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Local races may be decided by absentee ballots Delayed results to come from more than 140,000 cast in Nassau County BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County candidates remained in election purgatory this week as they awaited the results of the counting of mail-in ballots. More than 140,000 absentee ballots, a record, were received in Nassau County for the general elections, according to state figures. Though it didn’t take long for major news outlets to confirm that former Vice President Joe Biden had won New York, local races throughout Long Island still lay in the balance because of the number of ballots cast by mail. Counting of those ballots was expected to get underway this week. Officials from the Nassau County Board of Elections did not say when the counting would conclude but did say results would be finalized by Nov. 28. Nassau Democratic Elections Commissioner James Scheuerman

said 142,962 absentee ballots were cast in Nassau County this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, a figure that shatters the previous record of 48,000 in 2016. Counties throughout the state were permitted to begin canvassing, the process of ensuring all absentee ballots are accounted for, on Nov. 6, according to state officials. The Nov. 6 date was the last possible day for the state Board of Elections to conduct a comprehensive overview and ensure that no one’s vote counted more than once. Nassau officials such as County Executive Laura Curran have been vocal over the past month in promoting early voting and absentee ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to early election figures, 1.4 million Long Islanders voted this year, compared with 1.33 million in 2016. More than 350,000 Nassau Continued on Page 30

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Joseph Israel of Great Neck was among the supporters of President Donald Trump who gathered outside of the Woodbury-based studios of News 12 Long Island to protest over the weekend. See story on page 3.

Biden, Harris celebrated by state, local Democrats BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

my good friend President-elect Joe Biden and to Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris. Today we “This is a historic day,” Gov. go forward in hope and progAndrew Cuomo said. “After the ress.” Cuomo was among Demodarkness, division and hate of the past four years, America cratic officials in Nassau County has spoken and rejected more and New York reacting with joy of the same. Congratulations to to Biden’s defeat of Republican

President Donald Trump, which became clear over the weekend. Jay Jacobs, chairman of the state and county Democratic committees, said the “hard work” now begins to combat divisiveness that has been prominent in this year’s election campaign. Continued on Page 40

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1,435 in G.N. area Over 100 cases test positive for virus in school districts 6,200 confirmed cases throughout North Shore 23 total cases in Great Neck, 19 on-site BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

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More than 6,200 North Shore residents had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to figures from the Nassau County Department of Health. According to county figures, 52,173 people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Tuesday. A total of 2,224 people had died as a result of the virus as of Wednesday, according to county figures. Nassau County’s infection rate was 2.8 percent as of Wednesday, while Long Island had a rate of 3.4 percent, according to state Health Department statistics. The figures, broken down by community on the county’s interactive map, were the most upto-date figures available as of Wednesday morning. “As COVID-19 cases spike to record numbers nationwide, let’s remain vigilant and proactive,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said. “Nassau County will continue to respond to microspikes — wherever they may pop up — with testing, tracing and community outreach.” Of the 52,173 people in the county who had tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday, 1,435 reside on the Great Neck peninsula. Areas such as the Village of Kings Point, the Village of Great Neck and the Village of

More than 100 students on the North Shore had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to figures from the state Health Department. Public school districts that were analyzed included the Port Washington school district, Roslyn school district, Sewanhaka Central High School District, Mineola school district, East Williston school district, Floral Park-Bellerose school district, Manhasset school district, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district, Herricks school district and the Great Neck school district. Of the 108 students in the districts who have tested positive since the beginning of the school year, 28 were reportedly off-site, according to the state’s COVID-19 report card, which specifies whether a student, teacher or staff member has tested positive for the virus and if the person was on school grounds or not. A total of 23 teachers or staff members in the districts had

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More than 6,200 North Shore residents had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to figures from the Nassau County Department of Health. Great Neck Plaza have seen recent upticks in confirmed virus cases, according to the county Health Department. The Village of Great Neck had 428 cases, Kings Point had 279 cases, and the Plaza had 260 cases as of Wednesday, according to county figures. Because of the increase in cases, Curran joined with other local officials in announcing a new drive-thru testing facility at the North Shore Hebrew Academy in Kings Point on Monday. The testing facility, located at 16 Cherry Lane, is free to residents who schedule an appointment Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to officials, testing will be available to anyone

8 years or older. The consent of a parent or guardian is required for anyone 18 or younger. Community members will remain in their cars and receive nasal swabs for two diagnostic tests. After the swabs, residents will remain in their vehicles to await the test results and educational materials. The New Hyde Park area accounted for 1,355 of the North Shore’s cases, with North New Hyde Park having the most confirmed positives, 515, out of any analyzed area. The villages of Floral Park, with 375 cases, and New Hyde Park, with 358 cases, were also among the top six villages in terms of most positive tests, according to Health Department statistics. Municipalities and

unincorporated areas that stretch into more than one North Shore area such as Flower Hill, Herricks, Albertson, Garden City Park, Searingtown and North Hills were counted separately and accounted for 865 cases, according to county statistics. The villages of Mineola, with 514 cases, and Garden City, with 420 cases, accounted for most of the area’s 1,150 cases. Curran, in a Friday news conference, said she was worried about the recent increase of coronavirus cases in the Port Washington area. The area’s 585 cases are almost 10 percent of the total North Shore positive tests. The towngoverned areas of Port Washington, with 335 Continued on Page 30

tested positive as of Wednesday, state figures showed. Of those 23, 19 tested positive on-site. The cases among students, teachers and staff members represented an increase from more than 40 in mid-October. The district with the most confirmed cases for students and staff members was Port Washington with 24 students and five staffers testing positive. Port Washington Superintendent Michael Hynes sent a letter to parents in late October reminding them to monitor their children’s health on a consistent basis to prevent potential further exposure of the virus throughout the school district. “I wish good health for your family and urge everyone in our school district to do their part to ensure the good health of our children, educators, and staff,” Hynes wrote. “Please, continue to monitor your child(ren) closely for any sign of potential illness and complete the District’s Student Health Screening each morning prior to the start of school.” The Great Neck and Sewanhaka districts each Continued on Page 30

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More than 100 students throughout North Shore schools had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures.

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Trump supporters take to News 12 BY R O S E W E L D ON Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside the Woodbury studios of News 12 Long Island over the weekend to protest alleged voter fraud and media coverage of the 2020 election’s results, with the first to arrive being a North Shore contingent. Over 30 cars met in the parking lot of the Manhasset Macy’s store on Sunday morning, sporting Trump campaign merchandise and with American flags adorning their vehicles. Ben Rabizadeh of Great Neck was among the group and said that he heard of the event over Facebook. “The evidence of voter fraud is so overwhelming,” Rabizadeh said in an interview. “And it needs to be exposed at this point. I don’t care if Trump wins or loses. But everything needs to come out. Because voter fraud is suppressed, the media is not reporting it. The media is not reporting that voter fraud. And as a result of that, half the country has no faith in the election system right now.” He added that he had seen evidence of voter fraud reported, but did not specify where. No specific incidents have been reported by the New York State Board of Elections. On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that it had contacted election officials in all 50 states, and dozens of officials in both parties said there was

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Supporters of President Trump, including a group who first gathered in Manhasset, held a protest outside of the studios of News 12 Long Island in Woodbury. An organizer estimated that thousands were in attendance. no evidence that fraud or other irregularities had affected the outcome of the presidential election. “We get our news, not just from CNN, Fox News, we get it from lots of other places,” Rabizadeh said. “And we’ve seen evidence of massive systematic voter fraud. And if it’s not exposed, if it’s not exposed, what’s going to happen is Republicans are never going to vote again

and Democrats are going to cheat again. And that means we live in a banana republic.” The attendees later drove to Woodbury to protest in front of the News 12 studios and offices. Kim Boyette of Merrick, treasurer of the Bellmore Republican Club, traveled with the group. “This rally here in front of News 12 is because the press has been unfair,” Boy-

ette said. Boyette said that the station had interviewed Shawn Farash, an organizer of recent pro-Trump events and co-founder of the Long Island Loud Majority, on Saturday for 45 minutes and “didn’t give him a minute of airtime,” but did broadcast interviews with five supporters of Joe Biden. “That’s not fair,” Boyette said. “We’re just looking for fair reporting. It’s all we’re looking for.” “We also believe that they hijacked our elections,” she continued. “There’s no way that there has not been some unfair reporting or underreporting of the ballots on the election.” The Manhasset group was among the first to arrive of what organizer and Long Island Loud Majority co-founder Heather Liebman said were over 6,000 people from across the island. In addition to the presidential election, the event’s leaders commented on the 3rd Congressional District race between financial professional and Republican candidate George Santos of Queens and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove). The incumbent congressman trailed Santos by over 4,100 votes, according to Election Day totals from the New York State Board of Elections, but under state regulations, tens of thousands of absentee ballots will not be completely counted until next week. A majority of those Continued on Page 30

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Steve Cohen sets expectations for Mets to win championship in 3 to 5 years BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Steve Cohen, the Great Neck native who is the new owner of the New York Mets, said his aspirations are to win a World Series within three to five years during an introductory news conference Tuesday afternoon. Cohen, a hedge fund billionaire, purchased a 95 percent stake in the Mets in September, which valued the team at $2.475 billion. Cohen’s majority purchase of the Mets was finalized on Friday, officially giving him control over the team’s operations. “This is a significant milestone in the history of this storied franchise,” Cohen, a longtime Mets fan, said in a statement. “I want to thank everybody who helped make this happen. The 2021 season is right around the corner and we’ve got a lot of work to do, so I’m excited to get started. Let’s go Mets!” During Tuesday’s news conference, Cohen provided reporters and the thousands of fans watching online with rough outlines on how he intends to bring a championship to Queens. “I’m going to be an owner that builds a team that has continued success,” Cohen said. “We want to win now, but are also building for the long term.” Cohen brought back former team President Sandy Alderson to serve in his pre-

a lot of experiences in baseball, and I’ve got a lot to learn,” Cohen said on why he brought back Alderson. On Twitter, Cohen has also taken suggestions from Mets fans on how to improve their experiences. In some cases, Cohen will reply to fans’ requests such as bringing back black alternate jerseys, making concessions more affordable and implementing an Old Timers’ Day, like other teams, including the Yankees, have done. “Essentially, I’m doing it for the fans,” Cohen said. “I can make millions of people happy, and what an unbelievable opportunity that is. I’m not trying to make money here ... It’s really about building something great, building something for the fans, winning.” Cohen is the CEO of Point72 Asset Management and has an estimated net PHOTO FROM THE ISLAND NOW ARCHIVES worth of $14.6 billion, according to Forbes. In 2012, Cohen bought an 8 percent partGreat Neck native and hedge fund nership stake in the team for $40 million. Cohen was one of several interested billionaire Steve Cohen’s purchase of the Mets was made official on Friday. parties, including one consisting of Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez, who subvious position. Alderson, who also spoke mitted bids to purchase a majority stake in Tuesday, said it was ultimately Cohen who the franchise in July. made him want to return to Flushing. Cohen’s initial proposal of $2.6 billion “I think [the deciding factor] was Steve in December was rejected by team ownerCohen ... that’s what excited me,” Alderson ship in February. The proposed deal would said. have increased Cohen’s ownership of the “[Sandy] knows the Mets organiza- team from 8 percent to 80 percent. tion...he’s a total professional and has had Sterling Partners, the company that

ran the franchise, was headed by Fred Wilpon and Mets’ President Saul Katz, who is Wilpon’s brother-in-law. The company is a diversified, family-run group of companies, whose portfolio consists of real estate, sports and media in the New York area. In 1980, Wilpon purchased a 1 percent stake in the Mets. He and Nelson Doubleday Jr. of the Doubleday publishing company agreed to purchase the team for $81 million in 1986, less than a month after it won the World Series. Sixteen years later, Wilpon bought out Doubleday’s 50 percent stake in the company for $391 million. After the man behind the $64 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernard Madoff, was arrested in 2008, questions arose as to how close his connections were to the Mets and longtime associate Wilpon. Wilpon and Katz founded their realestate development company, Sterling Equities, in 1972. Thirteen years later, a year before splitting ownership in the Mets, Wilpon invested $3 million with Madoff. According to The New York Times, more than 500 accounts that Madoff possessed could be tied to Wilpon and Katz. Since 2002, the Mets have been to the postseason three times and accumulated 50 more losses than wins, going 1,432-1,482. In 2015, the team made its first World Series appearance in over a decade, falling to the Kansas City Royals in five games. Continued on Page 43

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Feinstein gets $11.9M for COVID study Intended to study immune system response and develop, distribute antibody testing BY R O S E W E L D ON The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset has been awarded a multiyear $11.9 million subcontract to establish a capacity-building center to further develop and deploy serological (antibody) testing assays for COVID-19. The subcontract is from the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, currently operated by Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. for the National Cancer Institute. Working with Northwell Health Laboratories, this facility — one of four in the country — will also pursue research studies of the immune system response to the disease. The funding awarded by the NCI’s Serological Sciences Network, or SeroNet, was established using funds from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act appropriation of $306 million to develop, validate, improve and implement serological testing. The Feinstein Institutes, the research arm of Northwell Health, will work in close partnership with the FNL Serology Laboratory and three other CBC research institutions to support the goals of SeroNet. Each CBC will tackle three main antibody testing goals, including the stan-

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Dr. Peter Gregersen is the principal investigator for the capacity-building center being established for COVID-19 antibody research. dardization of tests; developing better, more sensitive assays; and creating methods needed to conduct large-scale testing to identify those who may have been infected or exposed to the virus. The four centers each expect to test and return results to at least 5,000 people each week, with Northwell Health Labo-

ratories already performing about 14,000 antibody tests per week. The Feinstein Institutes will develop new testing assays in collaboration with SeroNet, and further characterize the role of antibody testing for both patient care and population health. “To better understand the course of

COVID-19 and its impact on patient’s bodies, we must develop more efficient and accurate antibody tests and integrate them with a deeper understanding of the disease,” said Dr. Peter K. Gregersen, principal investigator of the CBC and a professor at the Feinstein Institutes. “It is exciting to have the support of the NCI and the SeroNet collaborations in order to contribute to this goal.” Researchers will also study the molecular mechanisms driving serological, humoral and cellular immune responses to the virus, with the hopes that these discoveries will lead to a better understanding of treatments and therapeutic development. As part of the SeroNet, each research institution will share data, resources and samples, and the groups’ efforts will develop a plan to scale up high-quality, serological testing to meet the emerging national need and collaborate on long-term studies. “Northwell and Feinstein’s research leadership in New York’s COVID-19 surge provided crucial foundational knowledge during the early stages of the pandemic,” said Dr. Kevin J. Tracey, president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes. “This project will now harness the tens of thousands of blood samples to further unravel the immunological mechanisms of this disease.”

