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NHP FIRE KILLS TWO 68-year-old woman, 4-year-old granddaughter die in blaze started by candle

BY J E D HENDRIXSON A 68-year-old woman and her 4-year-old granddaughter were killed in a house fire early Sunday morning in New Hyde Park caused by an unattended candle, fire officials said.

According to police, around 3 a.m. the New Hyde Park Fire Department responded to a call for a house fire at 146 N. 12th Street. The house, occupied by five people at the time, was engulfed in flames upon arrival.

Maria Karpinski, 68, and her 4-year-old granddaughter Brooke Schillizzi, of Massapequa Park, succumbed to injuries they sustained in the fire.

More than 200 firefighters from seven departments and approximately 11 firetrucks responded to the scene.

Two occupants left the house uninjured. First responders entered the home and removed Karpinski and Brooke, who were both unconscious. According to NBC 4, a third injured occupant, a 10-year-old boy, jumped from a second-floor

window onto a car below to escape the flames.

The fire took over an hour to extinguish. The intense flames melted the siding of one of the neighboring homes and charred a white Mercedes parked in the home’s driveway.

All three were transported to local hospitals for treatment of injuries including smoke inhalation and burns, and the two later died, according to the police.

The fire was initially deemed noncriminal by the police.

According to an update from the Nassau County fire marshal’s office, the fire was an accident caused by an unattended candle. There was also no working smoke detector in the home, a spokesperson said.

On Monday morning, neighbors and others mourning the tragedy placed flowers on the steps and railing of the home, but declined to comment.

“The Village of New Hyde Park is deeply saddened at the tragic loss of life and property that occurred this weekend in a house fire on North 12th Street in our village,” a news

PHOTO BY JED HENDRIXSON

The boarded up home on N. 12th street in New Hyde Park Monday morning after the fire. release from Mayor Lawrence Montreuil said. “Our thoughts

and prayers are with the family of those who have lost so much.”

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Baby Jesus figurine NHP receiving dog stolen from church park, renovations Nativity scene statue taken days before Christmas

BY J E D HENDRIXSON

Town capital plan allocates millions

BY J E D HENDRIXSON

Despite the celebration of his birth on Christmas, baby Jesus was nowhere to be found at Trinity Lutheran Church.

That is because sometime in the days leading up to the holiday, the figurine was removed from the Nativity display in front of the New Hyde Park church.

“You don’t really expect something like this to happen in a neighborhood like New Hyde Park,” congregation President Steve Simon said.

A similar incident occurred several years ago and the figurine never found its way back to the display, Simon said.

Across the street at Notre Dame Church, the Nativity scene is intact.

Trinity Lutheran, which also offers a pre-school, put baby"Jesus out with the rest of the Nativity scene display before Christmas. Under some traditional practices, the Jesus figurine is PHOTO BY JED HENDRIXSON not added to a Nativity scene until after his birth is celebrated The Nativity scene at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Hyde on Dec. 25.

Park, lacking the infant Jesus Christ figurine.

According to Simon, someone called the pre-school before the incident and took issue with ing residents to search nearby, the fact that the figurine was dispossibly in bushes, for the potenplayed with the rest of the scene discarded figurine. “ ou don’t really tiallyAssociation before Christmas. Nothing else President Bill was said. expect something Cutrone searched dumpsters beSimon and the church have the Lake Success shopping like this to happen in hind not yet filed a police report, in center and trash receptacles, but hopes that the figurine will be a neighborhood like found nothing, he said. returned to its rightful place, he The Nativity set was purNew Hyde Park.” chased said. by civic members Cindy “It’s something stupid to do, Steve Simon and Neil Verwys, along with stealing the baby Jesus,” Simon one other benefactor, about five CONGREGATION PRESIDENT said. years ago and is currently valued The Lakeville Estates Civic at nearly $3,000, Cutrone said. posted to its Facebook page askAssociation of New Hyde Park

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Several parks and fields in New Hyde Park will be renovated as part of the Town of North Hempstead’s 2019-2023 capital plan, and a dog park will be created.

