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UNITARIANS DONATE MTA WARNS OF $120K FOR VIRUS RELIEF SLASHED SERVICES

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No final results, 3 weeks in

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State Legislature races not yet called

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Though four local elections on Long Island have been called, the final tally in other races is uncertain with an unknown number of absentee ballots still being counted three weeks after the election.

Efforts to reach the Nassau PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT County and New York state election boards to provide the numTwenty-six seniors from Manhasset Secondary School committed to playing sports at colleges like Georgetown ber of outstanding absentee balUniversity, Columbia University and Cornell University, among others, in a signing ceremony at the school’s Ed Walsh lots to determine local races have Field on Nov. 18. been unavailing since Nov. 4.

State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens), deputy leader of the Democratic majority, expressed his frustrations to The New York Times last week.

“If we were a swing state in this presidential election, we would be getting ridiculed across the world right now,” Gianaris told The Times. “Florida, with all means new restrictions have Schools are permitted to remain ment on Monday.

BY R OB E RT its terrible history of vote count- P E L A E Z A N D R O S E been placed on schools, indoor open but are required to test 20 The Great Neck peninsula’s ing, manages to count votes beand outdoor dining, and gather- percent of in-school students seven-day positivity rate of 4.77 WELDON fore and on Election Day, even if percent was the second-highest and staff members each week. ings. they were mailed in.”

“This situation remains flu- in Nassau County, behind FreeAccording to Cuomo, yellow The Great Neck peninsula Nassau Democratic Elections was deemed a “yellow zone” zone restrictions allow for non- id, and I appreciate everyone’s port’s 4.91 percent, and the Commissioner James Scheuer- for the coronavirus by Gov. An- residential indoor or outdoor patience and cooperation as we third-highest on Long Island, Continued on Page 13 drew Cuomo on Monday, which gatherings of up to 25 people work with our health and educa- behind Hampton Bays’ 5.13 perand residential gatherings tion partners to develop a plan cent.

Village of Great Neck Mayor of up to 10 people. Places of to meet State requirements. I worship are capped at half will share an update when more Pedram Bral said he has “been capacity and restaurants are information is available,” Great receiving heat from both sides of required to limit tables to Neck School Superintendent Te- the spectrum” in regard to maskno more than four people. resa Prendergast said in a stateContinued on Page 45

7,000 positive tests on North Shore

Manhasset unincorporated areas, villages retain relatively low number of cases

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Coliseum lease sees changes County issues amendments due to virus

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

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The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock has donated $10,000 each to 12 local community organizations on Long Island.

Unitarians donate $120K for virus relief Congregation at Shelter Rock issues 12 grants of $10K

BY R O S E W E L D ON The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset has announced that 12 Long Island organizations are each receiving $10,000 in unrestricted funds to address the COVID-19 crisis.

The groups were notified of their gifts and expedited payments are underway, according to a statement from the congregation.

Organizations considered for support were nominated by congregants and screened by a task force of seven members for COVID-19 relief work that directly addressed food insecurity, homelessness, mental health or loss of parents or guardians, with special consideration given to groups assisting undocumented individuals.

Donations went to community service organizations

the Community Chest of Port Washington, Littig House Community Center in Port Washington, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center in Manhasset and Roslyn Heights, Choice for All in Roosevelt and Freeport, Community Action of Southold Town, ELMCOR in Corona, Queens, and Housing Help Inc. in Greenlawn; the food pantries St. Aloysius Interfaith Food Pantry in Great Neck, the Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead and La Jornada in Corona, Queens; as well as Pride for Youth of Nassau and Suffolk in Bellmore, an LGBT youth organization, and the Safe Center Long Island in Bethpage, a nonprofit shelter for survivors of domestic abuse.

Julie Meer, executive director of the Community Chest of Port Washington, said the organization was “incredibly grateful” to the congregation at

Shelter Rock, and the donation would go to the Port Washington COVID-19 Community Response Fund.

“It has certainly been a challenging year,” Meer said in a statement. “We have seen such pain and hardship faced by residents, businesses, and organizations. One thing that has remained constant, though, is the truly extraordinary generosity of our donors. This donation will be used to make COVID-19 emergency grants for food needs, housing costs, and other expenses for Port Washington families.”

Andrew Malekoff, executive director of the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, which is conducting therapy remotely at present, praised the congregation for a “dedication to social justice programs” in a statement.

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Changes were made to the Nassau Coliseum’s lease with its new tenant, Nassau Live Center LLC, last week due to the uncertainty over lingering impacts the coronavirus pandemic may have on Long Island and New York.

The Coliseum, known for hosting hockey games, concerts, circus shows and other entertainment events, shut its doors in mid-June due to the increased amount of debt accrued over the past five years.

Officials said an agreement made in late August with Florida developer Nick Mastroianni II will allow the county to recoup the unpaid rent accrued over the past several years by the Coliseum’s former leaseholder, Mikhail Prokhorov.

Prokhorov, a Russian billionaire and owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, accrued more than $2 million of unpaid rent owed

by Prokhorov’s Nassau Events Center LLC. “Our agreement with Nassau Live and RXR Realty recognizes the impact of COVID

on Coliseum operations and the surrounding development,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said on Friday. “Those impacts include lost time and delay. The new tenant and development team need additional time to evaluate post-COVID operations at the Coliseum and develop a sustainable Coliseum plan.”

Amendments to the lease allow for a “COVID-19 Relief Period” during which there will be an abatement of the “minimum rent” payment. The relief period is scheduled to end six months after the occupancy restrictions set forth by the state government, not to extend past Dec. 31, 2022. Nassau Live Center will still be held responsible for utilities, security and maintenance of the arena, along with ensuring the venue could still host the New York Islanders or Long Island Nets for 2021 play, if deemed necessary by league officials.

“This extension coupled with the suspension of rent payments will give Nassau and the HUB team the opportunity to plan for the future, post-COContinued on Page 35

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced amendments to the Nassau Coliseum’s lease with its tenant last week.

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Town tightens leash on 5G cell nodes Board goes against ExteNet, Verizon Wireless in approving code changes on wireless facilities

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The North Hempstead Town Board passed a resolution last Thursday to change a section of the town code on construction of small wireless facilities, barely a month after its unanimous approval of the construction of 13 wireless cell nodes by ExteNet Systems.

The changes, Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte of Port Washington said in an email to her constituents, would “streamline the application process and refine design criteria in the placement of wireless telecommunications facilities.”

“New application criteria and design elements are intended to minimize visual obtrusiveness, require increased measures to conceal or camouflage, increased review of alternatives, and establishment of need,” she wrote. This is “intended to minimize the size and number of facilities needed to provide an adequate level of coverage,” Dalimonte wrote.

In August 2019, ExteNet, contracted by Verizon Wireless,

town and won on the grounds that the town had failed to act on the applications within a “reasonable” time frame, with no public hearings on the applications planned from last August to February.

The company was then granted summary judgment in a June 26 court order which called for the town to “issue all approvals necessary for ExteNet’s installation of the 16 small wireless facilities” and “cooperate in good faith to coordinate with ExteNet during construction and installation.” North Hempstead then filed an appeal and sought a stay of the judgment but no stay was awarded.

ExteNet then offered the town a settlement of 13 cell nodes, which the board voted to accept last month, while imploring federal representatives PHOTO BY ROBERT PELAEZ for help in changing FCC rules to giving more power to municipalities in wireless matters.

North Hempstead’s Town Board passed a resolution changing the town code in regard to Supervisor Judi Bosworth wireless infrastructure at their meeting on Nov. 19. opened the public hearing.

“Last year we adopted comfiled applications to install 16 set Bay Estates, Bayview Colony After months of inaction cell nodes in areas including Port and an unincorporated area near where a “shot clock” was reset prehensive changes to chapter Washington Estates, Manhas- Plandome Manor. and ran out, ExteNet sued the Continued on Page 35

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First-time home buyer aid to come Curran announces initiative for $500K in funding to help achieve ‘the American Dream’

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

In an effort to help residents achieve the “American Dream,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced $500,000 in funding to aid in down payment and closing costs for first-time homebuyers last week.

The funding, which came from the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program, was awarded to the Long Island Housing Partnership. According to Curran, homebuyers that are accepted will have a chance to receive upwards of $25,000 toward down payments or closing costs in the purchase of an eligible single-family residence in Nassau County.

The housing partnership has begun accepting applications from first-time homebuyers, according to county officials.

For homeowners to be eligible, they must not have purchased a home during the three years immediately prior to the purchase of a residence with federal aid, occupy the property as a principal residence, attend a

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran rolled out an initiative to aid first-time homebuyers throughout the county last week. mortgage counseling session and be able to obtain a mortgage.

The prospective buyer must also not exceed income limits set by the county. Officials said over-

time and assets are also taken into consideration.

For one person, gross income cannot exceed $70,950.

For two people, it must not ex-

ceed $81,050. For three, it must not exceed $91,200. For four, it must not exceed 101,300. The maximum amount of income for a family with eight or more

people is $133,750. A full breakdown of the statistics can be found at https://www.nassaucountyny.gov//.

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50+ N. Shore students test positive in 1 week

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z As of Tuesday, nearly 200 students in public schools across the North Shore had tested positive for the coronavirus since the beginning of the school year, according to state Health Department figures.

A total of 196 students on the North Shore tested positive since the beginning of the school year. By comparison, the total for the North Shore a week earlier was 144. The increase of 52 confirmed student cases is the most in the area over a oneweek period since school began.

Public school districts that were analyzed included the Port Washington school district, Roslyn school district, Sewanhaka Central High School District, Mineola school district, East Williston school district, Floral Park-Bellerose school district, Manhasset school district, New Hyde ParkGarden City Park school district, Herricks school district, North Shore school district and Great Neck school district.

The three school districts with the most cases among students are Great Neck with 38, Sewanhaka with 37 and Port Washington with 30. Great Neck and Sewanhaka each had an increase of 12 cases in the last week, while Port Washington only increased by two.

With the Great Neck peninsula’s seven-day positivity rate at 4.77 percent, according to state figures, schools in the district are permitted to remain open with 20 percent testing of in-person students and staff within two weeks from Monday. Testing will no longer be required if and when the results are lower than the current 4.77 seven-day positivity rate.

“This situation remains fluid, and I appreciate everyone’s patience and cooperation as we work with our health and education partners to develop a plan to meet State requirements. I will share an update when more information is available,” Great Neck School Superintendent Teresa Prendergast said in a statement on Monday.

Prendergast said schools throughout the district would be closed on Wednesday and will re-open for in-person instruction on Monday.

An additional 32 cases were found in North Shore Hebrew Academy (18), North Shore Hebrew Academy High School (9), Silverstein Hebrew Academy (3), and North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School (2), all located on the Great Neck peninsula.

Other private schools in the area with cases included Chaminade (11) in Mineo-

la, Saint Mary’s Elementary School (3) and Saint Mary’s High School (2) in Manhasset and Vincent Smith School (1) in Port Washington. All of the figures represent total student cases since Sept. 8, according to state figures.

Efforts to reach representatives from the private schools were unavailing.

Port Washington Superintendent Michael Hynes released a video on his social media platforms last week in response to the heightened amount of coronavirus cases the school district has seen inside and out of the classroom.

“As many of us know, there is a significant increase in COVID-positive cases in our area and that is causing many of us to take notice and wonder why this is happening,” Hynes said. “I believe our students and staff are the safest when they’re within our schools. Over the past several weeks I have implored our school community to make sure our students do not attend large gatherings, to make sure they are masked if they go out, to make sure they are socially distanced, and to not attend sleepovers.”

Despite the increase in numbers, Hynes said he is confident that measures taken in the district’s schools have been effective in combating the spread of the virus and lauded students and staff members for their efforts.

“I can assure you, everything we are doing within our schools is extremely effective,” he said. “Our staff and students are doing such a remarkable job and I’m so proud of their hard work and diligence.”

In Sewanhaka, 27 of the 37 total positive student cases were on-site, while the rest were off-site, according to state figures.

The North Shore school district, with 22, and the Roslyn school district with 20 were the only other districts with 20 or more confirmed student cases. The Mineola, Manhasset and East Williston school districts combined for 37 more total student cases, with Mineola having 16, East Williston having 11 and Manhasset having 10.

Despite being surrounded by areas with a high number of confirmed cases outside of the classroom, schools throughout the Herricks, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park and Floral Park-Bellerose school districts had a combined 12 cases. Herricks and New Hyde Park-Garden City Park each had five cases, while Floral Park-Bellerose had two.

For more information on how school districts and their schools are faring with the coronavirus, visit https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov/#/home.

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MTA offers grim picture of the future 50% cut in LIRR service, ‘drastic reduction’ in staff without $12B in federal assistance

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s future remains grim in the absence of $12 billion in federal aid after a proposed 2021 budget called for a 50 percent reduction in Long Island Rail Road service and a “drastic reduction” to the agency’s workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Without emergency aid, the MTA is proposing service reductions of 40% for the New York City subways and buses, and 50% for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, for a combined annualized savings of nearly $1.3 billion,” a news release from the transit authority said.

MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye said this financial crisis surpassed the Great Depression’s impact on transit revenue and ridership.

“No one at the MTA wants to undertake these horrific cuts but with federal relief nowhere in sight there is no other option,” Foye said.

“As I have said, we cannot cut our way out of this crisis.”

Fare and toll revenues, accord-

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Pat Foye said last week that the agency is in the greatest financial deficit in its history. ing to the agency’s November plan, are projected to eclipse their July estimates by $319 million while nonlabor expenses are projected to be lower by nearly $300 million in 2020. While those projections seem encouraging, the transit authority still faces an immediate $2.5 billion

in deficits due to the pandemic.

Officials estimated the deficit will grow to $6.1 billion in 2021.

The transit authority proposed cutting 9,367 jobs in various subsidiary organizations such as the Long Island Rail Road, MetroNorth, subways and buses. The

main layoffs, transit officials said, would come from the city’s subway and bus systems, with nearly 7,000 job cuts proposed in those two areas. The Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North would see a combined 933 layoffs if the proposals are enacted.

“The MTA continues to face a once-in-100-year fiscal tsunami and this is without a doubt one of the most difficult and devastating budgets in agency history,” Foye said. “We are once again urging Washington to take immediate action and provide the full $12 billion to the MTA.” Despite encouraging news about vaccines for the coronavirus, projections by the McKinsey & Co. consulting firm do not suggest ridership will return to pre-pandemic levels in the near future. According to McKinsey projections, the “best case” scenario, or 90 percent of prepandemic ridership, won’t occur until 2024.

The “worst-case” scenario McKinsey found included a resurgence of the virus in the New York City area, resulting in heightened restrictions, thus taking longer for the transit authority to near pre-

pandemic ridership levels. McKinsey projected that the ridership will reach 80 percent of the pre-pandemic level under the “worst-case” scenario.

