated Republican Alf Landon. So, in eﬀect, the 2 percent tax freezes the disparity in spending per student in place. In fact, it actually makes it worse. How so? Just think about the diﬀerence between 2 percent of $34,000 and 2 percent of $24,000

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— $680 vs. $480. Rather than permanently approve a 2 percent tax cap on all school districts, why not approve a cap on state aid to school districts that exceed a reasonable level of school spending adjusted for cost of living? And use the money saved to increase aid to school districts that fall below what is determined to be a reasonable level. That would be a more eﬀective and fairer way to control spending. And if high-spending districts wish to use their own taxpayers’ money to exceed the 2 percent tax cap, let them. It’s their money. Americans have always prided themselves on the idea that this is a country in which people can pull themselves up by their bootstraps to succeed. It has defined our image of ourselves. But recent studies show that we lag behind many countries in the world in social mobility. Education is one important reason why. And if we don’t do something to this system, then the diﬀerence between us and Hollywood actresses allegedly gaming the college admissions process is only one of degree.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Bringing common sense to immigration

mmigration policies, practices and American values will be at the top of my agenda into 2020, as Hofstra’s Institute for Peace Studies and Center for Civic Engagement seek to engage folks on Long Island, nationally and around the globe. However, all of us have a more immediate opportunity to learn about immigration and to contribute our ideas. Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation (48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset). Blank Slate Media, in association with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, will host an “On the Record Community Forum” that addresses “The Politics of Immigration.” Editor and publisher Steven Blank has assembled a knowledgeable and deeply experienced panel: Isma Chaudhry, the first woman to chair the Islamic Center of Long Island; Lawrence Levy, former Newsday columnist, now executive dean of the National Center for Suburban

Studies at Hofstra University; and Patrick Young, attorney and program director of the Central American Refugee Center. After Blank engages the panel about the complex and politically divisive immigration issues, you will have a chance to participate in a Q&A session. Refreshments — and chat time — will follow the forum. Admission is free; register to insure your place at www.theislandnow.com/communityforum. I have been trying to examine some of the reasons why our elected officials have failed to address compelling immigration issues. Why did the bipartisan reform bill that passed the Senate with 68 votes in 2013 fail to get a hearing in the House? Are the politics of immigration sufficiently improved now so that a Democratic House can craft legislation that will win support in the narrowly controlled Republican Senate? Even if a bill (similar to the 2013 version, with lots of tradeoffs) is adopted, how will Donald

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field Trump respond? Will he use his executive and media power to block any immigration considerations until after the 2020 election? Could small groups of Democrats and Republicans in both houses use “back channel” (out of public view) explorations to find enough common ground and craft enough trade-oﬀs to engage colleagues and the President? Or, is it a total pipe dream to hope that Trump would foster

any immigration eﬀorts in light of his 2016 campaign? On March 23, The Washington Post reported that Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-media rallies in 2016 resulted in a 226 percent increase in hate crimes in counties where he held campaign rallies compared to counties where no rallies were held. One day earlier (March 22) USA Today headlined a story: “Whites worry about minorities in majority: Almost half in poll fear weaker American values.” A huge challenge for the April 18 Blank Forum is contained in the view of demography and migration expert Jack DeWaard from the University of Minnesota, who warns: “The issue of migration has become so much more politicized, hijacked and divorced from facts and reason.” I have confidence that the Blank panel can provide facts and reason. But will enough U.S. citizens be suﬃciently attentive to make informed judgments that are based on reliable data

and on tested American values (what Lincoln referred to as our founding beacons)? A majority of Americans who responded to a PEW poll believe that increasing diversity will lead to more conflicts among groups in America and will “weaken American customs and values.” Those who hold such views lack an understanding of what happened for centuries as generations of new immigrants and their children became part of our society. Some of the immigrants (like a few of my relatives) were “in” America, but not “of” America. They stayed in their ethnic neighborhoods and avoided learning English, focusing on the chance for more economic security. But with each new generation, then — as now — the children of immigrants and their grandchildren became more Americanized — often so homogenized that we lose the distinctiveness of what their diversity can add to our culture. Continued on Page 68

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Human contact as a luxury item “Welcome to our automated system,” the computer chirped at me over the phone. “Please listen carefully because our menu choices have changed.” Some choice! According to a recent article in The New York Times, computers are taking over more and more aspects of life, from teaching school kids to answer phone calls to caring for the very old. I was just about ready to blow this computer up. “If you are calling to open a new account, press one. If you are calling about payment on an existing account, press two. To return to the main menu, press….” Unfortunately, my problem didn’t quite fit into any of their neat little menu numbers. I voiced what I needed: “Supervisor!” The jaunty little machine voice replied, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t understand that. If you are calling to open a new account, press one…” I should correct my earlier statement. The computers are invading every area of American life except one: the precincts of the very rich. And it’s either ironic

or creepy that it’s the very people who have created this wall of mirrors around us — the billionaire entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley — who choose not to live this way, themselves. “In Silicon Valley, time (spent by children) on screens is increasingly seen as unhealthy,” says The Times. “Here, the popular elementary school is the local Waldorf School, which promises a back-to-nature, nearly screenfree education.” Wealthy parents want their children playing with real wooden blocks, not virtual ones. Well, of course they do! What fun is there in toppling your playmate’s tower of blocks when it’s just a virtual picture on a screen? There are apparently lots of studies showing that too much time spent on screens — more than two hours a day — corresponds with lower test scores for thinking and language. It may even aﬀect the physical development of children’s brains. Bill and Melinda Gates’ own children were not allowed to have cell phones of their own until they were 14.

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A Look on the Lighter Side So, while the rest of us are forced to beg computerized programs to renew our prescriptions, or give us an actual appointment with our doctor, rich people don’t bother with any of that. They want to deal with humans. Or, as the article put it, “Human contact is becoming a luxury good.” That got my attention. Nurses, teachers, sales clerks — all luxuries. Does that mean they’ll be exotic and prized — like polo ponies? Let’s hope that, unlike

the polo ponies, the teachers and nurses will at least get themselves a piece of that money. Of course, I suspect that the kind of “human contact” rich people want is the kind they can fire whenever it gets problematic. Polo ponies can’t ask for a raise, or for time oﬀ to visit a sick relative. As for the rest of us, the “nonluxury goods,” I’m afraid we are in for a lot more automation in our lives. The article mentioned an automated healthcare avatar that nagged its 68-year-old patient whenever it “saw” him drinking soda instead of water. Automation has even been taken to horrifying extremes — as when a doctor “robot” (i.e. a doctor on a screen, speaking from miles away) rolled into a patient’s hospital room recently to give him the bad news that he was terminal. Talk about having no bedside manner — there was no one even to hold the man’s hand. My biggest concern is that young people — by which I mean anyone younger than me, but especially my children — will not know how to communicate with

other humans. They might not even know how to dispute a bill. All this automating means that no one will ever be there to answer pesky questions like, “How do you know that?” or “I don’t see my problem anywhere on this list.” And good luck asking to speak to a supervisor. Good luck even if you get one! In my particular call, I finally managed to locate a human being. But as soon as she asked me why I was calling, and I replied, “It’s about your recent correspondence,” she stopped me short. “A recent what?” she said. She had never heard of the word “correspondence.” I had no choice. I asked for her supervisor. “I don’t have one,” she replied. “Really?” I was incredulous. “You have no supervisor? So, if you decided not to show up for work tomorrow, are you telling me no one would notice?” She exercised her human prerogative. She hung up on me. Perhaps I would have done better with the machine.

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ON THE RIGHT

Final thoughts on a felon county exec

he weekend after former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano was found guilty of numerous crimes on March 8, I failed to write my fortnightly column due to illness. My plan was to describe the unmaking of Mangano’s career and to rehash the bad soap opera that Nassau’s citizens have had to endure. I know barrels of ink have been devoted to the verdict. Nevertheless, I ask readers to bear with me as I express some final thoughts on the Mangano saga. I first met Ed Mangano at a New Hyde Park diner on a Sunday morning in late August 2009. The individual who put us together hoped I would give the candidate a municipal finance 101 lecture. When we met at 9 a.m., I had already scanned The New York Times, New York Post, and Newsday. To break the ice, I brought up a couple of news stories only to learn that Mangano never reads the Times or the Post. I quickly learned that Mangano had not read much of anything. I was appalled that he had

not heard of the Manhattan Institute — the region’s leading conservative public policy think tank dedicated to New York fiscal, social and infrastructure issues. When I agreed to the breakfast, I understood that Mangano accepted the Republican nomination expecting to lose to incumbent Tom Suozzi. As the sacrificial lamb, I was sure Mangano expected to be rewarded by the GOP machine with some other plum post. Nevertheless, despite his apparent ignorance of municipal finance, I concluded that Mangano was an honest person who would do the right thing if elected. Shortly before the election, I agreed to serve as co-chair of Conservatives for Mangano and to sign a letter urging party members to vote for Mangano and not the actual nominee, a shill candidate put up by the party’s Nassau chairman who worked in the Suozzi administration. I was a logical choice to sign the letter having received the Conservative Party’s highest honor, the Charles Edison Memorial Award, and having been the author of “Fighting the Good Fight: A His-

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right tory of the Conservative Party of New York.” On Election Day, the letter had the intended impact. Thousands of Conservatives went to the Republican line and gave Mangano his slim margin of victory. Needless to say, I quickly became disenchanted with Mangano, particularly after I was appointed to the Nassau Interim Finance Authority in 2010. Unable to grasp that budgets aren’t balanced by borrowing money and not paying current bills at the end of a fiscal year,

Mangano forced NIFA to impose a control period in January 2011. Even after the takeover, Mangano refused to adhere to the basics of government finance. He permitted the operating deficit to grow and issued bonds to pay tax refunds. Also, instead of reaching out to a new generation of people who view public service as a privilege, not an entitlement, his government became the full-employment act for Nassau’s Republican party. Worse yet, as we learned during the Mangano trial, he went rogue days after he took his oath of oﬃce on Jan. 1, 2010. In his first month in oﬃce, Mangano whined to Long Island restauranteur Harendra Singh — according to evidence presented by federal corruption prosecutors — that he was looking at a $100,000 pay cut. To make up for that loss, Mangano requested and received a no-show job for his wife without benefit of resumé or interview and was paid about $450,000 for serving as a food taster. Mangano also received from

Singh a $3,000 massage chair, $7,000 in hardwood flooring in a bedroom, free meals and a $17,000 vacation in the Caribbean. After Mangano was found guilty, Eastern District U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue rightfully concluded: “Ed Mangano abused his power as a public oﬃcial by taking bribes and kickbacks from a businessman in exchange for helping him obtain loans worth millions of taxpayer dollars.” Mangano is not the only guilty one. I’m guilty of misjudging Mangano’s character and for endorsing the incompetent and corrupt dolt in 2009. And for that, I wish to apologize to Nassau’s voters. Shortly after Ed Mangano was elected in 2009, I gave him this advice: “To gain the confidence of the taxpayers, display courage; for courage is, as C.S. Lewis pointed out, ‘not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.’ And it will take plenty of courage to say no to Nassau’s entrenched political classes.” Too bad he didn’t follow my counsel.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Opposition needed to invasion of 5G

eading the newspaper last week, I came across more than one article regarding local communities approving the installation of 5G cellular infrastructure. Each article made a point of noting, or quoting a government oﬃcial noting, that federal law now restricts the opposition to the installation of cell nodes for 5G technology. Knowing the significant health risks associated with 5G technology, I couldn’t believe that under federal law, local communities cannot prohibit installation of cell nodes to transmit 5G cellular technology. For more information on the health risks, see this column from Nov. 20, 2018, www.theislandnow.com/opinions-100/ earth-matters-small-cells-bigproblems-the-reality-of-5g/ where Patti Wood, executive director of Grassroots Environmental Education, explained the significant health concerns presented by 5G cellular technology. After reading the entire, 118-page ruling and Third Re-

port and Order of the Federal Communications Commission clarifying the regulations around installation of wireless broadband infrastructure (and specifically 5G infrastructure), I can say while local communities are not required to permit installation of this risky wireless broadband infrastructure, their ability to restrict it is so limited as to effectively make it a requirement. The federal government, through the FCC, regulates how states and local governments handle permit applications to install 5G cellular technology infrastructure. In late September 2018, the FCC issued an order providing current agency interpretation of two rules regarding small cell deployment. The stated intent of the FCC’s order is to allow faster installation of 5G infrastructure. 5G cellular technology requires hundreds of thousands of small stations because the transmission signal range is much shorter than existing cellular technology. A great deal of the FCC order

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters discusses the shot clock, or the 60 to 90 days local oﬃcials have to approve or reject cell node installation requests. The other topic given the bulk of attention in the order is how much communities can charge 5G providers for deployment of 5G cells. Fees are an issue because the FCC has determined that fees exceeding $500 can “unlawfully prohibit the provision of service.” That is the crux of the Telecommunications Act that these regulations are implementing.

Congress does not want to inhibit the provision of telecommunications service. At one time that was a real issue and may continue to be in certain parts of the country where cellular technology is more expensive (or less profitable) to install. But there is a big diﬀerence between the technology at issue under the original Telecommunications Act (radio, television, and telephone) and the cellular technology being installed today. Today’s 5G cellular technology presents a real health risk. Nowhere does the FCC order discuss a community’s interest and responsibility to balance its citizens’ health and safety against people’s insatiable drive for faster technology. In fact, the order states that a permit application encompasses every local requirement including health considerations so that a community cannot take extra time to consider the health impacts of the requested location for infrastructure installation. Communities have 60 to 90 days to act on an installation ap-

plication depending on whether it involves new infrastructure or changes to existing infrastructure. Such an abbreviated time frame with essentially no means for extending the review period effectively means the public has no opportunity to evaluate the health and other consequences of installation in a particular location. Even if the community could analyze the health risks of the implementation application, the FCC order undercuts any effort to act on that analysis by concluding that it is an effective prohibition of wireless telecommunications services (which is illegal) to materially inhibit additional services or improve existing services. So if a community decides the health risks are too great and therefore does not want to permit installation of 5G technology, it may be out of luck because it is illegal to inhibit additional services or improve existing services. Continued on Page 83

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VIEW POINT

L.I.’s drinking water needs protecting

ost of us on Long Island are either blissfully unaware or hysterical about how safe our drinking water is, which unlike New York City’s surface water collected in reservoirs, comes exclusively from underground aquifers. Drinking water problems are for Third World countries and Flint, Mich. But a century of development, including defense industry manufacturing, duck farms and a 50 percent increase in population, have spewed all sorts of toxic chemicals into the aquifer. The most notorious plumes of contamination emanating from the former Unisys defense manufacturing property in Lake Success, which for the past two decades has been responsibly maintained by Lockheed Martin and the Navy Grumman plant in Bethpage. The federal government seems to be doing everything possible to evade its responsibility for the plume, which stretches for four miles. Long Island has some 250 Superfund sites — more than any other place in the country. And the federal funding to clean up those sites has dried up. During a community forum, “Is Your Water Safe for Drinking?,” organized by Blank Slate Media and moderated by Blank Slate Publisher Steven Blank on March 21 at the Unitarian Uni-

versalist Church at Shelter Rock, Sarah Meyland, director of Water Resources at New York Institute of Technology, made some bold proposals: These include: 1. There should be a regional agency empowered to monitor and regulate (it was surprising to learn there wasn’t already such a regulatory body and that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation does not perform this role); 2. That the problems of contaminated water should be addressed at the source rather than resorting to a cleanup, which means you have to figure out the technology and then pay for it; and 3. The responsibility is everyone’s, not just the water authority’s, to conserve water, actively stop using everyday consumer products that put toxic chemicals into the environment (Tide detergent, shampoos, cosmetics, “anything that suds”). “Is the water safe to drink?,” Meyland responded to a question. “That’s not an easy yes or no. In the past, water would need to meet the standards so it would be deemed safe. But you can’t say that now because we are finding chemicals that are not as yet regulated, so there are no standards for them. We are just learning how to test for them and haven’t taken the step of regulating. We may know a chemical is in the water and has consequence, but there is not one but a number

KAREN RUBIN View Point

of chemicals, and it is likely that the number will grow over time. When we look for toxic chemicals, we find them. Now we’re looking for a new class of chemicals and we’re finding them — all over the United States, not just Long Island. “But other states are more aggressive in dealing with chemicals than New York state,” she said. “The issue is how can we be both persuasive to the public that water is being taken care of properly, but knowing there is more that needs to be done. That’s where we are now: that there is substantially more that needs to be done. Water suppliers would appreciate if a standard would be adopted so they would know how to proceed, but we’re not there yet.” “It cannot simply be a matter of throwing money at these problems — we will be in that

situation forever. We need to get a grip on where the chemicals come from (we think we know) and how to stop them from getting into the water in future— if it is coming from a spill, a waste discharge from industry or homeowners or commercial operations. The big picture is that what we’re doing to our groundwater system is basically treating it like a toilet. No one wants to drink toilet water.” “The challenge is to look sooner for chemicals we suspect are a health risk or contaminant, and stop them from getting into the environment — being stronger on discharge programs.” Meyland, in contrast with the other two panelists, Dorian Dale, director of sustainability for Suffolk County, and Paul Granger, superintendent of the Port Washington Water District and chairman of the Long Island Water Legislative committee, strongly advocated for a central groundwater management agency for Long Island, as exists elsewhere in the country and in most of New York state, where surface water resources like rivers are under regional management and the cost is shared. Nassau and Suﬀolk are pretty much on their own. A possible framework for such an overseeing body would be the Long Island Commission on Aquifer Protection, which was established five years ago, but

only had an advisory function. She is advocating for a regional management agency with real authority, enforcement ability, management tools and powers that will fix the problem of how we handled our water supply in past, the way permits are given, how much water is allowed to be taken. It would look at polluted sites, clean up more rapidly. She said that such an entity would not be that expensive to create on the level of $3.50 per person per year. A regional management agency would have legal enforcement power to go after polluters, set stronger standards for chemicals going into the environment. ”If we’re not going to the source (to keep out contamination) and rely totally on taking (contaminants) out of water before we drink it, that is a very ineﬃcient way to protect public health. The quality of the environment should be valuable enough that we avoid contamination to start with — not use fertilizer the way we do, not use plastics, get away from the disposable society we have become, recycle things — we hardly even compost much. We talk about a Green New Deal — we need a new environmental ethic that pervades all of us on Long Island, and everyone does their part to make sure the environment stays as clean as possible. And the water will benefit from that.”

READERS WRITE

No room for hateful innuendo here!

A out.

fter reading a letter to your paper from Clara Rucker of Floral Park, I am obligated to speak

She really speaks from a place of ignorance when she states that, “Muslims are taught at a young age to hate Jews.” I will admit that this is sometimes the case, but to generalize

that all Muslims are taught to be anti-Semitic is doing most Muslims a great injustice. I am Jewish, and I have some wonderful Muslim friends. We work together, socialize and celebrate together, and help each other. Her reference to Ilhan Omar is well taken. This hateful individual is one of the lowest life

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forms ever elected to Congress, and along with her cheering section, AOC, deserves to be bounced from their positions. These individuals are sworn to uphold The Constitution, and they apparently have learned nothing about it or what it stands for. If the Democrats in the House had any guts, they would have admonished both of them, and

Omar would have been stripped of her committee positions. The last place this hateful Muslim should serve is on the Foreign Relations Committee. Like all Jews, I am no stranger to hate and discrimination, but I don’t hate all people because one bad apple doesn’t like me. Generalizations have no place in human relations, and

painting any group with a broad brush is incorrect and immoral. If you only look for the bad in people, you will surely find it. It’s time to open your mind and your thoughts to reality and get out of the realm of misinformation and prejudice. Eric Spinner New Hyde Park

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READERS WRITE

Curran not really Time to embrace Muslims tough on crime as part of our community

as anyone noticed Laura Curran has said, “I’m tough on crime,” a few times? Yet she ordered (Jan. 15) ICE federal agents oﬀ county property, making their job more dangerous, as she aids criminals. How can she spin this into, “I’m tough on crime?”

Curran also states she will work with the Feds when she feels it is appropriate. It appears if Nassau County cops need ICE, they call Curran first. Is this that 3 a.m. phone call we hear so much about? Clara Rucker Floral Park

N.Y. becoming too damn expensive

Quinnipiac survey has just come out and brought out that 41 percent of those living in New York can’t aﬀord to live here. New York is pricing out the middle class. According to the survey, these are some of the average costs: one gallon of milk, $4.43; draft beer, $7; average cost of Uber ride, $22; movie ticket, $16; meal for two, $80; Manhattan apartment, $3,116; outer-borough, one-bedroom apartment, $1,198; and the list goes on. In my opinion, these higher costs are causing many to be-

come homeless. My wife and I are on Social Security and barely make it. I’m going to be 70 years old this year and I am still working. I guess I will work till I get too sick to work anymore. Now, what’s wrong with that picture? The old and the poor are suﬀering the most. Something must be done or many that can will move out of New York. And as a political activist named Jimmy McMillan once said, “The rents are too damn high!” Ain’t that the truth. Frederick Bedell Jr. Mineola

am so very saddened by the tragic loss of so many beautiful fellow human beings at two mosques in New Zealand, the latest of far too many hate crimes committed against civil society and greater humanity. This horrible, senseless tragedy must be condemned in the strongest possible terms and critical steps must be taken toward preventing the likes from happening again. Words cannot convey my deep sorrow for a terrorist act committed by a crazed, Godless white-supremacist animal. I mourn for the victims, their families, friends and communities. For several years I’ve contributed to Yeshiva University’s Prism: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators. I am fortunate to collaborate with Francine Mayran, a French artist, psychiatrist, and expert at the council of Europe on the Holocaust and genocide, and with the staﬀ of Prism. This has been an invaluable learning experience for me. This latest terrorist, who must remain nameless, as with all extremists and terrorists, is on the path to genocide if the plans of such crazed individuals were to have their swagger and sway. Do I believe they are limited in number or scope? No. They are a constant, if not on the rise, and must be prevented.