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January Regents canceled due to COVID BY R O S E W E L D ON Regents exams scheduled for January have been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, the state Education Department announced last Thursday. The exams, which normally are held in January, June and August and are required to be passed to receive a high school diploma in the state of New York, could not carried out safely, according to interim Education Commissioner Betty Rosa. “Throughout the pandemic, our priority has been the health and wellbeing of our students and educators,” Rosa said in a statement. “We determined the January Regents Exams could not be safely, equitably, and fairly administered across the State given where the pandemic currently stands. We will continue to monitor applicable data and make a decision on other state assessment programs as the school year progresses, being mindful of the evolving situation.” Students who were scheduled to take

the January exams will not be penalized, the department said. Rather, modified assessment requirements for high school diplomas will be determined at the Board of Regents meeting scheduled for Dec. 14 and 15. The modifications will apply to all students completing a secondary-level course of study or a make-up program in January and were scheduled to participate in a January 2021 Regents exam. “The Board and I are enormously grateful to the dedicated educators, school staff, community members, and parents who are working so diligently to ensure that students are safe and healthy this school year,” said Board of Regents Vice Chancellor T. Andrew Brown. “Whether they are engaged in in-school, hybrid or remote learning, we are committed to ensuring each of New York’s students has access to the rigorous coursework necessary to prepare them for success this year and beyond. The cancellation of the January Regents Examinations will not impact that priority.”

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Man pleads guilty in Glen Cove crash Locust Valley resident Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia driving drunk hit ambulance, killing patient BY R O S E W E L D ON A Locust Valley man pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges for driving drunk and crashing into an ambulette in 2019, killing the patient inside, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced. Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia, 29, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, assault in the second degree and aggravated driving while intoxicated before Judge Robert McDonald and could be sentenced to six to 12 years in prison. The defendant will also have his driver’s license revoked for one year. “The defendant was nearly three times the legal limit and speeding when he crashed into an ambulette, flipped the emergency vehicle over, and killed retired NYPD detective Denis Motherway, while seriously injuring an EMT,” Singas said. “The Motherway family has experienced extraordinary losses due to the behavior of drunk drivers and we continue to express our condolences as they mourn the loss of Denis and Timothy.” Singas said that on Sept. 1, 2019, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Gutierrez-Garcia was allegedly driving a

1997 Cadillac sedan eastbound at a high rate of speed on Forest Avenue in Glen Cove when he struck a private ambulette driving southbound on Walnut Road. The force of the crash caused the ambulette, which was transporting a patient to Glen Cove Hospital, to overturn. Denis Motherway, 85, the patient being treated inside the ambulette, later died of injuries suffered during the crash. Motherway was a retired detective with the New York Police Department whose son, Timothy Motherway, was killed in a drunken driving crash in March 2009. Gutierrez-Garcia’s front-seat passenger suffered minor injuries, and the emergency medical technician inside the ambulette suffered serious physical injuries, while the driver of the ambulette suffered minor injuries. Further investigation revealed that Gutierrez-Garcia had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.22 approximately two hours after the crash. He is scheduled to return to court on Dec. 9. Lisa Corso and Tara DePalo of the Vehicular Crimes Bureau are prosecuting the case, and Gutierrez-Garcia is represented by Jeff Groder of Mineola.

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Rapid drive-thru testing facility opens Northwell Health, North Hempstead, Nassau County join in attempt to combat spike BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A coronavirus rapid testing facility opened on Monday in Great Neck, one of Nassau County’s regions most affected by the virus. The facility is a result of Northwell Health’s partnership with Nassau County and the Town of North Hempstead. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran was joined by state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck), Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey and Northwell Health’s vice president of strategy and analytics, Jeffrey Kraut, in announcing the new drive-thru testing facility at the North Shore Hebrew Academy in Kings Point on Monday. The testing facility, located at 16 Cherry Lane, is free to residents who schedule an appointment Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to officials, testing will be available to anyone 8 years or older. The consent of a parent or guardian is required for anyone 18 or younger. Community members will remain in their cars and receive nasal swabs for two diagnostic tests. After the swabs, residents will remain in their vehicles

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Officials from Nassau County gathered to announce the opening of a new drive-thru rapid coronavirus testing facility in Great Neck on Monday. to await the test results and educational materials. “COVID-19 has greatly disrupted our lives and hit our most vulnerable communities the hardest,” said Northwell’s

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ring.” According to county figures, 51,895 people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Tuesday. A total of 2,222 people had died as a result of the virus as of Tuesday, according to county figures. Nassau County’s infection rate was at 2.8 percent on Tuesday, while Long Island had a rate of 3.4 percent, according to state Health Department statistics. “As COVID-19 cases spike to record numbers nationwide, let’s remain vigilant and proactive,” Curran said. “Nassau County will continue to respond to microspikes — wherever they may pop up — with testing, tracing and community outreach. I thank all the men and women at Northwell for the life-saving work they do every day.” Of the 51,895 people who had tested positive for the virus as of Tuesday, 1,435 reside on the Great Neck peninsula. Areas such as the Village of Kings Point, the Village of Great Neck and the Village of Great Neck Plaza have seen recent upticks in confirmed virus cases, according to the county Health Department. Kings Point had 279 cases, the Village of Great Neck had 428 cases, and the Plaza had 260 cases as of Tuesday, according to county figures. Continued on Page 31

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A Mineola man who was arrested last Wednesday carried out nine burglaries across the North Shore in the past month, according to the Nassau County Police Department’s Major Case Bureau. Detectives on the Burglary Pattern Team said in a statement that while they were canvassing in Manhasset around 12:45 a.m. Peter Granath, 28, of 440 Foch Blvd. in Mineola was found occupying a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle used in several area burglaries. “[Granath] was found to be in possession of illegal narcotics and was arrested,” the team said. During arrest processing, police say it was determined that the defendant was responsible for nine commercial burglaries. The first occurred at 175 East Shore Road in Thomaston on Sept. 29, followed by 61 Plandome Road in Manhasset on Oct. 16, 114 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck on Oct. 22, 76 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck on Oct. 23, 27 Plandome Road in Manhasset on Oct. 24, 575 Middle Neck Road and 556 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck on Oct. 27, 63 South Bayles Ave. in Port Washington on Oct. 29, and 97 East Shore Road in Manhasset on Nov. 3. Granath is charged with nine counts of burglary and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was arraigned last Wednesday in Mineola and is scheduled to return to court on Dec. 10. He was previously sentenced to two months in jail, five years’ probation, and restitution payments after pleading guilty to abusing a 10-pound toy poodle owned by his landlord, according to the district attorney’s office.

A former executive at a Port Washington-based pharmaceutical company has pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud for insider trading. Douglas Roth of East Northport was serving as CFO of Aceto Corp., a company engaged in the development, marketing, sale and distribution of what court documents call “generic pharmaceuticals and chemicals,” when prosecutors say he attempted to avoid losses by selling stock prior to announcing a $100 million writedown. On Monday, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Roth pleaded guilty to insider trading charges before U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack. When sentenced, Roth faces up to 20 years in prison, as well as forfeiture and a fine of up to $5 million. According to court filings and facts presented during the plea proceeding, Roth was CFO of Aceto for 17 years before retiring on March 31, 2018. During that time, shares of Aceto traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker ACETQ. “Between January and March 2018, Roth was aware of non-public information that Aceto’s financial performance had worsened substantially as compared to its Continued on Page 31

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s most voters waited for the write-in ballots cast in states that would determine the fate of this year’s presidential race to be counted, many Americans nervously wondered what was taking so long. The answer in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania was easy. Republican legislators had resisted the pleas of governors and state election officials to begin counting the coronavirus-fueled deluge of mailed-in ballots before Election Day as was being done in Florida and other states. This was in keeping with President Donald Trump’s plan to build a lead in the Electoral College on Election Day in states he expected to carry and challenge ballots cast in states that he expected to lose. This delay in counting, combined with extra caution by The Associated Press and broadcast networks in calling the race, resulted in Americans waiting until Saturday to learn that former Vice President Joe Biden had won the presidency. Most of the write-ins votes were counted in three other swing states – Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina – by Sunday, but the races were not called due to the closeness of the vote totals. The seventh state seen as a possible decider of the election, Nevada, drew an especially heavy dose of derision on social media for its slow pace of counting – no doubt inspired by the image created by the state’s fast-paced casinos. An entire genre of videos spread on social media mocking Nevada’s slow count replete with photographs of sloths and a young boy in a baseball uniform caught seemingly forever between third base and home. But then the race was called in

favor of Biden on Saturday. And what about New York? Well, if getting results in a reasonable amount of time is important, the country is fortunate New York is a heavily blue state that could be called Tuesday night for Biden based only on in-person voting. Because in most places in New York the counting of mail-in ballots did not even begin until this past Friday. In Nassau County, the county Board of Elections waited until Monday with the final results not expected for two more weeks. And in Suffolk County, the counting was not expected to begin until Monday. This did not stop the state from being called for Biden, but it did prevent voters from knowing the outcome of many races for Congress, state Senate and state Assembly. Locally, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-3rd District) trailed Republican challenger George Santos by 4,185 votes based on in-person voting, but he said he expected to win the race by 20,000 votes once the mail-in ballots were counted. Voters may have to wait another week or two to see if he is correct. Suozzi’s analysis is consistent with races around the country where Democrats won more of the mailed-in votes – even in districts that voted Republican. Which is a function of Democrats ignoring Trump’s false claims that mailed-in ballots were subject to cheating – except in red-state Florida where the president and his family vote. Is this delay in knowing the final results of elections a bad thing? In most cases, no. The most important factor in an election is to get the right result. But it becomes a problem when you have a candidate like

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Trump, who is willing to undermine a pillar of democracy with false claims of election fraud in the hopes of stealing the election in the Supreme Court. Which, sadly, is what has happened before. Which answers the next question: Would it be better if mail-in votes in New York were counted sooner? This would be true if New York did all its voting by mail as is done by eight states, both red and blue, and the District of Columbia. Or if New York was like the nine states that automatically send all voters mail-in ballots. Or if New York joined the 35 other states that always allow voters to request mail-in ballots with no excuses. New Yorkers were only allowed to use COVID-19 as a reason to get a mailed-in ballot after an executive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The state’s restrictive voting laws have a long history, thanks in large part to state Senate Republicans. They, like Republicans across the country, have sought for many years to suppress the vote to win elections rather than find better candidates, more popular positions or both. Until Democrats gained control of the state Senate in January, New York had no early voting, held federal and state primary elections on different days and had a loop-

hole for LLCs that allowed large companies to contribute virtually unlimited amounts to candidates’ campaigns. New York’s laws looked more like those of Southern states whose policies were under congressional supervision until the Supreme Court decided they no longer posed a threat to voting rights. The Southern states immediately proved them wrong. But even with a Democratic governor and Democratic control of the Assembly and Senate, New York still makes it harder for people to vote than most states. That should change immediately after this election. For starters, how about in-person Election Day registration as is done in 13 states and the District Columbia? Or better yet, automatically enroll anyone who pays state taxes. We did overthrow the British in part for taxation without representation. The state should also automatically mail ballots to everyone. No, fraud has not been found in states that already do this and there is no need for this to cost taxpayers more money. Just take the money used by legislators for mailers that are supposed to keep their constituents informed but often do nothing but tout the re-election of the legislator. New York should begin counting mailed-in votes as they are re-

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ceived – as is done in Florida and other states. To make this easier, the state should do away with a law that allows people to vote in-person and by mail – yes, cast votes twice – and leave it up to the county boards of election to toss out the mailed-in ballot. And to ensure efficiency in boards of election, take control of them from Democrats and Republicans and put them in the hands of professionals. In Nassau County, the Democratic and Republican parties each receive millions of dollars to dole out in salaries to their members to oversee elections. Why? The state government’s favoring of the two political parties over all others has led the boards of election to become a dumping ground for Republican and Democratic party faithful whose competence comes in no better than second in getting jobs with six-figure salaries. This gives them a taxpayer-financed advantage over every other political party. Perhaps, a little more competition among political parties wouldn’t be a bad thing. And putting paid professionals in charge of elections would certainly be a good thing. As was shown in the presidential race, elections have consequences. One of them should be that New York election laws encourage everyone to vote.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Will it ever get easier to vote in New York?