“The numbers speak for themselves. We are approaching a point where these draconian options will have to be implemented to ensure our survival,” MTA Chief Financial Officer Bob Foran said. “Not receiving the billions we desperately need to survive would stunt the tangible progress we have made in service quality and infrastructure improvements. We can’t afford to let that happen.”

Without the federal aid that transit authority officials have been pleading for over the past four months, reduced LIRR services could cut peak train service to every 20 to 30 minutes in busy areas or hourly at less busy ones.

Off-peak and weekend service could also reduced to hourly, reflecting current ridership levels while still maintaining serviceable rides to prevent crowding. According to officials, the cuts to the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North would save the agency $265 million.

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Real estate market adjusts to COVID Town hall panel says buyers, sellers, agents face new reality in home sales on North Shore

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

While the coronavirus pandemic has hurt most businesses and industries, experts from Long Island real estate companies said in a Blank Slate Media virtual forum that they have been having a banner year in terms of revenue from clients purchasing or selling homes over the past eight months.

Featured on the panel last Thursday were Anthony Piscopio, a senior executive manager of sales for the North Shore of Nassau County and real estate broker for Douglas Elliman, Deborah Tintle Hauser, chief operating officer and real estate broker for Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, Phil Raices, president and CEO of Turn Key Real Estate, and Dennis McCarthy, the senior managing director for Compass Realty.

Piscopio said it was initially surprising to see how many homes were selling throughout Nassau County and said the demand for homes in close proximity to New York City has been one of the driving factors.

“We did sell a good amount of

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Long Island real estate experts discussed the state of the market in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in a vritual forum hosted by Blank Slate Media last week. homes. It was actually pretty surprising at first to see how many we alone sold,” Piscopio said. “The demand has been incredible. It’s been nonstop multiple bids for certain price ranges and locations throughout Long Island. Once January hits, it’s going to ramp up again.”

Piscopio also mentioned one of the initial challenges that real estate agents had to get used to was the enhanced amount of technology that now goes into showing

a home. Without in-person tours, Piscopio said, the challenges became advantages once agents were comfortable conducting virtual tours of homes for potential buyers.

Hauser and McCarthy agreed.

“Consumers want everything to be easy like the Amazon effect,” Hauser said. In a COVID-19 world, “homeowners don’t always want people tracing through their homes just to look. Consumers demanded

us to be better, and in some ways, this awful experience has made us better as an industry.”

“Compass has been techdriven, but everyone knows you need to be more tech-savvy than ever before in the market,” McCarthy said. “In our case, everyone is adapting to tech seamlessly, but every agency needs to embrace technology.”

McCarthy also said the number of “home office” searches on

the internet has increased so much that real estate agents have begun to incorporate those keywords into their listings.

Raices, a featured columnist for Blank Slate Media, did not dispute the others’ points on the importance of technology but offered another suggestion of how agencies can thrive in a world with or without the coronavirus.

“The internet has leveled the playing field for everyone,” Raices said. “Because of that, it’s not just about the company or the resources they have, it is about the person helping you throughout the process.”

Raices, based on his research, said he estimates that around 400,000 people are looking to leave New York City and hopes that people remain smart and upgrade to homes that have been on the market but haven’t sold yet.

“I’m the most optimistic person you’ll meet, but what about the 20 million people that will be unemployed for the long term,” Raices said. “For the 5 to 10 percent of us doing real estate on Long Island, this is a great market.”

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Viscardi holds PitchFest Competition Albertson school launches annual event to promote entrepreneurs with disabilities

BY R O S E W E L D ON The National Center for Disability Entrepreneurship at the Henry Viscardi Center in Albertson held its first annual PitchFest for entrepreneurs with disabilities last week.

Twelve entrepreneurs presented their businesses before a panel of judges with over $50,000 in prizes handed out.

The Audience Choice Award, a cash

prize of $10,000, was won by Little Tiger Productions, founded and led by Susan Picerno of Alexandria, Virginia.

Picerno, a retired federal employee, said her aim is to increase media portrayals of people with disabilities and authors with disabilities through book and magazine publishing of their own stories.

“There are 64 million Americans with disabilities, their friends, and their

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Picerno also won a mentoring package for Sharon Woods of LandUseUSA, a market research professional.

Third place and a cash prize of $2,500 went to Danimation Entertainment, founded and led by Dani Bowman of Los Angeles, California, which specializes in providing animation training to artists on the autism spectrum with camps, skill development classes and customized mentorships.

“Our goal is to improve employability by leveraging our students’ passion for animation,” Bowman said in her presentation. “We use it as a way to make a positive impact by opening doors, demonstrating possibilities and providing hope where previously there was none.”

Second place and a cash prize of $5,000 went to Lifestyle Builders, founded and led by Julie Eugene of Florida, which focuses on decor, decluttering and designing new spaces for those with disabilities.

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“I have autism and bipolar disorder,” Smith-Michaels said in her presentation. “I’ve experienced educational trauma, institutionalization and I swore another kid would never go through what I went through. Today I have a 26-year-old award-winning organization, a $10 million-a-year therapeutic school and the only potential national franchise [of this kind] founded by a person with disabilities.”

Smith-Michaels added that the organization was seeking to expand to Florida and New Hampshire.

In between presentations and the announcement of winners, competitors received words of encouragement from Arlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of the venture capital company Backstage Capital, and Stanley Bergman, chairman and CEO of Henry Schein Inc.

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Messages in a bottle found in Roslyn

BY R O S E W E L D ON The messages were written more than a century ago, and came as a surprise.

Workers restoring the Roslyn Grist Mill were greeted by a pair of messages in a bottle, buried in the structure’s concrete floor 103 years ago and unearthed just last month, the Roslyn Landmark Society announced Tuesday.

The weathered, glass milk bottle contains a pair of 1917 messages written by a Roslyn mason and carpenter, as well as four vintage coins, with the two oldest dating as far back as the Civil War. One letter was written in Italian script by brick mason Romolo Caparrelli. The society learned from his granddaughter, Pam Story of South Carolina, that Caparrelli was born in Pico, Italy, and later became a resident of Roslyn.

“He worked on a restoration of the grist mill in 1916 when it was intended to be used as a museum,” Story told the landmark society. “He applied a unique style of stucco to the exterior and concrete for the floors and roof. He also placed

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Workers restoring the Roslyn Grist Mill found a bottle with two messages dated to 103 years ago and four coins.

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his initials in the stucco by the front entrance. I had been told by my father that he put a glass jar in the building’s wall with various contents. I am so glad that it was found and in relatively good condition.”

Caparrelli’s letter was translated by Andrea Fedi, associate professor of Italian and cultural studies at Stony Brook University. In the message, Caparrelli states that he wished to be remembered for his pioneering concrete work on the Roslyn Grist Mill.

“Attention, this is a gift that I am giving you,” Caparrelli wrote. “Romolo Caparrelli invented the planking-style concrete roof and walls installed in 1916 and ‘17. So remember us, first bricklayer Romolo Caparrelli.”

Fedi noted that Caparrelli most likely meant to suggest by the word “invented” that he did the walls and the roof without a blueprint, and “that he came up with the project and executed it independently, without the help of an architect or an engineer.”

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Herricks musicians visited by Marine band Herricks Middle School musicians in Wind Ensemble (Alicia Brown, adviser) and Chamber Orchestra (Geoffrey Stone, adviser) participated in the “Music In Our Schools” program sponsored by the president’s own Marine Ensembles.

Wind Ensemble students watched a performance by members of the President’s Own Marine Band titled “Why I Love Playing Music.”

Students were then very fortunate to receive a Google Meet visit from French horn player SSgt. Timothy Huizenga for a question and answer session.

Huizenga was very inspirational to our students speaking about his passion

for music and motivating the students to strive to be their best. The students also enjoyed his stories about meeting and performing for current and past presidents of the United States.

Chamber orchestra students watched a performance by members of the Marine Chamber Orchestra titled, “String Colors: Painting with Sound.”

Students were then fortunate to receive a Google Meet visit from violinist SSgt. Wang. Students were fascinated to learn about the unique aspects of performing different styles of music for the different presidents.

Wang focused on the importance of applying creativity to the performance and being a flexible musician.

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Students excel on Students assist in language exams upkeep of gardens Eighty current and former Manhasset Secondary School students are being recognized for their performances on the 2020 National Language Exams in Latin, Italian, French and Spanish.

Each year, Manhasset students join thousands across the nation and the world in taking these voluntary exams.

The exams measure a students’ interpretive communication and achievement.

They allow teachers to gain feedback about instruction and curriculum, while promoting language-learning in general. All of the Manhasset students being honored have or will receive monetary awards, medals, and/or certificates.

Congratulations to the following individuals on achieving at the highest levels: National Latin Exam Perfect Papers: Ralph Matamoros and Chris Tong Outstanding Purple Ribbon: Peter Andel, Eric Carlson, Sofia Lago, and Elizabeth Slaney Achievement: Olivia Mickles, Melissa Scala, and Kevin Zhang Honorable Mention: Aidan Bebber and Ryan Matzelle National Italian Exam Gold: Kristen DiConza, Taylor Fox, Victoria Gagliano, Ava Klissouras, Lea Klissouras, Jacqueline Mejia, Laura Phelan (2020 NIE Scholarship Recipient), and Thomas Rowan.

Silver: Cristina Caputi, Gabriella

D’Angelo, Silvana Davi, Luca DiRaimo, Ante Magas, Alexander Ottavio, Natalie Pak, Grace St. Jeanos, and Michael Troia Bronze: Sophie Colalillo, Giulia DiRaimo, Eric Holm, and Eliza Treiste National French Contest Platinum: Noemie Gomes-Jourdan Gold: Claire D’Ambrosio, Claire Gomes-Jourdan, Paul Kim, Rachel Lee, and Lara Tsibelman, Silver: Charlotte LaBenne, Sofia Matos, Giuliana Opris, Caroline Owen, Charles Petras, and Laura Phelan Bronze: Matthew Johnston, Selina Lu, Alexandra McIntyre, Gwendolyn Seto, and Isabel Yeo National Spanish Exam Gold: Jordan Aboyoun, Sambhav Jain, Roger Lu, and Dylan Wu Silver: Savana Connolly, Connor Gibbons, Colin Hairabedian, Loic Hairabedian, Amelia Harley, Edward Huang, Sophia Lago, Emanuel Lago, Oliver Reinhardt, Hannah Rubin, Ada Shu, Sophia Stefanakis, Anastasia Venetoklis, Jack Voelker, Katherine Wede, Natalie Wells, and Spencer Wong Bronze: Alec Abbasi, Meghan Colello, Adam DeLeeuw, Lily Filipski, Kayla Fox, Sanjna Kedia, Meghan Koek, Christina Lago, Anna Limb, Michael Ma, Stephen Pidedjian, and Sophia Xenophonotos Submitted by the Manhasset school district

Manhasset students are working to upkeep the gardens at the district’s elementary schools. Earlier this fall, they were able to clean the gardens established by Planet Manhasset back in 2013.

The students also planted new winter greenery at Munsey Park and Shelter Rock.

Planet Manhasset, the School Community Association’s eco-committee, is dedicated to researching and implement-

ing ways to adopt a greener way of living. The gardens that Planet Manhasset created are used by students, teachers and the community to help provide a reality-based education while connecting students to a natural environment.

Planet Manhasset plans to do a spring planting with students as well.

Photo courtesy of Manhasset Public Schools

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Manhasset students are working to keep up the gardens at the district’s elementary schools.

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Three weeks later, no final vote tallies Continued from Page 1 man said weeks ago that 142,962 absentee ballots were cast in Nassau County this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, a figure that shatters the previous record of 48,000 in 2016.

Mailed ballots began to be counted Nov. 10, a week after the election, under state law.

Jay Jacobs, chairman of the county and state Democratic committees, said before the election that he expected delays to occur after the experience of the primaries.

“I think it will happen again,” Jacobs said. “I can’t see how something in the area of two million absentee ballots aren’t going to overtax the system.”

CONGRESSIONAL RACES Following the counting of absentee ballots, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) won another term in the 3rd Congressional District over Republican challenger and financial professional George Santos of Queens.

While vote counts immediately following Election Day placed Santos over the incumbent congressman by more than 4,000 votes, absentee ballots gave Suozzi a final total of 126,008 votes to Santos’ 97,575 in Nassau County and the borough of Queens as of Wednesday. Suffolk County has yet to announce its final results, though Santos held a 6,005vote lead over Suozzi, with 52,117 votes compared with Suozzi’s 46,112.

The former mayor of Glen Cove and former Nassau County executive will serve a third term in office, with his district representing Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington, Great Neck and Floral Park, among other areas, and stretching from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

In the 4th Congressional

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An unknown number of absentee ballots have yet to be counted as several local races await final results.

District, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) declared victory on Nov. 4 over Town of Hempstead Engineering Commissioner and Republican Douglas Tuman of West Hempstead.

She received 199,012 votes, or 56 percent, to Tuman’s 152,573, or 43 percent, so far.

Neither campaign responded to a request for comment, and it is not yet known if Tuman has conceded.

The 4th Congressional District is situated in central and southern Nassau County, and includes Floral Park, Mineola, Garden City, New Hyde Park, Hempstead, Carle Place and Westbury. Rice will serve a fourth two-year term.

STATE LEGISLATURE RACES State Sen. Anna Kaplan (DGreat Neck) defeated former Port Washington Police Com-

missioner David Franklin, a Republican, in the 7th Senate District. She received 89,034 votes, or over 57 percent, while Franklin got 66,020, or 43 percent.

Kaplan, who first won against then-incumbent Elaine Phillips of Flower Hill in 2018, will serve a second two-year term representing the areas of Floral Park, New Hyde Park, Williston Park, Mineola, Garden City Park, North Hills, Albertson, Old Westbury, East Hills, Roslyn, Roslyn Harbor, Roslyn Estates, Albertson, Searingtown, Lake Success, Manhasset, Munsey Park, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandome Manor, and the entireties of the Great Neck and Port Washington peninsulas.

In the 13th Assembly District, Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), led attorney and Republican candidate

Andrew Monteleone of Syosset by 63 percent of the vote to Monteleone’s 37 percent.

Lavine received 39,300 votes to his opponent’s 22,932.

Neither candidate has declared victory or conceded. The district includes Roslyn, Greenvale, Sea Cliff, Glen Cove and parts of East Hills and Westbury, and if declared the winner Lavine will serve an eighth term.

In the 16th Assembly District, 20-year government employee and Democratic nominee Gina Sillitti of Manorhaven overtook Republican candidate and small-business owner Ragini Srivastava of Manhasset Hills after coming in short the day after the election.

Totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections showed that Sillitti had amassed 35,414 votes, or 53 percent, to

Srivastava’s 30,219 votes, or 45 percent.

