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Vol. 7, No. 19

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Scaramucci to discuss book in Manhasset

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Ex-Trump communications director to attend chamber networking night

BY C A S E Y RUS S E LL CJ Coleman knew Anthony Scaramucci at a time when he wore a Casio watch and drove a light blue Honda Civic. After 30 years of friendship, Coleman sometimes sees the blue-collarturned-white-collar man with his family at a Port Washington pizza parlor.

“Anthony Scaramucci is the same human being now as he was back then, and I have known him throughout all his trials and tribulations.” Coleman said. “He is a true human being. He is to be trusted.”

The Manhasset Chamber of Commerce – Coleman has been a member of the executive board since 1989 – will host Scaramucci for a Book and Business Card Exchange networking event on June 26 at the North Hills Country Club from 6 to 8 p.m.

Scaramucci, the SkyBridge Capital founder and Manhasset

resident who served as President Donald Trump’s director of communications for 11 days before being fired, will discuss his book, “Trump: The Blue Collar President.”

Published in October, the book offers a personal recollection of working on the campaign and serving as a close adviser to the president. It also offers analysis on Trump’s quick rise to political power.

The event, which costs $30 for members, $40 for nonmembers and $50 for anyone paying after the May 31 early action deadline, will start with a meet-and-greet from 6 to 7 p.m. A talk from Scaramucci will follow, where he will discuss his book and Manhasset.

Coleman says close to 100 people have already expressed interest in attending, and 200 tickets are available.

Guests will receive a complimentary copy of “Trump: The Blue Continued on Page 83

PHOTO BY JESSICA PARKS

Peter Forman, a Sands Point trustee and commissioner for the Port WashingtonManhasset Office of Emergency Management, donated a bell to NYU Winthrop to signify the end of his cancer treatment. See story on page 5.

F. Hill residents speak out against cell nodes

BY S H E L BY TA L C O T T Residents packed the Flower Hill Board of Trustees meeting on Monday and expressed concerns, many regarding potential health risks, about the possible installation of 18 small

cell nodes to improve Verizon cellphone service.

“My problem with the installation of these nodes is that we don’t have enough research done to know how harmful they really are, and improved service is just not a good enough reason, especially when our service is

really currently good now,” said resident Liz Oppo, who is the director of the Katie Oppo research fund, which finances cancer research.

The public hearing included a presentation by ExteNet, the company that has filed an apContinued on Page 82

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LIJ heart surgery mortality rates low Performance among NY’s best: DOH

BY T E R I W EST

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Manhasset Board of Education President Regina Rule, second from left, and Trustee Christine Monterroso, right, are running for re-election this May.

Electing incumbents brings stability: Rule Contrasts with high turnover in school district

BY T E R I W EST

The Manhasset school district has experienced a lot of turnover in administration in the last few years, said Board of Education Trustee Christine Monterosso. It hired a new superintendent, new principals and, most recently, a new director of fine and performing arts.

But the Board of Education is likely to look the same for the time being since the two members whose terms are up – Monterosso and President Regina Rule – are running again unopposed.

That sameness should be good for the district, Rule said.

“I am running for reelection because I feel there is value for our school community in having stability at the Board level, especially when we have a number of new members in our administrative team,” she wrote in an email.

“In my discussions with people across our school community, they have expressed similar feelings.”

Rule has served on the board for nine years and Monterosso has served for three.

They both said that they appreciate how the board is prioritizing student well-being.

A ballot proposition to approve capital reserve spending will allocate funds to a new socialemotional wing in the Manhasset Secondary School where middle schoolers will have access to specialists such as a social worker and counselor. Superintendent Vincent Butera has said that the space is intended to both raise awareness about such resources and destigmatize their use.

“There’s a lot of pressure on children, and not specific to Manhasset – it’s everywhere,” Monterosso said. “I think that our goal going forward is to make sure we’re focusing on the whole child and not just the academic part of the child.”

The trustee currently has an elementary schooler, middle schooler and high schooler in the district, which keeps her in touch with what’s going on at each school, she said.

“I have access to parents from all three schools, and that is really helpful,” Monterosso said. “People know to come find me if they

have an issue, and I like that. I like to be able to help if I can.”

The board has been successful in maintaining a districtwide dialogue, Rule said. The school community feels like a well-connected family where people share the same values, she said.

Besides the priority the board has placed upon the well-being of students and staff, she said she is proud of the investments it has made in building upgrades.

Monterosso said she’s happy with the work the board has put into making new administrative hires and the way that appointees have upheld district standards.

A vote for her is a vote for someone who puts students first, she said.

“To touch a child’s life – it’s very meaningful to me,” Monterosso said. “I’m doing the best I can to do right by the children and to make sure that we continue with the high standards that we have.”

Manhasset voters will head to the polls at the secondary school gym on May 21.

Before the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital opened at the North Shore University Hospital campus in 2017, the Manhasset hospital and Northwell’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center performed heart operations separately.

A new report reviews statewide adult cardiac surgery performance in the period immediately preceding the union of the two hospital operations, and Long Island Jewish’s performance was among the best in the state.

The hospital’s observed mortality rate for valve surgery of 1.61 was below the state average of 3.12, according to the New York State Department of Health report, which analyzed performance from 2014 to 2016. North Shore’s was slightly above that average at 3.23. The figure is calculated by dividing the number of patients

who died by the number of patients and multiplying by 100.

Both outperformed the state average for the operation when using a risk-adjusted mortality rate, an estimate of what the hospital’s mortality rate would be if the “provider had a mix of patients identical to the statewide mix,” according to the Department of Health.

Both hospitals also fell below the state’s average observed mortality rate of 3.60 for TAVR procedures, which address aortic valve stenosis. Long Island Jewish’s rate was 1.82 while North Shore’s was 3.43.

North Shore performed 496 TAVR operations during the three-year period, and Long Island Jewish performed 55.

“This is the eighth consecutive reporting period that the cardiothoracic surgery team now based at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital has been recogContinued on Page 28

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A new report reviews statewide adult cardiac surgery performance in the period immediately preceding the union of Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital operations. Long Island Jewish’s performance was among the best in the state.

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Sports stars to shine at Viscardi Annual Celebrity Sports Night fundraiser to feature Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres

BY M A R Y WA L R AT H Celebrity athletes will return to Viscardi Center on May 16 for the 53rd annual Celebrity Sports Night. This year’s fundraiser features Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres, paratriathlete Sarah Reinertsen, former state Sen. Jack Martins and roughly 30 other athletes and corporate heavyweights.

The cocktail and dinner event raises 5 percent of Viscardi Center’s yearly budget, something Kim Brussell, vice president of public affairs and marketing, says is vital to maintaining its operations.

“It really raises critical funds for us to be able to do things we don’t have any other funding stream for,” said Brussell. “So it’s very important to have this to purchase the technologies that are so critical in the delivery of our education and employment programs every day and some of just our operational needs like a new roof, new air conditioning, things like that.”

The educational and employment services at the Viscardi

NY Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres.

Center serve 2,000 people a year from all five boroughs of the city, and Westchester, Nassau and Suffix counties.

The center’s K-12 school serves medically fragile and severely disabled children with a graduation and college acceptance rate of 86 percent. The

center provides after-school athletic programs, transportation, and modern technologies and curriculums designed to give students an accessible but rigorous academic experience.

The other side of the center offers programs to disabled adolescents and adults and school

districts looking for transitioning planning services, prevocational work, testing and job placement.

The center places roughly 120 people a year in competitive, integrated employment and provides support and advocacy beyond a participant’s tenure at the center.

The Celebrity Sports Night is the night each year, according to CEO John Kemp, that the community gets to celebrate that.

“We get to demonstrate the incredible intelligence and smarts and skills of our students who are at the school here and our program, as well as those who are the adolescent and adult side of our organization,” said Kemp. “When they get to see stars like a paralympian who might look a lot like them, they get very excited. They’re meeting a lot of other athletes … and business people from the corporate world where they’ll hopefully be working.”

The mingling allows guests not only the chance to collect autographs and bid on auction items, but also to sample foods the on-campus culinary students prepare, spend time in the facility, and interact with the program participants at length.

“The business people, for example, are pretty humbled by it all because they don’t hang out, necessarily, with a lot of disabled individuals, so they start visiting Continued on Page 71

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Foye orders probe into MTA overtime Watchdog says MTA overtime costs rose nearly 16% overall last year, 30% for LIRR

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye is ordering an investigation into agency overtime payments following reports of continuously increasing costs for extra hours worked.

The Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscal watchdog group, reported that overtime payments at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority grew almost 16 percent in 2018, helping drive a 6.27 percent pay hike across the agency from 2017.

Payroll costs for the 80,057 employees at the MTA increased by $418.46 million from $6.67 billion in 2017 to just shy of $7.09 billion in 2018.

The New York Post also recently reported that Marco Pazmino, an LIRR employee, logged 4,157 hours of overtime in 2018, on top of 1,688 regular hours for a total of 5,845 hours – or about two-thirds of the total hours in 2018. Pazmino earned $311,162 in total, according to the Empire Center for Public

Rail Road, its overtime spending rose by about $50 million from $175.4 million to $224.6 million – or nearly 30 percent. More than half of the MTA’s 100 highest paid employees and seven of the top 10 worked for the LIRR in 2018.

The highest paid employee – for both the LIRR and MTA – was Thomas Caputo, a chief measurement officer, who earned $461,646 last year. His base salary was $117,499, meaning he raked in $344,147 in overtime.

MTA spokesman Max Young said the overtime pay hikes stemmed from “record levels of investment to repair, maintain and modernize the entire system.”

Foye said he is directing the presidents of the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad PHOTO FROM THE MTA and New York City Transit to review their overtime procedures The Port Washington station of the LIRR. and regulations.

The MTA chairman is also Policy, or $256,177 in overtime critical repairs and maintenance, accumulation of so many hours and $54,985 in base pay. especially at a time of extraor- of overtime raises serious ques- asking the presidents to review “Some overtime is to be dinary work being done around tions, including potential safety the last year of overtime claims and payments, which he said expected at any public transit the system,” Foye said in a state- concerns such as exhaustion.” agency in order to keep up with ment last Wednesday. “But the In the case of the Long Island Continued on Page 71

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Three rings to signal end of cancer

Peter Forman, Sands Point trustee, claims victory over disease at NYU Winthrop

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Peter Forman wears many hats — as a trustee in Sands Point, the commissioner of Port Washington-Manhasset Office of Emergency Management, an entrepreneur, husband and father of three. And when he found out he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in September, he didn’t let it slow him down.

After eight long months, he marked the end of his cancer treatment last Friday morning with three rings of a large ship’s bell that he donated to NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola for many other survivors to ring after him.

A plaque with the bell reads, “Ring this bell, three times well, to celebrate this day. This course is run, my treatment done, now I am on my way.”

Forman donated the bell as a gift not only for the patients in NYU Winthrop’s Oncology and Hematology floor but also for the nurses, doctors and hospital staff as a milestone marker that another patient has had a successful treatment.

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Peter Forman, surrounded by family and medical staff, rings a bell at NYU Winthrop signifying the conclusion of his cancer treatment.

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He referred to the concluding quote from the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” that “every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings” and said “the nurses here, the staff, the doctors, they’re the angels.”

Dr. Jeffrey Schneider, chief of the Division of Oncology/ Hematology and a family friend of Forman, said: “There is no greater thrill than to celebrate the completion of a cancer treatment that gives patients back life.”

“The people up here do God’s work, they do it every day and it doesn’t always get celebrated,” he said of Forman’s donation. “So to have something symbolic like this at the completion of treatment is very meaningful and I think it would be impactful for patients, providers and everyone else involved in this important work.”

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Audit finds questionable tax shifts

County Comptroller Schnirman finds about $33M in property taxes in 2016 impacted

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman’s audit of the Department of Assessment found that about $33 million of property taxes in 2016 was associated with questionable exemptions, possibly shifting the burden to other county homeowners.

Some 72 percent of all properties in Nassau County receive at least one property tax exemption, which removes $95 billion from the tax base that then needs to be subsidized by other taxpayers, according to the comptroller’s report.

Schnirman estimated that the resulting tax shifts cost Nassau County homeowners an average of $267 per household.

The audit was begun in 2016 by the county’s former comptroller and was reinitiated by Schnirman in 2018. It primarily focuses on the tax years from 2013 to 2016, and includes analysis on more recent years as it became available.

A review of veteran exemptions found that 8,400, or 18 percent, had service information that was “unrealistic, incomplete and/or inconsistent,” according to the report. Approved extensions included 91 where the homeowner was listed as 133 years or older and 20 where military service began in the future.

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Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman Auditors found that 88 percent of properties owned by clergy members, 610 in total, who were eligible for a partial clergy exemption were actually awarded a 100 percent tax exemption and therefore

were not paying any property taxes.

The report raised concerns with the eight-year period when the Department of Assessment was headed by an acting assessor who was not certified.

During this time, “the former County Executive effectively controlled Assessment decisions, froze the assessment roll, preventing the Assessment Department from keeping an accurate tax roll, fixing known mistakes and updating for recent sales on an annual basis,” the audit states.

By keeping the acting assessor on for this period, former County Executive Edward Mangano was able to bypass end of term legislative review and approval.

Nassau County’s charter allows assessors three-year terms of office.

The comptroller’s office found a risk of fraud in the department’s computer system, where over 100 users were able to edit each other’s work which “could impact tax shifts.” It also found that employees of the former county executive had “an inappropriate level of access” to the system.

Further findings include the Department of Assessment accepting exemption applications after the deadline, the county’s failure to include an exemption impact report to its preliminary budget, recording exemption counts that were inconsistent with the state, a disparity in senior tax exemption calculations and the failure to remove or recover exemptions that new homeowners received from the prior homeowner.

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Town adding bite to tethered dogs law Weighs code amendments regulating time canines can be tied up, weather conditions

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The Town of North Hempstead is eyeing stronger protections for tethered dogs, with council members slated to take up an amended measure on June 18.

Amendments to the town code were first raised at a Town Board meeting on April 30. Town council members ultimately held off on a public hearing, however, in order to strengthen the proposal following “other ideas” being “brought to their attention.”

“It’s our goal to create a law that ensures that dogs in the Town of North Hempstead are treated humanely,” Bosworth said at the time. “The law will include, among other things, regulations regulating the amount of time a dog can be tethered and prohibiting a dog from being tethered in extreme temperatures and weather events.”

Specifically, the law would bar owners from tethering their dogs outside when the weather is below 32 degrees, above 90 degrees, a heat or wind chill advisory has been issued by the National Weath-

er Service, or if conditions are “not appropriate due to the breed, physical condition and climate.”

Dogs can also not be tethered to a stationary object outdoors for more than one continuous hour during a 12-hour period between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Additionally, it would be unlawful for a dog to be restrained in a way where it cannot access food, fresh and potable water and dry ground, and that does not provide appropriate shelter and “unreasonably limits the movement of such dog.”

Under the law, the device used to tether the dog could not be a collar that might become “embedded” in the dog’s skin or impair its breathing.

Town code currently states it is illegal for a dog to be on public or private property without the owner’s consent “unless the dog is effectively restrained in the immediate custody and control of its owner or possessor by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length.”

Susan Carroll, a Great Neck resident who raised the tethering

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Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, pictured here with North Hempstead Animal Shelter Director Jenna Givargidze, pets Royal, a dog at the North Hempstead Animal Shelter. issue with the town, said her push began with a barking issue with a neighbor’s dog. But the barking continued as the weather got colder, she said, and she realized the dog was outside more often than not.

Carroll said she contacted the Nassau County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which conducted an investigation – the results of which are confidential.

“What they did say is that their investigation showed that the own-

ers are not technically violating any current laws in the town,” Carroll recalled.

At that point she began research into laws in other municipalities like the Town of Hempstead and Suffolk County, before contacting Bosworth and other officials, she said.

A town spokeswoman said that officials are still working out the finer details of the law, including punishments for offenders, but that a finalized law should be ready by the June 18 Town Board meeting.

While the amendments are in the process of being strengthened, Carroll said she imagines North Hempstead’s new laws will have penalties like fines, which will discourage owners from keeping their dogs outside.

“I can’t speculate on why these laws were not in place before, but hopefully in June there will be another layer of protection for these animals and that’s all I’m looking for,” Carroll said, “so the Nassau County SPCA has more tools in their tool belt to deal with this problem.”

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BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Town of North Hempstead officials say residents should think twice before mailing their checks, following a wave of reported thefts at mailboxes.

In a news release, the Town Board and Tax Receiver Charles Berman urged residents to mail checks from inside their local post office or deliver property tax payment checks in person.

“Criminals are ‘phishing’ by using a sticky substance on the inside of the mailbox that ‘catches’ letters and checks that can be retrieved at a later date,” the

town said in a news release. “The checks are then ‘washed’ and rewritten for larger amounts and cashed.”

Police are also urging people to report any glue, tape or sticky substances to the post office police and, if using a mailbox, to use one with slots rather than doors or a secure one at work.

They also advise using the bank’s bill pay features to send payment directly to recipients, use permanent or pigmented ink and vigilance on one’s bank account, specifically when it comes to withdrawals.

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NHP’s Dunn to play in World Cup

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BY T E R I W EST New Hyde Park native Crystal Dunn is one of 23 women headed to France this summer in pursuit of the United States’ second consecutive Women’s World Cup title.

This will be the first World Cup appearance for the 26-yearold soccer player and South Side High School alum.

“I can’t wait to compete and help my squad win this thing,” Dunn wrote in an Instagram caption last Friday accompanying a photo of her dancing in front of her jersey number 19.

Even before heading off to college, where she led the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to a national championship, Dunn was making a national impact.

She played on the U-17 national team before helping her Rockville Centre high school achieve a state title her senior year.

“Dunn plays as if the girl with the ball – in the rare instances she doesn’t have possession herself – just stole her lunch

money,” Newsday’s Chris Mascaro wrote in 2009, following South Side’s Class A state win.

In 2015, Dunn was a year into her professional career when the last World Cup roster was announced, and she learned she hadn’t made it.

“I think as soon as I got that news, I went through my venting stage,” Dunn told USA Today Sports that year. “But then I was like, I’m gonna prove to myself I can reach my potential and get to where I gotta go. I started saying that I have things to work on.”

Dunn’s career has been nonstop since then.

In 2016 she played more games for the Women’s National Team than she had in her first three years combined, according to U.S. Soccer. She was also an Olympian in the Rio games, where her goal against Colombia helped the United States tie.

She has played on professional teams in Maryland and PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMIE SMED ON FLICKR England and is currently a forward for the North Carolina Crystal Dunn, right, will play on the U.S. team for the 2019 Women’s World Cup this summer. Courage.

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Opinion

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No free passes for anti-Semitism

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here is no question that the political cartoon published in the opinion pages of The New York Times’ international print edition in April was anti-Semitic.

The cartoon portrayed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel as a guide dog wearing a Star of David on a collar, leading President Trump, drawn as a blind man wearing a skullcap.

As columnist Brett Stephens said in a scathing piece published in the Times’ U.S. edition, “Here was an image that, in another age, might have been published in the pages of Der Sturmer. The Jew in the form of a dog. The small but wily Jew leading the dumb and trusting Ameican. The hated Trump being Judaized with a skullcap.

The nominal servant acting as the true master. The cartoon checked so many anti-Semitic boxes that the only thing missing was a dollar sign.”

The cartoon drew hundreds of people, including a handful from Great Neck, to protest in front of The New York Times building in Manhattan.