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o matter who you are and what your political views are, there should be unanimous agreement that our electoral system is badly in need of a major overhaul. Candidates who wish to get on the ballot are faced with technicalities that favor incumbents. The ballot counting process is slow and archaic, which leads to weeks of waiting for final results. The question is does anyone in power really want to make changes in the process? Of all the states, New York has made some attempts to clean up the voting mess, but there is still much to be done. Florida, which is not known to be fair to minorities or Democrats, is allowed to count the ballots prior to Election Day and can announce the final results within hours after the polls close. A few other states tabulate all mail-in ballots prior to the big day and can announce results

quickly. Earlier this year, because of the Covid-19 virus, Gov. Cuomo required that all registered voters receive an absentee ballot form. This resulted in a large voter participation in the June congressional primary. There is no reason why registered voters should not get a mail ballot prior to any election, other than the fact that the incumbents don’t want too many people to vote. If Florida can have the election results within hours after the polls close, it’s time for New York to upgrade their counting process and do the same. As you look around the country, the electoral system is a crazy quilt pattern of different laws. Currently 21 percent of the voters receive their ballots in the mail. That’s equal to 44 million voters. Some 57 percent of the voters are allowed to use absentee voting with no conditions. That

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is equal to 118 million voters. And 22 percent of the voters are allowed to use an absentee ballot, but they need a valid excuse to use that process. That covers 46 million voters. This year’s final voter numbers are the highest in over 120 years. That is no accident. Because of the virus, three-quarters of all American voters were

eligible to receive a ballot in the mail. Because of the staggering voter turnout it is estimated that election boards have received 80 million mail ballots. That’s where the problem is. In some states, the officials are allowed to start opening the ballots up to five days prior to Election Day. In many other states, the mail ballots cannot be opened until the polls close. Sadly, in at least 10 states, the ballots are not opened for at least three to seven days after the election. The disparity in voting laws is no accident. Some states as far back as the early 1900s, have refused to overhaul their election laws. The reasoning behind that policy is that the state’s leaders do not want too many people to vote. If they keep the laws static, they can keep voter participation down and that suits their purposes. The fewer people who

vote, the more the final numbers are controllable. There is a solution to the country’s voting mess. Get the Congress to pass a national voting law so that voting procedures are the same in all 50 states. That sounds very practical, but there is no chance that will ever happen. State governments are very protective of their voting rights and the last thing they would do is to let Congress take away those powers. This year’s voting process was agonizing and confusing. We painfully watched and waited for results of machine and hand tabulations. We sat glued to our television sets waiting breathlessly for final results. We heard multiple rumors about state results that were false. It was an awful experience, which is destined to be repeated once again in the next national election in 2024.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Farewell to my long, personal nightmare

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inally, I can exhale. After four of the longest, most excruciating, most demoralizing and recently most terrifying years of my life, I can exhale. And then inhale. And then exhale again! Because this nation turned away from what threatened to be a long bottomless slide into darkness and tyranny, and instead chose Sleepy Uncle Joe. Thank God! If the worst thing that happens to this country is a garbled sentence or two, how wonderfully restful that will be. Of course, that won’t be the worst thing that happens, not by a long shot, because many terrible things continue, including racism, the pandemic, the economy and the climate. But I can deal with all of that. We can fight those problems together now that there will be a change in the White House. There’s a lot of thinking still to do about this election, but already some observations are clear. First, I am awestruck at the sheer number of people who voted — in the middle of

a pandemic. Pundits have been complaining, for as long as I can remember, about the puny number of Americans who take voting seriously. Well, they can shut up now. Apparently this is the greatest percentage turnout (over 66 percent) in more than 100 years. And in absolute numbers, it is the most Americans who have voted — ever. So, whatever else he is remembered for, we must credit Donald Trump — love him or hate him — with getting a record number of Americans to the polls. Second, I will never listen to another pollster again. They should all go back to school for something more dependable — like the weather — and try to get jobs predicting that. At least, if they forecast one week at a time, we only have to wait one week to see how they’ve done. But — word of warning — the bar for that is pretty high. I should know. I used to write the weather forecast for a Sunday news show, and I am amazed at how much more accurate they’ve become since I stopped

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A Look on the Lighter Side writing them. Speaking of lousy predictions, whatever happened to that Blue Tsunami? We didn’t even get a Blue Wavelet. Except for the top of the ticket, what we actually seem to have seen is some Blue Erosion, with at least five seats lost in the House of Representatives. I think this should serve as some kind of belated validation for Hillary Clinton. Sure, she had her detractors, and yes, she made some mistakes. But now that we see how hard it was for Biden to

win with the greatest voter turnout in history, I think we must conclude that whatever went wrong for us in 2016, it wasn’t just Hillary. We had no idea what she was actually up against. It’s as if we’d said, “Well, no wonder she capsized, the woman just couldn’t handle a rowboat out in open water,” when it turns out there was a whale underneath. And not a Blue one. Most of all, I am surprised at how much more bearable even a deadly pandemic can be now that the overarching nightmare aspect is gone. What has made it such a nightmare for me goes far beyond the deadly details of COVID, itself. I lived in Greenwich Village and worked in Manhattan through the worst of the AIDS crisis, when nobody even knew what caused it, so rerunning that experience, while scary and depressing, hasn’t been new. The nightmare came from realizing that we have had a president who did not have our backs. Who, in fact, was busy looking for ways to hurt us.

When he was presented with medical consensus on what should be done to keep Americans as safe as possible, it’s not even the case that our president did nothing. He did worse than nothing. He did the opposite of all advice: telling people NOT to wear masks; holding mass rallies in states with active outbreaks; attacking state governors for whatever they did, after insisting that they were the only ones who could do anything — which wasn’t true anyway. It often felt as if his goal was — unbelievably! — for as many of us as possible to die. What a crazy way for a president to behave. What a nightmare! That’s what will be changing on Jan. 20, 2021, and that’s what makes all the difference. Instead of spending every waking moment trapped in a horror film, where someone is out to kill you and all you can do is hold your breath — it’s as if now somebody has stopped the projector, turned on the lights and said, “Hey, what’s going on here? Let me help you.” I can breathe again.

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t may seem obvious to say that the seasons drive what actions we take in the garden, but it’s becoming more difficult to follow maxims like: plant garlic after the first frost or start spring plants indoors so many weeks before the last frost. This year is a perfect example. We had our first frost on Halloween, but since then, the nighttime temperatures have been above 40⁰F and higher. So do I plant my garlic or not? The difficulty is that if I wait too long, the garlic won’t have time to grow. But if the ground isn’t cold enough, the garlic doesn’t have proper growing conditions so my crop may suffer.Imagine this on a larger scale. How does a farmer trying to earn a living by supplying food to all of us manage these climate changes that are making adherence to centuries-old agricultural know-how impossible? Climate change is presenting very real challenges to small and large-scale farmers. It is hard enough trying to predict the weather in the best of times, but when you can no

longer rely on historical patterns of sun and rain, how do you know what to do?Farming is a risky business at the best of times. With climate change, it is becoming a game of Russian roulette.Take for example rain. The timing of precipitation is changing so that we cannot reliably predict when we will get rain and whether it will coincide with historical growing seasons. If a farmer cannot count on rain, the whole premise of farming is destroyed. Of course, in any season a farmer may face drought and lose the crop. But now we are seeing actual shifts in the timing of rain. Climate change is causing more precipitation in the colder months when we are not able to grow food. There is less precipitation in the warmer months when we have the right conditions otherwise to grow food. But without precipitation, the plants cannot grow.Changes in precipitation patterns also contribute to increased drought and flooding. With less rain in the warmer months, there is more drought. More precipitation in

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters the colder months causes more flooding as the frozen earth is less able to absorb the water that comes down. When the rain does come, it is often in the form of more severe and intense storms meaning heavier rainfall in shorter periods of time which exceeds the soil’s absorption capacity and causes flooding.Remember all that rain we had recently and the massive puddles, or really street ponds, that formed? That happens for multiple reasons, but it does not help to have intense rainfall in short periods of time. That

amount of water cannot be absorbed by the existing open land in that amount of time.The irony of all of this is that one of the solutions to address the causes of climate change is to plant a garden as well as trees and native plants. Plants absorb carbon dioxide, one of the primary greenhouse gases contributing to climate change. When left in the ground, the plants help sequester the CO2 in the soil removing the threat it presents to our environment.We seem to have a classic damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation on our hands. Gardening and even environmentally responsible farming as well as other types of planting are all effective ways to take action against climate change, but, because of climate change, gardening & farming are becoming more difficult and unpredictable. What do we do? Everything we can in the hopes of slowing the progress of climate change and maybe doing enough to establish a new steady state. Some of these steps are super easy and some require a little more

investment. Start by leaving the leaves on the ground. Clear the ones blocking the storm drains and put them in your compost bin, so by next spring you will have the best fertilizer you could want to add to your garden. Leave your vegetable plants and any other plants in your garden. At most cut them down just above the ground and leave the cut stems to compost right there in your garden. Leaving the roots of the plants in the ground keeps the soil undisturbed and able to retain the carbon in the ground. If you can, consider converting your driveway or patio to a permeable surface so that when it does rain, there is more available surface to absorb the rain that comes down. If that’s not possible, replace some of your lawn with native grasses and plants which help absorb more water and require little to no maintenance. Install a rain barrel to capture some of that precious precipitation your plants are going to need next summer. And finally, go ahead and plant that garlic. It’s time.

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merican Exceptionalism is where a purported democracy, the inspiration and the “beacon” for civilization, can cast 4.1 million more votes for a candidate, but still wait on baited breath for a trickle of votes in a handful of states to figure out who is the duly elected Leader of the Free World. Only in America would an election in which a candidate receives more votes than any in history, at 75 million and counting, and wins by what may turn out to be as much as 5 or 6 million and six percentage points, not be considered a landslide and a mandate for an agenda, but have to worry about recounts in a couple of states, a loss of a few House seats and a Senate leader with control of a shrunken majority, who vows to obstruct even his cabinet appointments. This has been the pattern. And it is nothing to be proud of. The Democratic candidate has won the popular vote in seven of last eight elections, yet still lost three of them, in 2016, by a head-

spinning, unprecedented 3 million votes and even now, the fact that Biden could win 5 or even 6 million more popular votes than Trump does not seem to faze those who complain that 71 million are being “disenfranchised” (as if it is fairer to disenfranchise 76 million). “Therein lies a more serious concern than partisan politics: the potential delegitimization of the United States’ democratic systems in the eyes of its citizens,” writes Maggie Astor in the New York Times. She quotes Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank: “The more this happens, the more you get the sense that voters don’t have a say in the choice of their leaders. And you cannot have a democracy over a period of time that survives if a majority of people believe that their franchise is meaningless.” This profoundly undemocratic pattern in a country that supposedly is based on the consent of the governed — of, by, and for the

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people, as Lincoln said — continues in all branches. In the Senate, a Republican majority has held tyrannical rule despite only “representing” 40 percent of the people; presidents elected by a minority of the governed have appointed two-thirds of the Supreme Court justices and a majority of federal judges through unscrupulous machinations of the Republican minority. The election fraud that Trump is charging (apparently, only votes cast for him are “legal”) is

in the ease by which voters can be blocked from polls, their ballots discarded without the ability to “cure” the error, the obstacles put in front of them to properly register, and districts gerrymandered so that politicians choose their voters. The system puts states in charge of their elections, so the rules vary widely and would seem to violate the Equal Protection provision of the Constitution, but there can still be uniform minimum standards by the federal government (a Voting Rights Act!) to assure access to the polls, fair elections and fair counting. There shouldn’t be a question whether ballots postmarked by Election Day can be counted until every vote is counted, allowing a criminal, conspiratorial Postmaster General to waylay boxes of mail-in ballots so they aren’t postmarked or even delivered in time (especially damaging in states like Pennsylvania and Michigan that their Republican legislators barred officials from even opening the absentee ballots until

polls closed. This opened the way for Trump, who has crusaded for months to discredit all absentee ballots from Democratic (urban) districts as “fraudulent” even as his colossal ineptitude has caused the coronavirus pandemic to surge, making voters have to choose to put their lives on the line in order to vote in person, so now he can argue claim these mail in ballots were cast after Election Day and should be discarded (most were mailed in weeks before). The Electoral College is a relic of slavery – basically giving slave-holding states more representatives on the backs of people who could not vote — the need to compromise to convince small colonies (Rhode Island, Delaware) to join a federal system that would have been dominated by Virginia, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and their skepticism in populism. But population, demographics, and technology have changed. Continued on Page 25

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OUR TOWN

A Proustian visit to my Stony Brook days

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arcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” published in 1913, changed the way the modern novel was written. His 4,000-page, seven-volume story is so exquisite, subtle, heartfelt and profound that it has proven to be impossible to translate into film. The first volume, called “Swann’s Way,” includes a 45page description of Proust as a boy taking a walk with his parents near their country home. One would think that a 45- page description of a child walking behind his parents along a country path would be a touch boring, but instead he turns the walk into a magical description of flowering plants, streams, country images of stone walls, a glance at a pretty girl named Gilberte and a carriage ride home at dusk where a distant steeple is silhouetted by the sunset and moves along the horizon as the road on which the carriage rides changes direction. This novel is most famous for the use of “involuntary memory” where the smell and taste of a madeleine cookie takes him back to childhood days when he would spend Sunday mornings with his aunt on her country estate where she would give him a taste of the scalloped delicacy and tea. The novel is set in Paris with walks through the Tuileries Garden, in the countryside of Combray and in a seaside resort on the coast of Normandy. The book is filled with stories of train rides, parties,

music and the life of the aristocracy in France at the beginning of the 20th century. We have no such memories available to us here in America since we don’t have Paris, the Tuileries Garden, the Champs-Elysees nor the coast of Normandy. But we do have our own memories. In fact, some of my fondest memories date back to my impoverished days as a graduate student studying for my Ph.D. in psychology at SUNY Stony Brook. I decided to go in search of lost times myself by visiting the hamlet of Stony Brook, the place I lived for seven years as I anguished over my studies and made brave and valiant efforts to complete my dissertation. Those were the days when the campus at Stony Brook was not much more than mud and some brutally ugly buildings and a half-built bridge referred to as “The bridge to nowhere.” Before we get into what the campus looks like today, let me describe my day in Stony Brook. I lived in the old historic village of Stony Brook for seven years, but like most young folks I failed to appreciate what I had. Stony Brook is a small hamlet on the north shore and was first settled in 1680. It supported itself with agricultural, but since it was such an idyllic setting on the Long Island Sound and with a perfect harbor, it soon became a resort destination for those who were willing to take the long carriage

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ride from New York City, which was 55 miles west. The center of town was The Three Village Inn, which still functions today and where we had a pleasant brunch. The inn has those wavy old glass windows that make you feel that George Washington is about to walk in and have a drink at the bar. In my quest for memories from graduate school days we sauntered up Christian Avenue to Chestnut Street, which is where I lived. I walked past the homes of the famous New Yorker cartoonist George Booth and the noted painter Joseph Reboli. The town has been home to the actor Cliff Robertson, the poet Louis Simpson and actress Nora Lum. As I looked at my former home, I wondered how it was that I lived so well and so beautifully as a grad student when I earned virtually no money, but now when I work as a professional one could say I live hand to mouth. In the

old days, back in 1975, perhaps money was not the central driving force in America. We made our way back to the center of town where philanthropist Ward Melville had commissioned an urban planner to design a town center to mimic a typical New England town with an oval town center overlooking the harbor and a post office with a carved wooden eagle on top expected to flap its wing each hour. We walked into the Reboli Museum to see his work. I recall that years ago I had a chance to buy one of his works (“Anvil and Egg”) for $75. When I asked about the prices of his canvasses today, I was told they range from $3,000 to $25,000. We visited the campus and I could see that the entire place had been transformed into a

thing of majestic beauty. Charles Wang had built a building and then there was the Staller Center for the Arts. There was the library and the biggest change was that all the pathways that were once nothing but mud had been landscaped into marble and stone walkways with flowers and streams and fountains all over. Stony Brook is a memory of things past and blissfully stuck in a time warp reminiscent of Carmel by the Sea. It takes you back to America’s colonial past with its quaint town centers, ponds with ducks, tree-lined streets, churches with steeples and gorgeous harbors. Such a pleasant blissful place to live. Little did I know that I had it made in the shade when I was a lowly graduate student.