My understanding goes back to Timothy McVeigh, who slaughtered people I knew in the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, and with lynchings still occurring when I lived in Texas and Oklahoma. Racism has a shameful legacy in our great country’s history that extends in a long ignominious line form the present day to before the Civil War, and is alive and kicking to this day. I clearly recall George Wallace, the former governor of Georgia, being a staunch racist and segregationist, campaigning for president on a platform of “shipping all blacks back to Africa,” and supported the policies of Jim Crow during the Civil Rights Movement, in his 1963 inaugural address ardently declaring “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” There have been recent white supremacist murders in Charlottesville, at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a mosque in Canada, as well as throughout Europe. Supremacists come in all races and colors. Colin Ferguson, who ravaged my L.I. commuter train, was a racist and terrorist. So too were the 9/11 hijackers, the Boston Marathon bombers, and others who support radical ideologies. None of these individuals or groups must be overlooked. Importantly, we must not become blind to homegrown varieties.

I am saddened for my Muslim community. For the fear they must feel, for the uncertainty of not feeling safe, of having to look over one’s shoulder as a regular daily experience. However, they must not become scapegoats for societies nor the world’s many ills. This is what terrorism accomplishes all too well — the fragmentation and polarization of civil society, the pitting of neighbor against neighbor for ill ends, it succeeds by provoking these same ends. The Muslims I know are community oriented. The Muslims I know are family oriented. Their children attended high school with my children. They were and are among the top performers of their classes. The local Hillside Islamic Center has been a generous supporter of my running club’s local annual USA Track & Field LI Division race. Several years ago, their Imam and about 30 HIC volunteers and walkers participated in the event. They support local Boy Scout troops, as well as the Nassau County Firefighter’s Operation Wounded Warrior program. These are the Muslims I know. They are part of my community and I am proud to welcome them. Stephen Cipot New Hyde Park

Donald Trump and white supremacists

hat does it profit a man to gain the whole world yet forfeit his soul? Mark 8:36 Merriam Webster defines a white supremacist as a person who believes that the white race is inherently superior… and should have control over people of other races. The question I am raising is: Does Donald Trump meet that definition? Based upon his policies, his statements and his supporters, my unequivocal answer is “yes.” What proof do I have? According to Vice News, the Trump administration has “banned travel from several African and Middle Eastern countries, vastly reduced the number of Muslim and Syrian refugees being let into the country, em-

boldened ICE to go after all undocumented immigrants rather than just those accused of committing serious crimes, (and) pushed for cuts to legal immigration. There’s a word for these policies. It’s called ‘Islamophobia.'” What has Trump said that would lead one to conclude that he believes in white supremacy? He has called African nations “sh**holes” and pondered why the United States could not bring in more immigrants from countries like Norway. He defended the racists who marched in Charlottesville and recently tweeted about white South African farmers’ land being seized. This story was highlighted on Fox News by Tucker Carlson and, true to form, Trump picked

up on it. Another Fox host who admires Trump is Laura Ingraham, who spoke about “demographic change,” which is “destroying the America which we know and love.” Who else falls into the category of Trump lovers and sycophants? The infamous Neo-Nazi blog called The Daily Stormer and David Duke of the KKK. Trump could have said he wanted no part of Duke, but didn’t. Finally, in 2016, under intense media pressure, Trump denounced Duke. One should not hold Trump responsible for those who support him, but birds of a feather flock together. According to the Huﬃngton Post, hate crimes rose about 5 percent from 2015 to 2016. A

hate crime is defined as an attack which targets people because of their race, religion or sexuality. There are many white supremacist heroes, including Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik, the Charleston terrorist Dylann Roof, the Pittsburgh synagogue killer Robert Bower, and, most recently, Brenton Tarrant, who allegedly shot up two mosques in Christ Church, New Zealand. Richard Cohen of the Southern Poverty Law Center points out the threat to our way of life: “…the growing white supremacist movement represents a clear and present threat to democracies across the world.” But this does not explain why these heinous hate crimes are on the rise. One explanation

is the migration of many Muslims to European nations like England and Germany followed by social unrest. For me the argument that is more persuasive is one which holds that Trump’s policies and pronouncements give a green light to the “crazies.” One can reason that if the president of the United States is a white nationalist, and he has said as much, then it is only a hop, skip and a jump to picking up a weapon, taking the law into your own hands and annihilating those who stand in the way of making America great again. Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 68

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Court upholds Terry decision Conviction of former North Hempstad Democratic chair for tax evasion stands BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N

A U.S. Appeals Court panel denied an appeal from former North Hempstead Democratic Party head Gerard Terry last Friday, meaning his conviction for tax evasion stands. Terry has been in a low-security federal correctional institution at Fort Dix in New Jersey, and has an expected release date of Dec. 23, 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. A representative at Fort Dix could not be reached to confirm the release date or when Terry first reported to federal prison. Terry’s lawyers argued that his plea did not comply with federal criminal procedural roles, according to court papers, saying that the district court “failed to inform him of the nature of the crime to which he was pleading guilty.” But the three-judge panel of Richard Wesley, Denny Chin and Richard Sullivan wrote in their decision that elements of tax evasion were discussed, Terry’s pleas reflected these elements and Terry’s arguments were “without merit.” Terry, of Roslyn Heights, pleaded guilty in October 2017 to nearly $1 million in federal tax evasion charges, while working for entities like the Town of North Hempstead, the villages of Port Washington and Manorhaven, the Long Beach Housing Authority and Freeport Community Development Agency. Prosecutors have said that Terry failed to file income tax returns from 2000 to 2015, while making about $250,000 annually from various jobs – avoiding more than $992,057

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N. Shore preparing for L.I.’s 1st liver transplant BY T E R I W EST North Shore University Hospital has a new surgical and transplant intensive care unit, a nearly $26 million investment with 20 rooms that more than doubles the hospital’s intensive unit square footage. The transplant part of the unit was designed to host Long Island’s first liver transplant program, which Northwell hopes to launch by May, said Dr. Lewis Teperman, Northwell’s director of transplant services. For now, however, it supports all of the transplants the health network already oﬀers, such as kidney transplants. The rest of the unit supports surgical work. With the new unit, which opened last week, the Manhasset hospital now has more than 13,000 square feet in its intensive care unit. “The unit is both transplant and surgical, so it’s going to take care of thousands of people,” Teperman said. “Thousands of people will

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Long Island patients currently have to travel to New York City for such operations, which is unnecessarily taxing, Teperman said. There are about 1,200 people awaiting liver transplants throughout the state, he said, and about 40 percent of them fall into Northwell’s coverage area. “There’s no reason for people to travel,” Teperman said. “The technology and the expertise is here. It is my vision that in five years this will be the place to come for transplant patients, especially in the Northeast.”

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Clerics unite in NHP post-Christchurch BY M AY L A N L . S T U D A R T Religious leaders from different faiths are pulling together"to call for peace and unity after the terrorist attack on a New Zealand mosque sent shock waves around the"world this month. They scheduled a Better Together interfaith solidarity event for Thursday that was being hosted by the Hillside Islamic Center in New Hyde Park and sponsored by Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, the Lake Success Jewish Center, the Islamic Center of Long Island and several other religious organizations. Imam Ibad Wali of the Hillside Islamic Center said he was compelled to bring the community together after the latest act of terrorism sent all religious groups reeling. He said he received much support from rabbis in the area and they wanted to show the world that despite their differences, they are all part of a shared humanity. “We don’t"put our religion on trial because someone claims that they’re"acting on behalf of"God,” said Imam Ibad. A terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15 left 50 people dead. The gunman attacked Muslims when they were at their most vulnerable: during the holiest day of the week, Friday. Several politicians refrained from calling it a terrorist attack and a Queensland, New Zealand, senator said the attack was Muslims’ own fault due to “growing fear within our community, both in Australia and New Zealand, of the increasing Muslim presence.”" President Donald Trump condemned the shooting but also stopped short of calling it a terrorist attack." Rabbi Michael Klayman, president of the Great Neck Clergy Association and senior rabbi of the Lake Success Jewish Center, has been sponsoring interfaith events for years. His latest project is moderating a weekly panel of different faith groups to expand dialogue on local television channel PATV. “I’ve always been concerned with interfaith matters because my tradition believes that every violation of faith is a violation on my faith,” said Klayman. Several religious communities said they believe these terrorist attacks around the world are a matter for all faiths because of the affront to religion and religious liberty. Ibad said he received an outpouring of support from members of the local Jewish community, who remember his outreach during last year’s Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

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they serve. However, it caps the number of polling locations that are mandated by the state at seven. But Nicolello said that the Board of Elections is considering providing more than seven locations to Nassau’s voters. During the Legislature meeting, Nicolello said that while he voted for the borrowing because it was necessary, he is disappointed with the burden being put on the county without state funding. He called it another “unfunded mandate” until and if the state Legislature approves funding for it. State legislators “pass something that obviously generates more opportunity for people to vote,” Nicolello said, “pat themselves on the back and then as is usually the case the funding of it goes down to the local level and gets paid for by the property taxpayer.” He said property tax was the most regressive form of payment. The state Senate has included a provision in its budget resolution that would allocate $10 million toward funding early voting and other voting reforms, and the state Assembly has proposed up to $34 million to local boards of elections to implement early voting.

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Cuomo touts permanent tax cap in NHP BY M AY L A N L . S T U D A R T Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to New Hyde Park Sunday with an entourage of Democratic state senators to urge lawmakers to make the tax cap permanent in the upcoming budget. The property tax cap, passed in 2011 after a decade of discussion and extended for four years in 2015, is set to expire and now Cuomo says he will not sign oﬀ on the new budget unless the tax cap is made permanent. The property tax cap limits the growth of school budgets and local property taxes to 2 percent per year, or the rate of inflation, if lower. Local governments may surpass the cap only with a vote of 60 percent or more. Making the tax cap permanent is more important now since the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 capped local and state deductions, also known as SALT, at $10,000, said state Sen. Anna M. Kaplan (D-Great Neck). The cap on SALT deductions hurt homeowners who often have property taxes above $15,000 in many areas downstate. “With the federal administration declaring war on New York taxpayers by reducing the SALT deduction, it’s becoming harder and harder for Long Island families to make ends meet,” Kaplan said. “Governor Cuomo’s 2 percent tax cap has worked

Gov. Cuomo making his case in New Hyde Park on why the tax cap passed last year set to expire should be made permanent. to slow the growth of property taxes on Long Island and help government to live within its means, and that’s why I’m standing with Governor Cuomo and my Long Island Senate majority colleagues to fight to make it permanent in the state budget.” “The 15 highest taxed counties in the country are all here in New York State,” Cuomo said in a video message during Sunday’s event at Clinton G. Martin Park. “Or-

leans County is the number one in the nation for the highest property taxes, followed by Niagara, Monroe, Allegany, Wayne, Cortland, Genesee, Chautauqua and Seneca Counties. In absolute dollars, Nassau County residents pay the highest property taxes in the country.” Several New York Democrats support Cuomo in making the tax cap permanent. They were there to say they wouldn’t vote

to approve the budget if it didn’t include a permanent cap. “Long Islanders demand tax relief and a permanent tax cap is the best way to address aﬀordability on Long Island,” Sen. Todd" Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) said. “It is essential that a permanent tax cap be included in this year’s budget.” “Washington’s tax plan took care of the rich, but"cast the burden on states like New York and did nothing for the middle class,” Cuomo said. Sen. Monica Martinez (D-Brentwood), Sen. Kevin Thomas (D-Levittown), Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Suﬀolk County Executive Steve Bellone were also present. Cuomo launched the campaign Tax Fairness for the Middle Class last month in support of tax relief for the middle class and the trip to New Hyde Park was just one stop in the agenda to phase in his tax cut. Under the reforms the governor is requesting, middle class tax rates will drop to 5.5 percent and 6 percent when the tax cuts are completely phased in, depending on income. According to his team, that ends up being an up to 20 percent cut in income tax rates for the middle class that is projected to result in $4.2 billion in annual savings for six million taxpayers by 2025. With the phase-in, they would be the state’s lowest middle-class tax rates in more than 70 years.

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Library budget hearing set for April 2 The Great Neck Library will hold a budget hearing and adoption for the library’s 2019/20 proposed budget on Tuesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the community room of the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. New Beginnings Singles 50 Plus facilitated by Marla Matthews at Main New Beginnings Singles 50 Plus facilitated by Marla Matthews will meet on Saturday, March 30 at 4 p.m. in the community room of the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. Join the conversation or just come and listen when Marla Matthews, social worker and television talk show host of “The Relationship Journey,” facilitates this growing discussion, social and support group meet-up. If you are divorced, widowed, single, or an empty nester age 50 plus who would like a new beginning, come and be inspired to make new friends, network and learn new skills towards reinventing yourself. “Leaving Evelyn” Staged Reading: Me and You Productions at Main Professional equity actors of Me and You Productions will perform a staged reading of “Leaving Evelyn,” written by award-winning playwright Kathy Kafer, Great Neck alumna, on Sunday, March 31 at 1:30 p.m. in the community room of the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. Directed by oﬀ-Broadway writer Linda Selman and produced by Linda Selman and Dr. Joan Liman, “Leaving Evelyn” is a poignant, bittersweet play about a summer night in suburbia when an unsuspecting family discovers the eﬀects of Alzheimer’s disease on a loved one during the family barbecue. How they respond, and what they ought to do, become the haunting questions of the evening. Me and You Productions is a theater company dedicated to raising the public’s awareness of contemporary health-related topics and medical challenges. Pet Food Drive Donation Bins at All Great Neck Library Locations during Month of April Donations of pet food will be accepted at all Great Neck Library locations from April 1 to 30. This 8th Annual Legislative Pet Food Drive is sponsored by Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso, 16th Assembly District, in partnership with Long Island Cares to help local soup kitchens and food pantries meet the needs of struggling families with pets. Long Island Cares started Baxter’s Pet Pantry in 2009 and has since distributed over one million pounds of pet food, all of which has been donated through pet food drives, like this one, and corporate donations. Most Needed Pet Foods and supplies: Five or 10 pound bags of dog and cat food (larger bags always accepted); canned dog and cat food; Kitty litter; treats; new toys; food for all pets, including but not limited to reptiles, fish, ferrets, and hamsters. Important health information: All pet food must be unopened and in its original packaging. No opened bags, ripped bags, or loose pet food will be accepted. Dona-

tions are greatly appreciated. Milton Yarensky’s America Art Exhibit and Opening at Main All are invited to the opening reception for Milton Yarensky’s America on Thursday, April 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Lower Level Gallery of the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. Yarensky’s oil paintings chronicle the history of his times. Born in 1916 in Brooklyn, Yarensky was a visual reporter of social and political life in America. Although he died in 2008, his artworks depict climate change, immigration, and the human spirit adapting to a challenging political environment — indicative of the world we are living in today. The exhibit is on view April 2 to May 8. Machu Picchu: The Lost City of the Incas presented by Dr. Ronald Brown at Main Dr. Ronald Brown will present Machu Picchu: The Lost City of the Incas on Tuesday, April 2 at 2 p.m. in the community room of the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. Machu Picchu has been the object of historical speculation, biblical theories, and science fiction. Join Brown, author, writer, explorer, and professor, and discover this lost city. AARP Tax Assistance at Parkville AARP Tax Preparers will assist in preparing and filing simple federal tax returns online only on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (last appointment at 1 p.m.) and continue every Wednesday through April 10 at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell St. (oﬀ Lakeville Road in New Hyde Park. You must have an appointment and bring all relevant tax papers, including a copy of last year’s return, photo identification, copies of Social Security cards for all individuals on the tax return, all tax related forms (example: W2, bank statements, real estate statements, etc.) and a canceled check. Call 516-466-8055, ext. 273 for further info or to make an appointment. Matinee Film at Main The next Wednesday matinee, about Queen Anne and Lady Sarah during early 18th-century England when at war with France, will be shown on April 3 at 2 p.m.

at the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. Basic Google: Intro to Gmail at Main A workshop in Basic Google: Introduction to Gmail will be held on Thursday, April 4 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Main Library STEM Lab, 159 Bayview Ave. Learn how to send and receive emails, basic email etiquette and Gmail settings. Don’t have a Gmail account? Let the library know in the registration form, and come in a half-hour before the class starts to set up a free Gmail account. Registration preferred. If space is available, walkins are welcome on a first-come, firstserved basis. Register online, in person, or by phone at 516-466-8055, ext. 230. Free Blood Pressure Screenings at Station Have your blood pressure checked by a clinical nurse from St. Francis Hospital, free of charge on Thursday, April 4 from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market. Hypertension affects an astounding one in four adult Americans. Also known as high blood pressure, this condition usually has no symptoms, which is why it is often called the “silent killer.” No registration required. Parkville Pageturners Film Enjoy a film on Thursday, April 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell St. (off Lakeville Road) in New Hyde Park. An orphan named Hugo lives in the walls of a train station. Encore Film at Station The next encore film about Queen Anne and Lady Sarah during early 18thcentury England when at war with France, will be shown on Thursday, April 4 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), above Best Market. Classic Games Afternoon at Parkville Play Scrabble, backgammon, or chess with new friends at the Parkville Branch on Thursday, April 4 between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. at 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road) in New Hyde Park. All skill levels. Socrates Salon with Conversation Host Ron Gross at Main Join the conversation at the next Socrates Salon facilitated by Ron Gross when the discussion will center around How Are We Fooled? on Friday, April 5 at 3 p.m. in the large multipurpose Room of the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave. Recent studies of how our brains work have revealed that we are highly prone to mistakes in our perceptions, thinking, and judgements. The best defense against such mistakes is to think together with others, who can help us see things more truly. Ronald Gross, the long-time host of the library’s popular Socrates Salon, will be honored for “distinguished scholarship and great service” by the University Seminars at Columbia University on April 10. “The Salon is part of a grand tradition,” explains Gross. “In every age and culture, lively-minded people have come together to share ideas, experiences, and friendship.” Gross has served as the co-chair of the Columbia University Seminar on Innovation for 20 years.

Upcoming at G.N. Park District Sunday @ 3 at Great Neck House Great Neck House presents the Brazilian Duo on Sunday, March 31 at 3 p.m. Featured will be guitarist Richard Boukas and bassist Gustavo Amarante, whose music favors the Brazilian-side of jazz and classical music. Bring your park card for admission to Great Neck House. Weekend Movie at Great Neck House: “What They Had” (2018) Written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko, “What They had” is playing at Great Neck House on Friday, March 29 at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 30 at 5 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. The film, starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster, is about a woman who returns home at her brother’s urging to deal with their ailing mother and their father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. It is rated R and runs 1h 41min. Park card required for admission to Great Neck House. Nature Program: Spring Seasonal Stroll On Sunday, April 14, 11 a.m., join a stroll designed to observe seasonal changes in Kings Point Park. You will focus on baby birds and savor nature’s rebirth in spring. Meet at the first lot at the Steamboat Road entrance. Register online by Apr. 7 at gnparks.org or call 516-4820355. Children under 16 may not attend. Defensive Driving Classes at Great Neck House Great Neck House offers Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Classes on the first Saturday of every month. There will be a class on Saturday, April 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To sign up for a class or for more information, call Great Neck House at 516-482-0355. Great Neck Park District Job Fair 2019 Attend the Park District Job Fair on Tuesday, April 16 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Ave. You will find many seasonal/part-time jobs available throughout the Park District including Parkwood Pool, indoor/ outdoor tennis, camps, recreation, marina/sailing staff, summer performing arts, parks, security, office/clerical. Pick-up an application, schedule an interview or have one on-the-spot. Everyone over the age of 16, with a wide range of schedules, is welcome to apply. The Great Neck Park District is an equal opportunity employer. For more information call 516-482-0355.