The plan, approved by the Town Board on Dec. 18, outlines 80 improvement projects in the town, allocating $136.1 million in town spending over five years and $40.5 million in FEMA projects.

The new dog park will be located at Michael J. Tully Park.

Currently, dogs must be on a leash in the park, but now a separate, enclosed area will provide a space for them to roam and interact with other dogs.

The park builds on Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth’s efforts to make the town more appealing for four-legged residents and their owners, Carole Trottere, a town spokeswoman, previously said.

The project will cost $380,000, which will include fencing and equipment purchases, and construction is expected to begin in early 2019.

Also at Michael J. Tully Park, the town plans to replace the turf field of the stadium, reconstruct the handball courts and evaluate and repair drainage issues at the

softball fields.

The replacement of the turf field and track will take place in 2019 and account for $1 million of the $5.73 million the town plans to spend on improvements to the park over five years.

A review of the park’s drainage system will cost $1,675,000 in 2019, and $100,000 is allocated for drainage work in the following four years.

FEMA renovations totaling $255,549 are also scheduled for 2019 and 2020 for" components at the park that were severely damaged during the power surges that occurred during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

In total, Michael J. Tully Park will get more than $10 million in investments, according to the capital plan.

Also in New Hyde Park, Clinton G. Martin Park will receive $2.55 million in parking lot renovations in the form of new drainage, new lighting and a repaving of the lot’s surface.

Restorations will also by made to the I-Park Soccer Fields on Union Turnpike. The town allocated $50,000 in 2020 and $1 million in 2021 to fund the replacement of two grass fields with synthetic turf fields. Annual maintenance of the fields will also increase as a result of the installation of the fields.

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The turf field at Michael J. Tully Park, which will be replaced.

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6th police precinct reopening nears

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The Nassau County Police Department has begun staffing arrangements and projects to update the 6th Precinct headquarters in Manhasset, county officials told Blank Slate Media, although an exact opening date is unclear.

“We are working with the Police Department and undertaking the necessary work projects and look forward to reopening soon,” said Karen Contino, a Nassau County spokeswoman.

Detective Lt. Richard LeBrun, the commanding officer of the public information office, said that “infrastructure modifications” to the 6th" Precinct’s old building in Manhasset are underway and staffing is being arranged.

Currently, it serves as a community policing center.

“With that said, the department has promoted an Inspector to be assigned as the Commanding Officer and is working on supplementing administrative staff to be assigned there,” LeBrun said via email, adding that the officer’s name “will be an-

nounced when we open it.”

Nassau County merged the 6th Precinct with the 3rd" in 2012 as part of an effort to save costs as the county faced a deficit. But the move prompted a steady drumbeat of concerns from North Shore residents about safety.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, who protested the initial closure when she was a county legislator for the 10th"District in 2012, said she is “extremely pleased” the county is taking steps to reopen it.

“The closing of the former Sixth Precinct was an ill-conceived plan from the start; the cost-savings that were promised never materialized and police protection for those residents was spread too thin,” Bosworth said in a written statement.

Currently, the 3rd Precinct covers the Plandomes, Flower Hill, Manhasset, North Hills, Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Sea Cliff, Greenvale, Glen Cove and parts of Great Neck, as well as New Hyde Park, Garden City Park, Mineola, Carle Place, Searingtown, Albertson, the Willistons, Carle Place, Westbury and East

PHOTO COURTESY OF RICHARD LEBRUN

Nassau County police said the 6th Precinct will soon reopen and split from the 3rd Precinct.

Garden City.

According to an old map provided to Blank Slate Media

by LeBrun, the 6th Precinct will again cover parts of Great Neck, Manhasset, the Plandomes,

North Hills, Glen Head, Sea Cliff and Manorhaven – currently the Continued on Page 43

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From Miles Davis to Blue’s Clues

BY J E D HENDRIXSON Playing a show with Marc Anthony at Madison Square Garden in the middle of his career, Steve Gluzband was unaware that there would be a pyrotechnic display during the performance.

