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Glickman vs. Berkowitz in ed board race Toch to run unopposed for seat held by longtime Trustee Don Ashkenase BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A pair of challengers along with a familiar face are running in the Great Neck Board of Education election on May 11. Michael Glickman, a philanthropic adviser, social entrepreneur and advocate for change, is running for a seat against longtime board member Barbara Berkowitz, the president. Separately, Grant Toch, a financial analyst and tax lawyer, is running unopposed for a vacant seat on the board. Glickman has spent the past 16 years living in Great Neck with his wife, Sumi, a former finance executive, and three children. Two of his children attend North Middle School and one attends Saddle Rock Elementary School. Glickman is the founder and CEO of jMUSE, a venture in arts and culture philanthropy that joins institutions, experts and philanthropists to create innovative con-
tent throughout the United States and Europe. He has also served as president and CEO of the state’s Holocaust museum and has served as president of the board of directors for the Gold Coast Arts Center and its film festival. In letters to Blank Slate Media in the past few months, Glickman criticized how the school district provided resources to students and teachers to learn throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Glickman said he wanted to see the board have more conversations with the community regarding decisions. “When elected, I will continue to ask tough questions and work tirelessly to ensure that critical decisions are made in public view, with input from the community and clarity about where I stand on the issues,” Glickman said in an interview. Glickman specifically called out the district’s lack of new techContinued on Page 38
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Lucas Bernstein, grandson of former Lake Success Mayor Robert S. Bernstein, won the PGA’s Drive, Chip, and Putt contest for his age group on April 4. See story on page 4.
Men arrested in G.N. for attempted grand larceny BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Four New Jersey men were arrested in Russell Gardens on Monday for attempting to scam a 75-year-old man out of more than $15,000, according to the
Nassau County Police Department. Detectives said an unknown male contacted a 75-year-old man in Russell Gardens, whose name was not disclosed by the police, pretending to be his son. The male claimed he had been arrested
after being involved in a car accident that left someone injured in Reddington, Pennsylvania, officials said. The impersonator gave the Russell Gardens man an arrest number and told him someone from the public defender’s ofContinued on Page 55
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Destination: Great Neck M. Neck proposals holds networking event pushed back again Around 100 in attendance to promote local businesses VGN presents tentative budget BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
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Members of the Destination: Great Neck board welcomed the public to its business networking event on Sunday. BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Around 100 people from Great Neck, including business owners, gathered in Grace Avenue Park on Sunday for one of the first networking events organized by the grassroots revitalization group Destination: Great Neck. The group was founded earlier this year by a handful of interested community members who wish to see Great Neck’s business district revitalized. The event highlighted some of the community’s local businesses, including several performances from ConfiDanZe and Annmarie’s Studio of Performing Arts. Gift baskets with coupons and promotional deals to local establishments were also handed out. One of the group’s founders, Janet Nina Esagoff, celebrated Great Neck’s history and expressed the need for a spark to the area’s business district. “We saw the future and decided to change it,” Esagoff said during the event. “We have a storied history of famous faces and famous places. Great Neck has great schools, parks and people. Our group wants to restore Great Neck to its former glory.” More than a dozen business owners spoke briefly about their businesses and expressed what Great Neck means to them and their families. From residents who have put multiple children through the school district, to those who have lived in the area less than a year, everyone spoke highly of the community as a gem of the North Shore of Long Island. “Great Neck is an area that supports the arts and music, and it is a great place to bring up your children,” Deborah Tartell, musical director for the Shireinu Choir of Long Island, said. “I have been living in Great Neck for the last
30 years. This community and its businesses are extremely important to me, so I truly thank everyone for coming out,” immigration lawyer Byron Quintanilla said. “Our group’s mission is to make Great Neck a destination, not just for us, but for everyone,” attorney and group board member Lisa Saltzman said. “All of us are a community here in Great Neck, no matter what we do.” Michele Tabaroki, who runs the organization’s social media along with being the owner of ConfiDanZe & Fitness Studio, thanked those in attendance and encouraged everyone to follow the group’s online platforms. Despite the pages being less than two months old, the efforts of Tabaroki and the social media postings have resulted in more than 800 followers on the group’s Facebook page, “Destination: Great Neck” and more than 1,200 followers on its Instagram page “@GreatNeckBiz.” Esagoff said in February she has noticed an occasional disconnect between village officials and residents regarding parking and ticketing. The group, she said, aspires to be a bridge to voice the issues facing residents so that elected officials will know what is a legitimate issue and what could just be a grievance from a few individuals. Officials from the nine villages have not been completely oblivious to a recent downturn in new stores opening on Middle Neck Road, the gateway to all of the stores Great Neck has to offer. Efforts to revitalize the peninsula in a way beneficial to all of the villages have been made in the past. In 2019, the Great Neck Village Officials Association began hosting meetings which featured elected officials, business owners and guest speakers such as Eric Alexander of Vision Long Island.
The Village of Great Neck board on Tuesday once again postponed a decision on site plan, architectural and facade reviews for two projects that have met with mixed reviews from the public. The proposal at 777 Middle Neck Road is a three-story multifamily project with 38 units (13 one-bedroom units, 21 two-bedroom units and four three-bedroom units) and 80 parking stalls, according to updated plans presented by Paul Bloom of Harras, Bloom and Archer LLP. This is a shift from plans with 44 residential units and 79 parking spaces. The project’s developer is Lions Group LLC, with architectural aid from Newman Design. The developer was asked by village officials to provide a rendering of all sides of the building during the April 6 public meeting after showing schematic renderings that showed its elevation. Brian Newman of Newman Design presented the board with an updated, more modern look that trustees said had a more commercial look. “It looks more like a business office rather than a residential building,” Trustee Eli Kashi said. “It looks extremely commercial and doesn’t quite fit in with the rest of the block’s design,” Trustee Annie Mendelson said. Village Mayor Pedram Bral called the rendering “interesting”
but said it did not look to be the same design as the schematic renderings presented at the previous meeting on April 6. Deputy Mayor Bart Sobel said there were some elements of the design he liked but understood concerns about an overly modern design. The design wasn’t met with a warm reception from a virtual audience that has voiced concerns and displeasure with certain aspects of the proposal and its approval process. Village resident Sam Yellis said the proposal reminded him of “a self-storage warehouse.” Fellow resident Cindy Zubli said the design, which features a stucco exterior, looked as if it belonged in an urban rather than suburban environment. The board agreed to have village officials reach out to the applicant in the next week to discuss any potential design changes they would like to see, and a date for the continuation of the review would depend on their discussions. Only Trustee Steven Hope abstained from the vote. The board also postponed a decision on the reviews for a proposed mixed-use project on 73341 Middle Neck Road. The proposed structure is a four-story building that is 44 feet high and features 60 proposed dwelling units, with 56 two-bedroom apartments and four onebedroom apartments, 93 belowgrade parking spaces, a recreation Continued on Page 55
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New architectural designs for a mixed-use building at 73341 Middle Neck Road were presented to the Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees Tuesday night.
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Firefighter’s memory honored with fund Mineola volunteer, Binghamton senior Andrew Desiderio dies in hiking accident at 21 BY K AT I E F E N T O N Andrew Desiderio, a 21-year-old student at Binghamton University who grew up in Williston Park, died in a hiking accident on April 12. He planned to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in economics. Boy Scout leader Steven Grosskopf, who knew Desiderio as a member of Mineola’s Troop 45, said he was hiking in Utah with friends when he slipped and fell off a cliff. “He loved the outdoors,” Grosskopf said. “He loved it out there, climbing the mountains, climbing through the valleys and everything, and the whole allure of the West was something that he really enjoyed. Unfortunately, it became his demise, because he loved it so much that he and a bunch of guys on spring break from college decided they weren’t going to go to Florida, where all the lunatics weren’t wearing masks and going out to all the bars. They decided that they were going to hike, and they went to hike in the mountains in Utah. He got too close to an edge and he fell off a cliff. It was a horrible accident, but he was a great guy. He died doing what he loved to do.” A funeral service was held for Desiderio on Tuesday at the Church of St. Aidan in Williston Park. “He was an amazing kid, and today we
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Andrew Desiderio, 21, was in his senior year at Binghamton University. had the funeral,” Grosskopf said. “There were hundreds of people in attendance at St. Aidan’s in Williston Park, just to show how much people really cared for him and how special he was. He really was a great young man and a loss to society and humanity in general.” Desiderio was also a volunteer firefighter, joining the Mineola Fire Department’s junior program in 2013 before becoming a full member and earning the title of junior lieutenant in 2016. His unit, Truck 2, paid tribute to Desiderio in an Instagram post last Wednesday.
“Around the firehouse Andrew would pitch in wherever needed,” the post stated. “During the summer you could find him at the beach either fishing or boating, he tried to go mountain biking whenever the weather allowed, and he loved to go hiking. Although he has left us all too soon we remember that Andrew was doing what he loved.” The Desiderio family has set up a scholarship fund in conjunction with Mineola High School to remember the young firefighter. His mother, Mary Desiderio, created a GoFundMe page for the scholarship fund on April 12, encouraging family and friends to contribute toward the $10,000 goal “in lieu of food or flowers.” As of Tuesday, the page had raised $85,770, exceeding the original goal by $75,770. Nine hundred and one donors contributed to the Andrew Desiderio Memorial Scholarship Fund, with many leaving heartfelt comments on the page. One was fellow Binghamton student Christopher Farrell, who said he would cherish Desiderio’s “crazy inventions” and “funny stories.” “Andrew was one of the greatest people I will ever get the pleasure of knowing. Over the last 3 years we were suitemates at Binghamton. Every day when I would come home from class Andrew would always manage to put a smile on my face no matter how I was feeling,” Farrell wrote. “I will miss him and I will always keep Andrew in my heart.”
Born Aug. 29, 1999, in Williston Park, Desiderio became interested in engineering from an early age. On the GoFundMe page for the scholarship fund, Mary Desiderio wrote that her son was able to foster that interest while attending Mineola High School, from which he graduated in 2017. “Even as a young boy, Andrew loved to create and build things. His mind was always working on plans and ideas. He learned woodworking and welding as a student at Mineola High School,” she wrote. During his time at Binghamton University, Desiderio served as an assistant technician for the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and was a member of the Binghamton Motorsports team for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Formula Competitions. This year he served as the team’s chief engineer. He was a dedicated member of the Boy Scouts of America as well. Desiderio held the position of senior patrol leader in Troop 45 from 2016 to 2017, and he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 2016. Grosskopf said that Desiderio was named Scout of the Year two years in a row. “He was a modern-day Renaissance man, because there wasn’t anything he put his mind to that he couldn’t accomplish,” Grosskopf said. Desiderio is survived by his parents, Michael and Mary, and his two younger brothers, Justin and James.
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Ex-mayor’s grandson shines at Augusta BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The grandson of former Lake Success Mayor Robert S. Bernstein won the nationwide Drive, Chip and Putt event at the Augusta, Georgia, golf course in early April. Lucas Bernstein, son of South High graduate Michael Bernstein, came in first place for the 7-9-year-old age group at the event, which allows aspiring young golfers to showcase three of the more commonly used aspects of the game. Contestants go through several qualifying rounds before being selected to go to Georgia. Lucas said his father took him to the driving range when he was a couple months old and he started putting with plastic golf clubs before he could walk. After years of developing his golf game, Lucas was able to advance through the qualifying stages and got ready for Augusta. Lucas, 11, was 9 when he qualified for the 2020 competition, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed the event for a year, so some of the competitors were older than the brackets they were in. The traveling, he said, was one of the more challenging aspects to deal with. “Since we have such a big family, I think it was a little challenging with the masks
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Lucas Bernstein won the Drive, Chip and Putt contest at the Augusta Masters course in the age 7-9-year-old bracket.
and all that,” Lucas said in an interview. “But it definitely helped a lot because I got more time to practice and perfect those elements of being better.” “Usually my training would be going to the range, hitting balls, doing certain drills,” he continued. “But since it was drive, chip and putt, with chipping from 15 to 20 yards, putting from 15 to 30 feet, and driving, I was really focused on those elements of the game.” Going into the competition, he said, his goal was to place in the top three in his age group. Lucas touted the competition he faced and said he was, of course, satisfied with the end result of holding a trophy at one of the most famous courses in the world. “Out of all the kids just do some really good competition, so my mindset was top three, which happened,” Lucas said. “It’s just super cool that I actually won the competition.” When asked what his golf plans were, Lucas did not hesitate to acknowledge that there is always room for improvement, noting one shot in particular ahead of the regular season starting up again. “I’m trying to perfect the high end soft shot now,” he said. “Usually my shots have a medium trajectory, so now I’m working on the high end soft shot.”