Never mind that the cartoon was chosen from a syndication service by a production editor who did not recognize its anti-Semitism.

And that the cartoon appeared in the print version of the international edition, which has limited overseas circulation, a much smaller staff and far less oversight than the regular edition.

There is never a time or place for the anti-Semitic tropes that have followed Jews over the ages – especially at a time when anti-Semitic assaults are on the rise in the nation and abroad. A report released last week by the Anti-Defamation League found that the number of

anti-Semitic assaults more than doubled from 2017 to 2018 in the United States.

So those who protested the publication of the cartoon had reason to stand outside the Times’ offices.

Just as many, presumably including those who attended the protest, criticized U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a freshman Democrat attributing pro-Israel sentiment to the financial clout of the pro-Israel lobby, saying “it’s all about the Benjamins.”

What is not clear is whether the many who participated in the protest have raised their voices against President Trump and other Republicans who have tolerated and tacitly encouraged anti-Semitic tropes ifnot actual violence in the past three years.

No connection has been drawn between the anti-Semitic cartoon that appeared in the New York Times and violent incidents. But there is clear evidence of Trump’s incendiary language and the violence of white supremacists.

Just days before, a gunman opened fire during Passover services at a synagogue in San Diego County, killing one person and injuring three. The alleged gunman, who is white, posted an online manifesto in which he expressed hatred of Jews, said he was willing to sacrifice his future “for the sake of my people” and claimed responsibility for an arson fire at an Islamic center.

A day before the shooting at the synagogue in San Diego, Trump defended comments he made after the deadly Charlotteville, Va., confrontation in 2017 when he said there were “very fine people on both sides” of a gathering that drew protesters to a rally of white

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supremacists, including neo-Nazis.

Trump said he was talking about people at the rally who he said were protesting the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville – for whom he expressed admiration.

That is a lie.

Let’s leave aside for a moment that even if what Trump said is true, Lee led an army against the United States to defend slavery in a war that cost the lives of more than 600,000 Americans.

But the rally, titled “Unite the Right,” was advertised as a gathering of “pro-white” groups that had until that point spent much of their time online. It drew marchers carrying Nazi flags and signs bearing swastikas, chanting “Jews will not replace us.”

No, there weren’t very fine people on both sides. A group representing basic decency was opposing a group carrying the symbol of a Holocaust that claimed the lives of 6 million Jews and many millions of other people.

The protesters’ use of the chant “Jews will not replace us” was especially instructive. The chant referred to the lie that Jews were trying to replace the jobs of white people by promoting an in-

flux of Latinos into this country.

Trump’s defense of these white supremacists was not an isolated incident. The truth is that stirring up racial and religious hatred has been central to his presidency. A feature, not a bug.And he has given legitimacy to the worst elements in this country.

We all recall that Trump began his 2016 political campaign by slandering undocumented Mexicans as “drug dealers, criminal, rapists” and called for a wall to be built along the Mexican border.

His campaign featured a call for a ban on Muslims coming into the country and an attack on Gold Star parents.

And he ended his campaign with a grainy video attacking globalists seeking to take American jobs away that showed the photos of three people – philanthropist George Soros, Goldman Sachs Chairman Lloyd Blankfein and then Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellin – all Jews.

While both left-wing and right-wing politicians have traded in incendiary tropes, the recent attacks on Jews in the country have been carried out by men who identify as white supremacists.

It was an ardent Trump sup-

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porter sending bombs to 12 Trump critics and the suspect in the attack on a Jewish synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood in Pittsburgh that killed 11 people and injured six others, including police officers.

The accused attacker in Squirrel Hill cited as his motivation the caravan of mostly women and children 800 miles from our border, which Trump called an “invasion” and suggested was funded

by Soros.

The Times apologized for the publication of the anti-Semitic cartoon and for even being “largely silent as the anti-Semitism rose up and bathed the world in blood” in the 1930s and 1940s. The paper also announced changes in its international edition to prevent a repeat of the cartoon’s publication.

But Trump doubles down on his past remarks. And his supporters remain silent.

Prejudice against Jews or any other minority should not be tolerated no matter who says it. Limiting criticism to just one side of the political aisle makes that criticism a partisan argument easy to dismiss as politics as usual.

That is a very dangerous thing to do.

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ON THE RIGHT

MTA’s mess requires major reforms

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uring Nelson Rockefeller’s 15 years as New York’s chief executive (1959-1973), he created more perpetual state authorities — “shadow governments” — than any governor who proceeded or succeeded him.

One such agency is the Metropolitan Transit Authority that Rockefeller persuaded the state Legislature to charter in 1965 and to expand in 1967.

The MTA was empowered to consolidate the region’s structurally and financially ailing urban and suburban commuter transportation lines with the profitable facilities of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.

Under this umbrella arrangement, surplus toll dollars from the Midtown and Battery tunnels and the Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Triborough and Verrazano bridges are doled out to subsidize money-losing rail and bus operations and

to help finance capital project debt issued to repair crumbling NYC subway and suburban rail infrastructure.

The ramification of the Rockefeller plan was that the state’s chief executive — not local mayors, county executives or legislators — would control the MTA and its mass transportation systems.

As the nonprofit Reinvent Albany’s recently published “Open MTA” report pointed out, the governor “controls the activities, planning, budgeting and priorities of the MTA and its operating agencies.

The governor exercises control through his appointment of the MTA CEO/chairman, whom he hires and fires and who leads both the staff and board of the MTA.” This gubernatorial power has often been mishandled. For instance, during their respective tenures, Gov. Mario Cuomo and Gov. Andrew Cuomo inter-

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right vened in LIRR labor negotiations in election years and gave away the store to the unions to avoid or end a strike.

In July 1994, when Mario was running for a fourth term against George Pataki, he folded the second day after a LIRR walkout. He was portrayed in the media as the big loser in the showdown.

Similarly, in the summer of

2014, when the LIRR unions threatened to shut down the system if they did not get raises totaling 17 percent over six years, Andrew stepped in at the last minute and mirabile dictu, an agreement was reached.

The end result? A whopping 17 percent raises over 6 1/2 years. What a deal for farepayers!

Thanks to such antics, commuters must endure poor service and an infrastructure that is falling apart. Also, politically motivated gubernatorial decisions help explain “why it costs roughly four times more to build a mile of subway in NYC than anywhere else in the world,” according to Reinvent Albany, which pushes for open government and transparency.

Sadly, Cuomo, a micromanager, constantly blocks the path to progress. His intervention in the Canarsie L train line in December 2018 is a classic example of his meddling. To

protect his political butt, Cuomo circumvented a board decision that had undergone years of review.

The MTA board was pressured to toss out four years of expensive long-term planning to rehabilitate the L train tunnel in favor of the governor’s short-term solution that has risks which may trump the immediate awards.

The 171-page Reinvent Albany report is fascinating, yet depressing reading. “Open MTA” reveals an agency that has been plagued by construction delays and cost overruns, has disjointed and dysfunctional external oversight and has a lax ethics code.

Here is a summary of the report’s findings: “The MTA has suffered from a failure of political leadership and governance at almost every level,” the report says as it lays out four points: Continued on Page 67

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

May the passwords protect me!

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or the gazillionth time, I am locked out of my own computer because it didn’t like my password.

No matter what you want to do these days, you need a password. Want to buy a hat? Read the news? Pay a bill? First you must answer a riddle: “What is your password?”

It’s as if we all lived in some Double 007 world, where everyone’s either a spy or a secret agent. The trouble is we aren’t all good spy or secret agent material.

Everyone is happy to tell you what you need for a good password: It must have 6 or 8 or maybe 12 characters…

In a random combination of letters, numbers and symbols…

Both upper and lower case…

But in no predictable pattern.

And, of course, you can’t use the same one more than once, because only a fool would do that.

“Yes, a fool who wanted a fighting chance to read her own email!”

In short, if you can remember your password, it’s not good enough.

Every time I try to remember one of mine, I feel like I’m strapped to a board in a North Korean prison — being dunked: “What is your VISA card password?”

“Ummm..”

“NO, that is not it! Try again!”

“Gluggg…”

“NO, again you have failed!

Now tell us: what is your User ID?” Because of course, you need one of those, too, whatever they are. So now there’s a second meaningless string of stuff to remember.

And there is apparently nothing too trivial for password protection. I was trying to use a coupon the other day, but as part of the process, I had to give them my club member ID. Which I had to get from their website. Which I couldn’t get into because, according to the little red letters, “That email address is already registered.”

“Yes, you dummies to me — now let me in!”

Most important of all: Neither your password nor your ID can be a real word.

You certainly can’t use any-

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A Look on the Lighter Side thing meaningful, like SnuggleBunny.

I am sure that the IT folks have a fine time laughing at us about this. Secure in their electronic hide-outs, they watch me type: “Check this one out: She’s using SnuggleBunny.”

“Yeah, that’s even dumber than her last one. What was it, again?”

“MuffinTop.” “And to think we get paid for this job.”

Of course, you must never write them down anywhere — certainly not on the inside of

your pencil drawer — because that’s just asking for trouble.

Then again, what busy, selfrespecting burglar is going to pause in his pursuits, lugging his pillowcase full of jewelry, silverware, and flat screen TV out the door, to say, “Oh, wait; I wonder what her passwords are? Here they are, written in her desk drawer. Good girl…I mean, ‘MuffinTop’!” And he’ll chortle as he stuffs the desk drawer into the bag.

No, the only risk here is me going into default on my bills because I can’t remember the password for paying them.

Because the banking websites are the worst — protected by layer upon layer of vicious, snarling Security Questions.

You’re supposed to pick the ones that work for you …except none of them do.

“Enter your Birthdate.”

What, my real one? So that anyone who finds me on Facebook can hack into my computer files?

“Mother’s Maiden Name.”

How many shows have you seen where they hacked into someone’s computer just from knowing a relative’s name? All of them, that’s how many – except

for the ones that used birthdates.

“Birthplace:” I tried to enter this, but the computer told me I was wrong. “Were you there?”

I wanted to ask it, but maybe it was.

Favorite color? I can never decide.

Name of childhood pet: This is a problem, because we were never allowed to have pets. If only I’d known, I could have told my parents I would need one someday for bank security questions. Alas, I must settle for the guppies that never lasted a week. But what, oh what did I call them? “Guppie”? Nope.

“Fishie”? Nope! Oh, “Goldie”?

Aargh! Three strikes, I’m locked out.

If only someone would invent a synthetic memory – one that could store and recall all this information perfectly, and never fade, and never let me down. It could hold all my passwords, and user IDs, and remember which favorite color I’d told which bank and everything.

Except they’ve already done that. It’s called “a computer,” and I can’t get into mine because I can’t remember its password!

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Importance of expressing gratitude

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t is often noted that young people (through college years) are deficient in empathy and in expressing gratitude. Perhaps that’s not surprising. To be young is to receive support and to anticipate an expanding future without already having the maturity to appreciate the personal and social factors that foster your advancement.

This is not to conclude that older people are automatically better at expressing appreciation and at affirming those who enhance their lives. Indeed, in his appropriately titled book, “Happier,” Tal Ben-Shahir argues that most people can do better at empathy and gratitude. He advises that there are ways of teaching those values regardless of age.

“Most people fall short of their happiness potential,” BenShahir concludes. A key reason for that is a lack of attentiveness to cultivating close, caring relationships. In his book and his past courses at Harvard, he urged students (and others) to write “gratitude letters.”

These would be more than “thank

you notes.” Rather, they should be a “thoughtful examination of the meaning and pleasure that you derive from the relationship … particular experiences and shared dreams and whatever else in the relationship is a source of joy.”

An added pleasure these days is that most people — especially millennials and Gen Z youth — seldom receive any mail at all via the postal system (letters become rare — and special). Studies show, according to Ben-Shahir, that epistolary gratitude “often has profound effects on the writer and the receiver — and on the relationship.”

When I see my pal Hillel at libraries we often chat about his former tax client Kitty Kallen. We both were enthralled by her early 1950s song “Little Things Mean a Lot.” How much daily attentiveness do most of us have for appreciation of others and of our own situations? One does not need to think of major events, accomplishments, or relationships to feel gratitude. Delays in offering appreciations can also be ad-

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field dressed.

In his autobiographical essay, “Godfather” author Mario Puzo describes how he came slowly to celebrate his immigrant parents after feeling embarrassed by them until he was in his 30s. Like many immigrants, his mother and father did not learn English.

Their goal was to live with more economic security in the United States, not to become American.

When their American-born son Mario told his mother he wanted to become a writer. His mother’s response in Italian was “don’t be

crazy; just be thankful that you are alive.”

After leaving the ghetto of Hell’s Kitchen, Puzo did become a writer. As he looked back on his family history, he developed great appreciation and respect for his parents. He recognized what courage it took to leave their Italian homeland, to traverse 3,000 miles of ocean, and to work extra hard to improve their lives in a culture that was strange to them.

With retrospective empathy and understanding, Puzo celebrated his parents as “illiterate Colombos” and concluded that they were heroes. Their sacrifices gave him a chance to “choose a dream” of his own.

Social psychological studies reveal that deep relationships are indicated when folks talk together about their past and find mostly affirmatives in what they did and what they shared. For the Kitty Kallen song, that is an ongoing affirmation process.

But “little things mean a lot” when they have greater vitality as we foster more mindfulness of ways our lives are enhanced.

How about appreciating the sunshine of a new morning, or an occasional shower, which can refresh your garden and flowers?

How about gratitude for good health, for enjoyable food, for opportunities to keep learning and expanding your mind and awareness?

Of course, friendships and family are central to everyone’s life. Lord Byron wrote: “All who would win joy must share it; happiness was born a twin.”

Those of us who are elders can help foster gratitude and empathy among the young. In our later years, we can appreciate the gift of time. That may seem like a weird thing to be grateful for when, given our age, we have less time than many left on Earth.

However, we often have more time in each day than do many of our children and grandchildren.

We elders are best positioned to model gratitude for the young — expressing appreciation for decency, for help, for Long Island’s great schools and libraries, and for the civic virtue of others — young and old.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Time to confront L.I.’s native plant crisis

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uburban and urban dwellers suffer at large from “plant blindness,” or the inability to notice and recognize the plant world.

Plant blindness is a form of cognitive bias describing the human tendency to ignore plant species. Most humans are more responsive to animals than plants.

Fast-moving animals with eyes, like us, are capture our attention. This is probably hardwired into our DNA. We had to respond quickly to fast-moving animals for survival. Ironically, by ignoring what’s green and grows, we’re ignoring our most important lifeline.

Intensive agricultural farming has removed us from the harvest, and we pick our produce not from the fields but wrapped in plastic from the grocery store aisles.

Earth-based cultures (by some termed primitive, I prefer to call them connected) are well aware that the plant world is responsible for maintaining viable conditions on Earth. Our culture seems disconnected from the very source of life. We’ve taken matters into our own hands, quite literally, transplanting the tree of life where we

see fit. In an effort to beautify our public and private spaces, we’ve sculpted the land to ridiculous extents. We’ve introduced exotic and ornamental plants that have escaped cultivation and replaced indigenous growth. This is devastating to biodiversity because insects evolved to feed on local plants and often do not know how to utilize introduced plant life.

In his milestone book, “Bringing Nature Home,” Douglas W. Tallamy describes how native plants sustain wildlife in our gardens. He was quick to notice in his research how indigenous plants attracted more insects than non-natives. As a matter of fact, alien plants were often introduced because they weren’t attracting insects.

In the ’50s and ’60s, when North America’s most popular street tree, the American elm, was destroyed in large numbers

by Dutch elm disease, Norway maples were selected as the street tree of choice. Norway maple quickly outcompetes native trees.

On Long Island, Norway maple is now listed as an invasive and is not for sale. It is illegal to plant it in some parts of the country. Ad-

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ditionally, on Long Island we’re overrun by multi-floral rose, milea-minute, kudzu, Japanese honeysuckle, English ivy, and bittersweets, to name a few imports suffocating native growth.

Landscape ecologist Rusty Schmidt claims that 95 percent of suburban growth is comprised of alien plant life (ornamental, exotic).

“Our challenge is to redesign suburbia so that it becomes a healthy, functioning ecosystem,” he says. “Every time we plant an alien plant, we are reducing the

local insect population. Studies have shown that areas overrun with alien plants produce 35 times less caterpillar biomass, the most popular insect food with birds.”

Insects make up more than 80 percent of life on Earth and are under-appreciated for the vital role they serve in the web of life.

The majority of insects are beneficial, serving as decomposers, pollinators and even predators for pest management (for instance, the praying mantis eats mosquitos and aphids). Plants harness the energy from the sun and play key roles in regulating climate and air quality, mainly through the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and water cycles.

We can learn to pay attention to plants and recognize their importance. If you’re interested in correcting your plant blindness, a few ways to do this are listed below: 1. Dedicate a few mindful minutes each day to a plant or a tree that you’ve never noticed before.

2. Join iNaturalist: a free mobile app for data collection and identification.

3. Join iMapinvasives: a cloud-based application for tracking and managing invasive species.

4. Enjoy re-establishing a vital connection to the plant world. We may have turned a blind eye, but plant life never forgot to feed us.

With the easy-to-use iNaturalist app, you can log an observation on your mobile device. Capture a photo with your phone, upload to the database and the online community will help you identify what you’re noticing.

With iMapinvasives scientists are encouraging you and me to join them in the identification and management of invasives in your area.

These types of citizen science based observations through online networks are of great significance now that we’re experiencing rapid changes as a consequence of climate change. You can help document the changes.

Environmental health is directly linked to public health.

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now.” But make sure you plant the right tree.

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When self-interest overrides ethics

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hat does it take for a group with a strong ethical foundation to stray from its ethical convictions? This is a vital question for anyone affiliated with an organization that espouses human rights — and it’s also relevant to anyone of any age who feels reluctant to speak out in our increasingly divided culture.

The American Psychological Association, founded in 1892, offers a case in point by demonstrating how even the best of intentions can go awry in dire circumstances.

It is a situation that all of us may face in our lives.

To set the stage, although there has been much debate in recent years as to whether “enhanced interrogation” constitutes torture, it has been determined to be so according to international standards set forth in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture.

Nevertheless, in the aftermath of 9/11, the APA supported this practice in the interrogation of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, Abu Ghraib in Iraq and in a number of so-called “Black Sites” across the globe, including Lithuania, Thailand, Romania, Afghanistan and Poland.

How did the APA, whose mission is to apply psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives, come to support torture? One possibility, according to psychologist Dr. Nina Thomas, who has served on an APA ethics panel, was for APA members to take the position: “We didn’t know about it.”

Thomas wrote about this matter in an article entitled, “We didn’t know: Silence and silencing in organizations,” which was published in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy in 2016.

Thomas says that a full understanding of context is critical to unraveling how the APA became involved in enhanced interrogation. She notes that soon after the 2001 attack on America, “national security was uppermost in the minds of government officials and private corporations and organizations.” No one living in the vicinity of the attacks at that time would doubt that there was growing fear and insecurity. Any sense of American invincibility was replaced by paranoia.

Living on Long Island, just about 25 miles from the World Trade Center, I was hesitant to travel by way of bridges or tunnels for a time. Was I being cautious, irrational or paranoid? Whichever

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it was, there was a visceral sense of something profoundly different.

It was my sense that most people, especially in the areas directly affected by the attacks experienced this feeling.

