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Was in midst of 13th consecutive term, longest in school district history BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Donald Ashkenase, a financial executive and longtime trustee on the Great Neck Board of Education, died Monday at 77. Ashkenase, who moved to Great Neck in 1979, was first elected to the board in 1982 and was re-elected 12 times. His 39-year tenure as trustee was the longest in the school district’s history. He also chaired the board’s Financial Advisory Committee. Ashkenase also served in a number of financial positions, including as chief operating officer and vice president of the Nassau University Medical Center, chief financial officer at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, executive vice president of Montefiore Medical Center and chairman of Healthfirst, which was founded in 1993 to provide low-cost health insurance to people in the New York City area. Efforts to reach a family member for comment were unavailing. “Mr. Ashkenase was a champion for children and his contributions

to the District cannot be underestimated,” a statement from the Great Neck school district said. “His support for academic programs and his continuity of service has benefited generations of Great Neck students, including his own three children and two grandchildren.” Ashkenase was involved in the selection of three Great Neck school superintendents during his tenure: Ronald Friedman, Thomas Dolan and Teresa Prendergast, who has been serving since 2015. Since 1894 there have been 86 trustees, with two serving nonconsecutive terms. Including the current Board of Education, the average time served has been just more than seven years. Of those 86 trustees, only 20 have served 10 years or more and only four have served 20 or more years: John A. Laressy from 1916 to 1940, Barbara Berkowitz from 1992 to present, Lawrence Gross from 1981 to 2017, and Ashkenase from 1982 to 2021. Berkowitz, who is the board Continued on Page 28

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Lakeville students celebrated the 100th day of school on March 2 with Crazy Hat Day.

VGN Zoning Board OKs plan for mixed-use building BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Village of Great Neck Zoning Board unanimously approved the site plan for a proposed mixed-use project at 733-741 Middle Neck Road last Thursday night. The plans include 25 resi-

dential apartments, eight of which will be one bedroom, 14 that will be two bedroom, and three that will be three bedroom. There will be 28 parking spaces, reduced from the original 56, leaving one parking space per tenant. The plans also show a meet-

ing room, two recreation rooms, a storage unit on the sublevel floors, and a public art gallery occupying more than half of the first floor. Five buildings riddled with chipped and faded paint currently occupy the space that the Continued on Page 28

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Residents of six G.N. Attempted child villages prepare to vote abduction in R.G. No challengers filed petitions for Tuesday’s elections Police still searching for two men BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Residents of six villages on the Great Neck peninsula will cast votes for elected officials with no apparent challengers on Tuesday. In the Village of Great Neck Plaza, Trustees Gerald Schneiderman and Lawrence Katz are running unopposed. Schneiderman has served as a trustee since 2000 and was chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 1982 to 2000. Katz, a certified public accountant and attorney who previously served three years on the village’s zoning appeals board, has served since December 2012. In Great Neck Estates, village Justice David Schaffer is running unopposed for a four-year term. Mayor William Warner’s seat and the seats of Trustees Jeffrey Farkas and Ira Ganzfried are not on the ballot after a 2018 law was passed that increased the term length for the mayor and trustees from two years to four. In Russell Gardens, the seats of Mayor David Miller and Trustees Jane Krakauer and Martin Adickman will be on the ballot. Miller entered the 2019 race as the acting mayor after his predecessor Steven Kirshner moved out of the village. Krakauer has served on the board since 2009 and Adickman has served on the board since 2003. Miller is running unopposed for another two-year term while

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No challenging petitions were filed in the six Great Neck elections being held in March. Krakauer and Adickman are up for four-year terms. In Kensington, the seat of Trustee Alina Hendler is on the ballot for a two-year term. Brent Greenspan, a member of the village’s Zoning Board of Appeals, is also running uncontested for a two-year term to fill the spot of Deputy Mayor Darren Kaplan, who is not seeking re-election. Eﬀorts to reach a representative from the Village of Saddle Rock were unavailing. However, in 2019 the seats of Mayor Dan Levy, Deputy Mayor David Schwartz and Trustee Mark Collins were on the ballot for twoyear terms. Levy, an ophthalmologist in private practice, was elected mayor after the death of Leonard Samansky in 2011.

He also served on the Board of Zoning and Appeals, on the Board of Trustees and as the village’s commissioner of parks and recreation, according to his biography on the village website. Schwartz has served as a trustee since 2011, while Collins has been on the Board of Trustees since 2005. In Thomaston, Mayor Steven Weinberg and Trustees Jill Monoson and Burton Weston are running unopposed for two-year terms. Weinberg, an attorney, became acting mayor in September 2014 after Mayor Bob Stern resigned, and became mayor about a month later. The villages of Great Neck, Kings Point and Lake Success will hold their elections on June 15.

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Police are searching for two men who attempted to lure a 10-year-old boy into a van in Russell Gardens last Thursday. Officials said the boy was walking to his school bus stop when two men approached him in a grayish-white van on the corner of South Middle Neck Road and Melbourne Street around 8:30 a.m. A man, who police described as light-skinned with an average build, between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7 with dark hair and a short, black winter jacket, got out of the passenger door and attempted to lure the boy into the van. The boy, whose name and address were not disclosed by police, ran home and alerted his mother, according to officials. The man got back into the van, which drove off in an unknown

direction, oﬃcials said. Det. Lt. Richard LeBrun of the Nassau County Police Department encouraged Russell Gardens residents to check surveillance footage from Ring devices or other video monitors for suspicious activity. “At this point, what we are trying to do is get the word out to all homeowners, all the residents in the area to please check your Ring doorbells, check your surveillance systems,” LeBrun said during a press briefing Friday afternoon. “Make sure if you see something suspicious, call us.” Police did not have a description of the male driver of the van and did not provide an age description for the man who got out of the passenger door. Eﬀorts to reach a representative from the Police Department for an update on the incident were unavailing.

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A Manhasset mom’s fight for child safety Bill named after Jacqueline Franchetti’s daughter introduced in state Assembly BY R O S E W E L D ON A lifelong Manhasset resident’s fight for considerations of child safety in Family Court proceedings has reached a new level, with a bill named in her child’s memory being introduced in the state Assembly last month. In the summer of 2016, Jacqueline Franchetti’s daughter Kyra was killed by her father at his home in Fairfax, Virginia, while on an unsupervised, court-sanctioned visit. The sleeping 2-year-old was shot twice in the back before her father set the house on fire and shot himself to death. Franchetti, who had experienced physical and verbal abusive from Kyra’s father and left him when she became pregnant, had been embroiled in a yearslong custody dispute with him at the time. According to PHOTO COURTESY OF JACQUELINE Franchetti, Child Protective Services had FRANCHETTI noted that Kyra’s father had anger and rage issues and “an inability to care for [Kyra].” On her website, she recounts a Family Jacqueline Franchetti of Manhasset Court judge telling her that the matter at with her daughter Kyra at the Mary hand was “not a life or death situation.” Jane Davies Green in an undated The experience of Kyra’s death drove Franchetti to ensure that it would never photo. A bill named after Kyra aiming at improving the Family Court happen to another child. “We need transparency,” Franchetti system has been introduced into the said in a recent phone interview. “We need New York State Assembly. accountability. But most importantly, we need change.” Kyra’s Champions and the Kyra Franchetti Since then, Franchetti has founded Foundation, which are focused on pushing

legislation to improve the family court system on a state and national level. “I don’t want to see what happened to Kyra happen to someone you know or love,” Franchetti said.

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happened to Kyra happen to someone you know or love. Jacqueline Franchetti In 2019, Franchetti assisted in garnering support from Long Island legislators in Congress for the passage of House Resolution 72, which calls for hearings on the practices of family courts, says that evidence of abuse can only be submitted by an approved fee-paid professional and that states should have clear standards for the professionals, among other things. She met with U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Peter King (R-Seaford), and saw the passage of the resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives in October 2018. In 2019, Franchetti told Kyra’s story in Albany, testifying before members of the Assembly’s Judiciary, Social Services, and Children and Families committees in a joint hearing.

Now, with support from local representatives like Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), and Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (D-Manorhaven), the bill, titled Kyra’s Law, has been introduced by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills). Both Sillitti and Lavine have signed on as co-sponsors. “Tragically, countless children in New York have been injured or murdered at the hands of a parent who is seeking to cause pain and trauma to their intimate partner,” Hevesi wrote in the bill memo outlining the legislation. “Yet courts continue to discount or minimize the risks posed in cases where domestic violence is present, dismissing allegations of domestic violence or child abuse as an attempt by one parent to win custody from the other.” Kyra’s Law would make a child’s health and safety the top priority in child custody cases, rather than a standard regarding acting in “the best interest” of the child. “It’s something that’s common sense, but not happening in practice,” Franchetti said. It would also mandate that judges and other oﬃcials who oversee such cases are annually trained in recognizing child abuse, family violence and trauma; directs oﬃcials to review cases based on peerreviewed research, such as the Adverse Childhood Experiences study conducted Continued on Page 28

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Plaza rolls out campaign to shop, dine local Multifaceted program includes ways to retain, attract businesses throughout G.N. peninsula BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Great Neck Plaza kicked off a campaign to promote local dining and shopping establishments in the village over the weekend. Plaza officials said the campaign is a “multi-faceted village program” that aims to support the village’s existing businesses while serving as a recruitment tool for new businesses. The initiative was planned to start last fall, but was pushed back to allow for the area to make more positive strides in the coronavirus pandemic and for the weather to improve. “[This] is a key component of the Village’s campaign to support our local shops, restaurants and other food establishments in this difficult time,” Mayor Ted Rosen said. “The campaign will feature posters displayed in local shops, restaurants and other food establishments, lawn signs placed around the Village and two banners affixed to the Middle Neck Road Bridge over the LIRR tracks.” “I know how challenging it is for the proprietors of our retail shops to remain in business today,” Trustee Michael DeLuccia said. “All of us should make a determined effort to support them and give them our business so that they can continue to be successful and add so much to our community.”

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Officials from the Village of Great Neck Plaza kicked off its Shop Local/Dine Local campaign over the weekend. Trustee Lawrence Katz touted the importance of shopping local throughout the village and the nation, noting that small businesses cannot be ignored, despite more progress being made on the coronavirus front. “Small businesses comprise approximately 99% of all of the businesses in our nation,” Katz said. “Many of these businesses are located on main streets throughout our country and their continued success and viability are not only important to our national economy but are also critically important to the vitality of the small towns and communities, like the Plaza, in which they are located.”

The signs and posters were created by Sam Marksheid, a professional graphic designer who volunteered his services to the village he grew up in. It also happens that his mother, Pam, serves as a village trustee. “I am very proud that my son could utilize his beautiful talents and skills to assist the village in which he grew up and which he loves very much in this most important project,” Marksheid said. “This many-sided approach the Village is taking should help our businesses and restaurants recover from this very diﬃcult year.” Rosen mentioned that other initiatives undertaken by the vil-

lage to aid existing businesses include a business advisory group, which will partner with a local university to provide instruction to merchants on how to find more success in modern-day retail shopping. The village is also planning a commercial landlord support group that will aid landlords in finding ways to be resourceful in renting their commercial spaces. “In addition to supporting our existing merchants, the Village is seeking to recruit businesses to come to Great Neck Plaza as well as the greater Great Neck community,” Rosen said. “The Village has formed a working group with representatives of the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce and certain other government officials to develop strategies to recruit businesses to Great Neck and the Village will also seek to hire a professional downtown recruiter or advocate to bring in new businesses to the Plaza.” The Plaza initiative is the latest development in recent community efforts to help revitalize the peninsula’s business district. A group of Great Neck residents discussed ways to build enthusiasm around the peninsula’s business offerings as part of the first meeting of the grassroots group Destination: Great Neck last week.