The Three Village Inn, just one of the many charms of Stony Brook.

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The severe dumbing down of America

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f you were being “enslaved,” would you know it? The majority of the population has accepted, without questioning, life-diminishing controls. Enslave: Cause (someone) to lose their freedom of choice or action. — Oxford Languages To control someone’s actions, thoughts, emotions, or life completely. (We are increasingly enslaved by technology.) — Cambridge Dictionary To enslave a person or society means to trap them in a situation from which they cannot escape. — Collins Dictionary Chemicals Chemicals destroy the climate, fertile soil that grows our

food, pollute our drinking water, gut flora, mutate our genes, are a threat to our brains and neurological systems, cause cancers. Big Pharma Pharmaceuticals disrupt the gut microbiome and Ph balance, alter brain chemistry, enter our drinking water, have life-threatening side-effects, create a revolving door of pharmaceutical dependence. Factory Farming Industrial farms inflict tremendous torture upon farm animals, causing them untold suffering. They are also force-fed labcreated GMOs, not normal to their natural diets. With ties to pharmaceutical companies, factory farms administer antibiotics and growth hormones to make these animals

GARY FELDMAN large, so much so that they cannot stand on their own legs. Crammed into very small cages, they never see the light of day or breathe the fresh air. “The factory meat industry has polluted thousands of miles

of America’s rivers, killed billions of fish, pushed tens of thousands of family farmers off their land, sickened and killed thousands of U.S. citizens, and treated millions of farm animals with unspeakable and unnecessary cruelty.” — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Biotech Labs and GMOs Just about all food crop seeds in America, unless organic, are created in laboratories, not nature-grown. Genetically modified organisms contain foreign DNA, unrecognized by the human body. They alter the human genome, create havoc with our health, make us vulnerable to new viruses, and lower IQ. Grown with synthetic fertilizer, they are heavily sprayed with Glyphosate and other toxic chemi-

cals. Nitrous oxide produced by synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, caustic to our lungs, creates tremendous heat in the atmosphere. It is 300 times more powerful at warming the Planet than carbon dioxide and methane. With synthetic soil and fake food, void of nutrients vital to life, how long do you think we can survive? Intellectual Property Genetically altered crop seeds contain novel (new) proteins, giving the Biotech industry rights to apply for patents. This creation is not by nature, but by science. According to patent laws, by consuming food containing these altered proteins, you are considered to be infringing upon the lab’s patent. Continued on Page 25

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Pre-election Trump rally in G.N. was peaceful

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not a political person, but I decided to join the pro-Trump rally and parade in Great Neck last Nov. 1. There were no racist comments from the peaceful pro-Trump parade. The parade

included hundreds of cars (a lot more than the 125 you reported), waving American and Israeli flags. The parade concluded at Parkwood with joyful singing and dancing.

The only unpleasantness during the day that I encountered was two antiTrump people standing in the middle of the road on Arrandale Avenue, near Middle Neck Road, stopping the cars and

yelling at the people in the cars (including me) to go home. Florence Spira Great Neck

What’s next for our country after Biden win

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oe Biden has been elected as our next president in a close contest while the Republicans are likely to hold their control of the U.S. Senate and make gains in the House of Representatives. Our country remains deeply divided and is still stuck in the middle of the greatest challenge we have faced in generations with the pandemic continuing to claim American lives and devastate our economy. So, what comes next? First, my deepest hope is that after a divisive campaign our country is able to come together. For some time, our country has grown increasingly polarized, a process that accelerated over the last four years and was supercharged in the lead-up to the election. These divisions serve none of us. They can tear at personal relationships and even families, prevent us from better understanding those who are different from us and, in general, bring out a nastiness that shows our worst rather than best selves. Taking individual efforts and hoping our leaders follow suit to end the demonization of the other is long overdue and is

something I hope to see as we move past the election season. With it, we can better focus on the challenges that stand before us, first and foremost, controlling the coronavirus. Providing clear guidance and ensuring compliance with the steps that we all need to take to limit the spread of the virus, working to help businesses survive a winter season when cases are expected to rise and developing strategies for local governments as they face budgetary challenges are of the utmost importance and need to be prioritized over political considerations. Second, assuming the Republicans maintain control of the Senate as expected, with divided government in Washington compromise will become a necessity. To accomplish anything of lasting value the president-elect will need Republican consent. This will surely be a stumbling block and a frustration for Democrats like me, but it is the reality. Fortunately, it is my view that Joe Biden is especially well-suited to manage the hand he has been dealt. As a veteran of the Senate for over three decades and hav-

ing run a campaign where he promised to govern as an “American president,” every indication is that he will seek out compromise. Such will be needed to pass legislation to help us combat the pandemic and rebound from its devastating impact. Success will go a long way toward restoring civility in our politics. For the sake of all of us, I hope he is successful. Finally, speaking as a Democrat, I hope my party looks closely and humbly at the results of the election. Polls projected a landslide that did not occur. President Trump received over 70 million votes, a tally that represents the second most votes that any Presidential candidate has ever received. In crucial swing states like Pennsylvania, Republican candidates for Congress actually obtained more votes than Democratic candidates, suggesting that a different Democrat at the top of the ticket would have been defeated. We need to understand why this occurred and seek to make inroads with voters of all stripes. Doing so will be good for the party and will reap benefits for the country as a whole to the extent citizens of any political persua-

sion feel that a political party does not care for people like them. The costs imposed by the pandemic, tragically felt most acutely by those who have lost loved ones, have been severe. As with any adversity, during the course of the pandemic I and many others have thought long and hard about the things in our lives we once took for granted. One consistent reflection I have had is that so many things we place import on seem insignificant when contrasted with what is most valuable in our lives. Similarly when it comes to politics, our focus often drifts towards petty divisions rather than grander hopes that most Americans aspire to for our country. A Biden victory, the realities posed by divided government and the recognition of the diversity of opinion in our country made apparent by the results of the election present an opportunity for a reset. Here’s to hoping our leaders take it, and that in our own lives we make greater efforts to work towards unity rather than division. Peter Fishkind Great Neck

Social Security a good deal from New Deal

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resident Trump wants to eliminate payroll taxes, including Social Security, and as justification he states that the weekly deduction for such tax is better in the pockets of people rather than in the hands of the government, especially during the current hard times. Employees who earn money, whether on wages or by other compensation, are subject to payroll taxes that include Social Security. That tax, which we will refer to as a Social Security tax, is 6.2 percent, up to a maximum of $ 137,700. Let’s assume the wages fall into one of three categories and how much tax they would have to pay is shown in the following schedule: The chart below shows the salary and Social Security tax on a weekly and yearly basis for the three categories. Salary Annual Weekly $ 52,000 $ 1,000 $ 78,000 $ 1,500 $ 104,000 $ 2,000

Social Security Tax @ 6.2% Yearly Weekly $3,224 $62 $4,836 $93 $6,448 $124

For the moment, let’s switch to the back end, that is the amount of Social Security benefit the retiree will receive beginning at Full Retirement Age. For this example, age 65 will be used as the Full Retirement Age. The following is the current average and maximum benefit for 2020: The average benefit amount for 2020 is $ 1,514 per month, for a yearly total of $18,168.

The average maximum benefit amount for 2020 is $ 2,857 per month for a yearly total of $34,284. For many people, the above Social Security benefit allows them to survive. But let me get to the fact that no one really focuses on. If you save money and fear risk, you put it in a bank, in a regular account or a certificate of deposit that might have an interest rate of 2 percent. If you prefer to invest in stocks, let’s roll it, baby. In the above example, earning $52,000, $ 78,000 or $ 104,000, respectively results in a yearly Social Security tax of $3,224, $ 4,836 or $ 6,448. If you started working at age 21 and retired at age 65, approximating 45 years, the total that you would have paid in for Social Security would have been for the three categories $145,080, $217,620 or $290,160 respectively. That’s some chunk of change that the government is taking from you. But wait. We’re missing something. For every dollar that the employee pays for Social Security tax, it’s a fact that the employer matches that amount. Therefore, whether you pay $3,224 or $4,836 or $6,448 for the year, your employer matches it. Remember, that amount goes into a fund that is maintained by the government for your benefit to pay for your future Social Security benefit. The government is merely holding money for you that is yours, to be paid back to you in later years as a Social Security benefit. Therefore, it is not an entitlement. To repeat it is your money! If we focus on the lowest earning level category of $52,000 per year, it shows that the total you would have invested over 45 years is $145,080. Adding the employer’s

matching total of $145,080 doubles the amount accumulated for your account, thus bringing your account total up to $290,160. Therefore, in reality, it’s like doubling your money or receiving an interest rate of 100 percent. Every year you put in $3,224 and that amount is matched. However, there could be a downside. These days, living beyond 82 or 83 is a reality for many. If your account balance is $290,160, how long would it take for you to collect that money from the age of 65 on, considering your yearly average benefit would be $18,168 as shown above? By simple division, that comes out to almost 16 years. Therefore, if you live 16 years beyond age 65, you win. If not, you lose. For the highest earners’ category shown, living almost 17 years beyond age 65, you win. But, you should have realized the above calculation needs an adjustment. Remember — half of that money you’re getting back was not put in by you. Therefore, living eight or nine years beyond age 65 makes you a winner. And, that rate of return of 100% is not bad. For a bit of history, it was President Franklin D. Roosevelt who proposed a program in which people contributed to their own future economic security by contributing a portion of their work income through payroll tax deductions. The Social Security Act was signed into law on Aug. 14, 1935, with amendments made in later years. Thank you, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Alvin Goldberg Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 24

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SUNY Old Westbury names new president BY R O S E W E L D ON After a 10-month search, the State University of New York Board of Trustees has appointed a veteran administrator to serve as president of SUNY Old Westbury. Timothy E. Sams, who currently serves as vice president of student affairs for Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas, will succeed the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who retired at the end of August after nearly 21 years at the college. The appointment concludes a search process that included an 18-member search committee representing a wide range of campus and state constituencies. RPA Inc., an executive search firm with a focus in higher education, assisted in the process, the university said. “Dr. Sams has dedicated his adult life to creating dynamic academic and social communities that support the development of college students,” said Mili Makhijani, chair of the SUNY Old Westbury College Council. “His career-long commitment to student engagement and advocacy matches strikingly well with Old Westbury’s ongoing emphasis on student equity and success, as well as its historic commitment to empowering stu-

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Timothy E. Sams was named the new president of SUNY Old Westbury. dents, especially those from underserved backgrounds, to excel as leaders both in their careers and in the communities in which they live and work.” Sams said in a phone interview that when he applied for the position, he was Continued on Page 31

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Winthrop renamed NYU Langone-L.I. BY R O S E W E L D ON The NYU Langone Health system has announced that NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola will change its name to NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, pending approval from the New York State Department of Health. The newly rechristened institution was originally known as Nassau Hospital upon its founding in 1896, later incorporating Winthrop into its name. The hospital was merged into the NYU Langone system in August 2019. “NYU Langone HospitalLong Island has made our NYU Langone Health system even stronger, as we bring its greatest strengths into our broader network,” said Dr. Robert I. Grossman, dean and CEO of NYU Langone Health. “NYU Langone Health provides one standard of care — excellence in quality and safety — no matter where that care is received within our health system.” NYU Langone HospitalLong Island credits its affiliation with NYU Langone Health

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NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola has been renamed as NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. for helping it achieve one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in New York state during the initial surge when Long Island was labeled a “hot spot” for the infection. During that time, NYU Langone HospitalLong Island accessed lifesaving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) heart-lung machines through its collabo-

ration with NYU Langone. It is among many expanded clinical services the Long Island hospital now offers as part of NYU Langone Health. “NYU Langone HospitalLong Island has grown from a community-based hospital to one with a much broader mission, having solidified our ties in clinical, research and

academic collaborations with NYU Langone Health,” said Dr. Joseph Greco, chief of hospital operations at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. “As advances in medical care grow by leaps and bounds, it has become ever the more important that our institution becomes synonymous with an extensive network of health care choic-

In addition to that joint initiative during the COVID pandemic, which is part of an advanced heart failure program, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island’s further enhancements in collaboration with NYU Langone Health include access to expanded clinical trials, including for cancer through Perlmutter Cancer Center; lifesaving transplant services, such as for kidney, pancreas, liver and heart transplants, an expansion of neurosurgery services, including a newly opened, integrated orthopedic and neurosurgery ambulatory center in East Meadow; a new NYU Langone Health Vaccine Center testing site on Long Island, aimed at breakthroughs in areas such as COVID-19; a renewed commitment to academic excellence with the opening last year of NYU Long Island School of Medicine, which brought to the campus of NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island the teaching excellence of one of the nation’s best medical schools; and a strengthened research enterprise on Long Island.