Historically, according to Thomas, psychologists assisted the U.S. military in “analyzing propaganda and countering its effects as well as boosting morale during protracted war.” They also provided research on “learned helplessness” that was used to prepare captured American soldiers to resist interrogation during times of war.

This history of collaboration contributed to a growing relationship between the APA and the U.S. Department of Defense and the

Central Intelligence Agency. At a time when there was a pervasive sense of acute fear, the APA was positioned to be a vital asset in helping to extract information from detainees that might protect American lives from further attacks. And perhaps by any means possible.

Thomas says some of the APA members who directly or tacitly supported the role of psychologists in the interrogations later reported taking issue with the international standards and their definition of torture.

Consequently, in a context of immense fear and hyper-vigilance, interrogation practices that overrode the APA’s ethical standards were excused or perhaps ignored by conveniently distorting the conventional standards used to define torture.

Potential dissenters — essentially bystanders — were then faced with the challenge of being silent (“We didn’t know about it”) or speaking out and being ostracized and marginalized. Apparently a good number chose the option of “going along to get along.”

In any group that strays from its ethical standards, according to Thomas, “when personal interests hold sway over ethical concerns, the group runs the risk of self-

destructing,” particularly when an impression of “we were just following orders” prevails.

Some APA members (and others) may have felt that psychologists’ role in the interrogations were justified as they were used in their entirety for what was perceived as the greater good.

Perhaps the lesson for members of all organized groups, as articulated by Dr. Thomas is, “when self-interest trumps ethics, no one is served.”

This story offers a good lesson for children (and for all of us) growing up in an increasingly divided America. The bottom line: Citizenship involves being active participants in community affairs, even when it may place you at odds with your friends, neighbors, colleagues or others. It is vital that we teach young people that dissent is a cornerstone of democracy. They need to know that their voices will make a real difference in changing the world where others have failed.

Andrew Malekoff is the executive director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, which provides comprehensive mental health services for children from birth through 24 and their families. To find out more, visit www. northshorechildguidance.org.

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ill Chalmers, the “ringmaster” and Chief Experience Officer of the Global Scavenger Hunt, launches us on this around-the-world-in-23days mystery tour with what he calls a “chimpanzee test” – where a chimpanzee is likely to get more answers right than a human being who has news and information available to them.

The test basically demonstrates that unlike the gloom-anddoom of headlines, the trendlines are positive and these are actually the best of times for human society.

Throughout this Global Scavenger Hunt, “A Blind Date With the World” – where we don’t know where we are going next until we are told when to go to the airport or get ourselves there, and along the way, complete scavenges and challenges – we are encouraged, even forced, to “rely on the kindness of strangers.”

To interact with local people even when we can’t understand each other’s language.

Though it is a conceit to think we can parachute into places and understand the nuances of complex issues, travel is about seeing for yourself, but also gaining an understanding of one another, disabusing stereotypes or caricatures, and most significantly, not seeing others as “other”, which works both ways.

In very real ways, travelers are ambassadors, no less than diplomats. Isolating people is not how change happens – that only hardens views and makes people susceptible to fear-mongering and all the bad things that have happened throughout human history as a result. “See for yourself,” Chalmers tells us.

In Athens, I am struck with the artistry from 2500 years ago in the National Archaeological Museum and realize that the human species

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is not smarter or better than thousands of years ago, we just have better tools and technology.

A panel about 6th century Greece stood out: “The nature of the economy underwent a radical change as a result of the growth of trade. A new class of citizens emerged who were conscious of liberty and its potential and now

demanded the right to play an active role in the running of public affairs….

The liberty that was characteristic of the Greek way of life and which governed their thinking finds eloquent expression in their artistic creations. …Works of art and artists moved freely along the trade routes… Greeks turned their attention to the natural world and to phenomena that gave rise to philosophical speculation, formulating ideas such as those of matter, the atom, force, space and time, and laying the foundations of science…”

In New York City where our “Global Scavenger Hunt” ends, I go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to take on the challenge of finding objects from five of the countries we visited. This leads me to a fascinating exhibit, “The World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East.” The museum rarely (if ever) becomes political, but in this exhibit, archaeologists

comment on the destruction of Palmyra and other ancient sites by ISIS. “It may seem frivolous to focus on monuments, museums when people are enslaved and killed. But to wipe out, destroy culture is a way of destroying people. We must protect heritage as well.”

It is a humbling experience, to be sure, to go to the origins of the great civilizations, fast forward to today. How did they become great?

How did they fall? Greatness is not inevitable or forever. Empires rise and fall. Rulers use religion, art and monuments to establish their credibility and credentials to rule; successors blot out the culture and re-write history. Traveling around the world, you appreciate just what a small world it is, how interdependent we are, that individuals do have an impact. Also, that people everywhere are more similar than different.

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he fifth anniversary April 24 of the passing of George E. McDonald, who led the New York Allied Printing Trades Council, closed the books on the glory days of New York City newspapers.

In the 1960s, NYC was blessed with over 12 daily newspapers sold at thousands of neighborhood newsstands. I still remember many of Long Island’s own Newsday’scompetitors from decades ago, such as the Long Island Star Journal and Long Island Press based in Queens, along with the short-livedSuffolk Sun. The 1962 newspaper strike lasted for 114 days before ending on March 31, 1963. Prior to that, New Yorkers had numerous newspapers. These included the New York Post, New York Daily News, New York Journal American, New York World Telegram & Sun, New York Mirror, The New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, Long Island Star Journal, Long Island Press and Staten Island Advance.

It was an era when a majority of citizens received their news from newspapers, as opposed to television news. The broadcasts were primarily local news, sports and weather, seldom more than 30 minutes. Budgets were not readily available to send reporters out for remote coverage of national or international stories. Readers could select from morning, midday and late afternoon editions, available at thousands of newsstands.

Today there are far fewer newspapers and only several hundred newsstands left in NYC, primarily in Manhattan. The profit margin for individual newspaper sales can be as little as pennies. Newsstand owners need additional revenues to survive. They provide newspapers and other products many New Yorkers depend upon on a daily basis.

As a result of the strike, the Daily Mirror ended publication in 1963. The remnants of three papers combined into one, the World Journal Tribune, which had the best reporters and features from the old New York Herald Tribune, World Telegram and Sun along with the Journal American. But the new venture could not survive and folded in 1967.

The continued demise ofnewsstandssince the 1960s is bad news for our remaining papers.Excessive regulationsfrom various NYC municipal agencies havecontributed to the reduction in newsstands over past decades.

The relentless loss of newspaper across the nation is bad news for readers. Most American cities and suburbs are down to one local daily or weekly newspaper. Newspapers and magazines have to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership due to competition from the Internet and other new information sources. We are fortunate to live in one of the few remaining free societies with a wealth of information

sources available for all.

Today there is an ongoing circulation battle between the New York Post, New York Daily News and The New York Times. They face competition from other daily newspapers such as Newsday, Staten Island Advance, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. This war for readersis also taking place inGreat Neck, New Hyde Park, Herricks, Williston Park, Albertson, Garden City, Manhasset, Roslyn and other neighborhoods in adjacent Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties.

There are also freebies such asAM New York and Metro New York.

More people turn to all news radio, national network news such as ABC, CBS and NBC, along with their local affiliates, NY1 (New York City),News 12 (Long Island), FOX-5, WOR-9, WPIX-11, WLNY 10/55, PBS, along with cable new stations such as CNBC, CNN, FOX, BBC and the Internet for late-breaking news, which can sometimes become stale by the time it reaches print the next day. A growing population of new immigrants support their own newspaper, radio and television stations.

In the marketplace of ideas, let us hope there continues to be room for everyone still publishing todayalong with our own Great Neck News and other Blank Slate Media publications.

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am writing to you to show my support for Deborah Abramson-Brooks for the upcoming Port Washington Board of Education election on Tuesday, May

As the father of one Schreiber High School graduate, and another child currently enrolled at Schreiber, I have always looked for a knowledgeable community member who could give me solid guidance on multiple issues regarding education. Deborah has and will always be someone I respect and trust in her views on public education, as she does her research and speaks from a position of knowledge and honesty.

I have been active in a Port Washington-based education group on social media for years and have read what Deborah has shared. I can honestly say Deborah speaks from the heart and always with the kids’ best interests in mind.

Deborah is exactly who Port needs in the role of PW Board of Education Trustee and I am happily going to vote for her.

I hope that you will do as well.

Larry Penner Great Neck

Jason Goldstein Port Washington

Making Plaza park better Geisler right pick

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s part of the ongoing Great Neck Plaza TEP Project, construction on Mayor Jean Celender’s vanity park in front of the post office (aka, public plaza) is underway, in spite of the fact that the community neither wants it or needs it — another example of Queen Jean giving away ice in the wintertime.

Nevertheless, I would like to offer a few suggestions that would place the park in contention for the Eighth Wonder of the World.

A permanent porta potty should be prominently placed in the public plaza for the

people’s pleasure. The door should bear a pewter plaque, proudly proclaiming “Welcome to Jean’s John.”

In winter, all the neighborhood children should gather together in the park to frolic in the snow and build a giant ice statue of a woman on a pedestal, wearing a long, flowing dress and a spiked crown.

In her raised right hand the ice figure will be holding a torch, and cradled in her left arm will be a tablet with the following inscription: “The Ice Queen Cometh!” A stone plate, etched with words of wisdom, will rest on the pedestal supporting the queen.

But alas, cometh the spring, the Ice Queen melteth, leaving behind only the stone plate bearing these words: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning for a place to park.”

Instead of an unwanted park, construction of a resident parking plaza would be more appropriate, welcome and appreciated.

It’s time for the Jean Machine Regime to go!

Leo Pfeifer Village of Neck Plaza (We want our “Great” back!)

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ith the upcoming Board of Education elections May 21, I am reminded of the low turnout of residents who go out and vote. I am sure most parents in Port Washington are concerned about their children’s education yet BOE meeting attendance tells a different story.

With this in mind I am glad to know that one candidate standing for election to the board, Dr. Jonathan Geisler, has made it a main issue to get the community more engaged in BOE decisions.

He will actively seek feedback (for example, online surveys) so that parents and residents feel that their concerns are addressed even if they are not able to attend BOE meetings.

I have known Jonathan for a while and am confident that he is well qualified to deal with all BOE

matters with integrity as well as scrutiny. As an academic in professional life, he is dedicated to education (he even has a Facebook page — Jonathan Geisler on Education) and as the parent of a thirdgrader he knows the future of our schools is a priority.

Just as important, however, is his concern with the fiscal well-being of Port Washington residents. You can expect budgets and expenditures to be scrutinized for efficiency and not just rubber stamped.

So please join me on Tuesday, May 21, at Weber middle school, in voting for Dr. Geisler, because a vote for him is a vote for you, your children and our community.

Robert Nunez Port Washington Letters Continued on Page 63

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BY J ES S I C A PA R K S Citing lack of transparency, a rushed process and unfair targeting of former property tax grievers, four Nassau County residents have filed a class action lawsuit to prevent the tentative assessment roll from being finalized.

The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court last week, alleges that two independent studies on recent residential home sales “revealed considerable discrepancies” between the county’s newly assessed values and the “time adjusted sales price of specific homes in 2018.”

One study found that 69 percent of the homes that sold in 2018 had an assessed value that had a difference of 5 percent or more from the time-adjusted sales price; the other study found 84 percent of homes had a discrepancy of 5 percent or more.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran called for the reassessment of all homes in the county in 2018 after the county’s assessment roll had been frozen in 2008.

Statistics released by the county executive last week estimate that 55 percent of Nassau County homeowners will see a decrease in their property taxes due to the reassessment, exemptions and a five-year phase-in.

Herrick Feinstein LLP, the firm that filed the lawsuit on behalf of Eric Berliner, Robert Fine, Michael Aryeh and Jill Pesce, alleges that the countywide reassessment was completed in an “unreasonably short period of time.”

“In 2003, the countywide assessment took three years to complete, and in 2018 it took less than 6 months,” the lawsuit states.

During the 2003 assessment, the county used site visits, photographs, sketches, inspection of public records and collection of massive amounts of data for appraisal analysis, and ran a public information campaign, according to the lawsuit.

The 2018 assessment was the first to use computer or estimation modeling as the primary basis to calculate residential market values, the lawsuit states.

Plaintiffs allege that the usefulness of computer modeling is determined by the type and amount of data that is entered and how that data is comparatively weighed, and the results of a modeling system “must be examined with careful scrutiny.”

Instead, the lawsuit states that the modeling utilized, and its software, “remain clouded in secrecy” because no information on the software or algorithm was made available to the public.

The New York State Committee on Open Government issued an advisory opinion suggesting that the algorithm be released due to its use in making “important government decisions” and therefore the county should not be permitted to claim trade secret status.

The county has yet to release the modeling software’s formula.

Furthermore, the lawsuit asserts that the results of the assessment target county residents who grieved in the past.

It states that after sto-

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ries of disparate treatment of homes on the same block were reported, a number of “vocal Sands Point homeowners who complained about egregious over assessments” saw the sudden reduction of their home values “en masse.”

The lawsuit states that Nassau’s assessors improperly used comparative sales when conducting the assessment. At a public hearing with the Department of Assessment, Nassau County Assessor David Moog said the algorithm only provides a prediction of the home value, which is then verified through comparative sales.

Moog said at the hearing that any improperly calculated home values would be caught when comparable home values were reviewed, according to the lawsuit.

However, an independent study of hundreds of homes found that “sales comparatives were not adjusting the modeling’s price up or down,” the suit states.

Plaintiffs allege that the county assessors’ “use of so-called ‘neighborhood factors’” was another means by which the market value could be manipulated.

Nassau County was divided into 324 geographic areas, and the lawsuit says the parameters used to identify the neighborhoods were unknown.

The neighborhood factor was designated as between 0.6 and 1.9 and was then used to either decrease or increase assessed values, according to the lawsuit.

It further states that the neighborhood factor effectively produced striking differences between homes that were across the street from one another, differences that could not be justified.

The plaintiffs seek a declaration that the 2018-19 reassessment was conducted in an unlawful manner, additional time to further review, analyze and revise the tentative assessment roll, further disclosure of modeling and methods, and a permanent injunction and “stay of all efforts to finalize and publish the assessment roll

by April 1, 2020.”

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Miles October has found, however, that when given the opportunity to play, children embrace it, and in 2015 and 2016, Roslyn native and minor league player Matt Soren helped October coach them with his organization Play Sport4Life.

The experience has stayed with Soren even as he’s returned to the United States to coach and play, and now he’s found a way to enlist his community on Long Island to support children like those he met abroad: an equipment drive.

Play Sport4Life offers children from low-income households the opportunity to play with real bats, gloves and balls, equipment which is otherwise financially out of reach for them, October said. An expanded supply means some can have gloves and bats of their own, he said.

“We have so much in Long Island and in the New York metro area, where these kids are leaving $200 bats and gloves at the field and they just forget about it,” Soren said. “I want to be able to give these kids I saw that need these things … a chance and to be able to connect two

vastly different places.”

Soren is currently coaching a youth travel team he started with Zach Goldstein, an assistant coach at Adelphi University, and together they have been gathering equipment, mostly used, from people and communities on Long Island.

Goldstein has used the team’s social media pages to make calls for donations.

“I’ve gotten a bunch of equipment from direct messages,” he said. “I’ll pick it up. I’ll drive to the house and bring it up to Glen Cove and just add to the collection.”

So far, they’ve filled about a third of a shipping container, Soren said. Port Washington Youth Activities has donated a significant collection.

“It’s all about paying it forward, and we’ll pay it forward to whoever needs it,” Port Washington Youth Activities Executive Director Brandon Kurz said.

South Africa was the second international destination for Soren during an offseason.

He was hopping around minor league teams after college and in the winter of 2014 traveled all the way to Australia to play and coach.

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• Placing the cost of the funeral (at today's prices) in an investment vehicle, so that the interest earned will keep pace with inflation to cover the cost of the funeral (at future prices) when the death occurs.

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Dr. Seuss comes to Mineola American Theater Dance Workshop’s married artistic directors and producers, Michelle and Jerome Vivona, are both connected to the original Broadway production of “Seussical.” Michelle was in the pre-Broadway Toronto workshop and Jerome starred in the original Broadway company. They each bring their own point of view to a production of the musical that will take place at the ATDW Studio Theater at 500 Jericho Turnpike in Mineola from Friday, May 10 to Sunday, May 19.

Now one of the most performed shows in America, “Seussical” is a fantastical and magical extravaganza. Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who have collaborated on many musicals, including “Lucky Stiff,” “My Favorite Year,” “Once on this Island,” and “Ragtime,” have lovingly brought to life favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and Jojo, a little girl with a big imagination. These colorful characters transport audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

“The Cat in the Hat” tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many “thinks.”

Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

Jerome began his training on Long Island as a ballet dancer, eventually landing

Jerome Vivona

Michelle Vivona

in Ali Pourfarrokh’s class in Port Washington. Shortly afterwards, he was accepted on scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and made his debut with the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group. During that time, Jerome was highly sought after for his portrayal of the Blue Bird in the pas de deux from “Sleeping Beauty.” He was then cast as the Nutcracker Prince in the New Jersey Ballet’s holiday production under the direction of Carolyn Clark and Edward Villella.

As a soloist with the NJB, Jerome had the privilege of working with Agnes DeMille on “Rodeo,” was cast as the lead in Robert North’s “Let’s Go South,” and danced in Antony Tudor’s “Jardin aux Lilas.” He would then travel to Edmonton, Canada to join the Alberta Ballet under the direction of Pourfarrokh. While there, he was featured in both new works and classic ballets such as “Games,” “Tango,” “Coppelia” and “The Nutcracker.” He moved next to California to dance with the Oakland Ballet under the direction of Ronn Guidi.

Jerome was featured in many new and

contemporary ballets including the world premieres of “Gypsies” and the reproduction of the Nijinsky ballet, “Le Train Bleu,” featured in Dance Magazine. He returned to the NJB and began auditioning for musical theater. His first role was that of Paul in “A Chorus Line” at the Bucks County Playhouse, which led to him being cast in the national tour of “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway,” where the legendary Robbins rehearsed him.

Michelle began studying dance at the age of 4 at her parents’ studio in Pittsburgh, Pa. Her parents are both veterans of Broadway, television and film, having worked with Robbins, Bob Fosse, Jack Cole, Michael Kidd and many other luminaries of the time, as well as appearing on the “Perry Como Show.” Michelle followed her dreams to NYC and shortly thereafter landed her first role as the tap leader in the national tour of “On Your Toes,” starring Leslie Caron and Natalia Makarova.

She was then cast as Lorraine in “42nd Street,” which led to her Broadway debut in “Sweet Charity,” directed by Fosse and

Gwen Verdon, followed by roles in “Anything Goes” and “Gypsy.”

Michelle and Jerome met as they were partnered together in the Paris Company of “West Side Story.” Returning home, they toured the U.S. and Japan in “Guys and Dolls.” Soon after, they were married and moved to Long Island. Michelle joined the line at Radio City Musical Hall as a Rockette and Jerome opened on Broadway in “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,” starring Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Sarah Jessica Parker and John Stamos. As dance captains, they took the show on the road with Ralph Macchio.

Jerome assisted Wayne Cilento on his next Broadway project “Dream,” a Johnny Mercer musical starring Leslie Ann Warren.