Ex-G.N. schools chief Hofstra student victim of named N. Shore head off-campus acid attack BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
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North Shore Schools Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo, left, will leave the district at the end of the school year, and will be succeeded by interim Superintendent Thomas Dolan, right, former superintendent of the Great Neck school district. BY R O S E W E L D ON An educator who previously served the Great Neck, Manhasset and Sewanhaka school districts has been appointed interim superintendent of the North Shore school district in Sea Cliff. The district’s Board of Education announced that Thomas Dolan will succeed Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo, who a district spokesperson said was leaving to lead the Mount Pleasant Central School District in Westchester, effective July 1. Giarrizzo’s resignation and Dolan’s appointment were confirmed by the
school board at a meeting on Friday, held in person with both men present and streamed online. Board President Dave Ludmar praised Dolan just before the board voted unanimously to install him. “Everyone who meets you quickly understands, you’re kind, you’re smart, you’re honest, you speak from the heart,” Ludmar said. “Tom, you’re an educator to your core, you’re invested in the success of all of our learners. And that is part of what makes you such a great fit for North Shore, because you share the values that we share, as a community and as a school Continued on Page 38
More than $200,000 has been raised to cover medical bills for a Hofstra student who was attacked with acid and severely burned on March 17 in Elmont. The victim, Nafiah Fatima, as she is identified on a GoFundMe page, is a 21-year-old Hofstra student and a graduate of the Sewanhaka Central High School District. The GoFundMe page was created by Shazia Anjum, who was permitted to tell her story to the public. On March 17, around 8:30 p.m., Fatima and her mother parked their car outside their Elmont home on Arlington Avenue and were about to walk inside when an unknown man ran up to her and threw acid on her face. Footage of the incident was caught on a neighboring house camera. According to the page, the attacker, who has not been identified by police more than a month later, used a “dark brown acid known to cause blindness and severe burning.” Officials from the Nassau County Police Department said the attacker, approximately 6-foot-2, was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gloves. He fled in a red 2013-2015 Nissan Altima, according to the police. When the acid was thrown in Fatima’s face, it caused her to scream and acid then got into her mouth. Her tongue and throat were burned as a result, according to the page. She ran into the house, where her parents attempted to help her, but the acid burned her parents’
arms and hands as well. The acid caused “severe burning” on Fatima’s eyes, chest and arms, according to the post. She was also wearing contact lenses, which were melted to her eyes as a result of the acid. “We don’t know if Nafiah will ever regain vision again,” the page said. “Nafiah has stayed incredibly strong throughout this horrific event,” the page said. “Nafiah’s only wish is that the attacker is caught so that she can feel safe in her own home.” Efforts to reach Fatima or Anjum for further comment were unavailing. “We’re shocked by this horrific attack, and our thoughts are with Nafiah, her family and friends as she focuses on her recovery,” a statement from Hofstra University said. “We are committed to supporting her through that process and will cooperate with any investigation into the matter.” The GoFundMe page was started on April 17, a month after the attack. Within three days, more than 5,400 people had donated, resulting in more than $200,000 being raised to cover Fatima’s medical expenses. Anjum expressed her gratitude on the GoFundMe page and said that since no one could be sure what future expenses may be, the GoFundMe goal was reset to one dollar, “as it feels too much to ask of our community who has already done so much.” “We would like to thank everyone who shared/donated from the bottom of Continued on Page 38
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1 killed in W. Hempstead shooting 31-year-old man arrested in attack in Stop & Shop in which 2 people were also injured BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
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31-year-old Gabriel DeWitt Wilson was arrested for allegedly shooting up a West Hempstead Stop & Shop on Tuesday, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Three people were shot inside a Stop & Shop grocery store in West Hempstead on Tuesday morning and one died, the Nassau County Police Department said. The gunman, a store employee, was arrested after a search, police said. The gunman, identified as 31-year-old Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, allegedly went into the Stop & Shop located at 50 Cherry Valley Ave. around 11 a.m. wearing a black hat, black mask and black sweatshirt, according to officials. Officials said a 49-year-old manager of the store, Ray Wishropp, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other gunshot victims, whose names were not immediately disclosed, were transported to a local hospital for treatment. One victim was a 26-year-old woman, the other a 50-year-old man, officials said. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said the two other gunshot victims were recovering in the hospital. Police said Wednesday that Wilson, a “troubled employee,” allegedly came into the store earlier and asked about transferring to another Stop & Shop location. Wilson, whose job was to collect carts, was allegedly nonconfrontational in the initial conversation with management before returning 40 minutes later with a gun, police said. Wilson, accord-
ing to police, went up to the second-floor office where he shot the man and woman who survived. He then allegedly went into another office, where he shot and killed Wishropp, according to officials. Wilson also allegedly had previous disputes with co-workers and made unwarranted advances towards a female coworker, officials said. Police said they apprehended Wilson around 3 p.m. on Tuesday at an apartment building in Hempstead after a search involving more than 150 officers, with helicopters circling overhead. Wilson, who police said had previous arrests for assault, attempted narcotics distribution, attempted murder and posession of a firearm, was also the subject of two previous mental health crisis calls. Wilson was arraigned on Wednesday and was charged with second-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder, officials said. He will return to court on Friday. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who notified the public via social media that Wilson had been caught, praised the work of the Police Department and said it was an “all hands on deck” effort. Curran acknowledged recent acts of gun violence across the nation, and said the county and its residents “will persevere” and “get through this together.” “This event just shows that we aren’t immune to what is happening throughout the
nation right now,” Curran said on a call to News 12. Stop & Shop President Gordon Reid said in a statement to Newsday that he was “shocked and heartbroken” by the incident and that the West Hempstead location will be closed until further notice. “Our hearts go out to the families of the victims, our associates, customers and the first responders who have responded heroically to this tragic situation,” Reid said in a statement. “The store will remain closed until further notice, and we appreciate the Long Island community’s support during this difficult time.” Efforts to reach Reid for further comment were unavailing. John R. Durso, president of Local Union 338 RWDSU/UFCW, which represents more than 100 of the store’s employees, shared Reid’s sentiment in a statement. “We are devastated by the tragic shooting at the Stop & Shop in West Hempstead. Our thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones, and all those, including workers and customers, who witnessed today’s horrifying events. Our priority is and always will be the physical and mental well-being of our members. Representatives of our union are on site at Stop & Shop and will be ensuring that our members have all of the support they need, including access to counseling.” Continued on Page 9
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Experts optimistic about downtowns Post-COVID opportunities for business districts look promising to panelists in Blank Slate forum
BY R O S E W E L D ON Experts on business growth said that the outlook for downtown areas was optimistic even after the COVID-19 pandemic at a recent Blank Slate Media forum entitled “Saving Nassau County’s Downtowns.” The panel included Eric Alexander, director of Vision Long Island; Anthony Bartone, managing partner of Terwilliger and Bartone Properties; Mayor Ralph Ekstrand of the Village of Farmingdale; Dennis Grossman, president of the DMI Business Consulting Group, the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce and the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce; Richard Kessel of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency; and Michelle Tabaroki, owner of ConfiDanZe and Fitness, and and a member of Destination: Great Neck. Publisher Steven Blank moderated the panel. During the discussion, Alexander said that most downtowns in Nassau had lost an average of three stores during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that foot traffic had continued due to a “mass ex-
that attitudes about where to place apartment buildings were changing from those of 50 to 60 years ago. “Back in the 50s and 60s, everybody wanted to get as far away as they could from the train,” Cartone said. “So typically you’d find warehouses or other uses, industrial uses in those areas. Now we’ve gone full circle, and the next generation wants to be near the train for ease of access to mass transit. The community wants to be able to walk downtown, not have to have an automobile. Believe it or not, this is a concept of many Long Islanders who live in transit-oriented developments in the downtown, actually not having cars here on the road.” Ekstrand, in his time as maySCREENCAP or of Farmingdale, has seen his Panelists discussed the post-COVID future of downtown areas at a Blank Slate Media forum board approve eight transit-oriented development projects, and last week. echoed Cartone. “It sort of snowballs,” odus” from New York City at the se, but the smaller localized busi- dus from the city has helped us. It Ekstrand said. “Once you have ness services that are in our of- has put feet on the street.” pandemic’s outset. success with one transit-oriented Frequently discussed was the “The office space within our fice buildings on our main streets development project, others folMain Street business districts has have been relatively full,” he said. use of transit-oriented mixed-use low.” been in a lower vacancy rate than “There’s no doubt people are developments. Cartone noted that Continued on Page 11 industrial and office parks, per working from home but the exo- the concept’s popularity meant
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Over 200 demonstrators, as well as numerous elected officials and community leaders, joined on Sunday at the Mary Jane Davies Green in Manhasset to protest violence against AsianAmericans in light of horrific acts in recent months. The event was the idea of sisters Ada Shu, 14, and Ava Shu, 16, both students at Manhasset Secondary School, shortly after they heard about shootings in spas in the Atlanta area that left eight people dead, including six Asian women, in March. Several videos have also shown elderly Asian-Americans being pushed, kicked and thrown to the ground in New York City and San Francisco since February. In addition, more than 3,800 anti-Asian incidents were reported across the nation in 2020, with a 149 percent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in the 16 largest cities in the United States. “I was shocked,” Ada Shu said in a recent interview. “And I know Manhasset is a pretty
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Over 200 community members gathered in Manhasset to rally against anti-Asian hate. safe place, but I was still afraid for other people. And after that event, we saw a lot more of these hate crimes happening. That’s when I thought it was time to stand up.” Together with friends, the sisters planned the rally over the course of a month, applying for permits, publicizing it via social media and receiving support from the Chinese American Association of North Hempstead. “It was a really long process
outside, but ultimately we were able to have a great turnout,” Ava Shu said in a phone interview. Once the Shus and their friends arrived at the Davies Green before the start time, they saw a steady stream of community members gather, many with signs reading, “Stop Hate, Spread Love,” “Hate Has No Home Here,” “This is My Home Too!” and “Asians R Not Viruses.” Elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen
Cove), State Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (D-Manorhaven), U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (DQueens), North Hempstead Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte (D-Port Washington) and Town Clerk Wayne Wink also attended in support, and Suozzi, Meng, Manhasset Superintendent of Schools Vincent Butera and CAANH president David Chiang gave addresses. The sisters also recruited their grandmother Liu Tee Shu, founder of the Chi-
nese American Women’s Commerce Association, as a guest speaker before taking the microphone themselves. “We Asians are not a virus, but racism and hate is,” Ada Shu told those gathered. “It is high time we stand up for justice as American citizens. The previous generations chose to remain silent but this is my generation, and we choose to stand up and fight. The future depends on us, so stop going for the vulnerable and the weak.” Even with the rally being a success, the sisters say their work is not done. “Maybe we can change one person’s opinion, that person can change someone else’s,” Ava Shu said. “And eventually we can change the whole community the whole time.” “Even though this rally is over, we’re not going to just stop,” Ada Shu said. “Even if we’re not the ones getting hurt, the others who are don’t deserve this at all, and we should try to help them as much as we can.”
Two horses die in Roslyn schools host virtual Belmont Park fire event with autism activist BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
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Two racehorses at Belmont Park died from a fire that broke out inside a barn at the racetrack, according to officials from the Nassau County Police Department and the New York Racing Association. The Elmont Fire Department responded to the scene at Barn 60 shortly after the fire was reported around 6 p.m. last Tuesday, followed by the Valley Stream and Floral Park fire departments along with Nassau and New York state fire marshals. Officials said three male racetrack employees suffered minor smoke inhalation and were treated at the scene. The cause of the fire remained undetermined and an investigation is ongoing, according to officials. Officials said 58 racehorses were rescued, but two horses, American Sailor and Beastie D, perished. “The tragic loss of both horses will be deeply felt by the hard working women and men of the New York racing community, who dedicate themselves to the sport and to the care of these equine athletes,” racing association President and CEO Dave O’Rourke said in a statement. “That collective dedication and sense of community was on display this evening, when the heroic and selfless response of so many prevented further loss and saved the lives of dozens of horses.” The two horses were under the care of trainers Wayne Potts and Jeffrey Engle-
Members of the community were invited by the Roslyn school district and the Bryant Library to a webinar question and answer session with autism advocate and animal behaviorist Temple Grandin in honor of Autism Awareness Month earlier this month. Grandin, who received an autism diagnosis as an adult, first gained attention as a teenager for her creation of a “squeeze machine,” also known as a “hug box,” which was inspired by squeeze chutes where cattle would be placed to calm them during inoculations. Today, she is a prominent author, speaker and a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Previously, Grandin had a successful career consulting on livestock handling equipment design and animal welfare, advocating for humane treatment of livestock for slaughter. Alison Gilbert, a clinical psychologist and parent of two students in the district, moderated the session, which took place Monday over Zoom. Community members could submit questions prior to the event or through a “Q&A” feature in the Zoom app. One of the first questions asked Grandin how it was possible to “think in pictures,” which she has long discussed as being how her mind operates.
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Two horses in a Belmont Park stall died in a fire last Tuesday, according to the Nassau County Police Department. hart. American Sailor won the 2020 Troy Stakes race in Saratoga. Beastie D was a three-year-old Verrazano colt, according to Potts. Potts, in a Facebook post, expressed his gratitude to the officials that rescued the 58 other horses from the fire and reflected on the lives of the two that perished from the fire. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to every single one of you that put yourselves at risk to make sure 58 horses are able to see another day,” Potts said. “The actions of so many this evening Continued on Page 55
“When I was in my 20s and starting to work with cattle, I thought everyone thought in pictures,” Grandin said. “I didn’t know what about my thinking was different, and it was a shock to learn. And basically, the words narrate the pictures, like if someone asked me about, teaching math in my elementary school classroom, I see [my teacher] stare at the board, explaining borrowing and subtraction that comes up like a little thing on [a screen].” Grandin then asked Gilbert to help with an exercise, where the psychologist would give a word and the professor described what she saw.
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Gilbert then asked what primary school teachers could do to support their students with autism. Grandin advised against “long strings of verbal directions,” and noted that breaking a process up into steps would be more helpful. “A whole bunch of multitasking is goContinued on Page 55
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Experts optimistic about downtowns Continued from Page 8 The mayor added that the village’s first 100 percent unit workforce housing development had recently been approved in an effort to “keep the youth on Long Island” and encourage them to visit the downtown area. “Once we bring these apartments to our downtown, people naturally shop,” Ekstrand said. “It’s just human nature, they walk from the train station and they pass all the shops to get to the house and you know what, after a long day on the subway, that last thing you want to do is cook, you want to eat in our restaurants.” Grossman said that the Great Neck area had numerous such projects in development, and that such ideas needed the cooperation of villages and residents. “We also need the cooperation of the mayors and residents in terms of parking and valet parking, which I battle over all the time in certain areas, because people don’t know where the parking is, even though we prepare maps and other things like that,” Grossman said. Also discussed were methods to assist store owners. Tabaroki, representing a Great Neck grassroots group of business owners that united when they saw
many of their stores shutter during the pandemic, touted the use of social media as a way to “unite” small businesses. “Even though everything has opened up a little bit more, I myself know that I, unfortunately, I’m more on my phone than I used to be,” Tabaroki said. “And people are looking for things to do, restaurants to go to, fitness studios to attend, anything you can imagine. “So we have invited all of these businesses to join our Instagram page. We’ve invited members of the community to join the Instagram page. And what we ask is very simple, for people just to tag businesses that they go to, business owners to tag themselves. We promote them, it’s a free service. I myself have found so many great new businesses through this group in the last couple of months.” Kessel praised Nassau County Executive Laura Curran’s efforts in the pandemic, but called for a focus on small business growth. “We want to take a look not just at the big projects, you know, the Amazons, the superblocks, the transit-oriented developments,” Kessel said. “We got to help downtowns. And I think we’ve made some very good strides, but we have to do a lot more.”
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s the old saying goes, you steal a loaf of bread and you get 10 years in jail. You steal a railroad and you get your name in the Social Register. That saying should probably be revised on the North Shore to say that if you or your company commits financial misdeeds, you get to own the New York Mets. Or at least be the money man for the team. The story of two men with strong North Shore ties explains why. One of those two men, Bernie Madoff, died last week at 82 while serving a 150-year sentence for defrauding clients of more than $19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme. The second, Steven Cohen, a Great Neck native, has become the toast of the town for at least Mets fans after his purchase of the team from Fred Wilpon despite failing to prevent insider trading at his firm, SAC Capital Advisors, that cost him a record $1.8 billion fine in 2013. The story of the two men is different and similar in many ways with both raising comparisons to tales from stage and screen. In Madoff’s case, think Shakespearean tragedies. In Cohen’s case think the movie “Wall Street” or the Showtime series “Billions,” the story of a hedge fund manager who does not color between the lines. Both stories say much about wealth, the North Shore and the Mets. Madoff began his fraud while living in Roslyn, targeting supposed friends and country club acquaintances on Long Island and in Manhattan, many of whom shared his professed interest in Jewish philanthropy.
