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Vol. 95, No. 25

GUIDE TO SUMMER

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C O N G R AT S , G R A D S !

Residents shop in-person again

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z AND ROSE WELDON As the North Shore seeks normalcy in “phase two” of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, small-businesses owners are testing the waters and taking precautions while hoping for their customers’ return.

In Nassau County, phase PHOTO BY DAN OFFNER two, which took effect June 10, allowed for the reopening of faHundreds of parents and students celebrated the class of 2020 with car parades throughout Great Neck. See story cilities that included office-based on page 3. work, real estate services, instore sales, vehicle sales, leases and rentals, repair and cleaning and commercial building management.

Also counted in the plan are hair salons and barbershops, libraries and food delivery services, with some areas, including the Town of North Hempstead, budget was also approved, with tee ballots because of the coro- Aronovich, dropped out of the

BY R OB E RT accepting permits for outdoor race.

3,709 people voting in favor of navirus pandemic.

P E L A E Z dining.

The budget, adopted by the Sassouni, who received it, while 1,894 people voted Businesses that reopen are school board virtually via Zoom 4,071 votes, defeated challenger against it.

Incumbent Trustees Rebecca expected to follow social distancThe budget passed despite John Jahng, who received 1,131 due to the coronavirus pandeming protocols and have employ- Sassouni and Jeffrey Shi were re-elected to the Great Neck the uncertain status of state aid votes. Shi ran unopposed and re- ic, is $241,395,571 compared ees wear gloves and masks. with the current year’s budget Board of Education on Tuesday. for every district. Gov. Andrew ceived 4,048 votes.

Continued on Page 36 Sassouni and Shi were elect- of $234,418,944, a rise of 2.98 The district’s $241 million Cuomo said school districts across New York should ed to the board for the first time percent.

John Powell, assistant subrace for up to 20 percent in 2017. Shi defeated Nikolas cuts to their funding from Kron in 2017 after candidates perintendent of business and fiGrant Toch and Michael Golden nance, said the proposed budget the state.

All district elections dropped out. Sassouni won un- remained within the state-manwere conducted with absen- opposed after her opponent, Ilya Continued on Page 11

Shi, Sassouni retain seats on board

District residents approve $241 million budget for 2020-21 school year on Tuesday

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2 challenge Suozzi in VGN to purchase Democratic primary land for Village Hall Weinstock, D’Arrigo oppose incumbent in election

Trustees authorize mayor to do so

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Melanie D’Arrigo of Port Washington (left) and Michael Weinstock of Great Neck (right) are challenging U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) for the Democratic nomination for the 3rd Congressional District.

BY R O S E W E L D ON Two feuding challengers will compete against an incumbent two-term congressman on Tuesday for the Democratic nomination in the 3rd Congressional District.

The district includes Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington, Great Neck and Floral Park, among other areas, and stretches from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

Michael Weinstock of Great Neck and Melanie D’Arrigo of Port Washington are challenging U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) for the nomination. The winner of the primary will face Republican nominee George Santos of Queens in November.

Weinstock, a former activeduty firefighter, 9/11 first responder and sex crimes prosecutor for the Brooklyn district attorney’s office, has cited education as a prominent issue in

his campaign.

“I intend to make education my top priority going into Congress,” Weinstock said at a League of Women Voters of Huntington forum. “I’m going to do everything I can to make college more affordable.”

The candidate says on his website that he will support U.S. Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez’s (D-Bronx) Green New Deal, passage of the DREAM Act, Medicare for all, extension of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and making “reforms” to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Weinstock also promised to be “a steadfast ally for [Israel and its] people,” and said that he will fight to “ensure that every District Attorney’s office in the nation has a Conviction Review Bureau” to avoid wrongful convictions.

Weinstock’s endorsements include feminist leader Dr. Phyllis Chesler as well as the group Demand Universal Healthcare,

according to an email from the candidate.

D’Arrigo, originally of Lindenhurst, is a health care strategist and Democratic campaign volunteer who says she served as campaign manager in Democratic state Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso’s successful re-election bid in 2018 and worked on campaigns for Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte (D-Port Washington) and state Sen. Anna Kaplan (DGreat Neck).

In an interview with Blank Slate Media in January, D’Arrigo said that she supported the Green New Deal, increased gun control, repealing the 2017 tax cuts, Medicare for All and approving a wealth tax. She also says her campaign will not take funding from corporations or political action committees, and cites her PAID BY Act, which “forces transparency and accountability on politicians and Continued on Page 47

The Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the purchase of 756 Middle Neck Road for a new village hall.

Following a more than twohour-long Zoom teleconference, the board authorized the mayor to execute an agreement to purchase the site from Nexgen Properties for the negotiated price of $800,000.

Village Attorney Peter Bee said that as part of the agreement the board would need to approve two resolutions – a negative declaration decision required to pursue building and the contract of purchase.

“This is a parcel that we have looked at acquiring in different ways,” said Mayor Pedram Bral.

“I think it would give the board the latitude to move forward with what the board has been planning for a while now, to move the Village Hall to Middle Neck Road.”

According to Bral, the purchase of the property would be for building a municipal office space. He said that this would al-

low the board to sell the space housing the current Village Hall to the school district for it to be able to expand.

Plans to sell Village Hall were floated to the board more than a year ago, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as a way to help relieve stress to E.M. Baker Elementary School, which is located right behind the building.

The proposed sale would aim to alleviate any concerns that the district could have trouble accommodating more children, by providing more space.

Given social distancing requirements, this may be necessary for educators hoping to return to school in the fall.

Resident Rebecca Gilliar said the developer of the property has been trying to unload that property for years and no one would buy it. Two years ago, Gilliar said, the developer offered the property to the mayor, for permission “to invade the residential area of Arrandale Avenue, which residents learned about and opposed.”

“It was on Memorial Day I saw the American flags on Continued on Page 45

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The Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees announced and approved the purchase of property to be used for building a new village hall.

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G.N. celebrates seniors with car parades

More than 250 cars from North, South, High Schools participate in events

BY DA N OFF N E R The Great Neck school district celebrated its graduating senior class with two car parades.

Students from Great Neck South High School celebrated with a parade on June 1, and Great Neck North High School held its parade on Friday.

“This event was designed to celebrate the class of 2020’s commencement with the entire Great Neck North community and was a special moment for everyone involved,” said high school Principal Dan Holtzman.

“Given that we were unable to conduct our commencement in the traditional format, this was one of several special events scheduled over the past few weeks to recognize and commemorate this milestone in our graduates’ lives.”

In an effort to celebrate students’ academic achievements as a community, organizers with the North High PTO worked with the Nassau County Police Department’s 6th Precinct to make sure all of the necessary precautions were taken in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Staff and faculty from Great Neck North High School on Friday during a car parade congratulating the class of 2020.

“Traditionally, the North High PTO throws a themed gala event at the school to celebrate the seniors and to give them a last opportunity to gather as a class the night before graduation,” said Joyce Cheung, one of the senior event committee cochairs.

“With the COVID-19 pandemic, the parents had to scrap all their plans, we were unable to complete fundraising efforts, and had to come up with innovative ways to celebrate the class of 2020 that would be memorable yet abide by the ever-changing social distancing rules as New

York enters the different phases of recovery.”

Senior event committee Cochair Debbie Sedaghat said that it was hard for her and other parents to just sit by and watch the class of 2020 miss out on such significant and memorable moments like spring break and

prom.

“We wanted them to have something good to look back on down the road when reminiscing on this chaotic time,” Sedaghat said. “We decided to ask all the schools to contribute and put up banners throughout the town and use a car parade to celebrate this momentous occasion.”

Adhering to the requirements outlined by the state Department of Health, only families of graduates were permitted to participate, and there were no interactions with others outside of their own vehicles.

Before the parade, volunteers presented graduating seniors with gifts, including car flags, customized hoodies and a “North High Strong” face mask.

There was also a Zoom conference featuring a DJ who took song requests and shoutouts.

Cars were escorted by local police and fire departments in vehicles decorated with balloons, and covered in paint and posters.

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Students score big in STEM contest G.N., N. Shore students place in behavioral science, biology-medicine, genetics categories

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Students from five North Shore high schools finished in the top three in four categories of the Neurological Surgery PC STEM/health science competition.

Juniors and seniors from Great Neck North High School, Roslyn High School, North Shore High School, North Shore Hebrew Academy and Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington were presented with prizes ranging from $3,000 to $5,500.

Students were judged on their overall projects relating to their categories along with their research question, design and methodology, execution, creativity, poster/slide show and website, and presentation.

Anushka Gupta from Great Neck North High School took home first place in the competition’s behavioral science category with her project analyzing prefrontal activity in a social hierarchy.

“I have dealt with a lot of mental health studies and finding a way to study depression, anxiety and all other disorders is extremely important to me,” Gupta said.

Gupta said she initially planned on returning to the lab and continuing with her project, but the coronavirus pandemic caused her to pause her progress.

The team of William Xu and Jacob Ramsey from Roslyn High School took home second place in the category with their project highlighting the perceptions of Eastern vs. Western medicine.

Lianna Freidman of Roslyn High School won first place in the biology-medicine/health category with her study of protein engineered biomaterials. Friedman said she intends to continue studying biomedical engineer-

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Students from five North Shore high schools placed in the top three of categories in the Neurological Science PC STEM/health science competition. ing in the fall and said working in biology provides her with tremendous opportunities.

“To me, it is so important and cool to realize the effects working with things on such a small level,” Friedman said. “Using all of the concepts biology has to offer is great.”

Mary Sotiryadis, salutatorian for the North Shore High School’s class of 2020, took home second place for trying to determine the toll that chronic inflammation takes on a body at the cellular level.

The top three finishers in the biology-microbiology/genetics category were all from North Shore high schools, as Tiffany Guo from Port Washington won first

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The team of Menachem Rabizadeh and Tonatan Khakshoor from North Shore Hebrew Academy looked at how a tool called the smart glove could work to perfect the art of a bicep curl along with other arm and hand conditions related to weight lifting and physical therapy. The two won second place for their study.

Students who finished in the top three in each category were congratulated by Dr. Michael Brisman of Neurological Surgery PC and Dr. Ray Ann Havasy, an event manager from the Center for Science, Teaching & Learning, on Tuesday.

Even those who did not finish as the three best in a category were grateful for the opportunity to take part in the competition.

Abigail Lee, a senior at Great Neck South High School, said her work in researching the impact of intruder social hierarchy on resident aggression in mice has led her to expand her knowledge going forward.

“It was very interesting to see all the different work that everyone in the competition was involved in,” Lee said. “I started my research based on aggressive behavior in mice. Once I started my research, I began noticing what causes those behavioral switches in mice, which have a similar brain structure to a human’s. It’s tragic to see when people develop aggressive tendencies.”

More than 280 students, who made up 254 teams from 37 high schools throughout Long Island, participated in the event this year. More than $80,000 in cash prizes was awarded to students for their work.

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Nassau cops arrest three protesters Video of man bumping into official goes viral as demonstrations against racism continue

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The Nassau County Police Department announced the arrests of three people for disorderly conduct during a protest against racism on Friday in East Meadow.

“For the demonstrators’ safety, police repeatedly made attempts to keep protesters off moving lanes of traffic,” according to a joint statement from County Executive Laura Curran and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.

“This safety precaution was met with strong opposition and resistance which resulted in the arrests of these subjects.”

One confrontation between police officers and a protester was caught on cellphone and went viral on Twitter.

The video shows a protester walking with a loudspeaker on wheels on Carman Avenue at the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike. A police officer in front of the protester is seen stopping in the road, resulting in the protester bumping into him. The incident led to multiple officers bringing the protester to the ground and

According to Newsday, Tiandre Tuosto started Long Island Peaceful Protest for George Floyd last month and has organized protests throughout Long Island with more than a dozen members.

Floyd, a black man, was arrested on May 25 by Minneapolis police officers after a deli employee contacted authorities, accusing him of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill, according to news reports.

A viral video showed Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee on Floyd’s neck. A criminal complaint from the Hennepin County attorney’s office said, “The defenPHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN dant had his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 secProtests to combat systemic and institutionalized racism have occurred throughout Nassau onds in total. Two minutes and 53 seconds of this was after Mr. Floyd County over the past two weeks. was non-responsive.”

Chauvin, who is white, was ing internal investigation into the ports. arresting him.

Officials said the Tuosto initially charged with third-deNew York Attorney General arrests.

The protester in the viral brothers were charged with dis- gree murder until his charge was Letitia James asked people to send her that video and others video remains unnamed, while orderly conduct for allegedly ob- updated to second-degree murder related to it. James said her office 25-year-old Tiandre Tuosto and structing traffic in East Meadow. and manslaughter, according to was holding a public hearing on his 28-year-old brother, Terrel Both are due in court on Sept. 10, news reports. He was one of four officers fired from the Police DeWednesday on interactions be- Tuosto, were the other two who officials said.

Efforts to reach the brothers partment due to the incident. tween police and protesters. Nas- were arrested during Friday’s sau officials said there is an ongo- protest, according to multiple re- for comment were unavailing.

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Singas outlines policing reform plan Nassau DA calls for special prosecutor when police credibly accused of criminal conduct

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Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said there will be changes throughout her office in the aftermath of protests and demonstrations against systemic and institutionalized racism.

“As Nassau’s chief law enforcement official, I believe that this is an important moment to listen to those voices in our community calling for change, to reflect on how we can improve, and to affirm our commitment to do better,” Singas said.

Singas outlined some of the ways that her office will enhance the monitoring of law enforcement throughout the county in a letter to residents on June 8.

The district attorney’s office, Singas said, will form a partnership with Hofstra UniverPHOTO COURTESY OF THE LEAGUE OF sity’s Maurice A. Deane Law School to anaWOMEN’S VOTERS lyze data and find any link to racial disparity and bias in any charges and cases along with Nassau County District Attorney any corrective action warranted.

Singas said her office will also appoint a Madeline Singas said changes will special prosecutor for every new case where be coming to her office after ina police officer is credibly accused of criminal stances of systemic and institutionconduct in the course of duties.

This action is an expansion of the state’s alized racism throughout the nation.