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Time to clean up all the campaign litter

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lection Day has come and gone. This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” a 1960s television show. With the end of round-the-clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and pay-for-

play special interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you until the next election cycle. No more candidates campaign mailings clogging our mailboxes and weighing down our hardworking postal employees. Finally, some peace and quiet.

Now if only all the winning and losing candidates would pick up all the thousands of campaign signs that litter our roads and highways to help clean up our environment. Let them use leftover campaign funds to hire either the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts

to collect this litter. They could pay our young people a nominal fee which I’m sure would be appreciated. Larry Penner Great Neck

Northport VA in need of Secret Santas

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or several years, the American Legion Auxiliary has reached out to you for help in spreading holiday cheer to our veterans living at the Northport VA Medical Center through your participation in our Holiday Gift Bag Program. Your response has consistently overwhelmed us and last year, as a result of your generosity, we prepared and delivered over 200 very large holiday bags overflowing with necessities and gift items to our veterans. This year has been very difficult for all of us as we continue to struggle through the impact of the pandemic. The situation has also been extremely difficult for those veterans who live or receive treatment at the NVAMC. Due to concerns for their health and safety our veterans will not be permitted to receive traditional gifts items this holiday season.

While we cannot do the Gift Bag Program, we can still honor our veterans and help bring them some holiday cheer. This year the NVAMC has launched a Secret Soldier Santa Program. It is a revisualization of a program they have run for a number of years. In the past a party was held for veteran and military families in which Santa presented the children with age-appropriate gifts. Since actual gifts are not permitted, gift cards (which can be sanitized) will be distributed to our veterans for use in purchasing gifts for their children. We are working to raise money to purchase these gift cards from major stores and your donations will help make this happen. On Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., the Scouts and our Junior Auxiliary members will be in the back outdoor section of Rain-

dew accepting monetary donations in a contactless manner. All will be safely distanced and wearing personal protective clothing. We will have an American Legion Auxiliary member who is a nurse stationed at the Raindew site to ensure adherence with safety measures. We are very grateful to Raindew for their continued support of our veterans and the American Legion Auxiliary’s ongoing programs. This is a very generous and patriotic gesture on their part. Post 304 of the Manhasset American Legion, 27 Bayview Ave., will also be open on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., to accept donations for this worthy cause. There will be a totally contactless “Drive-By Donation” site in the parking lot and a “WalkBy Donation” site at the front door. Donations may be made in cash or by check. Checks should be made

payable to American Legion Auxiliary and may be dropped off on Nov. 21 or mailed to American Legion Auxiliary, 27 Bayview Ave., Manhasset, NY 11030. American Legion Auxiliary Manhasset Unit 304 is a 501(c) (19) tax exempt organization. All donations are tax deductible as permitted by law. Please join us in spreading cheer to those who have sacrificed so much in the service of our great nation and in the preservation of our freedoms. Thank you for all you have done and continue to do for our veterans. May you each be blessed in abundance at this beautiful holiday season. For additional information, please feel free to contact Pat O’Brien at 516850-5702 or patobrien17@msn.com. Patricia O’Brien Northport

G.N. must take action to combat COVID spike

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make no claim about Covid morbidity or recovery rates. I also believe it difficult to assess whether recent Halloween parties, weddings, college students, travelers, political rallies are the cause. Likely, they all play a part. In any case, what is done is done. Nevertheless it is incontrovertible that local Covid numbers are rising. Readers may track them here:https:// covidhotspotlookup.health.ny.gov/#/home I write simply because readers need

to internalize that if local Covid cases continue to rise, local schools, public and private, will be forced to close. Hundreds of people, including me, worked for months to effectuate a workable, safe schools re-opening plan. We endured the consternation and projected anxieties of many parents, staff and residents. Personally, I endured it because of my fervent belief that every day students can have in-person expe-

riences is a triumph after last spring’s devastating closures. Of course, we also ensured masking, distancing, and a full-remote option for all the families who preferred it. If the recent spike does not get under control, local schools — both public and private —will be forced to pivot to remote only. Families and businesses will suffer more emotionally and financially.

For goodness sake, please continue to mask, to distance and to keep children home under observation if they have not masked and distanced! Rebecca Sassouni Great Neck Public Schools Alternate Vice President SHAI, Sephardic Heritage Alliance, Inc. President

Dems have bruised egos, skeletons in closet

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hortly before the Nov. 3 election for president of the United States, the proprietors of storefronts, buildings, restaurants, dealerships, and businesses of all types across the country boarded up their facades in anticipation of widespread rioting, arson, looting, massive destruction and violent assaults by Republicans if Joe Biden won the contest. Just kidding. In fact, these measures were taken to avoid the by-now familiar acting-out violence that Democrats and the thugs they support in Black Lives Matter and Antifa have been demon-

strating for the world to witness for the past six months––in at least 15 oncepeaceful cities run exclusively by Democratic mayors––when they object to this or that policy, statue, police department, et al. We have still to learn the outcome of the election, thanks to the new and unprecedented COVID-dictated “rules” about mail-in ballots, late voting, delayed returns, strange rulings by Democrat-appointed judges, and chilling reports of such rampant voter fraud by Democrats that it defies what any American — living or dead — has ever seen.

(Editor’s Note: There have been no substantiated reports or evidence to date of any measurable election fraud on the part of either major political party.) Why? You could speculate that it’s because of the mountain of bruised egos the Democrats have experienced after working mightily for over four years to depose, sabotage, impeach, and topple the Trump presidency, all thunderous failures. A plausible theory, but time never seems to calm these types of narcissistic injuries. Then what? It’s so obvious. The reason why Democrats have spent billions

of dollars to defeat President Trump is because they are rightly terrified that an avalanche of indictments, trials, and lengthy prison terms are about to rain down on them — all of them, including the top echelon — once President Trump is announced the winner. Don’t look for any other reason. Trump knows firsthand the depth of their corrupt, seditious and even treasonous acts and they themselves know it too! Stay tuned. Joan Swirsky Great Neck

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READERS WRITE

The severe dumbing down of America Continued from Page 17 Andrew Kimbrell, internationally recognized public interest attorney, founder and executive director of the Center for Food Safety states, “Through a patenting system that favors the rights of corporations over the rights of farmers and citizens, our food and farming system is being held hostage by a handful of companies. Nothing less than the future of food is at stake.” Led Lights The Led lights now in our villages, so unnaturally bright, have a much greater impact on circadian sleep rhythms than conventional street lamps. Ongoing exposure can cause the retina to become severely damaged, especially for those 50 and over. Species in nature need a naturally dark environment to sleep. They become disoriented. Trees become diseased and die. When nature is disrupted, hu-

mans are to follow. 5G Wireless Dr. Yael Stein of Hebrew University, Jerusalem writes about 5G “Harming and changing our environment and is a disaster waiting to happen.” Joel M. Moskowitz writes in Scientific American: More than 240 scientists signed, along with medical doctors, the International EMF Scientist Appeal to the FCC: “…EMF affects living organisms at levels well below most international and national guidelines. Damage goes well beyond the human race, as there is growing evidence of harmful effects to both plant and animal life.” Among possible ramifications to human health due to the strength of these EMFs, are an excess of cytokines, an overinflammatory response by the immune system, or cytokine “storm” which attacks the lungs,

Parable in Light Once more fall has returned to me, full of color, with interior and exterior spaces. The red leaves of the maple tree revealed, vivid and knitted together where the light strikes, filled with the potential light makes against a brilliant panel of blue reaching skyward, shimmering with distinction. Somewhere time stirs, but what difference a lifetime makes, and to know what riches are made of. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

that we are unfortunately hearing so much about at this time due to the Coronavirus. Dr. Martin L. Pall, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University states: “Putting in tens of millions of 5G antennae without a single biological test of safety has got to be about the stupidest idea anyone has had in the history of the world.” Microchipping and Robotic Technology, Paperless Society Microchipping will trace and track every aspect of people’s lives. Hand-scanning through microchips is already being tested/ implemented in supermarkets in the US and around the world, causing massive job loss. Paper trails, including store receipts and bank statements will be eliminated. Can we rely

on technology to be available, and keep accurate, secure accounts of personal finances, important documents and records? Deep State Local politicians, on up to the president are said to be “just taking orders.” Through exemplary “genius,” the Deep State (certain individuals and powerful puppet masters who are the behind the scenes architects of our laws) has its agenda carried out. Everything is created by design. Educational institutions and funded education projects are directed and controlled through select mega corporations. When a school district is top rated, it is based upon teaching the students technology utilized and promoted by the government. Does this make for a fruitful life, humanitarian society, longevity? With our high educational degrees, people have become

intellectually bankrupt. They use their thought process according to how much money they have. Many can’t think past maintaining their own lifestyle. What does a family with an annual income of $50,000 have to do, compared to a family making $150,000? Think. Considering our broken society, should our population be salvaged, and if so, who can or will save us? “Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” Albert Einstein Gary Feldman, innovator in the nutritional supplement retail field, is a researcher, health writer, nutrition educator, lecturer and instructor in the Port Washington Union Free School District Continuing Education program. garyteach1@gmail.com

Archaic Electoral College corrodes democracy Continued from Page 16 And even those fallible Founding Fathers, who understood they were inventing a new form of government and needed to compromise to get something through, also realized they needed to adapt to change, so allowed for amendments. Ending the Electoral College. which has truly passed its putrescent date, is a pipedream until stars are aligned with both houses of Congress and the White House firmly in Democratic control (expanding Supreme Court to rebalance after the right-wing coup also unlikely, along with Voting Rights and Fair Elections reform). But states can act on their own

to make the system fairer. There is the Compact, which pledges a state’s electors to the winner of the national popular vote (already states, mainly blue including New York, totaling 196 electoral votes have signed); states can also follow Maine and Nebraska and apportion their electors according to their state’s popular vote rather than the winner-take-all, or do what Georgia does and have run-offs if a candidate doesn’t reach 50 percent. (Not yet sure how I feel about rankedchoice voting.) The argument is made that without the Electoral College, the smaller states (predominantly red) would be overwhelmed by the will of the few big (blue) coastal states.

So? What’s your point? As it is, the so-called Blue State coastal elites are reduced to 3/5 of a person, compared to rural Red States. Why shouldn’t New York City and San Francisco voters have equal say in their governance to Wyoming and South Dakota? As soon as it appeared Pennsylvania went for Biden, crossing the 270-electoral vote threshold, people spontaneously went into the streets in cities across the country, breathing a collective sign of relief to have saved democracy by a dictator wannabe with no regard to the Rule of Law or free and fair elections. Wait, there are still 70 days left for this dictator wannabe to do his damage.

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Town reminds residents about free parking The Town of North Hempstead reminds residents that free parking is available in the Town Hall parking lot, located on Andrew Street, on weekends. The lot is open from 7 a.m. to midnight on both Saturdays and Sundays.“We invite

and encourage residents to dine and shop locally in Manhasset,” said Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “It’s important to support our local businesses and the shops that are vital to our downtowns. We hope this parking option will allow visitors to support their

favorite stores or check out a new one.” “We want to encourage shoppers to take advantage of all that Plandome Road has to offer,” said Council Member Veronica Lurvey. “The addition of new signage about the parking

at Town Hall on the weekends will encourage people to spend more time exploring Manhasset.” Individuals who park their vehicles outside of the permitted hours will be subject to fines and towing. Ten spots in the lot

will be reserved for Town employees; and the Town may suspend public parking in the event of a weather event. For more information contact the Town’s 311 Call Center at 311 or 516-869-6311.

Ex-Watergate prosecutor to speak at temple

Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman will be the guest speaker at a virtual service at Temple Emanuel in Great Neck on Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

All members of the community are invited to view Temple Emanuel’s virtual SCW Friday night service, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m., when Nick Akerman, former Assistant Watergate Prosecutor, will be the guest speaker. He will offer the talk, “Lessons From Nixon and Trump: Does our constitutional system of government work?” The conventional wisdom after the Watergate scandal was that the system worked. With Trump, it appears to have failed miserably. Trump escaped impeachment for se-

rious misuse of presidential power and went on to bungle the federal government’s response to a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. Nick will talk about how the system worked in both instances, albeit imperfectly, and where we go from here. Nick Akerman, a nationally renowned lawyer, served as assistant special Watergate prosecutor with the Watergate Special Prosecution Force under Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski. He is an expert on the criminal and civil applications

of the Racketeer and Corrupt Organizations Statute, the Economic Espionage Act, the federal Securities Laws, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and State Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Laws. He also is an expert on computer crime and the protection of competitively sensitive information and computer data. Nick appears regularly on MSNBC, speaks and writes on protecting computer data, and has been a featured quoted expert on national issues in such publications as the Washington Post, Newsweek,

The Hill, Politico, US News & World Report and The New York Times. The talk is preceded by a brief service conducted by Rabbi Robert S. Widom and cantorial soloist Ron Morton. Funding for the “virtual” SCW Friday at Emanuel was generously provided by Samantha and Michael Dorfman. At the time of the service, go to: http://tegn.templeservices.live/ There is no registration fee. Call 516.482.5701 for further information.