Those who invested were lured by returns that seemed too good to be true, which as it turns out is exactly what they were. Madoff’s reach ultimately grew to encompass major charities like Hadassah, universities like Tufts and Yeshiva, institutional investors and wealthy families in Europe, Latin America and Asia. “The victims of his fraud, some of whom went overnight from comfortable wealth to frantic desperation, numbered in the thousands and were scattered from Palm Beach, Fla., to the Persian Gulf,” The New York Times reported. “The paper losses totaled $64.8 billion, including the fictional profits he had credited to customer accounts over at least two decades.” One of those victims was Fred Wilpon, the owner of the New York Mets. Wilpon and his brother-in-law, Saul Katz, had invested personally and through their real estate company, Great Neck-based Sterling Equities, with Madoff. This included money from the Mets’ pre-season sales, money Mets employees put in their 401(k)s and money for the team’s day-to-day operations. In 2008, when the Ponzi scheme was revealed, Wilpon and Katz had invested more than $500 million in various Madoff accounts, according to the trustees for the Madoff bankruptcy that followed his conviction. The Wilpon and Madoff families had become good friends after Bernie’s son Mark connected with Wilpon’s son Jeff while attending school in Roslyn. Jeff graduated from Roslyn High School in 1980 and Mark graduated two years later. Bernie Madoff would be arrested a day after he confessed his crimes to Jeff and his younger son
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Mark – both of whom worked for him. Mark committed suicide in his Manhattan apartment on Dec. 11, 2010, the second anniversary of his father’s arrest. Andrew died of cancer at age 48 on Sept. 3, 2014. He blamed the stress of the scandal for the return of a cancer he had fought off in 2003. Wilpon’s suffering was merely financial, the cost of which was passed on to the Mets and their fans. In 2008, the year the Madoff fraud was exposed, the Mets had the second-highest payroll in baseball. By 2013, the Mets payroll ranked 23rd and was less than a third of their crosstown rivals, the Yankees. The Mets payroll had climbed back to fifth place in 2020. But time and again, the team failed to bid for prominent – and expensive – free agents. That ended when Cohen purchased the team in 2020 for the astonishing amount of $2.42 billion – the largest amount ever paid for a sports franchise in the United
States. Particularly astonishing when the team was losing money and Wilpon had purchased control of the Mets 18 years earlier for, relatively speaking, a mere $400 million. But perhaps not so surprising when you consider that Cohen was still worth $11 billion after paying his $1.8 billion fine. And Cohen grew up in Great Neck a Mets fan and had his reputation tarnished during a 10-year insider-trading investigation into him and his hedge fund. The Securities and Exchange Commission had charged Cohen with failing to supervise a former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager and another SAC executive who they said had traded on insider information. The executive, Michael Steinberg, had graduated from Great Neck North High School a number of years after Cohen, who served as his mentor. Think Charlie Sheen in “Wall Street.” Steinberg was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for insider
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trading, only to have his conviction overturned by a federal appeals court in 2014. Following the decision and the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the case – a move said to have weakened the federal government’s ability to root out insider trading – federal prosecutors dismissed Steinberg’s conviction. The second employee, Matthew Martoma, is serving a nineyear sentence in prison. In a settlement with Cohen, the SEC blamed Cohen for ignoring red flags about Martoma that should have prompted Cohen to question whether he was engaging in insider trading. Think of the series “Billions” here. In its 2016 settlement, the SEC barred Cohen from managing money for outside investors for the next two years – after it had initially sought a lifetime ban. The cost of the illegal trades by SAC Capital – merely hundreds of millions – pales in the amount of Continued on Page 45
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Gov. Cuomo surrenders to radical left
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fter Congress passed the COVID-19 relief bill, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer announced that New York would receive $12.6 billion and would not have to raise taxes. Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed and added that proposed cuts in spending could be eliminated from his proposed budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. These declarations, however, did not impress Democrats in the state Legislature. Spending $194 billion was just not enough. Proposals floating around Albany called for a 22 percent increase in spending — 10 times the inflation rate. In ordinary times, calls for preposterous and unsustainable spending would not be an issue for Cuomo. Why? Because the budget process in New York is very different from the federal government’s process. In Washington, the president proposes a budget plan, but Congress is free to do whatever it wants with it. In New York, the state Constitution gives the governor responsibility for drafting the budget.
Under this system, the governor deals from his budgetary deck of cards and the Legislature must play the hand dealt to it. The Legislature has the power to “take action,” which means that it can accept the governor’s budget as is or it can reduce spending, eliminate spending or add to a spending measure. However, the governor can exercise his veto power to reject any of these spending changes. Hence, Cuomo has the upper hand in negotiations with legislative leaders. An additional power the governor possesses: He can fire the friends, relatives and political cronies of assemblymen and senators who are employed in the inner sanctums of the state government. In past years, Cuomo, like many of his predecessors, was not afraid to use his budgetary and political power to convince recalcitrant legislators to fall into line. But this year has been different. For the first time in 11 years, the governor has surrendered to the fiscally reckless demands of Democrat legislators. The $212 billion budget he agreed to increases spending by
GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right $18 billion—a 10 percent hike— and increases taxes by $4 billion: • For New York’s highest earners, the state income tax will rise to 10.9 percent. • The capital gains tax will add on a 1 percent surtax. • Estate taxes will jump from 16 percent to 20 percent for estates valued over $10.1million. • The corporate franchise tax will be 7.25 percent, up from 6.5 percent. Analyzing the tax hikes, E.J. McMahon of The Empire Center for Public Policy, concluded: “The financial incentive for high earners to move themselves and their businesses from New York
to states with low or no income taxes has never ever been higher than it already is.” As for spending, there’s plenty of pork: • $385 million appropriated for the State and Municipal Facilities Program. These funds, The Empire Center reports, “can be used to underwrite almost any capital construction or equipment purchase a state or local politician can think of, including the vast category of privately sponsored ‘economic development’ projects.” In other words, corporate welfare for favored constituents; • $2.1 billion for undocumented immigrants without jobs; • $23 million for local community “restorative justice” programs; • $300 million for farmland preservation and botanical gardens and zoos; • $4.6 million for “the retention of professional football in Western New York”; • $125 thousand to promote N.Y. grown Christmas trees; • $50 thousand for N.Y. hop growers to promote hops; • $108 million to develop the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx; • $43 million for the N.Y.
Council of the Arts and $1 million for “arts stabilization grants”— whatever that is. And as tens of thousands of New Yorkers—who lost their jobs due to Cuomo shutting down the state’s economy—search for employment, the budget provides $175 million in raises for those who suffered least financially— state workers. During his first 10 years in office, the fiscally prudent governor kept the growth of budgetary spending to an average of 2 percent annually. So why did he sign on to a 10 percent increase? Answer: He’s politically weak thanks to scandals haunting his administration. Hence, Cuomo may believe giving into the radicals may slow down the Legislature’s investigation into his behavior and may thwart impeachment proceedings. To save his political hide, the governor agreed to fund cockamamie legislative proposals and to throw overburdened taxpayers “under the bus.” Andrew Cuomo—a profile in courage? I think not.
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How do we fight something like racism?
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t the time of 9/11, I was a harried, stayat-home mom whose hands were completely full with a husband and two boys, 4 and 7. I had no time for anything like watching television. So it wasn’t until sometime later that I finally had a chance to sit down and watch “24” and the other programs of the day. But when I did, I got one clear and consistent message, ringing like a bell through everything I saw: “Fear! Fear the Muslim terrorists!” Now that problem has abated to the point that President Biden is ready to put the Afghan war officially behind us. Which is just as well. Because it is becoming clearer with every passing day that we have an even bigger problem to deal with. There is a giant gaping wound across our nation’s soul and its name is “racism.” President Biden has pledged to “eradicate the scourge of sys-
temic racism” from our country. A noble goal surely — but how? Some have said they want to get rid of racism, “root and branch.” Of course, I agree with the goal. I, too, yearn for a non-racist America. But I fear that statements like these make racism sound like just a troublesome bit of poison ivy. Others have called racism “a cancer upon this country.” That’s worse than poison ivy, but still — if racism is a “cancer,” well, what do we do with cancers? We cut them out if they’re tumors or we kill them with toxic chemotherapy and radiation. We can’t do that with racism. Racism isn’t the kind of thing that you can remove from a person. When people say “we must eradicate it, root and branch,” I get a weird image of someone pulling a squid-like alien out of my body. That does not sound very safe. In fact, it might even back-
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A Look on the Lighter Side fire, making me cling all the more tightly to whatever you were hoping to “root out.” The thing is I don’t think there is a single person in America who can say they are free from any hint of racism. No one—of any color. Not even the purists who criticize everybody else on Twitter; they just haven’t lived long enough to make any mistakes of their own yet. All we have really are just
varying degrees of bias, which we fight with varying degrees of success. I’m certainly no angel. I am one of those white people who crossed the street if I saw a black man heading towards me and then chastised myself for doing it. I try to be the soft-hearted liberal my parents raised me to be, but even so I check the locks on my car doors before driving through what I consider to be a “bad” neighborhood, which always means poor and usually means “of color.” Back when I went places in the city, I was definitely one of those women who held my purse a little more tightly when someone black or brown got on the elevator. Well, if they were men anyway. I bring up TV shows because they taught me what every redblooded American TV watcher knows: When problems arise, you shoot them. Whether it’s “NCIS” or one of its spinoffs, or “FBI” or “S.W.A.T.” or “Chicago PD” — there is almost al-
ways the climactic scene where bad guys are popping up from behind cars or around building corners or from warehouse stacks — and the good guys shoot and kill them. And all of that is OK, because the bad guys were terrorists or Russian mafia or cartel hitmen or, more and more these days, sex traffickers — in any case, something irredeemably bad and therefore OK to kill. But racism isn’t like that. No one is all good or all bad. Racism cannot be obliterated like a terrorist or a tumor. It lives in the hearts and minds of our fellow Americans, and it is not OK to kill them. It lives in the hearts and minds of our own selves and what are we to do about that? Somehow we must find a way to open our hearts to people we fear. It won’t be quick or easy, and there are precious few role models or road maps for how to proceed. But still we have to try if we want to save this nation.
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E A R T H M AT T E R S
The Anthropocene: an unwanted new age
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hat better time than Earth Day 2021 to talk about something big that is happening to our Earth? The history of our planet (covering about 4.5 billion years) is described using geological time as epochs, eons, eras and ages. For the last 11,700 years, Earth has been in the Holocene Epoch, beginning at the end of the last ice age, when glaciers that had covered the Earth melted. Epochs can last for millions of years and are defined by changes in the mineral composition of rock layers and the presence of distinctive fossils. These are the indicators that reflect major climatic change. Over the past decade, experts in varying fields of science have begun to debate whether we are actually witnessing a new formal geological epoch, the Anthropocene. The term translates to “Age of Humans,” and there is mounting evidence that human activity rather than natural progress is changing our planet in ways that will continue far into the future through geologic time. Crucial signs of these changes include our unstable climate and the Earth’s warming. An increase in the release of greenhouse gases, deforestation, agricultural practices, widespread planetary pollution and urbanization and many more human activities underlie these changes. But to actually document a
shift in geologic time, there would have to be detectable markers in rock layers millions of years into the future. This is where the disagreement lies. Can humans, who have only been around for about 200,000 years, really affect the chemical composition of the fossils and rocks under our feet with their activities? Geologists are looking for proof of this marker, or the “golden spike,” that would demarcate the Holocene from the Anthropocene. Golden spike candidates range from Britain’s Industrial Revolution beginning in the 18th century and the nuclear weapon test by the United States in July 1946 to plastic pollution and mass extinction events. Until humans unleashed their destructive powers, mass extinction events were caused by natural causes like volcanic eruptions or asteroids hitting the planet. The International Commission of Stratigraphy, located in Cambridge, England, is the global governing body that formally names geological eras, associating sedimentary rock layers with a period of time. Geologists working in stratigraphy spend their time in laboratories, carefully studying cores of dirt or ice and even tree rings to understand the climate history of the Earth. In the year 2000, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist named Paul
PATTI WOOD Earth Matters
Crutzen made stratigraphy more familiar to the world. He said that human activities had altered the fundamental processes of the planet in such a significant way that a new geological epoch, The Anthropocene, had commenced. The first International Earth Day took place on March 21, 1970, on the vernal equinox of that year. John McConnell, a newspaper publisher, proposed the idea of a global holiday at a UNESCO Conference on the environment in 1969. He chose the vernal equinox (either March 20 or March 21) when night and day are the same lengths everywhere on the Earth and hoped that people would put aside their differences and recognize their common need to preserve the Earth’s resources. Then U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signed a proclamation of-
ficially establishing the March date as the International Earth Day and made this statement: “May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.” The United Nations celebrates this International Earth Day each year by ringing the Peace Bell at U.N. headquarters in New York at the precise moment of the vernal equinox. Here in the United States, we also celebrate another Earth Day, every April 22.This second Earth Day was introduced and organized by U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, a Democrat from Wisconsin and environmental activist, who held a nationwide day of environmental education and activism on this date in 1970. He wanted to show other politicians that there was widespread public support for a political agenda centered on environmental issues. With some dedicated organizers and volunteer college students, the first Earth Day was hugely successful, sparking Earth Day celebrations and clean-ups across the country. After this first Earth Day, Congress passed a number of important environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, wilderness protection legislation and the Environmental Protection
Agency was created. In 1995, Nelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton for founding Earth Day, raising awareness of environmental issues and nurturing environmental activism. An October 1993 article in American Heritage Magazine proclaimed, “April 22, 1970 Earth Day was one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy 20 million people demonstrated their support American politics and public policy would never be the same again.” These two annual Earth Day celebrations hope to raise awareness and inspire people to take personal action. ”Think Globally, Act Locally” has become the Earth Day mantra, but I think we need to act locally every day. We need to think every day is Earth Day! President Biden returned the United States to the Paris climate accord on his first day in office. And then he appointed Gavin Schmidt as senior climate adviser to NASA. It’s worth the effort to watch his 2014 TED talk. So, now that we know something big is afoot on our planet, what to do about it? I like to start by thinking that if humans caused the problem, humans can fix it. But how do we get humans to care about future generations or understand how interconnected we are with all other living things that call the Earth home?
VIEW POINT
Property taxes are high, but should you grieve? “You have nothing to lose!” the email solicitation goes. The TV commercial goes like this: “Everybody on Long Island should grieve their property tax and do it every year.” The phone call to one of the many tax reduction services begins this way, “Every Nassau County resident should grieve and do it every year.” Why are people so anxious to grieve? Is it because there’s no reason not to? By endless ads, mailings by “property tax specialists” who only get paid (a percentage) if they win reduction? By county legislators who use their advocacy (of tax grievance) to put themselves on their constituents’ side? By the county which sets up school districts (which account for two-thirds of property tax levy) as the bad guy, encouraging resentment? The county makes it extremely easy to file, it doesn’t cost anything (the services take up to 50 percent on what is won) and
you can’t be reassessed higher, so why not? I think it is because promoting tax grievance foments distrust and resentment for government and for neighbors who grieve every year and win their reduction which those who don’t grieve wind up paying for. Because paying taxes is paying to ourselves for the services that make living here possible, even wonderful – the schools, parks, libraries, roads, water, sewage, sanitation, police. And if you follow how the budgets are prepared, how dollars are spent and how revenue is raised, you should have confidence that every tax dollar is worth it. We know what property taxes are when we purchase our homes, and we still do. But we want to pay a fair share. And that’s where confidence in the assessment and collection system comes in. The New York Times recently ran a column that was quite an
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indictment of how property taxes foment the inequality between rich and poor, suggesting that rich people’s homes are undervalued for the purpose of assessing tax and poor people’s homes are overvalued. What it failed to take into account is that there is also a difference between how much commercial property tax a community might have which mitigates the amount of tax
an individual homeowner would pay – rich neighborhoods like Great Neck and Manhasset have more commercial property than Roosevelt. Also, that almost two-thirds of property tax bill goes to schools, budgets which are local to that community – Great Neck must raise 95 percent of its school budget from property tax while Roosevelt gets 50 percent of its school budget paid for by state aid, which is how the state equalizes the disparity in commercial tax. If people honestly believe they are unfairly valued, they have every right to grieve (the deadline for Nassau County was extended to April 30). Sometimes it is valid to grieve the tax assessment – after all, it is based only on a cursory look outside, not inside, so is really difficult to accurately say what the “fair market value” of that specific house would be.