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During the meeting, goals were prioritized and committees were established to contact local governing bodies and discuss ways to promote local businesses, including the creation of pop-up fairs, increased parking and valet services, and streamlining business opportunities. These initiatives will be coordinated with local governments on the peninsula, including the Great Neck Park District and the Town of North Hempstead. Michele Tabaroki, who runs the organization’s social media along with being the owner of Confidanze & Fitness Studio, touted the importance of businesses having an online presence when trying to find ways to generate more revenue. “The vision of Great Neck is based on nostalgia, but there has to be audacious thinking,” Tabaroki said. “Social media has already jump-started this invigorating collective.” Despite the pages being less than two weeks old, the eﬀorts of Tabaroki and the social media postings have resulted in more than 500 followers on the group’s Facebook page, “Destination: Great Neck” and more than 700 followers on its Instagram page “@ GreatNeckBiz.”

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Growing calls for Cuomo to resign Officials criticize governor amid allegations of nursing home deaths, sexual harassment BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

New York’s Senate majority leader is the latest Democratic oﬃcial to call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign amid investigations into alleged sexual harassment and into the state’s counting of nursing home deaths due to COVID-19. “Every day there is another account that is drawing away from the business of government,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) said in a statement. “New York is still in the midst of this pandemic and is still facing the societal, health and economic impacts of it. We need to govern without daily distraction. For the good of the state Governor Cuomo must resign.” U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) was one of the first local oﬃcials to call on Cuomo to resign after reports that the state had withheld a full accounting of nursing home deaths and that the governor had been accused of sexual harassment. “The accused is still trying to control this process,” Rice tweeted last week. “The time has come. The Governor must resign.” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) expressed confidence in Attorney General Letitia James, who is conducting investigations into the matters, and called the allegations “troubling.” “The newest claims of sexual harassment

investigation. “While there were some reactive calls for an inquiry to be conducted by the legislature, I have full confidence in our [Attorney General].” Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) cited the allegations and investigations into Cuomo and his administration as a reason to dismiss a bill extending his emergency powers. “The fact that Democrats would extend the governor’s existing orders indefinitely at a time when he’s under investigation for sexual harassment and obstruction of justice is just unfathomable to me,” Ra said. “We should be doing much more to empower local leaders to make important decisions for the commuPHOTO COURTESY OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE nities they know so well, especially regarding vaccine distribution.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he should Cuomo, along with top aides in his adhave “prioritized providing more infor- ministration, reportedly withheld last year mation” of coronavirus-related deaths the total number of nursing home patients who died as a result of the coronavirus, acin nursing homes to federal officials. cording to multiple reports. Investigative reports from The Wall by the Governor continue to be deeply troubling and demand an independent and thor- Street Journal and The New York Times cited ough investigation by the Attorney General,” documents and interviews with six people Suozzi said. “It is best to hear from all parties who had “direct knowledge” of discussions in a formal process and then determine what with Cuomo and state health oﬃcials surrounding the numbers. next steps should be taken.” More than 9,000 nursing home residents “New York State’s Attorney General will be responsible for the investigation into the in New York had died from coronavirus, actroubling allegations against Governor Cuo- cording to a draft report last July from the mo,” Lavine said regarding the nursing home state’s Department of Health, according to

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The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on a 220-211 vote Wednesday afternoon, with Nassau County expected to receive $397.7 million as a result. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) gave the estimate in a statement, also estimating that the Town of Hempstead would receive $84.3 million, the Town of North Hempstead would receive $25.3 million and the City of Glen Cove would receive $2.9 million. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said Sunday that the county needed the relief. “The coronavirus continues to have devastating health and economic consequences,” Curran said. “Nassau County urgently needs this relief to ensure we have the resources to assist our residents and business community.” Included in the bill, the American Rescue Plan Act, are expansions of tax credits including up to $3,600 per child for the child tax credit, at a cost of $219 billion; per-person stimulus checks of $1,400 totaling $424 billion; a $300 increase to weekly unemployment benefits, costing

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Cuomo expands eligibility for vaccinations BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that another 500,000 people statewide are eligible to receive coronavirus vaccinations. Cuomo said the initial order of anyone at least 65 years of age being eligible to receive the vaccine would be lowered to 60 starting on Wednesday. Additionally, Cuomo announced that the thousands of vaccination sites throughout the state will be permitted to vaccinate any New Yorker who is eligible to receive the vaccine beginning on March 17. “All sites to simplify the situation can vaccinate anyone who is eligible,” Cuomo said. “So, whether you’re going to county-run site, city-run site, what they call an FQHC, every site can vaccinate anyone who is eligible.” On Saturday, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced that the Nassau Coliseum will be turned into a mass vaccination site later this month. The announcement came after calls from the Nassau County Legislature to convert the venue into an inoculation center since January. “We’re focused on continuing to ramp up our capacity for vaccination as more supply is anticipated to arrive in the coming weeks,” Curran said. “All of our residents must have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, and this iconic site will gives us the ability to deliver the vaccine rapidly.” Legislature Presiding Oﬃcer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said he was pleased to hear the news regarding the

Coliseum after calling on state oﬃcials and Curran to create a place where more Nassau residents can receive their doses.

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced that the Nassau Coliseum will open as a mass vaccination site sometime this month. workers that are eligible for the vaccine. “They can identify age, because age you can identify by just a driver’s license,” Cuomo said. “And President Biden rightfully has made teachers a priority. So, pharmacies will do 60 plus and teachers. We want to get those schools open.” Cuomo also announced on Tuesday that public-facing government and public employees along with essential in-person and public-facing building employees will be eligible to receive the vaccine on March 17. Examples of these employees include child service workers, DMV workers, county clerks, election workers

and building service workers. “These are the people who are the everyday heroes who are out there doing their job,” Cuomo said. “They’re putting themselves in a possible position of exposure. They are essential for us to continue operating.” As of Wednesday, more than 176,000 Nassau County residents had completed their vaccine series, with 329,000 receiving at least one dose, according to state figures. Throughout Long Island, more than 241,000 had completed their series, with more than 446,000 receiving at least one shot so far.

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A one-car crash in New Hyde Park killed one person and seriously injured another last Friday morning, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Detectives said a 2008 Chevy Impala struck multiple utility poles while traveling east on Hillside Avenue Friday morning. The car, according to officials, came to a stop near the intersection of Hillside Avenue and Devonshire Drive. Photos from the incident show the back of the car elevated several feet off the ground while the front had struck a tree. The driver of the car, a 75-year-old Bellerose man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The 76-year-old passenger was transported to a nearby hospital in serious condition. Neither of their names was disclosed. Officials said there did not appear to be any criminality related to the incident, but the investigation remains ongoing. Efforts to reach a representative from the Police Department were unavailing.

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of eye dryness, having been born without tear ducts, blurry vision and other problems caused by the position of her eyes. “Taina was born with the very rare Tessier #4 Craniofacial Cleft, which is so rare that we believe it occurs in only one of a million births,” Bradley said in a statement. “There are 14 rare craniofacial clefts that occur every 1 in 1,000, births; but in Taina’s case, the incidence of a bilateral #4 is so much more unusual.” During the surgery, which took place on Dec. 22, Bradley reshaped her nose and corrected a scar on her upper lip. “All of this was done to correct not only her functional problems and improve her appearance, but to give her a feeling of normalcy,” Bradley said. “She’s a very brave and sensitive young lady, and our goal is to make her feel as comfortable as possible as she pursues every activity in her life.” The Queens College student was reunited with her surgeon at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park on March 3, where she received an addi-

tional surprise. Contreras also loves makeup, but said that she had very little experience with it due to her facial issues. When this was brought to his attention, Jamie Mazzei, co-owner of NuBest Salon in Manhasset, sprang into action. During her meeting with Bradley, Contreras was surprised with a special gift from Mazzei and NuBest, a basket of high-end make-up and beauty products for her hair, eyes and face. “When we heard about Taina, we decided that we had to reward her courage and her resiliency with some beautiful products,” Mazzei said. “I hope she enjoys them, and that these items make her feel as beautiful on the outside as we know she is on the inside.” Contreras concluded the reunion, which took place on World Birth Defects Day, with a relevant message. “We may have scars on our faces, but under all that, we’re just the same as everyone else,” Contreras said. “We want to be loved and respected, just like the rest of the world.”

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Opinion

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Cuomo: Should he or shouldn’t he?

uring the height of the pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo soared in popularity across New York and even the country with daily news conferences in which he stressed a fact-based approach to combating the COVID-19 virus mixed with folksy stories of family and friends. Now? The discussion is whether Cuomo should resign, be impeached or await the fate of voters if he runs for a fourth term in 2022. Or whether we should await the results of state Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into the allegations of five women that Cuomo sexually harassed them before deciding. How did Cuomo get here? Two scandals – underreporting the number of nursing home deaths due to COVID-19 and the sexual harassment allegations. Added to the governor’s woes are reports that he created a “toxic” workplace environment going back to the 1990s and downplayed the danger of structural flaws on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. So what should be done? Some Republicans have been quick to call for Cuomo’s resignation. Others in the GOP have called for impeachment hearings. But it is hard to take their opinions seriously when they supported President Donald Trump for five years after 24 women made credible claims of sexual assault and Trump himself was caught on an “Access Hollywood” recording bragging about his ability to grab women by their private parts due to his fame. The same can said for Republican attacks on Cuomo’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This hypocrisy doesn’t make

the Republicans wrong, but it just makes it hard to take them seriously. They could, of course, begin fixing that problem by announcing that Joe Biden was elected president in a free and fair election. But Republicans are not alone in calling for Cuomo’s removal from oﬃce. U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, the former Nassau County district attorney, became the highest-ranking Democrat last week to call for Cuomo’s resignation after the story of a third woman alleging sexual harassment was published in The New York Times. State Sen. Rachel May, a Democrat from Syracuse, urged Cuomo and everyone else involved to resign for their role in rewriting a report to obscure the full extent of nursing home deaths. And then Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins declared Sunday that the governor should resign “for the good of the state.” This was followed by a statement from the Assembly speaker, Carl E. Heastie, who questioned the “governor’s ability to continue to lead this state” and suggested that Cuomo had lost his party’s support in the state Capitol. Others counsel patience. Jay Jacobs, the state and Nassau County Democratic chairman, has urged his fellow Democrats to not form an opinion until James completes an investigation of the sexual harassment claims. And on Monday 21 Democratic women in the Assembly said James’ investigation should be allowed to be completed. Cuomo himself was adamant in resisting calls for his resignation, arguing he was elected by the people, not “by politicians.”

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“I’m not going to resign because of allegations,” the governor said, calling the notion “anti-democratic” and a violation of the due process clause of the Constitution. “There is no way I resign.” But Cuomo is not exactly being consistent in defense of due process and democracy. Perhaps the best argument for Cuomo to resign came from Cuomo himself after an article appeared in the New Yorker in 2018 on then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, which reported multiple women making serious allegations of assault. “No one is above the law, including New York’s top legal oﬃcer,” Cuomo said in a statement at the time. “I will be asking an appropriate New York district attorney to commence an immediate investigation and proceed as the facts merit. My personal opinion is that, given the damning pattern of facts and

corroboration laid out in the article, I do not believe it is possible for Eric Schneiderman to continue to serve as attorney general, and for the good of the oﬃce, he should resign.” Schneiderman resigned a short time later. We will stipulate that a man using a position of power to sexually harass a woman is a serious oﬀense. But not as serious as assaulting a woman, sexually or otherwise. We agree that the two lawyers that James selected to conduct a probe into the sexual harassment allegations should be allowed to go ahead. James has already issued a report that said the state failed to report the deaths of nursing home residents who had died in hospitals and were not previously counted by the state as nursing home deaths. This was confirmed hours later

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by the state Health Department, which added more than 3,800 deaths to its count of nursing home deaths and raised the total from 12,743 in February to more than 15,000. This did not change the overall number of COVID-19 deaths in New York, but it was important data needed to understand where the disease struck, why and if there was anything that could be done to prevent future fatalities. James’ report also found a number of nursing homes that “failed to comply with critical infection-control policies,” including those that did not isolate residents who had tested positive for the virus or screen employees for it. This raised the question of whether nursing homes followed state requirements and what kind of oversight those homes received from the state Health Department. Continued on Page 35

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ON THE RIGHT

GOP’s Zeldin can beat Cuomo in 2022

ew York’s nursing home scandal and allegations of bullying and sexual harassment have seriously injured Gov. Cuomo. However, wounding this ruthless political animal is not enough to push him oﬀ the political stage. Only a federal indictment could kill Cuomo politically. Barring an indictment, I expect the governor to tough it out and, if he survives, to seek what eluded his father: election to a fourth term. If the politically damaged Cuomo does run in 2022, the question is can a Republican challenger beat him? In my judgment, it might just be possible for a well-financed, competent Republican to be elected governor with a plurality of votes. Remember, in times of fiscal and economic crises, even the bluest of states—Massachusetts, Maryland, California—have elected fiscally conservative Republican governors to bail them out. Let’s face it, fiscally, economically and socially New York is a mess. Ever increasing taxes and

spending, the destruction of small businesses, rising crime and declining education standards have angered plenty of voters. And after 12 years in office, there could be “voter Cuomo fatigue.” In 1994, when Mario Cuomo sought a fourth term, Jacob Weisberg predicted in New York Magazine that Cuomo would lose because “there is a deep sense of weariness with Cuomo, a feeling of anger, even betrayal.” That mood opened the door for an “ABC”—Anybody But Cuomo — campaign that elected an unknown and drab Republican state senator, George Elmer Pataki. One Republican who might be able to knock off Andrew Cuomo in 2022 is Congressman Lee Zeldin of Suffolk County. Born and bred on Long Island, Zeldin spent four years in the Army on active duty, served in Iraq and is in the Army Reserves. In his first run for office in 2008, he lost to Democratic Congressman Tim Bishop. Two years later, he was elected to the state Senate. He took on Bishop again in 2014 and won 54 percent to 46 percent.