The district includes Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn Heights, North Hills, Flower Hill, Lake Success, Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Sands Point. The winner will succeed two-term Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (D-New Hyde Park), who announced in January that he would not seek reelection.

In the 19th Assembly District, Assemblyman Edward Ra (R-Garden City) continued to lead attorney and retired Army Lt. Col. Gary Port of West Hempstead. Ra received 38,464 votes, or 59 percent, and Port received 26,779, or 41 percent.

Neither candidate had declared victory or conceded as of Wednesday morning, and requests for comment to both campaigns were unavailing.

The district includes Glen Head, Old Brookville, Old Westbury, New Hyde Park, Williston Park, Garden City Park, Garden City South, Garden City and Mineola.

NATIONAL RACE After initial election night results had him down by more than 6,000 votes, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden had a commanding lead in Nassau County over Republican President Donald Trump, winning by nearly 70,000 votes as absentee ballots continued to be counted.

As of Wednesday, Biden had received 392,034 votes, or 53.9 percent, compared with Trump’s 324,858, or 44.7 percent.

Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen received 3,566 votes, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins received 1,896 votes, Independent candidate Brock Pierce received 1,885 votes, and 2,096 write-in votes were submitted in the county.

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Lessons on election elusive to some

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oth Republicans and Democrats appear to be having some difficulty coming to grips with the 2020 election results.

Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County and state Democratic chair, ripped into Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a fellow Democrat representing the Bronx and Queens, the week after the election in interviews with the New York Post and City & State.

Jacobs blamed what was seen as his party’s disappointing results in state and congressional races in purple districts on Long Island and upstate on Ocasio-Cortez and others for pressing progressive policies, such as “defund” the police, and bridled at the criticism of Democrats who didn’t promote a progressive agenda.

“I invite AOC to come to Long Island and stand for election in one of our districts. You’ll see different results,” he said.

“AOC has no standing on how to run a general election in the suburbs and upstate. AOC is in a district that’s 6-1 Democrat and she couldn’t find a Republican in her district with binoculars,” Jacobs told the Post.

Ocasio-Cortez had blamed Democrats’ failure to win swing district races on candidates’ reluctance to embrace progressive policies. She also cited a lack of “core competencies” on the part of Democrats to run campaigns in the digital age.

We agree with Jacobs that Republicans had effectively used the slogan “defund the police” against Democrats in swing districts as well as targeting their mishandled rollout of long-needed bail reform legislation.

We also think Ocasio-Cortez does a real disservice to Democrats trying to change the direction of this country when she blasts the contributions to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory from folks like the Lincoln Group, Republicans and former Republicans who produced some of the most effective ads against President Trump.

But Ocasio-Cortez might have a point about the candidates’ campaign tactics and even who was running.

It is after all the job of candidates and political parties to counter the criticism of their opponents. And Jacobs is the chairman of both the Nassau County and state Democratic Party.

Jacobs’ response was also odd.

For one, he is the state Democratic chairman and AOC is a Democrat.

So why attack her by name — in the Democratic-unfriendly New York Post no less?

And, yes, AOC is a Democrat in a heavily Democratic district straddling Queens and the Bronx, but she easily defeated a first-time Republican challenger who raised more than $10 million to help make the race the second most expensive House contest in the country.

But two years ago, AOC — then a first-time challenger — stunned the country with one of the greatest upsets in House history by defeating Congressman Joe Crowley, who at the time served as chair of the House Democratic Caucus and was chairman of the Queens Democratic Party.

So AOC, who herself raised $17 million this year, does seem to know a little about winning elections at least in large cities. Jacobs

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just might want to see what he can do to keep her inside the Democratic tent.

Jacobs also made his comments about the Democrats’ performance when about 1.5 million absentee ballots had yet to be counted — a time when there was plenty of evidence that those ballots would heavily favor Democratic candidates.

Sure enough, those ballots have fallen heavily into the Democrats’ column and many Democratic favorites who appeared in trouble won easily if not by margins that were expected.

Jacobs also did not address the merits of the progressives’ issues, just their politics at a time when many in this country are calling for Republicans to place principles over politics in asking President Trump to concede the race.

Ocasio-Cortez and her closest allies in Congress — a four-woman group known as The Squad who REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez, Elliot Weld

all won re-election — did toe the party line while calling on grassroots activists to boost Biden and Democrats down-ticket.

And Ocasio-Cortez was not the only one critical of the Democrats’ track record.

Asked about the Democrats underperforming statewide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he believes the party “lost a messaging war over police and public safety.”

Republican state Assemblyman Ed Ra continued the messaging war in a column, published last week by Blank Slate Media, titled “GOP gains in federal, state races prove need for bipartisanship in Albany.”

Ra’s comments, like those of Jacobs, came at a point when not all the votes had been counted.

Democrats now hold an overwhelming lead in seats in the state Assembly and actually picked up two seats in the state Senate to earn a veto-proof supermajority.

And the governor is a Democrat.

As are both U.S. senators, the lieutenant governor, the state attorney general and the state comptroller. Which is to say every statewide seat is held by Democrats.

But this did not prevent Ra from saying that the “successful issues we campaigned on — promoting public safety, battling the COVID-19 pandemic and reviving and revitalizing our economy — should be the blueprint for the upcoming Legislative Session in January.”

And then apparently in a demonstration of bipartisan goodwill, Ra explained the Republicans’ secret to overperforming in the election.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Why to avoid Fifth Avenue with Trump around

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t doesn’t take a lot of political smarts to figure out that President Trump is locked behind closed doors at the White House in total shock that he will not be sworn in for a second term on Jan. 20, 2021.

Mr. Trump was convinced that all of America’s voters were anxious to give him a second term. Like ten other presidents before him, he must deal with the fact that a majority of the voters chose Vice President Joe Biden to lead this country.

What is shocking about Donald Trump is that he is so self-absorbed about losing that he has abandoned the nation that had given him the honor of being their leader for four years.

People are dying due to the Covid crises, and poor Donald is spending all of his waking hours trying to figure out how to upend an election, which his opponent won by a “landslide,” to quote Kelly Ann Conway.

Each and every day we are being bombarded with the ugly

statistics that state after state is experiencing rising numbers of infected patients and that hospital ICU rooms are at capacity.

Over 250,000 innocents have died from the pandemic and it is projected that that number could reach 400,000

by Feb. 1 of next year. First responders and hospital personnel are desperately in need of gowns, masks, gloves and other protective devices. Instead of responding to their needs, Trump is busy trying to strip voters of their guaranteed right to cast a ballot.

To date, the president’s legal team has lost 19 cases in various courts in three states.

The most outrageous part of the Trump legal assault is that he has pinpointed only black voters in Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin and seeks to invalidate their votes assuming they were Biden voters. He is also hoping that he can get the United States Supreme Court to give him back the crown that was allegedly

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stolen from him. He considers the six justices “his people” and that they would be anxious to twist the law in his favor.

Every transition in my lifetime has always been cordial and cooperative. Democrats and Republicans have shown the world what makes the United States different than countries run by despots.

We have pointed to these transfers of power as the brand

that makes America different.

But regrettably, while people are dying, there will be no transfer of medical information to the Biden administration.

With no clear path to remain in the Oval Office, when he is not watching Fox News, Trump is spending his spare time firing people who had the audacity to speak out against his re-election chances.

He has installed a group of Washington amateurs into major positions in homeland security and defense, knowing that they will follow his every order, even if it means blowing up the nation.

It’s odd that the man, who said that you don’t tip off your enemy on your next moves, has announced that he will withdraw 2,500 troops from Afghanistan in January.

There is no doubt that our nation would like its troops to come home and keep one of the Trump campaign promises.

But this president has broken so

many of his promises, why keep this one at a very dangerous time in the nation’s history?

Taking out 2,500 soldiers and leaving just 2,500 behind, exposes them to Taliban sneak attacks that could wipe out entire units. Countries friendly to us have a total of 10,000 soldiers in those countries who will also be in danger with a smaller American presence.

While the sitting president pouts and sulks, he is planning a series of presidential pardons for the likes of Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos and Roger Stone. In addition, he will attempt to give away billions in Arctic oil leases to contributors.

At this critical stage in American history, with an unhinged leader in the White House, I would recommend that you not go to Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. That’s the place where Donald Trump said he could “shoot someone and get away with it.”

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

A few words about America’s Biggest Loser

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very weekday of my youth began by pledging my allegiance to our flag “and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

But recently, watching Donald Trump’s increasingly bizarre antics, with the complicit silence of most of his Republican Party, I have had to question whether any word of that pledge is still true.

Are we still one nation? Are we indivisible? Because it sure feels right now like our president is trying his best — or perhaps I should say his worst — to divide us. And while liberty may need to be curtailed for a bit to deal with coronavirus, is there any longer such a thing as impartial justice?

For any one, let alone for all?

As someone who was always conscious of belonging to a minority religious group in this country, I listened to everything the majority told me about how things work: “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”

“Ignorance of the law is no excuse.”

“Everyone is entitled to their

day in court.”

“You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.”

“We are a nation of laws, not of men.”

“Everyone is equal before the law, and no one is above it. Not even the president.”

And as the Republicans endlessly insisted was their reason for impeaching Democratic President Bill Clinton, “character counts!”

The Republican president is now fulminating and fuming, inviting Michigan party officials to the White House — to do what?

Talk about the weather? No, Trump is looking to wrestle any kind of victory from a definitive loss and he doesn’t care how he gets it.

Some “character.”

He lost the popular election by more than 6 million votes, in the largest turnout this country has ever seen; and Joe Biden stands to win in the Electoral College by at least as great a margin as the victory Trump spent four years calling “a landslide.”

So here is my question for the Republican men and women who are encouraging Trump’s

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A Look on the Lighter Side antics, whether by their silence or by actively taking part: Do our election laws apply to everyone? Or only when Republicans win?

Do you think you can turn our democracy into a giant game of “Heads we win, Tails you lose”? And if you could, would you really want to live there?

In any sport if each side is playing by different rules, you don’t have a sport. And if both sides in a country’s politics aren’t playing by the same rules, you no longer have a country.

Recently, a Republican functionary asked, “What is the

downside for humoring (Trump) for this little bit of time?”

Let me help answer that.

The downside for Trump is bad enough: He will forever be remembered as The Biggest, Poorest, Sorest Loser in American history.

This is from the leader of the party that likes to call Liberals “thin-skinned snowflakes.”

We are accused of giving our children “participation trophies” when they don’t win something.

I never did that, but just for the record, what’s so wrong with it? Maybe that’s what their tantruming Trump is waiting for: a nice little trophy — “Thanks for your participation” — and some ice cream on the way home. Two scoops; we know he insists on that.

But, beyond his own reputation, there is the serious risk that Trump’s antics will damage our democracy. As Jennifer Rubin, columnist at the Washington Post, wrote, “Republicans need to decide whether they believe in democracy.”

Edward Foley, Constitutional law scholar, put it even more bluntly: “If the losing party can’t accept defeat, the whole enter-

prise of electoral democracy is finished.”

Not that Mr. Trump cares.

He’s behaving like the man who, when told his wife is divorcing him, takes a chainsaw to the car and burns down the house.

Trump has yet to make any kind of concession speech. Maybe he’s too busy playing golf to write one. But if so, there’s a perfectly good one he can recycle from 2016. It was given by someone who actually won, by 3 million votes in the popular count, but still had to concede and did so the very next day: “I still believe in America and I always will. And if you do, then we must accept this result and then look to the future. Joe Biden is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.”

It was good advice four years ago and it’s good advice today.

This column was submitted before the Michigan State Board of Canvassers voted to certify Joe Biden’s victory and before the GSA allowed the formal transition to begin to the new Biden administration.

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OUR TOWN

Year of confusion, uncertainty during COVID

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have been wanting to interview a real estate expert to talk about real estate prices in Nassau County and how they have been impacted by COVID, so I asked around and finally found Matt Kasindorf, the well-known real estate attorney and senior partner at the Manhattan law firm of Meister, Seelig and Fein. Matt heads up their real estate group and we got together at Tam O’Shanter Golf Club last weekend to play golf and chat about real estate prices.

The drive through Brookville to get to Tam O’Shanter is marvelous to behold. You pass by horse farms, rolling hills and open meadows and then you see the course rising up a hillside to your right and the pulse quickens. Tam O’Shanter Golf Club is a perfect example of the way we golfers are all so spoiled on Long Island. Tam O’Shanter has all the wonderful amenities of a highend country club with its David Postlethwait-designed, 18- hole

championship golf course, its pristine tennis courts, pools, fitness room and chic dining.

The clubhouse was reconstructed high atop a hill overlooking the course after the first clubhouse burned down in 1971. This seemed eerily reminiscent of the famous 1790 poem “Tam O’Shanter”

by Robert Burns. In the poem, Tam O’Shanter is a thoughtless husband who spends most of his evening hours drinking and carousing about the countryside as his poor wife sits at home fuming. On one fateful evening, Tam O’Shanter watches as some demons dance around a church as it burns down to the ground and he narrowly escapes capture by one of them. The demon manages to rip off his horse’s tail, but Tam O’Shanter gets home safe and sound. And we thought we had tough lives!

When I asked Matt about the general impact COVID has had on real estate development, he remarked, “ In the

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short term there has been confusion and uncertainty, but the long term fundamentals of the market remain sound. Entrepreneurs still have money to invest and aggressive ones will always find a way to invest wisely.”

Matt teaches graduate courses in real estate law and networking at NYU, and I wondered how he was able to network now that most Manhattan workers are sheltered in their home offices. He said that formerly he would sched-

ule breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings as well as attend a variety of conferences and charity events to interact with clients old and new. However, he said “now face-to-face interactions are avoided and this is unfortunate. Face-to-face meetings benefit both parties since they are both able to assess veracity and legitimacy. You pick up minor cues when you interact and this helps the process of connection. We now must resort to Zoom meetings, which are better than phone calls or text messages but can’t beat face-toface business.”

I also wondered about how COVID was affecting the real estate market here in Nassau County, and Matt said, “Clearly there is a temporary flight out of New York and home prices are strong on Long Island.

Many companies are now experiencing what we call a ‘hub and spoke’ impact where they are renting spaces in their suburban satellite offices. This gives their employees an option

to have a nearby office experience away from the distractions of working from home.”

And with that I missed my three-foot putt on 18, shook hands with him and made my way out of Brookville, the land of beauty. It is good to speak to experts on matters such as COVID. As Robert Burns said in his “Tam O’Shanter” poem back in 1790:“ Auld Ayr,wham ne’er a town surpassesFor honest men and bonnie lasses.”

Now on this day I did not spy any bonnie lasses roaming about nor witches in”cutty sarks” (short skirts), but I did get a chance to chat with one “honest man” named Matt Kasindorf who gave me reassuring advice. His conclusion was that these precious things like the Manhattan skyline and all of our pretty suburban homes will survive this heinous year of confusion and uncertainty quite well. Hallelujah. Hey, does anyone have an inside track on how to get that vaccine?