What is more, the property value is very individual to circumstance, so the “fair market value” depends on a host of factors – comparable sales in the neighborhood, for example. So yes, nothing to lose by grieving. Nor does the government lose, because that total amount of the tax pie – its budget – simply is made up by a higher share being paid by those homeowners who didn’t. This little cycle was in force, especially during the Mangano decade, when there was a free-for-all where property values were frozen despite rising home values, yet almost anyone and everyone who grieved their assessed value won a reduction. In the last year of the Mangano administration, 218,000 filed grievances (out of 386,571, two-thirds of property owners), with 203,000 getting offers to settle – so more than 90 percent. Continued on Page 39
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OUT OF LEFT FIELD
Your right to be happy in our Constitution
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ere is a topic to ponder as we seek positivity moving away from the pandemic horror year. In my previous column, it was a pleasure to highlight radical humanitarian views by Thomas Jefferson that are too seldom recognized or acted upon. Jefferson’s key radicalism was associated with a few words in his revision of John Locke. Jefferson referred to the “inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” As scholars have long recognized (but few in the public are aware), when Jefferson used the term “pursuit,” he was not merely talking about “seeking” happiness. Instead, as the Oxford English Dictionary for the 18th century indicates, the word “pursuit” then referred to a “practice,” e.g. a doctor was in the “pursuit of medicine,” a lawyer was in the practice (or the “pursuit of law”). One of my favorite authors, Yuval Noah Harari, in his dazzling book, “Homo Deux,” erred in criticizing Jefferson for proposing “seeking” happiness, but not doing enough to achieve it. As I wrote previously, Jefferson left a legacy of great happiness activities and directions. As we go forward, more of these pathways (some with limitations) will be examined and we can certainly consider the range and depth of Harari’s most impressive happiness explorations.
This could be a long journey of discoveries. But I hope you will be part of the trek so we can examine advances of individual happiness that also deepen “res publica,” or the public good. Jefferson contended that all humans had a fundamental right to be happy and he offered pathways to life’s satisfactions. The topic of happiness is vast. Although much has been written about its quests and practices, I might need to enlist a squad of friends, scholars, analysts to illuminate key dimensions for our lives and our society. (Might you be a volunteer contributor?) Indeed, this past week, during a regular monthly Zoomers conversation among 18 friends (mostly with past associations with the Kettering Foundation), we continued our discussions of worthy lives and good societies. We are recapturing some of the great spirit of Benjamin Franklin, who was only in his 20s when he started his Philadelphia “Junto.” Those remarkable community gatherings continued for decades; they still offer models of pathways to happiness and “Res Publica.” Franklin’s creative genius and his public leadership are brilliantly depicted in the marvelous book “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life” by Walter Isaacson. The book is long but the learning and the take-away values are vast and often entertaining as well. Indeed, Franklin may well be one of our best exemplars for incorporating
MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field humor into rewarding lives — as my future elementary school teacher son, Zach, vividly discussed with me this week. Part of our challenge is where and how to prioritize the effective pathways to be happy. Questions and challenging inquiries abound. Obviously, family and relationships are early shaping experiences, but they can vary in how they are experienced and in the legacies they leave. A dramatic Long Island example comes to mind in this regard. I had the good fortune to meet Italian-American writer Mario Puzo and to read all of his books. In his emotional,fictionalized view of his mother (called “Lucia Santa” in “The Fortunate Pilgrim”), he speaks of the embarrassments growing up in Hell’s Kitchen with illiterate immigrant relatives. Escaping eventually to Long Island but experiencing
loneliness and prejudice, he eventually comes to respect the courage of his immigrant chain breakers and the ways they coped and helped him “find a dream” to a life of wider fulfillments, without severing family and community bonds. These advancements came for Puzo even as his immigrant mother warned him not to overreach (“Be happy? She averred: Just be glad you are alive!”) I think also of my remarkable colleague, Sam Toperoff, who chose the ironic title “All the Advantages” for his growing up memoir (experiences with inner city poverty and social isolations). How Puzo and Toperoff proceeded are examples of happiness achieved despite many social and family limitations. Still, we will want to ask: What are the key factors that show people are truly happy? (Harari’s “Homo Deux” provides many leads, but we can also recognize as with Puzo and Toperoff that individuals can advance from where they began – sometimes in the most dramatic and fulfilling ways. Understanding components of change and progress requires close attention not only to the character and conduct of individuals but also to the society in which they are striving. This past week my Kettering Zoomers group discussed Michael Sandel’s superb book, “The Tyranny of Merit.” Among many major themes, Sandel (also author of the brilliant “Justice”) considers strains
in our polarized society. Some of them occur from people who believe that “personal responsibility” is the sole key to everyone’s life. Where you are in every respect is a reflection of your abilities, your commitments, your discipline. Sandel is concerned that successful people may be arrogant in attributing credit only to themselves. As the Sunday New York Times pointed out, Leah Libresco Sargeant focuses on “interdependence” – how such a variety of economic, chance, education, family and other factors can affect our activities and our happiness.For Sandel, folks who aren’t successful and happy may form resentments against the privileged “credentialed” and blame themselves alone for their shortcomings. Community conversations in the spirit of Franklin’s Junto can give more folks a chance to take stock of their experiences and to consider pathways to “arrete” (the Greek concept of excellence and happiness). Leah Libresco Sargeant and her Greek heritage spouse, Alexi, suggested that in our explorations we consider “Eudaimonia” – translated from Greek as “Flourishing” as well as Happiness and “Good spiritedness,” which sounds like Jefferson! Leah emphasizes that to seek ‘flourishing happiness,” it is “necessary to think about what human nature is and what will fulfill it.” Let’s follow Long Islander Walt Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road.”
THE BACK ROAD
Full circle from mischief to good trouble
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ast week an article appeared about me in this newspaper entitled, “Guidance Center CEO announces retirement.” The average age of retirement in the US is 61. When I retire in two months I will have surpassed the average by nine years. Among the articles I have been reading about retirement are those that offer cautionary notes and tips. For example, I learned that I should not expect retirement to feel like an endless vacation, I should structure my time and I should not neglect my appearance. The last one will be difficult after working from home during the year of the pandemic. Although I think I’ll add a third pair of pants to the rotation and buy a couple of new sweatshirts. With respect to structuring
my time, although I am retiring after 45 years with the same organization, I have also held a part-time job for 31 years as a journal editor, which I will continue. I also plan to continue writing this column for as long as my imagination will take me and publisher Steve Blank will have me. I never imagined retirement as an endless vacation, although living in Long Beach has always had a vacation feel to it, being within walking distance of the boardwalk and ocean. Driving home from Roslyn Heights to Long Beach on the Meadowbrook and Loop Parkway since the late 1970s offered me the benefit of landing in a resort every single day. Despite addressing my impending retirement in a lighthearted manner here, I am well aware that there are risks and losses associated with this major
ANDREW MALEKOFF The Back Road
life transition that cannot be simply brushed aside. I’ll be losing daily contact with my dear workplace friends, some of whom I’ve known for decades. A benefit of my job has been an excellent health insurance plan. As a cancer survivor that has been vital.
Naturally, I will apply for the health insurance I will need in retirement, but I already know that it won’t be quite as good as what I have had for years and that the out-of-pocket costs for certain prescription medications are prohibitive. As a social worker, I have always been an advocate. I can already see that if I choose to in retirement, there will be no shortage of causes to take on if I wish to continue to employ my advocacy skills. One of the more mundane operations in preparation for my retirement has been cleaning out my office at work and making some room for my books and other items at home. In making space at home, I came across a box that contained some of my old report cards. My first-grade teacher Ger-
trude Finkel wrote: “Andrew tends to go to extremes lately. He is either the best boy in the class, or he creates mischief.” A few years later my Hebrew school teacher wrote: “Andy has some disruptive influence on his neighbors.” William Wordsworth wrote that “the child is the father to the man” in his 1802 poem “My Heart Leaps Up.” To the extent that this applies to one’s later years, I’m not sure that I want to create mischief in retirement, although it does sound like it could be fun. Upon re-reading my teachers’ comments, I have come to believe that my disruptive behavior was a precursor, a primitive sign if you will, of what the late civil rights activist, Congressman John Lewis referred to as “getting into good trouble.” I think I can do that, whether or not I neglect my appearance in retirement.
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OUR TOWN
Envy: one of the deadliest sins in our lives
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n the medieval novel “The Quest for the Holy Grail,” there is always a king who is troubled and depleted of life. He desperately needs someone to find the Holy Grail, a magic chalice which will restore life, happiness and joy to him and his kingdom. In the Chretien de Troyes version, Galahad is introduced as a poor young boy living in the forest who sees some shining knights on horses and decides he wants what they have, armor, horses, swords and a life of adventure. He kills a knight, takes his horse and armor and thus the story begins. This is a story of envy and the desire to possess what another seems to have. The theme of envy makes for great films as well. The 1984 film “Amadeus” was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and was about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the envious
court composer Antonio Salieri, who eventually referred to himself as “the patron saint of mediocrity.” Such was the envy Salieri had for Mozart’s talent that he plotted his death. Envy is an inevitable part of the life of anyone who possesses great talent. One of the most shocking things I have learned as a sport psychologist working with world-class athletes are the stories of envy these athletes encounter as they rise to the top. The public harbors a fantasy that the life of a superstar is filled with applause, accolades, money, admiration and love. But there is a dark side to the experience of fame that is every bit as dangerous as the death threats Mozart faced. Those who drink from “the great and glorious poisoned chalice of money and fame” will encounter envy at the highest level.
Here is Dante, guided by Virgil, in consoling the envious in purgatory. Painted by Flanders, 1835
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One patient told the story of when she was 11 years old. She was already a prodigious talent and she had just dominated a soccer match by scoring seven goals in one game. As she walked off the field in triumph, she was greeted by a parent for the opponent’s team who came up to her and kicked her in the stomach. This player later grew into the No. 3 in the world. Welcome to the world of envy, loathing and jealousy. Another tale was told to me by a coach who began to dominate his sport of baseball by the time he was 30. At that time, he was an assistant coach on a nationally ranked baseball team and after they won the national title, the head coach, who was older and wiser, walked with him to the parking lot, put his arm around him and cryptically remarked: “Get ready to go home to no friends.” The young coach could not imagine what the head coach was referring to, but after his car was keyed a few times he came to understand the nature of
envy firsthand. Another unhappy tale is from an ex-NBA player I worked with who was a standout in his rookie year only to be sabotaged and eventually thrown off the team, thanks to the fear and envy of the team’s superstar, who instructed the head coach to get rid of this young player or else. And envy is not only limited to sports. A common cause of learning disability in gifted children is due to the envy a parent, peer or sibling unconsciously feels when they begin to see that the girl or boy is smarter than they are. When the gifted child begins to sense that they are about to lose love because they are gifted, the child starts to slow down, work less and dumb it down rather than lose the relationship. A gifted child dreads being called an egghead or uncool and will intentionally work less hard to remain within their peer group. The first psychoanalyst to write about envy was Melanie Klein, an Austrian/British author and child psychiatrist who developed a theory which described the aggressive and envious nature the young child had towards the mother’s breast, the object which contained the thing which the infant needed but had little control over. Her theory allowed researchers to study envy as the most basic and perhaps the most dangerous human trait. Contrary to the adult fantasy of the bliss of childhood, she felt that children suffered more acutely than adults and that most adult suffering has its roots
in the childhood experience of anger, frustration, hunger, greed and envy. When you work with gifted athletes, talented coaches or high IQ students who face painful envy and unwarranted attacks, one naturally commiserates and empathizes with them. As the saying goes “It’s lonely at the top.” The athlete or student assumes that there must be something wrong with them to have been ostracized this way. They have been contaminated by the envy of others. I help them understand that their pain and loneliness come from being better than others and not worse. Eventually this allows for a renewed ownership of their abilities, independence, and power. To be envied, scapegoated and shunned by peers is exceedingly painful and confusing. But what is worse is the shutting down of talent to hide your power, your gifts and your potential. Yes, we need the love of others, but we also need to fulfill our own destiny. Chretien de Troyes used the Holy Grail as the symbol of the ultimate elixir and why trophies are often symbolized as chalices or cups. They are meant to symbolize nourishment for the victor and a safeguard against the envy and jealousy of their peers. So, if you feel you have been hurt by the envy of others, make a list of your achievements, display your trophies and medals and ask yourself the question: “Am I able to truly recognize the joy of all this and of my own greatness?”
F R O M T H E D E S K O F S TAT E A S S E M B LY M A N E D W A R D R A
Dems reckless budget shows one-party dangers
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ome clichés exist for a reason- they’re true. As more pundits, activist groups and elected officials continue to analyze the recentlyenacted state budget, you’ll probably hear some version of “budgets are about priorities” a few times. And there’s a lot of truth to that. Whether you’re a non-profit or a family or a state government, what you chose to fund ultimately says a lot about your values. Budgets, however, are also about budgeting. They’re about real fiscal constraints, real numbers and real planning. The Democrat majorities authorized a budget that’s deeply at odds with the long-term economic viability of the state. In short, their budget doesn’t budget very well. The topline spending jumps
off the page. Their $212 billion budget represents an 18.9% increase. That sort of one-year spike would’ve been a nonstarter as recently as 2018 when Republicans controlled the state Senate. For some context, this budget spends more than Texas and Florida combined. Both have higher populations than New York. Democrats spent more on lump-sum payments for undocumented immigrants than on state aid for local infrastructure and small business recovery combined. And despite dozens in their ranks calling for the governor to resign amidst twin impeachment and attorney general investigations, they fully funded his corrupt economic development programs without creating any new oversight measures. Why would you hand $150
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State Assemblyman million to someone you just said is unfit to serve? The Democrats also hiked taxes by $4 billion. Raising taxes on businesses that are struggling to bring back workers and scale back up after a year of economic
devastation was obviously wrong. And while people of all political stripes want to ensure that wealthy residents pay their fair share, what Democrats don’t seem to grasp is that, in New York state, they already were. The top 1 percent of earners were already supplying 44 percent of the state’s income tax revenue, to say nothing of their property and sales tax contributions. These are people who can decide to leave at the drop of a hat, taking huge chunks of revenue and jobs with them. There’s a difference between catering to the wealthy and acknowledging that wealthy people are not stupid and respond to incentives like all other human beings. The decision to raise taxes and frustrate our economic recovery is
even more galling when you consider that our state received $12.5 billion in unrestricted aid from the federal government. We could’ve used last year’s budget as a framework and come up with a responsible plan that balanced the needs of taxpayers and job creators, all while using the massive influx of federal aid to power a robust COVID-19 recovery effort centered around our small business owners, non-profits, healthcare systems and schools. The Democrats had much different ideas. When firms flee the state for friendlier tax climates and families leave for better economic opportunity, there won’t be another federal bailout waiting- just a lot of voters who are going to wonder how they let it happen. Letters Continued on Page 20
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Mom-and-pop bakeries need your help
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f you don’t wish to grieve the loss of these two fine mom-andpop shops, please send your bakery business their way. It’s simple economics. Hardworking shopkeepers can’t pay the rent based on Thursday and Friday only bakery business. They have expenses seven days a week. That’s
why we lost Benkert’s Bakery and many mom-and-pop shops as well. It’s seldom talked about, but it’s a reality. You can’t enjoy a flourishing, prosperous downtown if you don’t agree to buy local with your whole heart and mind. Visit Mr. and Mrs. Steiner at Steiner’s Pastry Shop at their new
location in Port Washington (formerly of Manhasset for 39 years). They’ll much appreciate your visit and your renewed bakery business.It’s located at 148 Main St. in Port Washington; phone 612-9730. Check out their famous blueberry muffins, chocolate chip muffins and meltaways.