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right A prime target of the Democrats, he beat back well-financed challengers in 2016, 2018, and 2020. As the Republican-Conservative candidate for governor in 2022, Zeldin would fight an uphill battle, but there is a roadmap to victory if everything breaks his way. To win Zeldin must build on the 38 percent statewide Republican-Conservative base votes. Zeldin’s military record and Albany and Washington experience would work in his favor. The fact that he is Jewish could help him make inroads with New York

City’s middle-class Jewish voters disgusted with Gov. Cuomo’s and Mayor De Blasio’s failed policies. Zeldin must carry Long Island. Despite Democratic inroads in recent years, this is doable. If the 700,000 people who voted for Trump from Nassau and Suﬀolk came out, he would carry Long Island. As for New York City: In 2017, the Republican-Conservative mayoral candidate, Nicole Malliotakis, received 27.8 percent of votes cast and in 2020, Trump’s total was 28.9 percent. If Zeldin could maintain that support—that’s a victory. (Pataki was elected statewide in 1994 while receiving 27 percent of the city’s votes.) Zeldin would win upstate as Cuomo’s opponents did in 2014 and 2018. But his margin would have to match the 60 percent level of support Pataki received in 1994. This, too, could be achieved if the pro-fracking, pro-gun, and pro-Trump voters came out in droves. Then there is the battleground county that will decide the election, aﬄuent Westchester. In recent election cycles, Westchester has trended blue. The base GOP

vote of this once red bastion is around 33 percent. To win statewide a Republican must carry Westchester by at least a plurality. Is it possible? Yes, if enough people were sick of paying the highest combined state and local taxes in the nation and were appalled by Cuomo’s mishandling of the COVID pandemic. Finally, there’s the wild card, the Working Families Party. Its members despise Cuomo for not being a socialist and for changing election laws aimed at putting them out of business. Cuomo’s plot failed. WFP’s total votes for Joe Biden hit a record 4.5 percent —twice the amount needed to maintain its spot on the ballot. If the WFP rejected Cuomo and ran a candidate against him, votes cast by disgruntled leftists could hit 5 percent to 6 percent. If that were to happen, Lee Zeldin would need about 47 percent of the vote to win the election. In a Republican political tsunami—similar to 1994 when the elder Cuomo went down—Lee Zeldin could be elected New York’s 57th governor in 2022.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

A plot twist that came out of nowhere

did my bit for political discourse this week: I ignored it and went to the movies instead. When I say “went,” I don’t mean I went to an actual movie theater. Even if New York State is ready for that, I am not. I mean I left my desk and moved to the living room to watch the latest SpongeBob SquarePants movie, “Sponge on the Run,” on our TV screen. I usually leave all the complicated electronic finagling to my husband, so we did manage to watch the movie the same day I wanted to. There’s no knowing what would have happened if I’d been in charge. We probably would have ended up purchasing home delivery of a new freezer, with still no movie access. Eventually we figured out that “Paramount Plus” used to be CBS All Access and got a trial account. Then we sat back with some snacks and prepared to hate the film. So here’s the good news: It’s quite good. It’s fun, it’s enjoyable,

it can be viewed with the entire family. It kept almost all of the show’s well-known characters, quirks, and voices — including my favorite, Plankton’s computerwife Karen — and did no major damage. (It changed the backstory about when SpongeBob met Sandy Cheeks, but that’s all). That should be a low bar for a film, but too often sadly it’s too much to hope for. But here’s the bad news: It wasn’t great. I wouldn’t put it on the shelf with “Monsters, Inc.” or “Shrek” or even with the original SpongeBob cartoons. Why not? What was missing? My husband pointed out that one obvious loss is SpongeBob’s creator, Stephen Hillenburg, who died from ALS in 2018. The film memorializes him at its conclusion, and I believe they’ve done their best to honor his creations, but I think inevitably some of the good-natured “zany” has been lost. You don’t ask yourself this time things like, “Hey, how can there be a campfire on the bottom of the ocean?”

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side Perhaps SpongeBob’s essential spirit just doesn’t translate to a full-length feature. But I ended up thinking it also had something to do with the plot: namely, that it was too straightforward. Years ago, when I started writing fiction, I devoured books like “Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting,” by Syd Field. Field makes the point that not only is a conflict or quest essential to the structure of a film, but it also re-

quires a twist. The hero’s quest is just the beginning; when he or she finally achieves that goal, it only leads to an even bigger problem or quest — which becomes the meat of the story. When I first encountered this idea, I knew what to think of it: “Ridiculous!” It has only been in the years since, while watching movie after movie after TV show, that I began to admit that maybe this Field fellow had a point. Come to think of it, in “Shrek” the ogre thinks his quest is simply to get his swamp back. It’s only after he is tasked with rescuing a princess — and does so only to find her not completely in sync with the mission — that the story comes alive. In “Monsters, Inc.,” main character Sully thinks his problem is just to beat his competitors in harvesting “scare” from human children. It’s only after an apparently successful session that he finds out a little girl has followed him home, which is when the real adventure begins.

This richer appreciation of plot twists has grown on me while watching episodes of “Monk” through the pandemic. Time and again, Monk is about to lay his hands on the vital piece of evidence proving his theory, convicting the killer. But the corpse has just been cremated or — in one especially aggravating case — the murderer proceeds to swallow the incriminating document in front of Monk. “Grrrrr! WHY does this happen?!” I growl at my husband. “To make you react just like that,” he answers with a laugh. But now I have realized that it forced Monk — and the screenwriter — to get more creative and that the eventual victory is that much more satisfying. That kind of plot twist is what is missing from this SpongeBob movie. And if indeed it turns out to make for better plots, I will have to go back and revise all my drafts of scripts and stories sitting in my bottom desk drawer. There’s a plot twist I never saw coming!

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Stop cleaning! You’re making things worse

oday we all know the importance of washing our hands to prevent spreading disease. If the ubiquitous signs every winter about washing your hands to prevent the spread of colds and flu have not reached you, certainly the admonition to wash your hands to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has.What is not as clear though is the benefit of washing, or more accurately cleaning your house, your oﬃce, the subway and every other space we occupy and touch. Early on, our understanding of how COVID-19 spread was limited, but in the last year it has become clear that regular cleaning of surfaces is not key to preventing the spread of the disease, and when done long term can have some very damaging eﬀects. But we are still doing wholesale cleaning of every surface and object we come in contact with. The idea that cleaning could be bad is counter-intuitive. We are a society that is almost obsessive about cleaning. And we talk about cleaning and being clean as though they are easily understood

words. But after listening to Rob Dunn, an applied ecology professor at North Carolina State University, on WGBH and PRX’s Innovation Hub, I am no longer clear on what clean means. I am also not certain I want to pursue cleanliness per se.What I learned seems obvious now that someone explained it to me, but it never would have crossed my mind before. Consider those popular cleaning products that promise to get rid of 99 percent or more of all germs. Ask yourself about the 1 percent or less of germs that are left. What can we say about them and the danger they pose to us?We can say that they are the strongest, most anti-bacterial resistant germs around. They can survive our toughest cleaning products. They are likely able to resist our strongest antibiotics as well. And they have an advantage over all other microbes (a catch-all for beneficial and dangerous microorganisms) in our homes which are relentlessly being attacked by our cleaning. In our eﬀort to clean, we disfavor some species and favor others. The species we disfavor are

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters the beneficial ones, and we leave behind the ones the chemicals we spray cannot kill. As a result, we have tipped the balance in favor of the stronger and potentially more dangerous microbes. (And did nothing to protect ourselves from COVID-19 which is a virus, not a bacteria.)The fact is, as professor Dunn explained, our homes are absolutely full of microbes. As soon as we clean a surface, the cleaning solution dries, its eﬀects disappear, and microbes fall from the air and cover that surface again. Though our eﬀorts may be fruitless, they are not without consequences.

Though we cannot eradicate the microbes in our homes, every time we clean, we reduce the diversity of microbial life. The result is that instead of making our homes safer places to be, we are making them incubators for drug-resistant bacteria, and are inviting disease and other health conditions into our lives.We have evolved to live in partnership with the microbes we confronted. As we moved indoors and placed more emphasis on cleanliness, we disrupted that symbiosis by reducing our contact with microbes and instead exposed ourselves to more health issues caused by our immune systems overreacting to our own bodies.Maximum biodiversity in everything indoors and out is significantly better than the alternative. If only because biodiversity means more chances of good microbes being present to control the spread of more dangerous microbes. More biodiversity is a sign of a healthy system, not of a dirty one. According to Dunn, we are setting ourselves on a path to more autoimmune disorders like asthma, multiple sclerosis, allergies and

inflammatory bowel diseases (like Crohn’s) because of our obsession with cleaning. As he stated, “We’re trying to make our houses like hospitals and it’s bad news.”There are things we can do even while we continue to be in our homes for much longer periods than before COVID-19 appeared. We can make and eat fermented foods which may help to maintain healthy gut bacteria, and we can get outside, a welcome alternative especially these days. Let the outdoors in by opening windows and get close and personal with outdoor microbes by gardening. The benefits of getting outside and gardening are many; it is unquestionably time well spent for your health and well-being.We cannot count on rebuilding the microbial systems we destroy with our over-ambitious cleaning eﬀorts. We need to rethink what cleanliness means and recognize the value of microbial biodiversity for all our sakes. Instead of trying to kill all the living things around us we should try to expose ourselves to as many sources of (microbial) life as we can.