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Lessons on election elusive to some Continued from Page 14 role board and leftwing politicians calling for police departments to be defunded,” Ra continued. “We simply share it. We have compassion for crime victims. We have respect for law enforcement officials, and we have empathy for New Yorkers who want to feel safe in their communities and secure in their homes. We’re asking Democrats to do the same.”

So much for bipartisanship. And hello culture wars.

During a Blank Slate Media town hall before the election, Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman was asked several times if he thought the Republican Party was now the party of President Trump.

Blakeman, a former moderate Republican who was the liaison between the Nassau County Republican Party and the Trump campaign, answered in tone and words echoing those of the president.

Ra appears to be echoing Blakeman — echoing Trump — in his column.

But we have a suggestion for Ra and other Republican officials.

Before you focus on New York’s problems, why don’t you first demonstrate your

support for democracy and elections?

Call for Trump to halt his campaign to subvert this country’s election system by trying to get Republican state legislators to ignore the will of voters.

Demand that Trump stop endlessly filing ludicrous lawsuits challenging the election results.

Tell him to stop eroding trust in the election system that put you in office by falsely saying he had defeated Biden.

A group of leading GOP national security experts on Monday called on “Republican leaders — especially those in Congress — to publicly demand that President Trump cease his anti-democratic assault on the integrity of the presidential election.”

Republican state officials in states across the country have done their jobs and rejected Trump’s efforts to steal the election.

Republican elected officials in New York should announce that they stand with the Republican officials, that Biden is the president-elect and that Kamala Harris is the vice president-elect.

Perhaps then they could become a viable statewide party. The Democrats certainly seem willing to give them that chance.

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A historic Thanksgiving for our nation

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he First Thanksgiving is one of the most mythologized events in American history – on par with King Arthur and Camelot.

But Donald Trump, who shows nothing but contempt for truth and the American way, would like to erase all the bad parts of American history beginning with 1619 when the first slaves were deposited on America’s shores and sanitize what schoolchildren are taught.

Trump, in one of his parting, despotic assaults on democracy, formed a 1776 Commission to promote “patriotic education” (paid for with money from the COVID-19 relief act, no less), inspired as backlash against the protests decrying systemic racism that caused the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and so many more. Trump, who also banned “sensitivity training” among federal workers, would like Americans not to see, believe or act to eradicate systemic racism.

“Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda, ideological poison that if not removed will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together,” Trump said, sounding more like Joseph Goebbels than Thomas Jefferson. “It will destroy our country.” To further justify whitewashing history, he added, “Teaching this horrible doctrine to our children is a form of child abuse in the truest sense of those words.”

Instead, “Our youth will be taught to love America with all of their heart and all of their

souls.”

Trump “tried to frame the protests in response to the deaths of Black men and women at the hands of police as rioting and mayhem and, in his words, said they’re the result of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools,” NPR education correspondent Cory Turner said on “Morning Edition.”

Turner added, “Basically, he argued that schools are teaching kids to hate this country by talking about the things America has gotten wrong, first and foremost slavery, instead of talking about freedom and the promise of our founding documents. He singled out The New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project as a big part of the problem. The project is being used in some classrooms to explore the legacy of slavery and present-day systemic inequities.”

The fact is, as Turner noted, “using the history that we teach our kids as a wedge issue has been happening for generations.” Indeed, quite to the contrary of teaching America’s original sin and how it has infected and infused systemic racism and injustice for 400 years, too many school systems and teachers ignore or gloss over it.

Turner pointed to a Southern Poverty Law Center report that found “many teachers and textbooks still don’t talk about slavery and its legacy, how its legacy survives and the toxic ideology of white supremacy” and pointed out that several teachers said “President Trump’s varnished version of history is still what’s being taught in many

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places. And that’s the problem.”

Trump declared, “Patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country. American parents are not going to accept indoctrination in our schools.”

Trump’s rhetoric has consequences, just as it has had in inciting violence against Black Lives Matter protesters and election workers. Turner said several teachers told him “they’re now hearing the president’s angry rhetoric being repeated by parents. One teacher in Indiana sent me a link to a blog where a parent in his district complained about teachers and neighbors buying into leftist indoctrination.

And the parent wrote, quote, ‘I am afraid that the only way are they going to get it is once they’re looking into the barrel of a gun’.”

That’s not all the dictator wannabe did. Under the guise of promoting unity, Trump signed an executive order to end training sessions based on race and sex stereotyping and scapegoat-

ing in the federal workforce, the uniformed services, and among federal contractors. It prohibits federal agencies as well as contractors from conducting training that promotes race stereotyping, for example, by portraying certain races as oppressors by virtue of their birth. “This damaging ideology causes great division and is rooted in misrepresentations about human nature, our history, our founding principles, and our Nation’s unique role in the world,” Trump said.

Attorney General William Barr, echoing fascists, dictators, czars and emperors, when asked if he were worried about how history would remember him for overturning the rule of law to shield his dear leader, said, “History is written by the winners, so it largely depends on who is writing the history.”

Now that Trump is emphatically not the winner (Loser!!), history will record him as the first impeached president to seek re-election, the first to lose the popular vote twice by millions of votes and history will resound with his parting shots to undermine national security: unilaterally pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty; public health: mocking mask-wearing and holding super-spreader events across the nation and polluting the White House; the economy: abandoning the millions facing poverty, hunger and homelessness; and destroying America’s standing as a champion of human rights. Nor will history forget the 25,000 (and counting) lies and the 3,400 conflicts of interest of the most corrupt, inept, malign,

autocratic occupier of the Oval Office America has known.

Let’s be reminded what the First Thanksgiving really was about – half of the original colonists in the small Plymouth community had died. The Wampanoag Indians (People of the First Light), who helped them survive by teaching them farm techniques not only outnumbered the colonists but brought the feast rather than the other way around.

The essence of the Thanksgiving was to in fact give thanks for their survival. That is the message that should resound today as well. But we won’t need to wait for historians to tell us this Thanksgiving is historic.

This isn’t a normal Thanksgiving. As Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “This Thanksgiving is more special than most Thanksgivings Let’s think of Thanksgiving as a time to yes, really give thanks to the people who really did phenomenal things.”

Give thanks to the people who have helped us survive: the doctors, the nurses, health workers, the essential workers and first responders, the scientists who have been working to develop vaccines and therapeutics, the neighbors who cared for one another and wore masks and elected officials and public servants who put people ahead of politics.

It is a year to give special thanks around the table and over Zoom for our family and our freedom and think about the close brushes we’ve had with the loss of both.

READERS WRITE

Stellato has earned re-election to park board

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reat Neck Park District Commissioner Tina Stellato, who is also chair of the Park Board, is seeking a second 3-year term in office. The vote is on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Although the ballot will show an opposing candidate, that person entered a late withdrawal from the race.

Although Commissioner Stellato is running unopposed, these circumstances nonetheless provide us with the opportunity to recognize this commissioner’s strong commitment to our park system and

her outstanding performance in supporting and enhancing the Park District’s goals with regard to meeting the needs of district residents.

I strongly urge all residents to come out and cast their votes to re-elect Commissioner Tina Stellato on Tuesday, December 8.

Commissioner Stellato had a strong background in Park District functions even before being elected. Upon taking office three years ago, Ms. Stellato lost no time in helping to advance and improve the dis-

trict’s programs, initiatives, and facilities.

One only has to look at the Park District’s website to discover the incredibly wide range of programs designed to meet various recreational, educational and remedial needs of young and old, adults and children, athletic or sedentary, and competitors as well as observers.

Commissioner Stellato has shown wise judgment in helping her fellow Commissioners and Administrators to consider how the District can move forward without added burden on

taxpayers.

In fact, district taxes have been kept under a tight lid for many years, largely due to the policy of spreading costs to specific users of Park programs rather than only District taxpayers.

Among the many park issues that have drawn Commissioner Stellato’s attention are added educational programs for adults and special needs children, improved summer camps, broad efforts to modernize playgrounds, improvements in summer concerts and

the ongoing work in developing a Master Plan for the future.

During the current covid19 pandemic, Commissioner Stellato has supported the Park Board’s efforts to keep park facilities open safely as well as add many new virtual programs to continue services during this health emergency.

All told, in my opinion, Commissioner Tina Stellato clearly deserves another term in office.

Leon Korobow Great Neck

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READERS WRITE

Where is Santa Claus during this season?

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his Christmas many children might be asking where is Santa Claus? The pandemic of 2020 has caused many hardships for parents. Millions of men and women are out of work and many have been sick and are dying of this most dreadful disease.

How does a parent tell a child Santa Claus will not make it this year because of COVID-19? Added to that, many fami-

lies are struggling to make ends meet and that means trying to put enough food on the table. And now there are many families living in homeless shelters. In these shelters a child might ask, “Does Santa Claus visit homeless shelters?”

That is why I ask those who can to donate toys and clothes to churches, temples, community groups and organizations that collect toys for needy

children. As such the many who can are Santa’s helpers and let a poor child know we care. And that poor child will have a smile on his or her face instead of a tear.

In 1897 the New York Sun ran an editorial written by Francis Church called “Is there a Santa Claus? In what has become a beloved part of Christmas in the United States, the editorial said: “Yes,

Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.”

Well, we are all Santas and we can make the hearts of a child glad.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Bellerose

False optimism about MTA’s future

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he Aug. 15, 2020, letter from Larry Penner headlined “Flushing transit improvements would help Nassau riders” has more holes in it than a slice of Swiss cheese.

First, has the author been to the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street recently? A quick check on Google Earth reveals there to be absolutely no vacant land anywhere near that intersection.

Precisely where does the author propose it be built?Second, according to the various opinion pieces making the rounds in the metropolitan area newspapers, the MTA does not have a money problem, it has a money management problem. He totally ignores the staggering loss of revenue due to COVID, but let us assume for the sake of argument this is true.

Does the author trust the MTA to man-

age a study when the author has said over and over how the MTA wastes money?

Also, in other letters of the author’s, he discusses how the MTA should stop wasting money on studies of projects that will not take place in our lifetime. Exactly what is the author’s definition of a project that will be built in a lifetime? Construction of a bus terminal does not sound like it to me.

In another of the author’s letters to the editor making the rounds, he discusses the realities of the new telecommuting. While I don’t doubt things will eventually return to “normal,” it will probably be at least a year and a half. MTA demand is down about 70 percent. The author does not explain how the new bus terminal would enable riders to transfer oblivious to weather. but let us assume for the sake of argument that is true. How many people would ben-

efit with the new reality of telecommuting?

And where exactly would the money for this project come from? From what I’m to understand, a project of the magnitude the author describes would cost about $10 billion. Maybe private industry could pay for some of it, but the MTA would have to foot at least part of the bill. The author in his other pieces names half a dozen to a dozen MTA projects that are behind schedule and over budget. Are we to believe this one won’t be because the author is in favor it?

So to recap: the MTA mismanages money but will manage this bus terminal fine and dandy. Telecommuting has decreased public transit demand but $10 billion to the author is worth it to serve a decreased number of people. The author

does not give a specific location for the terminal, but somehow it will shield riders from the elements.

And finally, the author proposes putting holding lights in bus stops. Don’t bus drivers already have a radio system and dispatchers to tell them when to leave?

Wouldn’t holding lights be a waste of money? And has the author ever ridden a bus in which the driver is deliberately slowing down, missing green lights, staying at each stop long after the last rider has boarded due to union rules about maintaining schedules? Or has he been on a bus in which the driver is zooming and screeching because he is behind schedule? How will holding lights eliminate this practice?

Nat Weiner Bronx

Nassau transit riders face threatened cuts

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TA Chairman Pat Foye’s threats to include a 40 percent reduction in bus and subway service, along with a 50 percent cut in LIRR and Metro North Rail Road service, have risks. The second is fare increases above and beyond the previously scheduled 4 percent in 2021. This was part of the $51 billion 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Plan funding assumptions, Unless he receives $12 billion more in CARE COVID-19 funding from Washington, they could become reality.

Significant service cuts or fare hikes require a public hearing process which the MTA will initiate in December. As a recipient of Federal Transit Administration funding, the MTA has to be in compliance with federal Title IV and other civil rights requirements. Service cuts can’t have an adverse impact on minority, low-income and physically challenged communities. The process will take the MTA several months from start to finish before any fare increases are initiated. It would be subject to FTA, City Hall and Albany review.

These service reductions would require the MTA to update itis FTA bus, subway and commuter rail fleet management plans. FTA would want to insure that the MTA still has the financial resources to maintain all its assets, so they reach the

intended useful life requirement. If these service cuts were to take place, hundreds to several thousand of local and federally funded bus, subway and commuter rail cars might no longer be needed for passenger service.

Reducing service by 40 percent in bus and subway, along with 50 percent in commuter rail implies an equivalent reduction in equipment needed for rush hour service.

Keeping 100 percent of the current fleets in service would result in excessive spare equipment. The various fleets have a spare ratio of 10 percent subway and commuter rail to 15 percent bus. This defeats the goal of cost savings.

NYC Transit has a fleet of 6,400 subway cars. NYC Transit, Manhattan and Bronx Surface Operating Authority and MTA Bus have a combined fleet of 5,800 buses. LIRR has a fleet of 1,151. Metro North has a fleet of 1,268 and Staten Island Railway has a fleet of 61 vehicles.

Most of the NYC Transit subway and a significant number of bus and commuter rail fleets are federally funded.

Federally funded equipment that is no longer needed for passenger service, as a result of major service reductions, would require the FTA’s permission to be temporarily mothballed in a safe and secure location. The useful life clock for equipment

would be frozen. The equipment still has to be maintained. The useful life clock starts once the equipment resumes transit service.

Another option is the transfer of equipment no longer needed to another transit agency to remain in transit service. This transaction would requires FTA grant amendments between the MTA and the new transit agency recipient for transfer of the federally funded equipment. Both transit agencies have to update their required Biannual Certification for Assurance of Federally Funded Equipment worth over $5,000, which means it has been accounted for and is being maintained in transit service. This process takes several months.

A third alternative based upon straight line depreciation determines current value of the equipment in question. The MTA would have to buy out the FTA for the federal share of the remaining value. The MTA would own 100 percent of the remaining value and would be free to sell this surplus equipment and keep the proceeds. The fourth option would be retiring any local or federally funded equipment that has already reached useful life by mileage or age.

A 50 percent reduction in LIRR service conflicts with promised increases. New service for the Islanders Belmont Arena in October 2022, a 40 percent increase in rush

hour service upon completion of the $2.6 billion Main Line Third Track and 24 trains hourly during a.m. and p.m. peak supporting the $11.2 billion East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal, both in December 2022. There is also reverse peak service increases on all branches in December 2022.