Cradle of Aviation, USAF School continues to deliver care packages to teach outdoors The Cradle of Aviation Museum and the U.S. Air Force’s local Freeport office are partnering together this holiday season by recognizing and showing gratitude and support for the sacrifice of local service members with military care packages. Between Veterans Day (November 11th) and December 13th, the museum will be collecting donations and hand-written cards from local families and museum visitors of much needed

items for active troops that will be packaged and shipped out in time for the holidays. Items to be collected include:Baby WipesCandyCoffeeBeef JerkySunflower SeedsGumCookiesFoot PowderBaby PowderProtein BarsUno CardsPlaying CardsBoard GamesSent to active military personnel, these care packages, bring small comforts to service members abroad, while a personal note or a child’s artwork

Left to right: Sgt. Wesley Tefft, U.S. Air Force, Freeport, N.Y. Recruiter Andrew Parton, Cradle of Aviation Museum, SSgt. Tyler Monson, U.S. Air Force, Freeport, N.Y. Recruiter

give a care package a personal, thoughtful touch. “These care packages mean the world to us when we are deployed. It is like opening a Christmas present whenever you get one and it really just makes your day. When I was in Afghanistan in 2016, I missed Christmas with my family, but got care packages from other organizations and it made being away that much easier. What the Cradle of Aviation is doing is just amazing, and will help our troops so much.” — Sgt. Tyler Monson, United States Air Force “The Cradle is thrilled to be collaborating with the US Air Force in Freeport to celebrate Veterans Day beyond just one day! It’s important that while we all share memories with our loved ones – near, far, and maybe on Zoom this year – we also reflect, honor, and serve (as best we can) those who protect our families everyday overseas. We’re happy to share this opportunity with our community by collecting items our armed forces need during this holiday season.” — Catherine Gonzalez, director of education, Cradle of Aviation Museum & Education Center

On Mondays at Temple Beth Sholom Early Childhood Center, pre-Kindergarten students welcome in a new week with ritual objects and prayers in a special ceremony called Havdalah. Led by Cantor Ofer Barnoy, the children light a ceremonial candle, sing songs and say special blessings. During these unprecedented

times, the Temple Beth Sholom Early Childhood Center conducts many of their classes outdoors to help keep the children safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. While November typically brings cooler temperatures and challenges to remain outdoors, the school children have been so lucky to be able to be outdoors so often.

Pre-kindergarten students at Temple Beth Sholom Early Childhood Center celebrate Havdalah with Cantor Ofer Barnoy.

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North Hempstead hosts vets donation drive North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, the Town Board, and the Town’s Veterans Advisory Committee announced that they will be hosting the 7th annual donation drive benefiting the Northport VA Medical Center. This year donations will benefit the Hero Hunger Help project.

“We are excited to once again partner with the Northport VA for our veterans donation drive,” said Bosworth. “This year our donation drive is a little different, but we are still committed to giving back and helping out veterans in need. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted a lot of

people including veterans and we hope our residents will give back and help those who have served our country” The Hero Hunger Help Project helps veterans combat food insecurity. As part of the donation drive, the Town is collecting gift cards for grocery stores and

pharmacies. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic no clothing, personal care goods or other items will be accepted. 2020 also marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War II. This year’s donation drive will honor this historic anniversary and the veterans who worked

hard to protect our freedom and democracy. Those interested in donating can mail gift cards to: Veterans Advisory Committee, Town of North Hempstead, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset, NY 11030. For more information, please call 311.

Foundation seeking input from biz owners The Rauch Foundation released a new survey today to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Long Island’s business and downtown districts, as well as to inform recommendations on how to speed recovery. The survey aims to gather insight directly from business owners and is available online in both English and Spanish. Business Owners may access the survey in English and Spanish here: https://www.research. net/r/lidowntown “It’s easy to guess what the impact of the pandemic might be on local small businesses — but until we hear from the business owners themselves, we can’t really know for sure,” said Nancy Rauch Douzinas, President, Rauch Founda-

tion. “As the region defines how to move forward, it’s important that our business community is included in the recovery process and that their experiences and hardships are taken into consideration.” The Rauch Foundation is distributing the survey through some of its regional platforms, as well as hiring canvassers to walk a cross section of downtowns and speak with store owners. The survey takes between 5-10 minutes to complete and will be available through November 30, 2020. It includes questions about how stores were managing the changing retail environment prior to COVID, how the pandemic impacted their bottom line and what types of remedies and solutions owners would embrace to make their businesses more sustainable going

forward. “There have been other surveys of business owners since the pandemic but this is the first one exclusively focused on our village communities – the heart of our region,” said Kevin Law, President of the Long Island Association. “I strongly encourage local businesses to reply to the survey so we might better plan appropriate responses to current conditions.” The Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, co-chaired by Law, has been overseeing the Downtown Revitalization Initiative grants. Dave Kapell, consultant to Rauch, who has been working with Law on these downtown efforts added, “As the revitalization efforts gather steam, we need to be sure we are understanding how to adapt to the challenges

created by the pandemic and to seize opportunities for innovation that it has presented. Some changes and ideas may be short-term but many will be longer-term in their impact and we need the feedback from the store owners to help assess the best strategies.” Prior to 2019, the Long Island Index was published by the Rauch Foundation for 15 years. That report consistently studied downtown communities, along with what made them thrive and what types of investments were effective in catalyzing future growth. The Foundation aims to put that experience back in play to help the Long Island community navigate today’s circumstances and tomorrow’s solutions with a full report and analysis of the survey results expected in early 2021.

Business Owners may access the survey in English and Spanish here: https://www.research. net/r/lidowntown About the Rauch Foundation: The Rauch Foundation (www. rauchfoundation.org) is a Long Island-based family foundation that invests in ideas and organizations that spark and sustain early success in children and systemic change in our communities. The Foundation was established in 1961 by Louis Rauch and Philip Rauch, Jr. Funding for the Foundation was made possible by the success of the Ideal Corporation, an auto parts manufacturer founded in 1913 by their father, Philip Rauch, Sr.

Rising Stars, Webair team up at golf outing As the kids go for nothing but net on the basketball court, the adults aim for hole-in-ones on the. This week, the Rising Stars Youth Foundation recognized Webair of Garden City as the top sponsor for the foundation’s fundraising golf outing, which will help transform young lives with academic and athletic opportunities. The Rising Stars Youth Foundation held its 10th Annual Golf Outing & Dinner Reception on Oct. 19 at Cherry Valley Country Club in Garden City. The proceeds support Rising Stars’ leading programs that build character, promote education, and reinforce important values by utilizing the power of teams and a love of basketball. Webair’s sponsorship included support of the Rising Stars Scholars Program, which includes tuition assistance, academic and personal support, mentorship, and advice toward college and career preparedness. “Webair is a generous supporter of the Foundation and has

a strong commitment to helping young people achieve educational and athletic excellence,” said Dan Gimpel, executive director of the Rising Stars Youth Foundation. “For over 20 years, outstanding companies like Webair have enabled the Rising Stars Youth Foundation to provide boys and girls access to academic opportunities in high school or prep school — and ultimately college — that were out of reach otherwise, allowing them to reach their full potential.” Webair is a leading provider of managed cloud solutions. Headquartered in Garden City, New York, Webair specializes in enterprise cloud solutions including Disaster Recovery-as-aService, Backups-as-a-Service, Private Cloud, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, and more. Although Webair has a global presence, the company has always been dedicated to giving back to the local community and charitable organizations. This commitment to giving back has been the driving force behind Webair’s

support and sponsorship of the Rising Star Youth Foundation. “Webair has always believed in supporting our local community,” said Michael C. Orza, CEO of Webair. “We are proud to work with and support the Rising Stars Youth Foundation continue their amazing work helping our youth play and grow in a safe environ-

ment, while promoting education and reinforcing values. We are excited and driven to help more kids pursue their dreams, and build a future of promise and opportunity, regardless of the obstacles that stand in their way.” Rising Stars offers scholarships to bridge the social class op-

portunity gap, enabling students to attend prestigious private high schools and prep schools they never thought could be possible. Some of the participants live in areas in NYC where the high school graduation rate is low or they have challenging family circumstances such as single-parent and low-income households.

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L.I. market awaits Biden policies The presidential election is finally over or is it? Yes, it is, but some don’t give up very easily. While the presidential candidates were waging their planned strategies to gain a competitive advantage for the public’s attention and spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the last almost 1 1/2 years, I wondered how the real estate business and the market would be affected by who eventually would be elected. Then the Covid-10 Pandemic hit us while all the candidates competed during the debate cycle, the tragic loss of life, businesses, jobs, and income, and then the somewhat and slightly botched stimulus package not benefiting enough who really needed it. Finally, the crowds of wannabees were narrowed down to President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Before Covid-19 I began to hypothesize and analyze how the market might react and change, possibly moving in either a positive or negative direction depending on the eventual outcome of who would win. But who could have predicted in their wildest dreams this pandemic, let alone what it has left in its wake and continues to ravage and the sheer magnitude of lost lives and livelihoods, thereby impacting businesses, jobs, and massive almost unimaginable and unbelievable catastrophic effects on our economy here and abroad? However, thank God our economy has sprung back to most everyone’s amazement (but really not for so many), but we are not totally out of the woods just yet. There has been so much devastation left behind affecting so many that no presidential election can or could ever wipe out this sad memory or could make any logical, pragmatic intelligent person forget about how it was handled. The Spanish Pandemic of 1918 caused an estimated 500 million people or one-third of

the world’s population to be infected. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 (our population was only 103,000,000) occurring in the United States. (history.com) However, whether or not we were proactive enough to prevent or at least try to minimize what were the obvious results will be a question for the historians. We shouldn’t be so naïve to think no one knew it wasn’t coming our way, as it was alluded to on Jan. 22, 2020 (some knew as early as December 2019) by the by World Health Organization as well as in late January and February by Peter Navaro, President Trump’s director of the National Trade Council. Trump also completely cut our funding for W.H.O in February, further increasing our potential vulnerability to the pandemic. What the future will hold and bring down upon us as we go forward will be determined by what we have learned the last eight months and whether we are more prepared the next time around, because there will be a next time. Here are three links to pertinent articles on warnings the country received about the virus: https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/lifestyle/the-pandemic-prophecy/https://www. nytimes.com/2020/04/16/ health/WHO-Trump-coronavirus.html Here is a final link to an article that should convince any skeptics as to the severity of what was to come:https://nationalsecurityaction.org/coronavirus-timeline Although we are not close to being rid of this scourge and this winter may be far, far worse, (the winter during the Spanish Pandemic of 1918 was the worst time for infections and deaths), you will notice we have the highest death rate of 237,192 on the globe (although 4 per-

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

cent of the world’s population), topping Brazil’s 162,269 deaths. You might now ask, what does all this have to do with real estate? Plenty! With the densely populated cities around the U.S., those with the ability to leave and migrate far away from those epicenters of highly contagious groups have flocked to less populated areas (as I had discussed in last week’s column) to consider purchasing as opposed to renting. Most critical and crucial due to the lowest inventory on record and 50year lows in interest rates that will most likely continue until the end of 2021, and the shutdown of non-essential construction and our real estate industry in New York and other states, further reducing the available housing. The market has bounced back quite amazingly and purchasers have been snatching up available homes as if it were their last chance to become an owner. The fear of being infected and possibly dying from Covid-19 has created a huge amount of traffic away from New York City and out to the burbs and other destinations to purchase. This will continue to progress with prices continuing to increase but by smaller amounts. There are those who have left and those who are now deciding to drop out due to the escalating values, which just might slow next year but are surely changing the mar-

ket perimeters, perception, and dialogue going forward if and when demand slows. The perception most always creates reality and whether true or false it can only be determined by looking back at history and then learning from it. However, President Biden could have a positive or a detrimental effect on real estate depending upon what his agenda and policies might be during his four-year term as well as what Congress is able to pass with a non-partisan attitude. While Covid has unfortunately made those decisions for those who could afford to make a move out and away from the cities, (even though they might have still own a place in the city) bolstering our real estate markets in Long Island’s cities and towns. At the same moment in time, it was terrible for those who could not leave and who were further subjected to the potential consequences of an infectious environment. If Biden’s policies and decisions to create a plan moving forward to minimize and/ or knock out this treacherous virus, with a vaccine (Pfizer Pharmaceutical has just come out with a supposed 90-plus percent vaccine and the markets have responded with a strong rally) with the least amount of side effects, then there could be a light at the end of the tunnel. Lastly, if he and a non-partisan Congress with the assistance of a much more pragmatic, logically thinking, more agreeable and reasonable GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can move ahead with immediate, fast-tracked decisions to rebuild, then we can continue the advancement and beneficial real estate market and create a hyper-speed recovery and more worthwhile higher-paying jobs for our people in this still ailing economy. This will help many to buy their first “place to call home.” This scenario will be deter-

mined by whether or not our government politicians will finally put aside their partisan differences, egos, and oneupmanship to get down to the real business of governing to enact policies and regulations in a proactive and progressive manner and finally do the right thing for us and not what’s good for them and their special interest groups as well as any benefits that they attempt to derive while in the office to benefit them when leaving office. So whether or not you are a Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, or even if you are one of the 100,000,00 who didn’t vote (so disgustingly un-American!) because you thought it wouldn’t really make any difference, get off your butts right now and get on your phone to your local, state and congressional legislators (Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand, Kathleen Rice or whoever is your specific person in the local or federal government to come up with “our tax money” for the much-needed and necessary jobs and education to put more people back to work ASAP to fix and upgrade our deteriorating roads, bridges, tunnels and, oh yes, our mothballed high-speed rail . Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 39 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and 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). For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 6474289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com Just email or snail mail (regular mail) he with your ideas or suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in

Great Neck

19 Lincoln Road, Great Neck

15 Ascot Ridge Road, Great Neck

5 bd, 5 ba, 2,006 sqft, Sold on: 9/9/20, Sold Price: $1,900,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

3 bd, 3 ba, 2,500 sqft, Sold on: 9/7/20, Sold Price: $1,150,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

45 Nassau Drive, Great Neck

73 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck

6 bd, 5 ba, 3,631 sqft, Sold on: 7/19/20, Sold Price: $1,650,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

5 bd, 4 ba, 3,386 sqft, Sold on: 6/25/20, Sold Price: $986,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Great Neck by a variety of real estate agencies. This information about the home and the photos were obtained through the Zillow.com. The homes are presented solely based on the fact that they were recently sold in Great Neck and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Absentee ballots may determine local races Continued from Page 1 residents cast their ballots on Election Day last Tuesday, with others taking advantage of the county’s second year of early voting and use of absentee ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic. Early voting saw more than 223,000 Nassau County residents cast their ballots from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, according to state figures. In New York’s 3rd Congressional District, financial professional and Republican candidate George Santos of Queens led incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove). Initial vote tallies gave Santos 137,864 votes, or 47 percent, while Suozzi had 133,634, or 46 percent. Despite trailing, Suozzi said he is confident he will ultimately win the election by at least 20,000 votes. “There are 90,000 absentee ballots, of which 51 percent are registered Democrats,” Suozzi said. “Seventeen percent are registered Republicans. So that’s three-to-one Democrats to Republicans, the rest are blanks and independents. So I feel very good that I’ll win by at least two-to-one in the absentee ballots, which means Ill win by more than 20,000 votes.” Of the absentee ballots, Suozzi said, 48,097 were in Nassau County. Of the county ballots, 25,391 were cast by registered Democrats, while 9,340 were cast by Republicans. The Santos campaign said he remained confident he would defeat Suozzi despite the absentee ballots that remained outstanding. “George Santos is so thankful for the wonderful support he’s received from those in his district,” the campaign said. “George is confident that after every valid vote is counted, he will prevail in this race.” Gina Sillitti, a candidate for the 16th Assembly Dis-