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Cuomo scandal a Greek tragedy for rights leader

’m really sick of every breathless new EXCLUSIVE, which basically recites the same few allegations of sexual “harassment” – unwanted, suggestive, flirtatious remark – but hardly the continuing campaign that one would think “harassment” (or “grooming”) implies. No one has charged Gov. Cuomo with extorting sexual favors, threatening anyone, or physically abusing or raping anyone. A hug and a request for a kiss at a wedding? If Cuomo really thought he was doing something wrong, would he do it in front of everyone? Doesn’t “harassment” imply ongoing abuse? Unless I have missed something, none of the five women have accused him of doing more than making a suggestive remark or a one-time encounter. Yes, women have to be heard, taken seriously, but automatically believed? Does every inappropriate remark or gesture carry the same level of harm? It is curious that the case against Trump’s incitement of insurrection that resulted in five deaths hung largely

on establishing Trump’s “intent” (which was clearly demonstrated, yet he was acquitted). And George Floyd’s accused murderer gets to challenge the degree of murder he is being charged with. And just as rape victims should not be attacked for how they dressed or prior behavior, it is inappropriate to pile on to Cuomo the vendettas of his bullying, hard-elbows style of politics, with politicians taking advantage of the #MeToo movement or trapped on their own moral high ground. More significantly, there should be diﬀerent, appropriate degrees of what is merely “inappropriate” behavior vs. “sexual harassment” and “sexual abuse,” and the appropriate remedies for accountability. Only the most egregious murderers get the death penalty. And even the most egregious murderers have the right to trial. Women’s rights were significantly undermined during Trump and Republican rule and are continuing to be assaulted under a new wave of laws aimed at overturning a woman’s reproductive

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self-determination or ability to vote. This is why it is so ironic – to the point of Greek tragedy – that Cuomo is being torn down by allegations of sexual harassment, when he has been the strongest leader — at the state and national level — for advancing women’s rights with a record of action, not just campaign slogans and wishes. In fact, with women’s reproductive rights under massive assault to chip away or repeal Roe v. Wade entirely, Cuomo in 2019 signed The Reproductive Health

Act into state law and took steps to enshrine the principles of Roe v. Wade into the state Constitution to protect the right to abortion in New York for good. It was a key component of his 2019 Women’s Justice Agenda. Let me refresh your memory: Cuomo pushed to pass the Equal Rights Amendment to add sex as a protected class to Section 11 of Article 1 of the New York State Constitution. His 2019 accomplishments also included pay equity legislation, extending the statute of limitations for rape in the seconddegree and third-degree; insurance coverage for contraceptives, medically necessary abortion services, and fertility treatments; protections for pregnant women and access to telehealth; greater access to in vitro fertilization; programs to reduce maternal mortality and racial disparities and – it seems ironic now — new workplace harassment protections. He advanced the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act to include more meaningful sentence reductions and to encom-

pass crimes committed not only against, but also at the behest of, abusers. Established a new model for domestic violence prevention, including “no strings attached” to receive emergency services like a safe place to shelter and improving the system for delivering services. Outlawed revenge pornography, which prohibited unlawful publication of sexual materials consensually shared when the person had a reasonable expectation that such material would not be disclosed and provided victims with a new ability to remove the images from a website along with money damages for the unlawful publication. Removed gaps in Rape Shield Law Invested in New York’s Child Care Infrastructure In response to the special challenges of COVID-19 in 2020, New York passed groundbreaking policies, including paid sick leave, stepped-up vigilance against domestic violence and eﬀorts to address maternal mortality. Continued on Page 29

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Long Island awakens from Trump nightmare

hould we be surprised that multitudes of people are reporting bad dreams — worse, nocturnal experiences that are disturbing nightmares? Mental stress for people of all ages has deepened as the pandemic expands into a second year. Magazines and newspapers have proclaimed 2020 in bold headlines as “the worst year of our lives.” In the midst of these continuing travails, there are reports of a shortage of therapists. During a year of astronomical death tolls and hospitalizations without visitors, many folks are understandably struggling with loneliness and grief. Recently, a group of North Shore folks spoke candidly about nighttime terrors – with a number of factors elevating the levels of intense disturbance. The FBI reported that 2020 had “the highest hate-motivated deaths since the ’90s.” TV news reports have graphically shown physical violence and assault on people “who look Asian” (demonized by whom, for what reasons?) Writing in the Jan. 29 issue of

Blank Slate Media, clinical social worker Andrew Malekoﬀ deplored “objects used in the name of hate” during the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol that took place Jan. 6 whose intent was to overturn the legal presidential election. As we await a commission report on the Jan. 6 insurrection, responsible leaders at the state and national levels are concerned about the expansion of more violence (fortunately, with heightened security the QAnon conspiracy view that Donald Trump would be placed in the presidency on March 4 — by any means necessary — did not transpire). We have major, ongoing, democracy and security problems with QAnon, with its violence and with the people who give it mindless support. It is not surprising that nightmares are haunting many lives; folks are speaking of terrors, summoned by Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth.” To see that powerful play once is never to forget how societies are destroyed, how murder is expanded and how rogues seek to take charge to re-

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field press others in the name of their supposed superior goals. As fellow Long Islanders reflected on Wilder’s horrors, their nightmares were intensified by the continuing bombast and assaults from Donald Trump. How could they not be disturbed by him after his CPAC speech, his total lack of remorse for the Jan. 6 terrorism that he launched and by his vow to seek again to shape the direction of American society? It is worth seeing “The Skin of Our Teeth” once – film or play — to develop deep awareness of our

predicament and the perils from inaction. The remarkable analyst and author, Jonathan Schell, who often spoke at Hofstra, properly called his book “The Fate of the Earth.” He argued that it was understandable that most people would avoid thinking about the horrors of a nuclear war (that Physicians for Social Responsibility, with chapters in Great Neck, Roslyn and other North Shore communities, properly labeled “The Final Epidemic” – a scourge that could lead to extinction). Schell contended that we need enough people of courage to enter a “hell of the imagination” so they could graphically understand the horrors of a nuclear war, and thus be motivated to help find ways to control nuclear weapons and work for a more peaceable and just global society. Responding to these views, Martin Luther King, Jr. and his spouse, Coretta Scott King (a member of WILPF, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, founded by Jane Addams), argued that as never before

all of our lives were connected. We could survive together or we were likely to die together. It is not surprising that Dr. King, the Nobel Peace Laureate of 1964, helped set the stage for International Physicians to Prevent Nuclear War (the Long Island PSR chapters, Hofstra UCAM, and the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives were part of the group that received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize). Now, as more of us are concerned about Trump’s continuing lust for power and his toleration of terrorism (his Big Lie will define his life), perhaps we should update Jonathan Schell’s “The Fate of the Earth” and have a film “FRIGHT” to develop a resolve to survive by “The Skin of Our Teeth” so we can help foster more just, inclusive, empathetic societies around the globe. Despite its nightmarish horrors, “The Skin of Our Teeth” offers better ways forward for civicminded folks who eschew being perpetrators or bystanders, but who are willing to take initiatives as intervenors.

OUR TOWN

The frightening search for lost memory As my father neared the age of 90, he started calling me to ask, “Tommy, who was the second baseman for the Dodgers in 1952?” I would first ask why he needed to know this fact but with irritation he would continue to ask. Of course, I had no clue as to who the baseball player might have been, but soon enough learned that my father was engaged in the serious task of testing his memory to reassure himself that Mr. Alzheimer had not yet arrived. The gradual loss of short and middle-term memory is a natural byproduct of aging, but indeed many families suﬀer the anguish of watching a mother, father or grandparent slip into the haze that is referred to as Alzheimer’s. The prevalence of Alzheimer’s increases with age so at age 65 less than 1 percent will contract it but by age 85 the numbers rise to 11 percent for men and 14 percent for women. There are many artists who have addressed the problems of memory. Marcel Proust was the absolute best at capturing memory with “In Search of Lost Time,” his seven-volume mas-

terpiece which began with his eﬀorts to recapture the memory of having tea and Madeleine cookies with his aunt when he was 9. His manner of rediscovering childhood memories gave birth to an entire field of study in psychology called selective memory. Joan Baez was a master of symbolizing memories, with her song “Diamonds and Rust” about her inability to forget her love aﬀair with folk icon Bob Dylan. Stanley Kubrick directed the 1968 science fiction film “2001: A Space Odyssey” where we watch as David Bowman degrades the intelligence of HAL 9000, the spaceship’s supercomputer, by removing its modules one by one. HAL 9000 once had possessed natural language skills, facial recognition ability, lip reading skills, art appreciation and could recognize human emotions, but as Bowman removes its modules gradually HAL finally regresses to childhood and eerily sings the song “Daisy Bell” with the lines “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do, I’m half-crazy over the love

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of you.” HAL’s plunge into forgetfulness mimics Alzheimer’s well. The filmmaker Ridley Scott was also good at mining the tragedy of lost memory in the 1982 science fiction classic “Blade Runner.” In a role that came to define his career, Rutger Hauer plays the android Roy Batty, who has only a few moments left to live and as the android dies, he says: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire oﬀ the shoulder of Orien. I’ve watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser Gates. All these moments lost in time, like tears in

rain. Time to die.” This speech which was improvised by Rutger Hauer at the last minute before shooting is a soliloquy on the impermanence of life and man’s inability to achieve immortality. More recently, the 2004 film “The Notebook” by Nick Cassavetes addressed Alzheimer’s more directly. Gena Rowlands and James Garner star in this film shot in a nursing home where Duke, played by Garner, spends his days reading from his notebook to an Alzheimer’s patient named Allie., played by Rowlands. The story flashes back to the actual events being described in the notebook, which are about when they were both young and in love, though Allie does not remember any of that. But what will surely become known as the definitive statement on Alzheimer’s is “The Father,” the 2020 film starring Anthony Hopkins as a man slipping into the confused haze of Alzheimer’s as his devoted daughter played by Olivia Colman does her best to make his decline as painless as possible.

This film is variously heartbreaking, tender, terrifying, humorous and incredibly sad and the final scene will have you crying all the way home. Hopkins and Colman will certainly receive Oscars for their performances and the film itself was a great triumph by demonstrating that only art is able to face down sadness and death. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder due to brain atrophy and is the most common cause of dementia. Symptoms include memory impairment, language disturbance, loss of ability to carry out motor tasks, failure to recognize objects and an inability to live independently. The onset is often seen with memory loss of recent events which the film “The Father” showed brilliantly. Suﬀerers will often repeat questions, misplace objects, get lost, show apathy, withdrawal, distrust, wandering, loss of inhibitions and paranoia. There is a very gradual decline over time and the average duration of illness from onset to death is usually about 10 years. Continued on Page 35

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THE BACK ROAD

And the Golden Blowhard award goes to....

t their annual three-day gathering in Orlando, Florida this past February, the Conservative Political Action Conference rolled out a six-foot gold statue of Donald Trump, a Golden Blowhard wearing stars-andstripes board shorts and flip flops. Although the statue was assembled in Mexico, it was made in China. My first association to the Golden Blowhard was the false idol created by the Israelites during their exodus from Egypt. When Moses left for Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments he was gone for so long — 40 days and 40 nights, that the Israelites feared he would not return. Consequently, they turned over their gold jewelry and or-

naments and commissioned the creation of a molten calf. In an act of revolt, they then declared of the Golden Calf, “This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” Although I am secular in my faith, I did have a bar mitzvah and read from the Torah. My bar mitzvah was held just six months after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963. I always remember the two events together because of their temporal proximity and the fact that together they marked convergent rites of passage for me, signifying a coming of age and a loss of innocence. Although I don’t recall a great deal from my readings in the Hebrew scriptures, Psalm 115:8 in the Old Testament

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reads that those who make false idols end up like them and so does everyone who trusts in them. Although his partisans paraded in front of the Trump statue at CPAC and used it as a prop for selfies and such, let us be

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clear that the Golden Blowhard is by no means a genuine American leader or the alpha male he pretends to be. He is a poser. As Pulitzer-Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson explains in her new book “Caste,” “true alphas command authority through their calm oversight of those who depend upon them.” She adds that you know that you are not seeing a true alpha if he must bully or attack those beneath him into submission, imperiling the entire group through his insecurities and lack of courage. At CPAC, Trump doubled down on the big lie that he won the election and called out his enemies by name – the few Republican Congress members who discredited his lies and held him responsible for inciting the terrorist insurrection on the Capitol. He put a target on them for speaking truth to power and interfering with his radical white supremacist agenda. At 13-years-old I never imagined that the assassination of JFK would lead to decades

of conspiracy theories rooted in widespread uncertainty about who really killed him and who was behind it. Yet, some seven decades later, not only are those questions still alive, but many millions of American adults have bought into a new set of conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. They are fueled by an emperor with no clothes who incited mob violence and assassination threats against members of Congress and his own vicepresident, all in order to fulfill his fantasy of leading a mass uprising that would result in his return to the throne, despite his decisive loss. The Golden Blowhard, America’s modern-day Wizard of Oz, struck the mother lode at CPAC in Orlando when he came to see that the dream of MAGA — the continued promise of fully restoring and securing white supremacy to its traditional pecking order by disenfranchising all others, was still a viable grift. Letters Continued on Page 23