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he Huntington Arts Council will present Bright Colors Bold Strokes, Creations of Lowbrow Art with an opening reception on Friday, March 29, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main Street in Huntington. This is a free event and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.!The exhibit will be on view until May 4.! The Arts Council invited artists to submit work inspired by lowbrow art.!Lowbrow started as an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s. It is a populist art movement with its cultural roots in underground comix, punk music, tiki culture, and hot-rod cultures of the street. It is also often known by the name pop surrealism. It continues its rich history with such publications as Juxtopose, Hi-Fuctose, and Carpazine. Lowbrow art often has a sense of humor — sometimes the humor is gleeful, sometimes impish, and sometimes it is a sarcastic comment. Many of the creators of lowbrow art are influenced by acid house flyers, advertising, animated cartoons, circus and sideshow culture, graﬃti and street art, kitsch, kustom kulture, mail art, pop culture, psychedelic art, retro Illustration, pulp magazine art, toys for adults, notably vinyl figurines, among many other things. The following artists were accepted into the show: Stephen Bitel, Jeﬀrey Bohman, Fernando Carpaneda, Jon Duci, Melissa Eder, Phyllis Gildston, Jan Guarino, Rotraud Hansen, Drew Kane, Andrew Maillard, Arlene McLoughlin, Lucienne Mettam, John Micheals, Kasmira Mohanty, Norm Morales, Eric Murphy, Matt Myers, Eileen Palmer, Ellen Paul,

Ratgrrl, Anne Rotondo, Coleen Ryan-Rivera, Bob Stuhmer, Toxic/ Nature Studios, Marie Winn and Stephen Wyler. “The range of styles and materials used by the entries was vast,” said juror Benjamin Owens. !“Several works stood out, making the pieces fit, even when they’ve been bent.!I look forward to seeing the work up close. Art is always best enjoyed… and judged in person.” Huntington Arts Council Executive Director Marc Courtade described the show as “a great example of the range of opportunities we are oﬀering the artists in the community. Inspiring new and exciting exhibitions representing a wide array of skill levels and genres. This is a terrific show. Please join us for the opening.”! Owens has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of interdisciplinary projects. He has been featured in Juxtopose magazine and received numerous awards, including from Mark Ryden, Robert Williams and Jonathan Levine. He is a former gilding specialist for the world famous Sotheby’s auction house. He is also an established illustrator who has done work for Zoo York Skateboards, Blue Point Brewery, Mickey Hart and numerous others. He has worked as a creative director who designed packaging for many of Americas’ favorite craft breweries. He is currently employed as a VP of marketing, creating carious advertising campaigns.!Owens work can currently be seen! at! Muneca Art House in Patchogue. He will also have a solo exhibition there which opens in April.

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Huntington resident Steven Taibbi was born cyanotic — doctor-speak for what was commonly called blue baby — and with three birth defects, requiring three operations. Over time, he needed two heart transplants. In “Grateful Guilt: Living in the Shadow of My Heart,” Taibbi shares his story of determination, one he hopes will benefit others who face serious challenges.

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Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts Presents: Me and Mr. B starring Anita Gillette

Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m.

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Rodney Crowell Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m.

Two-time Grammy winner Rodney Crowell has written 15 No. 1 songs on the country music charts that have been recorded by country legends Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and George Strait, current country chart-toppers Tim McGraw and Keith Urban, and rock-and-roll legends Van Morrison and Bob Seger. Where: My Father’s Place at the Roslyn Hotel 1221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn Info & Tickets: 516-413-3535 myfathersplace.com

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Thursday, April 4 and Saturday, April 6, 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 7, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The world of Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Wednesday, Pugsly, Grandma and Lurch come to life in this new story based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams and featured in the classic television series and movies. Where: Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington Info & Tickets: 516-767-1384 or landmarkonmainstreet.org

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Sunday, April 7, 1 to 3 p.m.

The whole family can join this one-day art workshop where they will create unique projects on ceramic bisqueware using techniques such as stamping, printing and stenciling. All materials and firings are included in tuition. Where: Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck Info & Registration: 516-829-2570 or goldcoastarts.org

Author Jeff Kinney Tuesday, April 9, 7 p.m.

Celebrate the release of “Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid” with author Jeﬀ Kinney. This is a limited wristband event — a purchase of the book includes entrance for one child and one parent. Limited wristbands are available at the store on Saturday, April 6 at 9 a.m. Where: Barnes and Noble, 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place Info: 516-741-9850 or barnesandnoble.com

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The Gold Coat Arts Center Gallery will showcase the work of art students from the School For The Arts in the 2018-2019 year. Come marvel at the student’s work and acknowledge all the time and effort they put into their creations.

In 1952, Rose Miller returns to her rural hometown to care for her ailing mother. When Rose decides to embark on a filmmaking project in her local community, she is enchanted by a local man who is deaf, and must decide if she has the courage to follow her heart.

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Let the whole family in on the FUN! Join GCAC at our one-day art and ceramic workshops. Parents, grandparents, kids of all ages come together to create unique art projects on ceramic bisqueware. Unique surface decoration techniques will be taught: such as stamping, printing and stenciling.

Finalists chosen from over 1,000 submissions take the stage for the final round of competition! Help us find Long Island’s next big act and enjoy an evening of the best new local talent! Performances are at the Gold Coast Arts Center theater.

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Poco’s Young, Jim Messina together In 1967, a young musician from Denver named Rusty Young was invited to play steel guitar on what would become the final album by Buﬀalo Springfield. Soon after, he — along with Richie Furay, George Grantham and Jim Messina — would form the seminal West Coast country-rock band Poco. Over the next five decades, alongside bandmates that would also include Paul Cotton, Randy Meisner and Timothy Schmit, Young became not only the musical core of the band, but also the writer and vocalist behind hits including “Rose of Cimarron” and the No. 1 smash “Crazy Love.” Now the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who remains the heart and soul of Poco has made the most surprising statement of his 50year career with his"Waitin’ for the Sun debut solo album. “I’d intended to retire from the road,” Young admits. “I was certainly slowing down, wanting nothing more than to spend more time at home gardening and fishing. But a fan reached out saying that he had a new artistfriendly record label and asked if I would consider a solo project. I had been oﬀered solo deals back in the ‘70s, but always felt Poco was more important. But I feel I’m now the best I’ve ever been as a singer and songwriter,

and I have a better grasp of the music than ever before. And I realized that this was the perfect time to do something that could be a really rewarding part of my legacy.” The label chief who’d approached Young was in total agreement. “I was a longtime Poco fan, but really fell in love with the band once Rusty became one of the predominant songwriters and vocalists in the group,” says Kirk Pasich, president of Blue Élan Records. “His role was often overshadowed by others, particularly given Jim Messina forming Loggins & Messina, Randy and Timothy joining the Eagles, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

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and Richie doing Souther-Hillman-Furay." But Rusty Young always embodied what has made Poco such a unique and lasting American band. I knew that being involved with his very first solo record would be special. So when Rusty asked us what kind of album we wanted, we said ‘What kind of album do you want to make?’” Waitin’ for the Sun"is the sound of a hit songwriter, roots innovator and Grammy-nominated steel guitar legend exploring and expressing a lifetime of music influences. “I learned how to write songs not only from the guys in Poco, but the people I hung out with, too,” says Young. “People like Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Gerry Beckley from the band America all made a big impression on me. My grandparents, who were professional musicians in the ‘20s and ‘30s, have always been a huge inspiration. As the sole writer on this record, I got to visit all kinds of diﬀerent places that relate to my musical heritage and experiences. Most of all, I wanted to take people on a journey that was fun to listen to from the first note to the last.” Produced by Young and longtime Poco bassist and vocalist Jack Sundrud, with assistance from the legendary Bill Halverson (Crosby, Stills & Nash, Eric Clapton, Emmylou Harris), and mixed/ mastered by Joe Hardy (ZZ Top, Steve Earle, The Replacements), the album’s 10 songs first came together in the hours just before dawn. “I live with my wife Mary in a cabin that overlooks the Mark Twain National Forest in southern Missouri, and got in the habit of waking early to watch the sun come up,” said Young. “Just sitting there with my guitar, loving where I live and thinking about how far I’ve come and how lucky I’ve been. After a while, the songs just poured out of me.”" The album was recorded at Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, Tenn., the former home recording studio of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. “June’s old piano is all over the record,” Young says, “and I got to play Johnny’s ’57 Les Paul.”

Young also played steel and acoustic guitars, dobro, mandolin and banjo, with the current configuration of Poco — Sundrud, keyboardist Michael Webb, and former Flying Burrito Brothers drummer Rick Lonow — filling in the rest. “They are, quite simply, the best musicians I know,” Young says. “You can’t separate me from the sound of Poco, but I wanted to take the Poco sound — the songwriting, the vocals and the playing — to the next level. The goal of this album was to go one step beyond.” Waitin’ For The Sun"opens with the shimmering title track that captures those early morning moments of inspiration. The vintage bounce of “Honey Bee,” featuring guests Jim Messina and George Grantham, pays tribute to the musical gifts of Rusty’s grandparents. “Heaven Tonight” is a lovely Beatlesesque ballad, “Innocent Moon” soars on gorgeous harmonies, and “Down Home” is fueled by Young’s mountainmusic mastery. “Sara’s Song” is the heartbreakingly beautiful ode Young wrote for his only daughter’s wedding day, and “Gonna Let the Rain” is a potent dose of rock and soul. The driving guitars of “Hey There” are reminiscent of Poco at its very best, while the haunting instrumental “Seasons” showcases Young’s distinctively melodic steel guitar. The album’s most talked-about track may be the warm and joyful “My Friend,”featuring Furay and Schmit. “I could have done that thing where I asked everyone I’ve ever known to play on the record,” Young says. “But I only wanted to work with a select few who were important to me. ‘My Friend’ is about Poco over the years and the friendships we share to this day. That’s why I called Richie and Timothy; the song is about them.” Today, Young is looking forward to touring in support of this new disc, as well as planning a series of special concerts to celebrate Poco’s 50th anniversary. Most of all, he’s enormously proud of an album that has been, in a sense, 50 years in the making. “I’ve been fortunate to have had a magical career,” Young says. “From the moment I was called to play on the Buﬀalo Springfield album, all through Poco, and now to this solo project, things have just fallen into place. I’ve worked really hard to be the best I can be, and I think this album is the proof.” Poco will perform with Jim Messina, half of Loggins & Messina and a founding member of Poco," at the" Patchogue Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are"$65 to $75 and may be purchased by going to www.patchoguetheatre. org. The"Patchogue Center for the Performing Arts is located at"71 East Main St. in Patchogue.

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Stage, screen star to ‘Hands-on’ experience perform at Emanuel in Chinese art for kids The seventh season of Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel continues on Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m. with “Me and Mr. B.,” starring Anita Gillette, accompanied by piano, bass, drums and New Orleans jazz trombone. Known for her funny, off-beat and deliciously goofy performances on Broadway and off-Broadway stages, as well as television and movie screens, Gillette has added the cabaret stage to her list of artistic outlets. Gillette’s “mastery of comedic timing and dramatic power” (Steketee, Theater Pizzazz) has been demonstrated in shows such as Broadway’s original 1959 “Gypsy” (as a replacement) and Neil Simon’s 1977 “Chapter Two”; off-Broadway’s John Guare 1976 work “Body Parts at the Public” and Dan LeFranc’s 2012 “The Big Meal”; and on screen as the delectable mistress Mona in the 1987 film “Moonstruck.” Cast as the daughter in “Mr. President,” Berlin’s last Broadway production 55 years ago, Gillette uses her warm and friendly relationship with him as a backdrop for a 90-minute tribute to the man Jerome Kern said “is American music.” She delightfully

Viewing art is enriching; creating art is challenging and fulfilling. A dozen teenage students from The Children’s Sangha got the chance to do both recently at the Gold Coast Arts Center’s current exhibit, Chinese Artists in America. The Children’s Sangha, based in Bellmore, provides workshops, field trips and volunteer placements for young adults, with a focus on those youths whose Anita Gillette abilities are often not being intersperses funny stories about Berlin cultivated and their needs with his songs that America has sung for more than the 50 years. When Gillette asked Berlin, “What kind of songs do you write?,” his response was, “Hits.” Gillette performs them, accompanied by a marvelous band. Tickets are $20 or two for $35. For further information about subscription discounts and to purchase tickets, call 516-482-5701. Temple Emanuel is located at 150 Hicks Lane in Great Neck.

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The Children’s Sangha mission is “to plant the seeds of stewardship in children and young adults by deepening their understanding of themselves, others and nature, as well as fostering in adults the spirit of education and joys of the growing mind that they may cultivate it in our youth.” Amsel notes that the Gold Coast Arts Center wholly supports that mission. Chinese Artists in America, which features eight contemporary Chinese-American artists, runs until March 30. The exhibition reflects the creative vitality of Chinese-American cultural growth through the arts and its historical and aesthetic linkage to other communities. For more information, call 515-829-2570 or visit www.goldcoastarts.org/ chinese-artists-in-america/.

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Tips for managing seasonal allergies Did you know that more than 24 million Americans — and 6 million children — suffer from seasonal allergies? ENT and Allergy Associates, the nation’s pre-eminent otolaryngology specialty and sub-specialty practice, offers essential tips for residents to better manage allergies as we near the peak of allergy season. Allergic rhinitis, or more commonly known as allergies, is an inflammatory disease which develops when your immune system becomes sensitized and overreacts to something in the environment. The most common seasonal allergies stem from tree pollen, which is most prevalent in spring, summer and fall. There are two types of allergies: seasonal and perennial. People with seasonal allergies are typically affected by allergen prevalent throughout the various seasons, namely spring, summer and fall. These allergens can be from mold spores or pollen from trees, grass or weeds. Conversely, those with perennial allergy symptoms face year-round afflictions most commonly related to dust mites or pet dander.

Allergy symptoms typically include itchy nose, itchy eyes and throat, sneezing, runny or stuﬀy nose or feeling tired due to poor sleep. “At ENT and Allergy Associates, we are constantly working to innovate our treatment practices to accommodate the needs of our patients,” said Dr. Robert Marchlewski, an allergist and asthma specialist at ENT and Allergy Associates in Garden City. “While many of us know about allergy symptoms, we may not correlate the constant

fatigue felt throughout the day with them directly. When allergies are severe enough, it can negatively impact your quality of life. We suggest that individuals consult their allergist to get a better idea of their own allergies and find the best path forward in treating them.” Allergy testing is one of the most certifiable means in which to identify potential allergies. Through skin-prick testing or blood examinations, physicians can more accurately predict allergic reactions. Correctly identifying allergy triggers is a key component of eﬀective management. Treatment options for allergies can vary based on the person, but the most common and accessible treatment options are environmental control, medications, and immunotherapy. For the upcoming pollen allergy season, there are few steps you can take which can help you reduce your allergy symptoms. • Try staying indoors when possible, especially

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Three secrets to winning in sports Techniques for the mind to better the performance of the body in athletic competition I am scheduled to give a talk at Angelina’s in Williston Park April 11 and if I know anything at all about giving public seminars, it’s three things: 1. It’s hard to let people know about it; 2. It’s hard to get them to read the advertising; and 3. It’s even harder to convince them it’s worthwhile to come. There are so many things competing for people’s attention that it’s diﬃcult to awaken interest and get people to leave the comforts of their living room. But, alas, that is the task I am faced with. Over the years I have learned many things about how to help the athlete so it’s hard to whittle it all down into a single seminar. Twenty points are way too many and one point seems too little. Maybe I ought to pick just three items. Three seems to be one of the perfect numbers. Three is a magic number for many people. Putting aside the idea of the Holy Trinity and the interesting beauty of Francis Bacon’s triptychs, we

see that literature loves threes as well. In Moby Dick, Herman Melville used to love repeating one phrase three times like “squeeze! squeeze! squeeze!” Shakespeare always cited three characters in speeches like “friends, Romans, countryman, lend me your ears.” And let’s not forget the tale of The Three Little Pigs. The title wasn’t “Two Little Pigs” or “Twenty little Pigs.” The magic of the number three is also hidden in many phrases including “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” “blood, sweat and tears” and “sex, drugs and rock-and-roll.” So three is the number I will stick within my seminar, which of course then makes it clear how I shall organize the talk. It will be about pregame routines, in-game attitudes and post-game routines. What could be easier? And as they do on TV, here’s a teaser as to what I will say. Pregame routines: There are a few keys to a surefire pregame routine. One must be

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physically fit and also optimally rested. One must have full confidence in one’s ability and also have a plan which takes into account all possible surprises. In other words, one must be ready for anything. “The Art of War” was written by the military genius Sun Tzu in the 5th century B.C. where he said, “You should be so prepared for the battle that it should always be an unfair fight.”" That is what the athlete should feel and I will talk about the secrets to readiness. In-game attitudes: During

the competition every athlete must stay loose, unworried, relaxed, fluid and spontaneous in movement and thinking. This is hard to do with everything on the line, fans screaming in the stands, coaches watching and scouts taking notes about you. The way to stay loose and focused is by being taught how to enter into and how to remain in the “zone.” Much of my work with competitive athletes will be about how to achieve this sacred place where nothing exists but the ball, the goal and you. The best at this was Wayne Gretzky and Tiger Woods. The athlete must be taught how to separate from all others, how to remain aggressive and how to be totally forgiving while in the zone. And there are ways to teach this. Post-game routines: Postgame routines include jubilation, mourning or learning depending upon what happened during the game. When victory is obtained, it is crucial to have routines which enable the athlete to digest and own their ac-

complishments. If defeat occurs, the athlete must be given routines which help him to mourn, express grief, receive solace and comfort. And after all these things, an evaluation must occur which oﬀers them a chance to learn, make corrections and set new goals. I will provide stories from famous athletes I know to demonstrate these points. And through it all the athlete must be taught to keep in mind that he or she is more than just their performance on a given day. Sports is very datadriven, outcome-oriented and in some ways black and white so it is easy to forget that the athlete is first and foremost a human being who is far larger and more important than the outcome of a game. So that is a taste of what I plan to talk about and I do hope you can make it to the talk. For more information, call Angelina’s at 516-248-8200 or look at my sign in their window.

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to managing stress and fighting it before it even starts. Smartphone apps make it easier than ever to schedule your time. Utilizing such apps or opting for the more traditional route by using a day planner can be a highly effective way to manage stress. Practice cognitive reframing. Cognitive reframing is another effective stress-management technique that involves changing the way you look at something so your experience of it changes. Psychologists note that cognitive reframing is effective because the body’s stress response is triggered by perceived stress and not actual events. So by reframing the way you perceive a potentially stressful event, you can change your body’s response to it. This technique is most effective when people are mindful of their thoughts, particularly those that might be negative or stress-inducing.

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Topics to discuss before going under the knife

any people will find themselves on a surgeon’s table at one point or another. Professional athletes who get injured frequently and, of course, surgeons may be accustomed to the surgical wings of hospitals, but the general public has no such familiarity. Perhaps due to that lack of familiarity, many people are nervous before an impending surgery. Asking the right questions prior to the procedure can calm those nerves and help people approach pending surgeries with confidence rather than fear.

be put completely under, but some surgeries may require that. General anesthesia affects the entire body, and this is the type administered during surgeries that require patients to be unconscious. Regional anesthesia affects a large area of the body, while local anesthesia only numbs a small part. Knowing which type of anesthesia will be administered during a surgery can prepare patients and their families in advance, and may even calm nerves.

Length of surgery

Patients and their families often want to know how long surgeries will last. Patients should discuss this with their physicians and surgeons, especially if family and friends will be

Anesthesia

Much of the fear people have in regard to surgery surrounds anesthesia. Few people want to

in the waiting room while a surgery is performed. If surgeons note there’s a possibility that a surgery will be extended after it begins, patients should let family and friends know this, even if they don’t want to worry them. People in the waiting room will grow concerned and fearful, possibly unnecessarily, if a surgery is not completed within a certain amount of time.

Pain

Pain might be a side effect of surgery. Knowing this in advance won’t raise alarm bells if patients are discharged and begin to experience pain upon arriving home. Ask surgeons if pain is a side effect of your surgery, and where than pain is likely to be felt and for how long. Many people are prescribed opioids to address pain after surgery, but such medications can be addictive. Ask about opioid alternatives, as well as any non-prescription relaxation

techniques or therapies that may help manage pain.

Blood clots

Pain is not the only potential side effect of surgery. Some surgeries can increase patients’ risk of developing deep vein thrombosis, a type of blood clot that can travel to the lungs and block blood flow. Sometimes referred to as DVT, deep vein thrombosis can be deadly, though it’s often treatable when caught quickly. Certain factors, including age, whether or not you’re a smoker and a history of clots, can increase a person’s risk of developing DVT after surgery. Blood thinners may be prescribed as a precautionary measure. These are just a handful of topics to discuss with a physician prior to surgery. Patients should not hesitate to ask as many questions as they need to before going in for surgery.

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alorie-conscious individuals may wonder if eating at night or after a certain time can derail their diets and fitness regimens. The jury is still out on whether eating at night can pack on the pounds or not, with various health recommendations contradicting one another. However, if one does choose to snack at night, there may be a smart way to do so. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Weight Control Information Network says that a calorie is a calorie no matter when it is consumed. That means it doesn’t matter if calories are consumed in the morning, afternoon or evening. It is how many are consumed and the amount of physical activity individuals perform that will affect their weights. Conversely, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics says they’re not sure if a calorie is a calorie no matter when it is consumed. Their research and data from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Center for Weight and Eating Disorders indicates that when food is consumed late at night the body is more likely to store those calories as

fat and gain weight rather than burn it off as energy. Certain animal studies show that food is processed differently depending on the time of day it was consumed. But what is a person to do when hunger pangs hit at night and one fears that their rumbling stomach may interrupt their sleep? According to the nutrition and fitness experts at MyFitnessPal, powered by Under Armour, stick to a snack that is between 100 and 200 calories. Choose a food that is high in protein, fiber or healthy fats, which will be more likely to keep a person satiated throughout the night. Apples and peanut butter, string cheese and fruit, or whole grain crackers and Greek yogurt can be healthy, satisfying nighttime snacks. Avoid sugary, calorie-dense foods, which may be hard to digest and can compromise sleep quality. More studies may be necessary to determine the relationship between body weight and snacking at night. In the meantime, nighttime snackers should choose healthy foods when reaching for a late night bite to eat.