Executive Order 147, which was signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 and allowed the decision of any county’s district attorney a special prosecutor to be appointed to any throughout New York.

Singas also said that a diverse group of case where there may be conflict on the local level and for that prosecutor to supersede remote prosecutors, investigators and other

staff members will be recruited, and the office will expand the number of advisory councils to ensure broader geographic representation of the county’s community.

Singas noted that New York City is one of “many” jurisdictions that has established civilian oversight boards to provide independent reviews of complaints against law enforcement officials. Singas encouraged county officials and residents to form a board such as those.

“These boards investigate and recommend discipline for officers accused of misconduct, refer potential criminal conduct for possible prosecution, and they utilize tools like mediation to help improve relationships and trust between law enforcement and the public,” Singas said. “To promote transparency and independence, we encourage Nassau County to establish a civilian police review agency.”

These future changes come in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in late May. Floyd, a black man, was arrested on May 25 by Minneapolis police officers after a deli employee contacted authorities, accusing him of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill, according to news reports.

A viral video showed Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee on Floyd’s neck. A criminal complaint from the Hennepin County attorney’s office said, “The

defendant had his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in total. Two minutes and 53 seconds of this was after Mr. Floyd was non-responsive.”

Chauvin, who is white, was initially charged with third-degree murder until the charge was updated to second-degree murder and manslaughter, according to news reports. He was one of four officers fired from the Police Department due to the incident.

The complaint said three factors contributed to Floyd’s death: “The combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death.”

Three other Minneapolis police officers who were present at the scene of the arrest were also charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, according to news reports.

On Friday, Cuomo signed into law the repealing of section 50(a) of the New York State Civil Rights Law, which protects the personnel records of police, firefighters and correction officers. Singas said she supported the need to reform the law but continued to say that repealing the law could put the families of those affected in danger.

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SCHOOL ELECTION RESULTS

EAST WILLISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT

Enrollment 1,722 • Budget Spending $63,091,128, a 2.27 percent increase from the current $61,689,714 Votes Percent Budget - Yes 1,114 72%

Enrollment 3,162 • Budget Spending $100,659,820, a 1.17 percent increase from the current $99,497,241 Votes Percent Budget - Yes 2,833 72%

Budget - No Total

556 1,967

28%

Budget - No Total

1,089 28% 3,922

Trustees 2 seats, 3-year term Mark Kamberg (incumbent, president)

1,423

73%

Trustees - 1 position, 3-year term Patricia Aitken (incumbent, president)

Proposition 1 - Yes Proposition 1 - No Total

2,350

63%

Proposition 2 - Authorizing district board to expend up to $3 million from Capital Reserve Fund for school building improvements

516

27%

Evan Mandery

1,384

37%

3,734

3,401 1,441 4,842

70% 30%

Total

Proposition 2 - Yes Proposition 2 - No Total Budget - Yes Budget - No Total Trustees Richard Galati (incumbent) Andrea Macari Robert Mazzella Total

3,084 1,892 4,976

62% 38%

3,585 3,255 1,782 8,622

42% 38% 21%

Raymond Del Maestro (challenging Kamberg) Total

1,939

NORTH SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT

MINEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Tasneem Meghi (unopposed) 1,467 Trustee Alan Littman resigned in March

FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT Enrollment 1,479 • Budget Spending $32,454,520, a 1.53 percent increase from the current $31,963,935 Votes Percent Budget - Yes 2,293 67%

Budget - No Total

1,150 33% 3,443

Trustee - 1 seat, 3-year term Laura Trentacoste (incumbent)

2,589

GREAT NECK SCHOOL DISTRICT

Enrollment 2,981• Budget Spending $100,859,780, a 0.90 percent increase from the current $99,955,750

Budget - Yes Budget - No Total Trustee - 2 seats Patrick Talty (incumbent) Margaret Ballantyne-Mannion (incumbent)

Votes Percent

2,803

75%

953 3,756

25%

2,711

Enrollment 1,785 • Budget Spending $41,073,250, a 2.21 percent increase from the current $40,184,675 Votes Percent Budget - Yes 1,485 66%

Budget - No Total

Budget - No Total

Trustees Rebecca Sassouni (incumbent)

4,071

78%

John Jahng (challenging Sassouni)

1,131

22%

Total

5,202

Jeffrey Shi (incumbent)

4,048

777 34% 2,262

Trustees - 2 seats, three year term Tara Notine (incumbent, vice president) James Reddan (incumbent)

PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Enrollment 4,061 • Budget spending $120,534,523, a 1.33 percent increase from the current $117,541,264 Votes Percent Budget - Yes 3,116 63%

Enrollment 5,540 • Budget Spending $163,215,663, a 1.66 percent increase from the current $160,556,916

1,808 37% 4,924 3,271 1,270

72% 28%

19 4,541 3,205 1,233 13 4,451

72% 28%

Votes Percent

Budget - Yes

4,756

Budget - No

1,901 29%

Total

6,657

71%

Trustees - 2, 3-year terms Julie Epstein

4,068

33%

Rachel Gilliar (incumbent)

3,697

30%

Adam Block

2,921

23%

Christine Nadolne

1,782

14%

Incumbent Dave Kerpen chose not to run for re-election

3,084 62% 1,892 38% 4,976

Budget - Yes Budget - No

1,808 678

Total

2,486

73% 27%

Proposition 1 - The proposed budget of expenditures adopted by the Board of Education in the amount of $15,330,236.

Proposition 1 - Yes Proposition 1 - No Total

1,808 678 2,486

73% 27%

Proposition 2 - To allow the purchase of school buses and vans for estimated cost of $529,666.67 paid for by a tax levied over 5 years

Proposition 2 - Yes Proposition 2 - No Total

HERRICKS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Budget - No Total Trustees - 3-year terms James Gounaris (incumbent) Tarantej S. Arora (challenging Gounaris) Write-ins Total Trustees - 3-year terms Henry R. Zanetti (incumbent) Bhajan S. Ratra (challenging Zanetti) Write-ins Total

Votes Percent

Enrollment 3,216 • Budget spending: $115,330,236, 1.89 percent increase from current $113,190,196 Votes Percent

Enrollment 6,836 • Budget spending $241,395,571, a 2.98 percent increase from the current $234,418,944 Votes Percent Budget - Yes 3,709 66%

34%

Proposition 1 - Budget proposal

ROSLYN SCHOOL DISTRICT 2,732

NHP-GCP SCHOOL DISTRICT

1,894 5,603

Enrollment 2,548 • Budget Spending $110,315,208, a 2.33 percenty increase from the current $107,799,955.

1,792 73% 660 27% 2,452

Proposition 3 - To establish a Capital Reserve Fund of up to $25 million to be paid over up to 25 years with funds transferred from surplus with no more than $5 million transferred from the 2019-20 budget

Proposition 3 - Yes Proposition 3 - No Total Trustees - 2 seats Meryl Waxman Ben-Levy (incumbent) Clifford Saffron (incumbent)

1,708 69% 771 31% 2,479 2,054 1,992

SEWANHAKA SCHOOL DISTRICT Enrollment 8,415 • Budget spending $209,265,063, a 2.8 percent increase from $203,562,035 Votes Percent Budget - Yes The immediate results Budget - No were unavilable Total Candidates - The district does not hold its own elections. The boards of education in the component districts Elmont, Floral Park-Bellerose, Franklin Square and New Hyde Park-Garden City Park - each appoints two trustees to the Sewanhaka Board

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Sassouni beats Jahng Continued from Page 1 dated tax cap.

“The 2 percent tax cap that everyone assumes to mean the real property tax levy cannot increase higher than 2 percent is not absolute,” he said.

“Though a 2 percent cap is possible, each public school district’s tax limit will be different as a result of that district’s individual calculation.”

According to the budget, other tax cap calculation components permit the district to raise taxes by 4.16 percent for 202021.

The budget calls for a 2.57 percent, or $5,339,183, increase in

real property tax. Powell said the district had the fifth-lowest tax rate per $100 of assessed value in Nassau County for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz said that though no decisions about a potential reduction of state aid have been made, the district’s diligence with its appropriated reserves and fund balance will mitigate any potential adverse effects.

“I’ve referred to the [appropriated reserves and fund balance] as a rainy-day fund sometimes,” Berkowitz said.

“It allows us comfort with any unanticipated events

like a tree falling through the roof of a school, or major leaks within a school.

Things that we cannot anticipate to happen.”

Residents also approved the $9.74 million budget for the Great Neck Library, with 3,592 votes in favor and 1,788 votes opposed.

The budget calls for a decrease in spending of $65,500, or 0.61%, from the current operating budget of about $9.8 million.

The property tax levy has been flat since fiscal year 2018, calling for just over $9.49 million in revenue, with the rest of the budget supported by payments in lieu of taxes and other resources.

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Great Neck Board of Education Trustees Rebecca Sassouni and Jeffrey Shi were both re-elected to the board on Tuesday night.

Plans for Middle Neck property presented

BY DA N OFF N E R Plans to construct an apartment complex at 777 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck are imminent, according to attorney Paul Bloom, who indicated that the development of a 44-unit residential building is allowed as of right.

“This property will be developed,” said Bloom, a former Village of Great Neck justice and founding partner of the firm Harras, Bloom and Archer LLP. “It will not remain fallow as it has for many years.”

A new proposal was presented to the Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees on Tuesday via Zoom teleconference. It is an alternative to a three-story permitted structure, calling instead for a four-story building with nine one-bedroom apartments, 31 two-bedroom apartments, four three-bedroom units, and 79 parking spaces on the first floor.

“It has been an ongoing process to try to develop a project that is not going to have a significant impact on the neighbors and the village, but actually be an asset,” Bloom said. Brian Newman, director of architectural services with Newman Design, said that after listening to some of the comments at previous meetings the designers came up with a new variation, which aims to minimize the impact on Gutheil Lane and Middle Neck Road.

“We’re not proposing to

max out the site,” Newman said.

“We’re proposing our four-story building will only be 79,000 square feet. So almost 15,000 square feet less than maximum allowable square footage.”

The new variation of the proposal aimed to reduce the overall lot coverage and cut down excavation time by eliminating plans for any proposed below-grade parking, and moving it up to the first level. The amenities and apartments originally proposed for the first floor were moved up to the fourth.

Studies were also conducted according to state requirements regarding the environmental impact of such a development.

Michael Keane with Urban Cartographics presented a study that compares the times and distance shadows would be cast by the proposed development and the “as of right” three-story proposal, during June 21 and Dec. 21 – days with the most and least amount of sunlight respectively.

Rebecca Goldberg, transportation director at Cameron Engineering, presented a traffic study which was based on data collected from traffic cams in October 2019 during typical morning and afternoon rush hour periods.

“Traffic generation is minimal,” Goldberg said. “The highest numbers are 16 or 20 trips in an hour and that is the total in both directions at most.”

Goldberg said that while a project of this size and density normally requires 92 parking spaces, the developers are looking for a 13-space waiver, which she feels is more than satisfied by the proposal.

She also said no traffic mitigation is warranted.

But because of its location the site access must be on Gutheil Lane, Goldberg said, saying that Nassau County would not permit access to the building from Middle Neck Road.

Following the presentation,

residents, including several neighbors living in the adjacent properties, voiced their frustration with the proposal and the impact it would have on Gutheil Lane.

“I live exactly next door to the property and I will have the driveway at my bedroom, I will have all the noise at my bedroom, and I will have no more garden or backyard space because of the shadows,” Cindy Zubli said.

Zubli said that she was frustrated that this was the first time she was hearing about the project and felt it prudent to arrange a meeting between residents and developers to address any issues.

“I think that would be a great gesture for the members of the board and the residents of that area,” said Mayor Pedram Bral.

Rosita Ebrani, a Gutheil Lane resident, said that her biggest concern was the potential increase of traffic on the cul de

RENDERING COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK

A revised set of plans for 777 Middle Neck Road was presented at the Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees meeting via Zoom on Tuesday night.

sac.

“It’s a tiny, tiny street full of children playing outside,” Ebrani said. “Right now in our street there are maybe overall 10 to 12 cars. Once the building is approved there will be ten times more cars.”

Ken Lee, a fellow Gutheil Lane resident, said that while he appreciated the latest update to the plan, it doesn’t help the adjacent property owners at all.

“Our basic concern is about allowing no extra cars into our street,” Lee said. “Why do you want to open a private dead-end street?”

Jordan Karmily asked board members if they could think of any examples in Great Neck where there was a small cul de sac with residential homes on it that has the full entry and exit into an apartment building on it.

“Most of the issues raised seem to be valid about the traffic,” Karmily said. “Any kind of pass-through street I would understand but a cul de sac has one way in, one way out.”

Bloom replied, “The property is going to be developed.

There are going to be cars.

There is going to be building.”

After hours of deliberation, Bloom told residents that he plans to work with them to do all he can to make them feel comfortable with the project. A Zoom conference meeting was arranged to be held following the meeting to address concerns from neighbors.

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Great Neck resident aids food pantry Jacob Podwall donates food, supplies to St. Aloysius for his Bar Mitzvah project

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baseball with helping kids with disabilities in the area,” David Podwall said.

David, who is an on-staff physician for North Shore University and St. Francis hospitals, said he and Jacob had to overcome the disappointment and still find a way to accomplish a bar mitzvah project. The project, he said, is something that most teenagers undertake before their bar mitzvah ceremony as a way of giving back to the community.

David, whose family is also part of the Temple Beth-El congregation, said he heard the need for resources that the St. Aloysius Church’s food pantry had due to the pandemic. After talking with Jacob about it, a food drive was set up to aid the food pantry on his birthday, May 23.

“With the support of his family, he organized a birthday celebration that was filled with love from a community of friends and family,” David said.

“Car after car drove by and left boxes and bags of food. Every-

Most everyone’s life has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic over the last three months. Businesses and their employees have made adjustments for remote work, birthdays are celebrated from afar, and relatives have gathered virtually for holidays.

For Great Neck resident Jacob Podwall, his bar mitzvah celebration was one that unfortunately fell victim to the pandemic’s restrictions.

“Several months ago, all he could talk about was his bar mitzvah weekend and the exciting party that was being planned and his special trip,” Jacob’s father, David, said. “This pandemic put a pause on it all as he had to experience a new reality.”