His trumpet blaring, he was also unaware that he was seated 18 inches from where the fireworks would launch into the rafters. It was a surprise, but not a showstopper.

“I never miss a beat,” Gluzband, of Albertson, said.

Gluzband is full of stories.

He can talk about the times he worked with Miles Davis or how horrible commuting is to and from the Bronx, where he works during the day as a music instructor for grades pre-K through five. This spring he’ll retire from P.S. 53, where he has worked for the last 12 years, and he looks forward to diving even deeper into his music.

Gluzband, 66, hasn’t missed many beats in his life. He played alongside Paul Simon, on an album with The Talking Heads and as a staff trumpeter for Nickolodeon’s “Blue’s Clues.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE GLUZBAND

Steve Gluzband playing the trumpet.

Before he began his 20-year career as an educator, Gluzband traveled across the globe, playing trumpet in bands and ensembles for renowned musicians. He grew up in Boston, reared by his American mother and Cuban emigrant father. He was enthralled with the city’s music scene and the rise in Latin jazz. His sister started play-

ing guitar at a young age, and not to follow suit, he picked up an accordion at 12, earning money as a solo act.

Gluzband picked up the trumpet at the age of 14 to pursue his newfound love for jazz, and he never looked back. He graduated from Boston Latin School and received a bachelor’s degree from

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Gluzband toured the East Coast while studying at Berklee, and after watching a Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco concert in 1975, he said he knew that he would move to New York City to play music.

Upon arrival in New York in 1979, Gluzband joined Saoco, a popular salsa band, and played with several later music stars over the course of a few years, including Cruz.

Eventually Gluzband joined the Ray Barretto Orchestra. He played with the band for 20 years and recorded three albums with Fania Records, touring Europe, North and South America. While working with Barretto, Gluzband appeared on more than 250 recordings and the Grammy Awardwinning “Ritmo en el Corazon” in 1988 as well as on the Talking Heads 1988 album “Naked.”

Gluzband loves teaching children music and offers private lessons for those who want to pursue music more seriously. His wife, Cheryl Gluzband, is a reading teacher in Great Neck Public Schools.

Gluzband will retire from teaching this March, and said he is excited to dedicate even more time and effort to his craft. He has written a book on great Latin jazz artists, in which he describes their lives in detail. Gluzband even transcribed many of the musicians’ songs, a difficult feat, with only his trumpet and skill for recognizing notes.

Writing the biographical blurbs took more time then transcribing every note in every song, he said.

He’ll continue to play music, especially with his band Hot House, which plays all over Long Island at festivals and concerts.

Hot House’s 2008 debut album “Cuban Tribute to Charlie Parker” was included in five categories in the Grammys that year.# The band was a semifinalist in several award categories last year for its album “Hot House @ street level.”

Gluzband often gets lost in his music. Sometimes, after starting early in the day and playing or transcribing or composing for hours, he said, he forgets how to talk. The music floods his mind.

“Music is a language like anything else,” Gluzband said.

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Reassessment officially complete More than 85,000 residents will see a reduction, county executive’s office sez

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran

As of Wednesday morning, all Nassau County property owners could view their tentative tax assessments online.

Notices will also be mailed to residents on Jan. 31.

These values reflect adjustments made during the 60-day review period when taxpayers were given the opportunity to challenge a home’s assessed value that was listed on the tax impact notice they received in November.

According!to a news release from the county executive’s office, more than 85,000 county residents will see a reduction in their new notices.

The review period began Nov. 1 when the original tax notices were mailed and concluded with the issuing of the assessment roll on Wednesday.

Some 20,000 of the decreases were due to vacant land and “65,000 were a result of various adjustment factors including neighborhood, section, block, topography, inventory adjustments

and other taxpayer inputs.”

The release states that “systemwide changes were made for properties with brick facades and fireplaces.”