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eople diagnosed with an underactive thyroid condition may have to make several changes to their lifestyles to feel well and maintain a healthy weight. The thyroid is a tiny gland located in the neck that produces a hormone to regulate one’s metabolism, or the process that converts what a person eats and drinks into energy. With hypothyroidism, also known as an underactive thyroid, production of that thyroid hormone is insignificant, resulting in a dramatically slower metabolism. The endocrinology health site Endocrine Web estimates approximately 10 million Americans have hypothyroidism. The reasons the thyroid gland falters vary. But the symptoms may include fatigue, weakness, weight gain or increased difficulty losing weight, hair loss, muscle aches, depression, and irritability. Each of the side effects associated with thyroid conditions can be troublesome, but many people with thyroid issues struggle most with weight gain and their inability to keep weight off. The president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, R. Mack Harrell, MD, says to first visit a doctor, who can determine if a synthetic thyroid hormone medication can help. Regular exercise also can be an important part of the strategy to lose weight and manage other hypothyroidism symptoms. Christian Nasr, MD, an endocrinologist with the Cleveland Clinic, advises his patients to wait a few weeks before exercising so that their condition is controlled with

medication. After that waiting period is over, gradually easing back into exercise can help with the fatigue and weight gain that may not abate with thyroid medications. The online health resource Everyday Health advises a program of lowimpact aerobic exercises and strength training. The aerobics will raise the heart rate without putting too much pressure on the joints. These exercises include using a stationary bicycle or a low-impact elliptical machine. Pilates and gentle yoga can improve core muscles and help alleviate joint pain as well. Incorporating strength training into a workout can help build muscle mass, which burns calories, even when a person is at rest. That can be essential for a person finding it difficult to control his or her weight due to a sluggish metabolism. Additional benefits of exercising are improved mood and reduced inflammation. Exercising can release endorphins into the body to help fight off depression. Also, researchers from the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine found a single 20-minute session of exercise was enough to trigger something called sympathoadrenergic activation, which suppresses the production of monocytic cytokines in the body that produce an inflammatory response in the immune system. That means exercise can keep inflammation in check. Hypothyroidism is a common condition that produces various unwanted side effects. However, with proper care and exercise, many symptoms can be managed effectively.

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cated equipment such as 3-dimensional surface scanning devices to capture the infant skull shape, CAD-CAM (computer aided design-computer aided manufacturing) foam carvers to produce a symmetrical foam model which is used to fabricate the corrective helmet. Plaster of Paris casting of infants is a thing of the past. The use of a 3-dimensional surface scanner allows the Orthotist to produce digital model of your baby’s head in about 3 minutes. The surface scanner basically takes pictures of the baby’s head and assembles them into a digital image which can be manipulated, modified in shape and emailed. In addition, this scanning technology per-

mits before and after comparisons, thus tracking your baby’s progress is fast and accurate. Cranial molding is best initiated between the ages of 3 and 6 months. To be effective, the CRO must be used during the period of rapid brain growth, normally between birth and 8 months of age. Daily wearing time is between 22 and 23 hours, with time off for cleaning and hygiene. The total treatment time is dependent on several factors. Starting age probably plays the greatest role due to the need for rapid brain growth. The older the child starts the longer the treatment time and the greater the chance full correction will not be achieved.

Severity of the asymmetry and compliance with wearing are other important factors when calculating treatment time length. The best thing to do is discuss your concerns with your physician and call us for an appointment. The NiC BAND Program provides a no fee consultation assessment. We will perform a complete evaluation of your child, calculate all the variables to determine severity and offer an estimate of treatment time. We have offices located in Mineola and Queens. Please call toll free 833-NiCBAND to schedule your consultation

Anthony J. Cappa, BS, CPO has over 25 years of experience in cranial remolding. He has worked closely with the leading neurosurgeons, craniofacial surgeons and plastic surgeons in New York City, the five boroughs, Nassau and Suffolk. He has lectured physicians, allied health professionals, case workers and insurance companies on the treatment of Plagiocephaly and post-operative craniosynostosis. Founded in 1996, the FDA approved (Non-invasive Cranioplasty Band) N i.C. BAND™ Program established 11 standards of care for the treatment of infants with cranial asymmetry. The Program utilizes the latest 3-dimensional Class 1(safe for the eyes) structured light scanner to capture the outer contour of an infant’s head. This device is portable so it may be used in hospitals for post-operative cranial care. Please call for a free brochure outlining all 11 standards and more detailed information on Plagiocephaly and cranial remolding.

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Reduce exposure to harmful VOCs at home

Banish belly fat and improve cardiovascular health

T olatile organic compounds are emitted by a vast array of products. The Environmental

and baking soda are as effective as chemical cleaners without the same harmful side effects.

VOCs are particularly troubling because their concentrations are consistently up to 10 times higher indoors than outdoors. Those who spend time inside of homes and businesses may be at risk from concentrated exposure to VOCs.

• Rely on natural ventilation when using products that have strong odors or are suspected of emitting VOCs. This can be as easy as opening windows and doors or doing work outside.

Protection Agency warns that VOCs consist of gases discharged from solids or liquids that produce shortand long-term health effects.

Notable items that produce VOCs include treated woods, carpeting, building materials, paints, waxes, fabrics, and varnishes. Since people are constantly breathing in air, and whatever is circulating within it, it’s important for individuals to be conscious of these common offenders.

VOCs can be dangerous because they may cause everything from minor symptoms of headaches, nausea and stuffy noses to more serious conditions like nervous system problems and kidney and liver damage. Some VOCs are known to cause cancer in humans, warns the EPA. To reduce exposure to VOCs, homeowners are advised to take the following steps.

• Read product labels carefully for warnings against VOCs. Whenever possible, select products that do not emit VOCs.

• Invest in alternative products, such as all-natural cleaning solutions. Many people find that common and safe items like vinegar, citrus oils

• Use an air purifier in conjunction with HVAC systems. Purchase an air purifier that specifically filters out odors and VOCs, which can help people with chemical sensitivities.

• Use a shed rather than an attached garage to store gas cans, pesticides, paint thinners, and other odoriferous materials away from the home. Contact the municipal waste department to learn how to properly dispose of leftover chemical products. • Rethink flooring materials to include carpeting that is low VOC or alternatives such as washable rugs or hard flooring.

• Don’t forget to fill a home with plenty of live plants. A study from researchers at NASA found that certain indoor plants are effective at naturally purifying air. • Exercise caution with dry-cleaned clothes. Perchloroethylene is a chemical most widely used in dry cleaning. Air out dry-cleaned clothes before wearing them, particularly if they have strong chemical odors. Volatile organic compounds can be excreted through various items. Individuals who educate themselves can greatly reduce their exposure to these harmful compounds.

he way to a person’s heart may be through his or her stomach in more ways than one. Doctors have tied heart health to the abdomen, and having extra pounds around one’s middle can be detrimental to cardiovascular wellbeing. Excess visceral fat in the belly, something doctors refer to as “central adiposity,” may have potentially dangerous consequences. While the link between belly fat and heart health has long been associated with men, women may be even more vulnerable to the adverse health effects of belly fat. A study published in March 2018 in the Journal of the American Heart Association examined 500,000 people between the ages of 40 and 69. Participants had their body measurements taken, and then were kept track of for heart attack occurrence over the next seven years. During that period, the women who carried more weight around their middles (measured by waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio or waist-to-height ratio) had a 10 to 20 percent greater risk of heart attack than women who were just heavier over all. Belly fat is particularly dangerous because it doesn’t just include the insulating, or subcutaneous, fat under the skin. It is largely visceral fat that also surrounds the organs in the abdomen. Harvard Medical School reports that visceral fat is metabolically active and has been strongly linked to a host of serious diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and dementia. Visceral fat is like an endocrine organ

that secretes hormones and a host of other chemicals linked to diseases that can affect adults. One substance is called retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4), which has been tied to an increased risk of coronary heart disease. In 2015, a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that normal-weight people with excessive belly fat had a higher risk of dying of heart disease or any other cause compared with people without central obesity. The online health and wellness resource Medical News Today says doctors determine belly fat to be a problem when a woman’s waist measures 35 inches or more and a man’s 40 inches or more. MRIs also can be used as a fat analyzer and will be judged on a scale of 1 to 59. A measurement of 13 and under is desireable. The Mayo Clinic advises that poor diet and fitness habits can contribute to belly fat. As people age, they may have to make more drastic changes to their diets and exercise regimens to counteract changes in their metabolisms. Eliminating sugary beverages, watching portion sizes, counting calories, doing moderate aerobic activity daily, and choosing healthier foods can help tame visceral fat. Also, doctors may recommend those who are stressed to try stress-busting techniques, as stress also may be tied to excessive belly fat. Belly fat should not be overlooked, as its presence can greatly increase a person’s risk for various diseases.

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Did you know? Another reason to quit smoking F S at has a bad reputation. Many people hear the words “fat” or “fats” and immediately think the worst. Fats go by many names, including lipids, fatty acids, vegetable fats, animal fats, and oils. While some fats can be harmful when consumed in excess, many fats are actually helpful to the body. Educating oneself about the different types of fats can make for a more well-rounded diet. Saturated fats: These are solid at room temperature and tend to come from animal products and processed foods. A large intake of saturated fats can increase a person’s risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Monounsaturated fats: This “healthy” fat may lower LDL cholesterol and keep HDL

cholesterol at higher levels when saturated fats are held in check. Polyunsaturated fats: These fats also are considered good for cardiovascular health and are commonly known as the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids that are found in certain seeds, fatty fish and nuts.

Trans fats: Trans fats are synthetically manufactured by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid. They are not good for a person’s health, but they have been widely used in the past because they tend to be stable and inexpensive and can improve shelf life of processed products. It is important to distinguish between helpful and harmful fats so a body gets the healthy fuel it needs.

moking has been linked to many different illnesses. It’s widely known that cigarette smoke can impact respiratory and cardiovascular health, but there may be a new reason to quit, particularly for those plagued by chronic inflammation. Researchers at Sweden’s Umea University, in collaboration with researchers in the United States, found that nicotine strongly activates immune cells to release DNA fibers decorated with pro-inflammatory molecules called neutrophil extracellular traps, or NETs. Continuous exposure to NETs can harm tissues and may explain why smokers are vulnerable to inflammatory diseases. NETs have been implicated in several inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis, cancer and small vessel vasculitis. This evidence

presents yet another reason why people should quit smoking and avoid secondhand smoke, or never begin smoking at all.

Improve life expectancy with some healthy habits “W ho Wants to Live Forever” is a song that appeared on the 1986 album “A Kind of Magic” by the rock band Queen. The song often sparks conversation about the potential benefits of immortality . Immortality may not be possible, but many people aspire to improve their chances to live a long and prosperous life. A study published in the journal Lancet analyzed data from the 2016 Global Burden of Diseases project to generate life expectancy predictions from 2017 to 2040 for most countries. The United States saw the largest decline in ranking among high-income countries, as life expectancies in the United States are projected to fall from 43rd in 2016 to 64th by 2040, with an average life expectancy of 79.8. Life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped in each of the past two years, according to annual reports by the National Center for Health Statistics. But there may be hope for Americans yet. Doctors and scientists continually study the lifestyles of people who

outlive their life expectancies. While genetics can play a role, so can following healthy habits, which have been identified to promote longevity.

Don’t smoke. Many smokers have been told that smoking trims 10 years off their life expectancies, and that statement is corroborated by a study published in 2013 in The New England Journal of Medicine that tracked participants over a span of several years. The good news is people who quit before the age of 35 can usually regain those lost years.

Avoid drug use. Accidental drug overdoses contributed to 63,600 deaths in the United States in 2016, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Usage of prescription opioids and heroin has skyrocketed in recent years. Drug use also may exacerbate mental illnesses, potentially making drug users more vulnerable to suicide. Maintain healthy body mass. Moderate to vigorous exercise regimens and diets loaded with

healthy foods can keep weight in check. Maintaining a healthy weight has a host of positive side effects, including reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is a leading killer in North America. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, nearly four in 10 adults and 18.5 percent of children in the United States are obese. According to the 2015 Canadian Health Measures Survey, 30 percent of adults in Canada are obese and may require medical support to manage their disease. Limit alcohol consumption. Some evidence suggests that light drinking can be good for cardiovascular health. However, a paper published in the Lancet suggests every glass of wine or pint of beer over the daily recommended limit will cut half an hour from the expected lifespan of a 40-year-old. The paper says the risks are comparable to smoking. Simple, healthy lifestyle changes can help people increase their life expectancies.

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How aging adults can maintain their mental acuity

ging is associated with or linked to a host of mental and physical side effects. For example, many adults expect their vision to deteriorate as they grow older. Such a side effect can be combatted with routine eye examinations that may indicate a need for a stronger eyeglass prescription, a relatively simple solution that won’t impact adults’ daily lives much at all. While physical side effects like diminished vision might not strike much fear in the hearts of aging men and women, those same people may be concerned and/ or frightened by the notion of age-related cognitive decline. Some immediately associate such decline with Alzheimer’s disease, an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys memory and cognitive skills, ultimately compromising a person’s ability to perform even the simplest of tasks. But agerelated cognitive decline is not always symptomatic of Alzheimer’s disease. Learning about Alzheimer’s and how to maintain mental acuity can help aging men and women better understand the changes their brains might be undergoing as they near or pass retirement age.

Is Alzheimer’s disease hereditary? The National Institute on Aging notes that only a very rare form of Alzheimer’s disease is inherited. Early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease, or FAD, is caused by mutations in certain genes. If these genes are passed down from parent to child, then the child is likely, but not certain, to get FAD. So while many adults may be concerned about Alzheimer’s because one of their parents had the disease, the NIA notes that the majority of Alzheimer’s cases are late-onset, which has no obvious family pattern. Can Alzheimer’s disease be prevented? Studies of Alzheimer’s disease are ongoing, but to date there is no definitive way to prevent the onset of the disease. How can I maintain mental acuity as I age? Researchers have not yet determined a way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, but adults can take certain steps to maintain their mental acuity into retirement. Exercise regularly. Routine exercise may be most associated with physical benefits, but the NIA notes that such activity has been linked to benefits for the brain as well. For example, a 2011 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America found that aerobic exercise training increases the size of the hippocampus, leading to improvements in spatial memory. The NIA also notes that one study indicated exercise stimulated the brain’s ability to maintain old network connections and make new ones vital to cognitive health.

Read more. Avid readers may be happy to learn that one of their favorite pastimes can improve the efficiency of their cognitive systems while delaying such systems’ decline. A 2013 study published in the journal Neurology by researchers at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center found that mentally active lifestyles may not prevent the formations of plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but such lifestyles decreases the likelihood that the presence of plaques or tangles will impair cognitive function. Stay socially connected. Maintaining social connections with family, friends and community members also can help women prevent cognitive decline. Epidemiologist Bryan James of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center studied how social activity affected cognitive decline, ultimately noting that the rate of cognitive decline was considerably lower among men and women who maintained social contact than it was among those with low levels of social activity. The idea of age-related cognitive decline strikes fear in the hearts of many men and women, but there are ways for adults to maintain their mental acuity well into their golden years.

Simple ways to avoid injuries when working out injury when working out.

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

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

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

Confirm your technique is the right one. Exercise science is continuously evolving, and that means workouts and fitness machines are evolving as well. When using a piece of equipment for the first time or altering a workout routine, men and women should consult with a gym employee or personal trainer to learn the correct technique. Incorrect technique can lead to minor and serious injuries because muscles are used in ways they are not intended to be used when exercises are performed properly. Research appropriate techniques, taking advantage of online video tutorials if you don’t exercise at a gym, to ensure the exercises you want to perform are done properly. When beginning a new routine, ask a friend or gym employee to observe your workout and let you know if you are doing anything incorrectly. Be patient. Lifting too much weight or pushing yourself too hard on the treadmill, exercise

bike or elliptical machine will increase your risk of injury. This is especially true for men and women working out for the first time or after lengthy stretches of inactivity. Men and women who are elderly, inactive and/ or overweight are likely to suffer from poor balance because their muscles are weak. Those muscles can be strengthened over time, but remain patient and stick to light weight during initial workouts so lack of balance does not lead to pain or injury. Take the same approach with aerobic exercise to prevent muscle strains and pulls. Increase weight and the intensity of cardiovascular exercises as muscles gradually strengthen and become accustomed to exercise. Allow for adequate time to warm up. Failure to warm up is another contributor to exerciserelated injury. Before diving into a workout routine, spend between five and 10 minutes warming up your body with some low-intensity exercises. This increases blood flow to the muscles and makes

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

Vary workouts and exercise regularly. Varying workouts is a good idea because doing so can prevent repetitive-use injuries and prevent overuse of muscles. Repetitive-use injuries such as shin splints and tendinitis require extended rest to heal, and that can derail your routine and nullify your progress. Vary workouts so you are not always working the same muscles, and don’t mistake varying workouts for varying workout schedules. Working out five days one week and one day the next increases your risk of injury. Injuries sometimes happen when exercising. But veteran and novice fitness enthusiasts can employ a handful of simple strategies to greatly reduce their risk of injury while working out.

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to TBS Sisterhood, earmarked Stephen Flatow, can be mailed or dropped off in the synagogue office. For more information, contact Wende Jager-Hyman, TBS Sisterhood Author Talk Coordinator, by leaving a message at the office: 516-6212288.

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icy planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass. Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army, including as deputy executive officer to then-Gen. Powell when he commanded the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989), special assistant to Powell when he was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and as director and deputy director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Va. (1993-97). Since leaving the State Department, Wilkerson

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‘Run for Your Wife’ comes to E.W. stage The Community Church of East Williston and the Billboard Players will host a spring production of the hit British comedy by Ray Cooney, “Run for Your Wife,” a farce with all the laughs and events that could go wrong. The plot follows John Smith, a taxi driver who lives in both Wimbledon and Streatham England. How is this possible? You see, Smith has two wives and a great schedule which informs him where he should be living, what he should be doing and at what time in order to keep both wives happy and uninformed that his heart is being given to two women. Is he aware that being married to two women simultaneously is a crime? Absolutely, but what could he do about it? He asked Mary for her hand in marriage; however, Barbara

asked him for his hand and rather than insult her, he accepted. How does it all come out in the end? It’s worth seeing to find out. Louis Fucilo, the director of the Billboard Players, saw this play in London back

in the 1980s and was literally gagging himself to keep from laughing so hard. The cast consists of long time Billboard Player alumni who have graced the stage at the Community Church of East Williston!in the past, including Dave Bartscher,

Nick Becce, Al Carbuto, Steve Hoﬀman, Diane Mansell, Andy Minet, Joseph Montano, and Christine Nardella. “The CCEW is a long-time supporter of the arts and are thrilled to be able to be hub in the community for both spiri-

tual and cultural events,” said Rev. Marcus Tillery, Community Church of East Williston. Performances start on Saturday, April 27 and will run on weekends until Saturday, May 11, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. ! On Saturday, May 4, there will be a dinner and theatre package starting at 6:30 p.m. ! And there will be two shows at 3 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. Tickets are $15 and $12 for senior citizens. !The dinner and theatre package on May 4 is $25. To order tickets of for more information, call 516746-7356 or email ccewplays@ gmail.com. The Community Church of East Williston, aﬀectionately known as the “pretty church” in the area, is located at 45 East Williston Ave. in East Williston.

LIU frosh to tackle ‘Behind Stage Curtains’ STORY AND P H OTO S BY KARIS FULLER Members of the LIU Post class of 2022 freshman theater majors will end their first year with their first PTC mainstage show, the Freshman Showcase, this spring. The showcase consists of two shows, one directed by adjunct theater professor Lauren Reinhard and the other by adjunct theater professor David Apichell. The entire freshman theater class will have roles in the performance, both on and oﬀ stage. The opening and closing numbers in both shows involve the whole cast, and in between are several individual scenes with the same underlying theme, to showcase the first year acting talents. However, a show isn’t a show without the support of the crew, many of whom are second or third year students in the LIU Post theater department. This is the first show that Emily Shoup, a sophomore, will be designing. “I’m excited to have a big portion where I’m in charge of something, rather than just being the assistant,” she said. Shoup will be assisting Apichell’s concept. “He gave me full reign on the spaceship chairs,” a big prop in the show, Shoup said. Although the themes and titles for the two pieces haven’t been announced, the lighting and costume designers are hard

at work. LIU Post junior Kiely Boyington is in charge of the lighting plan for both shows. “Designing lights for any show isn’t easy. It takes a lot of work and brainstorming and experimentation. It has a very creative side to it that not everyone understands,” Boyington said. “Doing two shows at once doesn’t add a lot to the challenge; it just creates double the work. I am now working with two design teams, two directors, two stage managers, two casts, and two sets of shows.” Boyington is fully aware of the importance of her role. “Without someone doing lights, there would be no world, especially

for these first year showcases,” she said. “When there is a minimal set, like in these shows, the lighting designer’s main responsibility is to create this universe for the characters. A simple shift in light color is the diﬀerence between being in Alaska or the desert.” LIU Post sophomore Sami Eddy is responsible for costume design for Reinhard’s cast. “I have to dress 26 cast members,” Eddy said. Eddy believes that the costumes can really bring a piece to life, as well as making the actors’ job easier to embody their character. “I feel like clothing and what you put on your body is an expression of who

you are as a person, so doing research into who these characters are, where they’re from what they do, they’re wearing that on their body,” she said. Eddy, like Boyington is experienced in her craft, and highlights the importance of not only costumes but the entire crew. “You can do so much personal work on your character but once you got the clothing on and you look in the mirror and you see who your character is, it really ties everything together,” Eddy said, “same with the set, interacting with the world around you it’s all essential to making good theater happen.”