Not only the celebration was affected, but so were his plans for his bar mitzvah project.

“Jacob has always loved baseball, and we tried to participate in a program that combines

one had a mask but there were smiles behind them as they felt grateful for what he was doing.”

David said it took two fully stocked trips in his SUV to deliver all of the goods that people donated. Each donor, David said, was rewarded with cupcakes and candies. He said he was pleased with the support people had not just for Jacob’s bar mitzvah project, but for the people who rely on the St. Aloysius food pantry on a regular basis.

“Despite all of the complications with me and my family [throughout the pandemic], it doesn’t come close to the unfortunate sacrifices and problems other families have endured,” David said. “Being a doctor, I saw that frequently. I lost patients from this pandemic. You PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID PODWALL have to find a way to move forward. This was our own little Jacob Podwall held a food drive to help the St. Aloysius food way to move forward.”

David said Jacob was able to pantry in Great Neck for his bar mitzvah project. have his bar mitzvah on June 6, as his friends gathered outside with immediate family the only via Zoom.

Jacob’s ceremony ended in their cars to congratulate Jaones present, but with friends and extended family watching with a surprise from his parents, cob on his milestone.

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Racism found not just in policing

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n 2015, 27 police unions from across New York state and Long Island endorsed Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray for Nassau County district attorney — even though Murray was a career politician who had never practiced criminal law and her opponent, Madeline Singas, was a career prosecutor and then acting DA. James Carver, president of the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association, said the union’s support was based on Murray having a “proactive plan.” What that plan was he didn’t say.

Also unmentioned was that Murray was a Republican and that for the past 50 years police unions had backed the GOP machine in Nassau while police received the most generous compensation plan in the state in return.

But Carver did add that he objected to Singas’ campaign message promoting her efforts to prosecute police officers in the county, saying it made it harder for him to believe the unions could establish a strong working relationship with her DA’s office.

“If a police officer does something wrong, obviously they’re not above the law and they go forward, but to make that point in campaign literature, I think, is the wrong thing when there are so many other issues,” he said.

Times certainly have changed.

On Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a 10-bill package that will loosen restrictions on police disciplinary records, force state troopers to wear body cameras while on patrol, ban chokeholds, establish the “right to record police activity” and make permanent a special prosecutorial unit to investigate deadly civilian-police interactions.

The legislation came amid the nationwide racial justice protests that erupted after the release of video of a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on George Floyd’s neck

for eight minutes and 46 seconds in broad daylight in front of three other officers.

Which followed a series of other deaths of black Americans across the country at the hands of police in recent years.

None of those deaths took place in Nassau, but the county PBA’s endorsement of Murray was in keeping with those around the country when the idea of doing more to hold police accountable came up.

Police unions routinely used sizable campaign contributions and the threat or even use of charges against candidates that they were soft on crime to bolster the contenders of their choice. Until now, this was an effective combination.

Singas, who defeated Murray in a landslide five years agoand won re-election last year, outlined reforms last week to address concerns about policing in Nassau.

They included a call for the establishment of civilian oversight boards to handle police complaints, higher juror pay to increase diversity and the expansion of mental health services for police officers. All good ideas that should be enacted.

In announcing her proposals, Singas referenced the millions of Americans across the country who have acted to end “systemic racism, mistreatment by law enforcement, and a fairer criminal justice system.”

We agree with Singas. But we do not think that the police reforms go far enough. We believe there should be an end to qualified immunity for police, the drug war, overcriminalization, no-knock warrants and mandatory minimums.

But we also believe, like many protesting, that the problems with George Floyd go even beyond policing and the criminal justice system.

And that these problems are part of the systemic racism and white supremacy that can be found across this country — including Nassau

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County.

It is no coincidence that blacks, who make up about 12 percent of Nassau County’s population, accounted for 19 percent of its coronavirus deaths, according to a state report in May. There are many reasons for this, but start with housing.

The county is one of the most segregated suburban counties in the country. This did not happen by accident.

A recently published Newsday investigation showed that black home buyers have frequently been steered away from predominantly white areas.

But this is just the latest iteration of discrimination in housing on Long Island — one of if not the most important means of creating family wealth.

Until the 1960s, the Federal Housing Administration, which provided government-backed mortgages, blocked non-whites from buying homes through redlining.

And private developers like William J. Levitt included restrictive covenants that barred leasing and sales to blacks. Levitt did not end the practice until 1968.

Local villages also play a role through the control of zoning. That zoning can allow for affordable housing. Or not.

Perhaps some village officials now protesting George Floyd’s death might consider if their zoning policies would have allowed George Floyd to live in their neighborhood.

The villages and towns could get

started by rezoning commercial districts to permit mixed-used developments with retail on the ground floor and housing above it.

Even before the pandemic, there was a consensus that mixed-use developments are needed to sustain downtowns in the future. Now, with the devastating impact of the pandemic, they are a necessity.

Housing in Nassau County is closely tied to schools. Although schools are often portrayed as a means to even the playing field, it does the opposite in Nassau, thanks to the gross inequities in how we fund our schools.

This is known as destiny by zip code.

There is nothing fair about a system in which a school district such as Sewanhaka spends $24,000 per pupil and an adjacent school district in Great Neck spends $34,000 per student.

Two school districts on Long Island — Wyandanch and Brentwood — are so underfunded that they will struggle this year to provide “a sound, basic education” as required by the state Constitution.

Whether intentional or not, this taxpayer-funded system favors whites over non-whites. We doubt this is being taught in schools. But it should be.

The county’s assessment system should be included in that course.

The county did not reassess property in the county for seven years.

During that time about $2.2 billion in taxes were shifted from generally more affluent property own-

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ers who successfully appealed their property taxes to generally less affluent owners who did not — many of whom were minorities.

The county conducted a reassessment this year and discovered who was underpaying and who was overpaying.

Did it seek to somehow compensate those who had been overpaying?

No. Instead state and county officials pressed for a five-year phase-in in which the owners who were underpaying taxes would continue to underpay their taxes and those who were overpaying would continue to overpay. Just by smaller amounts.

Which is to say that in general blacks will continue to overpay the taxes on homes located in inferior school districts that they were steered to by real estate agents, depressing the value of their homes.

Change is possible.

Recent changes to bail and discovery laws have improved the state’s criminal justice system following the state Senate coming under Democratic control with the help of six legislators from Long Island.

The state’s prisons were filled with poor people — many of whom were black and brown — simply because they could not afford bail while those with more means went free. Often in the process, jobs were lost and families fell apart.

Racism and social injustice can be found in many places, which means right here in Nassau.

We need to acknowledge these problems. And then act.

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Past police reforms nearly bankrupted city

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n the aftermath of the brutal murder of George Floyd, New York City and other municipalities in the metropolitan area may be tempted to re-introduce far left social and policing policies that were tried and failed in the 1960s and 1970s.

For readers too young to remember that era, here’s a brief history: In 1965, the nation’s leading liberal social scientist, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, expressed in a memo to President Lyndon Johnson, his concern that Great Society social welfare policies were not only encouraging the breakdown of families, but causing widespread problems, including an increase in crime.

The breakdown of the family structure, he noted, is “the principal cause of all the problems of delinquency, crime, school dropout, unemployment, and poverty which are bankrupting our cities, and could very easily lead to a kind of political anarchy unlike anything we have known.”

Moynihan, a Democrrat who went on to serve four terms in the U.S. Senate, had New York City in mind when he wrote that

memo.

In 1945, the total of city crimes reported—which included murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, and petty theft—was 32,843. There were 292 murders that year.

Ten years later, during Mayor Robert Wagner’s first term in office, total crimes were 137,254; 306 of them murder.

During Wagner’s last year in office, the number of criminal offenses reported were 187,795 and murders had jumped to 681 in 1965.

That was only the beginning of the city’s crime wave.

Under Mayor John Lindsay’s watch (1966-1973), New York’s murder rate jumped 137 percent.

In 1966, total crimes committed were 323,107; murders, 734.

Eight years later, total crimes hit 475,855; murders, 1,740.

As crime soared, Lindsay and his liberal allies appeared to accept it as a norm. Historian Vincent Cannato, author of “The Ungovernable City,” has suggested that Lindsay was so frightened of the impact of more aggressive policing against crime, particularly in minority neighborhoods,

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right that the mayor “seemed to be saying [more crime] was the price to be paid to avoid riots.”

Under Lindsay policing did change. The role of the beat cop, who often knew the neighborhood like the back of his hand, was degraded. The police no longer had a strong presence on the streets of the city’s precincts.

Cops were no longer pro-active.

Instead they drove around, cocooned in patrol cars and merely reacting to incidents.

A 1968 NAACP report demanding the city tackle “the reign of criminal terror in Harlem” by putting more policemen on the

streets, by more vigorously enforcing anti-vagrancy laws, and by seeking harsher punishment for convicted murders and drug dealers, fell on deaf ears.

Because Mayor Lindsay shared the liberal belief that society, not individuals, bears responsibility for urban ills – that, in fact, minority crime arose from social injustice and criminals themselves are actually victims – he denounced calls for law and order as racist.

In the mid-1970s, New Yorkers were witnessing a city in decline. Staggering welfare rolls, decaying infrastructure, skyrocketing taxes and spending, rampant crime, graffiti-laden subways and filthy streets were taking a toll on the psyche and pocketbooks of the city’s residents.

As a result, hundreds of thousands fled to the suburbs, real estate values collapsed, and in 1975, the city experienced a fiscal meltdown. Its government became insolvent and the city came close to filing for bankruptcy.

Gov. Hugh Carey and Mayor Ed Koch saved the city in the late

1970s from falling into the fiscal abyss—but that was not enough to curb the city’s decline.

It took the “broken windows” police tactics and the return to neighborhood policing, implemented by Police Commissioners Ray Kelly and Bill Bratton in the 1990s, to break the back of criminal activity.

The steady decline of crime during the past 30 years (murders dropped from 2,262 in 1990 to 319 in 2019), helped revitalize the city’s outer borough neighborhoods.

But as former Police Commissioner Kelly recently told The Wall Street Journal, people have “become complacent. They expect low crime.” Kelly added that since the city’s population “turns over about 40 percent every 10 years … you don’t have a great many people who remember the bad old days of the ’80s and the ’90s.”

Hopefully, the political class does not ignore the past and avoids implementing in the name of “reform” 1960s policies that could lead the city, once again, down the road to fiscal, economic and social collapse.

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Don’t defund my favorite police shows

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he TV critic for the Washington Post, Alyssa Rosenberg, recently made a radical suggestion: “Shut down all police movies and TV shows. Now.” Much to her own surprise, the producers of “Cops” did exactly that. After 31 years, they pulled their show off the air.

“Cops” billed itself as “reality television,” a contradiction which should go into the Pantheon of Oxymoron alongside George Carlin’s “jumbo shrimp” and “military intelligence.”

“Cops” is gone and I say, “Good riddance.” The only thing catchier than the show’s reggae title track (“Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?”) was its dominant activity — namely, police officers chasing down and catching people of color. It exaggerated the rates both of violent crime done by minorities, and the effectiveness of the police, and there’s no knowing how much unconscious racism it has fostered.

But what about all the other police shows? The scripted and produced ones? I sat down the

other night and made a list of everything that has made this pandemic bearable for me, and if they were all taken away, I’d be reduced to watching spiders weaving a web over my dormant TV screen.

The list is long, starting with my current favorite “Monk” and continuing through all the flavors of “NCIS” (New Orleans; Los Angeles; and plain vanilla) to “Law & Order,” “Law & Order SVU,” “Criminal Minds,” “Bones,” “Blue Bloods” and “Chicago P.D.” Then there’s the British and Australian variants, from “Doctor Blake,” set in Australia in the 1950s, to “Father Brown,” in the very English countryside at about the same time.

Half of the shows I started watching were primarily for the scenery (so many gorgeous gardens in “Father Brown”!), but it’s still true that all of them have taught me about the police and how they operate. Or, to be more accurate, how I think they do because in reality, I am not a police officer or related to one and not a suspect either. My only knowl-

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A Look on the Lighter Side edge of that world comes from television, and if that is biased, then so of course am I. One night I was watching a very old American show (so old it was in black and white) and, after the officer chased someone and caught him, the man he arrested turned out to be white. I will admit it: I was surprised.

That tells me that Rosenberg has a point. I have absorbed racist assumptions, in the decades since that show was produced without even knowing it.

But here’s where she and I part company: We don’t need to abolish all the police shows.

What we really need is more — more and better characters and stories for the shows that already exist. Because TV is the most powerful teacher there is.

People around the world are familiar with our Miranda warnings about the right to remain silent and have legal representation. Do they know this because it’s taught in their schools? Hardly. They know it from seeing it so often on our television shows.

Even law enforcement folks might learn a thing or two. I remember somebody saying in the time after 9/11 that when government interrogators felt themselves at a loss about how to question suspects in custody, they turned to things they had seen on shows like “24.” I don’t know if this is true but if so, it’s no one’s idea of best practices. This person wanted to contact some scriptwriters and tell them a few better methods, so that the next time interrogators copied what they saw on television, they’d have better

techniques.

I want to see a show where one police officer is tempted to be violent — until somebody more senior puts a hand on their shoulder and says, “Enough. You can let go now.”

I want to see an officer who says, “Are we sure about this name and address?” before bursting in on a no-knock warrant and killing somebody like Breonna Taylor.

I want to see more shows like “The Wire,” which critics praised for its nuanced depiction of the entire Baltimore community or “In The Heat of the Night,” the TV series based on the novel and film of the same name. In the series we watch Carroll O’Connor, famous for his role as Queens-born racist Archie Bunker, demonstrate how to be a non-racist chief of police in a Southern town.

There are examples out there.

We just need a lot more of them.

In short, I want our television writers and producers to do as Gandhi advised and “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Because the world needs it.

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The secret language of suburbia

realized the power of a secret language way back in third grade while walking through the hallways of Hawthorne Elementary School. As my teacher led my third-grade class down the hall, my brother, who was in the fifth grade in the same school, happened to be walking in the same hall and as we passed he shouted out to me “Tinga Fonga” to which I shouted back “Fonga Tinga.” The teacher immediately interpreted this as a veiled allusion to a popular vulgarity and my brother and I were sent down to the principal’s office to explain ourselves.When the principal asked what “Tinga Fonga” and Fonga Tinga” meant, I think my brother explained it away similar to what a young Ferris Bueller might have done.