And Louie of Sweet Temptations in Great Neck would love to see you again as well at 805 Middle Neck Road; phone 487-9048. Check out the excellent banana bread or banana chocolate chip bread. There’s nothing simpler and there’s nothing better. Give the “little guy” – the hon-
est, hard-working guy a break. Mom-and-pop bakers are measuring ingredients and pounding dough at 4:30 a.m. to service you. Shop local and please remember to “Come Again.” Judy Rosenthal Great Neck
The Holocaust. Not long ago. Not far away.
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ix million Jews perished in German-occupied Europe during World War II. Though Jews were in the gas chambers with all kinds of other people — the gypsies, gays, political opponents of the Nazi regime — but only the Jewish people were targeted for “The Final Solution”: the destruction of the Jewish people from the entire planet. No such plan was ever devised in the annuals of humanity,” said Rabbi Israel Zoberman, founder of Temple Lev Tikvah in Virginia Beach. It is estimated that 90 percent of Europe’s Jewish children perished in the Holocaust. Women and children were often the first victims of the Nazi’s and their collaborators in the concentration and death
camps, often within days of arrival. There were more than a thousand concentration camps, with no lull or let up to wholesale debasement and murder until the Nazis were defeated and forced to abandon the evil handiwork of their systematic, industrialized evil. Nothing can rationalize such wanton destruction, pain, suffering, tragedy and death on a mass scale. The Holocaust challenges our ideas about humanity, good and evil, silence and justice. It tests our ideas about bigotry, hate, and the evil of anti-Semitism combined with power. If unchecked we know the ultimate outcome, silence and inaction cannot be the answer. I wrote “Joanna” describing my daughter’s coming to terms with
the “Diary of Anne Frank” and what happened during the Holocaust. The poem is coupled with my friend’s touching portrait of Anne Frank who perished at a young age in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Anne’s family fled Germany for the Netherlands when the Nazis began the wholesale persecution of German Jews. In 1942 the family went into hiding when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, where they remained until betrayed in 1944. Anne’s father, Otto, was the only one of the eight people in hiding to survive. “Joanna” appeared in 2014 in Yeshiva University’s seminal “PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators.” I read Joanna at the 2015 New York City Federal Commemoration Day of
Remembrance in the U.S. Court of International Trade, the only poet invited to read. Joanna At 12 she’s become obsessed with the Holocaust,with the thought of children her age who in the soft evening did not go to bed tucked in with pleasant dreams and fluffy play animals at their feet. She knows about the children bathed in seething gas and turned to ash and cinders. Her dreaming eye sees Anne Frank: stuffed into tight attics,hiding under tables,herded into cattle cars,separated from her family,reduced to skin and bones,ravaged by typhus,freezing to death,her small body unceremoniously dumped into a mass grave,and an indelible yellow star
stitched through her heart. Information about Anne Frank and the personal impact of the Holocaust can be found here: https:// www.annefrank.org/en/ Information on the Holocaust, and about the most infamous camp Auschwitz where approximately one million Jews were murdered can be found at The Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Heritage to the Holocaust in at Battery Place, NYC: https://mjhnyc.org/Scholarly articles and interdisciplinary resources can be found here:https:// www.yu.edu/azrieli/publications And on the Wikipedia: https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_ concentration_camp Stephen Cipot Garden City Park
How test kit delays impacted nursing homes
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he pandemic was in full force last March 2020 when nursing homes across the country were caught off-guard by the deadly coronavirus. The test kits that were badly needed early-on to detect the coronavirus in the skilled facilities were scarce. Making matters worse, the surge in COVID-19 cases caused a shortage of personnel staff and a lack of PPE for both residents and employees of the nursing homes. Nationwide the virus and its consequences claimed the lives of an estimated 160,000 residents of long-term care facilities, approximately 1/3 of the deaths in the United States. The failure to provide substantial amounts of test kits throughout the U.S. laid with the bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received emergency use authorization to develop
a laboratory test kit to diagnose COVID-19. The test kit provided results within 4 hours, but the number of kits available were disproportionately lower than the growing cases of coronavirus in the United States. At that time there were only about 200 kits being distributed nationwide testing approximately 700-800 patient specimens per kit. The International Reagent Resource, the CDC’s arm, was created to acquire and distribute reagent chemicals needed for the test kits to be used by diagnostic labs which separated the coronavirus’ genetic material. But the manufacturing setback of test kits was precipitated by a decline of the supply of reagents. The primary manufacturer of the reagents needed for the COVID-19 tests was Qiagen located in Germany. Qiagen’s supply of the reagents had diminished because of the unexpected demand caused by
the pandemic. While the availability of test kits was scarce in the United States, most European countries had already manufactured their own kits. Europe experienced the widespread effect of the pandemic earlier than the United States, and by the end of February, 2020 researchers from around the world were producing test kits to detect COVID-19. The World Health Organization had dispatched test kits to detect the novel coronavirus to over 60 countries, but not the United States. Why? The WHO’s list for distribution of test kits never included the United States since the U.S. had always had a laboratory network sufficient to counter most viruses. But the novel coronavirus posed a different consequence and the Pan American Health Organization, headquartered in Washington D.C. focused on other countries
that had a weaker virology laboratory system than the United States. Even though the CDC’s protocol is to initiate diagnostics to counter new threatening bacterium that cause disease, there was a bottleneck in the production of test kits for the coronavirus. Early on during the virus pandemic the CDC lab in Atlanta was the only lab in the United States that had the authority and capability to test for the novel coronavirus but was severely backlogged. In its defense, the CDC’s response to the backlog was “lab testing quality.” While the test kits were sent out to state labs throughout the country, including New York, they were recalled because of a reagent validation problem. Theoretically state labs and hospitals throughout the United States had the capacity to carry out tests for the novel coronavirus, but FDA approval was withheld during the early months of the pandemic.
It was not until the very end of February 2020 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new guidance for emergency use approval of coronavirus tests not distributed by the CDC. Between January and March 2020, the virus in its purest form spread from China and Europe making its way to the United States. The widespread need for testing in the early months of the pandemic of nursing home residents, staff and visitors never happened in most skilled facilities because of the scarcity of test kits. The national failure of Washington D.C.’s bureaucracy to not foresee the urgent need for test kits early on in the pandemic and the pending delay in test kit distribution cost New York precious time. The consequences of which allowed the virus to multiply at an unprecedented rate. Patricia Maher Roslyn
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READERS WRITE
Glickman offers leadership for the future
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am writing this letter in support of Michael Glickman’s candidacy for the town school board. I have known Michael for the better part of approximately the last 15 years. In that time, I have been able to observe Michael in his professional capacity, personal capacity and in his altruistic capacity as he is involved with many worthy causes surrounding education, culture and the arts. Michael is a giving person and is
willing to donate the appropriate amount oftime to this cause. I humbly place forth the idea that folks often misconstrue Michael’s passion for certain causes relative to their own complacency.Michael is simply passionate about what he believes, so I respectfully submitto this community: please excuse his passion and ‘growth mindset’. Moreover, relative to this field, Michael far outstrips his competition in terms ofpoignant experiences
at the highest leadership levels of both the educationvertical as well as ‘skippering’ major cultural institutions in the metropolitan area. Simply put, he is more experienced at addressing the pertinent issues thatchallenge a school district, more multi-dimensional in his daily approach toissues and more considerate of the burgeoning views of an evolvingcommunity due to his interaction with a better representation of a 21st century-
population. Michael will have the dexterity to address arising issues because he has beenthrough them in one iteration or another at significant institutions and, through these transferable skills, possesses the vision and the knowledge of how tosteward this school district forward into the future. In summary, Michael has more experience, vision and contemporary exposure than his competition. Michael also has three lovely children attending
our schools so it takes a very little leap of logic to realize he would want the best for his children and by extension all of ours. By way of background, I am a parent of two children attending schools in thedistrict and have full faith in Michael in this endeavor. Please consider voting for him and thank you for reading! Andrew R. Dorf Lake Success
Berkowitz promotes diversity, growth, innovation
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rust and respect are earned. Barbara Berkowitz has certainly earned both. At the request of her fellow trustees, Mrs. Berkowitz has served fifteen years as president of the Board of Education. Apparently, her colleagues share my sentiments. Mrs. Berkowitz understands
and accepts the challenges and importance of maintaining quality education in an era of shrinking resources. She celebrates and promotes a culture of social and informational diversity which encourages change, growth, and innovation. Her broad experience in the areas of finance, policy, and strate-
gic planning and the continuity she provides have enabled the Great Neck schools to thrive, especially during this extraordinary pandemic year. Mrs. Berkowitz continues to work hard to establish and maintain positive and supportive relationships in Great Neck and at all
levels of county and state government. She is devoted to the mission, vision, and values supported by all Great Neck residents. Going forward, I have every confidence that Mrs. Berkowitz will continue to put children first. She will make sure that Great Neck
students have all the resources and help they need to become productive members of society. The Great Neck school district will continue to be recognized and rated an A+ model school system. Judy Eisman Former Co-President SEPTA
Glickman offers reasoned change for G.N. schools
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am Morgan Kronenberg, a proud product of Long Island’s north shore, having grown up mere minutes from the heart of Great Neck. I am a Jewish communal development professional, of 20 years, some of which were based on Great Neck Road, and have proudly generated hundreds of millions of dollars in support of causes profoundly important to
me.
Short of having different names, that introduction could have been written by Great Neck School Board candidate Michael Glickman, who I have looked to as a dear friend for 40 years. Michael and I have a number of parallels in our lives — from our origins at Denton Avenue Elementary School, to our respective professional missions and journeys,
where moving the needle in the interest our missions is paramount, as is recognizing that change, for the better, can find fruition when conviction and capacity come together. Certainly, there have been opportunities and challenges unique to each of us. For instance, I have never saved one of the world’s foremost Holocaust Museums from the brink of financial despair, ensuring
the survival of a vital light for the future of Holocaust remembrance and education. Nor did I bolster the future of another conservatory of historical learning, driving a campaign to rid them of tens of millions of dollars of debt — something that has crippled myriad centers tasked with the vital challenge of safeguarding our history — so we, and those ahead of us, are not doomed to re-
peat it. Michael has. As a member of the Great Neck school board, Michael could have yet one more opportunity to safeguard something of incomparable importance — the future of Great Neck’s children. Something tells me, those kids would hope he gets that chance. Morgan Kronenberg Formerly of New Hyde Park
Why I am running for Great Neck Board of Ed
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eciding to challenge Mrs. Berkowitz for a seat on the Great Neck Board of Education was not a decision I took lightly. When making the choice to run, I thought long and hard about my experience leading public institutions over the past two decades and my daily understanding of what it means to be a parent with school-age children in our public schools and how that would contribute to this moment. My decision was inspired by what Mr. Ashkenase did 40 years ago, when as a parent himself, he started a movement in this community. He called on others to act for the benefit of informing, engaging and motivating residents across the peninsula. He launched Great Neck Forward because he
believed in the power of public education and, thankfully, he also believed in the responsibility of not staying silent. Forty years later here we are sharing that same burden and obligation. I believe that the greatest testament to Mr. Ashkenase’s legacy is to place a new generation of pro-publicschool parent advocates on the Board of Education. I am one of those parents. I am deeply passionate about our collective responsibility to advance society and protect the institutions that are core to our well-being, such as Great Neck’s public schools. I remain committed to ensuring that we explore what resources are available to support the needs of our children, readying them for a future none of us can yet imagine. I believe that
we must invest in our teachers and in our facilities. We must be responsive, agile and communicative. We must move beyond the dysfunction of dated ideas and bureaucratic ways. As a community, we must be empowered to restore our trust in those guiding our schools and keep our property values in mind as decisions are made. We can learn from what was accomplished 40 years ago and strive not only for a reinvigorated Great Neck School District, but to revitalize the Board of Education under new leadership. We need a Board of Education that is committed to transparency in its decision-making. Which leads me to ask why has Mrs. Berkowitz refused to make a public announcement that she
has renewed the superintendent’s contract? We need to have faith in the way the Board of Education budgets the district. Which leads me to ask why does Mrs. Berkowitz continue to refuse to provide any long-term financial projections or attempt to inform the public about what such projections would suggest? We need a Board of Education that actively pursues transparency in how curricula are reviewed and enhanced for the benefit of ensuring our children are future-ready. Which leads me to ask why does Mrs. Berkowitz continue to refuse to provide statistics about how Great Neck Schools compare to peer districts? We need a Board of Education that is aspirational and communi-
ty-minded. We need a Board of Education that can trend-spot and actively identify and deliver new strategies around the future of public education. We need a Board of Education where all members rise above the divisiveness of identity politics whenever they feel challenged or questioned. We need a Board of Education that has children enrolled in Great Neck Public Schools. Just as this community did 40 years ago, it is time for Great Neck to move forward once again. It is time for a new generation of Great Neck parents to lead our schools forward because our children and our school system simply can’t afford any other alternative. Michael S. Glickman Great Neck
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READERS WRITE
Berkowitz offers needed continuity in leadership
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am a graduate of the Great Neck Public Schools and my two daughters are graduates as well. The reason why I wanted to move back here is because unlike many things in life that change, and not for the better, the school district has maintained its excellence since the days when I was
a student. Much of this is attributable to the continuity of leadership of its school board and administrators. My girls’ assistant principal was a fellow student with me, their dean of students grew up here as well, and some of their classmates are children of my neighbors while growing up.