Jerome went on to feature in the original Broadway casts of “Seussical, the Musical,” directed by Oscar winner Rob Marshall, and then “Kiss Me, Kate.” Michelle was then cast in “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” Jerome went on to be featured in the Kander and Ebb musical “Curtains,” starring the Emmy and Tony Award winner, David Hyde Pierce.

During that time, Jerome went on to become an award-winning director and choreographer, staging such shows as “How to Succeed…,” “West Side Story,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Sweet Charity,” “Footloose” and “The Producers.”

The Vivonas’ production of “Seussical” promises fun for the whole family and can be seen at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 10 and 17 and at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 and 19 and Sunday, May 12 and 19. Tickets, $18 for general seating and $22 premium seating, are available by going to www.atdwstudiotheaterseussical.bpt.me.

For more information, contact the American Theater Dance Workshop at 516248-6420 or via email at info@americantheatedance.com.

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This Tony Award-winning musical centers on 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line as they describe the events that shaped their lives and decisions to become dancers, with music by Marvin Hamlisch, including the memorable numbers “One” and “What I Did for Love.”

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The Tubes featuring Fee Waybill Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m.

From the imaginative to the outrageous, The Tubes continue to please fans throughout the world by performing their 1970s’ and ‘80s’ rock staples, such as “White Punks on Dope,” “Talk to Ya Later,” and their No. 1 Billboard hit, “She’s a Beauty.”

Where: My Father’s Place at the Roslyn Hotel 1221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn Info & Tickets: 516-572-4111 • myfathersplace.com

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Carriage House Players Main Stage: ‘Fifty Words’

Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m.

While their son is away on his first sleepover, Adam and Jan finally have an evening alone together. Adam’s attempt to seduce his wife begins a suspenseful, night-long roller-coaster ride of revelation, rancor, passion and humor that explores a modern-day marriage on the verge of breakup or deepening love.

Where: Carriage House Theater at the Vanderbilt Museum 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport Info & Tickets: 631-854-5579 vanderbiltmuseum.org

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The 2nd Annual World’s Fare at Citi Field Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, 12 to 8 p.m.

The 2nd Annual World’s Fare at Citi Field honors the legacy of the 1964 World’s Fair by bringing everyone together around what unites us all... good food. The two-day international food festival includes more than 100 of NYC’s top food vendors, over 60 craft brewers at the International Beer Pavilion, a World Market Bazaar with global food products and handmade crafts, and live music and dance from around the world.

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Where: Citi Field, 123-01 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing Meadows Info & Tickets (food is not included with tickets): 718-565-4360 theworldsfare.nyc

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’The Phillips Door’ — A One-Act Play

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Saturday, May 18 at 7 and 9 p.m.

This story of love, death, science and faith revolves around a recently widowed doctor who has constructed a doorway to other dimensions in his laboratory. His experimentation with the door brings him encounters with ghosts, demons, fairies and even Death himself — all in the hopes of finding his deceased wife’s soul.

Where: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City Info & Tickets: 516-767-1384 • cradleofaviation.org

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The Fab Faux performs Abbey Road and A Hard Day’s Night in their Entireties

Saturday, May 18 at 8 p.m.

Far beyond a cover band, the Fab Faux plays the music of the Beatles so impeccably that one must experience it to believe it. At this show, they will perform the complete tracks of Abbey Road and A Hard Day’s Night, including classics from “Come Together” and “Carry that Weight,” to “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “And I Love Her.” Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info & Tickets: 516-283-5566 • thespaceatwestbury.com

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Free Artist in the Gallery Series: Muna Tseng

Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m.

To coincide with the current exhibit, That ‘80s Show, dancer and choreographer Muna Tseng will share insights and observations on some of the most creative minds and talents of the ‘80s, including her brother, Kwong Chi, whose provocative photographs of Haring, Basquiat, Warhol and others are spectacular mementos of the era.

Where: Nassau County Museum of Art, One Museum Drive, Roslyn Info: 516-484-9337 • nassaumuseum.org

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THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK

The Jonathan Krevat Memorial Golf & Tennis Classic benefiting North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center and in celebration of our dedicated mental heath professionals

Monday, June 3, 2019

at NORTH HEMPSTEAD COUNTRY CLUB | PORT WASHINGTON, NY

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Saturday, May 18, 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. (ongoing performances through June 22) In a spectacular celebration of the 1939 MGM film, follow Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion as they journey “off to see the Wizard” along the Yellow Brick Road.

Where: Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson Info & Tickets: 631-928-9100 or theatrethree.com

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Sunday, May 19, 1 to 3 p.m.

As the weather gets warmer, nature wakes up. What plants can you see blooming?

What animals can you find? Kids ages 3 and up can join the Green Teens in Our Backyard and take a closer look at the world around them. Free with admission.

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City Info: 516-225-5800 or licm.org

For information or to register: (516) 626-1971 ext. 309 or visit: www.northshorechildguidance.org/events

Gold Coast International Film Festival

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In 19th century France, a prisoner is released from years of unjust jail time and begins a lifelong struggle for redemption amidst the uprisings of the French Revolution. Presented by the Youth Experiencing Art Project.

“Finding Neverland” tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters, Peter Pan, and author J.M. Barrie inspirations for the tale.

Where: Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East Main St., Smithtown Info & Tickets: 631-724-3700 or smithtownpac.org

Juliette Binoche and Guillame Canet reunite with acclaimed director Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Carlos) for this wry, slyly seductive tale of sex, lies, and literature. Set amidst the bohemian intelligentsia of the Parisian publishing world, Non-Fiction traces the romantic and emotional fallout that results when a controversial writer (Vincent Macaigne) begins blurring the line between fact and fiction, using his real-life love affairs—including a passionate fling with an actress (Binoche) who happens to be married to his editor (Canet)—as fodder for his explosive new novel. Balancing dry wit with keen observations on the tensions between art, commerce, and technology, Non-Fiction is a buoyant, breezy delight from a master director at his most effortlessly brilliant.

Visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org or call 516-829-2570 for tickets.

Tickets $15/$10 for members when purchased in advance, $20 at the door.

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Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m. (ongoing performances through June 2)

Sunday, May 19, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info & Tickets: 516-299-3100 or tillescenter.org

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Sunday, May 19, 12 to 5 p.m.

Port Washington’s music, arts and community festival returns with live musical and dance performances, including the Dave Diamond Band, Berest Dance Center, and the Schreiber Theater Company’s performances from “Chicago,” along with food trucks and auctions.

Where: Weber Middle School’s Seeber Field 52 Campus Drive, Port Washington Info: 516-767-5500 or pwportfest.org

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North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board present:

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‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ coming to L.I. Cradle Con at Rachel Bloom is best known for starring in the CW musical television series, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” which she co-created and executive produced alongside AlineBroshMcKenna.

Bloomstarred as Rebecca Bunch, a successful, driven, and arguably crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything — partnership at a prestigious law firm and an upscale apartment in Manhattan — in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in suburban West Covina, Calif.

For her role as Bunch, Bloom won both the 2016 Golden Globe forBest Actress in a TV Series — Musical or Comedyand the Critics’ Choice

Award forBest Actress in a television comedy. Her songwriting on the series earned her three Emmy Awardnominations.

Before “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Bloom released two albums of comedy music, “Please Love Me” and “Suck It.” Herpast acting work includes appearances on the television series “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Fuzz,” in addition to voice work on “BoJackHorseman,” “Robot Chicken” and the CW web series, “Very Mallory.”

Bloomco-starred in the film “Most Likely to Murder” opposite Adam Pally and Vincent Kartheiser, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2018. She has written and

starred in two live musical sketch comedy shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles and New York, “RachelBloomis a Triple Threat!!!” and “Sing Out, Louise!”

Bloom’s writing credits include Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken,” Fox’s “Allen Gregory,” andLucasfilm’supcoming “Star Wars: Detours.” She has also released two albums, “Please Love Me” (a compilation of old and new hits) and “Suck It, Christmas!!! (A Chanukah Album).”

Afterattending NYU’sTischSchool of the Arts for theater, where she served as head writer and director of the prestigiousHammerkatzsketch group,Bloomstudied improv and sketch at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. She has been named one of Variety’s “10 Scribes To Watch,” as well as a “Comic to Watch” byCosmopolitan,Time Out LAand other publications.

In advance of her upcoming, two-show engagement at Radio City Music Hall, Bloom will perform her “Warm Up Show” at TheParamount on Sunday, May 12 at 7 p.m.

For tickets, got to www.paramountny.com. The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington.

Aviation Museum The Cradle of Aviation Museum is ready to celebrate all things comic book culture when Cradle Con returns on Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, June 2, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The annual event is an opportunity for readers to meet and greet local comic book creators, for collectors on the hunt for rare books and

toys, for cosplayers to show off some of their best work, and for gamers to get their game on.

This spectacular, yet intimate experience, is for fans of all ages to gather, socialize, and be passionate about what they love. As the organizers say, “This is Long Island’s non-profit comic convention created by fans, for fans.

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CradleCon.” A l l proceeds support the museum’s education and preservation programs. Advance discount tickets are now on sale: adults $20, kids $10, and weekend passes are $30. On the day of the event, adult tickets are $25 and kids are $12.

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Dark Star Orchestra to fill Deadheads Performing to critical acclaim in over 2,600 shows, Dark Star Orchestra continues to play shows that are built off the Grateful Dead’s extensive catalog and the talent of seven fine musicians.

On any given night, the band will perform a show based on the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of touring, with a concert at the Space at Westbury on Friday, May 10 at 8 p.m.

From “Truckin'” to “Ripple,” fans young and old can share in the Grateful Dead concert experience. By recreating the Dead’s past setlists and developing their own sets of Dead songs, Dark Star Orchestra offers a continually evolving artistic outlet within this musical canon.

Honoring both the band and the fans, Dark Star Orchestra’s members seek out the style and sound of each era while simultaneously offering their own informed improvisations. The band offers much more than the sound of the Grateful Dead — they truly encapsulate the energy of a Dead concert.

Dark Star Orchestra continues to grow its fan base by playing at large venues for two and sometimes three night stands, as well as performing at major music festivals, including Bonnaroo, Milwaukee’s SummerFest, the Peach Music Festival, All Good Festival, Gathering of the Vibes, Mountain Jam and more.

In addition to appearing at some of the nation’s top festivals, Dark Star Orchestra hosts its own annual music gathering currently in its sixth year called the Dark Star Jubilee, where the group headlines all three nights and are joined by a mix of established and up-and-coming national touring acts.

Dark Star Orchestra has featured guest performances from six original

Grateful Dead members, including Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Vince Welnick, Tom Constanten and longtime Dead soundman, Dan Healy. Other notable guests have included Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman of Phish, Keller Williams, Warren Haynes, Steve Kimock, Peter Rowan, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and many more.

“For us it’s a chance to recreate some of the magic that was created for us over the years,” says rhythm guitarist and vocalist Rob Eaton. “We offer sort of a historical perspective at what it might have been like to go to a show in 1985, 1978 or whenever. Even for Deadheads who can say they’ve been to a hundred shows in the 90s, we offer something they never get to see live.”

“I can close my eyes and go back 30 years and have it be every bit as rewarding and satisfying,” said Healy. “Dark Star is an amazingly legitimate representation of the Dead.”

“Playing with Dark Star Orchestra is something that feels just exactly like it felt when I was playing with the Grateful Dead,” said Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead vocalist from 1972 to 1979.

The press has also raved about Dark Star Orchestra’s shows. The New Yorker said, “Dark Star Orchestra recreates Grateful Dead shows with a flashbackinducing meticulousness.” “Fanatical attention to detail,” wrote Rolling Stone.

And the Chicago Tribune said, “… Dark Star Orchestra often sounds more like the Dead than the Dead sometimes did.”

For tickets to the show, go to www. thespaceatwestbury.com. The Space at Westbury is located at 250 Post Ave. in Westbury.

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How to instill a love of reading in youngsters

Reading is a rewarding activity that can benefit people throughout their lives. A great way to pass time on a summer day at the beach, reading also can provide a host health benefits, some of which may surprise even the most avid reader.

According to a review from the Cochrane Library, a scientific review board in the United Kingdom, mentally challenging tasks may be beneficial for people with mild to moderate

Alzheimer’s disease. Mental stimulation improved scores on memory and thinking tests for people with dementia.

But the benefits of reading are perhaps even more profound for children. The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital notes that reading and writing skills can help children perform better in the classroom and even benefit them down the road in their professional lives. When chil-

dren read, they develop skills such as phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear, identify and play with individual sounds in spoken words.

Reading also can help kids develop their vocabulary and reading comprehension skills.

As much as parents promote reading to their youngsters, getting kids to embrace reading can be difficult. That may be especially true today, when children have distractions like tablets, phones and social media competing for their attention. Parents who want to make reading part of their family lifestyle can try these tips, courtesy of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. · Turn off your devices.

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Turning off these devices and promoting reading limits kids’ exposure to digital media while providing a perfect opportunity to read. · Set an example. Children mimic their parents’ behavior. Kids who see their parents reading books, magazines and newspapers may be more likely to embrace reading than youngsters who do not see their parents reading.

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HEALTH SCREENINGS every woman should get is below 120/80 mmHg can go every two years between blood pressure readings up until age 20, advises The American Heart Association.

Adults 40 or older, or those with conditions that put them at risk for hypertension, should go annually or as advised by a doctor.

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help save a life.

Healthy diets and daily exercise are hallmarks of healthy people, but routine wellness exams are just as important. The following are some screenings women should include in their health and wellness routines.

Blood pressure

Doctors will typically test blood pressure at every visit.

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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends routine pelvic examinations with cervical testing that includes Pap testing and HPV testing. Consult with an OBGYN for testing frequency, which depends on age.

Cholesterol

Cholesterol levels alone are not indicative of one’s overall health. However, a complete cholesterol test can determine a person’s risk

for heart disease. If levels are consistently normal, this test may only need to be performed every five years, advises the National Institutes of Health.

Mammogram

Mammograms screen for breast cancer. Given the risk of false positives, debate continues as to how frequently women need these screenings. The most recent guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says mammograms are recommended starting at age 50, and should occur every two years. The American Cancer Society advises starting at age 45 and having a mammogram annually through age 55.

Blood-glucose test The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive

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Women can speak with their physicians to determine how often they should receive these screenings.

Osteoporosis screenings

Bone density can be measured starting at age 65 or earlier if a woman has a high fracture risk, states Regis College.

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The American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists notes that most common problems that occur during pregnancy happen in the first and third trimesters, making weeks 14 through 28 during midpregnancy the best time for women to travel.

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The ACOG advises pregnant women traveling by air to make sure their flights are completed by week 36 of their pregnancies. That means avoiding trips that depart in week 36 and return in week 37 or later. Before booking a trip, pregnant women are advised to familiarize themselves with airline travel policies. Each airline is different, but many may require pregnant women to produce medical certificates signed by their physicians indicating they’re allowed to travel. In addition, the ACOG notes that each airline has its own cutoff dates regarding when they will allow pregnant women to travel. For international flights, these cutoff dates may be as early as 28 weeks.

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Pregnant women should not travel by boat unless they have confirmed that a doctor is on board. Avoid taking boat trips to remote locales that might not provide access to modern medical facilities. Pregnant women who typically suffer from seasickness may want to avoid traveling by boat, and all women should consult their OB-GYNs about which medications, if any, they can take to address symptoms of seasickness.

Norovirus infections, which can cause severe nausea and vomiting, are a concern for cruise ship travelers.

Exposure to foods, beverages and surfaces contaminated with the virus can cause infection. If traveling by boat, wash your hands frequently while on board and contact medical personnel immediately if you develop diarrhea or vomit.

Traveling by car

Short car trips are best for pregnant women. When buckling seatbelts, which should be worn at all times, buckle them low on the hip bones below the belly. The shoulder of the belt should be placed off to the side of the belly and across the center of the chest, between the breasts. Schedule frequent stops to stretch.

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aring for children requires dedication and patience.

Even though infants and toddlers may exact the most attention from mom, each stage of childhood presents new challenges.

Motherhood is a task that demands much from women, and those demands can certainly pack on the pressure.

Couple the pressure of raising children with the growing trend of women serving as primary caregivers to aging parents, and it’s no surprise many women feel as those they need a respite. That’s what makes nights out with friends so essential. Here are just some of the many reasons why caregivers need to make time for socialization.

Caregiving can be alienating. No matter how well-meaning moms and caregivers may be, they may grow to resent the work involved because the only interactions they may have on a daily basis are care-related. Women should get out regularly so they can focus on

Have a reason to get dolled up. When other responsibilities take priority, putting on makeup or wearing nice clothing can take a back seat. Girls’ night out provides a reason to wear fancy clothes, do your hair and don a little mascara. Girlfriends tend to notice these beautifying changes and offer compliments — which can be a nice ego boost.

Girls’ night out is a free therapy session.

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and while those are two important factors to consider before making a decision (more on that below), they’re not the only things women must think of as they try to make the best decision.

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Timing and time are two different things. While many people considering graduate degrees think about how much time they’ll need to complete their degrees, timing also merits consideration. Newly minted graduates may want to take a break after expending so much effort to earn their undergraduate degrees. Taking time between degrees can provide the

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opportunity to recharge, and it also can give young graduates a chance to get some professional experience. That experience can inform their future grad school decision, perhaps reassuring them they’re on the right career path or compelling them to pursue other avenues. But enrolling right after completing your undergraduate studies can be beneficial as well. That’s especially so for recent grads who hope to start a family soon after graduation. The longer you delay enrolling in a graduate program, the longer you may delay starting a family, which can have a lasting impact.

that simple. When considering the pursuit of an advanced degree, try to determine if you’ll be in the workforce long enough to benefit from the increased earnings. Women who are midto late-career might not benefit considerably or at all from the extra earnings if they’re paying for their advanced degrees themselves, as the cost of tuition and other fees might be higher than the extra earnings.

In addition, some advanced degrees won’t necessarily lead to considerably higher salaries than you’re likely to earn with a bachelor’s degree. That will depend on your profession.

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The time required to pursue an advanced degree merits strong consideration. Many students pursuing a master’s degree full-time can earn their degrees

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The cost of an advanced degree varies widely depending on the program. Some programs may cost $20,000 or less, while others will cost more than $100,000.

Many doctoral candidates receive financial aid from their schools or lenders, but the cost of a Ph.D. is still considerable, especially when considering the potential lost earnings during the years while the degree is being pursued.

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During menopause, many women experience weight gain and have trouble shedding pounds. Researchers are not quite sure why women gain weight during menopause. However, the health and wellness site Healthline advises that both elevated and low levels of estrogen can lead to increased fat storage. This is compounded by a loss of muscle mass that occurs due to age, hormonal changes and decreased physical activity.

According to JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, executive director of the North American Menopause Society, most women will gain about five pounds during the menopause transition.

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Cut down on calories. Postmenopausal women can cut back on calories because they likely do not need as much as they did when they were younger. Eating may be out of habit, not necessity.

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This can contribute to weight gain and compromise weight loss efforts. Women also should know that being overweight or obese increases their risk of developing insulin resistance.

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Cut out sweetened beverages and desserts. Cutting back on sugary items can trigger weight loss. Researcher Bethany Barone Gibbs, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh, noted that participants in a school-sponsored weight-loss study who were able to decrease their consumption of desserts and sugarsweetened beverages tended to have more success losing weight and keeping it off than those who did not.

Talk about medications. Speak with a doctor about medications, some of which can contribute to weight gain. Many women are prescribed antidepressants in midlife to combat, among other things, symptoms of menopause. Side effects of such medications can include weight gain.