They are all 11 to 13 months away from start dates.

A 50 percent reduction in Metro North service conflicts with promised increases in new service via the $1.5 billion Bronx East Access to Penn Station. This is supposed to start within one year after the LIRR begins service into Grand Central Terminal.

Why would Rockland County continue contributing a dime to the MTA if the MTA actually eliminated all Metro North West of Hudson service?

Actions speak louder than words. It is time for City Hall and Albany to pay their respective fair shares just like Uncle Sam and riders do as well.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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Ex-town comptroller joins Hanover

BY R O S E W E L D ON Michael Locorriere, the former comptroller of the Town of North Hempstead, has joined the Mineola-based Hanover Community Bank as executive vice president and chief municipal officer, the company announced.

Locorriere has more than 30 years of banking and government experience, with his resume including serving as executive vice president and

director of municipal banking at Empire National Bank in Mineola and as senior vice president of municipal banking at Community National Bank in Melville.

He also served in various government positions, including comptroller for the Town of North Hempstead, and being elected to the Suffolk County Legislature representing the northeast communities of Brookhaven Town.

At Hanover, Locorriere

will be responsible for all municipal depository activities including developing, maintaining and administering municipal programs. He previously managed a municipal portfolio that consisted of balances over $550 million.

Locorriere has been a member of the New York State Bankers Association Municipal Finance Committee, the Long Island Regional Council, the Government Finance Officers Association,

the Suffolk and Nassau associations of school business officials, and the Long Island Village Clerks and Treasurers Association.

He earned his bachelor’s degree at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, and obtained a Master in Business Administration from Dowling College in Oakdale.

Outside of finance, in 2018, Locorriere was named to the board of the Long Island Museum.

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Temple Judea honors veterans over livestream A November Shabbat service at Temple Judea was the setting for a doublepronged observance. Rabbi Todd Chizner, as a salute to Veterans Day, paid tribute to the military veterans who have served in the U S Armed Forces. He expressed gratitude not only to the veterans but also to the families of their loved ones. A special prayer was recited as a memorial to all the veterans who sacrificed their lives for our country.

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Rabbi Todd Chizner led a commemoration of Veterans Day and a rememberance of Kristallnacht.

Rabbi Chizner then introduced the guest of honor, Irving Roth, the Director of Temple Judea’s Holocaust Resource Center. Roth, who is a Holocaust survivor, is an educator and author who has initiated an Adopt A Survivor program to connect survivors with students to tell their stories. His topic for this Shabbat was a discussion of Kristallnacht, “The night of broken glass”.

He described this desecration of synagogues and destruction of Jewishowned businesses and homes not as the beginning of the war, but as an escalation of the hate that was started and had continued for many years before. But the November 9, 1938 destruction which resulted in broken glass everywhere, as well as Jews being captured and taken from their homes, brought this evil to a new level. Roth is an honored part of Temple Judea’s staff. He brings his warmth, historical knowledge, and inspiration to Temple Judea members as well as to the many visitors to the Holocaust Resource Center, which is located within Temple Judea.

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The various advantages to shopping locally

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esidents of a given town or city are often encouraged to support local businesses by looking to these firms to fill their needs. Small businesses are not just integral parts of communities, employing millions across the country, they also are operations that fund the very communities they service.

43 percent of every $100 spent at a chain retailer stays in the community.

Job creation: The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies says local businesses create the

Efforts to promote shopping local appear to be working. According to the Commonwealth Financial Group, over the last several years there has been a shift in consumer purchasing behavior marked by a preference among consumers to support locally owned shops and stores over big-box retailers and even online shopping.

The following are some key reasons why shopping locally not only benefits small business owners, but also the communities they call home and the customers they serve.

More money stays in the community: According to the American Independent Business Alliance, for every $100 spent at a local business, $68 remains in the community. Conversely, only

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communities where the business is located, which may include historically underserved populations.

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Personalized service: A small business owner may be more inclined to go to great lengths to make customers happy because the long-term success of the business depends on customers becoming repeat customers.

Personal connection: Knowing the people behind a business facilitates a connection not easily achieved with other companies. Customers may celebrate when a favorite business succeeds and look to spread the word about that business because they feel like they played a positive role in its success.

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Hydrate and refresh dry skin D ehydrated skin is among the many causes of facial wrinkling, which also can be caused by smoking, environmental factors and UV exposure. Aging skin doesn’t produce as much collagen and elastin, which allows skin to spring back into place, as it once did. Conditions like dry, dehydrated skin may make wrinkles appear worse.

Treating dehydration and dryness may reduce wrinkles and refresh dry skin, giving it a more youthful appearance.

Those who want to treat dry, dehydrated skin must understand the difference between hydration and moisturizing as it applies to skincare. According to Annemarie Gianni, a skincare aesthetician and creator of Annemarie Skin Care, hydrating skin means increasing its water content by increasing the amount of water contained in skin cells. This can result in a healthy, plump complexion. Skin that is properly hydrated will keep fine lines and wrinkles from being overly apparent.

Moisturizing skin involves applying a lubricant that mimics naturally produced lipids and oils in the skin that will protect and soothe.

Hydration and moisturizing often work hand-in-hand.

In addition to drinking plenty of water to hydrate the skin from the inside out, individuals can use products that contain hyaluronic acid, glycerin and sodium hyaluronate. These are known as humectants.

In addition, the National Center of Biotechnology Information says that aloe can improve water content in the skin. Once water is bound to the skin, a moisturizer will prevent the water from leaving it. Look

for moisturizers with natural oils and butters to help retain moisture, like cocoa butter.

The following are some additional methods to maximize hydration and moisturize skin.

· Take warm showers, as hot water can strip the natural lipids from skin and cause dryness. · Avoid too many alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic drinks are diuretics that can cause the body to lose water, advises WebMD. · Use a humidifier indoors to amp up the moisture level in the air. · Enjoy water-rich foods, like watermelon, cucumber, grapes, and other succulent fruits and vegetables. · Drink the recommended amount of water per day, and limit your consumption of caffeinated and sugary beverages. · Work out to improve blood flow and oxygenation in the skin. · Try a facial essence. Facial essences are a principle of Japanese beauty regimens and contain fermented ingredients that support skin penetration and hydration.

Anyone concerned about dehydrated or dry skin can get further advice about treating the problem by speaking with a qualified dermatologist or aesthetician.

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Easy ways to keep your immune system strong T

he immune system is a powerful component of the human body. The immune system recognizes when viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders enter or compromise the body, and then takes action to prevent illnesses from taking over. The average person can help his or her immune system do its job more effectively by making the immune system as strong as it can be.

Harvard Medical School says that diet, exercise, age, and psychological stress may affect immune system response. Certain

lifestyle choices can promote a strong immune system.

• Get adequate sleep. Doctors believe sleep and immunity are closely tied. A study of 164 healthy adults published by the National Institutes of Health found those who slept fewer than six hours each night were more likely to catch a cold than people who slept for more than six hours. Aim for adequate rest each night to keep your body in top form.

• Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables supply the powerhouse antioxidants that are essential for protecting a body against free radicals.

Free radicals may play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases. Serve fruits and/or vegetables with every meal to ensure you’re getting enough antioxidant-rich foods.

• Consume fiber and fermented foods.

Fiber can help feed the gut microbiome, which is linked to a robust immune system.

The microbiome also may prevent harmful pathogens from entering the body through the digestive tract. Data also suggests that eating more fermented foods can further strengthen and populate healthy bacteria in the gut.

• Exercise regularly. Aim for 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day, advises the American Heart Association. Thirty minutes of exercise each day can go a long way toward keeping the body healthy. The U.S. National Library of Medicine says physical activity may help flush bacteria out of the lungs and airways. Exercise causes changes in antibodies and white blood cells. These antibodies and white blood cells circulate rapidly, so they may detect illnesses earlier than they would if you do not exercise. Body temperature also rises during exercise, which could naturally prevent bacteria from growing.

• Try to minimize stress. According to Simply Psychology, when people are stressed, the immune system’s ability to fight off antigens is reduced, making people more susceptible to infections. The stress hormone corticosteroid can suppress the effectiveness of the immune system. Limiting stress through meditation and breathing exercises, or trying to remove stressors from one’s life, may help.

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How to support small businesses this holiday season

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he holiday season is an important one for small businesses every year, and it figures to take on heightened importance in 2020. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in late 2019 and early 2020 hit small businesses especially hard, with many being forced to close their facilities to customers in an effort to prevent the virus from spreading.

Estimates regarding the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on small businesses varied, but many small business owners were forced to let go employees as they confronted steep declines in revenue. A ZenBusiness survey of more than 1,000 small business founders, senior managers and decision makers found that 37 percent of small businesses that employ between 11 and 25 people were considering laying off more than one-fifth of their workforce.

As small businesses face difficult challenges, it’s no surprise that many consumers want to support locally owned small businesses this holiday season. Such support not only can help small businesses, but also can help to revitalize local communities. · Shop online. Online shopping has traditionally been dominated by big box retailers. However, many small businesses increased their e-commerce capabilities to generate revenue. Shoppers concerned about shopping in person this holiday season should explore the delivery and curbside pickup options available at locally owned

small businesses. Even businesses that have not traditionally been allowed to deliver, such as breweries and wineries, have been able to do so during the outbreak, giving consumers unlimited online shopping options. · Purchase gift cards. Gift cards take the guesswork out of holiday shopping, and such cards are easily shipped or even emailed to loved ones. That’s a significant benefit during the 2020 holiday season, when delivery times are expected to be lengthy. Gift cards to local businesses simplify holiday shopping, support small businesses and help shoppers avoid potential delivery delays. · Share your experience. Word-ofmouth is vital to small businesses at any time, and can be especially valuable as these companies try to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Holiday shoppers can share their experiences with local businesses via social media. Share information about the lengths local small businesses have gone to in regard to safety measures, order fulfillment and their delivery and pickup efforts.

Such sharing may compel neighbors and friends to follow your lead and provide vital support to local businesses in need this holiday season.

Small businesses are the backbone of many communities, and the holiday season provides a great opportunity to support such firms as they look to recover from a difficult year.

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The environmental impact of shopping locally

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hopping at locally owned businesses benefits everyone from local business owners to the people they employ to the communities where they operate. As beneficial as shopping locally can be for small business owners and the communities where they operate, the planet is perhaps the biggest beneficiary of consumers supporting locally owned small businesses.

The environmental impact of purchasing locally manufactured and sold products is significant. Consumers who choose to use their purchasing power to support local businesses may not realize just how much they’re helping the planet in so doing.

Shopping locally reduces your “food miles.” Large grocery stores get much of their inventory from producers in other countries. Even stores that rely heavily on domestic producers may not limit their domestic partners to local farms. That means products

may be traveling thousands of miles before they end up on the shelves in local grocery stores. This is often referred to as “food miles,” and the more consumers can reduce their food miles, the more they help the planet.

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions notes that transportation is the largest source of carbon emissions in the United States, so anything consumers can do to reduce the amount of fuel needed to get food from farm to table can greatly benefit the planet. Shopping at local grocers who source their foods from local farms is a simple and effective way to help the planet.

Shopping locally conserves fuel.

Much like shopping locally reduces reliance on producers who must travel thousands of miles to get their products on shelves in your community, it also reduces the time consumers spend in their vehicles. That conserves fuel and helps to reduce air pollution.

That’s an easily overlooked benefit of

shopping locally, but one that should not be taken for granted. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, an estimated 150 million Americans are living in areas that do not meet federal air quality standards. Emissions from automobiles are a major source of the pollution that’s behind poor air quality, so anything consumers can do to reduce their fuel consumption, including shopping locally, can greatly benefit the planet.

Shopping locally protects land from developers. Another way shopping locally benefits the planet is its link to

preserving local farms. When local grocers get their foods from local farms, that increases the long-term sustainability of those farms. If farms are sustainable, they’re more likely to remain in operation. Farms don’t just grow foods, they also provide habitats for local wildlife that helps maintain local ecosystems. That domino effect begins with consumers who support local businesses by shopping locally.

Shopping locally pays numerous dividends, not the least of which are the many ways supporting local businesses benefits the environment.

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The Democrats’ enemy comes from within

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n 2016, after Hillary Clinton lost the Presidential election, I was invited to attend a meeting of a new grassroots political organization called Route 25 that dubbed itself “progressive.”

With my kids grown, and having amassed a considerable understanding of public policy and economics, I decided to attend. Unfortunately, this group was neither grassroots nor progressive. In attendance were Jay Jacobs, then head of the Nassau Democratic Party. Adam Haber, who needs no introduction to readers of this newspaper, and then District Attorney for Glenwood Management, Kathleen Rice.

Basically, this was a Democratic Party event.

Mr. Haber took the mic and launched into a fury about the policies proposed by Bernie Sanders.

Mr. Haber expressed shock at ideas like universal health care or free tuition. Almost apoplectic, in my view. I’m not a Berner, but it was clear at this point that the Democrats had lost some of their traditional allies. And now, party leaders weren’t blaming themselves. They resorted to scapegoating progressives for their losses.

So it comes as no surprise that Mr. Jacobs should launch a shrill tirade against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Mr. Jacobs is, once again, scapegoating progressives when he might want to consider the deadbeat candidates he’s fielding have nothing to offer the voters but the status quo they’re already disgusted with.

Let’s get something straight: You may not like AOC’s policies, but having cast my first vote in 1968, I can tell you this woman

is the smartest, most able and articulate politician in this country. She has “it.”

She is a gifted natural, not the product of a patronage mill. One need only compare her intelligence and fire to the team of shlubs Mr. Jacobs has assembled.

Mr. Jacobs challenged AOC to run in the “suburbs.” Know what would happen?

She would butcher any candidate the machines could cough up.

But this misses the point.

Mr. Jacobs’ assessment of the election result is flat wrong and reflects stunning political ignorance. It appears that Democrats merely solidified their lead in counties that were already Democratic, as well as in counties that have seen a steady erosion of GOP support over time.

For some of those counties, the Democrats had finally crossed the Rubicon. That was the whole trick. “Defund the Police” tropes had little or no effect. They do with Republicans, but not with Democrats.

Some time ago, I wrote in this newspaper that the political battle to come wasn’t between Democrats and Republicans. It was between progressive Democrats and corporatist ones. And Biden getting the progressive wing behind him was the key to victory because Republicans are irredeemably lost to Trumpism.

So it turns out Mr. Jacobs’ assessment is not only backward, it’s dissonant: he actually believes the key to getting more Democrats elected is to appeal more to Republicans than Democrats!

An odd take for a party “leader,” but remember, Mr. Jacobs main task is putting

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backsides in seats. By freaking out over the transparently phony law enforcement issue, Nassau Democratic leaders are showing who they are. They are pro-choice Republicans.

Jacobs seems to have no idea what motivates voters.