People I know choose to live here because of the confidence they have that the district is in capable and caring hands, and that starts at the top, with the Board of Education. The president of the board, Barbara Berkowitz, has guided the school district thru many trying times, such as 911, the micro-
burst, and now, a pandemic. She has done so with a steady hand, good instincts, knowledge, and calm. Our schools have continued to flourish and provide wonderful experiences for our children because of the continuity of leaders who have continued to serve even after their own children have
graduated, because of how much they care for all children, not just their own. We are so fortunate to have Mrs. Berkowitz’s continued dedication to this community! Remember to vote for Barbara Berkowitz on Tuesday, May 11. Gail Lehrer Great Neck
Glickman best person to address new challenges
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have known Michael Glickman for over fifteen years and can honestly say that he is a remarkable, brilliant, talented and fearless young man who has strong principles, great energy and a generous heart. Read his bio and you cannot fail to be impressed with his accomplishments. Michael grew up in the region and came to Great Neck with his wonderful wife, Sumi, to raise their family. That was a strong vote of confidence in this community and in its future. His dedication to the community led him to my door at the
Gold Coast Arts Center, where he enrolled his children in classes and eventually joined the board and was elected resident of the board. During that time and especially during this terrible time of COVID-related challenges, Michael ably led the arts center through some very tough financial and policy decisions; used his abundant business connections and not for profit experience to help me and my staff and faculty get the kind of advice we needed to navigate the world of internet marketing, grant writing, and community outreach at a time when our online presence had
been limited to our website. All of our classes but a few; and all of our film offerings and other in-person programs are now available online and successfully providing cultural education to children, teens and adults. I am personally indebted to Michael Glickman for his time, which he has donated so freely, and his experience, which has proven invaluable to us. With great humility, he has decided to run for the Great Neck School Board, a decision that should be applauded, no matter the outcome, because it is a coura-
geous one. He has taken on a respected longtime community leader and is urging the residents of this community to open the way for him to join the school board in order to explore and secure even more enriched educational opportunities for students; increased and more transparent dialogue with parents and other community leaders; and a firm and experienced business hand to help manage a budget of $250M plus. As a parent of three children in Great Neck Schools, he is all too aware of the challenges that
technology, at-home virtual learning, and educators face in this new era; what post-Covid education will look like eventually is something that needs to be examined and dealt with thoughtfully and creatively. I believe that Michael Glickman is the man to meet all these challenges as he works with the members of the Board of Education and as a longtime private citizen of Great Neck, I hope he gets the chance. Regina Gil Great Neck
Glickman a leader for future of G.N. schools
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ifteen years ago, we moved from the city to Great Neck to start our careers as well as our family. We have never regretted that decision. Our two children at North Middle have benefited from the high standards of the Great Neck School District, which we hope recognizes that preparing for the future will determine if new young families make the same decision. Leadership in our school district is the key to its future success. Consequently, we endorse Michael Glickman, as he is intelligent, innovative, and committed to our
community. Michael is no stranger to those who live in Great Neck. Michael has served as president of the Gold Coast Arts Center (formerly the Great Neck Arts Center). At one of the many galas I went to at the arts center in support of Michael, I learned about the tough situation that Arts center faced at the time of Great Recession, when many non for profits were failing. I heard how Michael reached out to many in the community, he worked closely with all stakeholders in order to come up with a partnership with the Town of North Hempstead
to position the arts center through that time. Thanks to Michael and the rest of the team at the Gold Coast Arts Center thousands of children in our community have access to the arts. In times as challenging as ours, we need a school board that truly values and listens to the voices in the community. We are confident that the same abilities of listening and engaging with the community that Michael demonstrated at the arts center, he will bring to the school board. Michael’s career has been one of involvement in the many aspects
of education, whether being the resident and CEO of the New York Holocaust Museum (Museum of Jewish Heritage) or a vice resident at Long Island University. Anyone acquainted with Michael from his working on the Great Neck School Districts Board of Education Citizens Advisory Committee or as part of the United Parent-Teacher Council Budget Committee, knows his ability to ask the tough questions and see the big picture. He has the talent to bring people together and has the determination to make the tough decisions
and get the work done. Michael wants future generations of children to be able to access an excellent education with outstanding teachers and up to date technologies. The decisions that the school board makes today will have implications for the years to come. We want future young families to say they want Great Neck because the educational experience is second to none. We know that will be far more possible if our community supports Michael Glickman for school board. David and Barbara Podwall Great Neck
Is using NFTs really worth the overall cost?
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he hype of the NFTs, “non-fungible tokens” has lured many people to buy things they can’t even actually own. NFTs are collectible digital assets that work somewhat like a type of cryptocurrency. This means anything unique can be stored and held value, leading to expensive prices. Even the first tweet of Twitter CEO, Jack Dors-
ey, is being sold for 2.9 million dollars according to the highest price being sold at that time. But is it really worth it? Who would have thought people would have gone crazy over an animated flying cat with a pop tart body and a rainbow? Moreover, anyone can use it as a GIF on social media so, what are you really getting, besides bragging rights?
More dangerously, creating an NFT has a stunning environmental footprint of over 200 kilograms of planet-warming carbon, equivalent to driving 500 miles in a typical American gasoline-powered car, according to a recent estimate. The theory is that as more people grow an interest and start mining, it is just going to lead to a bigger emissions impact unless their en-
ergy is carbon-free. Unless these blockchains manage to change their model, now is not really the right time to introduce more carbon offsets into the environment. The good news is that Ethereum states that they “plan to cut its absurd energy consumption by 99 percent.” However, no one really knows when this is going to take place or if it is going to. It
is said though that some smaller NFT platforms — including one known as Hic Et Nunc, which is based on the Tezos blockchain — have already started using proof of stake by the New York Times. Yume Nay Win is a student at Adelphi University studying Bitcoin & Blockchain. Letters Continued on Page 42
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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING
OUTDOOR FILMS RETURN FLASHBACK FRIDAYS
The Gold Coast International Film Festival is celebrating the return of outdoor movies with a Flashback Friday screening of the classic 1980s hit “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” starring Matthew Broderick. The screening, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the film’s initial release, will take place on Friday May 7 at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington. The film starts at 8:00 p.m. (cars enter starting at 7:00 p.m.) and tickets are $30 per car. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off became one of the top-grossing films of 1986 and has been praised by critics and audiences
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alike. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. New this year, Gold Coast will offer you the chance to see yourself on the big screen at the event. Celebrate Mother’s Day, a birthday or graduation by sending Gold Coast a picture and short message and a customized slide will be created for you that will appear on screen before and after the film. To purchase tickets and on-screen slides visit www.goldcoastarts. org/flashback-drive-in. Proceeds from the screening will benefit the non-profit Gold Coast Arts Center, now celebrating its 25th anniver-
sary. Each year Gold Coast serves thousands of students and audiences of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, including over the past year when it transitioned its classes, workshops, concerts, artist talks, films and special events to an interactive virtual format. Gold Coast is currently offering a wide array of in-person and virtual classes in arts, music, dance, theater, film, chess, robotics and more. The ever-popular summer camp is back starting June 28, and one-day outdoor workshops are currently available offering a variety of disciplines that cater to adults, families,
kids and teens. Several of Gold Coast’s non-profit community partners will be celebrated at the May 7 event including Landmark on Main Street, PW Hearts and Sid Jacobson JCC. Gold Coast is also working with local restaurants to offer special take-out “Drive-In” specials that audiences attending the movie can take advantage of. Sponsors of this special event include The Bristal, Neiman Marcus, New Country Lexus of Great Neck and the Town of North Hempstead. More information about the event can be found at www.goldcoastarts.org/ flashback-drive-in.
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Senior service programs support mental health The actor Bette Davis famously stated, “Getting old ain’t for sissies.” Davis may be right, but older adults need companionship and assistance to thrive. This past year has particularly challenged Long Island’s seniors. If you’ve sensed that an older friend or family member is struggling in this way, or self-medicating with drugs or alcohol, there are ways to help. Warning signs include loss of interest in activities that were once pleasurable, sleep disturbance, under or overeating, and feeling sad or anxious. When this happens, people’s inclination is to reach inward rather than reach out. It’s important to talk to a trusted friend, family member or physician. Things can get better. No one has to live like that. Contrary to popular belief, depression and anxiety are not part of getting older. Most seniors age well, can learn new things, and benefit from counseling and psychotherapy. The pandemic has normalized isolation, exacerbating mental health issues. Most at risk are older adults who live alone without ready transportation or regular visitors. When COVID shut down services and community gathering places frequented by older adults, FCA mobilized staff
and volunteers to phone seniors to keep them connected. At Family and Children’s Association, the mission of its Senior Division is to protect and strengthen Nassau County’s seniors through services that ensure safety, maximize independence, respect the right to self-determination, and improve the overall quality of life. FCA staff help seniors navigate the ever-changing health care system, manage finances, cope with mental health concerns, and connect with resources to support living at home safely. Seniors are a vital part of the community, and with a little assistance, continue to thrive, remain active and contribute to the community. FCA provides these services to seniors and caregivers regardless of income level or ability to pay. Generational and cultural barriers remain, however, keeping some from seeking support from outside of their family unit. Many who have struggled with mental and psychological challenges over time find that their coping strategies no longer work for a variety of reasons. They may have transportation issues, adult children who have moved away, or lost a spouse or friends. Multiple chronic medical
Lisa Stern LCSW-R conditions may require a host of medications. A shortage of psychiatrists who take Medicare or insurance and a lack of geriatricians compound the issues.FCA’s Senior Division excels at connecting consumers with the right community services. FCA’s Linkage Project coordinates community resources, advocacy, and counseling for homebound seniors who struggle with mental health or substance use disorders. Program staff make home visits to evaluate and assess needs, help develop a personal care plan, connect seniors with services that will help them stay safely at home, and facilitate connection to long-term care sup-
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ports, emphasizing overall health and wellbeing. EISEP Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Program provides case management and in-home services for isolated homebound seniors. EISEP can provide up to 20 hours of home care services with a cost share based on monthly income and expenses. FCA’s Chore Workers assist with light housekeeping, cooking, shopping, and laundry. VACCINE ASSISTANCE With the support of a Newsday grant, FCA is able to help seniors schedule COVID 19 vaccine appointments and assist with transportation. The program, administered by a licensed social worker, can provide counseling and support for seniors experiencing COVID-related isolation, stress and anxiety. FRIENDLY VISITING PROGRAM FCA’s Friendly Visiting Program matches volunteers with homebound seniors for mutually rewarding socialization and personal connection. For many clients, their only social interaction is with the volunteer and the caseworker. Our older neighbors’ life experiences, insights and ideas enrich and contribute to the lives of those around them. Pay a visit,
pick up some groceries for them, offer a ride to their place of worship. If you know seniors who could benefit from the wide variety of services available at FCA or in your neighborhood, a phone call could help get them access the services they need to thrive. FCA’s Senior Division can be reached at 516.292.1300. FCA’s Senior and Adult Services are made possible with funding from the Nassau County Department of Human Services, Office for the Aging through New York State Office for the Aging, and the U.S. Administration on Aging. Programs are also supported by grants received from the Fay J. Lindner Foundation, PSEG, Manhasset Community Fund, NY State Office of Mental Health, NY Division of Criminal Justice, Huguette Clark Foundation, Federal VOCA Victim and Witness Assistance, New York State Office of Victims Services, and Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc., NY State Office of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Lisa Stern LCSW-R is Assistant Vice President, Senior & Adult Services with Family and Children’s Association (Garden City), one of Long Island’s oldest and largest social services agencies. www.fcali-org
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Unless you’ve talked recently with aging parents about their estate plan, don’t be so sure about getting an inheritance or how big — or small — it will be. A conversation with parents twenty years ago about a large insurance policy or pension may not have any bearing on what assets exist today. With the exception of families comfortable discussing finances, legacies and inheritances, most families find discussing money and plans for dying and death difficult at best. Talking with aging parents about their futures can be easier when the discussion is less focused on how much money will be left for their heirs and focusing more on their wishes in case of incapacity. Do they have legal documents like a power of attorney for their finances, or a healthcare proxy so that a family member may speak with their medical care providers if they cannot do so? If the answer is yes, then find out where these documents are located, and who helped prepare the documents. If parents have these documents and have worked with an estate planning attorney, chances are good they have an estate plan—but don’t take that for granted. The conversation needs to continue into more substantial areas. Do they have a will, when is the last time it was updated, and where is it? Discussing concern that parents’ wishes will be honored may find a more receptive audience than focusing on assets to be distributed. If a family member has passed in recent memory, a conversation around the funeral and memorial services before and/or after their passing might yield opportunities to ask questions about what they would like to occur. One client of ours asked that the funeral attendees sing together, and the adult children handed out song sheets with lyrics after the traditional services had ended. Another created a playlist for each part of the ceremony, from the time people entered the funeral chapel to a specific song when people were leaving the chapel to drive to the cemetery.
Not everyone is so musically minded, but these conversations were part of a larger discussion about the will, trusts that had been created, and the bequests that the decedents wanted grandchildren to have. The musical selections balanced the more serious discussions, making it just a little easier for everyone. Sadly, in the past year, many families learned the hard way that not having this discussion, not knowing where documents are located and not knowing their parent’s wishes has made a stressful situation worse. If they don’t want to talk about their estate plan the first time around, don’t be surprised. But don’t give up either. This is too important to let go for too long. The second time, you might take a different approach. Tell them that you are concerned about their wishes being fulfilled. Explain that if you don’t know what they want to happen with their property, and if they don’t have a will or haven’t worked with an estate planning attorney, the court will make the decision for them. Going to court when there is no will is expensive and time-consuming. If they have an estate planning attorney, you’ll want to know who they used so you can contact them when the time comes. Family meetings, in person or online, are so helpful to ensure everyone is on the same page. Estate planning for aging parents (and for young parents also) is for incapacity and post-mortem. Incapacity planning names a person to be in charge of their financial and medical affairs if they are incapacitated. A living will explains what they would want to happen if they are not able to express their wishes about end-of-life care. There might be hard decisions to be made in the future. Knowing what your parents would want will allow you to honor their wishes. If you have any questions about aging parents and their plans for the future, or if you need help preparing for your family’s future, please call us at 516-307-1236 to learn how we can help.
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new people online by joining social media Psychology Today, it is not unique for aking friends as a child or even seniors to want to make new friends. as a parent to school-aged groups that cater to your interests. In Age can be a barrier because there are children is relatively easy. person meetings in particular cities or stereotypes that pigeonhole people of Classrooms and school functions regions of the country also can make certain ages. But Levine notes thatdouble state Makingfacilitate friends activities you love. This serves the the is building of friendships. for great ways to make new friends. of mind and physical ability is not directly Even as one gets older and enters the Exercise caution when meeting people These guidelines can benefit of getting you outside and active and tied to chronological age. Making friends workforce, it’s not uncommon for people in person after contacting them online. possiblewith at anypeople age. These guidelines to become friends with their coworkers. puts you inistouch who share Bring another person along, whether it’s can help along the way. As people near retirement age, a spouse or an adult child, to ensure that your passions and interests. nections. 2016 study theirAsituations may have changed Explore online connections. A you are safe. considerably. Children have moved 2016 study published in the have Journal an nal of Gerontology Attend alumni events. If you Volunteer your time. One way to meet out, careers are coming to an end and of Gerontology found seniors (even those infriendships their 80s) who new people is to get involved with causes interest getting in touch with someone from may be hard to maintain due those in their 80s) who stay connected or activities you love. This serves the to people relocating or traveling. Older friends and family using with friends and family using social your past and reconnecting, make the time double benefit of getting you outside and adults may aspire to make new friends, media report feeling less lonely and eeling less lonely and but they may not know how. to attend school reunions andseniors otheralso alumniactive and puts you in touch with people better overall. Connected who share your passions and interests. cted seniors also According to Irene S Levine, Ph.D., The higher executive reasoning activities. Itdemonstrated can be fun to reconnect with Attend alumni events. If you have an skills. There are plenty of ways to meet Friendship Doctor and contributor to
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interest getting in touch with someone from your past and reconnecting, make the time to attend school reunions and other alumni activities. It can be fun to reconnect with friends from high school or college. Join a gym. The local gym isn’t just a great place to get physically fit. Group exercise classes also can be ideal places to meet other people who enjoy working out. Strike up a conversation with another class participant you see on a regular basis. Once you develop a rapport, schedule lunch dates so your friendship grows outside of the gym. Making friends is not just for the young. Men and women over 50 also can find ways to build new friendships.