This may be one of the benefits of having a smart older brother, but it also demonstrates the dangers of imaginative language. We had been making up special words and phrases for years in order to communicate secretly while in the presence of one of our many younger siblings or when in earshot of our parents.My guess is that twins and triplets have all

sorts of secret words as well. I asked my two nephews who are twins if they had a secret language and not surprisingly they said that yes they did but seemed unwilling to share the words with me,. They know how to keep secrets.It’s not only siblings that develop special languages. I’ve noticed that the upper class families have a tendency to have secret funny names for the children. Two girls I knew who went to the ultra-exclusive College of New Rochelle were called Harvey and Mouse. Harvey’s real name was Catherine, but since she was 5-foot-10 they called her Harvey after the film character Harvey, the six-foot rabbit. Mouse’s real name was Jennifer, but since she loved cheese so much, her parents called her Mouse. Both these women were true beauties and so didn’t seem to mind their nicknames.Teenagers in general tend to adopt a secret language in order to antagonize their parents. Walk down any street in Nassau County and listen in on teenagers greeting each other. It will sound something like this: “Supp dog? Supp Snoop.”

“It’s all good dog, just chillin.”

“Dope.” This is borrowed language

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right from the streets of Brooklyn.

I’m not a sociologist, so I can’t really guess at why kids in Nassau County borrow dialogue from the streets of Brooklyn but they do.All sub groups have their own language. The coolest and funniest language you can find came out of the mouth of Jeff Spicoli played by Senn Penn in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” the 1982 comedy about California teenagers. Spicoli was in constant battle with Mr. Hand, his social studies teacher, and was taken to using lines like “Gnarly,” “All I need is some tasty waves, a cool buzz and I’m fine,” and “He’s a full hot orator!” Re-

ally pretty funny. Sean Penn, along with the Beach Boys, made surfers instantly likable.Believe it or not, former state Sen. Mike Balboni of Nassau is also a surfer dude and I asked him about the jargon of the surfer class. He told me that words such as glassy swells, dude, hang ten, rad and “‘finding the green room inside the tube” are common parlance with surfers.The secret language I know best of all is the language of golf, which uses a long list of odd names like par, bogey, double bogey, eagle, birdie, quad, snowman, chippie, sandie, greenie, barkie, double double.

The list goes on. Golfers rely on the good will of the foursome to concede those tricky two-foot putts and this has elicited terms like “There’s more meat on that bone” and “OK, it’s within the circle of friendship” to express these stress-filled moments. “Let the big dog hunt” refers to pulling out the driver on a tight par four. So who said men weren’t creative?As we begin to exit this dreaded time of COVID, the culture will face transformation and it will struggle to label our new morning in America.

We already have learned heinous

terms like sheltering in, quarantine, immunity, social distancing, death rate, the new normal, masks, home schooling, and working from home.But do not fear this new language of COVID because America has a long list of secret words that have endured from its beginnings. The secret words that are America’s own include “white picket fence, front porch, backyard barbecues, towering oak and red maples, shaded streets, well-manicured front lawns, flower gardens and robins.” This is the language of a place called the suburbs.The suburbs are often chastised for being too insular, too elitist, too arid, but the suburbs are what the American dream is all about and they are the envy of the entire world and the reason the world wants to live here. The secret language of America is the language of suburbia and its language will absorb these new nasty words that are rattling around in our skulls over the past three months. America’s secret language is the language of Nassau County and its many suburban towns. Our secret and safe world is called suburbia.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Crab, shorebird species face uncertain future Horseshoe crabs have been around for 300 to 450 million years but are now declining rapidly due to the loss of coastal breeding habitat, overharvesting for bait and fertilizer, medical use, hunting and harvesting as a delicacy.

They also play a critical role in the future of the endangered Red Knot shorebird. These two species’ fates have been intertwined for millennia. As the birds migrate from the southern tip of Chile to the Arctic to breed, their most important stop-over is the Delaware Bay, which has the highest concentrations of horseshoe crabs on the East Coast. These 4-ounce birds time their arrival to the full-moon breeding cycle of the crabs and depend on being able to feed on the protein-rich crab eggs before continuing the last leg of their 9,000mile journey. Without this chance to rebuild their fat supplies, many birds never reach their breeding grounds.

Because of overharvesting of the crabs in the 1990s, when the allowed take escalated from 100,000 to 2 million a year, the numbers of crabs declined by as much as 80 percent. Without this

critical food resource, Red Knot numbers plummeted by an estimated 60 percent, making them eligible for federal threatened species status. Even with the problem clearly defined by scientists, it still took years to get the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to lower the crab harvest numbers.

The state DEC regulates crab harvesting in New York. Crab fishermen are allocated 300,000 yearly

by ASMFC but voluntarily lowered that to 150,000 and ban harvesting during peak spawning periods in May and June out of concern for shorebirds. Since 2007, DEC and Cornell Cooperative Extension have worked together to monitor horseshoe crab spawning activity on beaches during May and June.

Loss of their refueling stop is not the only peril Red Knots face.

In eastern South America and the Caribbean, they are shot for food and sport. A further challenge is climate change for both birds and crabs. Shoreline habitat is most threatened by coastal sea level rise. Additionally, warming water may shift the crabs’ breeding season, which would cause the Red Knots to arrive at the wrong time

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for this critical last feeding stop. In addition to Red Knots, other birds, turtles, and fish eat the eggs as an important part of their diet.

Horseshoe crabs have unique features. Their common name comes from the shape of their shell, resembling a horseshoe.

That shell is their exoskeleton.

As they grow their shell does not enlarge so they shed that shell in order to grow a new one. If you find a shell on the beach, you can check if it was a molt by pressing just under the front of the shell. If it separates from the top, the crab molted to grow a new shell. They

have 10 legs they use for walking on the ocean bottom and nine eyes scattered over the body and several more light receptors near the tail. Their tail is called a telson.

It’s long and pointed, but it is not dangerous, poisonous or used to sting. They use the telson to flip themselves over if they happen to be pushed on their backs.

They are not true crabs in the crustacean family but related to sea spiders. There are four species of crabs worldwide. The three other species are found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean along the coast of Asia. The Asian crabs face similar threats and are also in decline.

Horseshoe crabs have become extremely important to medicine.

Their blue, copper-based, blood has antibacterial properties and contains a chemical that is very effective and fast reacting to bacteria. It is utilized for medical testing of vaccines for contamination. Due to the limitations of harvesting, the blood can sell for up to $15,000 a quart. This has led to the harvesting of a quarter of a million horseshoe crabs. In attempts to mitigate overharvesting, scientists began to

only take 30 percent of the crabs’ blood and then release them.

While they are believed to be able to survive, we don’t know what happens when they are released, but it is believed that around 1030 percent do not survive and the impact on their ability to breed is unknown. A synthetic version is being developed which may help relieve the pressure on the crabs.

June is mating season for horseshoe crabs, so it’s the best time to see these fascinating creatures. They come up on the beaches around the full moon and highest tides to breed and lay eggs.

The females may be surrounded by several males and she’s easy to spot because she’s much bigger.

It would be a terrible shame, and a shame on us, if these ancient creatures that are older than the dinosaurs were to become extinct mainly because they are being chopped up alive for bait. Their loss would have a tremendous impact on the coastal food web, leaving the Red Knot and dozens of other species without a critical food resource and likely causing the extinction of the Red Knot as well.

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Who we elect in June 23 primary matters

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he primary election deadline is June 23, by which time everyone needs to have mailed back their absentee ballot, voted early or in person.

In the contested Democratic primary for Congress, Tom Suozzi merits re-election. This is despite the disappointment progressives have had at his bend-over-backwards efforts to reach across aisle (i.e. with the Problem Solvers Caucus) with a party that has no interest in solving problems. But Suozzi is smart, interested in achieving results, a visionary and where it counts on the right side of issues, including women’s reproductive freedom, immigration reform, gun violence prevention, climate action, and criminal justice.

And if anyone can get the punitive cap on SALT deductions repealed, it is Suozzi. He engages well with his constituents, is willing to take questions and answer without pandering. Seeking to apply purity tests to candidates is like reaching for the stars and falling flat down to earth, getting nowhere. It is more productive to

elect those who can mostly effectively represent our community’s and nation’s interests and values.

But this election – the first in New York to involve liberal absentee ballot and early voting — is good practice for our election system. It follows the abject failure of elections going back to the Iowa caucus, the shameful forced-march in Wisconsin and now Georgia and Nevada – and these were “only” the primary. In fact, Iowa’s voteby-mail process was so successful, Iowa Republicans have voted to restrict it for the November general election. Judicial Watch, the group that brought you Hillary Clinton’s emails, is suing California to stop automatic distribution of absentee ballots to registered voters (such as we had in New York for the school budget election).

Republicans are spending millions on campaigns to roll back access to mail-in-voting even as the spread of coronavirus accelerates because of the Republican administration’s utter failure to protect their people in favor of perpetuating a politically salient “mission accomplished,” “all is well” lie to

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push ahead with reopening the economy. If there is no coronavirus threat, then businesses can reopen (no need for actual enforceable health guidelines); unemployment benefits can be ended, “saving” billions for corporate “relief” (that $600? More than many workers earn, says Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow); and workers forced back to unsafe workplaces like indentured servants.

Shutting down or at least bankrupting the U.S. Postal System (despite actually being a function inscribed in the Constitution)

is part of the plan. Indeed, if USPS is so strapped it can’t deliver ballots to meet deadlines, like in Wisconsin, so much the better.

Indeed, COVID-19 is the ultimate tool of voter suppression.

What may be at the root of such a cavalier attitude about spikes in cases where the reopening was too swift and aggressive, while at the same time forcing people to line up for hours and cram into fewer polling places to vote? The realization that COVID-19 is sickening and killing people of color, poor and vulnerable in urban areas in disproportionate numbers — in other words, Democrats.

As protesting for 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination without significant change in systemic racism has demonstrated vs. the lighteningfast change being enacted into law just weeks since George Floyd’s atrocious murder at the hands of police (New York, Louisville, Colorado), protests get you only so far.

What has made the difference?

States and municipalities where change is happening are led by Democrats, by African-Americans,

by women. It is voting that implements real change through legislation. It is the people we elect. But if our vote is impeded, that’s what preserves the power of the status quo.

Blocking vote-by-mail while cultivating the coronavirus pandemic is just another in a long list of how Republicans have done everything possible to obstruct election protection measures advanced by the Democratic-majority House to prevent a repeat of Russia’s meddling in 2016. Only this year, it could be Russia, China, North Korea, Iran or even just Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager, using the tools and techniques he calls “Death Star” acquired from Cambridge Analytica.

The 2020 election is very much the “election of our lifetime” (so was 2016). But Republicans realize that not only is their dictator wannabe in the White House at risk (and desperate to avoid prosecution if he is thrown out of office), so is control of the Senate.

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KIDS F IRST

Practice compassion by wearing masks

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omething’s been bothering me. It’s been festering since Memorial Day Weekend.

It was crystallized for me the other day when I turned the corner after walking just a few blocks from my home on my way to the neighborhood grocery store.

As I turned the corner, I spotted some activity in front of the new lunch spot that had just opened the day before. The menu looks appetizing: cheese steaks, burgers, salads, foot-long hot dogs, wings, tenders, fries and a variety of toppings.

There’s been a lot of turnover in that space over the years. Most recently it was a fancy taco spot and before that the specialty was grilled cheese. Years before there was a Subway there. The building itself is narrow with limited seating, including a few tables situated outside. There is some competition on the strip: a topnotch Jewish deli, Chinese takeout, a pizza joint and a Tex-Mex restaurant.

As I walked towards the sandwich shop, I spotted five young boys about 13 years old. They were sitting around a small table,

no masks and inches away from one another.

I told this story to a few friends and there was an instant flash of recognition, suggesting that this is going on all over and not just with kids.

Everyone had a story, including one about group of Wall Street guys having a few drinks and a meal after a round of golf. They were situated in the same tableau as the teens, sitting casually around a dinner table, only in a fancier setting.

When I walk or ride my bike around town, I see people of all ages gathering closely together, no social distancing and no masks. Now that’s not everybody, for sure. But there are too many.

Too close for comfort.

I imagine you have viewed the scenes of throngs of young adults sun bathing in a pool at the Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. The worldwide protests in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing seemed to bring everyone together and united in outrage in the fight for racial justice. And soon there are expected to be partisan rallies with packed houses of people who are being asked to sign

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disclaimers in the event that they become infected and seriously ill with COVID-19.

In all these situations — frivolous, deadly serious or politically motivated, the issue is not so much about only protecting oneself but protecting those with whom you come in contact after these gatherings — your loved ones, friends, colleagues, neighbors and strangers. No disclaimer protects them.

It is no surprise that with the beautiful weather and people having been sheltering-in for months, everyone was ready to be released and feel the freedom of walking

the streets again, gathering on the sidewalks with neighbors and heading for the open spaces of local beaches, parks, playgrounds and ball fields.

And so many have been out of work for such a stretch that along with the freedom has come a return to work for the people whose jobs did not permit them to work remotely from home.

Kids were not allowed to finish their school years and for many their homes became pressure cookers as opposed to sanctuaries. We have all been more that ready to break out, spread our wings under the sun and embrace family and friends.

The timing for “opening up” has been influenced by an amalgam of science, politics, business, faith and personal belief. I believe strongly that opening up prematurely without adequate testing and contact tracing as well as consistent wearing of masks and social distancing is a formula for trouble and puts everyone at risk.

Nevertheless, I am afraid that complacency has set in.

Thinking back about the young teens sitting around the table at the cheese steak spot, I

wondered to myself, what will it take for people of all ages to become aware of the potential consequences of such behavior? A vaccine may be our savior in the end, but why don’t we begin by practicing compassion?

What this means is first practicing self-compassion, taking good care of oneself. Then, listen generously, try to be fully present and practice putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. As the saying goes, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

In more present terms practicing compassion is simple: Wear a mask and keep your distance.