Democrats run on policy. The Trumpist GOP is all “id.” They don’t care about legislating, they want the show. The trade deficit may be at a 12 year high, jobs are still moving to Mexico, and thanks to the TCJA, corporations are sheltering billions of more dollars overseas from taxation, but boy, did Trump show us that the good ol’ USA was no one to be pushed around by a bunch of foreigners, and who cares if he stripped health care from a few million impoverished people, or killed over 200,000 of them by sleeping through COVID because he didn’t want to spook the markets?

You’re going to sell those people? Really?

The entire country and the entire county need a complete restructuring of the perverse economic and social incentives that have been allowed to fester for decades.

Let me be clear: if Nassau “Democrats” like Jacobs, Haber, Rice, Fishkind, Curran and the others think they can toss the Democratic base a sardine in between their courses at Bryant and Cooper, they are in for a rude awakening.

And that’s why they fear AOC: because she threatens their privilege and their place. They are blind to this. But their focus doesn’t belong on Route 25. It belongs on Route 24. And they better wake up to that reality or start looking for new leadership.

Donald Davret Roslyn

Assemblyman Ra asleep at the switch

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give Assemblyman Edward Ra We walked the beach, stopping here and there credit. As a Republican, he writes To look at the sea. As the mist cleared a little, about the need for bipartisanThe water continued in this vaporous attitude, lapping in ship. In his column dated Nov. And flattening out, evaporating the shadows, 20, he writes about dangerous crimHolding us spellbound—substances gathering form inals being released after arrests Like visions emerging. and about compassion for crime victims. He mentions successful isThe mist thickened again. The ocean became intense, sues he and his fellow Republicans The occasional sound of birds equally strange, lonely. campaigned for such as battling the As the breeze passed between us joy filled my heart COVID-19 pandemic and reviving Silently reaching out to find you next to me— and revitalizing the economy.

It was hard to describe.

I guess ZZZ-Quil, Advil PM and even Tylenol PM work pretty well Something like the sensation of hearing the beach, since it apparently has kept the asAnd the sound it makes etched on a screen semblyman in a deep sleep during When faces become radiant in an old movie. these past four years. BipartisanEach given over to the other, I dedicate this poem ship? Let him talk to his master, Mr. as an offering in the spirit of gratitude.

Trump. As Archie Bunker would Stephen Cipot say to him, “Hey, Meathead! What Garden City Park about the 250,000 plus dead and more than 12 million infected?” As Trump would say if he was on television, “Stay tuned. There’s more to come.” How many sweet nothings did the assemblyman whisper into the closed ears of Mr. Trump?

But in this newspaper, he shouts out about the great job that he and his fellow Republicans have done.

Frankly, I would prefer that he keeps Devotions

his mouth shut. As we’ve seen or heard over the past four years, talk is cheap.

As for the economy, it must be improving since I now see so many cars on the road. Problem is they’re barely moving since it takes time for the cars, filled with family members, waiting to pick up relief packages of free food provided by the food pantries in order to survive. Hey, Assemblyman, why aren’t you out there to help distribute the food? And the economy is so good that new weekly additions of people signing up for unemployment checks remain under one million. I guess 700,000 sounds like a nice number under a million.

Bipartisanship! Assemblyman Ra, stand behind your words. You remind us that “On Election Day,

New Yorkers rejected the politics of one party rule” and your “message to my Democratic colleagues is simple — even if you don’t want to listen to me, you should listen to them.” Of course, you’re referring to the voters. I totally agree with you. It’s the voters who should be listened to. I assume that should not only apply to New York voters but to all voters across the land.

Mr. Ra, why don’t you give Mr. Trump a phone call and let him know what you think and feel, that is, if you really believe in democracy.

Otherwise, Mr. Ra, please go back to sleep. You sound a lot smarter that way.

Alvin H. Goldberg Great Neck

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Continued from Page 8 Hauser and McCarthy touted the resiliency and strength of New Yorkers and disagreed with Raices’ claim that people wanted to move out of the New York City area.

“When we wake up from this hangover, we’re not sure what it will look like,” Hauser admitted. “But as long as people who have a home to sell have a place to go, New York will never die.”

“New York suffered tremendously [at the beginning of the pandemic],” McCarthy said.

“As it went out east, it did get a little better.

The Long Island market carried us through the pandemic when other branches of Compass around the city were bringing in 0 income, but we will have good ingredients to thrive all around in New York in 2021.”

According to October statistics from OneKey MLS, a multiple listing service that includes Long Island real estate statistics, the median sale price for homes increased year-over-year by 9.3 percent to $590,0000 in Nassau County. Nassau home prices set a record high of $595,000 in August, according to statistics.

The number of home sales jumped in Nassau by 16 percent from the previous year, with the number of homes going into contract up 65 percent in the county over the last year.

While the real estate officials said their agents took advantage of a hot market paired

with uncertainty, every person should know what to look for in a reliable agent and company to help navigate them through an already-daunting process, COVID-19 aside.

“It’s not a bad idea to ask for a recommendation from people you trust,” Hauser said. “It’s how you find your doctor, your dentist. Not a bad thing for people to consider.”

“Agents have to come to potential clients as a professional,” McCarthy added. “They need to show people they’re not just a local expert on where to eat or what’s nearby.

Have an attorney? Here’s three you can call.

It’s about finding someone who can put you with other colleagues they trust.”

“Rolling out all the technology is great,” Piscopio said. “But you need that business with a handshake. If you look at top agents, they still do new business, but in an old-fashioned way. Not everyone will do business that way, but we all must embrace the technology without forgetting how to interact with a client.”

“You need the rapport in the relationships you cultivate,” Raices said. “I could have a Ferrari, but if it ain’t tuned, it’s not going anywhere. You should be asking them what they want or what their needs are because there’s a difference. You ask them to paint you a complete picture.”

To view the forum in its entirety, visit https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=P7fADHUIzW4&t=3003s.

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In the short film “Sounds of Caring: New York,” 20 Northwell Health frontline professionals share deeply personal feelings and reflections about how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forever changed their lives.

Created by artist Yoko Sen, the film begins with the song Amazing Grace and weaves only their voices throughout its entirety.

At the height of the pandemic in New York last spring, Ms. Sen asked healthcare professionals representing clinical and non-clinical disciplines throughout the health system to tape themselves answering two questions: How are you feeling right now? What do you want the world to know about what you’re going through?

The 20 Northwell contributors sent their audio recordings to Ms. Sen who had never met any of them. The result is a 16-minute-long powerful and moving testament to what these health care workers have endured during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The audiovisual time capsule includes stories from physicians, nurses, chaplains, environmental service workers, patient experience leaders, social workers, chefs, respiratory therapists and others. Ms. Sen edited their stories together with video images of Manhattan

and health care workers.

“It’s humbling for me to be a part of a project that amplifies the voices of health care workers,” said Ms. Sen. “These voices speak about their personal experiences, yet they represent the millions of health care workers around the globe.

Through this creative journey I’ve witnessed the depth of human compassion.”

“Sounds of Caring: New York” was a finalist for Best Documentary Short at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. It won the Bronze Award for Best Documentary Short at the 2020 Independent Shorts Awards and was a finalist for Best Documentary Short and Best Sound Editing at the IndieX Film Fest. It was an official selection at both the Indie Short Festival and The Big Apple Film Festival this year. “‘Sounds of Caring: New York’ has been a healing and cathartic experience for our Northwell team members yet it’s a message that truly reaches the rest of the world,” said Sven Gierlinger, senior vice president chief experience officer, Northwell Health. “Ms. Sen’s artistic ability to capture raw and candid insights is a gift that honors what those on the front lines have bravely experienced, while understanding the importance of connection and support as we face the future.”

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Art Guild calls for local photographers The Art Guild invites all photographers and artists, high school and older, to submit photography for consideration for My “20/20” World Photography Show, an Online Juried Competition and Exhibition. Entries must be received by 11:59pm on January 13, 2021.

What is your “20/20” vision? The past year limited our access to the world and posed unprecedented challenges. It also sparked our creativity. We photographed indoors; or, mask in place, we ventured out to capture new images.

Perhaps past work came to mind and

we used this time to review or revise it.

Show us art that shines through a difficult time. Your work will be exhibited in an online gallery.

CRITERIA All photographic genres are welcome: portraits, landscapes, photojournalism, macro photography and composites. All work must be original.

Submitted work must be the artist’s own. Works previously exhibited at The Art Guild Gallery will not be considered.

JUROR OF AWARDS Award-winning photographers Bill and Gen Rudock will serve as Jurors of Awards. With

over 60 years combined photographic experience, they share a love and passion for photography, traveling, nature, and wildlife. Their knowledge and their reputations have made them sought after speakers, lecturers and workshop instructors.The Art Guild is also pleased to announce new December mini sessions to get you through to the holidays.

ONLINE ADULT CLASSES:MONDAYS: Abstract Watercolors with Esther Marie, 1 pm — 3 pmTUESDAYS: Watercolors with Denis Ponsot 7 pm — 9:30 pmWEDNESDAYS: Watercolors with Denis

Ponsot 10 am — 12 pmSATURDAYS: Watercolors with Denis Ponsot 1 pm — 3 pm IN-PERSON ADULT WORKSHOP:3 Mondays! Dec 7 — 21: 24 Steps to Critique & Create Successful Paintings with Howard Rose ONLINE WORKSHOPFriday, Dec 18: Art of the Mark! A Workshop in Abstraction with Laura Shabott and Alana Barrett Visit https://www.theartguild.org/ education-3/weekly-schedule or call 516.304.5797 for more information.

Cradle of Aviation Planetarium reopening The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center is excited to announce the grand reopening of its JetBlue Sky Theater Planetarium on Saturday, Nov. 28.

The all-digital, theater, planetarium, with its state-of-the-art high-resolution projection and sound system, has been closed since March as per New York State guidelines for safety due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Local theaters were permitted to reopen in late October as per NYS under strict guidelines. The museum’s theater will reopen to accommodate three shows on weekends and during school break weeks (11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.) to a maximum 50 people assigned, spaced seatings.

Theater Guidelines-Masks are required throughout the duration of the show.-Theater will be cleaned between shows.-No food or drink allowed during the show.

Theater shows include: ONE WORLD, ONE SKY: BIG BIRD’S ADVENTURE Explore the night sky with

your favorite friends from Sesame Street in One World, One Sky; Big Bird’s Adventure. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take you on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun and the Moon.

Running time, 25 minutes.

ASTEROID: MISSION EXTREME takes audiences on an epic journey to discover the possibilities that asteroids present for space travel. Using stunning visuals and state-of-the-art computer graphics, the film presents the fascinating idea, based on real science, that asteroids could be used as stepping stones

to other world, veritable “way stations” in space enabling us to cross the entire solar system. Running time, 25 minutes LIVE: CURRENT NIGHT SKY Long before television, GPS and street lights, there were the stars of the night sky.

Visitors will travel through the seasonal night sky to learn about constellations, hear mythical stories and observe the magnificent Long Island sky. Our live full dome programs utilize Digistar6, a visualization and simulation software aimed at presenting and teaching astronomy, astrophysics and earth sciences. Our full dome theater is a large-scale immersive environment, featuring real time digital

planetarium, and large-format cinema.

Running time, 25 minutes “We’re thrilled to be able to reopen the JetBlue Sky Theater and Planetarium in time for the holiday weekend. The Cradle staff has worked tirelessly to ensure a safe environment throughout the museum and the theater and visitors will have an opportunity to enjoy three of our most popular programs as part of the day,” said Andrew Parton, president, Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center Shows are $10.00 for Adults; $9.00 for Child/Senior. Museum visitors can also get a combo museum admission and show rate of $21.00 for Adults and $19 for Child/Senior.

The Cradle of Aviation Museum & Education Center is home to over 75 planes and spacecraft representing over 100 years of aviation history and Long Island’s only Giant Screen Dome Theater.

The museum is located on Museum Row, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., in Garden City.

Call (516) 572-4111 or visit www.cradleofaviation.org

IBEW Local donates $2K to Island Harvest As part of its charitable giving initiatives, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1049 donated $2,000 to Island Harvest to help support the food bank’s essential food collection initiatives as the number of food insecure Long Islanders continues to rise.

A staunch supporter for working families, Pat Guidice, Business Manager, IBEW Local 1049, has dedicated his career to improving the lives of working families. “The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Long Island in a tremendous way, including impacting Long Islanders, just like us, who need to provide for their families,” said Guidice. “Now, many months later, we are still dealing with a pandemic that has drastically increased families’ needs, including those that never

thought they would be faced with food insecurity. Local 1049 is happy to help our Long Island neighbors in every way we can.”

“We are grateful for the caring and generosity from the members of the IBEW Local 1049,” said Randi Shubin Dresner, president & CEO, Island Harvest Food Bank.

“Their donation will help provide muchneeded food support for countless Long Island families struggling to put food on their tables.”

Local 1049’s financial donation will support Island Harvest’s Turkey and Trimmings Collection Campaign so that Island Harvest can provide a meaningful holiday experience to people who struggle with hunger each day.

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IBEW Local 1049’s Business Manager Pat Guidice, President Jim Cooper, and Political Director Kasey Scheid present their donation to President &amp; CEO of Island Harvest Food Bank, Randi Shubin Dresner.

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Renovate or repair before selling?

First, I imagine due to the Covid-19 Pandemic many of you were not able to get together with your family and/ or friends to have an enjoyable Thanksgiving dinner but hopefully connected by Zoom, Facetime, Google or Skype or whatever application that enabled you to at least see and converse with them for the holiday.

Tuirning to the subject matter of thinking about selling your home now or in the future and deciding what upgrades would make sense to consider. Making that decision and having a good timeline to know how long you will consider residing in your home to enjoy the upgrades will be critical in coming to a final decision as to whether or not it is worth it. Whether it be a kitchen remodel, a bathroom or two, finishing a basement or even a major extension, one must plan and determine your budget and your options and also consider an extra 10 percent, accounting for cost overruns and lastminute items for unknowns or possible higher costs on labor or materials by the time you get started.

Lastly, don’t forget the hot item today that buyers are looking for, a home office

space, as I had mentioned in a previous column. But also most important would be to call in an extremely knowledgeable Realtor to give you a value analysis with and without the upgrades that you have in mind comparing your home to others that are on the market and have sold. If you are planning these improvements for your own personal satisfaction and are not really thinking about selling right now, it would be prudent to have some idea as to how many more years you plan to stay.

This approach will help you determine if you will be able to monetize your improvements to eventually gain a higher price and a potential increase in profit, break even or possibly lose money due to not being able to recoup the costs of your upgrades. If money isn’t an issue, and you will be staying at least three to five years, then it won’t really matter and your current and overall enjoyment will far outway worrying about whether or not you will receive a proper R.O.I (return on investment).