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Nursing home care and the ‘look-back period’
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ealth care plans provide access to medical care and other necessities and reduce out-of-pocket health-related expenses. Each plan is different, and depending on where you live, your coverage may vary. People quickly find that many healthcare plans do not include provisions for long-term health care, such as paying for nursing facilities. Understanding how health plans work and learning about potential financial reviews for nursing home payment qualification is a good idea for anyone concerned about financing their future health care needs.
to the Government of Canada. Each province or territory has its own health insurance plan that covers a variety of services. In the United States, health care is largely privately managed, with most employers offering access to various health coverage plans. Government subsidized plans include Medicare, which is for retirement-age individuals and younger people with disabilities. Medicaid is a joint state- and federally-run government program that provides health coverage to lowincome individuals and families. Just as in the United States, health insurance in Canada does not pay for nursing home care in most cases. In the United States, unless an individual meets low-income criteria, nursing home care is paid for by the resident; otherwise, people who qualify for
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Medicaid can have their nursing home expenditures payed for by that program. To receive Medicaid assistance, applicants should expect a financial review, including a lookback period. What is the look-back period? The senior health, finance and lifestyle resource Senior Living advises that Medicaid is a “last resort” method of financing nursing home costs. Individuals are expected to use other means of payment first and “spend down” their assets. When financial resources dwindle, Medicaid will kick in to provide coverage. To ensure that individuals simply do not transfer money out of their accounts to avoid paying for nursing home care by their own means, Medicaid requires a look-back period
into applicants’ finances to determine if there were any violations to rules regarding asset transfers. Most people engage in some sort of long-term planning to protect a portion of their assets so that they can be used to support spouses or children. According to rules, an applicant is permitted to transfer certain monies to his or her spouse, provided the spouse isn’t also applying for longterm care through Medicaid. Most money and tangible asset transfers (check with your state Medicaid office for the most current rules) must have taken place 60 months (5 years) prior to application for Medicaid. Penalties will be instituted when rules are broken, namely gifts or asset transfers that take place within the look-back period. This could delay Medicaid acceptance. Paying for long-term care can be complicated business with look-back periods and required spend-downs. It is in a person’s best interest to seek the guidance of a financial planner who specializes in elder care to navigate these financial waters.
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Chamber ensemble in virtual concert The acclaimed Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble will present a virtual concert, performing music for flute, strings and harp, online on Zoom on Thursday, May 6 at 7:00 PM, sponsored by Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Ave. in Great Neck. Featured music will include original works and arrangements by the ensemble’s violinist Bradley Bosenbeck, a new composition by Long Island composer Jane Leslie, as well as music of Nino
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Business&RealEstate How to hold a safe open house Agents are always attending open houses with their clients as a more efficient way of being able to show properties, especially on Saturday and Sundays. Since the market has sprung back in the last two quarters of 2020, I have noticed the droves of purchasers out there visiting open houses. I always wonder how many of them are truly buyers who are qualified, serious and ready to “pull the trigger” if they come upon the right place and how many (neighbors included) are just out there kicking tires and just making a day of perusing open houses? How about those who may have sinister intentions for those who are doing their own for-saleby-owner open houses? So make sure to be safe and that you have at least one other person assisting you rather than just doing it on your own. Be careful about the questions that are asked, especially if a buyer(s) wants to come back and inquires as to the best days and times when you will be home, which leaves you potentially open to possibly being robbed. The majority of buyers are honest people searching for a home, but there are those who are under tremen-
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dous financial stress and will do whatever is necessary to survive. Open houses are critical times in selling one’s home and precautions are absolutely necessary. Do you have all the necessary paperwork, a sufficient amount of masks, gloves and shoe protective coverings? Do you have the correct Covid-19 pandemic forms to screen your clients? How about the fair housing anti-discrimination forms? Sign in sheets for all those attending? I believe it is important to dress comfortably but professionally even though many of us have dressed down during the pandemic. You want to establish a certain impression and confident feeling to be conveyed to your buyers. Safety is numero uno when it relates to open houses as well as being with clients when showing homes. Why any homeowner would even consider doing their own open house is beyond my comprehension and one will not save any money as buyers have already subtracted the commission that you won’t be paying. When one attends an open house does the agent first sign you in, provide you with the required forms to sign and be-
PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch
come proactive and go through the important process to keep everyone safe and healthy or just stand there and let you walk through? Since the pandemic, at every open house I have gone to Realtors were doing a superb job of providing the legally required things that are supposed to be done. I am hoping that homeowners are doing the same thing and if not get advice as to what they should be doing to keep everyone safe and healthy. The virus is still with us and may just be with us a while longer than expected until the majority are vaccinated and one will never know who is or is not asymptomatic, potentially
passing it on to another person or who had Covid previously unless questions are asked and answered on the Covid form. It may be a good idea to have an electronic thermometer to check everyone to be sure. When you go through the open house has it been prepared properly, de-cluttered, organized and cleaned? And how is the paint? A simple thing of having beds made will provide a better impression than those that aren’t. Do you notice anyone just sitting down and allowing you, if without an agent, to just go browse around the home? Today it may be necessary to have assistance because of the multitude of buyers who are going out to see homes. Also, some may believe based on the super low inventory (less than a month in some areas) that much less effort is needed to secure a purchaser. This may be somewhat true, but the preparations that are required for the seller especially if you are bold enough to sell on your own must make the home stand out like a shiny penny. Play some melodic music and add some freshly baked cookies, cinnamon in some boiling water or potpourri
to provide a pleasant aroma throughout the home. Addressing the five senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch will help when doing open houses. While this market continues to zoom ahead and prices increase, one should never just assume that your home will sell without any effort. Make it look the best it can and be cognizant as to how the buyers will react when coming to your open house. 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
4 Moreland Court, Great Neck
26 Clair Street, Great Neck
5 bd, 5 ba, 3,000 sqft, Sold On: 1/22/21, Sold Price: $1,585,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck
4 bd, 2 ba, Sold On: 1/29/21, Sold Price: $1,170,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck
5 Brampton Lane, Great Neck
231 Clent Road, Great Neck
4 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 3/4/21, Sold Price: $1,075,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck
4 bd, 4 ba, 2,444 sqft, Sold On: 3/12/21, Sold Price: $1,290,000 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.
Top Floor Luxury Co-Op with Amazing Rooftop Garden. Great Neck | 20 Canterbury Road, 3H | 2 BR, 2 BA | WEB# 3302054 Joseph (Joey) Sanders
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Glickman to challenge Berkowitz Continued from Page 1 nology for students as a reason to get fresh faces on the board. He lauded Berkowitz for her service but said she is out of touch with the needs of the district. “Under Mrs. Berkowitz’s control, the Great Neck school district has become rudderless,” Glickman said. “Its decision-making is less than transparent and its ability to communicate with parents is inconsistent and ineffective.” Berkowitz, in response to Glickman’s comments, touted the district’s academic and fiscal achievements, questioning what Glickman would specifically do differently if elected. “I am proud that the Great Neck Public Schools continue to have an exceptional record of academic achievement with students of varying levels of proficiency,” Berkowitz said in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “I am also proud of the district’s fiscal accountability, as evidenced by our continued Triple-A Moody’s rating and the undesignated under comptroller’s Fiscal Stress Management System (FSMS) which simply means that there is no sign of fiscal stress.” “It’s regrettable that Mr. Glickman has chosen to engage in such negative attacks on me, none of which are fact-based,” Berkowitz continued. “I’m interested in reading precisely what Mr. Glickman proposes to do differently, aside from attacking both me personally as well as the school district.” Berkowitz has served on the board for nearly 30 years since first being elected in 1992. Before becoming a board member, Berkowitz served the school district community in other ways, including as a member and executive board officer for the E.M. Baker School Parent Teacher Association. She was also a member and budget chairperson for United ParentTeacher Council and a member of Shared DecisionMaking Committees at both Baker School and North
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Great Neck resident Michael Glickman (left) will run against Great Neck Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz (right) for a trustee position on May 11. Middle School. Toch first ran for a spot on the school board in 2017, ultimately dropping out of the race before current Trustee Jeffrey Shi was elected against Nikolas Kron. Now Toch is seeking to fill a seat left vacant when longtime Trustee Donald Ashkenase died in March. Toch and his wife, Nicole, have spent the past 15 years in Great Neck with their three daughters. He has volunteered on the United Parent-Teacher Council for the past 13 years, along with serving as an alternate on the Great Neck Estates Zoning Board of Appeals and being a board member for Temple Beth-El. Toch touted the importance of prioritizing programs and course offerings for students along with fiduciary responsibility. “Our school system plays a critical role within our community, and the value it provides to our students
and residents could not be overstated,” Toch said in a letter to Blank Slate Media. “As a community, we need to continuously enhance our public school’s offerings, reputation and stature.” Toch serves on the Budget and Financial committees for the United Parent-Teacher Council and Temple Beth-El, respectively. He also stressed the importance of teachers and students having the resources necessary to the long-term success of the school district. “I believe that I represent what Great Neck needs most on the Board of Education,” he said. “As an active parent in this community, I am committed to the long term success of the Great Neck Public School District.” Last week, the board unanimously adopted a $252 million budget for the 2021-22 school year, an increase of around $11 million. The budget, adopted by the board virtually via Zoom, is $252,194,682, an increase of 4.47 percent from last year’s $241,395,571. The projected tax levy increase is $4,214,577, or 1.98 percent. Originally, the board proposed a 2.25 percent increase in the tax levy. John Powell, assistant superintendent of business and finance, said the proposed budget once again remained within the state-mandated tax cap. According to the presentation made by Powell, $14.8 million in administrative costs makes up 5.9 percent of the budget, $34.6 million in capital projects makes up 13.7 percent of the budget, and $202.7 million for programming accounts for the rest of the budget. The public vote on the board seats and the budget will take place on May 11, rather than May 18, due to a conflict with the final day of the Jewish holiday Shavuot, which is celebrated seven weeks after the second Passover seder. State law requires school districts to hold their elections on the third Tuesday in May but due to the conflict, the board asked for the date to be changed to May 11.
Ex-G.N. schools chief named N. Shore head Continued from Page 4 district.” The incoming superintendent thanked the district and board. “I’m humbled, and I am just so excited to get started,” Dolan said. “Well I’ve known the North Shore district for a long time. I’ve known them for at least 30 years, and I’ve done a lot more research in the last two weeks to learn even more about it, and every time I look at that web page, which I’ve been living on, I’m in awe. There are wonderful, wonderful things going on here. The word opportunity just leaps out every time that I look at it, and I can’t wait to add a little bit to that and work with some new colleagues.” Dolan served as the superintendent
of the Great Neck school district from 2009 to 2015, and most recently as interim superintendent of the Locust Valley school district. He also was an assistant superintendent in the Manhasset and Sewanhaka school districts, and served as principal of Cold Spring Harbor Jr./Sr. High School and H. Frank Carey Jr./Sr. High School in Franklin Square. Dolan also led Nassau Community College for a year as its interim president, and taught at Hofstra University, LIU-C.W. Post and Queens College. Before entering administrative roles, Dolan taught social studies for 15 years at Canastota High School in upstate Canastota. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1978 with a teaching certification and degrees in psychology and
history, received a Master of Science from Queens College in 1983, and later received a doctoral degree in education from Hofstra University. In addition to his educational service, Dolan is a board member of the Harry Chapin Foundation and the Cradle of Aviation Museum, and also works as a baseball umpire at the collegiate and high school levels. “Dr. Dolan is not here to be a caretaker,” Ludmar said at the meeting. “This is not going to be a year of running in place. We are looking to see you continue to grow our schools, set lofty goals, communicate with the community and develop and strengthen the whole North Shore team just around out what you do.”
The board president added that the district would seek a permanent superintendent at a later date and that he knew Giarrizzo was “committed to a smooth transition.” “As we look forward to another superintendent search, which will again be driven by the input of our amazing and diverse community,” Ludmar said, “I am absolutely certain, and appreciative and thankful, that this board is more than up to the task.” Dolan added that he and Giarrizzo had been friends for 20 years, and that he too expected a smooth transition. “I know the transition is going to be a smooth one, I’m certain it is,” Dolan said. “But I’m very anxious to get that started and anxious to get underway.”
Victim of Elmont acid attack Continued from Page 4 our hearts. We had no idea we had such an amazing support system,” Anjum said on the page MonSCREENSHOT BY ROBERT PELAEZ day. “All we continue to ask is that you keep Nafiah in your prayers and share with as many people as Elmont resident Nafiah Fatima was the victim of an acid possible!!!” attack on March 17, according to the Nassau County Police
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Fatima has expressed her gratitude for the support she has received through social media posts that have circulated throughout the Hofstra community and Long Island. For more information on her condition or to donate to her cause, people can visit the GoFundMe page.
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Continued from Page 16 The result: those who grieved shifted the tax burden to those who didn’t, who wound up paying more than their fair share. Meanwhile, commercial properties that won reductions chalked up $300 million in tax certiorari liability for Nassau County– one of only two in New York State which is responsible for assessment and therefore paying out refunds — which, ironically, pushes up all of our property taxes. That’s changed now. The Curran administration did a fair-market value reassessment and last year, out of 236,000 grievances filed, instead of a virtually automatic reduction, only 61,000 won reduction and the average reductions were relatively low. An average homeowner who grieved their assessment might win a $1000 reduction in property tax, but if one of the tax reduction services was used, that amount would be shaved to about $500. That, says Robert Miles, deputy assessor and counsel, is evidence by an objective third-party that the assessment was fair. “An independent commission said it was accurate.” “That’s a good thing. Homeowners should be happy that first round of reassessment gave us an accurate assessment. In the future, the administration’s goal will be to continue to improve the assessment system, continue to provide accurate assessments to bring equity to the county.” There has to be confidence in the “fair market value” assessment. First some understanding of what property tax assessments represent: unlike income taxes where you pay a percentage to the government, property tax assessment represents your piece of the tax pie to pay the amount that the taxing authorities — schools, parks, libraries, roads, sewage treatment, water – say they need to operate. It doesn’t matter if your home is assessed at $800,000 if the rest of “comparable” homes also are assessed at $800,000 and the valuation goes up to $1 million if those other compara-
ble properties also go up that amount. In fact, if the total property valuation for a district goes up, that expands the total tax pie to share the burden of paying for schools, parks, libraries and roads so your bill may actually go down as the community’s valuation goes up. So even in an affluent district like Great Neck, with outstanding schools that have kept our home values high, our tax rates are 57th out of 62 school districts, at 1718.22 (per assessed value), compared to 3688.069 for Hewlett-Woodmere. Also, taxable value can be different from the “fair market value” because of various exemptions – such as veterans, seniors, Enhanced Star, disability, first responders. The “fair market value” also doesn’t necessarily reflect the actual purchase price of your house because there are any number of factors that go into a sale, even an arm’s length sale, so a new owner will not be assessed based on what they paid. And there are caps on how much the assessment can be raised in a given year, 6 percent, or 20 percent over five years. To preserve confidence in the assessment of “fair market value,” the county has decided to freeze the assessed value of homes to last year’s level because of the extraordinary bump in prices due to the coronavirus pandemic (fleeing New York City apartment dwellers to the suburbs) creating a high value but low supply of properties available. At the same time the value of commercial properties – so important to keeping residential taxes down — sank. “We don’t want to value properties in such a chaotic year,” Miles says, “We are seeing life come back and the market stabilize a bit, hopefully on commercial end. We want more stability.” Reassessments should take place regularly – every year or every three years – so that taxpayers see “fair market value” assessments as standard practice, that the assessments are accurate and everyone is paying their fair share. “That will discourage grievances.”