During the 60-day review period, the number of Enhanced STAR applications for senior citizens nearly doubled and “new senior citizen applications increased by 45 percent.”

In Nassau County, senior citizens who have an income of less than $29,000 per year are eligible for a 50 percent reduction in their property taxes for the county, town and school district, excluding special districts.

The Enhanced STAR program gives a school tax break to qualifying seniors who make less than the maximum income set by the county. For the 2019-20 tax year, the county determined that seniors must have received an income of less than $86,300 in 2017 to qualify for the program.! The school taxes of those approved are based on the first $68,700 of the full value of their home.

The release states that during

the review period, the county’s assessment personnel “met with over 13,500 property owners one-on-one at four satellite locations and at the Department of Assessment in Mineola,” as well as communicating with 1,167 taxpayers by email.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said in a statement that “over the past two months, we listened to all of our property owners’ concerns and appreciated every bit of feedback we received, as it helped our experts generate an accurate assessment roll that we are confident we can defend.”

Nassau County Assessor David Moog swore an oath on Wednesday morning verifying the tentative assessment roll at the Department of Assessment.

Now that the assessment roll is posted, property owners can begin to file grievances challenging their assessed values.

If everything goes as expected, according to the release, the tentative assessment roll period will end in April 2020 when the county plans to issue the final roll.

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Nassau unemployment dips below 3%

At 2.9%, county ranks fifth best in state in November, better than state, national numbers

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Nassau County’s unemployment rate dipped below 3 percent for the first time in nearly two decades, monthly unemployment data released by the state Labor Department shows, performing better than the state and country overall.

Nassau County’s November unemployment rate was 2.9 percent compared with 4.1 percent last year. New York state had an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in November 2018 and 4.4 percent in November 2017.

Out of New York’s 62 counties, Nassau County was in a five-way tie for having the second lowest monthly unemployment rate in November. The only county with a better performance was Columbia County at 2.6 percent.

“It’s a great report for the region,” Shital Patel, a Long Island-based analyst with the state Labor Department, said Friday.

This is the lowest monthly unemployment rate for November since 1999, which PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR had a 2.7 percent unemployment rate.

The last time the rate was lower than 3 percent in Nassau County was in December The majority of New York experienced unemployment rates below 4 percent in November, including Nassau County, which has an unemployment rate of 2000.

The towns of North Hempstead and Oys- 2.9 percent. ter Bay both recorded a 2.8 percent unemployment rate, while Hempstead town was New York state’s data is not seasonally in November was 3 percent – the lowest since 3 percent and the cities of Glen Cove and adjusted and only available for municipalities 1999. It went below 3 percent only in 1999 Long Beach had respective rates of 2.7 and with 25,000 people or more. and 1998.

2.9 percent.

Long Island’s overall unemployment rate The national unemployment rate was

3.7 percent in November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“It’s definitely safe to say that we’re near full employment,” Patel said of the local numbers, noting that “it’s hard to say how much lower it can go.”

Patel also said this is a product of longterm stable job growth and a slowly growing population. But as the population gets older and younger people leave Long Island, Patel said there could be “cause for concern for the labor market” in the long term.

“We’re just going to have to find ways to deal with our aging workforce and keeping younger people on Long Island,” Patel said, adding that governments and agencies have been making a push for more affordable housing.

According to a recently released report from Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman, the county is experiencing a “brain drain.”

Between 2000 and 2016, the population aged 55 to 64 increased 48 percent, while the population aged 25 to 44 fell 18 percent, according to the report.

“Government needs to better serve its entire population if we are to keep growing our local economy,” Schnirman previously said. “That means we must gear up to better communicate and provide services to an increasingly aging and diverse population while also putting policies in place that will attract young people.”

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Where ex legislators remain in office County lists Bosworth, Wink and others as legislators on ‘Notify Page’ as of last Wednesday

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

What do Judi Bosworth, Wayne Wink, Norma Gonsalves, Joseph Belesi, Dennis Dunne Sr. and Judith “Judy” Jacobs have in common?