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING

NEW PICTURES AT HECKSCHER EXHIBITION T

Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, Homage Ode: Rachel Ruysch, 2018 Mixed media on paper. Museum Purchase

he Heckscher Museum of Art has acquired new artwork from two leading women artists: Stella Waitzkin and Gabriella Gonzalez Dellosso. “These acquisitions strengthen the Museum’s collection and aﬃrm our commitment to giving a voice do diverse audiences,” said to Curator Karli Wurzelbacher. Stella Waitzkin (1920−2003) began creating art in the 1950s while living in Great Neck, Long Island. She began as abstract expressionist painter but is best known for her sculptures and installations. Waitzkin cast old, leatherbound volumes in resin as single objects that became elements of larger installations, including freestanding shelves, small bookcases, or entire library walls. These pieces of art made her one of only a few female “environment” builders. Waitzin’s constructions are composed almost entirely of books, or other cast objects such as clocks, birds, fruit, or human faces. Waitzkin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 1995. The Museum will acquire 16 pieces from the Estate. Gabriela Gonzalez Dollosso is a contemporary figure painter with deep art historical knowledge. The Museum acquired five of the works in her series Homage Odes. The artworks take the form of illuminated manuscripts inspired by historical female artists. A number of Homage Odes ]were part Dellosso’s solo exhibition at the Museum in 2019, A Brush with Herstory, where Dellosso paid tribute to great female painters from the Renaissance through the modern era. Dellosso often melds her own image to that of artists from the past, creating self-portraits conveying the inspiring stories of historical women. “These works allow us to insert these important historical women artists into the narrative that we are already able to tell with the permanent collection,” noted Wurzelbacher. Currently on View Connie Fox: The Sammy’s Beach Series through April 11Wood Gaylor and American Modernism through May 23

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Temple presents ‘Hallelujah…Bima to Broadway’ Temple Judea of Manhasset is proud to present a spectacular virtual evening of music starring our own Cantor Deborah Jacobson and guest musicians and singers. The one-hour concert on Zoom Webinar will start at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening, March 21. (Log-in at 7:15 p.m.) Following the concert, guests are invited to stay on and join for a live Q&A. The musical concert will be entertaining for all ages. It will include hit songs from beloved

with five albums, as well as serving as Temple Judea’s esteemed cantor. She has a rich background of experience, musicianship and a wealth of warmth and joy. Temple Judea of Manhasset wishes to thank Carriage House Studios for their wonderful cooperation in helping make the concert an outstanding success. The community is cordially invited to attend this exceptional virtual program. Donations to view the Concert and to receive

Broadway shows intermingled with favorite Israeli and Yiddish songs, film hits and standards. Broadway composers include Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin, and Andrew Lloyd Weber. Produced by Johnny Montagnese, Musical Director is Chris Coogan. Watch for surprise special guest appearances! Deborah Jacobson is a published author, recording artist

the Zoom link begin at the $36 level, with higher levels of donations available and much appreciated. For further information and to make your donation, please contact the Temple oﬃce at (516) 621-8049 or check our website www.temple-judea.com Temple Judea of Manhasset is located at 333 Searingtown Road, Manhasset (exit 36N on LIE). New members are always welcome.

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‘Still Life in Lodz’ event The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County joins the virtual launch of “Still Life in Lodz,” a new documentary film about what happened to the Jewish residents of this Polish city in the period before, during and after, WWII. Watch the film, which opens on March 12, by streaming it on the Cine-

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READERS WRITE

Reparations for Flower Hill election lacks adequate notice Blacks are not kosher

s a former candidate for Flower Hill mayor whose main objective in running for oﬃce was to shed light on Flower Hill government, on Dec. 1, 2020 I sent an email to Flower Hill Mayor Brian Herrington which requested “in the interests of transparency, [that] the Village … publicize that there are four (4) Trustee seats open” for the March 2021 election. Unfortunately, the mayor ignored my request and never notified village residents of this opportunity to engage in the democratic process, losing the chance at finding talented residents eager to volunteer their time in our village. Instead, the four open trustee seats are being sought unopposed by residents hand-picked by the Mayor and the Flower Hill party. As Mayor Herrington ran on a campaign of transparency and open government, it is disappointing that he has not lived up to his promises. Perhaps most hypocritical is the Mayor’s recent boasting that he increased voting hours to make it easier for residents to vote – but what good is that when he contrives to ensure that Flower Hill residents have no choice at the bal-

lot box? After the “election” is over the new board will get to work on the Flower Hill budget. The board recently acknowledged that taxpayers in Flower Hill are overburdened by oﬀering a resolution to defer required tax payments. Perhaps the board should consider cutting expenses – Flower Hill’s payroll is one of the highest in Nassau County per capita considering the minimal services it provides (garbage pickup is not included as it is a contracted expense and not part of the village salaries). When pension costs, health care and other perks such as employee cell phones are included, Flower Hill taxpayers shoulder a heavy tax burden for minimal services (how many villages in Nassau County have a “village engineer” or a part-time architect earning six figures?) Flower Hill residents only can hope that the budget process is conducted in a more open and transparent manner than the “election” and that some of the budget bloat gets cut. Kate Hirsch Manhasset

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hile you read this letter, the country faces a $28 trillion longterm national debt. It will grow by up to $1.9 trillion more, depending upon the final outcome of the Democrats’ third CARE COVID-19 relief bill. We have more important problems to deal with than proceeding with Washington spending our hard-earned tax dollars to set up a commission to determine if Uncle Sam should pay reparations to decedents of enslaved peoples. Since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the private sector along with city, state and federal government at all levels have spent trillions under various programs which benefited African-American citizens. This included minority quotas for both employment hiring and admission to college, awarding of contracts to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, minority business mentoring programs, workplace mentoring programs for promotion to higher positions and others. Every glass ceiling in both the workplace and government was broken years ago. There are African-American CEOs of multibillion-dollar corporations, billionaires and millionaires. We elected Barack Obama

President 13 years ago in 2008. California Sen. Kamala Harris was elected vice president It has been common for decades to find African-American citizens holding senior management positions in government and business. There is now a large, growing and prosperous African-American middle class. My Jewish ancestors did not own any plantations and did not poison any slaves on Hebrew National Salami. They were too busy running away from the Cossacks and the pogroms. Several African-American generations have benefited and grown over the past 56 years since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It is time to move on rather than go back over 156 years to relitigate the 18611865 Civil War. We have all grown to look beyond the color of a person’s skin, ethnic origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or age and accept each person for who they are today. President Biden, Senate Majority leader Schumer and House Speaker Pelosi promised to unite our nation. How is this action going to accomplish that? Larry Penner Great Neck

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READERS WRITE

In support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

am sitting here in a state of total shock, not believing the turmoil over the “allegations” against Gov. Cuomo. To me it should be called a “tempest in a teapot.” Since when did kissing someone at a wedding become an insult, crime or sexual harassment? And putting a hand on someone’s back is such a sexual move? We hope the investigation shows that Gov. Cuomo comes from a cultural background that is expressive of affection, that he has three daughters with whom he is very close and could even have looked upon these staffers with that reference in mind, and that the discussions he had with these aides took place between them as the rapport that can naturally develop between a boss and close staff over time where personal details are often divulged. And the allegations by Gov. Cuomo’s staff of “unwanted attention” – poor little

ladies who couldn’t simply use their voice at the moment in self-respect to just say NO, and leave it as a lesson learned by a man without the attempt later to pull down an elected oﬃcial chosen by New Yorkers. I feel these women are disingenuously now reporting these “terrible insults” to help execute a political agenda against the governor and to enhance their own image in the media. The sum total finding of the investigation must be that Gov. Cuomo never hurt, raped, or assaulted a single individual. Finally, how is it that ex-President Trump actually abused, violated, and verbally denigrated women in plain sight over many, many years, and there was never any price to pay? Claire Litman Great Neck

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Will 2021 be the time to purchase? If you are still residing in a rental and are concerned about purchasing a home due to the increase in prices over the last year, you are not alone. The fear of buying into the Nassau real estate market, which has increased by 9 percent, and the Suﬀolk market, which has risen by 23 percent, has made many stop and hesitate and think should I wait until things cool down? It all depends on your specific personal and family situation. Would it be more to your advantage to stay in the rental that you are currently living in or your parents’ or in-laws’ home or still consider buying? From a tax perspective, the rental provides you zero benefits, which you are just providing your landlord each and every month. If you are staying for free somewhere else and just saving more money, you will be missing out on any appreciation that you could gain in 2021 and possibly 2022, when from all that I have researched and read the appreciation should be anywhere from 2.9 percent at the low end up to as much as potentially 10.3 percent.Here is a link that explains and shows the various predictions: https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/en/2021/03/02/ home-prices-what-happenedin-2020-what-will-happen-thisyear/?a=28598-a5c8d945f1821b-

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690c117ac4508ba040 So unless your money is earning at least those percentages, then this would still be an excellent time to jump into the market. More important, you will be paying taxes on whatever interest you are earning (unless tax-exempt) whereby the higher the tax bracket the less you would be netting. However, some people who have reached out to me to ask questions about purchasing and this has evolved into a discussion about what to buy and what not. The thought to trade oﬀ a singlefamily house for a townhome, condo or co-op was an idea that in the past was not considered. Many want that single-family home with all the privacy and benefits that go along with that type of ownership. But with the incredible escalation in prices in the second half of 2020 those dreams were diluted for many, who got priced out of the market or those who are concerned that we are at the top. Thinking outside the box and considering something else has been something that I have talked about with many families and individuals, depending on the size of the family. People are worried that if prices go down or worse crash over the next few years, they would lose value. At this point in time inventory is at the lowest ever. Interest rates have ticked up

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

over the last few weeks but are still historically low. We can all get a bit spoiled because everyone wants the lowest rate possible. but even in the 3 percent range, it’s still historically low. More important, even if you are thinking about buying a condo or co-op and prices go down, putting you in either in a break-even or losing position when selling, consider how much more the single-family home that is higher priced would lose in value. So you would save more money as the market value is reduced as you move up into a home. As a hypothetical example, let say you bought a two-bedroom and two-bath co-op for $475,000 in 2021, but being conservative the value increased 3 percent this

year to $489,250 and 2 percent in 2022 to $499,035 and over the following three years prices decreased by 10 percent, reducing its value to $449,135. In this example you would lose approximately $26,000 from your original purchase price of $475,000. On the other hand, if you had bought a home in 2021 for $850,000 and the price went up 3 percent to $875,500 and another 2 percent in 2022 to $893,010 and then went down 10 percent, the loss would be $89,301 in value if you had to sell. When you subtract your loss of $26,000 from the $89,301 that a home lost in value during that time period, purchasing years later would then save you $63,301 as you moved up to a new home. A condo purchase might show even a greater savings as a family moved up to an even higher priced home that would have a greater price reduction. Again, this is just an example and there is no guarantee this will happen, but I have personally experienced this scenario in the past. It stands to reason the higher the value of the property the greater the loss in dollars when there is a reduction in price which will benefit those buyers who would be moving up in the market. At the same time the write-oﬀs of interest on your mortgage and deductible

amount of your maintenance and or real estate taxes if in a condo should decrease your taxable income. Your CPA should be able to advise you as far as the benefits to you in the previous scenario, but from my experience staying in a rental oﬀers no benefit whatsoever unless you are considering moving out of NYS state within a short period of time. For those who are considering buying this year, one must weigh trade-oﬀs to decide what makes sense financially and to consider trading down for now to reap the benefits in a few years when the cycle of price increases adjusts downward. 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) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him 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

29 Ascot Ridge Road, Great Neck

8 Locust Drive, Great Neck

4 bd, 3 ba, Sold on: 10/19/20, Sold Price: $1,375,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

5 bd, 4 ba, Sold on: 11/9/20, Sold Price: $1,630,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

20 Hickory Drive, Great Neck

9 Fox Hunt Lane, Great Neck

6 bd, 6 ba, 6,300 sqft, Sold on: 1/26/21, Sold Price: $3,730,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

3 bd, 4 ba, Sold on: 12/4/20, Sold Price: $1,350,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