That’s being kind. We are not nearly out of the woods. Not just yet.

Andrew Malekoff is the executive director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading children’s mental health agency on Long Island. The Guidance Center is seeing new and existing clients via telephone and video during the COVID-19 crisis. To make an appointment, call (516) 6261971. Visit www.northshorechildguidance.org for more information.

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READERS WRITE

Important primary vote: Re-elect Suozzi

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am voting to reelect Tom Suozzi for Congress. There are so many reasons I am supporting Tom, but I will focus on two areas in which I have worked with him as a New York State Assembly member and continue to work with him, gun violence prevention and the quality of our drinking water.

I have been involved in the gun violence prevention movement for over 27 years. Tom stood with me

in those early years before many politicians were “comfortable” expressing a voice on the issue.

Nassau County Executive Suozzi and I hosted several GVP forums to educate legislators and law enforcement on the newest ballistic technology to help catch criminals who used firearms. He stood with me against the NRA in their continuous battle to stop these efforts. Tom continues this

most important work to help stop gun violence by supporting virtual education efforts in real time to help our most vulnerable youth during this pandemic.

Tom’s focus on the quality of Long Island’s water was a signature issue as county executive through his establishing a groundwater protection program. That focus has not dimmed during his tenure in Congress, securing tens

of millions of dollars for the remediation of the Navy/Grumman plume, as well as increasing funding 500 percent to protect the Long Island Sound.

He has always served for me as a source for information, funding, and support on the existential issue of Long Island surface and groundwater.

One more thing, as a Long Island homeowner I am grateful for

Tom’s efforts to lead the charge as prime sponsor in legislation to reinstate the SALT deduction.

Tom’s experience in local, county and federal governments ensure that he will have a place at the table in Congress to bring critical resources back to New York and Long Island.

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G.N. Plaza ignores Cuomo’s executive orders

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ast week Great Neck Plaza Trustee Pam Marksheid wrote that they were looking at ways to “allow” restaurants to put tables and chairs outside their property.

However, when the notice was sent out to residents, it contained a stern directive that “no patron of the restaurant utilizing the outside dining area shall be allowed inside the restaurant,” even though the New York State guidelines clearly state that “des-

ignated areas…along with a taped or painted surface to ensure social distancing measures while patrons wait…for the bathroom” should be the protocol.

Why does this notice add an arbitrary restriction over and above that promulgated by Gov. Cuomo? I believe that if the Plaza administration had more empathy and concerns for their residents, they would not be putting in place such restrictions.

Moreover, I would expect the

Plaza administration to have been more proactive in seeking financial relief regarding the payment of village taxes.

And, if they now have any interest in what Gov. Cuomo was saying about village taxes, then they should have read his Executive Orders 202.32 and 202.36.

In the Executive Order 202.32, the governor also included a provision, at the request of the chief executive of the affected village, to retroactively extend a

grace period for payment of taxes without interest or penalty to the Villages of Russell Gardens in Nassau County and Head of Harbor in Suffolk County. Additionally, EO 202.36 also contained a provision to retroactively extend a grace period for payment of taxes without interest or penalty to the Village of Thomaston.

All a village administration had to do was ask! The fact that the tax bills were sent out in advance of an executive order does

not negate the fact that a RETROACTIVE extension could have been requested, as was done by many other village administrations.

In her letter, Marksheid also said there were “other proposals” that the village is considering.

Proposals for what? Why haven’t these “other proposals” been shared with their constituents?

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D’Arrigo a stronger voice on immigration

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n June 23, New York’s 3rd congressional district has the opportunity to elect a better Democrat.

Here’s the problem with Tom Suozzi: He simply protects the status quo. With all that has occurred on Long Island, primary voters should consider someone who has demonstrated an interest in improving our district.

The reality is that despite being a Democrat, Rep. Suozzi has done little to enact concrete change in Congress and is too cozy with Republicans on most issues.

Take immigration for example. Last year, Rep. Suozzi broke with house Democrats to vote in support of ICE. In an interview with Fox News, he called the resolution vote a “political game” and compared the vote to a small number of Republicans who called for the IRS to be abolished in 2015.

To compare these two move-

ments is disingenuous and seeks to distract from the real issue of an immigration agency that has been given too much latitude for raids.

Last year, he participated in a congressional visit to detention centers on the southern border with Mexico. He saw the state of the detention centers and the way detained migrants were treated by officials inside the facilities. And despite that, he still hasn’t done anything to restrict the agency.

At the same time, challenger Melanie D’Arrigo also visited detention centers through a volunteer group, and that trip reinforced her belief that ICE needs drastic reform and reorganization.

She witnessed the mistreatment of migrants in detention and saw it for what it is: an injustice.

In addition, Rep. Suozzi uses this issue to hide behind the vague language of bipartisanship. In interviews with C-SPAN and Fox

News, he will most likely say that Democrats and Republicans need to come together to work out a solution and be willing to negotiate.

It is important to note that he doesn’t present an original idea or potential bill in these interviews.

Rep. Suozzi claims authority to speak about immigration by way of experience as Mayor of Glen Cove. He says that as Mayor he addressed issues surrounding the migrant community.

However, he never mentions what specifically he did to support the migrant community. A cursory Google search comes up with support for a hiring center in the city, but again, nothing specifies what this support entailed.

Despite vague rhetoric, Rep. Suozzi did come through with a bipartisan plan; a bill written in collaboration with retiring Republican Rep. Peter King. T heir plan would require DACA

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recipients and those who were granted asylum to adhere to unrealistically high expectations, including a $2,000 fee to protect their status. It is egregious to expect people to pay that high of a price to continue to live in the U.S. Bipartisanship aside, It shocks me to think that both Rep. Suozzi and King would seek to make money off of immigrants.

It is very curious to see Rep Suozzi’s reluctance to criticize ICE publicly now when he has criticized the agency directly in the past. As Nassau County Executive, he heavily criticized a 2007 ICE raid that was supposed to be coordinated with Nassau County Police.

He and then-Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey expressed their frustration at the raid that was disorganized and conducted with a “cowboy mentality.”

They also noted that out of the people arrested, over 90 percent were not targets for arrest and were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. If there were valid and widespread issues with ICE shortly after its foundation, then why won’t Rep. Suozzi acknowledge his criticisms now, when they’re more relevant than ever?

The only answer is that he doesn’t have the political will to do so. Despite overseeing a mismanaged ICE raid and visiting an overcrowded detention center, Rep. Suozzi has refused to concur with the majority of his colleagues in Congress.

In a 2019 interview with News 12, he called a path to citizenship a “third rail,” meaning that the idea is too controversial to be considered. How can a path to citizenship be controversial if 80 percent percent of Americans support it?

He has not spoken out against ICE misconduct and continues to hide behind the language of bipartisanship to avoid conflict from conservative supporters.

Melanie D’Arrigo understands the issues behind bipartisanship and pledges to support concrete policies that will begin to reform our immigration system. If the issue of immigration is important to you then there’s a stronger vote for immigrants than the incumbent.

Lya Rothman Port Washington Fellowship at D’Arrigo for Congress Letters Continued on Page 32

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County pools to reopen for summer: Curran

BY R O S E W E L D ON Nassau County-run pools will reopen next month, according to a statement from County Executive Laura Curran.

“I am excited to announce that Nassau County’s outdoor pools will be open for the summer season,” Curran said in a statement last Wednesday.

Beginning Friday, July 3, four of the six county pools, including Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn, Cantiague Park in Hicksville, North Woodmere Park and

Wantagh Park, will be available for Nassau County residents only, Curran said.

“We also anticipate guidance from the state that may allow us to open our two beach pools at Nickerson Beach,” the executive added, referring to a set of pools in the Lido Beach area.

Curran did not mention the status of the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, but the county’s website lists the 22-year-old, $30 million facility, which is considered the largest Olympicsize single-tank pool in North America, as “closed pending further notification.”

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The pool in Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn is one of a number of county pools open for the summer.

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Maximize time spent in the pool this summer One of the advantages of having a pool right in the backyard is the convenience of being able to take a dip anytime you so desire. Spending time in the pool is a great way to

kick off summer vacations especially if that vacation is a staycation. The pool also is a fun gathering place for casual barbecues or hangouts with friends.

The Association of Pool & Spa Professionals says there are 10.4 million residential swimming pools in the United States. The Pool & Spa Marketing group has found that

With hazy summer days on the horizon, it’s time to dive into ways to maximize pooltime fun.

the number of pool permits issued in 2018 in Canada (the most recent year for data) was the third highest in the last 14 years, indicating a booming pool market that continues to show promise, especially considering that the data does not reflect many of the rural areas that do not require building permits for pool construction.

With hazy summer days on the horizon, it’s time to dive into ways to maximize pooltime fun. · Carefully consider pool location. Those who are installing a new pool should spend time in their yards looking at the landscape, how the sun travels overhead and any obstructions that can get in the way of the pool. Then the pool can be properly located for ideal results. · Select upgrades. Certain upgrades can be added when pools are being built; otherwise, aftermarket additions can enhance the pool experience. Zero entry effects can reduce the number of steps or ladders needed, while a water

shelf, also known as a Baja bench, enables swimmers to play or cool off without being completely immersed in water.

Diving boards or water slides can complete the package and provide some extra thrills. · Stock up on toys. Anything from aqua volleyball nets to climbing walls to floating golf games and even inflatable hamster balls that float on water can amp up the fun factor. · Lather up the SPF. Pool time can be cut short if people are not diligent when applying sunscreen. Follow package directions regarding application, being sure to reapply regularly.

Even waterproof products will need to be reapplied frequently. · Offer a shady escape. Like a sunburn, heat exhaustion can compromise a fun day in the pool. Provide a shady respite, particularly one stocked with refreshing drinks like water or lemonade.

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1. Craft time: Pick a theme and gather the materials for the project. For example, kids can evoke a trip to the ocean by creating handmade sea creatures. Paint a paper plate and hang brightly colored yarn underneath it to create the “tentacles” of a jellyfish. Kids can use salt dough clay to fashion seashells, sea snails or crustaceans.

2. Painting: Shaving cream is a great sensory material that is relatively easy to clean up. Kids can whip up a batch of shaving cream paint and use it to finger paint on a table or even in the bathtub. Simply mix shaving cream with food coloring in a bowl, or use a muffin tin to separate the colors.

3. Build a birdhouse: Birdhouses or bird feeders can be made from scraps of material found around the house. Scavenge for spare lumber or other supplies in the shed or garage. An adult or older sibling can help cut the wood into pieces.

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5. Box makeovers: Tissue boxes or cereal boxes can be made into many different creations with paint or construction paper.

Use a few craft supplies like pom-poms or wiggly eyes to turn boxes into “monsters.”

6. Boat races: Build a small sailboat for each member of the family. Fill up a long, shallow container and take turns racing the boats by blowing on the sails.

7. Leaf art: Gather leaves and twigs from around the yard and then combine pieces to make them look like various animals.

8. Spray park: Create an at-home spray park with a garden hose and a pool noodle. Poke several small holes into the pool noodle on all sides. Stick a garden hose into the end of the pool noodle and hot-glue a wine cork into the hole at the other end. Turn on the water and let kids run through.

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How to be safe in the sun this summer

A relaxing day outdoors soaking up some of the sun’s rays is how many people prefer to spend their free time when the weather allows. While the very vision of a warm summer afternoon spent outdoors can invoke positive feelings, it’s important that people take protective measures before going outside and continue to do so while they’re out there.

According to the American Cancer Society, most skin cancers are the result of exposure to ultraviolet rays in sunlight.

UV rays are a type of radiation that do not have enough energy to penetrate deeply into the body. As a result, they primarily affect the skin. Overexposure to these rays can lead to skin cancer.

than other times of year. · Employ the shadow test when going outside. It may not seem especially scientific, but the shadow test is a simple way for anyone to gauge how strong UV rays

from the sun are at any given moment.

According to the ACS, if your shadow is shorter than you, that means the sun’s rays are at their strongest. This simple test can help people immediately determine how strong the sun’s rays are, compelling them

Protection from UV rays The ACS notes that there are no safe UV rays, so it’s imperative that people take UV protection seriously. The following are some of the many ways to protect yourself while still enjoying sunny days outdoors. · Go out at the right times of day. The ACS notes that UV rays are at their strongest in the middle of the day between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., so staying inside during these hours can protect your skin. This is especially important in the spring and summer, as the ACS says UV rays are stronger during these seasons

UV rays are a type of radiation that do not have enough energy to penetrate deeply into the body. As a result, they primarily affect the skin.

to be extra cautious if necessary. · Apply sunscreen early and reapply often. The ACS recommends using sunscreens with broad spectrum protection that protect the skin from both UVA and UVB rays, and applying them before leaving the house and reapplying often while outdoors. When choosing a sunscreen, choose one with a minimum sun protection factor, or SPF, of 30. Understanding SPF can help people recognize the importance of reapplication. When an SPF 30 product is applied correctly, a person gets the equivalent of one minute of UVB ray exposure for each 30 minutes he or she spends in the sun. So one hour in the sun wearing SPF 30 sunscreen is the same as spending two minutes totally unprotected. Reapplying SPF 30 sunscreen often can ensure you are protected at all times.· Wear a hat. Hats with a brim that is at least two to three inches all around protects vulnerable areas such as the eyes, forehead, nose, ears, and scalp. Choose a hat with a dark, non-reflective underside, as such a hat can lower the amount of UV rays that reach the face from reflective surfaces such as water.

Sun protection is important yearround, and especially so during spring and summer.

Improve comfort when dining outdoors Warm weather entices people to enjoy long hours outside basking in the sun or relaxing on balmy evenings. Many of the activities people once reserved for indoors when temperatures were chilly, including dining, are moved outside as the weather warms.

Even though outdoor dining can be quite enjoyable, certain factors need to be considered to ensure that each experience is as pleasurable as possible. This means focusing on comfort whenever meals are taken out-of-doors.

Address insects Insects are equal opportunity invaders. Once they smell sweet or savory food items, they quickly descend for an easy bite. This means extra steps are necessary to dissuade insects from coming by. Invest in citronella candles, which can be placed around the patio to repel flying bugs. Clean up crumbs and spills promptly. Bees and wasps can be lured away with sweet traps placed around the perimeter of the property.