They were all still Nassau County legislators, according to the county’s “Notify Me” website page as of last Wednesday, despite being out of their positions for years and, in the case of Jacobs, deceased.

The “Notify Me” page, accessible through the Nassau County website’s site tools tab and email notification sign-up option in the upper right corner, allows Nassau County residents to sign up for email and text notifications for legislators, agencies and committees.

“I will definitely have someone look at this,” Karen Contino, a spokeswoman for the Nassau County executive’s office, said last Thursday afternoon when notified about the discrepancies.

As of Monday, all the names were updated.

The notification system had North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth listed as the legislator for District PHOTO FROM NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE 10, a position she held from 2008 until 2014, when she became supervisor. After Notify Me, Nassau County’s page for subscribing to updates from agencies notification, it was corrected to say that Eland representatives, still has legislators from 2014 listed on its page. len Birnbaum holds the position.

Wayne Wink, who became the town clerk in 2014, was still listed as a legislator for District 11. Currently the district is represented by Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, who was listed as still representing District 18.

DeRiggi-Whitton represented the district before the county redistricting in 2014. Joshua Lafazan, elected in 2017, currently represents District 18.

Norma Gonsalves, the former Nassau County Legislature presiding officer, was also still listed as representing District 13.

She declined to seek re-election in 2017.

Thomas McKevitt now represents the district.

Joseph Belesi, who retired from the Nassau County Legislature and was hired to work for the Town of Oyster Bay in 2014, was still listed as representing District 14. Laura Schaefer now represents the district.

Dennis Dunne Sr. served in the Nassau County Legislature for 22 years before his appointment to the Hempstead Town Board in June 2017. He was still listed as representing District 15. John Ferretti Jr. represents the district.

Judith “Judy” Jacobs, an 11-term legislator who died in 2016, was still listed as representing District 16. Arnold Drucker now represents the district.

The individual pages on the county website for the legislators are up to date.

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County’s towns enter into service pact Supervisors from Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay agree to assist in emergencies

BY J E D H E N D R I X S ON

Nassau County’s three towns are now united in their efforts to provide fast, efficient emergency services.

The towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay have entered into an intermunicipal agreement to share such services.

The cooperative pact between the towns was approved unanimously by the Hempstead Town Board on Dec. 11.

At a “supervisor symposium” in Oyster Bay in April, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen said that North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and she met and discussed how they could work together to provide better services and save taxpayers money. Gillen said that is where the idea of the emergency services pact formed.

The eight-page agreement details the sharing of emergency public works services.# The arrangement will stay in place until two of the three towns exit the pact, or the fifth anniversary of its signing by two of the three towns, whichever is sooner.

Each town will “share and make available so PHOTOS COURTESY OF HEMPSTEAD AND NORTH HEMPSTEAD TOWN WEBSITES much of its own resources, services and personnel … as it deems available, necessary, or desirable to assist” Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen and North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth. the other municipalities, the pact says.

The agreement also acknowledges that the sharing of town emergency resources will serve as a supIrregular weather patterns affect the north and this pact will make sure that all three towns are better plement and not a replacement. south shore of the county differently, Gillen said, and equipped to handle situations when the need arises.

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North Shore doctor Piccione dies at 98 Helped found hospital, went on to serve for 46 years

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PICCIONE FAMILY

Dr. Garry Piccione, who worked in his Great Neck practice for more than 50 years, died on Dec. 22. He was 98. he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and met Marilyn Radichel. They married in 1947 and spent over 60 years together until her death.

Piccione is survived by three sons: Gary Barth, a doctor, Paul Piccione and Richard Barth, their spouses Kevin, Nancy and Nancy, five grandchildren, one great-grandchild, his younger sister, Gloria LaBarbera, and her children and grandchildren.

The family requests that gifts in memory of Gary Piccione be made to causes he described as “humanitarian causes – starving people, floods, fires, earthquakes, Kosovo, Honduras, and Columbia and not to well-funded institutions.”