The LIU Post Freshman Showcase hits the main stage of The Little Theatre on the LIU Post campus in Brookville on April 11. (Show 1: April 11 & 13 at 7:30 p.m. & April 14 @ 3 p.m. | Show 2: April 12 &14 at 7:30 p.m. & April 13 at 3 p.m.). Tickets are available at the box oﬃce or online (https://tix55. com/ptc700/). Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for students. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, LIU Post’s award-winning student newspaper, www.liupostpioneer. com, and is republished by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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Mock interview day hosted by partners North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center and National Grid held the second event in their new partnership as two National Grid employees generously donated their time and expertise to coach students in the Mock Interview Day at Nassau B.O.C.E.S. High School in Wantagh. At this special annual event, more than 150 interviews were conducted, with employees from National Grid, East Meadow Public Library and other organizations speaking with students individually as if they were on an actual job interview. “The Mock Interview Day is an invaluable experience for students to practice their communication and social skills,” said Suzanne Martin, youth employment counselor at the Guidance Center’s Intensive Support Program at Nassau B.O.C.E.S., where students receive intensive mental health services on site. “It helps them learn how to present their best selves and realize that first impressions do matter when you’re looking for a job.” “This event was an incredible experience,” said Sarah Kahrs, U.S. performance excellence coach at National Grid and one of the volunteer interviewers. “It was so exciting to be able to take an active role in helping these young adults prepare for their future. In spite of the students coming in a bit nervous, I was so impressed by how prepared they were.” Paula Gendreau, National Grid senior supervisor of operations, also enjoyed her experience coaching the students. “Volunteering was such a great opportunity,” she said. “I was impressed by all the posi-

tive energy. I was fortunate to meet some great candidates, and it was my pleasure to be a part of a wonderful event.” Martin said while most of the students were initially very anxious, they felt very accomplished and proud after their interviews. “A lot of students thought they didn’t do well, but they got great feedback from their interviewers,” she said. “It’s a real boost for their selfesteem, and we’re so grateful to National Grid and all the participants for their role in making this event such a huge success.” The event was the second of several that the Guidance Center has planned in partnership with National Grid. “We work with many organizations across Long Island and in NYC helping to prepare students for their future,” said Kathleen Wisnewski, National Grid customer and community manager. “We’re excited about our partnership with the Guidance Center, and we look forward to more events.” About North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center: As the preeminent not-for-profit children’s mental health agency on Long Island, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is dedicated to restoring and strengthening the emotional well-being of children (from birth – age 24) and their families. National Grid is an electricity, natural gas and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people through our networks in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It is the largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeast.

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North High at Tilles Center

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North High School Chamber Symphony Orchestra musicians performed at the Telles Center as a “warm up act” for the Czech National Orchestra. On March 3, musicians from the North High School Chamber Symphony Orchestra performed in the Goldsmith Atrium at the Tilles Center as a “warm up” act before the Czech National Symphony Orchestra’s concert in the Main Hall. The North High instrumental music program was honored to receive an invitation from the Tilles Center for a small group of student musicians to perform at the venue. Under the direction of instrumental music teacher Joseph Rutkowski, a 16-piece ensemble from North High entertained concertgoers with music selections by Czech composers, as well as standards, jazz, rock, and Broadway favorites. “Since it was the Czech

National Symphony that we would be ‘warming up,’ the students and I decided to play the music of three Czech composers: Dvorak, Smetana, and our beloved Czech-born American friend, the late Karel Husa,” Rutkowski said. The remainder of the students’ hour-long recital program covered a wide range of genres and styles, including selections by Mozart, Beethoven, Alan Hovhaness, George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk. The North High Chamber Symphony Orchestra concluded their program with two selections from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story: “Somewhere” and “Mambo.”

Star gazing at South High Great Neck South High School will host a star, moon, and nebula gazing event on Friday, April 12 from 6:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. in the school’s observatory, 341 Lakeville Road. This event is open to the community. This journey through space will be led by the school’s astronomy club and their faculty advisor, Holly Cipriano. The telescope in the South High observatory is a Meade Lx200 ACF 14” (355mm) SCT with GPS and Autostar capabilities. Cipriano, an environmental

science and astronomy teacher at South High, frequently hosts dark-night viewings in the observatory for astronomy classes and other interested students; this special event on April 12 is an opportunity for residents to share in the night-sky experience. In case of poor weather conditions, the event will be rescheduled for May 17. Weather cancellations and other updates may be found on Ms. Cipriano’s teaching website at https://www.ciprianosciencespot.com/

Forging tech solutions to stress The Levels Teen Center at the Great Neck Library held a Teen Hackathon on March 1 and 2, creating new technology to help with stress management. On Friday evening teens were given a challenge to design the prototype of a product that would use technology to help teens manage the stress in their lives. Teens were then given six hours on Friday and four hours on Saturday to complete their projects. In addition to Levels staﬀ, several Great Neck residents who work in computer science related fields provided mentorship to help teens complete their projects. Congrats to all of the participants, including the winning teams: Most Complete Award:!Team Dream –!Ethan Zhuo, Tevin Zhuo, and Ryan Lee built a virtual reality environment for teens to relax in. Most Creative Award: Team Android – Han Zheng, Jenny Dong, Katie Zheng, Wendy Wang, and William Huang created a massaging backpack out of Sphero robots and fabric. Most Relevant Award: Team Apple

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Teens trying out the virtual reality relaxation environment created by Team Dream at Levels. – Julia Oh, Liel Ezroni, and Rachel Woo developed a website to provide teens with a variety of activities they could use to relax.

Parkville principal honored

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During the 2019 CAS Administrator of the Year awards ceremony, Parkville School Principal Kathleen Murray is congratulated by John F. Kennedy School Principal Ron Gimondo, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education Kelly Newman, and Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast.

Kathleen Murray, principal of Parkville School, has been recognized as a 2019 Administrator of the Year by the Council of Administrators and Supervisors (CAS). Murray was honored at the association’s awards ceremony on March 14. The CAS Administrator of the Year award is presented to public school administrators who exemplify the highest qualities of school administrative leadership, including achievement, vision, innovation, and collaboration with parents, students, staﬀ, and administrators. Award recipients are nominated by their peers and selected by a CAS committee. CAS is the largest professional organization of school administrators and supervisors on Long Island. Murray joined the Great Neck Public Schools in September 2014 as the assistant principal of the John F. Kennedy School, and she has served as the principal of Parkville School since August 2018. Before arriving in Great Neck, Ms. Murray was the assistant principal of the Munsey Park Elementary School (grades K–6) in the Manhasset School District, and her career includes 25 years of experience as an elementary teacher.

G.N. resident runs Jerusalem 10K Joey Brody, a resident of Great Neck Estates studying at Yeshivat Lev HaTorah in Ramat Bet Shemesh for his gap year in Israel, completed the 5km Jerusalem Winner Marathon, among 40,000 participants on Friday, March 15. Brody’s sponsored run was for Team Our Place, an organization that employs a multi-faceted approach to counseling, rehab and guiding troubled youth in their return to mainstream society. Its inspiring executive director, Rabbi Aryeh Young, is a charismatic teacher at Rambam Mesivta H.S. in Lawrence, from which Brody graduated last May. The Jerusalem Marathon is unique in its setting. Runners pass by fascinating historical sites which il-

luminate 3,000 years of the history of Jerusalem, the unified capital of Israel. Brody is pictured nearing the finish line to the theme song of “Rocky” with two of his teammates, Sammy Merzel of Silver Spring, Md. and Shlomo Silberberg of Los Angeles.

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While best solutions are a matter of opinion, the facts of the situation remain – substances on Long Island’s surface have seeped deep underground and into the water that flows into taps, Meyland, Dale and Port Washington Water District Superintendent Paul Granger agreed at a public discussion last Thursday evening. The panel, which weighed in on the island’s drinking water, was organized by Blank Slate Media and moderated by Publisher Steven Blank at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock. “We have a collection of some of the most significant issues around groundwater supply out of any place in the United States,” Meyland said. “That wasn’t the way it was 50 years ago.” It is a result of Long Island’s industrial history and household activity in which unregulated chemicals have been used directly above the drinking water source, she said. Those chemicals are gradually being detected in the water, including 1,4-dioxane, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says is likely a carcinogen. Treating water will be expensive, Dale cautioned. Treating wells for 1,4-dioxane on Long Island would cost about $840 million, according to the Long Island Water Conference, a group of water suppliers and oﬃcials involved in the industry. That figure could cause household water bills to more than double. Ten water districts in Nassau County are currently suing chemical companies Dow Chemical Co., Ferro Corp. and Vultan Materials Co., which they say manufactured the chemical on Long Island. The intention is to ensure that the companies bear the cost of removing 1,4-dioxane, Manhasset-Lakeville Water District Superintendent Paul Schrader told Blank Slate Media in January. “We have infinite problems but only finite resources,” Dale said. Throwing money at existing problems, however, is not a universal solution because it ignores the issue of prevention, Meyland said. There is no central agency on Long Island that regulates groundwater, despite such entities existing in other communities across the county, she said. “Our challenge is to start looking sooner for these chemicals that we suspect are a health risk or a contaminant and stop them from getting into the envi-

ronment,” Meyland said. “That means being stronger on our discharge programs.” The cost of creating such an agency is significantly less than the costs associated with treatment, she said: It would only cost each resident $3.50 per year. But Dale said Long Island should be hesitant about introducing yet another layer of government. The Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection, established by the Nassau and Suﬀolk County Legislatures to maintain the island’s drinking water, is opposed to such a regulatory committee, Meyland said. As for whether Long Island’s water is safe to drink, none of the three panelists oﬀered a solid “yes” or “no.” Granger said he and his water supplier colleagues drink it and are confident in doing so. Wells in his district with relatively significant amounts of 1,4-dioxane were taken out of service, he said. In December the New York State Drinking Water Quality Council encouraged the state’s Department of Health to adopt a maximum contaminant level of one part per billion for 1,4-dioxane. While no national standard exists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that 0.35 parts per billion of the chemical is equivalent to a one in a million chance of getting cancer. “You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than having the possibility of having cancer,” Granger said, referring to the health guideline. Still, New York does not yet regulate the chemicals. “Other states have been much more aggressive in dealing with these chemical than New York state has,” Meyland said. In the meantime, water suppliers are working on finding the best treatment solutions. “In some cases, detection technology is outpacing treatment technology,” Granger said. The best thing for residents to do is to educate themselves on what’s in their water, he said. It is also important to put pressure on regulatory agencies, Meyland added. And while Dale agreed with the two other experts, he added one piece of advice: Don’t panic. “I think that our health departments would tell you that your water’s pretty good,” he said. “But, yes, you need to be alert to some of the related concerning factors that are occurring and that we’re becoming increasingly informed of.”

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Guidance Center luncheon Are you ready for a fun-filled day of shopping, delicious dining and your favorite games? Then mark your calendars for North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center’s eagerly anticipated annual spring luncheon. This year’s event will be held at the Glen Head Country Club on Wednesday, April 17!from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Clubhouse, which includes a beautiful ballroom, cozy living room area and spacious card room, is the perfect setting for a fun-filled afternoon. For those who love to play, the day will open with mahjong, canasta and bridge. Or, if those popular games are not your cup of tea, you can jump right in and start shopping at the unique boutiques, which will feature items from some of

Long Island’s trendiest and most charitable small business owners, including Buy the Bag, Club & Country, Dash, I Thrive, Transitions and RFC Fine, among others. The jewelry and apparel are always favorites, but just as chic are the fashionable purses, accessories and housewares. There will also be plenty of opportunities to participate in raﬄes for luxury prizes, including a $500 gift certificate to Americana Manhasset. The event will include a gourmet luncheon featuring the talents of Glen Head Country Club’s master chef. Registration is now open and sponsorships are available by visiting the Guidance Center’s website, www.northshorechildguidance.org,! or calling 516-626-1971, ext. 309.

Ellen! Friedman, author of “The! Seven, A Family Holocaust Story,”!will be the guest speaker at Temple Judea on April 4 at 7 p.m. This event is sponsored by WRJ Sisterhood of Temple Judea in partnership with the Sid Jacobson JCC and the Jewish Book Council and is open to the community. The!Seven was a name given to a set of Polish Jews from Warsaw, most of them related, by their fellow refugees in the Gulags of the USSR. This story provides a glimpse into the repercussions of the Holocaust for one extended family who survived. Based!on primary interviews and told in the

blending of past and present experiences, Friedman gives a new voice to Holocaust memory, one that is sure to resonate with today’s exiles and refugees. Friedman will take questions and sign her book following her presentation. Admission!is $10 per person and books are available to purchase for $26 at the temple oﬃce. Please make checks payable to!WRJ Sisterhood and mail to Temple Judea at 333! Searingtown Road, Manhasset, NY 11030. RSVP!to Temple Judea at 516-621-8049 or email templeoﬃce@temple-judea.com.

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Dr. Ashesh Mehta performs laser ablation at North Shore University Hospital.

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The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is the first on Long Island to enroll patients suffering from epilepsy into a clinical trial testing if they can be treated with laser ablation, which allows clinicians to monitor the destruction of diseased tissue in real-time. The laser ablation being tested is an MRI-guided laser ablation system called the “Stereotactic Laser Ablation for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.” The use of Stereotactic Laser Ablation for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy – produced by Medtronic’s Visualase – allows neurosurgeons to simultaneously deliver, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of thermal energy during MRI imaging. In this minimallyinvasive procedure, a laser device is inserted into the brain through a one-quarter inch incision and delivers energy produced by the laser to heat and destroy the diseased, seizureproducing tissue deep within the brain. This multi-centered clinical trial aims to test the safety and efficacy of the Visualase system for the treatment of epilepsy patients. “Laser ablation technology is useful in patients with this most common form of epilepsy, where there is a scarring of the deepest portion of one’s temporal lobe,” said Dr. Ashesh Mehta, the principal investigator of the study, Feinstein Institute associate professor and

Northwell Health’s director of epilepsy surgery. “This scarring is often the cause for seizures that cannot be controlled by medications alone.”! The Visualase system has already been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in neurosurgery but is considered an investigational device for people with drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. The treatment is focused and MRI temperature maps provide the neurosurgeon with a real-time view of the diseased tissue being destroyed, without damaging healthy tissue. The laser device is then removed and the incision is closed. A 22-year-old female from Valley Stream was the first patient to benefit from the Stereotactic Laser Ablation for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy procedure at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. The surgery took place on Feb. 13 and was performed by Mehta. Participants in the trial will be followed for one year after their laser ablation procedure and evaluated for seizures, other adverse events, neuropsychological outcomes and quality of life. For more information about the SLATE trial at Northwell Health’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, contact Denise K. McDermott, neurosurgery research nurse at 516562-2926.

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Local students making college news

New York Institute of Technology The following students were named to the fall 2018 Presidential Honor List: Kinza Ahmed,!Rehel Ahmed,!Akash Mathew, Shivesh Patel and Shebin Tharakan of Albertson. Christopher Almeida,! Sandeep Basandrai,! Ricky Bergman,! Vitor Cavalcante,! Brianna Hefele,! Marissa Karasz, Amanda Poppe and Malwina Zaslonka of Mineola. Ian Kelly,! Gina Koros,! Jasmine Mathew,!Jobin Mathew,!Emily O’Connell and!Craig Weber of Williston Park. Muntaha Ahmad, Nicholas Kern and Jared Smith of Roslyn. Ivana Andric,! Ilaha Jalilova,! Antonella Lopez Alcerro,! Mariam Naghavi,!Martin Sundell and!Manal Syeda of Old Westbury. Wassam Qayyum of Manhasset. Irma Bonilla,!Antonina Bullaro,!Jose Melgar and! Gabriela Othman of Port Washington. David Erfanian,!Jillian Marden,!William Miecuna and! Celine Shamash of Great Neck. Michael Carrotta,!Michael Gao,!Shaheryar Gill,!Melina Hamaoui,!Asiya Has-

san,! John Hayes,! Brian Hoerter,! Jency Mathew,!Milap Patel,!Adarsh Pillay,!Alex Raju,! Rhea Rene,! Zain Satti,! Nivetha Shanmugarajah,! Steven Thomas,! Melissa Treister and!Abel Zachariah of New Hyde Park. Dimitar Kalinkov of Garden City Park. The following students were named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s Honor List. Patrick Ekladios of Albertson,! Samantha Mazzilli of Williston Park, and!Jinal Patel,! Hao Teng and! Janelle Zapiti of Mineola. Roxane Ghadami,!Najma Khan,!Avital Kohan-Anu,! Matthew Li and! Rekik Wolde of Roslyn Heights. Arda Kalem and! Arthur Li of Old Westbury. Merav Ben-Josef,! Aidan Hakimian,!Laiba Khan,!Joosung Kim,!Chelsea Livian and! Ryan Rahmanan of Great Neck. Swapnil Barot,! Arjun Bulsara,! Stan Jacob,!Jeﬀrey John,!Jenson John,!Chris Joseph,! Melanie Lackraj,! Yi Zen Looi,! Daniel Matthew,! Louie Patrizi,! Kristopher Singh,! Anisha Singla,!Kafeel Syed and!Sharon Thomas of New Hyde Park.

Northeast Ohio Medical University As they opened their envelopes during National Match Day on March 15, fourth-year College of Medicine students at Northeast Ohio Medical University learned where they will continue their medical training as resident physicians following graduation in May. Christopher Dijanic of New Hyde Park learned he will be heading to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ for a residency in orthopaedic surgery.

New York National Guard Andrew McNulty from Manhasset, serving with the 88th Area Command, received a promotion to the rank of 2nd lieutenant during a recent unit training event. Specialist Harold Bruno from Port Washington reenlisted to continue service with the Company D, 1-69th Infantry. Safwan Khan from New Hyde Park, assigned to the 442nd Military Police Company, received a promotion to the rank of specialist.

The University of Vermont The following students helped the University of Vermont’s annual studentled fundraising event RALLYTHON raise a record-breaking $117,520.29 for the UVM Children’s Hospital:! Kaila Carson of Albertson and! Jamison Tuch of Port Washington. Columbus State Community College Bradley Fritzhand of Great Neck was! named to the Dean’s List.! To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled for six or more credit hours. Wilkes University Sarah Weynand of Albertson is performing in the theatre production of “The Dining Room.” The performances will take place on April 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m., with matinee performances on April 6 and 7 at 2 p.m. The production is at Wilkes University’s Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Weynand is playing various roles such as agent and Peggy.

Judaism, sexuality ROA offers seminar talk at Beth Sholom on ‘fake news’ Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood will present an open dialogue about Judaism and sexuality in our families today on Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom. Rabbi Alan Lucas and psychologist Norman Fried will discuss the importance of making synagogues welcoming and inclusive places for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Lucas was a member of the Committee of Law & Jewish Standards of the Conservative Movement that formulated current policy on gay marriage. Fried is a clinical psychologist and instructor in pastoral counseling for the Jewish Theological Seminary and appears regularly on “Fox and Friends” on Sunday mornings, including in a segment on genderneutral child-rearing. This program is free and open to the public. Temple Beth Sholom is located at 401 Roslyn Road in Roslyn Heights.

Reach Out America will present a program, “The Real Thing: What’s Fake News, What Isn’t, and How You Can Tell” led by Howard Schneider on Wednesday, April 10 at 12:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 48 Shelter Road in Manhasset. Schneider is the founding dean of the Stony Brook School of Journalism where he developed the nation’s first course in news literacy, a discipline dedicated to teaching news consumers to become more discerning. He also collaborated with the actor Alan Alda to launch what is now the school’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, which trains scientists to speak eﬀectively to the public. Before his career in academia, Schneider was a journalist at Newsday for 35 years. He ultimately became its editor; during his tenure, the newspaper won eight Pulitzer Prizes. Schneider’s lifetime experience, prescient views and constructive work

in the accurate transmission and comprehension of the truth couldn’t be a more apt subject for discussion right here, right now. Admission to the event is free and refreshments will be served.

D’Urso backs safety laws to protect students Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (DGreat Neck) helped pass critical legislation to ensure students get to and from school safely. “No parent should ever have to worry about their child’s safety on their way to and from school,” said D’Urso. “Yet, there are far too many drivers on the road who

are more concerned about getting where they need to go than stopping for a student crossing the street. By putting cameras on school buses and throughout our district, we save lives and ensure careless drivers aren’t let oﬀ the hook.” The Assembly legislation would allow local municipalities to implement a

school bus photo violation monitoring system. Currently, drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus displaying a red visual signal can only be issued a ticket by a police oﬃcer who witnesses the violation. This new program would permit municipalities to install cameras on school buses as well as stationary

cameras and issue fines to drivers who illegally pass. An estimated 50,000 drivers illegally pass school buses in New York every day. These drivers need to know that there’s going to be a price to pay for acting in such a negligent manner and putting our kids’ lives at risk, noted D’Urso.