Even though outdoor dining can be quite enjoyable, certain factors need to be considered to ensure that each experience is as pleasurable as possible.

Offer shade Too much sun can make outdoor meals less enjoyable. A patio umbrella, pergola or canopy can cut down on glare and make the dining area more comfort-

able. Check to see that the shade source can be adjusted to guard against the sun as it moves across the sky.

Dress up seating Just because furniture is made for outside doesn’t mean it has to be uncomfortable. Many companies now produce very durable and attractive outdoor furniture. Weather-resistant fabrics mean rain or sunlight will not age items too quickly.

Reusable place settings If you frequently dine outdoors, you may want to dine in style. Instead of disposable paper or plastic place settings, invest in colorful, durable, reusable plastic dishes, glasses and flatware, which will not break if dropped and can hold up to a dishwasher when it is time to clean up.

Create the right ambiance Invest in outdoor lighting, candles and hidden speakers to pipe in music and create ambiance. Install privacy screens and foliage to establish a nice nook for outdoor dining.

Outdoor dining areas can be improved with some easy modifications to existing spaces.

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Even though people may take a more relaxed attitude in summer, the National Eye Institute says people should wear sunglasses that block UV radiation whenever they head outdoors in daylight hours. This is essential for men, women and children. Sunglasses are necessary during the times of day when the sun’s rays are at their strongest, but wearing them anytime the sun is out can protect one’s vision.

Sunglasses present a great defense against UV rays that can cause short- and long-term eye damage, states the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Diseases such as cataracts, cancer and growths on the eye all can result from prolonged exposure to UV rays, which can damage the eye’s surface tissues as well as the cornea and lens. Prolonged exposure to UV rays also may affect retinal cells.

When purchasing sunglasses to protect the eyes, consumers should consider these important factors. · Ultimate protection: The American Optometric Association says that sunglasses should offer 100 percent protection against both UVA and UVB rays.

Some glasses will simply list a numerical indicator. In such instances, sunglasses

that offer protection against UV 400, which will encompass the wavelengths for both UVA and UVB rays, are best. · Buy from a reputable retailer. Not all sunglasses live up to their claims. Sunglasses sold at doctors’ offices, department stores and sunglass speciality shops often meet the standards for protection, advises The Vision Council, a trade organization for the optical industry. · Choose tint for activity. Tint will not affect UV protection, but it can make certain activities more enjoyable. Darker lenses may help at the beach, where there is more reflective light. Orange or yellow lenses increase contrast while driving or fishing. On cloudy days, amber or rose lenses can help improve contrast. Customers should choose a tint that makes them feel comfortable. · Polarized lenses help fight glare.

Polarized lenses and those with anti-reflective coatings can alleviate glare. Such lenses work by only letting in specific amounts of light at certain angles, which helps to reduce the brightness of that light, says the Discovery Eye Foundation. · Go big. Bigger frames or wraparound designs can further block UV light from different angles, particularly the side of the eye.

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Nassau Coliseum, known for hosting hockey games, concerts, circus shows and other entertainment events, will shut its doors indefinitely, according to a report from Bloomberg.com.

A spokeswoman for Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, the owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and operator of the Coliseum, said Prokhorov is seeking investors to take over the barn’s lease, which includes 13,000 seats and $100 million in debt, according to Newsday.

“We cannot predict or control the actions of other interested stakeholders,” Prokhorov spokeswoman Ellen Pinchuk told

Newsday. “However, we remain confident that the Coliseum and the proposed development project represent valuable investment opportunities, committed to the effort to find the right solution to the problems confronting the Coliseum, and hopeful that these efforts will bear fruit.”

Prokhorov’s Onexim Sports and Entertainment holds the lease of the Coliseum through Nassau County. The decision comes three months after the coronavirus pandemic and the announcement that Gov. Andrew Cuomo made that the New York Islanders, who for years called the Coliseum home, would play their 2020-21 home games in Uniondale.

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in the company redeveloping the Coliseum and building an adjacent retail and entertainment complex in 2015.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, an Islanders fan, said she was “disappointed” in the decision for Onexim to surrender its lease.

“I was very disappointed to hear this, but I can’t say I was surprised,” Curran said.

“Arenas are really taking a hard hit since the pandemic and the coliseum has been dark for months now. Like with everything else, we will regroup, we will find our way forward … We will analyze everything, look at all of the options … and we will recover from this.”

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Suozzi has earned another term in Congress

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y now, everyone should know the Democratic Primary for June 23 is by absentee ballot.

They arrived some weeks ago.

Please fill out and mail if you have yet to do so. If you cannot find yours, call the Board of Elections (516-571-8683 or 516-571-2411). The last day to apply is June 16.Completed ballots must be postmarked by June 22.

Friends, Neighbors, Congressman Tom Suozzi’s two opponents are totally unqualified with no previous government position and no track record to even

criticize. They have spent the bulk of their campaign suing each other rather than going door-to-door to introduce themselves, hold rallies to explain their platforms, invade our mailboxes with fliers. I won’t even give them name recognition here.

I do have one question for them, however. Why or how did they believe they could ‘cut their political teeth’ at the federal level? Give us the benefit of your public service at the village, town or county legislature first.

Congressman Suozzi deserves our supportbecause he is very qualified. Yes,

I’ve read the ‘nit-picking’ letters to the editor, but they don’t hold water against his record, his endorsements and ratings based on performance.

Tom has: A rating/grade from the Children’s Defense Fund Arating/grade from the National Education Association 100% from the Humane Society 100% from Planned Parenthood 97% from the League of Conservation Voters He has been endorsed by: The Sierra

Club, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, The NYS AFL-CIO, The Long Island Federation of Labor, Long Island Building Trades, The Stonewall Democrats, End Citizens United.

Wouldn’t you agree the above is a diverse group of supporters? Tom Suozzi earned this with his voting record on the issues, his proposals and initiatives for legislation and his record of getting monies for New York state.

Steven M. Walk Great Neck

Time in Paper erred in endorsing Suozzi Sleep W “Time in Sleep” Tonight I watched the circle moon, the field wore moonlight gracefully, so too the mirror lake without a hint of cleverness.

The secret is the fine lunar lace, a most delicate embroidery, without no one is truly rich.

An easy smile drew across my face.

How do I put this on a scale, should I imagine a fresh snow-covered landscape, downy flake falling on cedar, a white swan braiding the gentle water… .

No, a dream, each carefree moment approaches and passes more beautiful, the reflection of time in my sleep. But you must close your eyes to know and fancy such peace. I carry my share many times over.

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ith the June 23 primary just a few days away, your Democratic readers residing in New York’s 3rd Congressional District have little time left to decide who they want to represent them.

That being the case, I thought I would take the opportunity to rebut Blank Slate Media’s endorsement of incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, an endorsement clearly written to repay Suozzi for his generous advertising spending over the last several months.

Firstly, Melanie D’Arrigo, Suozzi’s only viable opponent, is not a “self-described progressive.” She is a genuine progressive who firmly believes in advancing criminal justice reform, preserving reproductive rights, recognizing healthcare as a human right and taking immediate action to prevent catastrophic climate change.

As I can’t do justice to her entire platform in the space I have here, I recommend your readers visit http://www.darrigo2020.comand click on “Issues” to get a full rundown of everything she stands for.

Of course, D’Arrigo doesn’t just talk the talk. She also walks the walk, having spent much of the last year speaking and working with progressive and other grassroots activist groups across Nassau, Suffolk and Queens. (Having been a progressive activist long before announcing her candidacy, this was more of a continuation of her relationship with the activist community than a start.)

She doesn’t lecture the members of these groups on what should be important to them. She listens to and learns from those with perspectives sometimes very different from her own.

Suozzi’s style, on the other hand, is to waltz in, complain about how primaries are supposedly dominated by extremists and bristle when criticized for his past actions.

It’s no wonder no progressive group has endorsed Suozzi, while D’Arrigo has been endorsed by Indivisible (both national and state leadership), Brand New Congress, Nassau NOW, Matriarch, the New York Progressive Action Network, New York Communities for Change, Muslims for Progress, the National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund, Sunrise Huntington, Moms in Office, Long Island Network for Change, Queens United Independent Progressives, Long Island Activists, Our Progressive Future and Forward Thinking Democracy.

Your piece mentioned that D’Arrigo helped to elect or re-elect Assemblyman Tony D’Urso, Sen. Anna Kaplan and Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte. Perhaps you should also have pointed out that, to date, none of those three individuals has endorsed Suozzi.

It’s worth noting that Kaplan’s state senatorial district encompasses a substantial portion of the 3rd Congressional District, which makes her non-endorsement especially conspicuous. Of course, that didn’t stop Suozzi from sending out a dishonest mailer, claiming that “all” Democrats in his district supported him. I guess Suozzi finds a comforting fiction preferable to the truth in this case.

You also claimed that D’Arrigo decided to enter the race because Suozzi was insufficiently critical of Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh. D’Arrigo entered the race because Suozzi had enabled Trump and the

GOP at every opportunity, sabotaging his own party’s attempts to hold Trump accountable and dressing his complicity up as “bipartisanship.”

Regarding your supposed fearthat D’Arrigo could put the seat in danger of being flipped by the GOP, this is absolute nonsense.

The Republican nominee is George Santos. Santos previously told Blank Slate Media he models himself after extremist U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin and wants to fortify our northern border with Canada. He also told Ballotpedia that “The Art of the Deal,” the self-promoting book ghostwritten for Trump decades ago, is his favorite book.

You must be joking if youbelieve Santos has even the slightest chance of victory in this majority Democratic district.

I could go on for pages picking apart your endorsement, but as I said time is short. Those voting by mail have until June 22 to postmark their absentee ballots, and June 23 is the last day to vote in person (with early voting running through June 21).

For those who have not yet cast a vote, whether you consider yourself progressive or more of a middle-of-the-road Democrat, I ask you to please consider this.

Do you want a candidate who shares your core values and will fight tirelessly to defend them? Do you want a candidate who, instead of ceding more ground to the reactionary GOP, actually takes some ground back?

If so, please vote for Melanie D’Arrigo as your next congressperson. You won’t regret it.

Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

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Cuomo right to criticize safety violators

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ov. Andrew Cuomo has threatened another shutdown if people don’t practice safety precautions. This is because last weekend crowds were spotted drinking without masks and not social distancing in Manhattan

and in the Hamptons. Let me also mention the many protesters not wearing masks and not social distancing.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has said that COVID-19 has spread in various states around the country and we could have a more

serious outbreak in the fall with a second wave. He says we need to follow common-sense health practices. This means social distancing, wearing masks, sometimes wearing gloves and carrying hand sanitizers.

Now I’m 71 and do practice

these health precautions when I have to go shopping. My wife can’t go out for now since she has asthma and is a senior citizen herself and I do the shopping and the laundry and I am also working part time in Mineola. Those who don’t wear a mask endanger

my life as well as my wife’s if I end up bringing home the virus because of careless people. So I applaud Gov. Cuomo for trying to prevent the spread of the virus.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

We need Suozzi to stay in Congress

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etting things done isn’t Tom Suozzi’s campaign slogan. It’s what drives everything he does in public service. It’s why we need Tom to continue representing our 3rd Congressional District in Congress, now more than ever before, and why I’m writing to strongly urge you to vote for Tom in the June 23 Democratic Primary.

Tom is smart, committed and

passionate about fighting for the issues he believes in and for the people he represents. Above all else, Tom is pragmatic and resultsoriented. No platitudes, no empty promises and no pretense. He knows how to bring people together – people with diverse and sometimes opposing views – to solve problems and get things done.

I’ve known Tom for almost 20 years. Some of that time I served

as his chief of staff and senior policy advisor in Nassau County, working on issues ranging from regional planning and government efficiency to the delivery of health and human services to Nassau’s more than one million residents.

I have seen him bring people into a room – Democrats and Republicans, non-profits and business people – and walk out with an agreement that serves everyone’s

best interest.

Most recently, Tom helped spearhead an effort to get the entire New York and New Jersey delegations to sign a bipartisan letter to congressional leaders demanding that COVID-19 recovery funds be earmarked for states like ours that were hit hardest. He also worked to get every member of the Long Island delegation from both parties to get millions of dol-

lars for New York hospitals and front-line workers.

We need Tom to continue representing us in Washington, D.C. His intelligence, experience and common sense are needed now more than ever.

Arda Nazerian Manhasset

Dems have failed to bring down Trump

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resident Trump poses an existential threat to the Democrat Party and its slavish adherents. Everything they’ve believed in for the past 60 years, donated money to, taught their children, and based their entire belief and value systems on has now been overturned, redesigned, dismantled, and exposed as bad for America by their nemesis in the Oval Office.

The dramatic escalation in anxiety, desperation, indeed impotent rage of the letterwriters

and columnists in the Great Neck News over the past year is a stunning echo of the hysteria of the Democrats in power, as everything they’ve done to bring down President Trump has failed miserably––and there’s a good chance a great number of them will end up in prison.

Plan A was to utilize the seditious and traitorous bad actors Barack Obama put into the highest positions at Justice, State, Intelligence, et al––the FBI, the CIA, the DNI, the DOJ, et al—in order

to fabricate malicious lies about the president, wiretap his phones, enact sting operations on his advisers, and enlist the fake-news media to prove that candidate and then President Trump colluded with the Russians to win the 2016 election.

Result: Failure.

Plan B was to frame the president’s first choice of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, by 37 (and counting) crooked Obama Officials. In May 2020, the Justice Dept. dropped all charges against Flynn, but a leftist federal court

judge has placed the matter on hold leading to speculation that he hopes a Biden Justice Department will revive it. Nevertheless….

Result: Failure Plan C was to enlist lawyer Michael Avenetti to claim his client, call girl Stormy Daniels, had an affair with the president, a claim she has since denied –– “it never happened.”

Result: Failure.

Plan D was to condemn President Trump for asking the Ukrainian president to look into the

corruption of presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter when Biden was VP of the United States. Writer Patricia McCarthy concludes, “If anyone needed to be impeached, it was virtually all of the top dogs of the Obama administration: Holder, Lynch, Rice, Power, Comey, McCabe, et al. and, of course, Biden as well.”