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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said he is confident he will win re-election over challenger George Santos due to the influx of absentee ballots yet to be counted. trict and the director of human resources for the Nassau County Board of Elections, trailed in her race by more than 3,000 votes. Sillitti said she is also confident that the absentee ballots yet to be counted will result in a win for her. “While I’m down on the Election Day’s machine

count, thousands more Democrats voted by absentee in advance,” Sillitti told Patch. “I am confident that once all the votes are counted, I will be the next Assemblywoman for the 16th District. I trust the process completely and look forward to celebrating in a few weeks.” A request for comment from the campaign of Ragini Srivastava, Sillitti’s opponent, was not returned. Srivastava held the lead with 24,831 votes, or 49 percent, to Sillitti’s 21,343 votes, or 42 percent. So as New Yorkers and elected officials remain in election purgatory, the question becomes; Why did New York need more time than the other 49 states to ensure the validity of mail-in ballots? Craig Burnett, a political science professor at Hofstra University, said it’s tough to pinpoint why the count is scheduled to take so long, but noted the struggles during the state’s primary elections over the summer. “Normally absentee ballots are sparse, as people traditionally vote in person,” Burnett said in a phone interview. “We experienced these delays during the primary elections. We hoped they would have learned a bit more from it, but the influx of ballots is so large for this general election, it’s really tough to say why.” Burnett said he hopes that state officials will consider modifying election laws to aid voters and ballot counters so that local races do not have to wait nearly four weeks for certified results. “I’m sure nobody is really happy about this process taking such a long time,” Burnett said. “I think in the next five to 10 years we could see New York adopt laws that do not require a reason for submitting an absentee ballot. It’s a fairly easy law to change, so there should be some consideration about it.”

20 G.N. students test positive for COVID-19 Continued from Page 2 had a total of 23 students and staffers test positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures. Of the 20 students who tested positive in Great Neck, 19 were onsite cases. “The health and safety of our students and staff is our number one priority,” Great Neck Superintendent Teresa Prendergast said in a notice to

parents. “Thank you for your understanding and ongoing cooperation with our COVID-19 prevention policies and procedures. We will continue to closely monitor this situation and provide updates as needed.” In Sewanhaka, 10 of the 19 total positive student cases were on-site, while the remaining nine were off-site, according to state figures. “The Department of Health

has advised us that the cleaning protocols that occur throughout the day and again in the evening are a best practice for cleaning and disinfection of surfaces,” Sewanhaka Superintendent James Grossane said in a letter. “We are extremely proud of our students throughout the district, and they have done an outstanding job with social distancing, hygiene, mask wearing, and acting in a responsible man-

ner. As always, the health and safety of our students and staff is our foremost priority.” The North Shore school district with 14, and the Roslyn and Mineola school districts, each with 11, were the only remaining areas with more than 10 confirmed cases from students and staffers in the area. The remaining school districts combined for 21 total confirmed cases of the virus, according to

state figures. Among the districts with five or fewer cases, Floral ParkBellerose had one, the East Williston school district had three, Manhasset had four and New Hyde Park-Garden City had five. For more information on how school districts and their schools are faring with the coronavirus, visit https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov/#/ home.

Trump supporters 1,500 in G.N. area march to News 12 test positive for virus Continued from Page 3 ballots were cast by Democrats, Suozzi has said, expressing confidence that he would win. Farash led a chant of “Santos” with those gathered. “As far as George Santos goes, I hope that they keep his votes the way they are because New York right now is trying to steal local Senate and Congress [seats] as well,” Liebman said in an interview. “They’re saying they found ballots, and they’re actually trying to steal George Santos’ votes. So I just hope that any fraud

reveals itself.” Efforts to reach News 12 Long Island for comment were unavailing, though the outlet did broadcast 17 seconds of footage of the event captured from behind the studio’s front doors and reported that the participants numbered 200. “Let us be who we are,” Boyette said. “We are reasonable. We care. We love the country. I don’t hate Democrats. But I think my voice matters. And they’re not showing the other side. I really think that they need to stop being biased and start spreading the news.”

Continued from Page 2 cases, also have a daily increase of 2.93 positive tests per day, according to county figures. Manhasset, which has remained comparatively low since the beginning of the pandemic in mid-March, had 355 cases, with a majority coming from town-governed areas. The Village of Roslyn’s 164 cases may not seem high compared with other North Shore areas, but the number of cases per 1,000 residents, 57.5, is one of the highest rates in Nassau County, according to Health Department figures. According to figures provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of

the Village of Roslyn was 2,882 in 2018. According to Roslyn Mayor John Durkin, the rate of infection reported by Newsday and the population provided by the census is inaccurate. Durkin attributed some of the cases to people with underlying health conditions at the village’s two senior homes, the Atria and Assisted Living Roslyn. Throughout New York, more than 536,000 people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures. Of that total, 26,005 people had died. In New York City, 273,000 people had contracted the virus, with nearly 20,000 positive cases resulting in deaths.

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Ex-CFO of Port company pleads guilty Continued from Page 12 most-recent publicly-released financial statements, including that Aceto was likely to breach certain financial covenants it owed to its bank lenders, and that Aceto might need to write down more than $100 million in goodwill assets,” prosecutors said in a statement. “While in possession of that non-public information, Roth sold approximately 69,549 shares of Aceto stock. Shortly thereafter, Aceto issued a press release publicly announcing that its financial condition had worsened, that it had breached certain financial covenants, and that it would need to write down significant goodwill assets, after which Aceto’s share price dropped significantly. By selling his shares before the press release was issued, Roth avoided more than $145,000 in losses.” Reuters Legal reported that shareholders later sued Aceto,

Roth and other executives after the disclosures, alleging that the company should have written down its assets sooner and had made misrepresentations to investors. Aceto, which filed for bankruptcy in early 2019, did not respond to the complaint, and the executives argued in turn that investors had failed to allege the statements at issue were material or false, leading to a judge dismissing them in 2019. Seth D. DuCharme, acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., assistant director in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York field office, announced the guilty plea. “Corporate officers cannot use their positions of trust for personal benefit at the expense of shareholders,” DuCharme said. “As demonstrated by today’s guilty plea, this office will vigorously prosecute those who abuse their positions to defraud the financial markets.”

DuCharme added that the New York regional office of the Securities and Exchange Commission cooperated and assisted in the investigation. The government’s case is being handled by the office’s Business and Securities Fraud Section, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alixandra E. Smith and Mathew S. Miller in charge of the prosecution. Roth joined Aceto in 2001 as vice president and CFO, leaving a position as vice president and CFO of courier and logistics company CitySprint. In 2010, Roth was elevated to senior vice president and chief administrative officer. In addition to its Port Washington headquarters, the company has offices in Lyon and Paris, France; Dusseldorf and Hamburg, Germany; Heemskerk in the Netherlands, Runcorn, Wales in the United Kingdom; Maharashtra, India; Shanghai, China; Muntinlupa City in the

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The ex-CFO of a Port Washington-based pharmaceutical company has pleaded guilty to insider trading in federal court.

Philippines; and on the island of Singapore. In April 2019, an affiliate of New Mountain Capital (NMC) closed its acquisition of Aceto Chemicals, which then entered into an asset purchase agreement to carve out from consolidated Aceto Corp. and sell the Nutraceutical Products, the Specialty Chemicals, the Agricultural Pro-

tection Products, the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (“APIs”) and Pharmaceutical Intermediates (“PIs”). The new legal entity, Aceto LLC, is not affiliated with the former Aceto Corp., and according to a statement from the company, Roth has not held employment with or advised the current incarnation of Aceto LLC.

SUNY Old Westbury names new president Continued from Page 19 intrigued by SUNY Old Westbury because he saw qualities in it that he hadn’t seen at other schools. “So when I begin to delve into that those things came back in the affirmative and ways that I had not felt at other or with regard to other schools, I think most especially the commitment to students, commitment to diversity, commitment to excellence, commitment to social justice and sustainability are truly unique to Old Westbury,” Sams said. As the senior vice president for student development at Morehouse College, he held a portfolio that included student services, enrollment management, campus safety and athletics, among other units. Earlier in his career, as vice president for student life at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he led such services as residential life, health and mental health services, the Campus Center and career services. He is also credited with inaugurating the Student Life Office at New York University-Abu Dhabi and, for 13 years, leading the Black Cultural Center at Swarthmore College. Sams’ career also includes reaccreditation and two strategic plans, student success, efforts to increase stu-

dent and staff diversity, and elevating residential college models at three institutions. He helped create the nation’s first ROTC Center of Excellence, a campus-based PrEP program, a J-Mester program, a bridge program, an undergraduate completion program, an experiential learning and cultural immersion program in Ghana, West Africa, two major LGBTQ support initiatives, a student emergency resource center and a $1.5 million federal community intervention grant. The soon-to-be president says he seeks to bring about civic and community engagement throughout the college. “Ultimately training students who can change the world and who can save the world in the environmental sense, that’s what drives me,” Sams said. “That’s what’s always driven me and to be at a place where we collectively believe that and I’m not an outlier, but expected to believe that and facilitate the way in which the entire community of people believe in those things is probably the most exciting thing I can ever see myself doing.” A native of Syracuse, Sams earned a bachelor’s degree in history and sociology from Union College in Schenectady, a master’s degree in Africana studies from the

University at Albany, and a Ph.D. in African-American studies from Temple University. He is also an MSI Aspiring Leaders Fellow and the recipient of the 2020 Champions for Student Success Award from American Campus Communities. “SUNY Old Westbury benefits from an engaged faculty, a community who cares for its students, and stakeholders who fully understand the educational gem that it is and can further become,” Sams said. “Together with them, and with support from the SUNY Board of Trustees, the chancellor and the College Council, we will continue to elevate the college and thereby transform even more students’ lives and impact the world. I cannot wait to get to work.” Teresa A. Miller, SUNY senior vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and chief diversity officer, has served as officer-in-charge at SUNY Old Westbury since Butts’ departure in August. “SUNY Old Westbury has a strong foundation and is poised to excel under new leadership,” Miller said. “The campus is eager to welcome Dr. Sams. As I continue my role at SUNY, I look forward to working with him to advance the College, its mission and its students.” Sams will take office on or about Jan. 11, according to the college.

Rapid drive-thru testing facility opens Continued from Page 10 Kaplan, who helped the area secure funding for testing with the aid of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said the deployment of more testing in areas such as Great Neck is instrumental in flattening the spike of virus cases. “By strategically deploying

convenient testing opportunities in hot spot areas like we are doing in Great Neck, we are helping more people to find out their status, and take appropriate action to stop the spread,” Kaplan said. “It’s a strategy that has worked in areas around the state, and I’m grateful to Governor Cuomo for his leadership

on this strategy, and for the partnership of County Executive Curran, North Shore Hebrew Academy and Northwell Health in getting it implemented.” In October, government officials throughout Nassau County joined together, on paper, and underscored the importance of abiding by state-mandated health precautions as areas such

as Great Neck were on their way to becoming virus hotspots. Recent upticks in virus cases in Queens and Brooklyn prompted the letter, as the proximity of Great Neck to those communities is possibly a reason for an increase in confirmed cases on the peninsula. “We do not want to be the next cluster, and we must work

together to ensure that our community remains vigilant against the spread of COVID-19,” the letter said. “The health and safety of our residents, your families, neighbors, and friends is our top priority.” Appointments can be made by calling 1-833-4CARENY (833-422-7369).

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Brodsky reappointed exec in residence Hofstra University has reappointed Professor Harris Brodsky as an ExecutiveIn-Residence in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business Sept. 1, 2020 through Aug. 31, 2021. Harris Brodsky, a retired health care professional, has been a leader and agent of change within the health care industry for over 40 years. After volunteering in the emergency room upon recommendation of a friend, Brodsky knew health care was the right fit for him. The Great Neck resident began his career as a senior associate director at Long Island Jewish Health System, administering the emergency room, ambulance service and outpatient department. He then took a position at Kingsbrook-Jewish Medical Center, which includes a 350-bed hospital and a 600bed nursing home, the largest voluntary not-for-profit nursing home facility in the state of New York at the time. Brodsky was a licensed nursing home administrator and associate director of the hospital where he stayed for over 30 years. He later went on to various roles at Bialystoker Nursing Home, Fieldstone Lodge Nursing Home and Regal Heights Nursing Home. Professor Brodsky was appointed by

the governor of New York to the State Home Health Council and named Mentor of the Year by the Village of Great Neck Plaza. He currently serves as a Life Fellow at the American College of Health Care Executives and a member of the Health Care Financial Management Association. In addition to his contributions within the health care industry, Professor Brodsky has been a member of the Hofstra faculty for over 30 years. In this role, he taught for Hofstra Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Professions and Family Studies Department and the Frank G. Zarb School of Business Management and Entrepreneurship Department. He also mentored students in clinical internships while teaching nursing home administration, home health care, cases in long-term care, and applied business principles and aging. He has published articles examining rehabilitation and the changing role of the pharmacist in long-term care, and presented papers regarding the growing conflict in health care administration between patients versus profits. Professor Brodsky completed a BA in economics, MBA in management and MS in hospital administration from Columbia University.