Editor’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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N. Shore surpasses 20,000 virus cases Great Neck peninsula nears 4,000 total positives one year after pandemic began BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z More than 20,000 people on the North Shore have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began a year ago, according to statistics provided by the Nassau County Department of Health on Wednesday. As coronavirus vaccinations continue to be rolled out throughout the county, the North Shore once again saw one of the lowest one-week increases with fewer than 600 new cases in the past week, according to statistics. The area that incorporates the Willistons and Mineola had 4,619 cases as of Wednesday, the most of all analyzed areas. Reflecting the overall decrease in new cases, the Village of Mineola saw fewer than 60 new cases in a week. Mineola’s 1,953 cases and Garden City’s 1,794 cases accounted for more than 3,700 of the 4,619 total cases in the area. The New Hyde Park area accounted for 4,062 of the North Shore’s cases, with North New Hyde Park having the thirdmost confirmed positives, 1,459, out of any analyzed area. The villages of Floral Park, with 1,332 cases, and New Hyde Park, with 929 cases, were also among the top 10 villages or unincorporated town areas in terms of positive tests, according to Health Department statistics. The Great Neck peninsula again saw an increase of just more than 100 new cases over the past week. The villages of

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More than 20,000 North Shore residents had tested positive for the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic as of Wednesday, according to county Health Department figures. Great Neck, Kings Point and Great Neck Plaza accounted for more than 2,600 total cases. Kings Point hit 696 total cases as of Wednesday. The peninsula accounted for 3,814 cases, according to Health Department figures. The Port Washington area, which surpassed 2,300 total cases this week, saw an increase of fewer than 80 new cases over one week, according to the

figures. The town-governed area of Port Washington had 1,124 total cases as of Wednesday, leading the peninsula, and Manorhaven had 694 cases. 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 2,643

cases, according to county statistics. The Village of Roslyn’s 291 cases appeared comparatively low, but the cases per 1,000 residents, 102.03, is one of the five highest rates in Nassau County, according to Health Department figures. Despite this, the village has seen one of the lowest four-month increases of any analyzed municipality, with fewer than 180 new confirmed cases since Nov. 1, according to county statistics. The village had just seven new cases over the past week. Roslyn Heights had 606 total cases as of Wednesday, and the Village of East Hills had 490. Manhasset, which has remained comparatively low since the beginning of the pandemic, had 1,494 cases, with nearly half coming from town-governed areas. It is the only analyzed area with fewer than 1,500 cases. A total of 152,646 Nassau County residents had tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday, and 2,956 had died since the pandemic began. More than 440 Nassau residents remained hospitalized due to the virus, with 71 in intensive care units and 47 on ventilators, according to county figures. Throughout New York, more than 1.7 million people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures. Of that total, 48,000 people had died. In New York City, 759,000 people had contracted the virus, and 29,911 had died.

Manhasset street honors ‘Joe the Barber’ BY R O S E W E L D ON Giuseppe “Joe” Commisso was known to generations of North Shore residents as “Joe the Barber,” a beloved member of the Manhasset community. Now, his name will adorn the street where he cut hair for 40 years. Friends and family of the late Commisso gathered at the intersection of Plandome Road and Orchard Street on Tuesday afternoon to unveil an honorary street sign designating Joe “the Barber” Commisso Road, across from the 495 Plandome Road storefront where he operated for years. A native of Reggio Calabria, Italy, born on Oct. 30, 1933, Commisso emigrated to the United States in 1961, and found work at a barbershop on Plandome Road. He later bought the business with his brother-in-law, and Joseph’s Haircutters formally opened on April 1, 1980. After four decades with his

shop, during which Joseph’s Haircutters gave thousands of haircuts to multiple generations of local residents, Commisso was preparing to step away from the business when he died Jan. 30, 2020, at the age of 86. Following eﬀorts from Commisso’s family, friends and former clients, the Town of North Hempstead voted in recent months to honor him with the honorary street sign. Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey introduced the motion to honor Commisso with the street sign and was on hand to unveil it at the dedication, also speaking of the honor’s relevance in the age of COVID-19. “It’s only now that we’re starting to go back to the hairdresser or to the barber or to the coﬀee shop, and we realize how important those places are to building and maintaining a community,” Lurvey said at the event. “And that is what Joe did for all of the years.” Town Clerk Wayne Wink said the sign represented not

only Commisso, but the smallbusiness owners and community members who had dedicated their lives to serving the downtown areas. “It’s not just about remembering Joe, it’s about remembering everybody who makes the downtowns here, throughout the community, throughout the Town of North Hempstead, because obviously in times like we’ve gone through the last year, downtowns mean more to us than ever,” Wink said. “So to remember Joe is to remember all those people who made this downtown great, and who will make them great again.” Also present, along with Lurvey and Wink, were Commisso’s widow and wife of 58 years, Rosa, and their daughters Rosa Fazzolari and Maria Commisso. “I want to thank you all for loving Dad, and for honoring Dad,” Maria Commisso told those gathered. “Thank you, thank you.”

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North Hempstead Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey with Joe Commisso’s wife, Rosa, and daughters Rosa and Maria at the unveiling of his honorary street sign on Plandome Road in Manhasset.

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G.N. ed board Trustee Ashkenase dies Continued from Page 1 president and announced that she will be seeking re-election this year, said Ashkenase’s legacy will live on and touted his dedication to making the children in the school district a constant priority throughout his tenure on the board. “The sudden passing of Don Ashkenase has left everyone terribly saddened,” Berkowitz said. “Don had an incredibly analytical mind and could speak about the budget in a way that was way over most people’s heads, but above all,

he had the biggest heart of anyone I know, and his number one priority was always the children. His kindness and generosity were legendary and he will be missed more than words can express, but his legacy will continue as we strive to live ‘meaningful’ lives.” “Great Neck represents the best of America by virtue of the diversity that exists in this community and we couldn’t be more fortunate,” Ashkenase said after being elected to his 13th term in 2018. “Don’s commitment to non-

profit volunteerism and philanthropy was unmatched,” officials from the Greater New York Hospital Association said in a statement. “We extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife Karen, his children Jeffrey, Andrew, Debbie and their spouses, and his many friends and colleagues.” According to a news release from Temple Israel, a private graveside funeral was held for Ashkenase on Wednesday. He is survived by his wife, Karen, his children Jeffrey, Andrew and Debbie, and their

spouses Robin, Jana and Pedram, respectively. He was also an uncle to Elena and Fritz Tavarez as well as Emilio and Jessie Cintron, and was a grandfather of 12. Ahskenase’s term was set to expire on June 30, but school officials did not provide any immediate information regarding what will happen in the interim. PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN “We are forever grateful for Mr. Ashkenase’s unparalleled serDonald Ashkenase, a longvice and leadership,” the statement from the school district said. “Our time member of the Great thoughts and prayers are with his Neck Board of Education, wife, Karen, and the ... families died on Monday. during this diﬃcult time.”

A Manhasset mom’s fight for child safety Continued from Page 3 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and forces the court to give attention to the evidence before it, and prevent giving undue weight to claims that one parent is falsely accusing the other as a legal tactic.

The bill was introduced Feb. 16, and is currently under review by the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee, which Lavine chairs. “This is game-changing legislation that is going to protect children in child custody cases,” Franchetti said.

She encourages interested members of the North Shore community to contact oﬃcials to make Kyra’s law a reality. “Our Family Court system is failing our children at epidemic rates,” Franchetti said. “This was an epidemic before the pandemic. Unless we legis-

late changes, it could be your child, or one that you know and love that could be abused or even murdered because of the failings of our court system. There is hope we can make a change. But I can’t do it alone. I need the community’s support to do this.”

Site plan approved Continued from Page 1 plans encompass. While almost every resident has expressed interest in revamping the uninhabited structures into something more appealing and functional for the community, some have opposed the size of the proposed mixed-use structure. In January, the village’s Board of Trustees granted the developer, Gesher Community LLC, 12 incentives: • A fourth floor • 11 feet of excess height to erect a building with a 42-foot final height • A building with 15,124 square feet where 20,000 is typically required • To waive 28 of the typically required 56 parking spaces • A zoning restriction adjustment of 10.1 feet of street frontage on North Road • A zoning restriction adjustment to have 8.6 x 18, 9 x 18 feet parking spaces (usually 9 x 19 feet) • A zoning restriction adjustment to allow 0-foot side yard setback (yard opposite of North Street) • A zoning restriction adjustment of 15 feet to maintain a proposed rear yard of 10 feet (rear yard opposite of Middle Neck Road) • A zoning restriction adjustment to permit a building area of 65 percent of the lot (calculated 9,797.7 square feet, otherwise 67 percent) • To waive the typically required 32 public parking stalls associated with the public art center • A zoning restriction adjustment to permit proportions of the proposed parking garage to project 10 feet nearer to public streets below grade • Approval of residential use of no

more than 50 percent of the roof deck solely in connection with the application. Additionally, since the board determined that a suitable community benefit is not currently feasible, the applicant is required to pay the village $150,000 in cash in lieu of a specific community amenity under the village code. Village resident and architect Ken Lee attempted to express his displeasure with the variances during Thursday’s meeting, but the Zoning Board did not permit it since the public hearing was strictly focused on the site plan review for the proposed structure. Instead, Lee pleaded with the applicant to be as reasonable and accommodating as possible in constructing the building. “Be considerate,” Lee said. “I mean, luckily you have all those variances approved. So at this point, you need to think about it, how to help the neighbors and how to not damage further.” Lee also claimed the 5,000-square-foot easement for dry wells on 7 Hicks Lane was taken into consideration improperly. Lee claimed that the 5,000-square-foot easement should not be taken into consideration in terms of how many units were granted. Other residents also criticized the process of the variances and notifications that the village conducted. Village resident Rebecca Rosenblatt Gilliar, who resides within 200 feet of the proposed project, said she was not properly notified of the project by the developer. “The developer has never sent me a notification,” Gilliar said in a letter to village oﬃcials. “In my possession are three of the envelopes in which the developer mailed to my husband notification of meetings/hear-

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The Village of Great Neck’s zoning board unanimously approved the site plan review of a proposed four-story mixed-use building on Middle Neck Road Thursday night. ings, but not to me. My husband and I coown the property.” Gilliar said her husband had envelopes addressed solely in his name from June, September and December 2020. She also expressed disapproval for the way that Zoning Board Chairman Dennis Grossman and the Zoning Board handled the proposal’s evolution. Kenneth Grey, legal counsel to the board, informed the public that there is no 200-foot notification requirement under the site plan review portion of the village code. However, under the Board of Appeals section of the code, section 575-193 states, “Before an application for a variance or a conditional, special or other use permit may be heard by the Board of Appeals or the Board of Trustees, a complete and accurate list of the names and addresses of the owners of all the lands within a radius of 200 feet of the property aﬀected by such application shall be submitted simultaneously with the application.” Concerns about the toxic plume in Great Neck were also brought up by several residents. “This is a major undertaking for the community, and certainly for the develop-

er and their pocketbook,” village resident Judy Rosenthal said. “Doesn’t this make sense for everyone involved in this, to focus on this issue, even if it takes some time, just get the right event answers and evaluate this because this is a hot topic right now?” The underground plume originates from 1111 Marcus Ave., the former location of Unisys, a manufacturing company. The facility was acquired by the global defense company Lockheed Martin when it purchased Unisys in 1996. Lockheed Martin sold the property in 2000. Among the harmful chemicals found in the plume is 1,2 dichloroethylene, a highly flammable substance that can cause eﬀects on the blood and liver. Glenda Clark, the project lead of environmental remediation at Lockheed Martin, said that the public was at no risk of exposure to the contaminated groundwater that currently sits 100 to 400 feet underground. “I just feel that whoever would normally review this needs to just review it one more time. Just to make sure that everything will be safe both for the residents of the building,” village resident Amy Glass said.