Women gaining weight during menopause can discuss their concerns with their doctors, trainers and dietitians and work toward healthy goals for postmenopausal weight loss.

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Some benefits of longer maternity leave T oday’s working mothers face an incredibly difficult decision after giving birth. How soon to return to work after having a child is a decision new mothers grapple with every day. While a host of

maternity leaves can breastfeed on demand, while others may find it easier to pump at home while their child is sleeping than they would in an office setting.

• Maternity leave and children’s health: A recent study from researchers at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research in Australia found that children can reap the benefits of their parents’ paid parental leave for at least seven years. The study, released in 2015, found that children whose parents were able to care for them with the support of paid leave during infancy had a reduced risk of developing asthma and hearing and vision problems.

factors must be considered before women can make their decision, research shows that longer maternity leave benefits mother and child in a variety of ways.

Paid maternity leave is not guaranteed in the United States, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development notes that the United States is the only country in the developed world that does not mandate paid leave for new mothers. In Canada, paid leave is available for one or both parents through a government-sponsored insurance plan, though that leave is governed by certain restrictions.

The financial component merits strong consideration for mothers trying to figure how long their maternity leave should be. But new mothers know that there are other factors to consider as well. The following are some benefits to lengthier maternity leaves that mothers may not know about.

• Maternity leave, partial breastfeeding and its effects on SIDS risk: Researchers at the University of Auckland recently determined that even partial breastfeeding in the first two to four months of a child’s life reduces the child’s risk for Sudden Infant Death

Syndrome, or SIDS, by roughly 40 percent. Many working mothers experience difficulty breastfeeding their children after they’ve returned to work. Trouble pumping at the office and the resulting effects on breastmilk supply can contribute to this. Mothers who take longer

• Maternity leave and postpartum depression: A 2013 study published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law found that women who return to work sooner than six months after giving birth had an increased risk of postpartum depressive symptoms.

Maternity leave can benefit mother and child for years to come, especially when mothers are capable of taking several months of leave after their children are born.

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How to face the challenges of saving for college tuition Parents likely don’t need to be told that college tuition is expensive. Whether you’re a parent of a high school student on the verge of applying for college or of a newborn with decades to go before the first college tuition bill comes due, the burden of how to pay for higher education is likely something you’ve considered.

While the cost of college tuition isn’t on the decline, parents might be happy to learn that such costs aren’t rising as fast as they once were. According to the “Trends in College Pricing 2018” report from The College Board, between 2001 and 2012, tuition increases at four-year public colleges ranged from 5.7 percent to 13.3 percent per year. Between 2012 and 2018, those same

schools raised tuition raised tuition by just 3 percent per year.

The challenge of saving for college might be more manageable if tuition costs don’t rise as sharply as they did between 2001 and 2012. But such costs are unpredictable, so parents should explore other ways to save for college tuition. · Start saving as early as possible. It’s never too early to begin saving for a child’s college education. According to rules governing New York’s 529 College Savings Program, adults cannot open 529 Savings plans for unborn children, as beneficiaries must have a Social Security number or taxpayer identification number.

However, expecting parents or young adults who one day plan to have children can open ac-

counts and name themselves as beneficiaries and then change the beneficiary to their child once the child is born. It might seem odd to start saving for college tuition before you even have children, but it’s never too early to start growing a college fund. · Choose a diversified portfolio. Most people are familiar with the adage, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” That adage is especially noteworthy when saving for college.

Many people recognize that simply saving for college isn’t enough, and that directing college savings into a 529 plan that allows that money to grow is a savvy way to build college savings accounts. When choosing investments, parents can combat market volatility by

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The Hannah Kroner school offers a unique educational opportunity to dancers and non dancers alike. Dance makes us aware of ourselves, helps us develop a sense of security, and the desire to achieve. It can be better than other educational means because it combines both the physical and the mental. The goal can be performing, it can be teaching, or functioning in any profession. Dance offers students an opportunity to develop a sense of accomplishment in a joyful environment.

The Hannah Kroner School of Dance was established in 1947. The school’s philosophy, then and now, is to educate students in all dance forms, to prepare them to be successful in the varied experiences they will face and demands they will encounter in their lives. Many students find fulfillment in non- performing as well as performing careers because of the extensive dance training they have received through the school. This training has also enabled many graduate students to pass auditions for High School of Performing Arts, summer stock, Broadway shows, television, ballet companies such as Alvin Ailey, San Francisco, Joffrey, and others.

The current owner/director of the school, Carol Kaufman-Riley, was a former professional dancer, lifetime member of Dance Educators of America, member AGVA and was a Rockette. Over the past 40 plus years, Ms. Riley and the staff have continued to be innovators of programs unique to dance education on Long Island. Some of these include “Dance and Exercise for Children and Adults with Special Needs,” a recipient of several community service awards, the “Toddler/Mom,” “Tots Two,” dance birthday parties, modern, musical theater, contemporary, lyrical and the ballroom classes

for kids. Much of the current staff has been with the school throughout the years on Long Island.

Through its distinctive dance teacher-training program, the school has produced many graduates who have become teachers in the studio and fine educators throughout the country.

Most schools focus mainly on the end of the year recital. Since its inception, the Hannah Kroner School has offered an open house right in the studio twice a year so parents can observe their child’s progress in a relaxed atmosphere.

This year younger students will be given the opportunity to perform on stage. The school is proud of their achievements in receiving for the 2nd year in a row 2018-2019 the ADCC award for student excellence. Throughout the years, advanced students have consistently won awards at regional and national competitions on Long Island. Most recently the school has added a competition team comprised of students ages 8-10 (the Mini’s), 11- 13 (the Juniors), and 13+( the seniors). Students interested must pass an audition in order to be on the team.

At the Hannah Kroner School the emphasis is on the enjoyment of dance, learning good technique, knowing dance vocabulary and achieving all around fitness. With every age group taking a part, beginning at toddlers-walking to seniors at the young age of 90, the goals have remained consistent. If you can walk, you can dance, and with over 70 years of positive affirmation, the School continues to flourish.

The school is proud of their community events, street fairs, and performed at the Williston Park street Fair in September. This past February Hannah Kroner School of Dance was proud to host a dance marathon with a $2,167 donation raised for childhood cancer. research.

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tomary eight years. In fact, “high school” wasn’t even heard of before the Great Depression, when it was apparent that it was more productive to keep teenagers in the classroom so they wouldn’t be competing for the scarce jobs available. Millions of kids now attend school each year, and public schools enable students of all socioeconomic backgrounds to earn an education.

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Newark’s Animodules An evening with David Cone

The Animodules are coming to the Nassau County Museum of Art’s Manes Family Center for their first ever museum exhibition. Newark’s original art form will travel across the river to bring their message of peacemaking through the arts to Long Island from May 17 to Sept. 15.

Animodules are contemporary totems — interlocking sculptures that are artist facilitated and community created. The exhibition is accompanied by Animodule-making workshops where children and adults of all ages can work together to create this public art.

“These Animodules provide a unique look into Newark’s diverse culture and extend that culture around the world,” said former Newark mayor, current senator and presidential candidate, Cory Booker. “I witnessed firsthand the profound power of this art form and I named Animodules the official Peace Ambassadors of our city.”

“Animodules are a Newark original, created by artists in residence working with children and communities,” said Chandri Barat, executive director of the Barat Foundation Creation Nation. “We

refer to these Animodules as nonviolent superheroes, fueled by the powers of the arts, to create bridges, promote social justice, and celebrate diversity. Animodules are the alternative to the violence and inhumanity seen in the world today.”

An Animodule is a revolutionary art form and movement that is changing the way art and creative expression connects to community, business, and youth. The Animodule is an animated sculpture, formed by notching two flat planes together to create a third dimension. It is an original urban art form created by children and youth of Newark under the direction of professional artists.

Working collaboratively, solving conceptual and design problems, and merging art and science, program participants gain

invaluable artistic, academic, and team-building experience creating a permanent artwork that represents their community.

Animodules form a strong bridge between communities, schools and businesses. Among many accomplishments, Animodules have engaged more than 10,000 children in Newark, welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors to Newark Airport, greeted the Dalai Lama at the Newark Peace Education Summit, and appeared in Times Square for the UN International Day of Peace.

Each year, the Animodules come together to celebrate creativity and art in the annual Newark Creation Nation Art & Peace Parade. For more information about the exhibit, go to www. baratfoundation.org/creationnation/.

Join an evening with former Met and Yankee All-Star pitcher, David Cone, and award-winning sports analyst, Jack Curry, as they sign their co-authored book, “Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher,” at Book Revue on Thursday, May 16 at 6 p.m.

In his book, Cone shares memories from the World Series and beyond for baseball fans everywhere.“There was a sense about him and an aura about him. Even when he was in trouble, he carried himself like a pitcher who said, ‘I’m the man out here.’ And he usually was,” said former Yankees teammate and fellow All-Star, Andy Pettitte.

To any baseball fan, Cone was a bold and brilliant pitcher. During his 17-year career, he became a master of the mechanics and mental toughness a pitcher needs to succeed in the major leagues.

The five-time All-Star and fivetime World Champion now gives

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From the pitchers he studied to the hitters who infuriated him, “Full Count” takes readers inside the mind of a thoughtful pitcher, detailing Cone’s passion, composure and strategies.

The book is also filled with never-beforetold stories from the memorable teams Cone played on, ranging from the infamous, late ’80s Mets to the Yankee dynasty of the ’90s.

Along the way, “Full Count” also shares the lessons baseball taught Cone — from his mistakes as a young and naive pitcher to outwitting the best hitters in the world — one pitch at a time.

Reserve your copy of “Full Count” for $28 (list price of the book, plus tax), which you will receive at the event, by calling 631-271-1442 or stopping by Book Revue at313 New York Ave. inHuntington.

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Motherly love on film for Mother’s Day Looking for something fun to do with your mom on Mother’s Day while avoiding the long waits at restaurants? Then head on over to the Cinema Arts Centre to see the hit film, “Mamma Mia!,” once again on the big screen.

Join Hollywood superstars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, Julie Walters and Stellan Skarsgård for a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget.

Set on a colorful Greek island, the romantic comedy features

bride-to-be Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), who is about to be married when she discovers through an old diary of her mother’s that any one of three men could be her father.

She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna (Streep), once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos.

Now, as all the key figures from Donna’s past return to the picturesque Mediterranean shores they all walked 20 years prior, one beautiful bride will discover the secret of her past while one lonely mother

finds out that it’s never too late for a little romance… all while singing classic ABBA tunes, including the title song, “Take a Chance on Me,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “The Winner Takes Its All,” and the crowd-pleasing “Dancing Queen.”

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Chalas specializes in treating women with gynecologic cancers and complex gynecologic conditions. She has been actively involved in clinical research and has published extensively on various women’s health topics including the prevention and treatment of gynecologic cancers. She begins her term on May 6, 2019.

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“A pioneer and true advocate for women’s health, it is only fitting for Dr. Eva Chalas to step into a prominent national position where her broad medical knowledge and passion for excellence will further shape practice guidelines with the utmost professionalism and ethics,” said John F. Collins, president and CEO of NYU Winthrop Hospital.

In her role as president-elect for ACOG, Chalas will serve as a national officer of ACOG and the ACOG Foundation, which pursues innovative ideas in education delivery, patient, and physician advocacy, and the provision of fullspectrum health care, including addressing the global issue of maternal mortality and morbidity.

“The three-year term, which will progress to President and Immediate past president, provides me with a voice to advocate for those I serve, and to promote education and clinical excellence at national and international forums,” said Chalas. “I am committed to bringing my passion for women’s health and strong work ethic to this position, while continuing to lead our exceptional team at NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care, working diligently to ensure its growth and development into a flagship cancer service on Long Island for NYU Langone Health.”

Chalas leads a multidisciplinary team in enhancing services in the areas of cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment. In all components of cancer care, including patient outcomes and cancer care delivery, Chalas works with chairs of clinical departments to implement multidisciplinary best-practice strategies that not only provide patients with the best treatments, but are instrumental in improving cancer avoidance and early detection of the disease.

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Report urges MTA labor to give more

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N The Metropolitan Transportation Authority should focus on controlling escalating payroll costs, a new report from the fiscal watchdog Citizens Budget Commission suggests, to help deal with ongoing deficits.

The late April report, entitled “Reform at the Bargaining Table,” comes on the heels of other reports showing that overtime costs played a considerable roll in raising payroll costs by more than 6 percent from 2017 to 2018. MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye has since called for a probe into overtime payouts.

It also comes as the MTA, which runs the Long Island Rail Road, buses and subways, implements fare hikes and congestion pricing to help pay for infrastructure upgrades and address budgetary shortfalls. The agency’s latest fouryear financial plan expects annual cash deficits to grow from $68 million to $976 million, according to the report.

“With new revenue streams secured in the recent legislative session to support the capital program, the MTA should focus on controlling operating costs,” the nonprofit group’s report suggests. “Paramount in this effort is slowing the growth of labor costs, which in 2019 are expected to surpass $10 billion, or nearly threefifths of the MTA’s operating budget.”

The report says that forgoing raises could save $950 million over the course of the current financial plan, which ends in 2022. But new union contracts could allow for wage increases provided the cost is offset, the report goes on to say, by increasing employee contributions to fringe benefit costs.

If the MTA were to increase the health-care contribution rate of unionized workers from 2 percent to 18 percent, which is what nonunion workers give, it could lead to savings of $97 million.

The report recommends supporting state legislation that would increase how much workers must put into their pen-

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A Long Island Rail Road train pulls into the East Williston station on the Oyster Bay branch. sions. This cannot be done through contract negotiations and would only apply to future employees, the report says, but would be a “long term” benefit.

Additionally, the report says there is room for boosting productivity so maintenance hours could be reduced.

“Wage increases are not precluded, but any agreement should include sav-

ings from productivity improvements or contributions to benefit costs to offset the costs of wage increases,” the report suggests. “As a major authority stakeholder, the MTA’s workers should cooperate in helping it achieve a viable fiscal future.”

MTA spokesman Maxwell Young described the report as significant and said all cost-saving proposals must be consid-

ered when annual cash deficits are rising.

“This is an important report that comes at a time of extraordinary financial difficulty for our agency, and is a public service on the part of the Citizens Budget Committee,” Young said. “We need to address these financial challenges and all options must be on the table.”

Belmont work expected to start in summer: Bettman

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Construction of the New York Islanders’ arena at Belmont Park is expected to begin “sometime in the next few months,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.

Newsday reported that the commissioner said he expects to break ground sometime in May, June or July at an Associated Press Sports Editors meeting last Friday.

“It’s still coming, I have no reason to believe it’s not,” he said.

The $1 billion project to redevelop Belmont Park includes an 18,000-seat sports arena, a 435,000-square-foot retail and entertainment space and a 250room hotel. The Long Island Rail Road is working to expand service to the park for events year-round.

The project is currently undergoing an environmental review, which may be approved by the end of June.

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An artist’s rendering of the Belmont Arena development.

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Manhasset honors student-athletes The Manhasset Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Vincent Butera honored the district’s varsity fall and winter athletes for their individual and team accomplishments during a special recognition ceremony held in Manhasset Secondary School’s Black Box Theater in April.

Highlighting the evening were the Nassau County champion boys and girls cross-country squads as well as the recently crowned Nassau County champion varsity boys basketball team.

Boys varsity basketball coach George Bruns was also applauded for recently being crowned Newsday’s Long IsPHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT land Coach of the Year after guiding the Indians to the Long Island Class A chamManhasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Vincent Butera (back row, far right) congratulates pionship and their first trip Manhasset’s Nassau County champion varsity boys basketball team and head coach George to the state semifinals since Bruns (front row, fourth from left) who was named Newsday’s Long Island Coach of the Year.

1986.

The board recognized 10 student-athletes from both the boys and girls cross-country squads who qualified for statewide competition and another 13 who qualified for states from both the boys and girls varsity swim teams.

Also receiving special recognition were 11 members of the boys and girls winter track teams who achieved AllLong Island honors, including All-State, All-Federation and All-Long Island runner Angeline Caamano.

Manhasset Director of Physical Education, Interscholastic Athletics and Health Services James Amen was on hand to introduce the team and present the students with certificates of excellence.

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Judea to host Singles event at Judea Canasta club Women’s Reform Judaism Sisterhood of Temple Judea invites Canasta players to a Canasta event on Thursday, May 16. Refresher and Practice will be held from 11 a.m. to noon. All levels of play start at 11 a.m. and continue to 1 p.m. and beyond.

New and experienced players are welcome.

Cards and supplies will

be provided. Coffee and cookies will be served. Donation: $5.00 Temple Judea is located at 333 Searingtown Road, Manhasset (North exit 36 on LIE). Call for reservations (516) 621-8049, respond at www.temple- judea.com, or just show up at 11 a.m. on May 16.

Submitted by Temple Judea

Temple Judea is planning a “Singles” event to be held on Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m. All singles are invited to meet terrific, happy and interesting new and familiar friends.

The guest speaker, author Margaret Marshall, is the creator of The Five-Finger Food Guide and a specialist in healthy eating and creating healthy lifestyles, at home and on vacation. She will teach about healthy food choices that are good for you whether you are going to a Broadway show, on a cruise or on a trip. A question and answer period will follow.

The get-together begins at

7 p.m. to enjoy hot and cold appetizers, crudités, wine, soda, bottled water, coffee, cakes, cookies and fruits. There will be time before and after the program to socialize and make new friends.

The 30-minute program begins at 7:45 p.m. Following the program will be plenty of time to stay for delicious desserts and socializing with soft music for all. In the past, these successful events have attracted more than 110 singles.

Temple Judea, newly remodeled is spacious, elegant and very beautiful, with great lighting, lots of tables, chairs and couches,

and a warm festive atmosphere.

Singles are encouraged to bring friends.

Bonus fun includes a chance to win $25 or free lottery scratchoffs. There will be lots of winners.

Temple Judea is located at 333 Searingtown Road, Manhasset, NY 11030 (north of exit 36 on the Long Island Expressway).

Reservations can be made by calling the temple office (516) 621-8049 or email shari@templejudea.com. Donation is $14 at the door or at www.temple- judea. com.

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Herricks heads to History Day Herricks High School and Middle School won multiple prizes at the National History Day State Competition, held at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown on April 29. After presenting their work, several students will now head to the University of Maryland for the National Competition from June 9-12.

Students representing Herricks High School won prizes in five of the seven categories and came home with three first place winning projects, which will go on to be national contenders. Aarya Agarwal, Abhinav Goyal, Aditya Lodha and Prameet Shah presented a group documentary, “The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Courage Knows No Number;” Selina Chiang, Grace Kim, Maggie Lau and Emily Wei presented a group performance, “Scrubbing Away the Blackness: The Plight

of the Stolen Aboriginal Generation” and Karan Kaknia, Gurvir Singh, David Xiang and David Zhang for created a group website, “The India Partition: A Line Drawn in Blood.”

Herricks High School students were also victorious in earning two third place awards. Felisha Ma attained this honor for her individual performance, “Cherokee vs. Georgia,” while Amisha Brahmbhatt, Prableen Kaur, Roshni Patel and Sarah Ninan were recognized for their group performance, “The Easter Rising of 1916: The Tragic Fight for an Independent Ireland.”

Herricks Middle School had an outstanding second place group performance presentation that will also move on to the national level. Congratulations to Celeste Zhang, Dheyala Simrin, Sanjana Lodha and Tiffa-

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Herricks High School and Middle School succeeded again at the National History Day State Competition. ny Leo for their group exhibit, Lois Gibbs: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Mother on a Mission.”