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Great Neck-based G. Neck Plaza appoints deputy law firm recognized mayor as water authority rep. Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C. proudly congratulates four of its attorneys for being named to the New York Metro SuperLawyers 2020 list. Included as 2020 New York Metro Superlawyers are Senior Law Partner Jerome A. Wisselman and Derrick A. Rubin. Amanda Rose Green and Joseph J. Bracconier has been named 2020 New York Metro Rising Stars. Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C. has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers as a 2021 Top 1 Best Law Firm recognized for professional excellence by their clients and peers. Jordan E. Trager is nominated as a best lawyer in the Bethpage BEST OF LONG ISLAND and votes can be made until December 15th in many categories. During these challenging times, Wisselman, Harounian &

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Jerome Wisselman was one of four lawyers from Wisselman, Harounian & Associates to be recognized by the SuperLawyers 2020 list. Associates has continued to offer monthly continuing education programs to mental health professionals as well as community and professional events via webinars.

The Village of Great Neck Plaza announces the appointment of Deputy Mayor Gerald Schneiderman as its designated representative to, and as a member of the Board of Directors of, the Water Authority of Great Neck North (“the Authority”) to fill the unexpired term of Jean A. Celender, who resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of the Authority in October following her retirement as Mayor of the Plaza in September of this year. In announcing Schneiderman’s appointment as the Plaza’s designated representative to, and as a member of the Board of Directors of, the Authority, Plaza Mayor Ted Rosen stated, “I am pleased to appoint Deputy Mayor Gerry Schneiderman to serve as the Plaza’s designated representative to, and as a member of the Board of Directors of, the Water Authority of Great Neck North. Deputy Mayor

Schneiderman has served the Plaza well for many years, first as Chairperson of the Village’s Zoning Board of Appeals and then as a village trustee. I recently appointed him as a Deputy Mayor of the Plaza to assist in Village governance. I know he will capably and diligently represent the Plaza to the Authority and represent all those who are served by the Water Authority. Mayor Celender served with great distinction as a member of the Board of Directors of the Water Authority and I am confident that Deputy Mayor Schneiderman will follow in her tradition.” A longtime resident of the Plaza, Schneiderman, has served the village for many years, first as the Chair of the Plaza’s Zoning Board of Appeals and then as a village trustee. Retired as the president of a printing company, Schneiderman lives with his wife, Linda, in the Plaza. Their two grown children

attended the Great Neck public schools. The Water Authority of Great Neck North, established in 1985 as a public benefit corporation, is authorized to provide potable (drinking) water to the northern areas of the Great Neck Peninsula, which encompasses the villages of Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Kensington, Kings Point, Saddle Rock, portions of Great Neck Plaza and Thomaston, and portions of the unincorporated areas of the Town of North Hempstead. The Board of Directors of the Authority is made up of the designated representatives from each of the seven villages and the Town of North Hempstead in the Authority’s service area. For additional information, please call Ted Rosen, Mayor, Village of Great Neck Plaza at [516] 487-6988 or email him at TMRosenlaw@aol.com.

SHAI to hold Dec. North High senior chosen coat, clothing drive for advisory committee The Coat and Clothing Drive is SHAIs, The Sephardicsecond annual one to benefit the Great Neck Public Schools Clothing Pantry, as well as oth-

er recipients of the Beautiful Memories Gemach. The UPTC, United Parent Teacher Council of Great Neck is co-promoting with SHAI.

Anushka Gupta,a senior at North High School, was recently selected to serve on the national Student Advisory Committeefor Active Minds, a non-profit organization that supports mental health awareness and education for students. Anushka is a co-founder and co-president of the Active Minds chapter at North High. She has spearheaded several mental health initiatives at school, including the “chalk it out” program and presentations for middle school students. Comprised of mostly college students, Anushka is one of two high school students serving a two-year term on the organiza-

tion’s Student Advisory Committee. “This newposition on the national Student Advisory Committee has allowed her to have a greater impact at the local and national level,” explains Dr. David Cheng, faculty advisor of the North High Active Minds club. Since joining the Student Advisory Committee, Anushka has contributed to local and national efforts to reduce the stigma of mental health disorders and share positive coping strategies and recommendations to parents and students. She has written an article for the Active Minds blog titled, “Finding Support as a Student in a Virtual World,” and she’s been inter-

viewed by a writer for HealthCentral about how parents can support adolescents. She also contributed to a World Mental Health Day video organized by the Speak Your Mind campaign, featuring student advocates, UN leaders and celebrities like Kenneth Cole, to support mental health legislation and funding. Active Minds is a national organization that supports mental health awareness and education for young adults through awareness campaigns, events, advocacy, and outreach. The organization has a network of more than 550 chapters at high schools and college campuses across the country.

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Happening at the Great Neck Library Go to the Events listings on the Library’s website at greatnecklibrary.org for more information. You can also call the Library at 466-8055. For certain events that require registration, any further meeting info will be released by the date of the event for registered users. Check your email before joining the event. Online Programs are held live on Zoom unless specified. Open to all. No Zoom account required. You may join Zoom events by going to join.zoom.us, and enter the program’s Meeting ID and Password. You can also dial in at 1 (646) 558-8656 or find your local number at zoom.us/zoomconference. Saturday, November 14 10:00 AM — 6:00 PM Food-themed Scavenger Hunt For the month of November, you can look around your home for these items: https://forms. gle/8uyqPnWV5GGB52zr9created by Children’s Librarian Trainee, Miss Jen. Once you complete your search, call the Children’s Department to claim your prize at (516) 466-8055 Monday, November 16 9:00 — 10:00 AM Virtual Tech Help. Adults (18+). Contact the STEM Lab to arrange a virtual one-on-one appointment with one of our STEM Lab librarians over the phone or on a video call. Email us at STEMLab@greatnecklibrary.org or give us a call at (516) 466-8055 ext. 230. 11:00 — 11:30 AM Storytime with Miss Kat. Favorite stories, songs, and fingerplays to your home in real time. Recorded so you can enjoy at your leisure. Meeting ID: 856 2525 5404 Password: storychildrens@greatnecklibrary.org 4:30 — 5:30 PM Pokemon Fusion Drawing. Teens in grades 7+. Grab your art supplies and create a pokemon hybrid. lsweeney@greatnecklibrary.org 8:30 — 9:30 PM I Love Autumn Drawing Challenge. Teens in grades 7+. Fall back into sketching with some fun drawing prompts. lsweeney@greatnecklibrary. org Tuesday, November 17 9:30 — 10:30 AM Yoga Flow facilitated by Carolyn. Series Open to All Levels. Learn yoga postures, breathing practices and meditation techniques to bring bal-

ance, equilibrium and good health to your body and mind. Meeting ID: 849 1390 1791 Password: 781668 10:00 — 11:30 AM What is Coding: a Simple Introduction for Adults, Parents and Seniors. Learn the basics of computer coding so you can better understand how your computer works. No experience necessary. Meeting ID: 991 8870 4432 Passcode: Code Dial by your location+1 646 558 8656 US (New York) STEMLab@ greatnecklibrary.org 2:00 — 3:30 PM Understanding the 2020 Election presented by James Coll. Timely lecture on the 2020 Election. Meeting ID: 851 1100 6024 Passcode: 210243 5:00 — 6:00 PM Among Us. Teens in grades 7+. Play online or over local wifi with 4-10 players as you attempt to hold your spaceship together and return back to civilization. mmeehan@greatnecklibrary.org 5:00 — 6:00 PM Jr. Levels Ukulele. 5th and 6th graders. Learn chords, melodies, and songs. mfisher@greatnecklibrary.org 6:00 — 7:30 PM Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Via WebEx https://gnlskype.my.webex.com/gnlskype.my/j.php ?MTID=m587fa1ae789453995efc1dea25 45613c Meeting number: 163 203 6990 Password: MPqw9xNuT36 (67799968 from phones) Join by phone +1-650-2155226 United States Toll 7:00 — 7:45 PM Book Club: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict. Librarian Justin will lead a discussion. Book available through Hoopla here:https:// www.hoopladigital.com/title/12288266 Meeting will be held via Zoom:http:// https://zoom.us/j/92812613045?pwd=Z U1yR2ZMa1REVG51dkRvQi9tb1VFZz09 7:00 — 8:00 PM Jr. Levels Paper Pirates. 5th and 6th graders. Paper Pirates is a team-based social deduction game that uses mobile phones and tablets as its controllers. Take control of your very own pirate ship and issue commands to your fellow shipmates. mmeehan@greatnecklibrary.org Wednesday, November 18 10:00 — 11:00 AM Using Pages for Mac. Adults 18+. Learn how to use Pages, the default word processing program on all Mac computers. If you have any specific questions, we’ll try to address them during the class. Meeting ID: 941 3860 7148 Pass-

Library announces new hours at branches On Monday, Nov. 16 all four locations of the Great Neck Library will expand the current reopening hours. Hours for all locations will be Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. All services are by appointment only. Curbside Pickup will have the same expanded hours. At this time, there will be no further evening hours. For the safety of everyone, all patrons two years of age and older must wear face masks in the buildings.

code: PagesSTEMLab@greatnecklibrary. org (516) 466-8055 ext. 230 1:00 — 2:30 PM Writer Within facilitated by Lynda Aron. Email wrtrwthn@ yahoo.com for Zoom room. Access your authentic voice and explore the power of imagination, self-expression and storytelling. New writers, professionals and everyone in between are welcome. Sharing is encouraged but not required. 3:30 — 4:15 PM Sticks in the Stacks. Join Mina and Jamie for social stitching time on Wednesdays. Learn the basics of knitting and crocheting and help to crochet and knit for a cause. Meeting ID: 939 9484 5012 Password: sticks 6:00 — 7:00 PM Creative Writing. Teens in grades 7+. Write and share short stories and poems. jrobinson@greatnecklibrary.org 6:30 — 7:30 PM Jr. Levels Puppetry. 5th and 6th graders. Create an amazing puppet with materials you can find at home. Materials list will be sent to all registrants. bweil@greatnecklibrary.org 7:00 — 8:00 PM Digital Resources for Virtual Learning, Entertainment, Crafts and More. Teens. Parents are welcome. cgreenblatt@greatnecklibrary.org 7:00 — 8:30 PM Home Improvement — Your Home’s Interior. Doors are not closing without a bang, Cracks in ceilings or walls, Wooden floors in disrepair, Rotten boards on decking, Interior and exterior walls need TLC? Causes of these issues and how to make repairs. If you send Brian pictures and a brief description of your home repairs/concerns, he will address them at the end of the class presentation. Send no later than 2 days prior to scheduled class to klhinspection@gmail. com and include Great Neck Library in the subject line. Meeting ID: 896 3317 3737 Passcode: 436425 8:00 — 9:00 PM Battle of the Fandoms. Teens in grades 7+. From Superheroes to Harry Potter to Legend of Korra, dive into your favorite fandoms with trivia, cosplay and an epic scavenger hunt. jlagasse@greatnecklibrary.org Thursday, November 19 2:00 — 3:30 PM Who was Typhoid Mary presented by Leslie Goddard. Story of the woman known as Typhoid Mary and why she is remembered as the first “healthy” carrier of a deadly virus. Meet-

ing ID: 816 9148 5681 Passcode: 617197 5:00 — 6:00 PM Knitting Circle. Teens in grades 7+. Knitting and crocheting skills. jrobinson@greatnecklibrary.org 6:00 — 7:00 PM Ukulele. Teens in grades 7+. Learn chords, melodies, and songs. mfisher@greatnecklibrary.org 6:30 — 7:30 PM Yoga Flow facilitated by Sharon Epstein. Series open to All Levels. Learn yoga postures, breathing practices and meditation techniques to bring balance, equilibrium and good health to your body and mind. Meeting ID: 848 1488 0463 Password: 462824 Friday, November 20 10:00 AM — 12:00 PM Microsoft Office for Beginners. Adults. Quick overview of the 3 most commonly used programs in the Office Suite: Word, a document writing software, PowerPoint, a presentation software, and Excel, a spreadsheet creation software. Meeting ID: 974 2289 0447 Passcode: Office Dial by your location+1 646 558 8656 US (New York) STEMLab@ greatnecklibrary.org 12:00 — 1:00 PM Friday Film Discussion. Charade (1963) 1 hr., 53 min. Comedy,Mystery,Romance. Streaming free with your Great Neck Library card on Hoopla, Kanopy, and with ads on Pluto, Tubi and Peacock. Meeting ID: 623 987 3994 Passcode: films cdipietro@greatnecklibrary.org 4:00 — 5:00 PM Coded Bracelets. Learn about the Iroquois and other Native American tribes, and how their idea of Thanksgiving is different from ours. We’ll make beaded bracelets inspired by Wampum, which were works of art created by the Iroquois that help tell their history. Supplies (beads and string) will be made available in the STEM Lab and can be picked up in advance of the program. STEMLab@greatnecklibrary.org (516) 466-8055 ext. 230 4:00 — 5:30 PM Craft for a Cause: Story Walk. Teens in grades 7+. Draw scenes from classic fairy tales to create interactive story walks throughout Great Neck. Community service credit is available for attendees. jlagasse@greatnecklibrary.org 6:30 — 7:30 PM Jr. Levels Pokemon Fusion Drawing. 5th and 6th graders. Grab your art supplies and create your own Pokemon hybrid. lsweeney@greatnecklibrary.org

King of Queens eyes title Continued from Page 4 After a wild-card loss to the San Fransisco Giants the following year, the team has not made the playoffs since. While a majority of the fan base has rejoiced in talk of the Wilpons’ days being numbered with the organization, Cohen’s track record is less than pristine. In 2013, Cohen’s hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors pleaded guilty to insider trading charges after being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, eventually coming to terms with a $600 million settlement. A Vanity Fair article in June 2013 portrayed

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York as the Ahab to Cohen’s Moby Dick and described Cohen as the central figure of seven years of investigations that led to convictions or confessions from 71 people. Michael Steinberg, a former top trader at SAC Capital, was charged with four counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy in 2013. The charges against Steinberg were subsequently dismissed after the case was abandoned in 2015 after U.S. prosecutors said the case was no longer consistent with the law. He and Cohen are both alumni of Great Neck North High School.

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