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Continued from Page 16 And in the early stages of the pandemic, the New York State Council on Women and Girls quickly established two critical COVID-19 task forces on Domestic Violence and Maternal Healthcare to ensure women’s health and safety were prioritized. Out of that came: Improved response to domestic violence by implementing an innovative, survivor-centered service delivery system, including a new 24/7 text and chat line for those experiencing domestic and sexual violence; a housing navigator pilot to enhance housing options for survivors; the creation of a statewide data collection system; new training and resources for those working with incarcerated populations and immigrants; a listening tour to speak directly with survivors regarding their needs; and enhanced communication regarding shelter availability. Addressing maternal mortality: the COVID-19 maternity task force examined the best approach to authorizing and certifying additional dedicated birthing centers in an eﬀort to support pregnant people and reduce the patient load in stressed hospitals amid the ongoing pandemic. Also in 2020: Removal of guns from domestic abusers Elimination of genderbased (“Pink Tax”) pricing discrimination Legalization of gestational surrogacy Protection of family planning and reproductive

health services: New York launched an exclusively state-funded family planning program, necessary since Trump issued regulations that made New York ineligible for federal funding. Pay equity at state and local authorities Equitable distribution of assets on divorce proceedings: Judges must consider domestic violence and its impact in determining equitable distribution of marital property so victims can remain financially secure after leaving their abuser. I am wondering which politician, which elected oﬃcial anywhere in the country has accomplished as much for women’s rights or who will have the will or the skill after Cuomo. And if you are going to reach back 25 years to dredge up every inappropriate remark, gesture or slight, that should be taken into account as well. There also seems to be an ageism factor — Baby Boomer women seem much less upset by these allegations than younger, hypersensitive women who have grown up in a diﬀerent culture. Cuomo (and Biden) are part of that generation’s culture. The #MeToo movement, a power play of its own, has gone too far and given cover or created undue pressure on politicians. But if you take it to its logical end, a more successful man could never initiate a relationship with a woman of more modest means. Think about that and how it would perpetuate classism.

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Continued from Page 8 receive stimulus checks. New standards for the checks cut oﬀ individuals who earn more than $80,000 a year and married couples earning more than $160,000, regardless of how many children they have. Those earning less than

$75,000 a year and married couples earning less than $150,000 will receive $1,400 per person, including for each child. According to C-SPAN commentary during the vote, President Joe Biden’s press secretary has said that he intends to sign the bill on Friday.

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and crossed into Russia where they stayed until the end of the war. After living in a displaced persons camp in Germany, Spodek and his family came to America in 1951 to start a new life. It was in New York where he met Rose, who was visiting from Cuba. Entranced by her, Boris went to Cuba to bring

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his love back to America, where they eventually wed on May 15, 1960. A devoted husband married to his wife Rose of 60 years, he went on to raise four daughters, all currently residing in the Long Island area. A talented master electrician, Boris was a 50-plus year member of IBEW Local 3, and created beautiful homes and infrastructure projects across the metropolitan area. Boris, a gentle giant, touched so many lives. He will be remembered for his strength, hard work, warmth, selflessness, dedication to family and friends, kindness, generosity, loyalty, and resilience. He will be missed dearly and his legacy will live on through his beloved family, including his 11 grandchildren. Submitted by family of Boris Spodek

Town celebrates women’s history The Town of North Hempstead will premiere a video celebrating the 2020 Women’s Roll of Honor recipients in recognition of Women’s History Month. Since 1994, North Hempstead has held the Women’s Roll of Honor to acknowledge distinguished women who reside in the Town and have contributed to their community, or who have accomplished a significant achievement through public or private eﬀorts in a volunteer capacity. The 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Town honored recipients in a safe socially distant manner. The program will premiere on Monday, March 1 at 4 p.m. and will continue airing throughout the month of March. In addition to appearing on the Town’s

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Growing calls for Cuomo to resign Continued from Page 6 to protect our most vulnerable residents.” The initial investigations conducted by James’ oﬃce indicated that a larger number of nursing home residents died from the coronavirus than reported by the state’s Department of Health. Based on a survey of 62 nursing homes that found the state undercounted the fatalities there by an average of 56 percent, the data could push the department’s original count of 8,711 coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes to more than 13,000, according to the report. Investigations also showed that the lack of compliance in nursing homes with infection control protocols put residents at increased risk of harm, and facilities that had lower pre-pandemic staﬃng rating had higher coronavirus-related fatality rates. After the investigation’s preliminary findings were publicized, the state came out with new data that showed an additional 3,800 coronavirus-related deaths of nursing home residents had occurred in

hospitals. The situation escalated when DeRosa told state lawmakers in a private phone conversation that the state delayed providing oﬃcials with updated statistics after former President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice sent an inquiry regarding coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes. “Basically we froze because then we were in a position where we weren’t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice or what we give to you guys, what we start saying was going to be used against us,” DeRosa said on the call. DeRosa later clarified her quote to state legislators in a statement. “I was explaining that when we received the DOJ inquiry, we needed to temporarily set aside the Legislature’s request to deal with the federal request first,” she said. “We were comprehensive and transparent in our responses to the DOJ, and then had to immediately focus our resources on the second wave and vaccine rollout.” The findings by The Journal and The Times were the latest

blows to Cuomo’s credibility and popularity throughout the state. Three women, including a pair of Cuomo’s former aides, have accused the governor of sexual harassment or misconduct. The first allegation came from Lindsey Boylan, an employee of the state’s economic development agency beginning in 2015. Boylan said her first encounter with Cuomo occurred at Madison Square Garden to promote a Penn Station expansion project. Boylan said the next day her boss told her Cuomo had a crush on her, which she described as “an uncomfortable but all-too-familiar feeling.” Boylan went on to describe her complaints to friends about how Cuomo allegedly touched her lower back, arms and legs. Cuomo allegedly kissed Boylan on the lips in his Manhattan oﬃce in 2018, when she was promoted to deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to Cuomo. After that, she said, her fears of going to work each day made her more and more nauseous, and other female senior advisers reportedly “grew hostile” after she be-

gan speaking up for herself. Boylan said she announced her resignation from the state government in an email to staﬀ members on Sept. 26, 2018. “There is a part of me that will never forgive myself for being a victim for so long, for trying to ignore behavior that I knew was wrong,” Boylan said. “The Governor exploited my weaknesses, my desire to do good work and to be respected. I was made to believe this was the world I needed to survive in.” Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant and health policy adviser in Cuomo’s administration, told The Times that the governor harassed her during the late spring of last year. The 25-year-old told the newspaper that in June, Cuomo asked her numerous questions regarding her personal life and if age played a role in romantic relationships, along with saying he was “open” to relationships with women in their 20s, around 40 years younger than him. “I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt horribly uncomfortable and scared,” Bennett told The Times.

“And was wondering how I was going to get out of it and assumed it was the end of my job.” Bennett, who was first hired by the state in 2019, left last fall, according to The Times. Cuomo’s oﬃce claimed Boylan’s accusations were untrue, but James has launched an investigation into the allegations. Cuomo said he expressed good-natured teasing toward his employees but never intended to cause any harm. “I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended,” Cuomo said. “To be clear I never inappropriately touched anybody and I never propositioned anybody and I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable, but these are allegations that New Yorkers deserve answers to.” The third woman, Anna Rauch, said Cuomo made sexual advances during a 2019 wedding, according to multiple reports. The Times posted a picture of Cuomo grabbing Rauch’s face with both of his hands during the event.

Cuomo: Should he or shouldn’t he resign? Continued from Page 14 The report from James, a fellow Democrat, also cast a renewed light on a state directive that ordered nursing homes to accept and readmit patients who had tested positive for COVID-19. As we have said, Cuomo’s unwillingness to release the full data seems damning proof that the governor did make the wrong call. The New York Times added evidence of Cuomo stonewalling on nursing home deaths with a report Friday that his administration had rewritten a report to obscure the full extent of the nursing home deaths. It seems very likely that Cuomo’s actions resulted in the loss of some lives and wrong is wrong. But the loss of lives caused by Cuomo’s actions seems very small when compared with Donald Trump downplaying the coronavirus and leading a campaign against wearing masks and social distanc-

ing – a campaign many Republican governors are following to this day. So we believe the state Legislature’s vote to remove Cuomo’s emergency powers in responding to COVID is the right answer. And then there are the allegations of sexual harassment. They began in a Twitter post in December from Lindsey Boylan, a former economic development aide, who said Cuomo said to her “let’s play strip poker” while on a government aircraft and later claimed he kissed her on the lips in his Manhattan oﬃce. Boylan said she added details to her complaint after state Assemblyman Ron Kim, a Queens Democrat, accused Cuomo of bullying him, including a threat to “destroy” the lawmaker for criticizing the governor’s nursing home policies. Cuomo’s staﬀ called Boylan’s accounts “simply false.” Boylan’s complaint was fol-

lowed by Charlotte Bennett, another ex-aide in her 20s, who told The Times that Cuomo had asked her numerous questions about her sex life, including whether she thought age made a diﬀerence in romantic relationships. Bennett later said in a CBS interview that while working alone with Cuomo he told her he was lonely and looking for a girlfriend. The Times Monday then published an interview with Anna Ruch, who said Cuomo at a wedding touched her bare back, cupped her face with his hands and tried to kiss her unsolicited. She said she turned away and he kissed her on the cheek. Cuomo said he “never made advances” toward Bennett, that he meant to act as a mentor and he didn’t intend to act “in any way that was inappropriate.” On Wednesday, Cuomo apologized for his conduct but insisted

that he had never “touched anyone inappropriately.” “I understand I acted in a way that made some people feel uncomfortable and it was unintentional and I truly and deeply apologize,” he said. Then two additional accounts were published over the weekend by The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. James’ investigation of the allegations by Cuomo’s former aides continues. But we are now four years into the #MeToo Movement focused on men misusing positions of power to have sex with women, so it is hard to understand what Cuomo, a lawyer and former attorney general, would not understand about sexual harassment. This is especially true given Cuomo’s touting his sexual harassment policies that included a requirement that all private business-

es hold sexual harassment training. Cuomo has a strong record of accomplishment in New York, some of which we may owe to what the governor called his “aggressive” style in getting things done on behalf of the public and others call bullying. But bullying eventually carries a price and Cuomo has crossed bright red lines when it comes to sexual harassment and his withholding information if not actively obscuring data on nursing home deaths. Still, the majority of New York voters seem to have had it right in a Quinnipiac University poll published over the weekend that found 55 percent of voters polled said Cuomo should not resign. But 59 percent said they would not like to see him run for re-election in 2022. For the moment, that sounds about right.

A frightening search for lost memory Continued from Page 17 A few of my patients have relatives who are currently suﬀering with Alzheimer’s and I can see their anguish as they are faced with the grim truth that the person they once knew and loved seems to have vacated their bodies. What is helpful is to guide them to discuss their

feelings, to share the load with other family members and to make plans which include finances and nursing home admission. At the beginning and in the middle stages of this disease, there are things that one can do with the family member showing decline such as listening to old music with

them, doing some easy dancing and looking at old family albums. Body language is key so get down to eye level, keep the conversations simple and keep them active by helping them to stretch, walk more and engage in simple tasks around the house like dusting. These things serve to expend energy, so they sleep

better and wander less. We do not have a cure yet. but there are anti-depressants, anxiety control medication and sleep aides that help. A variety of measures reduce the risk of contracting Alzheimer’s including exercising regularly, eating fresh produce and a Mediterra-

nean diet, losing weight, not smoking, attending social events, reading, dancing, playing board games, making art, and playing an instrument. Alzheimer’s is a common problem as people age and I would recommend the things I outlined above and by all means go see “The Father.”

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GNWPCD rolls out permit portal The Great Neck Water Pollution Control District (GNWPCD) is proud to launch its Permit Portal enabling residents, developers, and local business owners to conveniently apply for all permits required by the District. As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, the District continues to find ways to limit face-to-face interactions so employees and residents can feel safe. “The District is constantly looking to improve the service experience for our residents while maintaining a safe interaction for everyone in these times of pandemic,” said GNWPCD Chairman Steve Reiter. “The launch of the Permit Portal is the culmination of months of planning and hard work that will further streamline our permitting process.” The District continues to embrace technology and having a one-stop-shop for our constituents and contractors makes managing permits much more efficient. Building on our existing web site, the GNWPCD Permit Portal allows residents, contractors, and business owners to apply for New Connection, Disconnection, Service Repairs, Grease Trap, Amalgam Separator, Lint/Sediment Trap, and Hair Trap permits all from the comfort of their own home or office. In addition to permits, we also have applications for Sewer Availability and Sewer Map requests. If a contractor, plumber, or property owner has multiple projects in the District, they can monitor the status of each application on the Permit Portal user dashboard. The District and the residents both benefit from the increased transparency, as more information is made readily available. With the completion of our grease receiving station, the District has also launched a separate portal for waste haulers interested in disposing of grease at our facility. Applications, payment, and scheduling are all managed through the Grease Hauler License Portal. Creating an account is safe, easy, and only requires an email address. Once the user’s account is active, all permit correspondence, submittal reviews, and payments are accessible through the portal, minimizing the need for faceto-face meetings. “Not only is this more convenient for customers, it saves a lot of staff time that would have otherwise been spent processing paperwork,” added Chairman Reiter. “Now that these processes are essentially automated, we can focus our resources to identify additional areas for improvement and efficiency.” For additional information and updates about the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, visit the website at www.gnwpcd.net to sign up for email newsletters or call the office at 516-482-0238.