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READERS WRITE

Let freedom ring for Open-border leftists Venezuelan people dominate newspaper

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he people of Venezuela have spoken in favor of democracy. Rightful President Juan Guaido should be in control of Venezuela’s future and corrupt Nicolas Maduro should leave.

Venezuela is being destroyed by Maduro with corruption, oppression, economic chaos and lack of vital services

Port school budget increase too much

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’m sorry to hear our school board is proposing a tax increase of 2.9 percent when our state aid has been increased by over $1 million and our employee pension costs are actually reduced by quite a bit.

I want to keep our school system healthy, while at the same time keeping Port taxpayers healthy. I understand we are

S

o Steve Blank and his in-house leftists, Hal Sobel and Karen Rubin (one a regular letter-writer the other other a columnist), support illegal immigration and argue for more of the same — all at the expense and to the detriment of legal American citizens. How disgraceful.

Blank recently hosted a so-called forum on immigration whereby so-called experts (aka activists) all spoke out in favor of illegal aliens and issuing drivers licenses for them, to boot. No balance or consideration was given to persons holding opposing viewpoints, so this so-called “open forum” was anything but and served only as a rally for the open-border leftists who populate so much of Long Island and, in particular, the North Shore of Nassau County.

Lawrence Levy, a recognized liberal adding another assistant superintendent to Democrat realizes that his political party’s growth is keyed to bringing in more immiour current staff at a cost of $200,000.

I will be voting NO on the budget and grants so he basically tows the party line. was happy to learn that candidate Robert And as for the very Anglo-sounding Patrick Young believed we should keep the in- Young, he should demonstrate some comcrease to 2 percent or less. He has my vote! passion for his fellow American citizens instead of some Central] American refugees Diane Nahas who oftentimes refuse to learn and speak Sands Point the English language like every other ethnic

like adequate food and medical care.

The time is now and President Trump needs to do what is necessary for the sake of the suffering people of Venezuela.

The people now are protesting injustices, so let freedom ring for the people of Venezuela.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

group managed to do in the past.

Why do they feel so privileged and entitled to demand that we learn their language and how in the world are they going to be able to understand our English-language road signs if the leftist Democrats in Albany grant illegal aliens to right to drive in New York?

I am so tired of this white liberal political correctness, especially from these hypocritical socialist Democrats and other cowardly politicians.

My grandparents had to not only endure anti-Italian and anti-Catholic bigotry but learn English as well. And they did so and prospered. Unfortunately assimilation today is considered by leftists, illegal aliens and Democrats as xenophobic and that is why these so-called “open forums” are little more than left-wing rallies for anti-American activists.

I know you won’t print this letter, but I can assure you that there are tens of millions of us out here who feel the same way as I do. And no, Mr. Blank, we do not wear white hoods and fly Confederate flags, which we find equally repugnant.

Paul Giarmo Albertson

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Abramson-Brooks a warrior for school board

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he best candidate for the Port Washington School Board this year is clearly Deborah AbramsonBrooks.

Atthe recent League of Women Voters candidates’ debate,

Brooks was the standout. Her responses to a variety of questions displayed a command of the issues, a depth of expertise, and compassionate purpose.

Shebrings years of experience in local education reform

movements: she’s a leader in local political organizing efforts, giving her an extensive network of connections; and as a seasoned attorney she has the wherewithal to deal with the minutiae that can make or break

any effort to make a difference in our schools, including but not limited to her continuous fight to get Port Washington its fair share of funding. Deborah is a committed warrior for our students.

Youdon’t have to agree with

her on every issue, but you can’t help but recognize that she is far and above the best choice for our school board and our children.

Rebecca Hughes Parker Port Washington

Vote yes for Port Washington school budget

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n Tuesday, May 21, Port Washington residents will vote on the 20192020 school budget. We hope you will take the time to vote yes. We have been witness to the tireless work done by publicly elected, Port Washington School

Board trustees. As uncompensated volunteers, these trustees expend great efforts to improve and uphold our public school system.

The trustees spend months working with Port Washington Union Free School District administrators to prepare a comprehen-

sive budget within the ill-advised tax cap. They work with limited ability to raise local revenue to make up for less than desired state aid. In spite of these numerous constraints, among countless others, they are somehow able to avoid cuts that would negatively

effect our students.

The benefits of a good public school system are necessary to our success as a community, as a nation, and to the world at large.

Each and every resident of Port Washington has been a direct recipient to these benefits. Voting

yes to uphold the proposed budget will expand your role from recipient to benefactor.

Amy Snorteland and Amanda Kowalczuk Daly HSA Co-Presidents

Abramson-Brooks needed on Port ed board

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e are writing to urge our fellow Port Washington residents to vote for Deborah Abramson-Brooks for the Board of Education. This is a critical time for the Port Washington schools. A new superintendent will soon start which gives our

school district a chance to chart an exciting course for our children. We need an educational leader like Deborah on the school board to ensure that the superintendent receives the support she or he requires to plan and implement needed changes.

As a school board member, Deborah has committed to: We have known Deborah through our work together on educational issues and the school district’s Legislative Task Force. She is a highly successful educational advocate who will be a great resource for the com-

munity and for our new superintendent.

Every day we see many young children in our neighborhood whose families moved to Port Washington because of our schools. We owe it to them to have someone with Deborah’s knowledge and experience to

represent us all on our Board of Education. Please join us in voting for Deborah AbramsonBrooks on Tuesday, May 21.

Bill Keller and Lynn Steinberg Port Washington

Beys a valuable asset on Port school board

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am writing in support of Emily Beys as candidate for Trustee of the Board of Education.

I first met Emily when she was president of the Schreiber HSA and I was president of the Manorhaven PTA. Since then, we have continued to work together in different capacities.

Emily has continually demonstrated an unwavering com-

mitment to our children and to public education in general.

For the past two years, Emily has chaired the Legislative Task Force, of which I also am a member. The Task Force focuses on all legislative matters that affect our schools, including the issue of state aid. Emily was a driving force in last year’s “Get Our Fair Share of the Pie” campaign to get additional state aid

from New York state.

She helped prepare the presentation that very clearly demonstrated our district’s need for — and entitlement to — additional state aid. Then she presented this to different community groups in order to educate our community and rally support. Importantly, she also met with our state politicians to arm them with the information

they needed to advocate on our behalf in Albany.

This advocacy was successful. During the past two years, our district has received more than $700,000 in additional foundation aid, i.e unrestricted aid. I believe that Emily’s tireless efforts in the community and with our state legislators played an immeasurable part in this.

Quite simply, Emily gets things done. She is a valuable asset to our community. If she is re-elected, Emily will continue to work on behalf of all of our children. Please join me on Tuesday, May 21, to vote for Emily Beys and in support of the school budget.

Michelle Duran Port Washington

Trump increases taxes just as he promised

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r. Sobel neglected to include in the list of Trump’s promises kept, that Trump has raised taxes just as he promised. Tariffs are just taxes on imported goods, paid by Americans. And these taxes are unconstitutional.

I have heard all the excuses from Trump and his supporters on this before.

They say that tariffs aren’t

really taxes. I say mandatory payments to the government are taxes by definition.

They say that the Chinese pay the taxes. I can show them the bills charged by the customs service, which I pass on as fast as I can to my customers.

They say that tariffs help American workers. This is doubly absurd for when you pay more for higher price goods, you have

less money to buy other things, and when you buy from China, the Chinese use that money to buy Americans goods and invest in American assets.

They say that tariffs are a negotiating tactic, I am not sure how hurting Americans will make the Chinese negotiate. The idea that Trump can intimidate a country with a larger economy than ours is absurd.

They say the Trump has the legal right to raise tariffs. But the Constitution states “The Congress shall have power:Tolay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises. At no point in the constitution does it give Congress the right to delegate this authority.

So, Dr. Sobel our president has raised taxes just he promised.

He did sign a bill which reduced income tax rates for a time, but

then increases them later, so I can hardly count that as a tax cut. Nor can I count the increased tax subsidies as actual tax cuts.

If a Democratic president were doing these things, I assume you would be angry, Dr. Sobel. Where is your anger now?

Roger Cooper Albertson

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Opioid crackdown could harm pain patients

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he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 1999 Gallup Poll describing decades of drug use data from the ‘60s and ‘70s and written by Jennifer Robinson in 2002 reads as follows: “The war on drugs has been raging for decades. There is no sign of victory, or even detente.

Although they’re swamped with anti-drug messages, kids keep taking illegal drugs, and the drugs are getting more dangerous.”

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System found that almost half of all high school students had used marijuana at least once. Ten percent had tried a form of cocaine.

To bring this story into the modern era, potent analgesics such as the Oxycodone family became a “go to drug” for so many different prescribers who treated all kinds of pain — some real, some not so real, and in quantities that were really not appropriate for the condition being treated. CII drugs such as Oxycodone were used indiscriminately for diagnoses that did not require a drug with the potency and possibility of addiction.

The opioid problem has been with us for as long as I can remember. It was not always called opioids. When I started pharmacy school back in 1953, amphetamines, or “bennies,” were a major problem as were sleeping pills such as phenobarbital, Seconal, and Nembutal.

Barbiturates were first used in medicine in the early 1900s and became popular in the 1960s and ’70s. They were a treatment for anxiety, insomnia, or seizure disorders. With the popularity of barbiturates in the medical population, barbiturates as drugs of abuse evolved as well.

Barbiturates were abused to reduce anxiety, decrease inhibitions and treat unwanted side effects of illicit drugs.

Working nights in a phar-

macy, or drugstore as they were more often called, I saw the same people often getting refills for all of the above. There was no problem getting such drugs refilled on a” prn” of “pro re nata” basis. (If you want, to you can check if my Latin is correct.) You needed to fill out or if I remember even sign what was called a black book used to verify the sale of what were known as exempt narcotics over the counter. This meant buying a bottle of what was then affectionately called “GI Gin” but was actually Elixir Terpin Hydrate and Codeine. There was also “Brown’s Mixture” and “Stokes Expectorant” that the old-timers who are reading this will remember.

The common denominator of these three “cough medicines” was codeine. The pharmacies were inspected by other pharmacists who understood what they were looking for and did their job looking for “outdated” products that were still on the shelves, not being used but just there probably because they were never prescribed but were part of inventory. I do not recall any inspector ever looking into any of the above books.

Everybody I worked for tried to follow the rules, but since they were neighborhood stores and the pharmacist knew the prescribing physicians, you could do things to accommodate a sick customer by using a phone call to override a written RX knowing Dr. Smith would be in with a hard copy as soon as he could and they almost always did. Taking care of a sick person was paramount.

Time passed and certain neighborhoods were known for being a source of drugs for those who were on their way or already there to being what we now call a drug addict. Alphabet City on the Lower East Side was such an area. There was a new kind of addict now who had money and a drug culture was really born. For music rock stars, being high was OK in too

many places and homes. Heroin was still frowned upon in the 1960s, and remained the most feared and romanticized drug in America, with estimates of a half million addicted heroin users by the end of the decade, the American Addiction Resource Center wrote in one of its publications.

Heroin, marketed by the Bayer Corp. of Germany, was initially at the forefront of a project to create a non-addictive opioid, but it soon became abundantly clear that heroin was incredibly addictive, according to ”The History of Oxycodone” written by Get 24/7 Help Now. After heroin’s ban in America, two German scientists created Oxycodone, which was touted as a non-addictive, semisynthetic substitute for heroin, morphine and opium.

Oxycodone was first introduced in the U.S. market in 1939 and 11 years later in 1950, it was combined with aspirin and sold in America as Percodan. In 1970, Oxycodone was listed as a schedule II drug in the new Controlled Substances Act and, in 1974, Percocet, which was Oxycodone combined with acetaminophen instead of aspirin as there is less bleeding with this combination, became available.

A few years later, another synthetic opioid, Hydrocodone, began being marketed in the United States as an FDAapproved narcotic analgesic.

Despite their availability, many doctors were leery of prescribing opiates because of the known risks of dependence. It wasn’t until after the Vietnam War that opiate use surged again as recreational drug abuse hit an all-time high and heroin use spiked among veterans.

The federal government passed the Controlled Substance Act in 1970 and the establishment of the Drug Enforcement Agency in 1973 to restrict access to opiates. Phar-

macies that stocked all the drugs needed for pain became serious targets for hold-ups, killings, and terrible times. My own pharmacy suffered nine hold-ups but, fortunately, nobody was ever hurt.

Medicaid and third party prescriptions were born. Pill mills and physicians who prescribed an excessive number of pills opened up all over. Almost nobody paid for the drugs and the problem really got out of hand. Pharmacies were now being inspected by the Drug Enforcement Agency, which replaced the Bureau of Narcotics. The Board of Pharmacy had its own inspectors. The drug problem was no longer confined to certain neighborhoods.

Although they were swamped with anti-drug messages, kids kept taking illegal drugs, and the drugs were getting more dangerous.

Throughout the 1970s, doctors continued to avoid writing prescriptions for opioid medications, but by the 1980s and ’90s, a push for adequate pain management started to form among medical researchers. In 1994, Purdue Pharma Began testing OxyContin, an extended-released form of Oxycodone, for long-term pain management. In 1998, PurduePharma released an advertisement that depicted people who found relief from chronic pain by way of OxyContin. A year after the ad come out opioid painkiller prescriptions grew by 11 million.

We are a drug-oriented society and want everything to be made better with a pill. Yes, there are still medical professionals who are using these drugs in an improper manner and patients who continue to ask for such drugs because they have a toothache or whatever and the condition does not need such drugs.

Physicians who are treating cancer patients are being made to feel afraid to prescribe Oxycontin even though that is probably the best drug available for

that patient for fear of being accused of causing an addiction.

Yes, even in a dying patient who is in terrible pain.

David Chase, author of “Is your health plan contributing to the opioid epidemic?” in TLNT, argues that because physicians are pressed for time during appointments, many will look to find quick fixes that make patients “happy” and get them out the door by writing excessive prescriptions. A recent study published in JAMA found that most surgical patients used only 27 percent of the pills they were given. But the more pills that were prescribed, the more they would use, contributing to the potential for them to become addicted.

Lower back pain is an especially common problem. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke reports that 80 percent of adults will experience it at some point.

These patients and many others are now the victims of federal guidelines instituted about three years ago for primary care doctors, and that means internal medicine specialists and general practitioners. That being said, a report in The New York Times March 6 found that the limits on opioid prescribing leaves patients with chronic pain vulnerable. JAMA, in April of this year, printed an article by Dr. Thomas Kline, who calls his patients “pain refugees.” These patients had abruptly had their dose for pain relief cut or altogether refused.

Kline looks for solutions to the opioid problem and says that consideration of new options is imperative. “As doctors, we need to be sure we are doing no harm, as Hippocrates taught us some 3,000 years ago.” “Job one, in the medical profession, is to relieve pain. Prescription controls always sound good, but don’t work and harm those who are seriously in pain.

Bertram Drachtman Great Neck

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Home-value story misleads on school performance

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am very troubled by the assertions made in the article entitled “Manhasset, Great Neck, East Williston school home sale values highest in county.”

It appears to be a revelation to the author that high wealth communities have high performing schools; a fact that is less about the school and more about parent’s ability to pay up to $300 an hour for tutors.

The author then uses the “rankings” of an online website to compare the Manhasset and Mineola school districts and reaches the conclusion that Manhasset is better than Mine-

ola. As the superintendent of Mineola, a nationally recognized, high performing school district, I take offense to these assertions. Instead of celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of each district in the county, your paper chooses to rank and sort based on wealth.

Mineola is one of the most diverse school communities in Nassau County. Our demographics continue to change; for the 2018-19 school year, we are represented as 52.6 percent white, 29.4 percent Hispanic, 13.4 percent Asian and 4.5 percent black and/or multiracial.

In addition, more than 25

percent of our students are classified as ENL or have an IEP. Lastly, 30 percent of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

As a function of our unique mosaic, we lead the way for innovation on Long Island; Mineola has been recognized as one of 25 most innovative districts in the country. As such, we routinely host tours of our programs for our neighboring school districts.

In fact, both Manhasset and East Williston adopted programs after they visited us. Our innovative and unique programs have been copied and replicated across the state. Moreover, they are very attractive to prospective

home buyers.

Parents interested in dual language, full-day pre-K and college to career partnerships will only find these programs in Mineola. Furthermore, our investment in our facilities is second to none- including fully airconditioned classrooms in every building.

The beauty of so many school districts in Nassau County is they are all locally governed and must answer to the residents. We design programs appropriate for our students and community and the results are evident. We have raised our advanced Regents diploma rate

from 60 percent in 2014 to 73 percent last year.

Our high school graduation rate is consistently above 97 percent. We are #MineolaProud of our school district and community.

For anyone, especially a local paper, to represent us otherwise does a disservice to our children and their accomplishments.

Come see for yourself – join us on #MineolaProud day Friday, May 10, 5:30- 8:30 at Mineola High School.

Michael P. Nagler Superintendent, Mineola School District

Build Belmont HUB today for Islanders new home

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eflecting upon this year’s Islanders season, some of the most memorable moments were seeing the filled seats of the barn; energy and interest for hockey is more present than ever here on Long Island.

This season, Nassau Coliseum was contractually home to only a handful of games, as well as the first playoff series. The Islanders Game 2 victory over the Penguins was perhaps the final, and most passionate game ever played at the Coliseum.

Hopefully, the success this year is dynastic, and will continue in the Belmont Hub on Long Island.

Nassau Coliseum was never meant to be a permanent home for Isles, but a guest location for those lucky enough to grab tickets. This tourism and excitement can all be brought back to Long Island with one project, the Belmont Hub. There is no reason why the Islanders should be outsourced to an arena and not closer to home.

The enjoyment and excitement of NHL Hockey is about to be back at home

on Long Island at the Belmont Park Arena. Nassau Coliseum was home to the N.Y. Islanders for only a handful of events, but as expected they played their most passionate games and were cheered

by Long Island’s fans. Looking back at this year’s Islanders season, the energy and interest in hockey is clearly more present today than in recent years.

The Belmont Park Arena project, an ambitious development in Hempstead, is a great solution to keeping the Islanders home who until recently appeared to become nomads. The redevelopment of Belmont Park has been in the works for years and has the potential to be an incredible project. It will create thousands of local construction jobs, hire workers for a hotel and in the dozens of storefronts throughout the retail village.

A project of this magnitude is an economic stimulus for the region, providing valuable job opportunities and revenue streams that grow the tax base.

The thousands of workers who build and occupy this site won’t be strangers; they would be your neighbors, your friends,

your peers.

The Building and Construction Trades Council maintains that this $1.3 Billion development utilizes a project labor agreement. Projects of this scope should be built with PLA’s simply because it employs the safest trained workforce on Long Island providing good wages and benefits while being built on time and within budget.

This project has been besieged by groups trying to smear it as nothing more than a mega mall with funding of the opposition allegedly coming from another state.

They’re spending upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars attempting to stop the project. This type of disingenuous campaign will result in hurting the public by closing the door on opportunities for working class people.

The Building Trades Council emphatically agrees with Gov. Cuomo when he indicated the arena project will be transformational for the community and will attract a litany of customers into its robust shops and stores.

RXR Realty is the master developer of the Nassau HUB, a $1.3 billion project in The Town of Hempstead and agrees to use a project labor agreement that will be negotiated by building trades affiliates.