Old Westbury shooting injures 2

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N A shooting in Old Westbury left two people injured early Saturday morning, police said, following what they say was a dispute at a house party.

Old Westbury police responded to a call at a Pinetree Lane residence at 3:16 a.m., according to police. Two victims were taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.

Old Westbury Police Chief Robert Glaser said the shooting, which he described as “rare,” was likely sparked by a dispute at a house party.

“I don’t know what the dispute was started over, but there were two victims who were both shot, minor wounds,” Glaser said.

Their status was unclear on Monday.

Glaser also said one of his officers attempted to stop a speeding vehicle. But the driver refused to stop and the car crashed, he said, leading to the driver, Sherwin Bobb, being charged with reckless endangerment.

Schumacher House allotted renovations $1.4 million for historic town building

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BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Dr. Gary Piccione, a longtime doctor for North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and general practitioner in Great Neck, died in his Greenport home on Dec. 22. He was 98.

Piccione was a founding doctor of North Shore University Hospital in 1954, where he went on to serve for 46 years. He also worked at his Great Neck practice on Barstow Road for 51 years as a general practitioner and family practice specialist, treating thousands of patients.

During that time, according to an obituary posted online by the family, he would provide free care for doctors, nurses, teachers and people who couldn’t afford services. He would also “not hesitate to exchange his services for payments such as duck eggs, tomatoes, spinach or a handshake.”

Shelley Fontrier, a former patient whose mother worked with him as a nurse, posted online that he would make house calls whenever she was sick – making him “one of the few doctors who still did that.”

“He was truly a wonderful doctor and man,” Fontrier, who heard the news at the Congregational Church of Manhasset, said. “My thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

The obituary described Piccione as a kind and funny man whose life “revolved around service to others,” “always put his needs second” and left “a legacy of goodness that could never adequately be described.”

“He was a magnificent physician, son, father, grandfather, husband, brother, uncle, and philanthropist. He was kind, funny, and deeply spiritual,” the family wrote. “He understood his purpose to be to relieve the suffering of others through his service and giving. He did that with great expertise, commitment and joy.”

Piccione grew up in Rockville Centre and graduated from Princeton University at 20 years old. After finishing Columbia medical school at 23,

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Bobb’s defense attorney is listed as the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County. A representative from the agency was not immediately available for comment on Monday.

“Regarding the shooting, it’s under investigation and we’re following through on whatever information that we have,” Glaser said.

Violent crime is relatively rare in the village, which is home to more than 4,000 people. According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice, there were only six violent crimes from 2013 to 2017. There were none in 2016 and 2017.

Most crimes in Old Westbury are property crimes. There were 39 in 2013, 44 in 2014, 33 in 2015, 25 in 2016 and 23 in 2017 for a total of 170 in the period, according to the state’s data.

“The investigation is going to be lengthy and involved,” Glaser said.

Asked if there were any suspects, Glaser reiterated that the investigation is ongoing.

North Hempstead reaffirmed the historic importance of the Schumacher House in its recently approved 2019-2023 capital plan, once more allotting about $1.4 million to renovate the structure.

The Schumacher House has played many roles, including that of colonial home to the Cornell and Nostrand families, guesthouse for World War II workers, nursery school for the children of United Nations personnel, and space for community events.

And in a few years, it might add the role of educational resource.

“The Capital Plan includes the continued restoration of the Schumacher House at [Clinton G. Martin] Park, for which the Town has already received nearly $500,000 in grants,” Bosworth said in a statement on the plan.

“Once restored, Schumacher House will serve as a link to the past and educate residents about our local history.”

The home, which was abandoned in 1990, is named after the Schumacher family, which purchased it in the early 1950s. It was then moved half a mile east from the southeast intersection of Marcus Avenue and Lakeville Road in Lake Success to its current location in New Hyde Park.

The work will include “structural upgrades,” the plan says, with $125,000 slated for fiscal 2019. Fiscal 2020 and 2021 will each see $650,000 worth of investment. No spending is planned for fiscal 2022 and 2023.