However, today I believe the majority of owners of homes, HOAs, condos, and coops, should be pondering

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

more about what improvements will provide them the “biggest bang for their buck” in the future when they are ready to sell. Kitchens and bathrooms are the No. 1 most important upgrade to purchasers. However, structurally, don’t disregard those items that need to be repaired or upgraded, e.g., your utilities: hot water heater, boiler, electrical panels as well as your roof, windows, driveway, and sidewalks (for which everyone is responsible, not your local town or village).

It would also be a smart idea if your home is 20 years or older before selling to consider engaging a certified, licensed and insured home inspector to

do exactly what a buyer will do prior to signing their contract of sale. No one wants surprises!

You should be aware of everything that may need to be addressed. This will reveal any defects your home has and will provide a very clear picture of what needs to be done that will potentially affect your selling price. Then you would have the option of considering the repair or replacement of those things or provide a credit at your closing. if you don’t have the capital to perform those tasks or just don’t want to bother, your other options are to provide a credit (or not provide credit and risk losing your buyer) to the purchaser at closing. My professional opinion is if you have the wherewithal to take care of these necessities in advance, it will be more economical and to your advantage. Your buyer will perform his or her own inspection to find things that are seriously deficient, which might cost more if they want to do those repairs with their own contractors. You surely don’t want to lose the buyer and have to wait for the next one. Knowing what the costs are in advance will give you the choice of either hav-

ing the work done in advance or providing a higher credit to your buyer.

That is why being proactive, which most normally are not, and doing your own professional inspection in advance to determine any major issues and to be able to remedy them before putting your home on the market will be the best path to take. But all things being equal, there are also times when providing a credit could be less of a hassle and then you won’t have to get involved. It comes down to the money saved or the money you might have to credit back to your buyer. However, if you don’t do your work before the first purchaser steps into your home, then those items could be a contentious sticking point later on or one less thing to worry about.

But again if you are going to improve your home, HOA, condo, coop with a new kitchen or bathrooms, consider the payback and that of another similar property with the same improvements and the final sale price. Compare what your price would be “as is” and what it might be with your improvements based on current sales going back a maximum of six months. Then determine whether the extra expense, or we would say “investment,” is worth it and if you would earn money or at least break even and at the same time whether it would assist in selling your home faster. These are the questions that you must ascertain in advance to choose the most pragmatic and logical solution(s).

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 39 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com Just email or snail mail (regular mail) he with your ideas or suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in

Manhasset

107 Eakins Road, Manhasset

34 Sutton Crest, Manhasset

5 bd, 6 ba 3,880 sqft, Sold on: 7/29/20, Sold Price: $2,298,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Manhasset

4 bd, 7 ba, 4,000 sqft, Sold on: 7/30/20, Sold Price: $3,200,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Manhasset

7 Aldgate Drive West, Manhasset

103 Plandome Court, Manhasset

5 bd, 4 ba, 4,000 sqft, Sold on: 6/3/20, Sold Price: $1,680,000 Type: Condo, Schools: Manhasset

3 bd, 3 ba, 1,988 sqft, Sold on: 5/20/20, Sold Price: $1,298,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Manhasset

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

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Town tightens leash on 5G node construction Continued from Page 3 75 of the town code to assist us in managing the installation of wireless telecommunications facilities within the town’s right of way,” Bosworth said. “During this past year, we’ve learned through experience and through input from members of the community and consultants that some changes were needed. And so before the Town Board this evening is a set of amendments to that chapter of the code that are designed to give us a higher degree of input into the placement of these facilities in the town’s right of way.”

Town Attorney Leonard Kapsalis then explained that the amendments would eliminate a two-step application process in the current code that required applicants to apply to the Town Board for a right of way agreement and be processed for special permits and antenna location agreements.

Instead, all applications will be filed at once and sent to the proper departments simultaneously, rather than sequentially.

Should the Town Board then approve the permit and right of way agreement, other needed permits, such as antenna location permits, may be issued by the Building Department and other departments as appropriate. Application criteria would also be refined, with applicants required to disclose all related third parties on whose

behalf it is applying.

“These additions and amendments to the code are intended to minimize the size and number of the facilities that are needed in order to allow the carriers to provide an adequate level of coverage,” Kapsalis said. “They are really the result of an extensive review of the code. But like any other legislation, they’re subject to amendments as needs change, and as we learn from experience, what they are, they are now our best efforts to strike the appropriate balance between the town’s right to regulate land use and the wireless carriers’ right to deploy there.”

Kapsalis recommended that the amendments be passed as written.

Richard Lambert, the director of external relations for ExteNet Systems, said that discussions between the town and ExteNet on crafting wireless infrastructure legislation began as early as January 2017, with the town passing it that March.

“Our initial meetings were motivated to develop a positive and trusting relationship with the town,” Lambert said.

“We were patient and waited for the town to work through how they wanted to proceed with this new and necessary infrastructure. We waited, hoped that our numerous discussions would result in clear and fair law written to conform with

federal law. To our dismay, at that time, the town on March 19, 2017, adopted new zoning code language. It was neither clear nor fair, nor did it comport with federal law. The code contains ambiguous language. But still, we continued to work with the town on zoning framework.”

Following the litigation, he said, ExteNet worked with the town on developing the new code, but the resulting one, he said, was not yet ready. He urged the board to table the issue.

“There are still a lot of issues with this particular code, there are still inconsistencies, there’s still ambiguous language, and there’s still language that does not comport with federal law,” Lambert said.

“So, even after the hard work, there is still some work that could be done to improve on this language. We urge you all to table this conversation and maybe work further along with telecommunications officials, someone more tuned to FCC regulations, to make further improvements on this.

The last thing we want to do, and industry wants to do, is be back in legal situations with the town.”

Also placed into the record was a statement from resident Pete Gaffney, who, according to Town Clerk Wayne Wink, “requested information with respect to identifying 5G as a probable or well-known human carcinogen,” and

Coliseum lease changes issued Continued from Page 2 VID, when the entertainment industry restarts,” Curran said. “Once again, as part of our agreement, we will be ensuring that the New York Islanders and the Long Island Nets will play at The Barn in 2021, if the State and League rules permit play. These actions further solidify my commitment to the Coliseum’s success and our vision for a reimagined HUB.” The amendment also provides that the Nassau Live Center will submit plans for sustained Coliseum operations to county officials, addressing any

coronavirus-related implications on building operations and outlining what can potentially be done with the Nassau Hub, a 72-acre paved lot surrounding the Coliseum.

The county issued a notice of default to Nassau Events Center LLC and its parent company, Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holdings, in mid-July to pay off $2 million in payments for the Coliseum and the Nassau Hub. Curran said both parties were on a “fast track solution” to keep the Coliseum’s doors open for future events.

“This deal follows rigorous negotiations and fulfills my main objectives

– forging a path forward for sustained Coliseum operations and keeping us on track to redevelop the Nassau Hub,” Curran said in a statement. “We are pleased to have ensured a swift transfer of the lease to a new tenant eager to resume Coliseum operations and partner with us on Hub redevelopment.”

County officials granted Nassau Live a “standstill period” of 60 days with a potential 30-day extension to provide a more comprehensive plan for sustained Coliseum operations and a request for rent adjustment under the lease. The county agreed not to issue any notices of default for a lack of rent

made “certain recommendations that these nodes be installed the minimum 30 feet off of the ground, that they are kept away from schools, playgrounds, etc.,” as well as a statement from Verizon Wireless asking that the proposal “not be adopted in its current form.”

A letter from Haran Rashes, senior counsel for regulatory affairs for ExteNet, was also included, though its exact nature and wording were not described.

“The thing with codes is ... they can always be amended,” Bosworth said. “But it’s important that we have an update to the code as it is presently written to make sure that going forward [we] are situated in a way that best protects the residents of our town.”

The board then unanimously passed the changes.

ExteNet has also sued the villages of Lake Success, Flower Hill, Plandome and Plandome Manor in the past two years after each village, following widespread public backlash, did not approve its requests to build cell nodes. Legal proceedings are ongoing in all four villages.

The Town Board will next meet on Thursday, Dec. 3, in a special meeting at 10 a.m., viewable at northhempsteadny. gov/townboardlive.

payment under Nassau Live.

In 2015, Mastroianni’s company U.S. Immigration Fund oversaw a $100 million loan for the renovation of the Coliseum from 200 Chinese investors.

This was made possible through a federal program that provides people with visas in exchange for financing projects that create domestic jobs. The immigration fund is not affiliated with the federal government.

“Our plans are to take control, further the development plans with RXR [Realty] and work with the county to reactivate the arena,” Mastroianni told Newsday. Efforts to reach Mastroianni for further comment were unavailing.

Bottle unearthed inside Grist Mill Continued from Page 11 who owned a carpentry shop across the “mill dam” from the Roslyn Grist Mill and a home nearby on Northern Boulevard.

While tears in the original paper left much of his message unreadable, the Landmark Society determined that Speedling wrote that the mill was being rebuilt for Harold Godwin, grandson of William Cullen Bryant, and acknowledged his fellow workers.

Speedling’s note also reveals that he

left the four coins in the bottle: an 1863 Civil War token, an 1863 Haitian 20 centimes, an 1881 Indian Head penny and a 1905 Indian Head penny.

The glass bottle was a half-pint cream bottle from the now-defunct Alexander Campbell Milk Co., which was based in Brooklyn but distributed its products widely on Long Island.

A rare surviving Dutch framed watermill built between 1715 and 1741, the mill acted as Roslyn’s economic founda-

tion for centuries. It was converted into a tea house and museum in 1920, remaining open for 54 years before it was closed and ownership was transferred to Nassau County for a future restoration.

The completed building will be transformed into an educational center and serve as an attraction for residents and visitors to the historic Village of Roslyn.

After over 40 years of planning and four years of fundraising, restoration began in 2018, highlighted by the lift-

ing of the building above street level this year on Jan. 23 in preparation for a new foundation. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, work was halted in March.

Construction resumed in August and fundraising efforts are continuing.

Roslyn Landmark Society Executive Director Jennifer Lister said that the organization was pleasantly surprised to find the messages.

“The ‘message in a bottle’ has been an amazing discovery and tells us more about the history of the Roslyn Grist Mill,” Lister said. “To find handwritten notes from 1917 encased in the concrete is a real treasure.”

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Navigating travel, holidays amid COVID-19 As the cold weather settles in and schools prepare for holiday breaks, travel and family time are on the mind of many New Yorkers.

But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care encourages people to rethink their getaways and celebrations.

When considering seeing family and friends, think too about how to keep everyone safe.“Avoid seeing anyone if you haven’t been quarantining and vice versa,” said Dr. J.D. Zipkin, the chief medical officer at

GoHealth Urgent Care.And avoid public transportation, if possible.

If air-flight is necessary, be sure to sanitize or wash hands often, and wear a mask. After eating, wash or sanitize hands again, and carefully put the mask back on. These measures optimize safety not only for you, but also everyone around you, Zipkin said.Gift-giving, too, is different this year.“Try to avoid giving gifts in person,” Zipkin said.

Instead, send gifts by mail or delivery service, and perhaps open

them via an online virtual gift exchange with family and friends.“To help prevent the virus’ spread, let gifts sit for a few days before opening,” Zipkin said.COVID-19 testing and antibody testing is available at all Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent locations. Our 52 centers are open extended hours from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekends and are open all holidays – 365 days a year. For more information, visit gohealthuc.com.

Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care encourages people to rethink their getaways and celebrations.

N. Hempstead assigned AAA rating from Moody’s The Town of North Hempstead announced Monday that the independent Wall Street bond rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has assigned an Aaa rating to the Town’s $4 million Public Improvement Refunding Serial Bonds (2020 Series E) and $26.7 million Public Improvement Refunding Serial Bonds (2020 Series F Federally Taxable), the highest rating by Moody’s.

Moody’s also maintained an Aaa rating on the town’s outstanding general obligation limited tax, with a stable outlook.

This represents the town’s 9th consecutive positive credit action since being granted the Aaa rating – the highest a municipality can obtain.

Having a Aaa rating can help provide the town more favorable interest rates when

going out to bond.

Moody’s stated: “The stable outlook reflects the town’s conservative fiscal management practices, which will support continued healthy operating performance and maintenance of a strong financial position.”

“The Town’s Triple-A rating helps us realize significant savings for our taxpayers while building upon our reserves,” said

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “It is rewarding to see our hard work and fiscal responsibility reflected in this credit opinion from Moody’s.”

Moody’s also cited:The Aaa issuer rating reflects a health financial positionDespite some coronavirus related revenue losses, reserve are not likely to be materially impacted given the town’s conservative budging

Fonacier named president of allergy society Dr. Luz Fonacier, Allergy Section Head at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island, was elected president this week of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, a professional medical organization with more than 6,000 allergists-immunologists and allied health professionals.

Fonacier is the fourth female and the first Asian American president of the ACAAI. She is also a professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine.

Fonacier, a resident of Great Neck, New York, previously served as president of the Long Island Allergy Society.

“The presidency of this national organization provides a platform for raising awareness on important issues such as diversity in allergic and immunologic diseases,” said Fonacier. “We must further educate healthcare providers to recognize that allergic and immunologic symptoms may present differently in patients.

For example, in atopic dermatitis and asthma, age, race, gender, ethnicity and ac-

cess to care impact the diagnosis, treatment and outcome of the disease.

Currently, there exists health disparities in this regard, and I hope to shine a light on this critical issue, among others.”

At NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island, Fonacier provides comprehensive outpatient care for adult and pediatric patients with varying allergic and immunologic disorders.

Conditions treated include asthma, atopic dermatitis (eczema), allergic conjunctivitis, food and metal allergies, drug allergies to chemotherapy, and immunodeficiency disorders among others.

Her special interest is the dermatologic manifestations of allergic diseases. In addition to serving as a physician and educator, she also conducts research on allergic skin disease, including new medications for atopic dermatitis and difficult-to-control urticaria. Her research also focuses on patients with suspect reactions to biomedical devices, such as knee or hip replacements,

Luz Fonacier, MD hopes to raise awareness regarding diversity in allergy- and immunology-related diseases cardiac stents, or dental devices.

Dr. Fonacier is chair-elect of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and serves on the ACAAI Executive Committee, Board of Regents, International Committee, and Foundation Board.

She completed residencies in dermatology and internal medicine, a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology in New York Hos-

pital-Cornell Medical Center, and a fellowship in Dermal Immunology at New York University Medical Center. Her many notable awards include receiving the ACAAI Women in Allergy Award, and the Presidential Award of the Asian Pacific Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She is the first Honorary Fellow of the Philippine Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and delivered numerous named lectureships in national and international societies.

Fonacier also serves in the House of Delegates of the World Allergy Organization. The World Allergy Organization promotes an acceleration of multidisciplinary scientific and clinical innovation, education, and advocacy worldwide involving allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island’s Allergy Fellowship Training Program, which Fonacier directs, was recently awarded the prestigious designation of Center of Excellence by the World Allergy Organization.