So I pose this question; why is it that an intricate $1.3 billion sports arena, hotel and retail village, built in the Town of Hempstead, does not demand the same type of analysis and isn’t required to have a project labor agreement like Citi Field?

NY Arena Partners is reluctant to agree to the comparison and believes their plan is more worthy of our trust.

The crown jewel of this project will be the new, permanent home for the Islanders. Native Long Islanders want to see another NY Islanders banner hanging in the rafters, so why not have it hang in an arena that we and our team can call home. Build it now, with a project labor agreement!

Matthew Aracich Nassau Suffolk Building Trades Council President

VIEW POINT

Lessons from traveling around the world Continued from Page 17 I come back to a monstrously disturbing New York Times headline: “Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace” posing a dire threat to ecosystems that people all over the world depend on

for their survival, a sweeping new United Nations assessment has concluded.”

In this case, headlines are trendlines.

It is a matter of national security, peace and progress. It is about food and water supply, disease, habitable spaces. Sea level rise alone is expected to trigger 300

million climate refugees, competing for dwindling resources. There have been periods of mass extinction in the past – in fact, homo sapiens (us) were touch and go there for awhile.

We may well be living in a golden age of human capacity, but we must rec-

ognize that we now have the power of the Gods to shape, to destroy or to create. And we seem too short-sighted to see that.

The Greek Gods may well have the last laugh at the extraordinary ability humans have to destroy themselves.

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Port schools seek big tax hike Appreciating Pete

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ur Port Washington school district is getting one of its largest ever increases (up 13 percent) in state aid of over $1 million (third highest in Long Island), and our pension costs are $700,000 lower because of good stock market returns for New York pension funds.

In spite of these factors, for this year and the past four years, our tax levy increase has averaged 0.9 percent above the normal cap,

primarily due to the exemption allowed for capital costs. But this is due to the $70 million bond our school board got passed in 2015 by setting a vote date in the winter rather than the normal May vote date. This deceptive action was called “blatantly disrespectful to taxpayers” by Newsday (1/11/15).

Going above the normal tax cap by 0.9 percent for 10 years cost the average Port homeowner about $5,000 more in taxes, and far more afterwards. Most Port

residents used to get back about 30 percent of property taxes as a reduction in federal taxes — but no more. Consider voting “no” on our school budget increase of 3 percent and tax increase of 2.9 percent. At least one BOE candidate, Bob Young, is also opposing this excessive budget and tax increase. Thank you, Bob. Frank J. Russo, Jr. President, Port Wash.

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Trump’s mental health fine

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he only person who is irrational in his statements is Hal Sobel in his letter of May 3, Port Washington Times, not President Trump.

I’m a Democrat and a retired psychiatrist, but Sobel is wrong when he says Trump “is mentally unstable.” Sobel states, “His narcissism is exemplified by his words…” I don’t know what words Sobel is talking about, but anyone who wants to run for president has to be somewhat narcissistic, i.e. Clinton , Obama, Reagan, etc.

Sobel also says, “Trump’s xenophobia is borne out by his anti-Moslem statements.”

Trump wanted to keep out ter-

rorists (most of whom had been Muslim) from the United States. He banned entrance to the U.S. citizens of several Arab countries, not specifying what religion these people were. The countries that he banned U.S. entrance to had the most cases of terrorism. This is not xenophobia.

Sobel contends Trump’s “misogyny is proven by hush money paid to a porn star.”

This statement is also irrational.

How is paying a woman, who is threatening to go to the press, hundreds of thousands of dollars misogyny?? It’s not.

Sobel then irrationally states Trump is mentally un-

stable because of his penchant of giving nicknames to his enemies: “low energy,” “Pochahontas.” These nicknames could be called childish, but not irrational. Each nickname has some rational truth to it.

Then Sobel cites a letter that “37 mental health experts” signed warning of Trump’s “grave emotional stability.” Sobel fails to mention that these experts were all Democrats. I’m sure you could find 37 Republican mental health experts who say Trump is not unstable.

Marshall Hubsher Port Washington

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potential.

I know that as Jonathan grew under the tutelage of his mother, who was a public school art teacher, he incorporated the lessons of appreciating the important role that teachers can play in children’s lives. Now, as an adult, he often demonstrates compassion for bringing educational opportunities to children who are less fortunate and has always appreciated the diversity and richness that makes our world a better place.

He is humble, even though

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ow, once again, “we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether this nation or any other nation can long endure.”

In the struggle for civil rights, we must never forget the basic ideology on which this country was founded.

We cannot depend on any political party, for both have betrayed the moral force of justice, freedom and decency.

On May 3, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pete Seeger, the renowned folk singer, activist and humanitarian.

Think of his life, and his legacy, as we reflect on what we are for and what we are against.

Think of the Mississippi

he has had a brilliant career and is recognized in his field as one of the leading paleontologists in North America. He will be approachable and will be a person of character, whose only desire in running for trustee is to advance education — nothing else.

He will be honest and will work towards giving the children and teachers the best opportunity to be heard and be represented.

Linda Ferro Port Washington

The MTA is terrible at telling the public what it is actually doing well, what it has done poorly and what it intends to do to improve; The state Legislature and numerous government oversight bodies have failed MTA riders and abdicated their responsibilities; Radical restructuring and “blowing up” of the MTA’s regional governance compact is not politically realistic given the governor’s power over MTA and Albany politics, and would be

tem works, having served on multiple state and local task forces.

This combined with her dedication and love for our community is why she has my vote. I was first introduced to her advocacy on the PW Advocates for Public Education, where I was immediately im-

Myra Feder Great Neck

totally ahistoric.

The report does describe 50 realistic things that can be done to increase the MTA’s credibility, accountability and transparency. Many of them make sense, particularly the one that calls for the state comptroller to be empowered with enhanced oversight of MTA contracts.

But don’t hold your breath waiting for major reforms to be implemented. Governors, in general, and control freak Andrew Cuomo, in particular, do not like to give up power even when it’s for a greater good.

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Put kids first with Abramson-Brooks I am writing this letter to implore my fellow Port residents to vote Deborah Abramson Brooks to the Board of Education May 21. Deborah has had an extensive and impressive career as an education advocate. She has a thorough understanding of how the education sys-

Freedom Riders, the protests against the war in Vietnam, the student demonstrations, Kent State, the assassinations of President Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King, the fight for civil rights, the marches, the fight for women’s rights, for equality and the many voices of resistance.

Then think of where we are now.

Were all these struggles and sacrifices for nothing?

Every generation must be free to act for itself, but guided by or influenced by the generation which preceded it and the generations which will follow.

MTA in need of major reforms Continued from Page 15

Geisler right for Port BOE

t is with great enthusiasm I am writing this letter to attest to the character of Jonathan Geisler and why he would be such a terrific person to be on the Port Washington Board of Education.

I am a retired special education teacher and a strong UFT union activist and know that Jonathan has always shown sensitivity and humanity not only for how important education is to children but also how important the role of teachers is to help children achieve their

Seeger’s legacy

level of passion and advocacy she, and our fellow residents had towards our public schools and children. I believe she will fight for our kids to get the programs and funding they need to thrive, and act to pressed with her thorough understand- maximize the efficiency and effectiveness ing of childhood development. of our tax dollars.

She values a whole child education It’s time to put our “kids and commuapproach, encouraging the development nity first!” of children academically, physically, soSimren Arnold cially and emotionally. As a first-time Port Washington home buyer, I was impressed with the

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Want to sell home on your own?

This year appears to be an excellent moment in time to sell your home, homeowner association, condo or co-op.

Taking a macro look at the current real estate market and developing your own opinion is one method that many use to determine the health of the market without any backing with facts; I call that “fake news” developed by the homeowner or whomever they are listening to, who for the most part, have no or limited experience with facts and figures or probably are not even in the business.

Gathering accurate facts and statistics from experienced realtors (like me), who are in the trenches doing this business day in and day out; as well as reading current articles, going to local and national conventions and seeing and experiencing the trends.

Also, who has the advantage, the seller’s or the buyer’s now and going forward. In some locations, it’s still a bit more of a seller’s market, where homes are priced at market value. Homes priced correctly below one million dollars and with taxes less than $15,000 are still selling well.

You ask what is market value? It’s the price that purchas-

ers are willing and do pay for a similar property that has sold in the last six to 12 months, as the bank appraisers use this as a fairly accurate barometer when determining fair market value.

However, some banks are much more conservative than others. I will not point a finger at one specific bank since I bank with them, but they appraised a home I was selling in New Hyde Park within the Great Neck school district; which added more value compared to other local school districts, due to the greater demand for that specific school district.

The purchaser provided an agreed upon price of $983,000 in July of 2018 and we closed in September of 2018 at a reduced price of $920,000. Are you wondering why there was such a discount on the price?

Well, let me tell you what happened. I provided comparable sales of similar homes of $950,000 and $970,000 in the area within the Great Neck school district, while prices were still fairly strong. But the appraiser decided not to consider my multiple listing service of long island comparable closed sales and used his own, which I totally disagreed with and to this day find unacceptable.

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

I had what you might call a professional discussion with him (more of a heated conversation) and asked why he eliminated my comparable sales and didn’t use them, and he really gave me no logical or common sense reason; just told me to talk with the mortgage person, who wasn’t exactly ecstatic about his decision.

Obviously, the appraiser works for the bank, who works for the buyer and not the seller.

My seller was moving across the country and had already picked out a home that he fell in love with and wanted to purchase and didn’t want to lose it.

He didn’t blame me for the major discount, because he

bought it through me in 1994 for $288,400! Not too shabby a profit, eh?

More than triple his initial purchase price! So we did close the sale. So, depending on the bank your buyer may be using, which you have no control over, your price may not end up being the actual sale price and it will be up to you decide if you want to make an adjustment, if need be, or not go ahead with your sale and look for another qualified buyer. Sellers, beware of pricing your home, like “pie in the sky” it’s not a realistic approach in trying to sell your home, homeowner association, condo or co-op.

I have said this before, and I will note this again, “your feelings are never going to be truly relevant to actual market value.”

Looking online on Zillow, which isn’t accurate in determining pricing, where they are using algorithms or other sites and not using the number one source for accuracy, which is the multiple listing service of Long Island (http://www.mlsli.com) to price you home correctly. We have to record the actual selling price once the property is sold.

Most important, we have been inside the particular property

(Zillow cannot) in the beginning and noted the improvements that had been made in the last 3-5 years, kitchens, bathrooms, floors, roof, windows, heating, electric, plumbing, even additions to the living space.

Lastly, with a home, even landscaping, which adds five dollars for every one dollar invested in the exterior of your property can make a difference in a selling price, if done properly!

When a professional Realtor becomes responsible for marketing and merchandising your home, he or she has 35 things that they have to deal with.

My complete color chart shows what we have to do to get a home sold. You don’t do your own dental work, do you?

No, you have a dentist, right?

We are no different, just a different venue, with different issues, curveballs and dilemmas to deal with and solve, from the beginning to the closing! If you want a copy of what you, as the homeowner need to do, similar to what we need to do most of the time; email or call me and I will be more than happy to share our responsibilities with you, without any obligation or “any strings attached whatsoever.” Here are four reasons to consider selling this year: • New buyers are still entering the market.

• Interest rates are still on the lower end.

• You have high equity.

• Selling now will be better than waiting till 2020.

• Selling on your own, can be a “slippery slope” without the proper knowledge and expertise in many areas of the real estate business. It is a lot more than just putting a price on your home and putting a sign on your front lawn.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/ broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave. Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a certified international property specialist.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Manhasset Manhasset Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $1,582,500 Demographics near Manhasset, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 7,929 3,329 44 2.9 97,500 55,597

County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949

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20 Ridge Drive, Manhasset Sold Price: $935,000 Date: 12/12/2018 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families:1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Manhasset Total Taxes: $9,729 MLS# 3068250

86 Memorial Place, Manhasset Sold Price: $1,200,000 Date: 12/24/2018 2 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 70x126 Schools: Manhasset Total Taxes: $10,933 MLS# 3060037

49 West Drive, Manhasset Sold Price: $670,000 Date: 03/22/2019 5 beds, 4 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: Manhasset Total Taxes: $15,179 MLS# 3082837

127 Hillside Avenue, Manhasset Sold Price: $675,000 Date: 01/14/2019 3 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Manhasset Total Taxes: $8,877 MLS# 3067048

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Manhasset by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in Manhasset and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Matt Soren holds equipment drive Foye orders Continued from Page 22 turned to South Africa after spending over a decade in Angola. He decided to resurrect the team he used to play for in South Africa, the Maitland Giants, and recruited Soren to join during another one of his winter offseasons.

October was simultaneously in his second year implementing Play Sport4Life, and brought Soren in to assist.

The nonprofit was organizing athletic activities for schools and youth sports leagues built on the belief that athletics has the power to shape an individual’s whole life for the better.

Participants were falling in love with baseball, and playing the sport on the same streets that would echo with gunshots at night, October said.

“They’re just looking for any way out,” Soren said of the children he worked with. “When they see someone make it into soccer or rugby or whatever, it gives them a hope – ‘Oh, I can make it out if I work hard, if I listen, if I’m diligent.’”

Just two months ago, two program participants Soren trained starting when they were 12 made it onto South Africa’s under-18 national team.

“That was something that really hit me hard because these were the kids … who were always the first ones there, the last ones to leave,” he said.

The equipment drive is an initial effort to continue working with Play Sport4Life, Soren said.

He recently returned from Israel, where he gained citizenship to play for the country in its Olympic qualifiers.

Now that he and Goldstein have started a youth team on the North Shore, Goldstein will start another on the South Shore next fall.

But South Africa feels like a second

probe into overtime

PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT SOREN

Matt Soren works with children in South Africa during his time spent with Play Sport4Life. home, Soren said. He lived there for nearly 10 months total and once his playing career starts to settle down he hopes to devote more energy to helping out with Play Sport4Life, he said.

One day, he’d love to bring a group of young South Africans to play in the United States.

October said he hopes to eventually send players off to play at the college level in the U.S., a gateway to the pros.

This equipment drive is a heartwarm-

ing representation of how people across the world can help each other, he said.

“I’ve always told the guys I’m extremely proud of the role that they’ve played and how their time in South Africa has impacted on them,” he said. “They didn’t know a lot when they came out here, but I do believe that their time here and the impact that the kids have had on them has helped them to become the people that they are.”

Sports stars to shine at Viscardi Continued from Page 3 with them and they realize ‘these kids are very much like my kids, or any other students,’ and that’s kind of how we break down the barriers,” said Kemp.

Though a lot has changed in the last 50 years, the goal of putting “good people” out into the world has remained the same. Some athletes have been par-

ticipating in the event for over 20 years, and Kemp says that each one who takes part in the event today is deeply invested in the cause.

“People with disabilities suffer from low expectations,” said Kemp. “But there is nothing [they] cannot accomplish in this life. And the hope is that message gets transferred to all people with dis-

abilities.”

The Viscardi Center Celebrity Sports Night is at 5:30 p.m. in the Viscardi Center, 201 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson.

Sponsorship and tickets are available on the center’s website at viscardicenter.org/ sportsnight/.

Ring of bell signals win over cancer Continued from Page 5 doctors, best treatment and what he had to do to get cured.

He first began his treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan and completed his treatment more locally at NYU Winthrop.

“Both hospitals of which I have only the finest things to say,” Forman said.

In December, Forman was given the good news that he was in remission. And

last Friday, when his doctors finally removed his IV, which he had to wear in his arm five days a week throughout the eight months of his treatment, he said he felt “like he was crossing the finish line.”

From these challenging months, Forman said he has left with the desire to remain grateful every day for those who support him: his family, close friends, doctors, medical team and God. He also left his treatment with a

more profound appreciation of getting to play and cuddle with his two rescue dogs from the North Shore Animal League, his weekly glass of wine or vodka and his ability to return to serving his community.

Forman urges others to not only donate blood but platelets, which helped save his life.

Continued from Page 4 could lead to further investigations if warranted, within 60 days. Paired with this would be a 30-day MTA review of time and attendance verification systems.

The results will be presented to the MTA board and the public, Foye said.

He is also asking the inspector general to conduct a full review of “excessive overtime payouts to ensure that they were appropriately planned for, scheduled, signed off upon, and that the claimed hours were in fact worked.”

“The MTA is funded by taxpayers and is responsible for the safe transport of millions of people each day. It is critical that we earn and maintain the public trust every day,” Foye said.

“Ensuring that every dollar spent on overtime is in fact being spent properly is part of that mission.”

Dunn to play in World Cup Continued from Page 12 Throughout her career, Dunn has played everywhere on the field. She is slated to be a defender for the World Cup team but was a midfielder for her college team and has been a striker for the U.S. Women’s National Team.

The United States will play its first World Cup game June 11 against Thailand. It won the most recent tournament as well as the title in 1999 and 1991. The women have never placed lower than third.

“I think our chances are great,” Dunn said on “Fox & Friends” this week. “I think for us it’s taking one game at a time.”

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PART TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE Port Washington Federal Credit Union Individual w/Strong Communication and Computer Skills. - $15 p/h

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THE YMCA OF GLEN COVE HIRING PART TIME POSITIONS IN NEW HYDE PARK-GARDEN CITY PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT & VALLEY STREAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 30. Hours are: 2:30-6:30pm Monday-Friday. Now hiring Site Directors, Assistant directors, Counselors. Please email your resume to: Christine.conlon@ymcali.org

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CERTIFIED HHA, PCA seeks weekday position Monday through Friday, or weekends, live in or live out. 17 years experience with Parkinsons, Alzheimers, dementia, cancer patients. References available upon request. Call Doreen 516-302-7564 CERTIFIED HOME CAREGIVER AVAILABLE: Full time or part time, Live out. Will also do light cleaning, meal preparation for patient. Happy to assist! Excellent references.

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ELDER CARE HOUSE CLEANING Experienced woman w/ excellent references seeking a Full Time position to take care of the elderly. House Cleaning also available. Contact: 516-489-6242 or 516-348-5573 HEALTH AIDE: Certified Aide seeking to provide private duty care to Garden City or local area resident. Available Monday through Friday, part time or full time, flexible hours, e xceptional references. Call Annmarie 917-586-7433

COMPANION AVAILABLE Available full time/ part time. Looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of your own home for peace and tranquility? 18 yrs. experience, references, driver w/ reliable vehicle. Please call 516-410-1892 or 917-244-3714

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*BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org ANTIQUE LOVERS TAKE NOTEBRIMFIELD’S Famous Outdoor Antique/Collectibles Show, 4,000 Dealers, starts Tuesday May 14th. Info on 20 individual show openingswww.brimfield.com. May 14-19, 2019 KILL BED BUGS!! Buy Harris Sprays, Traps, Kits, Mattress Covers. DETECT, KILL, PREVENT. Available at hardware stores, Home Depot, homedepot.com

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WANTED TO BUY LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

TAG SALE INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN TAG SALE IN NEW HAVEN, CT! Wednesday, May 15, 2019 9:30 a.m. 123 Ogden St. New Haven, CT 06511 Beautifully decorated home selling designer items including: Tiffany, Cartier, Prada, Chanel, Fendi, Gucci, designer shoes & clothing, jewelry, custom furniture, rugs and home decor! Also selling bronzes, Limoge, LaLique, TVs, outdoor furniture and more! MUST SEE EVENTVisit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

GARAGE SALE FRANKLIN SQUARE MOVING SALE Saturday 5/11 10am to 5pm 746 Barbara Blvd Household items, kitchen items, furniture, decor, books & costume jewelry WILLISTON PARK Saturday May 11 8am-1pm 181 Park Ave No Early Birds! Misc household items, lamps, linens, computer desk, garden and much more!