Result: Failure Plan E was to impeach the president for the same call to the Ukrainian president, an effort hisContinued on Page 40

What $580,600 gets you as a Trump supporter

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n Thursday, June 11, Donald Trump had an in-person fund-raiser at a home in Dallas and the 25 or so attendees had to pay $580,600 to be a guest at the event. The cost was really not that high. That amount was per couple. However, the cost of rapid testing each attendee for the coronavirus was covered by the fund-raising committee.

How many of you Trump supporters out there attended this fund-raising event to voice your opinion of how such a contribution will be of benefit to you? What? You didn’t attend?

Don’t you have that kind of money lying atop your dresser? In reality, these wealthy, well-con-

nected supporters get what they want. As for you well-intentioned Trump supporters, I must laugh, since the joke is on you. Do you really think this spoiled rich boy really cares about you? Here’s a fact. He only cares about himself. $580,600! That’s a lot of money. How many years would it take you or me to accumulate that amount of money? To many of his supporters, that’s petty cash. Remember! You get what you pay for. You donated $100 for his cause? That’s like being a pebble in a mountain. What do you think you’ll get for that?

You lost your job? Will it come back? How many people do you know who tested positive for the coronavirus? Will they survive?

Will you? Do you believe that the man in White House really cares about you and yours? It’s great to be a fan of Disney and believe in Fantasyland. $580,600! If you make $1,000 a week, it would take you 580 weeks-plus to gross that amount. That’s 11-plus years. I’m sure you Trump guys and gals do better than that. By increasing it to $1,500 bucks per week, it will only take about 5 1/2 years to reach that amount. That’s gross.

I’m referring to the amount you earn before tax and other deductions. From your net amount, deduct living expenses and the question becomes how are you surviving? $580,600! Did you know

that to be in the top 20 percent of the U.S. population, you need a household net worth of nearly $500,000? It also means that 80 percent of us are worth a whole lot less. Did you know that the median net worth of the average households in the United States is $97,300? Median is the middle point where half the households have more and half have less.

And those figures are before the pandemic. How many years did it take for you to reach the level of your household net worth? You say that you have a house that’s worth a lot more. Let’s not forget the mortgage that reduces your net worth. $580,600! Think about it. If those people can afford to donate

such an amount to Trump, do you think it leaves them penniless? In life, to repeat, we all know that you get what you pay for. How much did you Trump supporters donate to his campaign? Compared to $580,600 or even millions more, it’s really nothing. But with Trump, you get more than nothing. You get talk and more talk. Do you know what I need for listening to all his talk? I need an aspirin. Make that a whole bottle’s worth, if I still can afford to buy it. Thank goodness it costs less than $580,600, but that’s buy one and get one free.

Alvin H. Goldberg Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 33

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Business&RealEstate

Selling your home in a COVID-19 world Sellers, have you begun to receive more appointments for showings since Wed, June 10, the day that Phase 2 was christened allowing the real estate industry in New York state to come out of hibernation the past 2 ½ months? Have you prepared your home for those motivated purchasers and at the same time have masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer available for them in the event that the agents don’t?

Have you prepared your home to be able to shoot the best photos and videos?

Also, as needed, either you or the agent should be showing the property and should be the ones to open up all doors and cabinets and then if you have any concerns, wipe down any touched areas with sanitizing wipes It is critically important that we all be prepared just as a precaution to keep everyone safe and healthy. As if we didn’t have enough paperwork to process, there are two new crucial disclosure forms, housing and antidiscrimination and Covid-19 in addition to the agency and lead (only for property constructed before 1978) disclosure that all sellers and buyers must be presented with at first point of contact.

Between the issues in No-

vember 2019 on Long Island with those agents who got caught steering (purposely suggesting that one town or location would be better than another for that client) and the current Covid-19 pandemic, more necessary paperwork has been added to our agenda so as to keep us and our clients legally and physically safe and healthy. However, I wonder how many know that this paperwork is required and will readily have this paperwork available?

The best of us most likely will do what is required as is usually the case, but I am not sure about so many others in the business.

So if you are a seller and/or a buyer, make sure those documents are presented to you right from the beginning whether listing your home, condo, or co-op or when a Realtor first takes you out to show the property. Paperwork must be kept for three years by the agent.

Now the other preparedness one must consider when deciding to place your home on the market are those items that have been put on the back burner due to procrastination, thinking you will eventually get to it or maybe the money is tight right at the moment. Remember to view your home as is you were the buyer and through their

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

eyes. However, I am not talking about a full-scale renovation or upgrade unless you are planning to live there another five to seven years; otherwise, you might not get back all the money that you are contemplating spending right now. It also depends on how long you have been living in your current home and the equity that you have built up over the years.

However, preparing your walls and ceilings for painting with a light white, off white or beige color and kitchens and bathrooms in a light yellow or another color that matches the decor or whatever color that is not too personal in nature would be an excellent starting point.

Light and bright should be your

focus! Next, you might think about maybe sanding those floors that you haven’t refurbished in 20 years and then finish the process by putting two coats of polyurethane down. Some basics to also consider is the exterior landscape and the curb appeal of your home through the eyes of prospective purchasers who just might do a drive-by to check out the area. Buyers who come for a showing may scan the outdoor area as they are walking up to the front door and will react to the setting.

Trimming all your shrubbery below your windows is a great first step and if you haven’t maintained them in many years, now you have a giant straggly monster of a bush or tree covering them.

So consider removing them and replacing them with something more appropriate, such as azaleas or Rhododendrons, by going online and viewing other choices. Obviously you may or may not have an adequate budget to do everything, but consider the actions of how much a buyer will reduce their offer when they calculate what they will need to do to make their new home livable and appealing. It can be much more economical for the seller to do many things in preparation to sell because many times a buyer

will consider the expense to be much higher in fixing, repairing, and upgrading than the actual cost if a professional were contracted to do the job.The other option is to sell in “as is” condition.

But you can always start with getting at least three estimates from contractors and asking for referrals of homeowners that they have worked with over the past three to five years to to see if they met their expectations and were satisfied. You can also go online for reviews, just Google, and search for reviews or testimonials of the company or the name of the individual.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas and suggestions on future columns with your name, email, and cell number and he will call or email you back. For a consultation, he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions or concerns.

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Rice unopposed in Democratic primary GOP candidates Cindy Grosz and Douglas Tuman vie to challenge incumbent in Nov.

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) is running unopposed in the Democratic primary for New York’s 4th Congressional District, but two Republican candidates are vying to challenge her in November’s general election.

Cindy Grosz and Douglas Tuman are the Republican candidates in the district.

The 4th Congressional District is situated in central and southern Nassau County, including Floral Park, Garden City, Hempstead, Mineola, Carle Place, New Hyde Park and Westbury.

Grosz, a Long Island native who attended the Hewlett-Woodmere schools, is a columnist, radio personality and Jewish activist. She has written for publications including The Times of Israel and The Reactionary Times, and is a contributor and co-host on “The Jersey Joe Show.” She is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump.

Tuman is the commissioner of engineering for the Town of Hempstead. His campaign platform centers around infrastructure improvements, making the community more livable for new families and the elderly, and implementing solutions to global warming that align with capitalism.

If Rice wins November’s general election, it will be her fourth two-year term in office. Shebeat Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman in 2014 after incumbent Carolyn McCarthy did not seek reelection, which left the Democratic seat open.

Rice’s top priority is helping school districts, small businesses, hospitals and nursing homes recover from the coronavirus pandemic, she told Blank Slate Media in an email.

She said that beyond providing these entities with “targeted financial relief,” she seeks to help them develop and implement plans to avoid recurrent coronavirus surges, as well as to combat future pandemics.

“Long Island is getting ready to reopen, and that’s a good thing,” Rice said.

“But we need to make sure that our critical services and local municipalities have the tools they need to operate safely and successfully in the weeks and months to come.”

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Two Republican candidates are in contention to be on the general election ballot for the state’s 4th Congressional District election against incumbent U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City).

“We have to do more than just bounce back from this crisis, we need to learn from this experience and become more resilient in the same way that we did after Superstorm Sandy.”

Grosz said that she believes Rice to be “out of touch with her base” in the district.

It’s unfortunate for families

as a whole. I think it’s important to make Nassau more affordable so families can stick together.

Douglas Tuman COMMISSIONER OF ENGINEERING FOR THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD (R)

“If you compare the accomplishments of another congressman from Long Island, Lee Zeldin, who is a Trump supporter like myself, you see how NY-04 is losing,” she said.

If elected, Grosz would be the “first religious Jewish congresswoman from either party,” she said. “NY-04 neighborhoods support Judeo-Christian values,” she asserted.

She has helped write legislation “for oversight in classrooms that demand fact over fiction lessons about Judeo-Christian values,” according to her website.

“I have been outspoken and have been working on rebuilding the black-

Jewish relationship that Democrats have been destroying for years,” said Grosz.

“During the quarantine, I have been involved in discussions to help small businesses in minority communities. I am personal friends with many of the black Republican candidates from all over the country and will work with them directly when we are all elected in November.”

Tuman is backed by the Nassau County Republican Committee.

His campaign platform centers around infrastructure improvements, improving representative democracy and making Nassau County a more affordable place for young families to live, he told Blank Slate Media.

He said that he believes that he would be more attuned to his constituents than Rice is, if elected.

“I don’t think she’s in the community very much,” Tuman said. “She’s in Washington, and not really in her district anymore. I would be in my district, and then going to Washington to represent my people.”

Since Tuman is the commissioner of engineering for the Town of Hempstead, which makes up much of the district, he is highly familiar with the communities he would be representing, he said.

In particular, he emphasized that he is familiar with the infrastructure of the communities, which he believes needs improvement. If elected, he would push to fortify the south shore by implementing measures such as installing floodgates. Such initiatives would save the

district billions of dollars in potential damage from storms, he said.

“At the end of the day, what really separates me is first and foremost what a congressperson is supposed to do is advocate for their people, and I think we’ve lost sight of that,” he said.

Tuman also plans to take action to make Nassau County more affordable for young families living in the district or considering moving to the area.

“Nassau is a tough place to live, especially as a young person,” he said. “It has become difficult for young people to start here or to stay here, and I think it’s eroding the fabric of our community. There’s starting to be a bit of a brain drain, as people leave Nassau County and go elsewhere.”

He added that this is unfortunate for older generations in the district, who do not necessarily get to be near their children or grandchildren.

“It’s unfortunate for families as a whole. I think it’s important to make Nassau more affordable so families can stick together,” said Tuman.

In order to work toward this goal, he suggested measures such as simplifying the tax code and eliminating the federal tax cap on state and local property deductions.

“A lot of it has to do with the supplydemand problem with housing,” he added. “There simply isn’t enough housing.”

The last day to postmark an absentee ballot for the primary is Tuesday, the day of the election.

G.N. celebrates seniors with car parades Continued from Page 3 itself throughout the parade when the kids saw their fully decorated school and congratulatory flags and banners along Middle Neck Road,” Cheung said.

“Many people were skeptical about having a parade at first but came out loving it. Quite a few parents shared that they had as much fun as their kids and

that this should become our new tradition for years to come!”

Great Neck South High School hosted its “Future Plans” themed car parade on June 1, to honor students moving on to pursue collegiate aspirations. The event included several vehicles decked out in different university banners and flags.

Efforts to reach Great Neck South High School Principal Chris Gitz were unavailing.

In addition to the car parades and cap and gown distribution ceremonies, Holtzman said that Great Neck North High School plans to adhere to the same Health Department guidelines for the drive-in premiere of its virtual gradua-

tion on Tuesday at 9 p.m. at Beach Park.

Great Neck South High School will also premiere a virtual version of graduation for parents and graduates on Monday at 9 p.m. at Beach Park.

Students dressed in cap and gown for the parade.North High School educators cheered on their students from an appropriate social distance.

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N. Shore businesses enter ‘phase two’ State permits Nassau County residents to resume in-store shopping

Continued from Page 1 Nancy Sinoway, whose Port Washington tailoring and alterations studio turned to sewing masks when business dried up, says that the seamstresses in her shop “have been busy.”

“It’s been our first week since March working full days,” Sinoway said. “We really can’t complain. People want to get out and start doing things. We have a lot of people doing these porch weddings later on, and these people want to get married. We’re just doing it differently.”

A representative from Raindew, a variety store in Manhasset, concurred.

“During the height of the pandemic a good portion of our business was curbside pick-up or Home Delivery,” the representative wrote over Facebook Messenger. “We have definitely seen more foot traffic in the store in the last couple of weeks.”

Anil Mathur, a professor of marketing and business at Hofstra University, says this is an expected effect in the wake of the quarantine.

“Revenue will come in for the first time since March,” Mathur said. “This would be a

PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON

The Port Washington Farmers Market made its 2020 debut on Saturday, albeit with precautions due to COVID-19. good sign for them that they are able to open stores. They will also probably need to bring back their in-store employees, which means business for the store and employment for those who have not worked for so long, and that translates into more business for other businesses.”

The sustained boom, how-

ever, has yet to be seen, according to Mathur.

“What happens if the recovery is continued and smooth is that the trend could continue in the future,” Mathur said. “I have seen an increasing number of people wearing masks and social distancing, concerned about their own safety. Fortunately in our area, with a high

level of education, people are more conservative about this. It will be very difficult to predict the second wave impact.”

Even seasonal businesses are taking the reopenings in stride. The weekly Port Washington Farmers Market, which runs during the summer and fall, was among the businesses that reopened, with its debut on

Saturday drawing hundreds of customers. It encouraged guests to wear masks and use hand sanitizer.

The market’s operators also placed chalk marks on the ground to keep guests socially distant from the vendors and asked visitors to avoid touching or sampling products.

Sinoway is taking similar precautions.

“We’re allowing in one customer at a time,” she said.

“We’re really trying to stay by appointment only, comply by the rules. By us doing the oneon-one, we’re good. We’re all being safe, meeting clients, making bridal appointments.

They all call and set up a time to come in.”

Mathur says the biggest key to maintaining profitability will be keeping costs down.