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for themselves; the gym was their world and they established great relationships with their members. Candy was a devoted aunt who loved spoiling the kids and spending time with them. She was bright, tenacious, and had strength beyond measures. Ron was also very bright and knew about so much from technology to current events to trivial information. Time spent with him was always a good conversation that could last for hours. Together they enjoyed cars, watching movies, and loved their cats, Nathan and Chase. They are survived by their sisters; their nieces Marnie, Jodie, Wendy, and Amanda; grand nieces Callie, Maggie, and Francesca; grand nephews Benjamin, Damian, Jack, and Nick; and Ron’s son Alex. They were loved by their family, friends, and gym members, and we wish for them to rest in peace together.

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Happening at the G.N. school district National Merit Scholarship Finalists Twenty-eight students from the Great Neck Public Schools who were previously named Semifinalists will advance as Finalists in the prestigious 2021 National Merit Scholarship Competition (NMSC). John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School Semifinalists are: Jonathan Hakimi, Albert Jan, Mikaela Lipp, Alice Liu, Adam Sanders, Gracie Tropp-Levy, Lauren Yu, and Michelle Zbizika. William A. Shine-Great Neck South High School Semifinalists are: Ryan Cho, Lukas Gandras, Kevin Gao, Bradley He, Brandon Huang, Ethan Jiang, Juny Kim, Kathryn Lee, Rini Lee, Albert Li, Zhu Liu, Grace Luo, David Mo, Daniel Moon, Elliot Shi, Nicholas Su, Nicholas Tung, David Wang, Mia Wang, and Anthony Zhan. PSAT scores for these students were among the highest in the state and their scores on a second examination were as good or better. Having demonstrated exemplary academic performance throughout high school, these students were fully endorsed and recommended by their high school principals. Each student also furnished biographical data and a self-description of interests, activities, accomplishments, and goals. All Finalists will be considered for National Merit Scholarships to be oﬀered later this spring. South High Fencing Teams Capture Championships Great Neck South High School is home to the 2021 Nassau County Champions for both boys and girls fencing, following triumphant team performances at the County Championships on Feb. 26. South High Girls Fencing The girls fencing team arrived at the County Championships with an undefeated regular season record of 11-0. The Lady Rebels defeated Oyster Bay by a score of 14-6 at the championships to capture their third-consecutive Nassau County crown. This marks the first time in more than 20 years that a fencing team has won three consecutive championship titles. The team was led by All-Long Island selections Ella Nyguen and Mandy Li. Seniors Gina Lee, Connie Too, Josephine Chan, Lia Seo, and Diana Chu all turned in tremendous performances at the County competition This is the team’s fourth County Championship in five years, under the direction of coach Catie Sagevick. In addition to the County title, the team is also the 2021 Division II Champions and Conference Champions. South High Boys Fencing The boys fencing team won their Nassau County Championship “in only what could be described as the most epic come back in a finals in over a decade,” says coach Joshua Baravarian. The team, led by sophomores Ryan Wong (AllLong Island), Wilmund Wu, and junior Sam Lurvey, overcame a 6-10 deficit late in the best of 27 match to come back and win 8 of the final 10 bouts, clinching the win with a score of 14-12. The team was sparked by wins from seniors David Wang and Juny Kim. The final bout was won by sophomore Drew Kim. “Drew defeated his opponent 5-0 and then fell to the floor overcome with emotion,” says Mr. Baravarian. “His teammates rallied around him in what was one of the most emotional wins in years.” Rebels coach Mr. Baravarian was named Newsday’s 2021 Fencing Coach of the Year. Individual Honors All-Long Island honors were awarded to Jun Ahn and Ryan Wong for the boys team, and Mandy Li and Ella Nyguen for the girls team. All-County 1st Team honors were awarded to Jun Ahn, Andrew Choe, Ryan Wong, and Wilmund Wu for the boys team, and Angelina Fazzini, Mandy Li, Ella Nyguen,

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and Connie Too for the girls team. All-County 2nd Team honors were awarded to Josh Magidson and Sam Lurvey for the boys team, and Gina Lee for the girls team. All-County Honorable Mention was awarded to Josephine Chan for the girls team. Transportation Registration for Non-Public Schools In accordance with New York State Education Law, free transportation for the 2021–22 school year will be available to children attending non-public schools who meet walking distance-from-school requirements. The deadline to apply for non-public school transportation is April 1, as determined by state law. The Great Neck Public Schools is pleased to oﬀer a new online application process for non-public school transportation using the FamilyID system, an easy-to-use and secure registration platform. Links to the online application and instructions are available on the district website at www.greatneck.k12. ny.us/transportation. To be eligible for free transportation, the walking distance from a pupil’s home to a non-public school must exceed 0.5 mile for students in grades K–5; 0.75 mile for students in grades 6–8; and 1 mile for students in grades 9–12. Transportation is limited to a maximum distance of 15 miles. Other rules may apply for children with disabilities; please consult with the Oﬃce of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services at (516) 441-4970. Residents of the Great Neck school district who seek free transportation for their children to non-public schools in September 2021, and who meet the walking-distance requirements above, must submit the online application by April 1. For more information, please call the Transportation Office, Great Neck Public Schools, at (516) 441-4060, on school days between the hours of 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

E.M. Baker School Celebrates International Week E.M. Baker School celebrated cultural and ethnic diversity during their International Week from Feb. 8–11. Activities in celebration of this year’s theme, “Family Treasures That Bind Us Together,” were woven throughout morning announcements, book selections, student projects, special presentations, and more. Classes kicked off the week by reading The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco and The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston and Tomie dePaola. Students and staff discussed how each quilt square tells a story, and how family and community connections are especially important during challenging times. As a follow-up activity, every student designed their own “quilt square” on paper, depicting their family origins and treasures. All of the students’ squares were joined together to create an E.M. Baker Family Quilt in the main lobby for students and staff to view. Additional literary selections were on display in the school library to support the International Week theme. Classes at all grade levels were also treated to a virtual visit from storyteller Julie Pasqual, who shared folktales from around the world via Zoom. Students and staff enjoyed special presentations throughout the week that highlight the diversity of the school community. ENL teacher and International Week chairperson Ellen Siegel led class tours of the “Museum in a Showcase,” which included family treasures shared by Baker staff. Parents also shared art, songs, and artifacts from their cultures through virtual classroom visits via Zoom. Students were encouraged to share their own treasures through digital presentations using the Flipgrid app, which was coordinated by third-grade teacher and co-chair Jennifer Greenspoon.

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Happening at the library Great Neck Library Hours by Appointment Hours for all four Great Neck Library locations are Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. The Main Library and Parkville Branch ONLY will be open Sundays from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. eﬀective February 14. All services are by appointment only. Curbside Pickup has the same hours. All returned items are quarantined for 4 days, then checked in without overdue charges. For the safety of everyone, all patrons two years of age and older must wear face masks in the buildings. Please check the Library website at greatnecklibrary.org or call 466-8055 for any updates. LI CARES FOOD DRIVE (ONGOING) The Main Library, Parkville and Station Branches are currently accepting donations for LI Cares, The Harry Chapin Food Bank. The collection boxes are accessible at the front entrances of each location during regular Library hours. Please donate products that are in boxes, cans, or plastic bottles, and do not require refrigeration. Please, no glass jars. For more information, visit www. licares.org. Great Neck Library Highlights March 13 to 19 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. 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 the event. Saturday, March 13 10:00 a.m. Digital Scavenger Hunt: Gratitude Theme. Ages 5 and up. “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh. For the month of March, look inside and outside of your home for the items on this Gratitude Scavenger Hunt created by Miss Jen. https://forms. gle/6Xgb6Gwm88bEhkjp6When prizes** are available, the Children’s Department will email you at the address you provided. **Limit one prize per child. Prizes will be distributed at the end of the month via curbside pickup. Monday, March 15 10:00 — 11:00 a.m. Android Phones 101. Seniors, Adults, Parents. Learn the basics of your Android phone in this introductory class. How to navigate your phone, change settings, access the internet, and more. Meeting ID: 997 3665 3944 Passcode: 431592 STEMLab@GreatNeckLibrary.org 6:00 — 7:00 p.m. Learning Google Drive. Adults, Parents, Seniors. Learn the basics of Google Drive, a free online storage system for your documents, photos, and other files. No prior knowledge is required, but you will need a Google account. If you have any questions about setting up a Google account, call us at 516-466-8055 ext. 230. Meeting ID: 930 8196 8137 Passcode: Drive STEMLab@GreatNeckLibrary. org 6:00 — 7:30 p.m. Legally Speaking:

Inside Legal Tips for First Time Buyers or Sellers of NY Homes (Or Any Other Buyer or Seller of Real Estate in New York) presented by W. Zehava Schechter, Esq. Important things you need to know about Buying and Selling will be discussed, including: The Diﬀerences between Houses, Condos and Co-ops; the transaction from start to finish; Title Insurance; Mortgage and cash deals; Title reports; Surveys. Meeting ID: 834 1692 1512 Passcode: 4Yy60A Tuesday, March 16 9:30 — 10:30 a.m. Yoga Flow facilitated by Carolyn Carpentiere. 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: 849 1390 1791 Password: 781668 10:00 — 11:00 a.m. Mac Help Center. Adults, Parents, Seniors. Discuss all things Mac. Feel free to ask specific questions, or we can find a topic to learn more about. iPad and iPhone questions are also welcome. Meeting ID: 931 8352 4577 Passcode: MacHelp STEMLab@GreatNeckLibrary.org 2:00 — 3:30 p.m. Hear Us Roar: The Struggle for Women’s Suﬀrage with historian Martin H. Levinson. Last summer marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. Program will address this milestone of democracy and the women and men who made it possible. Meeting ID: 814 3099 9930 Passcode: 946408 Wednesday, March 17 10:00 — 11:00 a.m. Virtual Vacation: Ireland. Adults. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by taking a virtual guide tour of various locations in Ireland. Learn to walk down the streets of Dublin with Google Earth, view 360 videos of Blarney Castle, and much more. This is a great escape to the land of Green. Meeting ID: 974 9147 4719 Passcode: 729732 STEMLab@GreatNeckLibrary.org 1:00 — 2:30 p.m. 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. 4:00 — 5:00 p.m. Covid Update with Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt. Nassau Library Health Share event on up-to-date Covid-19 information with Aaron E. Glatt, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Chair, Department of Medicine,Chief, Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiologist from Mount Sinai South Nassau. Registration required at http://tiny.cc/DrAaronGlatt 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Library Policy & By Laws Committee Meeting via ZOOM. Meeting ID: 868 5222 8107 Passcode: 054861 Thursday, March 18 2:00 — 3:30 p.m. Author Event with Debra Diamond. Debra Diamond, Ph.D. is a natural psychic/medium and medical intuitive who was gifted with her abilities as a child, and is the author of Life After Near Death: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Transformation in the Extraordinary Lives of People with Newfound Powers, and Diary of a Death Doula: 25 Lessons the Dying Teach Us About the Afterlife. Debra

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in grades 7+. Watch shows on Netflix and chat about it afterwards. You pick the shows. No Netflix? We can help. jrobinson@greatnecklibrary.org Friday, March 19 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. Friday Film Discussion. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966, NR, 2 hr. 11min., Drama. A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night. Watch at your leisure. Join in a Zoom discussion of the film. Streaming free with your Great Neck Library card on Hoopla. Meeting ID: 623 987 3994 Passcode: films cdipietro@ greatnecklibrary.org

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