NHTV to celebrate Asian-American heritage The Town of North Hempstead will be hosting a special edition of NHTV at Home featuring a week-long celebration of Asian-American heritage. The virtual programs will premiere on North Hempstead TV and the Town’s social media pages.

“This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to postpone our annual Asian-American Festival until 2021,” said North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi

Bosworth. “We worked with many of our Asian American festival committee members to create this slate of programs which celebrates our diversity in North Hempstead. Each day, we will be offering different episodes to highlight many of the countries that usually perform at our Asian-American Festival.”

The episodes include traditional music and dance from Korea; a cooking and

traditional dance from India; music, origami and sushi making from Japan; Chinese yo-yo, a shadow puppet show, and bubble tea segment from China; and musical performances from Pakistan.

The episodes will premiere daily at 4 p.m. beginning on Monday, Nov. 23 through Friday, Nov. 27. Korea on November 23, India on November 24, Japan on Nov. 25, China on Nov. 26, and Pakistan

on November 27. Tune in on channel 18 or 63 on Cablevision or channel 46 on Verizon. Episodes can also be viewed anytime at: www.youtube.com/TownOfNorthHempstead.

For a complete schedule for upcoming programs visit: www.mynhtv.com/ schedule. Follow the Town on Facebook and YouTube to keep updated on all new programs.

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Continued from Page 4 “This award is a wonderful opportunity for first-time homebuyers in Nassau County to achieve the American Dream,” Curran said. “Especially given the increased interest in buying in Nassau, this funding can really make a difference for first-time homebuyers.”

The maximum appraised value of the home cannot exceed $459,000, according to county officials. Applications will be evaluated and certified on a first-come, first-served basis, with the dead-

line for submitting applications either Feb. 17 or when 75 applicants have been qualified.

Applications can submitted online or can be obtained by mail upon request or picked up in person at the county’s office of community development at 1 West St., Suite 365, Mineola, NY 11501.

According to October statistics from OneKey MLS, a multiple listing service that includes Long Island real estate statistics, the median sale price for homes increased year-over-year by 9.3

percent to $590,0000 in Nassau County. Nassau home prices set a record high of $595,000 in August, according to statistics.

The number of home sales jumped in Nassau by 16 percent from the previous year, and the number of homes going into contract rose by 65 percent in the county over the last year.

“County Executive Curran should be commended for Nassau County’s commitment to the Downpayment Assistance Program,” Long Island Housing Partnership President and CEO Peter

Elkowitz said. “Particularly now, with the demand for homes on Long Island rising, and the prices increasing commensurately, firsttime buyers seeking an affordable home need this assistance more than ever.”

Fourteen applicants were aided in their first homebuying process last year, according to county officials. More than 800 families have benefited from the partnership between Nassau County and the Long Island Housing Partnership over the last 23 years.

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Over 7,000 on N. Shore test positive Continued from Page 1 wearing and other state mandates, but spoke about the numbers in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

“Facts are the numbers are going up,” Bral said. “You can agree or disagree but this will not change the fact that the state will order our businesses and schools to shut down. So I urge you again to please act accordingly and avoid attending large gatherings for the sake of our kids and our businesses.”

Throughout the peninsula, more than 1,600 people had tested positive for the virus since the beginning of the pandemic in mid-March, according to county figures as of Wednesday.

More than 7,000 people across the North Shore of Nassau County had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, an increase of nearly 400 from last week, according to the county Department of Health.

A total of 57,489 Nassau County residents had tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday, and 2,241 had died. More than 170 Nassau residents remained hospitalized due to the virus, with 33 in intensive care units and 18 on ventilators, according to county figures.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, in a news conference earlier in November, said she was worried about the increase of coronavirus cases in the Port Washington area. The area’s 672 cases are almost 10 percent of the North Shore’s positive tests. The town-governed areas of Port Washington, with 386 cases, had a rate of positive tests averaging 4.14 percent over a seven-day period, according to county figures.

Members of the Port Washington community spoke via Zoom on Tuesday night in a forum organized by the Port Washington school district to implore the community to stay home during the Thanksgiving holidays and follow health advisories to prevent the area from developing clusters of COVID-19 cases.

“The objective of our panel discussion is to hone in on the significance and urgency of uniting as a community from all facets of life at the spread of COVID-19,

understanding the importance of adhering to local and regional health guidance and taking necessary precautions to ensure that schools remain open,” School Superintendent Michael Hynes said at the forum.

Nora Johnson, president of the Port Washington Board of Education, thanked the families in the area who were “following the rules.”

“We’ve just heard and we’ve all heard before that the numbers are going up in Port Washington as they are everywhere,” Johnson said. “But the truth is that our numbers seem to be higher than some of our other neighboring districts in Nassau County. There’s different theories for that, including that we’re doing more testing.

But regardless of the why, as a community, we have to be even more vigilant about protecting our loved ones from COVID.” Johnson added that the district “had some discussions” about the schools going remote “for a period of time after Thanksgiving, so that the kids whose families are following the rules don’t find themselves quarantined because of the families who aren’t being quite as safe.”

“We decided against that, because school is still the safest and the best place for our kids to be,” Johnson said. “The only way schools can stay open if we’re all mindful of the risks and willing to be personally and collectively accountable as we move into the holiday season.”

Also present at the forum was Dr. Nicole Germano, an outpatient pediatrician with Northwell Health at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, who said that her office had seen more children testing positive in recent weeks.

“Up until about three weeks ago we actually had not had a single positive [nasal test] for COVID-19 in any of our patients,” Germano said. “Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been having, you know, maybe two to three [positive tests] per week. And all of these patients have a couple of things in common. They either have a close household contact such as a parent, or an older sibling that works outside of the home ... Once you have one

person positive in your house, you have about a greater than 80% chance of the rest of the house [testing] positive.”

District physician Dr. Naomi Jackman said that “whoever is involved” must “do the best they can to have this under control, and the only way that can be done is by people acting responsibly.”

“I unfortunately have heard of situations through my practice and through other doctors in the community of events that happen and are seriously not acceptable, and have resulted in people getting the virus. And all of these situations easily could have been avoided if all the people involved would follow the rules,” Jackman said.

“The rules are sometimes not easy.

It’s not easy for a teenager to not be with their friends. I respect that. I understand that. I empathize with that ... and it’s hard for them to clamp down now so that their future can be better. They don’t see it, they’re not adults yet. But as their adult parents, you need to also help guide them make those right decisions.”

Local faith leaders were also at the forum to encourage community members to stay home over the holiday and have patience as the pandemic ran its course.

Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz of the Community Synagogue at Sands Point encouraged patience in his remarks.

“None of us have been in this situation before, and we’re all feeling our way forward,” Zeplowitz said. “So with a little bit of glue, a little bit of patience and a little bit of thinking about people trying to do their best, rather than to think about the worst, I think that in some ways that can lower the temperature and create a sense of calm, as we move forward.”

North Hempstead Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte said that the local uptick would require the community to “be creative and come up with other ways to connect with the people we love.”

“Please remember that in order to have all our generations around the table together next year,” Dalimonte said. “We need to stop the spread for better days ahead.”

The New Hyde Park area accounted

Unitarians give $120K in donations Continued from Page 2 “They have a profound knowledge of the importance of access to mental health care,” Malekoff said. “The pandemic has created a heightened level of anxiety and depression among many children and teens, and it’s more important than ever

that we are able to provide therapeutic services for all who need them – and we never turn anyone away for inability to pay – thanks to the generosity of community supporters like the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock.”

Berta del Carpio, director of social

ministry at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in Great Neck, which manages the food pantry in conjunction with the Society of St. Vincent De Paul and Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, said that the pantry was grateful for the donation.

“There are so many more people to

for 1,517 of the North Shore’s cases, with North New Hyde Park having the secondmost confirmed positives, 563, out of any analyzed area. The villages of Floral Park, with 430 cases, and New Hyde Park, with 402 cases, were also among the top seven villages or unincorporated town areas in terms of positive tests, according to Health Department statistics.

Municipalities and unincorporated areas that stretch into more than one North Shore area such as Flower Hill, Herricks, Albertson, Garden City Park, Searingtown and North Hills were counted separately and accounted for 968 cases, according to county statistics.

The villages of Mineola, with 585 cases, and Garden City, with 512 cases, accounted for 1,097 of the 1,369 cases in the area that also takes in the Willistons.

Manhasset, which has consistently remained comparatively low since the beginning of the pandemic, had 99 cases, with a majority coming from town-governed areas.

The Village of Roslyn’s 172 cases may not seem high compared with other North Shore areas, but the cases per 1,000 residents, 60.31, is one of the highest rates in Nassau County, according to Health Department figures.

According to figures provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of the Village of Roslyn was 2,882 in 2018. According to Roslyn Mayor John Durkin, the rate of infection reported by Newsday and the population provided by the census are inaccurate.

Durkin attributed some of the cases to people with underlying health conditions at the village’s two senior homes, the Atria and Assisted Living Roslyn. The village had an increase of only one case over the past week, the only one to have less than five new cases in that time frame.

Throughout New York, more than 612,000 people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures. Of that total, more than 34,000 people had died. In New York City, 303,000 people had contracted the virus, and 24,220 had died.

help, and this donation will help us to serve them,” del Carpio said.

The congregation has often performed its philanthropy through its Veatch Program. This announcement, however, marks only the second time that the funds have come from the operating budget of the congregation; the first time was earlier this year, also in response to pandemic-related needs.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Parker Jewish Institute celebrates Diwali

Parker Jewish Institute hosted a virtual Diwali celebration for residents and their families.

Parker Jewish Institute hosted a virtual Diwali celebration for residents and their families on November 11.Diwali is the festival of lights and is said to celebrate the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and the blessings of victory, freedom, and enlightenment.This year’s celebration featured devotional songs, music and dance. Spiritual and motivational speeches were given by Narinder Kapoor ji and Madhu Kumar ji. Devotional songs were performed

by Vijay Shah ji, Anil Dua ji, and Jyoti Gupta ji. Dances were performed by Siddhi Vaishnav and poetry was shared

by Anju Sharma ji, Sushma Malhotra ji and Shalini Bansal ji. Diyas, or small lamps for Diwali, and tasty treats added to the festivities.“It is always wonderful to celebrate Diwali and other important

festivals,” said Michael N. Rosenblut, Parker’s president and CEO said. “Our online celebration is one more way that Parker brings people together, from our residents and patients, as well as families and staff.”Parker’s specialized Indian Cultural Unit is the first of its kind serving East and West Indian older adults who reside in Nassau and Queens Counties. It is staffed by Indian physicians and nursing staff who are fluent in Indian languages, including Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi and Punjabi, among others.The unit is adorned with Indianinspired artwork and décor. Activities and entertainment include music, TV, movies, newspapers and religious services so that patients remain connected to their traditional lifestyle in a healing environment.

Port parking restrictions lifted for holidays North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Member Mariann Dalimonte, and the Town Board recently unanimously approved a resolution to suspend parking fees for shoppers in Port Washington this holiday season. This initiative is being co-sponsored by the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce.

“As the holiday season approaches, it’s important for us to shop small and support our local businesses, especially those in our downtowns like Port Washington,”

Bosworth said. “COVID-19 has impacted so many people, including small business owners. We hope that temporarily suspending parking fees will enable residents to take advantage of all that Port Washington has to offer.”

“Did you know that when you shop at a local business our community benefits in so many ways. Creating jobs, sponsoring a little league team, giving donations to our local charities and so much more,” Councilwoman Dalimonte said. “These are some

of the reasons why you should always supPORT local. There are so many great hidden gems in our community, you can find something for everyone on your holiday list.”

The meters will be suspended on Small Business Saturday, Saturday, Nov. 28, and from Tuesday, Dec. 1 through Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Motorists must still comply with the posted time limitations. Metered parking will be suspended on the following Port Washington roads: Port Washington Boulevard — Mertz

Place to Campus Drive & Bogart Avenue to Concord RoadMain Street — Port Washington Boulevard to Third AvenueIrma Avenue, S. Maryland Avenue and Carlton Avenue Small Business Saturday, November 28, is part of a national effort to drive consumers to shop at local independently owned businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

STEAM challenge focuses on water The Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC) has launched a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) challenge for students to help address the region’s nitrogen pollution problems.

The challenge is perfect for students working collaboratively in-person or remotely, enabling anyone to participate despite the pandemic.

The second-annual STEAM challenge— known as the Long Island Water Quality Challenge — empowers middle and high school students to design projects that can reduce nitrogen pollution on their school grounds. In Nassau and Suffolk counties, excess nitrogen from aging residential septic systems, fertilizer, storm water runoff, and other sources has deteriorated the quality of surface and groundwater.

The challenge was created by Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan (LINAP), a multiyear effort to reduce the amount of nitrogen entering Long Island ground and surface waters. LINAP is overseen by LIRPC, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Nitrogen is the leading cause of water quality deterioration in Long Island’s estuaries, threatening ecosystem health as well as the region’s economic well-being. Excess nitrogen causes toxic algal blooms that lead to low oxygen conditions, fish kills, harmful

algal blooms, and degraded wetlands and marine habitats. Nitrogen also contaminates the groundwater, which is the sole source of Long Island’s drinking water supply.

“Our goal is to connect students, teachers and their communities with LINAP’s efforts to control nitrogen pollution loads impacting our waters,” said John Cameron, LIRPC Chair. “The Council recognizes the need for greater interaction between professionals engaged in STEAM pursuits and our schools to generate interest and excitement

about project learning and STEAM careers.”

Schools will choose one of two categories to examine. The first is “Low-Input Landscaping on School Grounds,” in which students will identify ways to reduce the use of fertilizers, pesticides and overwatering by choosing different landscape designs and plant varieties. The second is “Stormwater Treatment on School Grounds,” in which students will design projects to collect and/ or treat runoff on their school grounds to help reduce pollutants.

Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District

A panel of experts will evaluate the teams on originality, innovation, quality of ideas, visual design, technical merit, digital and oral presentation, and team collaboration. There will be an awards ceremony for the top projects and teams. Any state accredited educational institution in Nassau and Suffolk counties serving students in grades 6-12 is eligible.

“The Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District is proud to be a part of the Long Island Water Quality Challenge review team. We are continually impressed by the ideas proposed by students throughout the challenge,” said David Ganim, District Manager of the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District. “The reduction of nitrogen entering our waterways a key investment in Long Island’s future and utilizing STEAM based learning methods to develop proposals aimed at reducing nitrogen will work to provide lasting and positive impacts.”

To receive more information about the Long Island Water Quality Challenge and to submit a Letter of Interest go to www. lirpc.org, email ecole@lirpc.org or call 516-571-7613. Letters of Interest are due

by Feb. 1, 2021.

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