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Town offers technology Seniors should be on lookout for scams seminars for seniors The Town of North Hempstead’s innovative senior initiative, Project Independence, is continuing its popular Technology for the Terrified program through the spring at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park.! Technology for the Terrified is presented by Project Independence volunteer Barbara Mehlman, a former educator at a local Apple store for six-and-a-half years who, as a senior, understood that many older people are terrified by technology and created the program to help seniors dissolve their fear of technology and teach them the basics of using technology to communicate with friends and family, shop safely online, and do research online. The program has helped many seniors fine-tune their technology skills by learning about mobile phones and apps, online banking, online shopping, technology lingo and more. Upcoming Technology for the Terrified courses at Clinton G. Martin Park: Wednesday, April 3 at 2:30 p.m. — Tech Talk: Learn how to understand technology vocabulary.!!

Wednesday, May 1 at 2:30 p.m. — Meet Siri, Alexa and Google Home, Your new Best Friends: Learn about Siri, Alexa and Google Assistance and learn how these intelligent assistants can help you. Wednesday, June 5 at 2:30 p.m. — Technology Review: Have all your questions answered about technology devices and learn how to select the right device for you. The program is free for all Project Independence members, but spaces are limited and registration is required.! Attendees are asked to bring their own smartphone, tablet or laptop. ! Created in 2006 as an aging-inplace program for the Town’s nearly 60,000 residents over 60, Project Independence has assisted aging residents in remaining in their own homes and familiar surroundings.! For more information about becoming a member of Project Independence or registering for a Technology for the Terrified course, call 311 or 516-869-6311 from outside the Town.!

Town announces free rabies clinic North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have announced that the Town’s Animal Shelter will be hosting a free rabies vaccination clinic in conjunction with the Nassau County Department of Health. The clinic will be held at the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter in Port Washington on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. “We are excited to once again partner with Nassau County to oﬀer this free Rabies clinic to help keep the pets of North Hempstead safe and healthy,” said Bosworth. Rabies vaccines will be available to

dogs and cats, as well as ferrets. There is no specific residency required to receive a free vaccine. North Hempstead oﬃcials will also oﬀer on-the-spot dog licensing applications and renewals to North Hempstead residents. You are required to have your dog licensed in North Hempstead. Owners must bring their dogs on leashes and their cats and ferrets in carriers. Registration is required. The North Hempstead Animal Shelter is located at 75 Marino Ave. in Port Washington. To make a reservation, or if you have any questions, call 311 or 516869-6311.

Supervisor Judi Bosworth, the North Hempstead Town Board, and Project Independence remind residents to be aware of unscrupulous scammers who target senior citizens, such as recent phone scam claiming that a person’s Social Security is about to suspended in order to gain access to a person’s Social Security number. “Scammers now have the ability to manipulate caller I.D., making it seem that you are receiving a call from a legitimate source, but seniors need to be extra vigilant and to look for red flags,” said Bosworth. “Social Security would never tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards.” It is important to remember these important points that the Federal Trade Commission highlights: Your Social Security number is not about to be suspended. You don’t have to verify your number to anyone who calls out of the blue. And your bank accounts are not about to be seized. The Social Security Administration will never call to threaten your benefits or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards. Anyone who tells you to do those things is a scammer. Every time. The real SSA number is 1-800-7721213, but scammers are putting that number in the caller ID. If you’re worried about what the caller says, hang up and call 1-800-772-1213 to speak to the real SSA. Even if the wait time is long, confirm with the real SSA before responding to one of these calls. Never give any part of your Social Security number to anyone who contacts you. Or your bank account or credit card number. There are many other common scams that are perpetrated on seniors. They include: Phone call asking for bail: The request comes from a caller requesting a large sum of money in order to bail a grandchild or loved one out of jail. Verify information provided by callers — if a call says a loved one is in jail and needs help, call that loved one to verify the information. Email asking for bail: The request comes from a friend or loved one’s email address to wire money. Residents of Nassau County receive emails from the account of a friend or loved one claiming to be in another country and requesting a large sum of money for a plane ticket, bail money, or other emergency expenses. In reality, a scammer has obtained control of the sender’s email account and contact list/address book, and the victim sends the money directly to the scammer. Sweepstakes scam: The victim receives a letter stating that they’ve won a contest, often from a scammer using a variation of a legitimate organization’s name. Enclosed is a check, usually less

than $5,000, drawn on an out-of-state bank account. The victim is instructed to call a phone number where they are instructed to deposit the check, saying the money is to pay the taxes on their prize, and wire the money back to the organization. The victim sends the money to the scammer, and then the bank dishonors the original check. The phone number scammers typically use in this scam has an Ontario, Canada area code. Secret Shopper Scam: Victims responding to an ad for secret shopper employment receive a check in the mail for approximately $3,985 and are instructed to deposit the check into their bank account. The victims are told to conduct a survey of retail stores, for which they will “earn” $600 for their work. The last requirement is to send the balance of the initial check, approximately $3,000, to Canada or out-of-state via Money Gram or Western Union. The money is sent before the victim can be informed by their bank that the initial check was counterfeit. The thief is counting on the victim’s bank to make the money available before the check is discovered to be fraudulent. Phishing Scam: An email or phone call is received by the victim who is led to believe it came from their bank. The call or email asks for the victim to verify personal information such as Social Security number and account numbers. A legitimate bank will never ask for this information. Red Flags Anyone you’ve never met or spoken to on the phone that is asking for money through the Internet or to be wired to them is scamming you. Always thoroughly research anyone you meet on a social-networking or Internet dating website. Be very suspicious if you are asked to send anything through a third party. Be very suspicious if an email has misspellings, broken English, or any grammatical anomalies. IRS oﬃcials will never call or email demanding immediate payment or threaten to call law-enforcement for an outstanding tax bill. Utility companies will not oﬀer to come to your home to pick up cash for what they say are outstanding bills. Ask callers demanding money for bail or utility payments for their supervisor’s contact information so you can determine if the call is legitimate. Emails demanding personal information such as Social Security numbers, bank routing numbers and credit card information should be considered suspicious, especially if they are not addressed directly to the recipient. For more information about common scams that target senior citizens, visit: www.ag.ny.gov/smart-seniors or www. ny-nassaucountyda.civicplus.com/188/ Safety-Tips-Red-Flags.

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‘Hidden Scar’ breast cancer surgery In a breakthrough for Long Island women diagnosed with breast cancer, NYU Winthrop Hospital has been named Long Island’s first Hidden Scar Center of Excellence in recognition of the hospital now oﬀering an advanced approach to breast cancer surgery that removes cancerous tissue but hides visible scarring. This Hidden Scar approach, expected to be the wave of the future, allows NYU Winthrop‘s surgeons to operate to eradicate breast cancer while at the same time producing optimal cosmetic outcomes. The latter is of increasing importance when viewing the patient as a whole, given that more than 65 percent of women having undergone breast cancer surgery are reported to be left feeling self-conscious and unhappy with the remaining scar. Approximately 253,000 women annually are diagnosed with breast cancer requiring surgery. “By utilizing the less invasive Hidden Scar approach to surgery, we minimize for women the daily emotional reminder of a breast cancer diagnosis,” said Dr. Virginia Maurer, chief of breast surgery at NYU Winthrop and director of the Breast Health Program. “We expect this procedure to become the new ‘normal’ for breast cancer surgery and are proud to pave the way, introducing this important advancement to women on Long Island.” There are two surgical treatment options for breast cancer: a breast-conserving

lumpectomy that removes only part of the breast tissue; or a mastectomy that removes all of the breast tissue. The Hidden Scar approach can be used in either situation. The smaller incision of the approach requires consistent illumination of the surgical cavity, which is guided by advanced photonics — Intelligent Photonics technology — that improves visibility within the breast cavity,

allowing NYU Winthrop surgeons to clearly see and eﬀectively remove the tumor. The specially trained surgeons remove the cancerous tissue through a single incision made in a hidden area, preserving the natural shape of the breast while reducing visible scarring. The less-invasive incision may be in the natural crease beneath the breast; in the armpit hidden in a natural

fold; or along the edges of the areola, which can be very desirable for some mastectomies, since it is a nipple-sparing technique. The Hidden Scar approach was developed by Invuity, Inc., a leading medical technology company focused on advanced surgical devices, and now a part of Stryker. Invuity’s Intelligent Photonics technology improves a surgeon’s ability to perform minimal-access surgery through smaller and hidden incisions. Dr. Shubhada Dhage, director of breast surgical services and associate director of Breast Health at NYU Winthrop Hospital, said, “Our goal is to go well above and beyond standards of care, and that includes helping a patient continue to feel like a whole woman by using the Hidden Scar procedure to minimize disfigurement. We not only take into account the safest and best breast cancer treatments, but also consider how a cancer diagnoses fits into a woman’s lifetime.” Patients who undergo the Hidden Scar approach experience optimal clinical and cosmetic outcomes and are at no higher risk of cancer recurrence than patients who undergo other breast cancer surgical techniques. The Hidden Scar procedure is available to most breast cancer candidates, with some exclusions based on the size and location of a tumor, breast shape, and breast size.

Adelphi ‘Action April’ to aid causes The Adelphi University community is taking action this April with three nationally connected events aimed at creating and inspiring change. Students, faculty, staﬀ, alumni and others will come together to raise funds for cancer research and bring awareness to important issues such as voter suppression and sexual assault. Relay for Life: Friday, April 5 Benefiting the American Cancer Society, Adelphi will hold its annual Relay for Life event on Friday, April 5, in the Center for Recreation and Sports from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. the next morning. Relay’s objective is to raise funds for cancer research and cancer patients, as well as increase cancer awareness, celebrate the lives of survivors, remember those who lost their lives and unite as a community in the fight against the disease. The event will include fundraising games, food, raﬄe prizes, performances and activities as well as powerful speeches from cancer survivors and caregivers Last year, the event raised over $44,000 for the American Cancer Society. This year, the goal is to raise $50,000. “Relay For Life continues to be an important and successful fundraising event for the American Cancer Society,” said Arianna Livreri, assistant director of Adelphi’s Center for Student Involve-

ment. “It represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported and that one day cancer will be eliminated.” 12,000 Voices: An All-Female, NonBinary Reading of 12 Angry Men – April 6 New this year, Adelphi will join impassioned women around the country in presenting a reading of the famed courtroom drama, “12 Angry Men,” featuring an all-female and non-binary cast on Saturday, April 6, to encourage voter registration. Adelphi administrators, faculty, staﬀ, students and alumni will be participating in the reading. 12 Angry Men follows a 12-person jury on a murder trial tasked with deciding the fate of an inner-city teen accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The story was written in 1954, 19 years before women were permitted to serve on juries in all 50 states. The goal of the event is to inspire 1,000 other theatres across the country to do similar readings of “12 Angry Men” as a way to bring awareness to voter suppression and encourage voter registration before the primary elections. The reading will begin at 5 p.m. in Adelphi’s Olmsted Theatre in the Performing Arts Center. Voter registration

tables will be open starting at 4 p.m. for people to check their voter status or to register. A reception will follow the reading. Take Back the Night – Marching Against Sexual Assault – April 10 On Wednesday, April 10, survivors of sexual assault and their supporters will come together at Adelphi for Take Back the Night, an annual event focused on ending sexual violence, creating safe communities and respectful awareness. The powerful event will feature a

keynote speech, survivor speak-out, student performances and a march around campus. Take Back the Night is an international event and non-profit organization with the mission of ending sexual, relationship, and domestic violence in all forms. Hundreds of events are held in more than 30 countries annually. The event will take place in the University Center Ballroom from 6 to 10 p.m.

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2 ideologies Celebrating district reaching very similar $200 million in spending

n response to Dr. Hal Sobel’s letter, “Socialism, communism very different,” I quote thehill. com, “Democratic Socialism — philosophy of poverty,” by Alexander G. Markovsky, opinion contributor (Feb. 1) — to explain Democratic Socialism’s relationship to Marxism. “In 1903 Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was having the Second Party Congress to adopt the Party platform of transition from capitalism to socialism. The leaders of the Party, Julius Martov and Pavel Axelrod, aimed at a peaceful regime change via democratic process. After gaining power, they would use the authority of government bureaucracy to destroy capitalism by overburdening it with taxation and regulations. A radical faction led by Vladimir Lenin rejected this approach and demanded a revolutionary tactic with the imposition of the dictatorship of the proletariat.” “Evidently, neither faction had illusions that this unnatural social organization could be implemented on a voluntary basis.” “In the end, the Party split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks ultimately won, became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and eventually liquidated their comrades in arms in accordance with Marxist comradeship ritual.” “Nowadays, the Mensheviks’ concept adopted by American socialists is being promulgated by Bernie Sanders and his disciples

as an alternative to Marxism. This Marxist’s Trojan horse is intended to enact socialism by installing the Hugo Chavezes of this world through the democratic process.” “Democratic socialism is not a new version of socialism; it is just another method of establishing socialism. This slow-roll strategy designed to do to the United States incrementally what Russian Bolshevism did to Russia in 1917 abruptly.” This also explains why Democratic socialists in America dislike Putin even though he is a Marxist too. One can draw the conclusion that Democratic Socialists see Putin as a competitor. The reader can investigate further and draw their own conclusions. When Dr. Sobel refers to criminals who distort much of what Marx and Engels wrote, does he include the darlings of the Democratic Socialists, Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn, former leaders of the Weather Underground domestic terror group, and the members of the movement called Antifa? In conclusion, I reiterate my previous statement that in over two years since the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic socialists in this country, along with their supporters in the mainstream media, have not accepted the results of the last presidential election. Walter Jaworski New Hyde Park

’m writing to urge that a community-wide committee should now be formed to plan for celebrating a historic event that will soon be upon us, probably in about six short years. What’s the event? The event will be our Port Washington School District reaching an annual spending budget of $200 million. That will be a momentous event, since very few school districts on Long Island can claim to spend as much as $200 million a year, exclusive of construction bond spending. To put that great spending achievement into prospective, let me tell you this. Do you remember Dr. Geoffrey Gordon? He was our effective and very well liked superintendent of schools, before Kathleen Mooney, our current superintendent. Gordon served as our superintendent for 10 years, from 2002 until 2012, when he was forced out of our school district. When Gordon crossed the river from New Jersey to join us in 2002, our school budget for that year was $85 million. Mary Callahan was already our assistant superintendent for business at that time and she advised Gordon that our school district’s reserves were exceedingly low and were desperately in need of replenishment. He agreed with her about that and he also agreed that our annual proposed budgets should always be the maximum allowed by law. Ever since that time, Callahan has artfully guided the growth of spending in our school district so that for next year, the 2019-2020 school year, the budget will be $161 million. Ever since 2002, we have never had a reduction in any budget, nor has any budget ever been the same as last year’s budget. Our school officials, led by Callahan, worship at the altar of school budget growth, because that God tells them that the money spent is all for the children. (Although, since 80 per-

cent of every school budget pays for generous salaries and for generous fringe benefits for our school district’s more than 1,000 employees, how can the budgets be “all for the children?”). Our school budget has grown by $76 million since 2002, or by 89 percent. That’s an average annual growth rate of 5.24 percent over the 17 years, a rate that’s far greater than the average annual inflation rate for those years.# And, you must bear in mind that since 2012, annual school budget increases have been tempered by the state’s tax levy cap law. Of course, $200 million will only be a stop on the way to $250 million, then it’s on to $300 million and then it’s on to, beyond that. But, you and I probably won’t still be living in Port Washington when the budget levels of $250 million and then $300 million are reached. I’m not even sure that Callahan, as indispensable as she is, will still be with our school district when the budget reaches $200 million, in a handful of years. If the event celebration committee that I’ve suggested above decides that someone must be honored when the budget reaches $200 million, then certainly Callahan should be the honoree. Our education law prohibits the payment of bonuses to educators, but educators can be given “incentive” payments. I would suggest that a substantial “incentive” payment should be given to Callahan, perhaps at least $100,000, when she puts in her retirement papers, and also that our school district’s now unnamed administration building on Campus Drive, where her oﬃce is, should be named for her. I think that Callahan has certainly earned those honors. I’m sure that the event celebration committee will also arrange for parades, fireworks displays, picnics and other celebratory events, to commemorate our school district’s budget reaching that historic

$200 million height. I’m told that as our school budgets grow and that as our school taxes skyrocket along with them, that more and more families in Port Washington are having difficulty paying their school taxes. I’m told that more and more of those families are being forced to sell their homes because of school taxes and then they have to relocate away from here, sometimes very far away. Some of those families have been living in Port Washington for many generations. That families are sometimes forced out of their homes by school taxes is an unfortunate consequence of the archaic way that we fund public schools in this state. But, as members of our school board and our school administration will tell you, if you can’t afford to pay your school taxes to support our wonderful schools here in Port Washington, then you shouldn’t be living here. I urge that our school district should now create a guidance center for families having difficulties paying their school taxes, so that those families can be made aware of their options and, if need be, advised where it’s most likely that they should relocate to. I would recommend that, if possible, representatives from our town councilman’s office, from the parent’s council, from the education foundation, from Residents Forward, from our Chamber of Commerce, from our BID and from the various churches and synagogues in town, should participate as advisors in that guidance center. Certainly, being forced out of your home and having to relocate, sometimes very far away, can never be easy tasks to deal with, for anyone. Joel Katz Port Washington

OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Bringing common sense to immigration Continued from Page 15 Common sense shows that we have new and better ways to help newcomers adapt to the United States without relinquishing their unique contributions. This past fall, The National Center for Suburban Studies, led by Dean Levy, had “Celebrate Diver-

sity” as its annual theme. Recently, journalist and son of immigrants, Pulitzer prize winner Nicholas Kristof, reminded us that “talent is universal, even if opportunity is not.” What steps can be taken so folks who have anxieties can see the merits in a pluralistic Ameri-

can society? Professor DeWaard says we have slipped into one of our nation’s worst period marked by “politics of fear and resentment.” He says there is “an increasing lack of empathy” in our society. Let’s note the encouraging words of Long Islander Walt Whit-

man in this 200th year of his birth: “These states are the amplest poem; Here is not merely a nation, But a teeming nation of nations.” We can also heed Edwin Markham’s poem, admired by Dr. King, for addressing fears and hos-

tilities from others: “He drew a circle that shut me out, Rebel, heretic, a thing to flout; But love and I had the wit to win, We drew a circle that took him in.”

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Wrong to present pro BDS arguments

n this era of increasing antiSemitism, it was horrifying to read a recent editorial and an anti-Semitic letter in your newspaper wrongly condemning Israel and the Town of North Hempstead’s anti-BDS law.!! Anti-Israel boycotts, divestment and sanctions is anti-Semitic discrimination against Jews.! When the Town of North Hempstead passed its bipartisan, anti-BDS law two years ago, Town Supervisor Judy Bosworth correctly explained that the “The BDS movement is driven by antiSemitism and is meant to punish Israel in order to cause its economic collapse.” BDS’s leaders, such as As’ad Abu Khalil, openly state that the purpose of BDS is to destroy the Jewish state.!! BDS is not some sort of “human rights” endeavor.! ! Arabs have more human rights in Israel than in any other country in the Middle East.!! Anti-BDS laws do not restrict free speech.!!These laws merely target discriminatory anti-Semitic

economic activity. I explained when testifying on behalf of the TNH’s anti-BDS law that a governmental entity such as TNH has the absolute legal right to require its contractors not to engage in economic discrimination against Jews and an American ally such as Israel.!! Other legal experts, such as famed international law professor Eugene Kontorovich, have confirmed this. Moreover, government entities can legally go even further than the TNH law does. The town could, if it wished to do so, also restrict the speech employed in a contract for a TNH-financed program.!!! The U.S. Supreme Court held in Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (1991), that the government may prohibit recipients of federal funds from using those funds to express speech with which the government disagrees, stating: “[A] legislature’s decision not to subsidize the exercise of a fundamental right does not infringe the right.”!!

Yet the TNH law merely prevents TNH contractors from engaging in discriminatory economic activity. TNH’s contractors can still say whatever they feel like saying, including spouting lies that defame the Jewish state. Notably, BDS targets go far beyond Israeli Jews.! ! BDS is waging economic and propaganda warfare against Jews and others in the United States and throughout the entire world.!! American Jewish artists such as the singer Matisyahu have been targeted by BDS.!! BDS harms American Jewish students at American universities who are subjected to harassment by vicious BDS groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine.!! SJP founder Hatem Bazian calls for an American intifada (terror war) and supports Hamas and convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh, who murdered two Jewish students, among other horrors. BDS also harms American students of all faiths who wish to study in Israel, who are discriminated against by anti-Semitic

professors who refuse to write recommendations for them.! BDS also targets and harms numerous American-as-apple-pie companies that do business in Israel, including Motorola, Caterpillar, American hotel chains, etc., as well as American investors.!! BDS harms American and other universities that wish to benefit from academic interchanges with Israel’s stellar universities.!! BDS harms Israeli Jewish farmers who are simply making an honest living.!! BDS harms Palestinian Arabs, who have lost well-paying jobs with top-notch benefits when BDS forced the Israeli companies which they worked for to shut down their facilities.!! BDS also violates the Oslo Accords. In these accords, the Palestinian Authority agreed to economically cooperate with Israel.! Numerous BDS “activists” are operatives of or linked to designated foreign terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation

of Palestine.!!The recent detailed report titled “Terrorists in Suits” documented over 100 specific links between BDS groups and terrorism, especially Hamas and the PFLP. I hope that this newspaper will retract its wrong-headed editorial.!!