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GARDEN CITY Prime 7th Street Garden City location. Small second floor office space available. $750.00 per month includes all. Owner, 516510-9452

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Debate in F. Hill over cell nodes Continued from Page 1 plication with the village to build the cell nodes for Verizon. ExteNet designs, builds and owns distributed networks for wireless service providers. The company offers outdoor distribution networks that enable and improve mobile and wireless services in suburban settings, according to its website.

“My personal feeling is that there’s no significant health risks,” said Rich Rehak Jr., the company’s senior project manager for the Northeast region-fiber. “It is well, well within the limits of exposure as set by the FCC. As such, I have little concern.”

Trustee Kate Hirsch received a round of applause from residents after questioning whether the limit of exposure numbers were really accurate. She said she believed that the last time the health risks were looked at was in 1996.

“I know you’re technically assuming it’s under this regulation, which I’m not so sure it is,” Hirsch said to the ExteNet employees present.

“I think that it’s a little bit of a hot button with the public obviously, and understandably so,” said Rehak.

“I don’t think there’s anyone in the modern world that isn’t concerned about their health. At the same time, I think that if you really look at the data it’s not a fact-based argument.

It’s an emotional argument and not a fact-based argument.”

Despite ExteNet’s presentation stating that the cell nodes are within FCC requirements and pose no known risks to residents, many in the crowd remained unconvinced.

“So the issue becomes, why are we the science experiment and how can we stop this from happening, because right now it’s 4G, tomorrow it’ll be 5G, and there’s no research at all showing that this is safe,” said Oppo.

“There is some research out there that’s saying it’s dangerous. There are a lot of questions and a lot of problems and I really hope that we can block this.”

Village Attorney Jeffrey Blinkoff said at the meeting that there is a chapter under village code that relates to telecommunications as well as the installation of “small cell wireless facilities” which was recently amended to comply with federal requirements.

“Essentially a small cell wireless facility is roughly no more than

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Flower Hill Board of Trustees held a public meeting regarding the potential installation of 18 cell nodes throughout the village. six cubic feet in size which is often attached to a phone pole or a street lamp,” said Blinkoff. “By installing a number of these, the goal of the particular applicant would be to expand mobile wireless service.”

Throughout the presentation, many residents also expressed concerns about whether these cell nodes are necessary. When ExteNet showed a coverage map provided by Verizon that color-coded the levels of service in the area, multiple residents in the audience began saying that their cellphone service was fine.

The coverage map indicated that Flower Hill could use improved 4G service.

ExteNet’s presentation outlined where each cell node would be built.

The installations include a mixture of attaching the nodes to existing utility poles coupled with attaching the nodes to street lamps that ExteNet said it would be responsible for building.

ExteNet said that the street lamps would be about 30 feet tall. The utility poles range from 34 feet to 40 feet high, according to ExteNet’s presentation, although many of the poles already exist throughout the village.

The presentation noted that a few existing poles would need modification to allow cell nodes to be put onto them.

The presentation also included examples of poles and street lamps that ExteNet has previously built, as well as photos of potential street lamps that the company said could be

built for the village.

Many of the existing utility poles sit near homes in the village. A number of residents continued to express concern over the possible health effects that living near these cell nodes would have.

An ExteNet official countered by saying that because the cell nodes are higher on the poles, “most of the energy just goes above the people’s heads.”

Aesthetic issues were raised as well. A few residents said that many of the installations of street lamps were very close to private property and that a 30-foot street lamp seemed very high.

Throughout the presentation, the board reminded residents that the board had not decided whether to allow the building of the cell nodes.

“This was the first opportunity for ExteNet to provide the community with information on their application to install a network of distributed antenna nodes in Flower Hill,” said Trustee Brian Herrington. “The board looks forward to the June meeting where the community can provide additional feedback and we can receive updated information from ExteNet on their proposal. In the meantime, we hope residents will review the information provided in the application and reach out to ExteNet and the village with additional questions.”

The next meeting will be on June 3 and will continue to discuss the application.

Belmont construction nears Continued from Page 61 still on track for the Islanders to open the 2021-22 season at the new arena.

It is expected that next year the Islanders will again split their regular season games between the Nas-

sau Coliseum and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Bettman said at the Associated Press meeting, according Newsday.

Empire State Development, the state agency facilitating the project, organized multiple community

forums and received thousands of comments on the redevelopment of Belmont Park. Many raised concerns over increased traffic congestion on the Cross Island Parkway as a result of the expanded use of the park.

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Center joins Select L.I. The Gold Coast Arts Center has been named as an advisor to a newly formed group called Select Long Island, whose goal is to promote economic development on Long Island.

Select Long Island was created by business journalist Warren Strugatch and aims to bring together private-sector employers, government officials, education leaders, and business advocacy groups. “We need to change the dialogue about Long Island and promote some of the dynamic things that have been happening here, like downtown revitalization, mixed-use growth, and the development of a regional airport,” Strugatch said in a statement.

“Essential to any economic development plan aimed at attracting young people, and keeping older residents from moving away, is to offer cultural and arts-related opportunities and entertainment venues, which are also beneficial for economic growth,” said Regina Gil, founder and executive director of the Gold Coast Arts Center. “The arts on Long Island

is a vital economic engine that employs more than 2,100 employees with an annual payroll of over $73 million.”

Select Long Island’s first event was a roundtable discussion held at BNB Bank in Hauppauge on April 5 and was attended by Caroline Sorokoff, associate director of the Gold Coast Arts Center and director of its Gold Coast International Film Festival. “We are looking forward to working in collaboration with the members of Select Long Island and exchange ideas that will bring meaningful solutions to help solve some of the region’s economic development challenges,” said Sorokoff.

In addition to the Gold Coast Arts Center and Film Festival, other advising or supporting organizations include Stony Brook University’s Department of Economic Development, Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business, Discover Long Island, the Manufacturing Consortium of Long Island, PSEG Long Island, and Vision Long Island.

Premier businesswoman Long Island’s leaders in business and the nonprofit field gathered recently for the Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards Gala, held at the Heritage Club at Bethpage.

The honorees included Caroline Sorokoff, the associate director of the Great Neck-based Gold Coast Arts Center and the Director of the Gold International Film Festival. The awards program, sponsored by RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, honored 48 business women for excellence in their fields and contributions to their communities.

Sorokoff, a resident of Plainview, received the recognition in the field of “Art & Culture” for her efforts in helping to create the Gold Coast International Film Festival, an event that has been bringing world-class films, including Hollywood hits, and award-winning independent films standingroom-only audiences since 2011.

The Gold Coast International Film Festival currently previews more than 100 feature-length and short films each year through its annual fall film festival and its year-round film screening and discussion series. Films include independent, foreign and documentary films, as well as previews of upcoming blockbusters, with most screenings followed by lively, informative, and interactive Q&A sessions with the film’s producer, director, star, or subject.

The festival has also attracted such Hollywood luminaries as Francis Ford Coppola, Hugh Grant, Paul Sorvino, Ed Burns, Bruce Dern, Isabella Rossellini, Lou Diamond Phillips, Morgan Spurlock, Eli Wallach, Gabriel Byrne, Phil Donahue, Phylicia Rashaad, and Susie Essman.

“It was truly an honor to be recognized alongside so many accomplished women in such fields as engineering, entrepreneurship, health care,

Caroline Sorokoff, associate director of the Great Neck-based Gold Coast Arts Center and the director of the Gold International Film Festival. hospitality, manufacturing, law, and real estate, to name a few,” said Sorokoff. “The event underscored the important leadership role women play in the region, and the significant impact they have on Long Island’s economic and social vitality.”

Sorokoff was nominated for the award by Karen Tenenbaum, a prominent Long Island attorney, who was compelled to recommend her after attending last fall’s Gold Coast International Film Festival where she was impressed by the quality of the programming and the array of films presented.

The master of ceremonies for the Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards Gala was Alyssa Seidman, of the Sea Cliff/Glen Head Herald; Kara Reifert, of K-98.3; and Antoinette Biordi, of News12 Long Island.

Scaramucci to speak Sign language camp at chamber event Continued from Page 1 Collar President” with admission.

Coleman said Scaramucci offered the free books when he approached him about doing a book signing.

June 26 happened to be the only day that Scaramucci was available.

Between planning for his annual SALT Conference in Las Vegas and other obligations, his schedule was completely booked, save for that last Wednesday of the month. Coleman decided to combine the chamber’s

annual business card exchange with the book signing to create one event.

Part of Scaramucci’s appeal, in Coleman’s view, is his character and his ability to transcend politics, despite what 2017’s headlines said.

“You can be a Trump fan and like Anthony Scaramucci, and you can hate Trump, and still like Anthony Scaramucci,” he said. “What I did was ask a good man to speak in front of the Chamber of Commerce about Trump and other things.”

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Sign Language Camp for Hearing Kids will be held on the 86-acre Mill Neck Manor Campus for two sessions: July 29 to Aug. 2 and Aug. 5 to Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

This exclusive camp is for hearing children, ages 8 to 16, who are interested in learning American Sign Language and are excited to be immersed in deaf culture. Campers will experience a combination of classroom learning activities and traditional camp activities, including arts and crafts and outdoor games, all with an ASL concentration. Campers will master the ASL alphabet and learn

to fingerspell, as well as practice conversational signing by interacting with people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Sign Language Camp accommodates ASL learners who are at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

Pricing is $500 per session and includes a free daily lunch, camp T-shirt and tour of the historic Mill Neck Manor, located at 40 Frost Mill Road in Mill Neck.

For more information, contact 516628-4229, pyee@millneck.org or go to www.lutheranfriendsofthedeaf.org.

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New office services training program Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon USA, Inc., and The Viscardi Center, announced the launch of their Enterprise Office Services Training Program.

The Viscardi Center educates, employs and empowers children and adults with disabilities. Led by an experienced vocational training team from Abilities, Inc. at The Viscardi Center and a national team of subject matter experts from Canon Solutions America, the Enterprise Office Services Training Program aims to prepare participants for administrative positions in professional office environments through educational sessions and hands-on training.

The Viscardi Center’s new on-site, state-of-the-art, accessible print center hosts the Enterprise Office Services Training Program’s five week-long sessions throughout the year.

Instruction is diverse in nature, comprised of instructor-led sessions, videos, software applications, role playing, hands-on training, individual and team

exercises, written exams, and eLearning modules. By developing skills from an active learning approach, participants receive the individualized level of supervision they need to build confidence and competence for a professional office environment.

The Enterprise Office Services program introduces various facets of office administration, including: • Reception Services — including email, print, copy, telephone, projectors, scanning, and indexing • Mail Services — including mail operations, machines, software, supplies, and security • Light Print Production & Reprographics — education on print production and reprographics, including a visit to the Canon Americas headquarters in Melville, New York, for a first-hand look at various print production devices • Print Fleet Management — including terminology, processes, and services The goal of the program is for individuals to acquire skills

Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman; John D. Kemp, president and CEO, the Viscardi Center; Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth; John Reilly, SVP of global managed services, Canon Solutions America. that help them qualify for such office positions as receptionist, office services associate, print/ copy specialist, digital copy operator, digital/print/copy representative, digital print specialist, and mail room associate.

Participants who successfully fulfill the requirements of the program receive a Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision

certificate.

“We are so proud to be working with The Viscardi Center on this important program,” said Peter Kowalczuk, president, Canon Solutions America. “Canon Solutions America is thrilled to have the chance to help prepare others for positions in office administration that are vital to the success of any organiza-

tion. We look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of the program’s participants.”

“The Viscardi Center has enjoyed a growing relationship with Canon,” said John Kemp, president and CEO of The Viscardi Center. “This training program expands upon key elements of our mission, as it not only educates individuals, but allows them to utilize newfound skills that are relevant to today’s workplaces to broaden their employment opportunities.”

A special focus is also placed on the soft skills needed for the workplace, such as interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills; the best approaches to problem solving; tips for personal appearance; job search techniques and resume and cover letter creation; and opportunities to practice interviewing skills during mock interviews with seasoned HR professionals.

For more information about the program, including criteria and how to apply, call 516-4651490 or visit ViscardiCenter.org.

Our Lady of L.I. veterans to visit D.C. Grace gala Our Lady of Grace Montessori School will be holding its 51st annual spring fundraiser at The Royalton Mansion at the Roslyn Country Club on Friday, May 10. The event committee is planning a glamorous Gatsby-themed gala, including a grand prize raffle of a luxurious and relaxing vacation for the family. It will be a roaring great time.

For tickets, donations and sponsorship opportunities, contact Our Lady of Grace at 516-365-9832

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On May 11, Honor Flight Long Island will take World War II and Korean War veterans on a free, early-morning flight to visit their memorials in Washington, D.C. Departing from Islip MacArthur Airport at 6:05 a.m., veterans and their guardians will go on a guided tour of the Arlington National Cemetery, as well as the WWII, Korean War, Air Force, Navy and other memorials, meeting officers from their military branches. They will return to Islip at 9:50 p.m., to an emotional welcome by hundreds of family members and friends.

Honor Flight Long Island is a local, nonprofit chapter of the national Honor Flight Network. HFLI organizes, hosts and pays for biannual flights to D.C. each spring and fall. Each trip includes 50 veterans who go for free, thanks to donations from across Long Island. They are accompanied by 50 guardians, next generation, ablebodied volunteers who donate $400 (tax deductible) to offset the day’s travel expenditures.

If there is no family member to act as a guardian, HFLI has

HFLI Families, Friends and Volunteers Celebrating Returning Veterans Sept. 22, 2018. a roster of volunteers ready to step up for the privilege and donate the required fee.

After last year’s Sept. 22 Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., a reunion was held at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale on Dec. 8. HFLI President Bill Jones commended the 50 veterans who took the trip. “Your country said that it needed you and you said yes, I will go,” Jones said.

HFLI is now accepting applications for future flights

from WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans. Veterans from other military conflicts with a life-limiting illness are also encouraged to apply for future flights. Please contact Honor Flight and they will make all the required arrangements.

For more details on HFLI, to apply for spots on an upcoming flight, or make a contribution to become a veteran’s guardian, visit www.honorflightlongisland.org or call Virginia Bennett at 631-702-2423.

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We never think to thank our mothers Every time I go through the annoying tedium of changing sheets on my bed I have the same thought. I first think of my mother who would change sheets on seven beds every day of the week for maybe 20 years.

Then I realize that she also cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner for the seven of us every day of the week for the same 20 years.

She is the one who did all the laundry, hung the clothes out to dry, swept the floors, did the shopping and made sure we all got to church on time every Sunday. Not bad for one woman.

And by the way she did all this with a smile on her face. Easy peasy.

If you offered me a job like that, I would ask for upwards of $600,000 per year. Such is the plight of mothers. If you were to ask me how many times I said, “Gee, thanks mom,” the answer would be zero. I do recall carefully sniffing the pots and pans after she would wash them and then complain to her that they still smelled like dishwashing detergent. I think I must have had some kind of olfactory obsession. She would willingly rinse the pots and pans again without complaint.

And I don’t think that my mother was particularly unusual in her dutiful ways. Probably the majority of mothers were like this. And yet nary a “thank you” is ever heard. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

You may have seen the Oscar-winning documentary, “March of the Penguins,” where the mother and father penguins literally risk life and limb to protect their new baby. Impressive.

Just last week, I saw a mother and father duck guard their five new ducklings as they

walked through our parking lot in Williston Park. A group of us gawked in wonder at this sight, but the moment any of us would approach this little family both the mother and father duck would hiss loudly at us as if to say, “Do not dare come any closer or I will attack you.”

There are very few examples of the mother’s role being glorified in literature. The best by far is Marcel Proust in “Remembrance of Lost Times” when he described the high point of every day during his childhood when his mother would tuck him into bed and kiss him goodnight.

D.H. Lawrence wrote “Sons and Lovers,” which was really a glorious homage to the power and strength of his mother. But that’s about it.

One of the key texts in the study of the gifted is “Cradles of Eminence” by Goertzel and

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Goertzel. They studied the childhoods of the 400 most eminent figures of the 20th century to see what they had in common.

They reviewed the lives of figures like Alfred Adler, James Barrie, Paul Cezanne, Sigmund Freud, Franklin Roosevelt, Eddie Cantor, Winston Churchill, Aaron Copland, Salvador Dali and many more. Their strongest finding was that most of

Tiffany Belferder is an example of all that is good in mothers.

these people had very strong, even dominating mothers, and not particularly strong or successful fathers. The mothers in this group believed in education, realized the talent in their offspring and nourished it constantly.

In modern times, we have seen that many women now pursue careers and only a small percentage are full-time, stayat-home moms. This, of course, places extreme demands on mothers and makes the Helen Gurley Brown remark that “you can have it all” seem questionable at best. And yet this is the way things are today.

One of my favorite people is Tiffany Belferder, the director of Fusion Academy and herself a mother of two. One reason I adore her so is that she looks exactly like my mother looked when she was young and beau-

tiful. Tiff has an easy smile, a warmth, an openness and a sincerity that draws people to her.

I sat with her at the Long Island Private School Fair at Adelphi and chatted about mothers. I asked her to tell me her fondest memory of her own mother. She smiled and said, “I always recall the way she would stroke my hair and the way she brushed it for me.”

One of the key elements of mothering is the offering of affection and physical contact to the child. Harry Harlow’s classic studies of primates revealed that maternal contact enables babies to grow and become confident, social and brave. Without maternal affection the offspring remain anxious, reclusive and timid, and so Tiffany summarized in a brief story one of the secrets of motherhood.

After my meeting on the way home, I realized I was suffering with a toothache and scheduled an emergency appointment with Dr. Catherine Fascilla, who tends to my dental needs. I remarked to her that I was completing a piece on Mother’s Day and she quipped, “I always like to say, ‘Behind every great child there is a great mother.'”

Of course this is far truer than she realized. Fifty years of research by the Goertzels demonstrates that the unspoken force behind most success is the ineffable, mysterious, irresistible, all powerful love that a mother gives to her children.

So here is a heartfelt thank you to all the mothers that give of themselves day after day after day, with nary a thank you to be heard. Mothers are the driving force that keep a culture alive and well and successful. How strange it is that no one ever seems to mention that.

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Herricks choir performs

PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Herricks High School is among the top in the country and Long Island.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Herricks students sing at the Oyster Bay Three Choirs Festival.

On Saturday, April 6, Herricks Middle School’s Chamber Choir performed as part of the Oyster Bay Three Choirs Festival, sponsored by the New York Chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association. The festival took place at First Presbyterian Church and Christ Church

in Oyster Bay,where Theodore Roosevelt was once a congregant.

Along with choirs from the Green Vale School and North Shore Middle School, Herricks singers, and their director James Ludwigparticipated inrehearsals and workshops with Jennifer

Miceli of LIU Post University.

Miceli was impressed with all of the choirs, saying to the audiencethat the concert featuredsome of “the highest quality middle school choral music” she had heard on Long Island.

High rankings for Herricks Herricks High School has ranked highly on U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 list of Best High Schools. The high school stands at No. 6 on Long Island and No. 43 in New York State, and is among the top 2% of high

schools in the nation.

The list is compiled annually based on state assessment performance, graduation rates and how well students are prepared for college.

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