“Later, when we get back, we can splurge,” Mathur said.

“Let things settle down until there is a better treatment and better resources available. Until that time, it may be prudent for any business to be cost conscious. Having to deal with extra costs with social distancing and so forth is a double-sided thing. That is where businesses will have to be creative.”

COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

G.N. Student Aid Fund helps classmates in need

More than 35 community residents, members of the Great Neck Student Aid Fund Board of Directors, are conducting their annual fund-raising drive to assist needy area students about to enter college. Contributions are needed now and can be sent to the Great Neck Student Aid Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 1067, Great Neck, NY 11023-1067.

Despite difficult times, large numbers of Great Neck students are about to enter college without sufficient finances. The Great Neck Student Aid Fund is seeking to help them through its annual community drive to assist the neediest area students with their first year of college.

The Student Aid Fund has just sent a mailing to all Great Neck residents asking for their financial support.

“Because we are an all-volunteer organization, every dollar we receive is directed to our students,” said Student Aid Fund President Elise Kestenbaum. “In order to continue helping these students, we are asking everyone to consider a donation to the Great Neck Student Aid Fund at this time so that our local students can continue their education. Even a small contribution can truly have an impact on a student’s life.”

Great Neck students receiving financial support go through an extensive screening process to establish need. Whether they attend public or private schools, the Student Aid Fund provides financial assistance to help them with the ever-increasing cost of the

first year of college or vocational school.

“Our awards enable many graduating seniors to be the first in their families to attend college and also reduces the financial burden for the student during this first critical year of school,” she said.

The Student Aid Fund has been providing need-based college scholarships to Great Neck students for more than 85 years through an objective and confidential screening process.

“We are living in difficult and uncertain times right now, and this is especially true for young people looking at the prospect of planning for college and trying to navigate the complicated waters of paying for their education,” according to Candy Gould, vice president of the organization.

She urged the community to come to the assistance of area students by sending a contribution of any size to the Great Neck Student Aid Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 1067, Great Neck, NY 11023-1067. Contribution, which will be acknowledged, can be made in honor of or in memory of individuals or groups.

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Probably the only argument that will convince Republicans not to block vote-by-mail is this: People will be all the more determined, even to the point of putting their lives at risk, to vote in this “election of our lifetime” to counteract the existential threat four more years of Trump and Republican control present.

The result will be a resurgence of COVID-19 which would come at high cost to state coffers and likely a renewed shutdown of the economy, if not just lost productivity and consumer spending. Put risk in terms of Wall Street, not Main Street, and maybe Republicans will care.

But then it will be the Democrats’ fault and mess to clean up, along with the trillions added to the national debt that Republicans don’t seem to care about as long as a Republican is in the White House.

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s you reported in your newspaper this week, there were about 700 peaceful protesters exercising their right to express themselves in Great Neck on Sunday, June 7.

This event was organized by local high school students, and hearing about it made me feel extremely proud of my hometown.

It reminded me of marching for civil rights and hearing Dr. King speakin Great Neck when I was a student herein the 1960s.

However, just two days prior to this event, the mayor of the Village of Great Neck, Pedram Bral, posted a long screed on his public Facebook pageurging his followers to stay home on Sunday, insinuating that there would be“outside agitators” coming to “cause

trouble” in Great Neck.

What followed in the comments from his friends and followers was an appallingdisplay of racism and ignorance. I posted in reply, citing the facts about the organizers of the protest and pointing out the long history of progressive activism in Great Neck. I was promptly called names ranging from “idiot” to “democRAT,” and told that I am in need of medication, I am “what is wrong with Great Neck,” and a bunch of other slurs.

Mayor Bral has repeatedly posted derogatory comments about Gov. Cuomo on social media, blaming him for all the deaths in New York State nursing homes and much more. He has also blasted other Democratic candidates, past and present.

No other mayor in Great Neck makes such public partisan statements. More concerning than this is the fact that Mayor Bral is now urging people to vote in person in the midst of a global pandemic, and posting falsehoods about mail-in voting being the source of voter fraud, a claim that has been disproved by all reliable sources.

Any attempt to correct his misleading and inaccurate posts is met with ridicule and antagonism by the mayor and his friends. When I politely suggested that a public official should fact-check before posting, MayorBral told me not to tell him what to do on his Facebook page. Eventually, he blocked me from posting any more comments.

Where havewe seen this

kind of behavior before?

Someone asks a question you don’t like, just intimidateor silence them. Is this appropriate behavior for a local elected official, posting false information on a public platform and shutting down anyone who disagrees or asks a question?

In the Town of North Hempstead, where we have pledged NOT IN OUR TOWN and are committed to fighting racism and hate, this kind of divisive behavior must be called out. Fearmongering, ignorance, and spreading false information and conspiracy theories should not be tolerated, especially from our community leaders.

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Continued from Page 33 torian Victor Davis Hanson calls a coup that relied on at least 10 false premises.

This perversion of justice concluded on Feb. 5, 2020 with the president’s total acquittal.

Result: Failure Think about all the college degrees, high IQs, prestigious jobs, and lofty positions held by the dozens of Democrats who carried out these failed operations. Impossible not to conclude that Democrats are simply not that smart.

Plan F What a coincidence! Just as the impeachment failure was ending, the Chinese virus hit, with old-time leftists Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx––whose models, predictions and projections were all wrong––holding court and effectively shutting

down America.

Liberals/leftists/regressives––whatever they’re calling themselves these days––hoped that “sheltering in place” for months would crash the economy and finally destroy the Trump juggernaut. But the booming economy President Trump created brought us through this trauma and when he started to open up the country, the stock market and jobs soared and are still soaring.

Result: Failure Plan G to destroy the president was to rely on the anarchy and chaos that followed the brutal death of George Floyd. Writer Heather MacDonald thoroughly disproves the claim that this was a direct result of the systemic racism of police departments throughout the U.S. “For the record,”

she stated, “based on 2019 statistics, the chance of an unarmed black being killed by police is about 1 in every 4 million. There were 10 such incidents in 2019…”

The organized and heavily funded peaceful protests were quickly eclipsed by the brazenly anti-American, anti-Semitic and racist groups Antifa and Black Lives Matter that rampaged through American cities and suburbs, destroyed businesses, stole multi-millions of dollars of goods, set cars on fire, defaced monuments, shot people, threw Molotov cocktails and bricks left for them in strategic spots by their fellow thugs, and generally gave the world an up-close, three-dimensional picture of what clinicians call psychopaths.

Luckily, this criminal and deranged behavior

has kept the 330 million people in America riveted to their TVs, where they were eyewitnesses to the uncontrolled violence and hatred they teach their own children never to exhibit or emulate. They also saw that every single politician who supported this thuggery–– every.single.one.––was a eDemocrat! It was a guide to tell them who never to vote for in November.

With Republicans in the White House, Senate and House, President Trump will continue to bring Americans the prosperity, jobs, infrastructure, foreign-policy pacts, and 21st century marvels of innovation they deserve! And we will once again be able to say: Result: Success!

Joan Swirsky Great Neck

Coliseum will shut down: report Continued from Page 31 According to Newsday, Curran went on to say she was “encouraged that Onexim is speaking to their lenders and other

potential investors and we remain focused on development plans with RXR Realty, a strong and committed partner on this project.”

As of now, the National Hockey League continues to work on finishing the 2019-20 season with a plan that includes 24 teams playing in two

cities. Once the season resumes, the Islanders are matched up against the Florida Panthers in a best-of-five-game playoff series.

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VGN trustees OK land purchase Continued from Page 2 Middle Neck Road in our village flying on the poles below the banners celebrating the Iranian New Year that had been up for months,” Gilliar said. “Should I then be surprised that the mayor would discard village hall, a building of local historical significance, without as much as a public conversation? These things are un-American in form and substance.”

During the meeting, the village board also discussed setting a date to resume daytime time restrictions for parking.

“Given the fact that the phases are moving forward … I think that July 1st would be a good time to have things back to normal,” Bral said.

Deputy Mayor Barton Sobel proposed

moving the date back to July 15 because he was concerned that there were still many people who have not gone back to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that the village shouldn’t enforce timed parking during the day if people are still home.

Bral replied that while the village does not want to do something that is going to make people’s lives more difficult, traffic has resumed to near normal levels and eventually the parking rules will need to go back into effect.

After some discussion, the board voted to table its decision, along with a decision on whether to install a stop sign at the corner of Steamboat Road and Old Tree Lane, until the next Board of Trustees meeting, scheduled for July 7.

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Happening at the Great Neck Library Levels, the Great Neck Library Teen Center, will present its first-ever virtual evening of original plays, The QuaranTeen Short Play Festival, on August 13, 14 and 15, and is looking for teen writers of all experience levels who will be in 7th grade and up this fall.

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Continued from Page 6 The complaint said three factors contributed to Floyd’s death: “The combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death.”

Three other Minneapolis police officers who were present at the scene of the arrest were also charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, according to news reports.

Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) released a statement after hearing about the three arrests on Friday.

“Following the killing of George Floyd, tens of thousands of people have participated in dozens of protests across Nassau County, and we are grateful that they have been almost entirely peaceful. Unlike other parts of the country, demonstrations in Nassau County have resulted in minimal arrests, few reports

of injuries, and no reports of intentional property damage. Moving forward, deescalation is a powerful message of this moment. Through that, meaningful progress can be achieved.”

On Tuesday, nearly 200 protesters returned to the scene of the Friday arrests around 6 p.m. The protesters gathered in the parking lot behind the East Meadow Mall before marching on Hempstead Turnpike.

“Our Police Officers take an oath to protect and serve and they have done that admirably,” the joint statement from Curran and Ryder said. “We have and continue to protect the public which includes protesters, during marches, on major roadways, and during their interaction with counter-protesters. We continue to support the rights of individuals who exercise their freedom of speech according to the First Amendment; however, these demonstrations must remain safe and orderly.”

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2 challenge Suozzi in Dem primary Continued from Page 2 candidates by having them disclose corporate and special interest campaign donations that are conflicts of interest,” according to her website.

At the candidate forum, D’Arrigo said that the CARES Act, a coronavirus support bill which Suozzi assisted in creating, was “wholly mishandled.” “[The act] prioritized corporations over people,” D’Arrigo said. “What we needed to see are reoccurring stimulus payments to individuals, what we needed to see was a credit freeze, what we needed to see was not just a freeze on mortgage and rent payments but a policy that would ensure that folks could pay at the end of their loan or an arrears if they were paying rent.”

The Port resident also said she agreed with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s assertion that the state’s congressional delegation “did not fight hard enough for New York” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Organizations that have endorsed D’Arrigo include Brand New Congress, L.I. Activists, the National Organization for Women, the National Institute for Reproductive Health’s Action Fund, Muslims for Progress, New York Communities for Change, Moms in Office, the Long Island Network for Change and Our Progressive Future, among others.

For the two challengers, the race as of late has been marked by litigation and controversial comments.

Nearly a month before the election, Weinstock was sued by D’Arrigo and former congressional challenger Josh Sauberman in an attempt to disqualify “fraudulent” and “out-of-district” petition signatures, according to D’Arrigo. Weinstock then sought to quash the suit by invoking a state law which states it is illegal to serve legal papers to an observant Jew on the sabbath or Shabbat. The suit was dismissed after an appellate court in Albany found that it had been filed one day late.

D’Arrigo’s campaign then found a Facebook post with Weinstock answering voter questions that showed he had commented, “Melanie’s little stunt that requires me to leave my house every day, during a pandemic, is a different matter altogether. The woman deliberately put me and my family at risk. If she were a man, I would consider giving her a good old-fashioned throat punch.”

The comments were condemned by both D’Arrigo and NOW, and Weinstock apologized, saying that he hoped D’Arrigo would “finally apologize for the Jewish vulgarity expressed by her legal team” during the lawsuit.

“While Ms. D’Arrigo was trying to knock me off the ballot, her lawyer told the Jerusalem Post that I am a ‘Bullsh-t Artist’ who is using my Jewish faith as a ‘stunt’ to avoid litigation,” Weinstock said in an email to Blank Slate Media.

The incumbent congressman has not weighed in on this feud.

Suozzi, the former mayor of Glen Cove and former Nassau County executive, who was elected to his first term in 2016 and re-elected in 2018, said in an interview with Blank Slate Media in May that his main priority in light of the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on Long Island was seeing that funds in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or HEROES Act recently passed by the House, are distributed to the states based on rate of infection. This occurred by Suozzi gathering “every Democrat and every Republican from New York and New Jersey to sign a letter to Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell” stating a need for a special fund that would be distributed in such a way. The fund, totaling $10 billion, was added to the act.

“New York hospitals got $4 billion of that money, so that by itself will address a lot of the hospitals’ money problems,” Suozzi said. “So now we’re doing the same thing with the states. We got a $49 billion fund put in the HEROES Act, so that by itself would generate $10 to $12 billion for New York. New York State would get about $22 billion overall based on population and unemployment rates, but $12 billion is just from this special fund for $49 billion that I helped to advocate for.”

Among his accomplishments, the congressman lists increasing funding for cleanup in the Long Island Sound and the Bethpage plume of toxic chemicals, as well as seeing his bill to set the state and local tax (SALT) cap at $20,000 pass in the House.

“I’ve demonstrated that I’m very hard working, I’m committed to getting things done for my district, and I get things done for my district,” Suozzi said. “I’ll always fight for New York, and I’ll always fight for all the things people care about, whether it’s better health care, a cleaner environment, gun safety, immigration reform, whatever the issue may be, they know that I’m fighting to get those things done for my constituents, for my state and for my country. I’m not just someone who’s saying, ‘I believe this,’ or ‘I believe that.’ I can do it because I’ve done it.”

Suozzi has also earned endorsements from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, the Communications Workers of America, End Citizens United, Laborers’ International Union of North America, Long Island Environmental Voters, the Long Island Federation of Labor, the New York League of Conservation Voters, the New York State AFL-CIO, New York City’s District Council of Carpenters, the New York State Teachers’ Union, the Public Employees’ Federation, the Sierra Club, the Theatrical Stage Employees Union, United Auto Workers and the United Federation of Teachers, among others.

The last day to postmark an absentee ballot for the primary is Tuesday, the day of the election.

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