Elizabeth Berney Great Neck Berney is the national director of special projects for the Zionist Organization of America! Editor’s Note: The Blank Slate Media editorial did not condemn Israel and the Town of North Hempstead’s anti-BDS law. It did present the opinions of both sides of the BDS debate. The editorial also said the Town of North Hempstead’s decision to support the anti-BDS law made them responsible to respond if an Israeli political party labeled a terrorist group by the United State became a partner in a future Israeli government – a position we stand by.

Lessons for VGN in Costa Rica Right

y name is Sam Yellis, and I’ve been on the CAC that Mayor Bral set up to gather community input as to the revitalization plans for the village. I’ve been to two of the meetings held to air out VHB’s master plan, and I watched the third on Facebook while in Costa Rica. I’ve held my tongue at meetings (other than defending the school district for spending money on special education classes). While I didn’t speak up at these meetings, I did listen, and I’ve been digesting what I’ve heard and thinking about things. So here goes: I was delighted with the turnout at these meetings; the CAC was set up to reach out to the community, gage what would be acceptable/unacceptable to our people, find out what was wanted/unwanted by the community. There was certainly no lack of opinions and ideas. While the CAC might have had limited response from the community, folks sure let it fly at these meetings. It’s clear that the plans for East Shore Road should be scrapped — the opposition was fierce and included letters of pro-

test from the mayors of neighboring Kensington and Thomaston. This brings up one point about the “master plan,” and the main point of opposition raises another. While the villages are independent, its clear that we are inexorably linked — the peninsula just isn’t that big, so that the plans of one village impact the next. Going forward, efforts should be made to cooperate and coordinate plans. The proposal for Millbrook Court does not exist in a vacuum, and so another project one block to the south, at Clover Drive, in addition to the Millbrook Court expansion, will create an interesting situation between Allenwood Road and Wooleys Lane along Middle Neck Road. There does need to be a master plan for the peninsula. The main opposition to the East Shore Road portion of the plan comes down to one word: traffic. The study said that development on East Shore Road would not have a “significant” impact on traffic. I believe that projecting traffic patterns into the future is besides the point — what is the plan for dealing with the traffic we already have? This

was simply not addressed at all by VHB. While “traﬃc calming” on Middle Neck road was recognized as a worthy goal by VHB, with certain particular intersections pointed out, I didn’t hear any ideas on how to go about achieving that goal. I maintain that making the village “more walkable” isn’t a question of getting from north to south, but of simply crossing the street. Another aspect of the plan that I think needs to be shelved is the idea of five-story buildings along Middle Neck Road. Community opposition was loud; they are simply out of scale with the suburban village people move here for. It seems as if fourstory buildings are on the way, with one floor of retail topped by three floors of apartments. To be honest, I personally would prefer a total of three floors — retail with two floors of apartments, but I think that this could be one area of compromise. This brings me to Costa Rica. I just drove around the country for a week and learned a new word to add to my rudimentary Spanish vocabulary. The word is “ceder”; yield. I watched and joined with,

an entire country of people who yield. It’s a matter of survival. Cars going up hills in the slow lane, cars at intersections without traﬃc lights, cars waiting for pedestrians to cross the street — people yielded. Coming from here, you can imagine the culture shock. I thought about testing this here in town at one of the “pedestrian crossing spots” marked with those signs reminding drivers that its New York state law to yield to pedestrians. Then I came back to reality — I wasn’t prepared to risk life or limb in the name of scientific research — I’ve seen drivers zooming down Middle Neck Road, with no concern whatsoever for people. Even something as (theoretically) easy as yielding to pedestrians would require such a radical shift in local behavior, I’m not sure if we could do it. And, if we can’t even stop to let people cross the street, how can we yield to each other’s ideas about how to proceed with revitalization? Stay tuned; more to come. Sam Yellis Great Neck

to have wrong opinions

n regard to the opinion expressed by Clara Rucker of Floral Park on March 8, stating that “Muslims are taught at a young age to hate Jews,” and the insinuation of collective guilt, we the privileged are born with certain inalienable rights and, among these, the right to be stupid. Myra Feder Great Neck

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Is NYC ready to take control from MTA?

ew York City Council Speaker and 2021 mayoral candidate Corey Johnson is correct that City Hall can actually regain control of the both the NYC Transit subway and bus systems.! All have long forgotten that buried within the 1953 master agreement between the city of New York and NYC Transit is an escape clause. NYC has the legal right to take back at any time control of its assets. This includes the subway and most of the bus system.! In 1953, the old NYC Board of Transportation passed on control of the municipal subway system, including! all its assets under a master lease and operating agreement to the newly created NYC Transit Authority. Under late Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in the ’60s, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was created. The governor appointed four board members. Likewise, the mayor appointed four more and the rest were appointed by suburban county executives. No one elected oﬃcial controlled a majority of the votes.!

The master lease and operating agreement were subsequently amended over time to take over various NYC private franchised bus operators. In 1971, the passenger operations of the former!B&O Rail Road Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company were sold! to NYC for $3.5 million.!Later that year,!NYC passed on control!to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ! The MTA created a subsidiary, the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority.!It is managed by the MTA NYC Transit’s Department of Subways and Staten Island railway. In 2005, NYC transferred management of the seven private franchised bus operators (Command Bus, Green Lines, Jamaica Bus, Triboro Coach, Queens Surface, NY Bus and Liberty Lines Bronx Express) to the MTA.! The MTA subsequently created MTA Bus, which is separate from NYC Transit Bus. Regaining total control comes with a number of financial liabilities.! City Hall will have to negotiate with both the governor

and state Legislature over how much of the MTA’s $40 billion, long-term debt and billions more in employee pension, health insurance and other liabilities come with the package.! NYC would also inherit a series of union contracts and work rule agreements.! You also have to develop a plan for turning over management for billions in hundreds of ongoing capital improvement projects that are already underway.! Don’t forget current purchases for several thousand new subway cars and buses.! A significant portion of the $12 billion worth of capital funded projects contained in dozens of grants from the Federal Transit Administration would have to be transferred from MTA to NYC.! This would involve the deobligation and re-obligation of funding contained in active grants from MTA to NYC.! There would also have to be an update to the MTA Federal Transit Administration bi-annual certification for thousands of federally funded assets currently being maintained by the MTA to NYC.!

This document, submitted every two years, certifies that!any!asset!worth over $5,000 is being properly maintained and! remains! in! active! transit service.! All of these assets have to meet their promised useful life. NYC Transit bus and subway are the largest transit operators in the nation with a fleet of 6,400 subway and 4,400 buses.! MTA Bus with a fleet of 1,300 buses is one of the top ten bus operators in the nation.! It is the equivalent of attempting to manage a fortune 500 corporation.! Does NYC have the technical capacity to take on such an undertaking to support the creation of the new Big Apple Transit?! Today’s NYCDOT technical capacity as it relates to subways and buses is weak.! It is primarily in the management of bus!lanes, bus shelters, bus stop signs, select bus service, bus priority signalization,! bike lanes, pedestrian plazas and street calming projects. Perhaps NYC should take it one step at a time.! Try attempting to manage the Staten Island Rail Road, which operates 60 cars on a subway style system.! !

Regain control of the 1,300 MTA bus fleet.! After developing technical capacity to run these two, next try running the No. 7 subway line.! The No. 7 Flushing subway line has its own stand-alone fleet and yard, which makes it the perfect candidate.! NYC should first attempt to successfully manage all three over a five-year test period.! If successful, perhaps then initiate a serious discussion about regaining control of the other 95 percent of NYC Transit subway and bus assets. Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who previously worked 31 years for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Oﬃce." This included the development, review, approval and oversight for grants supporting billions in capital projects and programs on behalf of the MTA, NYC Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road and NYC Department of Transportation).""

Letter-writer gets parking lot opposition wrong

iven that the one with the vendetta is Ms. Rosenthal, I was tempted not to respond.! However, as with much that she writes, her facts are wrong and should be corrected – this is the same pattern she used in her fight against the LED lights in the Village of Great Neck.! Re. our protest of the proposed student parking lot on the corner of Beach and Polo roads, her premise as to the reason for our objection is totally incorrect.! The view from our house should actually be improved by the lot. The Board of Education

has proposed placing shrubbery and trees around the periphery, which should improve the appearance; the school district has allowed the wooded area to deteriorate so as to make the current field appear more depressed and needing rehabilitation.! As to our property value, the presence or absence of a school parking lot shielded by trees and shrubbery should have minimal eﬀect.! The value of our property is aﬀected by our being near a school.! However, the school was present when we bought the house and will likely be there if

and when we sell it.! Thus, the effect of the school on our property value was factored in from the day of purchase, so this has no further impact. !Finally, I am actually a strong supporter of the school system.! I am a product of public school education, so I am much in favor of an excellent public school system such as we have in Great Neck.! However, that does not mean I must blindly support everything the Board of Education decides to do.! The proposed parking lot has no educational value, will bring increased traﬃc by inexperienced drivers to the area, and will

destroy green space which is important for the environment and maintains the suburban nature of the Village (which Ms. Rosenthal and her compatriots consider important as evidenced in their complaints about the village rezoning plans – she should try to be consistent).! These are the issues that my wife and I object to, as well as the fact that the Board of Education never discussed the lot with the neighbors surrounding the school in the planning stages, a true lack of due process (in contrast to the public discussions the village has had about rezoning and

the impact this is having on that process).! The parking lot is a waste of money, especially since the Parkwood lot is only two blocks away with plenty of space.! We can support the public schools and object to the Board of Education pandering to a small number of parents and their children, using our money to do so. As in the past, Ms. Rosenthal either does not understand the facts or manipulates them so that she can support her argument. Robert Mendelson Great Neck

Saur right person for Port library trustee

am writing to encourage all readers to vote for Adrienne Saur for Trustee of the Port Washington Public Library. Adrienne would be an exceptional Trustee because of her track record in, and commitment to, enriching the lives of children and adults alike in our community. Adrienne has lived in Port Washington for 20 years. She is a major advocate for the enrichment of citizens of all ages. As a volunteer, Adrienne has organized

multiple events at the Library to introduce children to exciting Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math activities. She has run similar events in many of our elementary schools. Adrienne also mentors our high school students, which includes coaching them on how to teach younger children. As a library trustee, Adrienne would work with the staﬀ to develop similar enrichment activities for seniors, adults, and children of all ages.

Adrienne’s education and work experience would be a valuable addition to the current Board of Trustees. She has a B.A. from Princeton and an M.A. in Instructional Technology and Media for Adult Learning from Teachers College of Columbia University. Professionally, Adrienne has developed training programs for teachers at the K-12 and higher education levels. Recognizing that our outstanding library is a renowned center of lifelong learning,

Adrienne would be dedicated to bringing additional learning opportunities to all members of our community. Please join me in voting for Adrienne Saur for Port Washington Public Library Trustee on Tuesday, April 9. Lynn Steinberg Port Washington Letters Continued on Page 83

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Making a home’s exterior stand out Well, spring is finally here and some food for thought, the winter was the 10th least snowy period, since weather record keeping began. The globe continued to bake in 2018, and still more warming is predicted in the decades to come. 2018 is expected to be the fourth-warmest year on record for the Earth, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. Do you still believe there is no global warming? So, let’s first talk about your lawn and here is what you should begin to do right now to create a lush, thick and green carpet: 1. Dethatch your lawn to remove, dead grass, leaves, twigs and any debris that will hinder the growth of the tillers and rhizomes to allow the necessary nutrients to penetrate the soil surface 2. If you haven’t done a winter fertilization in late November or early December of 2018, then use a rotary spreader and apply a thirty two-seven-five balanced organic fertilizer (32 percent nitrogen, 7 percent phosphorous and five percent potash) at four pounds per thousand square feet, making patterns with a tiny bit of overlap, to make sure all lawn areas are covered suﬃciently. The reasons are that specific nutrients will assist and advance the production through photosynthesis producing chlorophyll, the greening of the grass plant, and the building and expansion of tillers (new shoots of grass above the soil level), to expand the grass plant as well as rhizomes, (below surface rooting spread by stems that stretch out from the crown of the plant. New shoots develop from nodes on underground stems, called rhizomes, or on horizontally growing above ground stems, called stolons. Also, you should test your soil acidity at the cooperative extension service of Nassau County and add, as needed, fifty lbs of pelletized lime per thousand sq. ft to raise the ph of your soil to between 6.5-7 3. Cut and prune all dead branches on deciduous trees, and any winter kill (the browning of leaves on non-deciduous, plant material, eg. Any shrub that keep their leaves all year long) to allow for immediate growth of new sprouts and healthy spring growth. Lastly, keep all shrub-

bery trimmed below all window sills, as this is the proper way to maintain your landscape. Many homeowners forget to perform this task over the years, out of lack of time, forgetfulness or laziness, but these tasks will always provide you more money when you are ready to sell and less expensive if you have to redo your landscape. For every dollar you spend on your landscape, you will reap a return of $5! I always, say jokingly, that, if you are going to cover your windows, why not just remove them and cement the space? 4. Make sure you also, regularly edge and cultivate your flower beds and lawn areas around your home, to provide a real neat and tidy appearance, as buyers will always look at every little thing to determine what money they might have to spend after their purchase. 5. Begin to clean or power wash your patios, barbecue grills, patio tables and chairs to give them a fresh spring look. Also, make sure you perform this task very carefully, on your siding, bricks or stucco; but be very careful on your vinyl or aluminum siding, as to not damage any areas with excessive pressure. These chores will truly make your home have more curb

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appeal. 6. Begin to think about some annuals, (once a year) perennials (comes up every year) and biennials (comes up every other year) to plant. Some suggestions are as follows: a. Annuals: Bright colored impatiens, pansies. Pocketbook plant, etc. b. Perennials: daﬀodils, geraniums, black-eyed susans or any type of bulbs that initially need to be planted c. Biennials: sweet William dwarf, canterbury bells, forgetme-not (myosotis), foxglove and hollyhock as a few examples d. Shrubbery: colorful azaleas, rhododendrons, flowering cherry trees, dwarf Japanese maples, etc.

These examples are an assortment of possibilities to make your landscape pop and make a very positive impression for your valuable asset, your home. Obviously, you can hire a contractor to perform some or all of these important tasks and chores; but I would get at least three estimates and make sure they have insurance with a certificate of insurance with you as a person of interest or if corporateowned, as an additional insured, in the event of damage caused by your contractor. Other minor things to check and repair, are as follows: 1. Patching you’re your asphalt driveway when warmer temperatures permit 2. If you have sidewalks, make sure there are no slabs that might cause tripping and/or lawsuits by prospective purchasers or anyone walking by on your sidewalks, which you are generally responsible for (call your town or village to verify) 3. Clean all your windows on the outside after you have trimmed your shrubbery below your window sills. 4. Clean out your garage and any things that are not hazardous, throw away. However, any chemicals should be discarded in the proper fashion (check online

for the next (S.T.O.P. programstop throwing out pollutants) for the days and times to be able to bring your chemicals, old computers etc or any other items that they will accept, instead of discarding them in your trash or down the drain to pollute our aquifers!) Also, inquire about any prescription drugs that may or may not be accepted at the sites in 2019. As you can see, there are many, many things to be accomplished this spring. But if you don’t start, you’ll never finish, and it will possibly cost you more money when you are ready to sell! 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 a “free” Comparative Market Analysis” of what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW.LiRealEstate.Com He can be reached by email, Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or by cell: (516) 6474289.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Great Neck Great Neck Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $836,500 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

55 Rose Avenue, Great Neck Sold Price: $945,000 Date: 12/03/2018 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 78x100 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $12,627 MLS# 3065874

6-8 Wooley’s Lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $180,000 Date: 01/02/2019 1 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Co-Op # of Families: 1 Schools: Great Neck MLS# 2970700

1 Genevieve Place, Great Neck Sold Price: $855,000 Date: 01/30/2019 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 81x100 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $15,521 MLS# 3075298

32 Elliot Road, Great Neck Sold Price: $910,000 Date: 02/05/2019 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 70x100 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $15,322 MLS# 3065232

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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Trustees eye changes to budget Continued from Page 1 schools. Many students also do not take their lunch period, he said, opting to use it for programs instead. Additionally, Lando said Great Neck has seen “significant” growth on the secondary level, with families moving into the area with older children rather than elementary-aged students. While each cohort of student varies, Lando said there has been an increased demand for the ENL population and services. “I believe that the staﬃng I’ll be requesting … is necessary,” Lando said. “However, if it becomes that it’s not necessary, we will not simply fill [a position] just to use available staﬃng. That’s not the nature of our principals.” Trustee Donna Peirez also asked about an apparent increase in demand for ENL help, to which Lando said it is going to be the topic of an upcoming meeting with the secondary school principals. Joseph Hickey, the assistant superintendent of special education and pupil

services, said families with students with individualized education programs, or IEPs, based on special needs, have come to the Great Neck schools at a greater rate in recent years because of the litany of services the district provides. The number of these students in the 2016-17 school year was 989. In the 2018-19 school year, that number has increased by 109 students to 1,098, Hickey said. “We’ve got a lot of people that move in with an IEP,” Hickey said. Hickey said the increase in students was a primary driver of the proposed increase for special education services in the budget. It calls for boosting special education funding to $33.34 million from the current level of nearly $31.15 million – a diﬀerence of $2.19 million, or 7 percent. Hickey also said the district has increased classes, expanded psychological services, and assigned a full-time social worker to each high school. Jim Daszenski, the president of the Great Neck Teachers Association, com-

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School officials said there could be some changes to the preliminary budget in response to issues raised at the meeting. mended the school board for keeping class sizes low, preserving programs and adding staﬀ, but said those particular numbers don’t tell the entire story. The rise in high-need ENL students puts more pressure and responsibilities on teachers, for example, and the salaries for school nurses are inadequate to attract them, Daszenski said. While Daszenski was not calling for

the board to adopt a 4.09 percent increase in the tax levy for this budget, he said the district should consider increasing the levy to address these issues. “The district in our opinion has the funds,” Daszenski said, noting that there are $4 million in potentially untapped funds from the levy alone. “We are asking that you find the will to invest in personnel for the benefit of our students.” Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast said this is an administrative proposed budget and aspects of it are “still in motion.” Just as the previous budget responded last year to security concerns after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Prendergast said this budget could undergo another thorough review and change in response to the current concerns as well. “And quite honestly, based on some of the things you’ve heard from the administration today, in all likelihood we will be doing that again in the weeks to follow,” Prendergast said.

Art students showcase skills in G.N. Plaza Continued from Page 3 the fundamentals of painting and found the instruction to be “invaluable.” “I will keep going,” McNabb said when asked if she planned to continue. The exhibition will be on display until the end of March at Great Neck Plaza Village Hall from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information about Rabbani’s courses or to potentially register, call 516-441-4949.

Artist Ann Seki created a painting of Steppingstone Park during a summer event. The work is one of many pieces currently on display by art students in Great Neck Plaza.

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Artists, family and friends examine the work on display in Great Neck Plaza Village Hall.

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Leong honored as woman trailblazer Betty Leong was recognized for her important contributions to Nassau County and the residents of the 10th Legislative District by Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) during the Nassau County Legislature’s annual Women Trailblazers ceremony on Monday, March 25. Leong, of New Hyde Park, is a retired New York City high school math teacher PHOTO COURTESY OF LEGISLATOR ELLEN and newly appointed co-president of the BIRNBAUM’S OFFICE Chinese Center of Long Island. She is also a former co-president and board member Betty Leong was honored for her of the Great Neck Chinese Association. contributions by Nassau County on In both roles, she raised awareness and appreciation of Chinese culture through Monday.

programming and community outreach. As a board member of the Lakeville Estates Civic Association of New Hyde Park, Leong has represented the community at many seasonal community gatherings. She also serves on the Town of North Hempstead’s Ethics Committee and has worked closely with Town oﬃcials to introduce the game of Pickleball to the Town’s seniors Leong is also a volunteer coordinator at the Joy Fu Senior Program at Michael J. Tully Park and supported eﬀorts to revitalize the New Hyde Park Senior Club at Clinton G. Martin Park. She has traveled

to Albany on behalf of AARP to advocate for caregiver tax credits and increasing aid to home and community-based services. “Betty Leong continues to be a tireless, passionate individual who enjoys being involved in community aﬀairs and serving the members of community enthusiastically,” Birnbaum said. “I am delighted to recognize her advocacy for Nassau County’s Chinese-American community, for seniors and residents of the Town of North Hempstead during this year’s Women Trailblazers celebration.”

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Persian New Year celebration in G.N.