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ing robotics to the PreK — Grade 12 curriculum, installing state-ofthe-art wired and wireless networks in all schools, leveraging technology to become a more environmentally friendly organization, establishing our website and social media presence, upgrading security systems, and expanding digital communications. I personally witnessed the tremendous amount of time, energy, and expertise that Mrs. Berkowitz brought to her leadership role at public meetings, working sessions, and committee meetings. Her preparation, thoughtfulness, mastery of the issues, collaboration, compassion, and moral clarity have stood the test of time. This is a person of tremendous integrity who is fully committed to the academic success and the social-emotional development of all children, as well as the district’s mission of educational excellence, equity, discovery, and innovation. The stellar results of the district speak for themselves — outstanding administrators, expert teachers, a plethora of instructional programs, clubs, sports, activities, and services, a tre-
mendous record college acceptances, numerous student and staff awards, and the highest of rankings at the local, state, and national levels. These accomplishments do not happen overnight or by accident. They are the product of community support for its schools and the hard work and due diligence of many key stakeholders which flows from the tone set from the top. Mrs. Berkowitz’s experience, empathy, institutional history, and continuity of leadership are more important than ever given the health, safety, and financial challenges of our times. I urge you to reflect upon how this community volunteer has always been so giving of her energy and time and how inextricably intertwined her leadership has been to school district achievement. Mrs. Berkowitz is critical to the ongoing success of the Great Neck Public Schools. This is the one diamond that is a community treasure and truly a keepsake. Marc Epstein Former District Technology Director Great Neck Public Schools
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couple of weeks ago my friend, Michael Glickman, shared with me that he was running for a seat on the Great Neck Public School’s Board of Education. I was excited to learn of Michael’s interest in stepping into a greater leadership role in our community. I have known Michael and his family for years through our numerous mutual friends, our respective children’s participation in the Great Neck Soccer Club and his other community involvements, including as president of the board of the Gold Coast Arts Center. Michael is a committed husband and father of three engaging children who have been enrolled in our schools for over eight years. His youngest child is still in elementary school, meaning his connections to GNPS is strong, and will continue for years to come. Professionally, Michael is a not-for-profit executive with over twenty years of experience leading community-focused, educational institutions. In this capacity, he has spent decades working
with leadership and advisory boards, hiring and supervising professional and voluntary staffs, developing and analyzing financial budgets and projections, and evaluating and managing contractors. Michael has accomplished this all while continually keeping his finger on the pulse of his constituents and consumers. From the perspective of navigating divergent priorities of different constituent groups, Michael is amongst the most experienced professionals living in our district. These are precisely the skills necessary for success as a member of the Board of Education. Personally, I know Michael as a loyal friend who finds ways to help his community and those in his network. I witnessed his enthusiasm as he facilitated for high school students researching and developing a marketing and expansion plan for the Gold Coast Arts Center. His excitement was palpable when that student project placed top three in a New York state-wide competition, immediately asking for the plan to be shared with the board and professional staff of the
arts center. Michael was also the first parent to offer to step in to assist when one of our local youth soccer teams experienced an unexpected void after a long-time coach stepped away from the program. This is exactly what community leadership looks like. He is a fierce advocate and an outspoken voice unwilling to sweep controversial issues under the rug. I have little doubt that he will transparently seek effective solutions to the challenges facing our schools. Michael is one of those people you want in your corner and, I expect, the families and children of our district will appreciate his voice and support as a member of the Board of Education. As our community and school district recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, our schools need more committed parents, dedicated and community-focused representatives, and experienced, forwardthinking leaders like Michael. Andrew J. Bloom Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 46
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Like Madoff, Cohen has used philanthropy to burnish his image, although in Cohen’s case the money has been real. The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park, which is part of Northwell Health,
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Five men with the IQ of a house plant
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ate in the afternoon on a Friday in April 2021, I went to Marie Blanchère on Middle Neck Road. Hanging out in a leisurely group were five men without masks. I had rushed in and was rushing out when I noticed them. I put my purchase in my car and made a split-second decision to return. I told them their being without masks was an affront to our community of neighbors where too many have been sickened and have died by the coronavirus. Thousands. One of them responded to me with well-practiced shrewdness: He tried to reverse the focus.
He told me I needed to be six feet away, which made me think to myself, “Ahh, they know the rules. This is deliberate. They know what they are doing.” Infectious disease experts are imploring people to be cautious and respect the threat of the virus, but these guys are consciously playing fast and loose with the New York State mask mandate. There were a handful of other people inside the bakery, on line at the long counter and wearing masks. Two of them nodded to me when they overheard what I said. Wanting to confirm my impression of the loungers, I said something to them in Yiddish.
Their faces went blank for the moment—that is to say, they were unfamiliar with the language. They did not inquire what I had said. They should have. I asked an employee why these men were not called to account about mask-wearing, in keeping with the sign at the door. The answer was that they come regularly, on Friday (before Shabbos), do not wear masks, and have even tried to order food maskless. Their excuse for remainingsansmasks is that they are “eating,” though the eating was long past. Indignation is not an option to indulge given the need to stay safe in the time of the coronavirus, so I
left behind five grown men, straddling their midlife and old enough to know better, who had no intellectual acquaintance with or interest in a virus that has ensnared the people of more than 180 countries. If you want to see these men in your mind’s eye, picture them leaning back, their hands folded on their bellies. What to do. Call the police? Alert the media. (Record the betrayal. Spread the word.) By the way, Marie Blanchère has outdoor and rooftop seating and it was a warm day. I could not decide, as I thought about it, if collectively the five men share the IQ of one house plant or
each has the IQ of an individual house plant. In the end, it seemed a moot point. After all, a house plant has no IQ: zero plus zero would still be zero. (I know, I know, apologies to my friends who are devoted gardeners. They would say even a house plant would know better.) Rebecca Rosenblatt Gilliar Great Neck postscript: Nothing has changed in Great Neck since a year ago. See my letter describing last May 2020. https://theislandnow.com/ opinions-100/readers-write-whydo-jews-of-gn-welcome-the-virus/
Trump unfairly attacked, Biden leading us to ruin
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am afraid that one of your letter contributors is afflicted with Trump phobia and he believes that everyone who disagrees with him has been infected by Trumpitis and cannot think for themselves. To the contrary, those of us on the right side of right had opinions long before Trump came down the escalator. This gentlemen and I use the term loosely, has also claimed to be a seer and has read my mind so I feel the need to set him straight. I did not vote for Trump in 2016 but wrote in the name of another GOP candidate, despite being a Republican all of my adult life. That decision was based, solely, on his behavior during the primaries, not his policy plans. Nowhere in any of my writings have I declared that the 2020 election was” stolen” but there
were irregularities in many states that need to be prevented from happening in the future so there is no doubt that our elections are secure and honest. My fellow Republicans are not represented in the state of NY and our votes go nowhere. We are 100 percent under control of theDemocratic party that is slowly destroying our state due to failed leadership in Albany and NYC. Racism exists in America but “systemic racism” is pushed day after day by the left and I am not buying it. My relating a church experience was one day in the life of an American but I have been out there in the workplace and living for many decades among Americans of every ilk and I know what is possible. The racist believes that he is
superior to another race. I pointed out in my letter that people of color are just as able to have success in America because they are just as capable. The right is not the political party that keeps playing the race card and trying to convince minorities that they can’t make it. The Democrats were the party of Jim Crow, The KKK, segregation and slavery. I wonder why cancel culture has missed that part of history and, via transference, have made it a Republican issue? Gender dysphoria was on my mind long before Trump came on the scene. It was pushed out there in the forefront by Obama. I think that what the letter writer in question knows about it could fit on the head of a pin. Let me enlighten you. You cannot change your sex,
you can only live a delusion. Nothing, I said, nothing, can change that fact. Do you know that the suicide rate before the transition is equal to the one after transition? Having read case studies, there are many who regret it and decide to reverse transition. Unfortunately, much cannot be reversed. Facial hair and deep voices in women continue and if they have had surgery to have their ovaries and uterus removed, they are no longer able to have children. A deep regret for many. You can only imagine what problems a trans would have reversing to manhood. A life-changing decision that should not be in the hands of minor children. The letter writer throws out general statements, again about “Trump’s” wrong statements that I have apparently taken as my
own but fails to name one concrete example of any. So list them and let’s see what is true and what isn’t. Trump is all he talks about. He is insulted at the end of his letter by the fact that I “questioned his intelligence”. Readers, the first blow was struck by the other party, insinuating that I was “dumb and stupid”. I rest my case. If Trump is found guilty of any real crimes, then I say throw the book at him. So far, there has been nothing that the left has been able to conjure up for the last 4 years. I will finish with this. Joe Biden is a pox on America and I only hope we can save our country from complete wreck and ruin. Mark my words, there is trouble ahead for all of us. Gayle Palmer Williston Park
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ongratulations to Editor and Publisher Steve Blank along with reporters Rose Weldon, Robert Perlez and the rest of your colleagues concerning “Blank Slate honored at newspaper contest” (Rose Weldon — April 16). Daily newspapers concentrate on international, Washington, Albany, NYC, business and sports stories. They have few reporters assigned to cover local neighborhood news stories. These reporters have to compete against colleagues for limited available print space. As a result, daily newspapers miss significant
news and political stories from Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome, Port Washington, Roslyn, New Hyde Park, Albertson and Williston Park. Weekly newspapers based in Great Neck, such as our own Great Neck News and neighborly competitor — the Great Neck Record, provide more in-depth coverage of local news not found in Newsday, The New York Times, Post, Daily News or AM Metro New York. We continue to be fortunate to live in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available.
Sadly, most American cities and suburbs are down to one local daily or weekly newspaper. Newspapers have to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership. I continue to be grateful that Blank Slate Media along with other daily and weekly newspapers afford me an opportunity to express my views as well as differing opinions. Thanks to you, ordinary citizens have the freedom to comment on the actions and legislation of elected officials. Public officials use taxpayers dol-
lars to promote their views via mass mailings of newsletters, news releases, letters to the editor and guest opinion page columns. In many cases, they are produced or written by campaign or office staffers who are paid for by taxpayers. The rest of us have limited time to submit a letter. Let us thank those few brave souls who are willing to take on the establishment and powerful special interest groups in the pages of your letters to the editor section. You are kind enough to allocate more space than virtually all other daily and weekly newspapers for readers to submit let-
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Talk with VGN tables reviews again activist Continued from Page 10 ing to be a problem,” Grandin said. “And a noisy, chaotic classroom with three things going on at once tends to be a problem.” The professor also advised parents to give their teenage children with autism the opportunity to work. “One of the biggest problems, I’m seeing is parents over protecting,” Grandin said. “Now we don’t want to put them on the takeout window or some crazy multitasking job like that, but a quieter job, an auto parts store, office supplies or bookstore, things like that will be better choices.”
Two horses die in fire Continued from Page 10 proved that this industry is a family with a fierce love of the horse that triumphs over anything else.” Potts said Beastie D was “an individual with an abundance of class and potential” and lauded the importance American Sailor had in his life. “American Sailor was a part of my family and took my operation to a new level,” Potts said. “He was the pride and joy of my stable and was the horse that took me places in my career that I had only ever dreamed of going.”
Continued from Page 2 center and a public art gallery. There are also amenity spaces for the tenants that will include storage areas, a conference room, a lounge, a library and a small fitness center, according to the latest set of plans presented by John Farrell, who represents the developer, Gesher Community LLC. The property is 34,849 square feet, according to Farrell. The board lauded the applicant for creating a more appealing proposal with various colors to choose from. The new proposal featured French balconies, a more compartmentalized appearance and ornamental lighting on the building’s exterior, based on the board’s request at the last meeting. Farrell also informed the board that the applicant rescinded the request for a rooftop deck at the moment, saying that everyone involved wanted to move onto the next stages of the process regardless. The board noted that physical materials were not submitted to the village prior to the application, and renderings of the east and south sides of the buildings were not included in the presentation, as they were previously. “I am interested to see what the other sides look like,” Bral said. “I also think it’s good to see it. The people who will be living behind need to see what this building will look like from the east side as well.” A handful of North Road residents, who will be directly impacted by the project, have voiced their concerns about potential intrusions from tenants in the proposed building, along with their displeasure about the proposal’s approval process to this point. Though similar proposals have been sent to the Board of Trustees in the past,
these updated plans, submitted through the village’s zoning board, did not feature 12 variances approved by the village. The 25-unit proposal sent to, and ultimately approved by, the Board of Trustees more than a year ago included the 12 variances along with requiring the applicant to pay the village $150,000 in lieu of a specific community amenity under the village code and the existing incentive overlay district. Village officials said that the 25-unit project was ultimately withdrawn by Gesher Community LLC and that the plan featuring 60 units and 93 below-grade parking spaces was taken directly to the zoning board. Village resident and architect Ken Lee attempted to express his displeasure with the variances during the zoning board meeting on March 4, 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 during the March 4 meeting. “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. 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/hearings, 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, the board of appeals section of the code 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.” On Tuesday, village Clerk-Treasurer Abraham Cohan also presented a tentative $11.67 million budget, $2 million of which is to cover initial architect and foundation costs for a new village hall at 756 Middle Neck Road. The $2 million, Cohan said, will not increase residents’ taxes, and the budget aside from the funds slated for the new village hall actually yields a 6 percent decrease from the 2020-21 budget of $10.14 million. Homestead properties will be taxed at 2.56 per $1,000 of assessed value, remaining virtually the same as last year. Nonhomestead properties, which are mainly commercial buildings and places with five or more residential units, will see a slight decrease in the tax rate from 4.035 per $1,000 of assessed value to 3.89.
4 charged in attempted scam Continued from Page 1 fice would be reaching out with bail instructions, according to officials. Later, the Russell Gardens man received a call from a woman demanding $15,500 in exchange for his son’s release, according to officials. The man was told to call back when he had the money so someone could pick it up, officials said. After the man withdrew the funds from the bank, officials said, he called his son to check on how he was doing. His son informed him that he had not been arrested and was in Manhattan, according to a Police Department news release. The police were then contacted and arranged for a transaction to take place so they could lure in the scammers, officials said. Four men in a gray Honda parked down the block from the Russell Gar-
dens man’s home. One man exited the vehicle and went to the door, where he received an envelope from the Russell Gardens man, officials said. Officials ultimately arrested 22-year-old Alvin Ruffino of Passaic, New Jersey, after he resisted arrest, according to the news release. The three other men in the car, Darwin Marcano Jimenez, Jose Soriano and Engel Paulino Gomez, all from Passaic as well, were subsequently arrested too, officials said. All four were charged with attempted grand larceny in the third degree, according to the news release. Rufino faces an additional charge of resisting arrest, and Gomez faces an additional charge of criminal possession of a forged instrument. The four were arraigned on Tuesday in Mineola, but efforts to reach officials for an update on the case were unavailing.
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Four men from New Jersey were arrested in Russell Gardens on Monday for attempted grand larceny, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
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The Great Neck Public School District, consistently among the most highly rated nationally, is known for its quality of education, academic excellence and outcomes - for students of every level of ability and background - as well as outstanding teachers and facilities.
All this accomplished with responsible budgets and tax rates. This record of success is due primarily to the school board’s outstanding governance. As a member of the Board of Education for 29 years, and selected as President by her colleagues for the past 15 years, Barbara Berkowitz has provided long-term
effective leadership and demonstrated extraordinary devotion to the education of our children, maintaining what makes Great Neck, our schools and our community, special.
Now is not the time for change for nothing more than the sake of change. We cannot afford to lose Barbara’s skills and years of experience. Families move to Great Neck for many reasons but the quality of our schools is a primary one. If we are going to continue to be such a highly regarded community, and the value of our homes protected, we need to ensure that we have experienced and proven people to lead our school system.
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