Continued from Page 1 Sassouni said that in the wake of the revolution, many of the Persian Jews who now live in Great Neck did not necessarily celebrate the Persian New Year. Sassouni also said it was “very telling” that SHAI’s board, in its 27 years of existence, had never put on a Nowruz event until this year. But Tania Eshaghoﬀ Friedberg, a performer and fellow SHAI board member, recognized the importance of reconnecting with Nowruz, Sassouni said, and had a vision of using the arts to unite a sometimes fractured Great Neck community. “And here we are in a packed sanctuary with over 500 members of the Great Neck community from multiple houses of worship and walks of life and diﬀerent countries of origin and languages, here together tonight, celebrating the artwork that you have just all seen in the art exhibit, socializing together and celebrating Nowruz,” Sassouni said. Friedberg, who spearheaded the event, said it has been her mission to preserve Persian culture and showcase it. This has taken the form of her own performances and trying to institute courses over two decades, she said. The community probably was not prepared to embrace her mission back then, she said. But there is a strong nostalgia factor now that people have assimilated, shown in part by the sizable turnout. “It was really something,” Friedberg said. “We anticipated about 200, 250, but we had over 600 people. I think the community is ready for it.” Friedberg said Persian music is a 2,000-year-old tradition untouched by others, in part because of Iran’s geographic circumstances. The country’s Jewish community helped keep it alive for centuries as well, she said, as an Islamic regime sought to tightly regulate the music. The music embraces a Middle Eastern vibe and has quarter notes that when played right “hit a place in your brain that’s pure emotion,” Friedberg said. Gregorian chants were copied from

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Hundreds of people attended a celebration of the Persian New Year at Temple Beth-El in Great Neck on Saturday, coming together to enjoy a showcase of Persian art, music and culture. Persian music during the Crusades, Friedberg noted. “They were hungry for it, they were waiting for it,” Friedberg said of the audience. “That’s what I felt.” Among the musicians on stage were Cantors Vlad Lapin, Raphael Frieder of Temple Israel, and Isaac Janfar, each represent-

ing a diﬀerent branch of Judaism. Also on stage were cellist Christopher Hoﬀman, violinists Skye Steele and Ali Bello, percussionist Adam Malouf, santourist Arieh Aghajani, and electric bassist Edward Smaldone, the director of the Copeland School of Music at Queens College. Several artists displayed their

works, including Jalil Harroni, a sculptor who created art with seashells, and Roya Shams Diba, whose paintings touch on various aspects of Persian culture. Mina Rabbani, an art instructor at the Great Neck Public Schools Community Education center, said SHAI had reached out to her about gathering artists and seek-

ing out talent. Each showcased a unique style, she said. Ultimately Rabbani, who left Iran more than 30 years ago, said the event was “beautiful” and resonated with her. “I never felt so strongly the unity of both my Persian and Jewish heritage,” Rabbani said.

Plaza requests more docs for Maple Dr. plan Continued from Page 12 ed to come to a firm conclusion about the supplement’s benefits. A recent" report in The New York Times reached a similar conclusion, saying, “Most of the information about CBD’s eﬀects in humans is anecdotal or extrapolated from animal studies, and few rigorous trials have

been conducted.” Great Neck Plaza trustees ultimately adjourned the matter to their April 3 meeting. In unrelated business, trustees approved a conditional use permit for Lady Lash at 10 Bond St. The applicants said its services would include eyelash extensions, threading, facials and microblading, a semi-permanent

tattoo procedure that mimics the appearance of real brow hairs. In other business, trustees also held oﬀ on approving a law regulating the cutting down of trees and plan to review further changes to the proposal. The next Board of Trustees meeting will take place on Wednesday at 8 p.m.

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Candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, detail oriented, possess a high level of confidentiality, ability to deal with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner and have an excellent phone manner. Benefits included health insurance, paid vacation and holidays, 401(k).

Submit resumes and salary requirements to: Empire State Medical, Scientific & Educational Foundation Human Resources Department e-mail chunt@mssny.org • Fax: (1-516) 282-7110 Equal Oppty Employer M/F HIRING NOW: Machine Operators, Feeders, Porters, Forklift Operators, Material Handlers, Data Entry, Warehouse Admin, QA, QC. Please call or text us 631586-4699 for more information. Se hable espanol.

JOB OPPORTUNITY: $18 P/H NYC $15 P/H LI$14.50 P/H UPSTATE NYH. If you currently care for your relatives or friends who have Medicaid or Medicare, you may be eligible to start working for them as a personal assistant. No Certificates needed. 347-462-2610 or 347-565-6200

OFFICE CLERK/ASSISTANTneeded P/T 20 hrs. M-F flexible schedule in Glenwood Landing. Needed: Compassion, good communication & customer phone skills for mostly senior service calls, also filing, data input with Word & Excel helpful. Background check & references required. Call 516-364-3401

ELDER CARE: Trained to care for patients with various illnesses. Over 12 years experience. Prepare nutritious and appetizing meals, light housekeeping, flexible for any working arrangement. Excellent references. Please call Anne 347-898-5804 HOME HEALTH AIDE will take care of your loved one in their home. Experienced & honest. Licensed driver with own transportation. Call Flo 352-262-6970 NURSES AIDE/COMPANION Experienced. Available to take care of your elderly loved ones. Excellent references, honest and reliable. Call 347-882-4753

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITY SEEKING NUTRITIONALLY ORIENTED INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE FOR AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. CALL 516-482-1432

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PET SERVICES A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

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Opposition needed to invasion of 5G Continued from Page 16 Furthermore, a community cannot impose any local requirements that could be considered discriminatory. For example, if one community permits company A to install 5G technology and a neighboring community denies permission to company B, does that create a situation where a competitor is treated materially differently from similarly situated providers? Efforts to prohibit densification of networks are explicitly rejected. Neighborhoods can be inundated with 5G technology in order to allow various providers “fair” access to the market regardless of the devastating impact such density of cellular infrastructure may have on children’s development, cancer rates, and other health impacts. This preemption of state and local authority is defended on the grounds that telecommunications interests are national and international. Therefore, a local or even state prohibition could have serious effects beyond its jurisdiction; therefore this matter needs to be regulated federally.

But when the federal government fails to act to protect our health and safety, and removes authority from the levels of government where we have more control, what can we do? Interestingly, in the congressional language acknowledging the intent to preempt state or local legal requirements that prohibit or eﬀectively prohibit telecommunications service provision, it is clearly stated that state requirements to “protect the public safety and welfare” are not preempted. So where does that leave us? It means we should challenge the apparent presumption that there is nothing we can do to control the spread of 5G cell nodes. Attend your local village and town meetings and demand a legal analysis of the local authority’s ability to consider and act on the health risks of 5G technology in reviewing and approving cell node installation permit applications. Just as we wouldn’t accept dirty water coming out of our taps, let’s not accept pumping cellular technology poison into our air.

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never thought I would see anyone arguing for higher taxes on Long Island, but here we are. Ms. Karen Rubin takes oﬀense at our tax cap, the only thing that’s put a constraint on Nassau’s taxation death spiral. Her objection is that local control is defeated by the cap. I would sooner allow a 12 year old to pilot a Boeing 737 Max with an open bottle of Jack Daniels than hand fiscal control to the most incompetent, reckless municipality this side of the Mississippi. The irony of the “Interim” Finance Authority, created as a nanny for West Street, is now in its 18th year seems to have escaped her. As it is, NIFA was useless. It was set up to prevent the county from doing what it should have done: file a Chapter 9 bankruptcy. However, that would nullify labor contracts, and we couldn’t have that. So the county will remain a fiscal basket case in perpetuity. Local control may be a good thing in itself. But not when it’s controlled by fools or when it’s been cynically structured to fail. Last month, a teacher from Medford was arrested for improper relations with a 16-year-old girl. He earns $147,000 a year, more than an associate professor at Stanford. Figuring in his benefits, he earns as much as a full professor at Harvard. He’s a gym teacher. Last week, a retired teacher from BOCES was found to have child porn on his computer. His pension is $90,000 a year. I’m mentioning these two for a reason because even if they were eligible to be inducted into the Pantheon of Puritanical Pedagogy, there is absolutely no way to justify this level of remuneration. Long Island residents are getting their earnings strip-mined by this, and it will never be fixed because both political parties are completely co-opted. So no matter how many times your order-taking Assemblymen and Senators tell you how hard they’re “fighting” to lower taxes, Nassau never improves. Businesses have to be bribed to stay here, families separated, the young kept out, and the old simply thrown out, and it’s all done for a protected class. As it can only happen in Nassau, the greatest exploiters of labor are labor unions. Meantime, there’s no correlation between salary and outcomes, at least as far as the educators are concerned. There, s however, a correlation be-

tween parental income and outcomes. How do we know this? Well, SAT scores are strongly correlated with parental income. It doesn’t matter what school the child attends. Want more proof? Simply Google a list of the Island’s “best ”schools. They’re practically in lockstep with the median income of each district. That’s not a coincidence. What goes on outside the classroom is 1,000 times more critical to a child’s development that what goes on inside, but that breaks the myth we’ve been fed. We have so infantilized K-12 education, it’s transcended into a Godlike status. What parents are really buying is social capital, so they practically bankrupt themselves getting their children into a “better” school. It will make no diﬀerence to the child’s intellect. You can halve the salaries or double them. Your kid will still be who they are. Ms Rubin writes: “School taxes are the only taxes we taxpayers directly vote.” No, we don’t “directly” vote on school budgets. Since most costs are fixed, we vote on about 5% of the budget. However, the fiction of “control” must be maintained. “The tax cap is a political weapon. The objective is to force villages to consolidate into towns, towns into counties, school districts into larger districts. But the fallacy in that is all that it saves is a few administrative positions.” It does more than that. Eighteen of the twenty highest pensions paid in NY State are from Long Island, and consolidation will certainly save a lot more than a “few administrative positions.” Besides, what gives her the gall to say that eliminating redundancy isn’t important to taxpayers? Most astounding is this statement: “Roosevelt, with 3,270 students, gets $53 million in state aid; Great Neck, with 6,399 students, gets $10 million – the difference made up from property taxes.“ As I told Mr. Kremer, Nassau Democrats turn into Libertarians once it aﬀects their pocketbook. Who could imagine a self-described “progressive” taking objection to the poorest district in the County getting more in aid than the wealthiest? Quite remarkable. Keep the cap. It’s our only weapon. Donald Davret Roslyn

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Name of Owner as it Appears on Assessment Roll Silverstein, Robert Torah Ohr Hebrew Academy Soleiman Zadeh, Joseph Nir Leemor Global Vision Developme LLC Desai Ninad/Mala Rabbanifar Saadat & Soosan Woodhill Development Corp. JJJ Assets LLC Alacbro Associates LLC King Developers Group LLC Chanchalashvili, Michael & Marg Zarifpour, Morris Nagers LLC Nazmiyal,Yaara Raship V M 100 Croyden FN LLC LI Vision Development LLC Haghnazari Shahrouz Kashani, Mordechai Bell Gerta/Jones Aline Eldadzz LCC Kashani, Mordechai Livian, Kourosh Bartco Holding MJM Development GN LLC Molla Parvis Mary M Livian, Lawrence & Angela 7 Ellard Avenue LLC Wykowski, Henry, T Banilivy, Mansour Hematian, Rami and Angela Bruce R Lieberan & Co Sung Eun Kim Kenny Development Corp JM Pine Hollow RealtyLLC

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant of Section 1452 of the Real Property Tax Law and a resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Success on February 11, 2019, I, Patrick E. Farrell, Administrator/Treasurer of the said Village of Lake Success will sell at public auction in the manner provided by law on the 4th day of April, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in the forenoon at the Village Office, 318 Lakeville Road, New York, so much of each of the following parcels of real estate upon which Village taxes remain unpaid for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2019, as will be sufficient to discharge the tax, fees interest and charges which may be due thereon respectively at the time of such sale and continue the same from day to day until the said sale shall be completed. The following is a list of the real estate to be sold for unpaid taxes for the fiscal year of 2018 with a statement of the amount of all charges thereon to April 30, 2019:

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BLOCK 292 322 346 346 360 251

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Sid Jacobson JCC to open food bank BY T E R I W EST The Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center is expanding its food collection efforts into an in-house food bank, set to officially open April 7. The food bank, located in a new space for the JCC that neighbors its main building in East Hills, will stock supplies for in-need populations on the North Shore and provide an internship opportunity for participants in the JCC’s vocational training program for young people with developmental disabilities. It is one of three sites benefiting from an ongoing Sid Jacobson JCC capital campaign with a $12 million goal. “It’s not a new initiative for us in terms of being involved in poverty and hunger and food insecurity,” said Susan Berman, director of the JCC’s Center for Community Engagement. “What opening a food bank will do for us is give us the space to really see it to fruition.” The Center for Community Engagement launched in the fall of 2017, organizing Sid Jacobson JCC’s social justice efforts and volunteer efforts. It is both an educational resource and an intermediary to connect community members to opportunities to give back. The monthly donation drives are among its ongoing efforts. The JCC has existing partnerships with local organizations that distribute food. The donations are deliberate, Berman said, because the organizations specify indemand items that the community should contribute. Having a food bank will take the JCC’s involvement further by maintaining an ongoing stock and distribution effort.

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The JCC’s food bank will be stocked April 7. These bags will be distributed so that community members can collect food to donate when they go shopping. “Opening a food bank has always been our vision,” Berman said. Volunteers called “bank buddies” will commit to helping stock the shelves, Berman said. Participants in the JCC’s Vocational Training and Employment Center will have the opportunity to intern at the food bank – sorting the food, making calls and making deliveries. For the interns, the food bank will be an opportunity to further their employability, Berman said. The Vocational Training and Employment Center pro-

vides teenagers and young adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to intern and work at local businesses. Using the food bank as a vocational training site sets the Sid Jacobson JCC’s food bank apart from others at Long Island JCC’s, said Director of Development Debra Wiener. “It’s really giving the interns a myriad of real systems that they have that they can work with,” Berman said of the food bank. The $12 million capital campaign, which started in 2015, is supporting the food bank, the JCC’s main building and its Bernice Jacobson Day School and Camp. “This campaign is the largest in scope out of any campaign in the JCC’s history and is the most exciting because of what it can mean for our community,” Wiener said. The JCC has already raised $7 million in the campaign, and the food bank is the most significant program to result from it thus far, Wiener said. “The food bank is a project of love for us,” she said. “It’s something we’ve talked about for many years. This campaign is giving us the opportunity to see this through.” In the JCC’s main building, there will be increased entrance security and new program spaces such as a teaching kitchen thanks to funds raised. The aquatic center was also renovated in 2015 through the campaign, Wiener said. The JCC is welcoming the public to the food bank for the first time April 7 for a shelf stocking event. “Right now our shelves are bare so I’m excited to have our shelves filled and start delivering,” Berman said. “We want to be functioning right away.”

Barnes & Noble site seeks new status Northern Blvd. property applies for medical, retail zoning ahead of lease expiration BY T E R I W EST The owner of the building that houses Barnes & Noble on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset is once again applying to convert the building into a medical oﬃce in case the bookstore decides not to renew its lease. Owner C&B Realty first did so in 2016, and had considered demolishing the building if Barnes & Noble decided to leave, but the bookstore renewed its lease until 2020.# The application, on which the Town of North Hempstead will hold a public hearing on April 9, would convert the property from a retail property to both a retail and medical property. If the plan is approved, the property would require increased parking. It currently has a parking variance to accommodate a smaller than required parking lot. Eﬀorts to reach Barnes & Noble were unavailing. The item was on the Town of North Hempstead’s March 19 agenda but was continued to allow the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations and Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey the opportunity to learn more about the issue.

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The Barnes & Noble on Northern Boulevard. “This has been ongoing for about three years now,” said the property’s attorney, Kathleen Deegan Dickson. “It’s been sort of waxing and waning with the Barnes & Noble’s plans for staying, for going, for closing, for staying open.” Christine Young, whose parents own the adjacent property, told the Town Board that her parents are opposed to the conversion of the site into a medical oﬃce. Barnes & Noble patrons already try to park in spaces dedicated to her parent’s building,

Young said. Plus, construction in the Barnes & Noble parking lot would aﬀect their customers as well because they will have to drive in through one shared lane, she said. “If you were to convert this to a medical facility, the construction is really going to create a hardship,” Young said. “We’re really fearful that we’re going to lose not one but multiple tenants, especially in this day and age when brick and mortar stores are suﬀering.” C&B Realty would also need approval from the Village of

North Hills to convert its building to a retail and medical site because part of the property is in the village’s jurisdiction. Barnes & Noble has been at the location since 1996. In 2016, the Town of North Hempstead gave approval for developers to convert the property into medical offices provided that it offered valet service and gained approval from the Village of North Hills. Plans to demolish the building to create a medical office moved slowly because it would have required a parking variance,

and Nassau County denied permits as it studied traffic on that section of Northern Boulevard. By the end of the year, the plans that the town had approved were abandoned. In May of last year, the Village of North Hills Zoning Board of Appeals granted approval for the property owner to expand its parking lot. In November, the town renewed the property’s parking variance, which was first granted in June 2016. Parking is the only concern of the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations, said its president, Richard Bentley. If the valet parking requirement remains, than a medical office would be fine, he said. “That whole strip of stores is a disaster for customer parking in the rear,” Bentley said. His association anticipates Barnes & Noble renewing its lease and hopes it does so, he said. “It’s an excellent facility,” Bentley said. “It enhances our school system as well as social and recreational destinations for residents rather than other retail or other medical office use.”

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Schaefer scored a goal to open up the second half, but the Dolphins didn’t let that affect them. The Dolphins held the lead, ending the game with three unanswered goals and a final score of 16-7. “This game showed is that we have a few things to work on for our future games,” Mallery said. “I believe fought hard, although the outcome of the game wasn’t in our favor.” After suffering their first loss of the season, the women’s lacrosse team traveled to the ninth ranked East Strousburg Warriors on Wednesday March 13. “That loss was tough and it definitely drives us to come out strong and work harder in practice so we are prepared for our games,” Feldman said before facing East Strousburg. This was a very high scoring first half as the Pioneers and the Warriors combined for 18 goals. Each team was scoring goals back and forth, but the Warriors just had the upper hand, as they were able to outscore the Pioneers 4-1 in the final 15 minutes of the game, making the final score 15-12. After suffering two losses in a row, the team faced East Coast Conference rival University of the District of Columbia Firebirds. The Pioneers took just less than a minute to score the first goal of the game, from Mallery, who ended the game with four goals. After Mallery’s goal, the Pioneers had control of the whole game as the Firebirds only managed the score only one goal. The Pioneers’ offense was just too powerful for the Firebirds as nine different players scored goals for the Pioneers. The final score of the game was 20-1. The LIU Post women’s lacrosse team looks to get back its winning streak in the next game on March 20 at 4 p.m. at Molloy College. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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Great Neck South High School’s robotics team celebrates victory. The Great Neck South High School Rebel Robotics Team won two prestigious awards at the Finger Lakes FIRST (For In-

spiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Regional Competition and earned a spot at the FIRST World Champion-

ship in Detroit this April. The South High Robotics Team 2638, known as “Rebel Robotics,” traveled to the Finger Lakes competition in Rochester from March 13–16 to face-oﬀ against 47 of the best teams in the nation. Their robot advanced to the playoﬀ round and the team earned two top awards: the regional Chairman’s Award and the Safety Award. The Chairman’s Award is the most prestigious award in all of FIRST. This award “honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of"FIRST.” As the recipient of the regional Chairman’s Award, Rebel Robotics qualifies for the national Chairman’s Award at the FIRST Championship in

Detroit. Winners of the Chairman’s Award at the Championship event are inducted into the FIRST Hall of Fame for inspiring greater levels of respect for science and technology. The South High team also received the Safety Award, sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories. This achievement celebrates the team that progresses beyond safety fundamentals by using innovative ways to eliminate or protect against hazards. “We teach our team that safety drives productivity and is the foundation for all areas of their lives, including future employment opportunities,” said faculty advisor John Motchkavitz. The FIRST Robotics Competition is a worldwide event with more than 6000 teams competing from over 50 diﬀerent coun-

tries. This year’s FIRST Robotics Competition game is titled “Destination: Deep Space,” and each robot is designed to complete various tasks in a space-themed playing field, such as securing hatch panels to a spacecraft and loading cargo. The team’s next competition will be the SBPLI Regional at Hofstra University from March 24–27. The FIRST Championship in Detroit will take place from April 24–27. Robotics faculty advisors are business/technology department head John Motchkavitz; business/technology teachers Matthew Corrigan and Michael Passuello; and math/computer programming teacher Andrea Zinn.

Learning about other cultures at World’s Fair Parkville School hosted a World’s Fair for pre-K and kindergarten students on March 1, taking them “around the world” so they could learn about other cultures. Students traveled to stations throughout the gymnasium that were decorated with flags and souvenirs from several countries, including the United States, Colombia, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, and Peru. Parent volunteers at each station spoke about the traditional clothing, food, languages, and activities from their heritage. This culminating event wrapped up a month-long focus on world cultures that started with the school’s Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 5.

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Parkville students ‘visited’ India and several other countries as part of the World’s Fair earlier this month, with the help of parent volunteers.

Parkville students ‘visited’ Italy and several other countries as part of the World’s Fair earlier this month.

North Hempstead officials honor Alice Kasten North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Council Member Veronica Lurvey attended the farewell celebration for former Great Neck Historical Society President Alice Kasten on March 7 at Mediterranean Seafood Grill in Great Neck. Attendees gathered to show their appreciation for Kasten for her dedication and contributions to the Great Neck Historical Society for nearly a decade. She was instrumental in helping to build relationships with the Great Neck Historical Society and local schools, as well as promoting awareness of the Stepping Stones Lighthouse and the Saddle Rock Grist Mill. Bosworth and Lurvey presented Kasten with a proclamation of recognition to celebrate her achievements.

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