Carole Trottere, a town spokeswoman, previously said that future work will include replacing exterior windows and shutters and extensive interior restoration.

This capital plan roughly matches the 2018-2022 capital plan. In fiscal 2018 it had called for $100,000 and $650,000 in the following two fiscal years.

The town recently installed new siding to protect the structure and make it more stable and watertight. Prior to that, it also added a cedar roof, copper gutters, reconstructed a chimney, used new timber to reinforce the timber, and added covers over the windows.

The Town’s Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission suggested landmarking the building in 2004, and the Town Board did so on March 15, 2005.

Marianna Wohlgemuth, a New Hyde Park civic leader, previously said the town had once allowed the historic home to fall into a disrepair. This prompted her and others to push for giving the home landmark status and restoring it so it wouldn’t be demolished.

“We are experiencing a renaissance,” Wohlgemuth previously said. “It is like a metamorphosis, because you have an administration that appreciates our cultural history and our heritage.”

The Schumacher House is one of only 18 town landmarks.

The Schumacher House was added to the New York Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD

Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Marianna Wolgemuth, member of the New Hyde Park District Advisory Committee, and Town Councilwoman Lee Seeeman look over the improvements made to the Schumacher House.

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LIRR Port branch pioneers new tech 16-mile stretch part of plan implementing safety system to eliminate potential errors

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Passengers traveling on the LIRR’s Port Washington branch are the first on Long Island to ride under the watch of Positive Train Control, a safety technology that works as a second set of eyes to protect passengers against the risks of human error.

The 16-mile stretch of railroad tracks between Port Washington and Woodside is the first of the Long Island Rail Road to be outfitted with the radio-based safety system that will work to “eliminate the potential for human error to contribute to train-to-train collisions, trains traveling into zones where railroad employees are working on tracks, or derailments caused by a train traveling too fast into a curve or into a misaligned switch,” according to a news release from the MTA. Transponders are installed on trains and along the tracks that will communicate to a centralized hub to transmit railroad conditions in real time.

If the radio-based system detects a train going too fast or on track to overlook a stop signal, the new technology will kick in to slow down or stop it while notifying the conductor it is doing so.

MTA Chief Safety Officer Patrick

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MTA’S ACCOUNT ON YOUTUBE

The 16-mile stretch of the Port Washington branch is the first LIRR section to get Positive Train Control technology.

Warren said in a news release: “While no single technology can eliminate all risk, the introduction of the safety system dramatically reduces the risk of train accidents. The MTA remains steadfast in its drive to sustain and improve safety measures in all aspects of the operation of its railroads.”

NYU proposes medical school at Winthrop

The LIRR already employs in-cab signaling and automatic civil speed enforcement systems which Positive Train Control will build upon.

The implementation of the new safety system across all tracks of the LIRR and Metro North is slated to be completed by Dec. 31, 2020, before the MTA’s federal

deadline for the project.

After a California commuter train crashed and killed 25 people in 2008, the federal government set a requirement for railroads to install needed safety equipment by 2015. When railroad executives said they could not meet that deadline, they were granted an extension until Dec. 31, 2018. Those who met certain criteria were granted an extension until December 2020, including the MTA. An informational video released by the MTA in 2016 said that the entity has allocated $1 million to the project.

It estimates that over 1,000 onboard communication units will be installed as well as 9,000 transponders along the railroad tracks.

David Meyer, the MTA’s chief safety officer, said in the video that the plans for the new system are unique to each railroad.

“PTC must be custom-designed and built for each railroad,” he said. “A timeintensive and very expensive undertaking.”

According to an October safety report released by the LIRR, the Reportable Customer Accident Rate per million has decreased from 4.20 from November Continued on Page 37

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NYU is proposing to open a medical school at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola and has been awarded $1 million in state aid.

The funding allocation for the proposed NYU Long Island School of Medicine is part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s annual Regional Economic Development Councils competition, which awarded a total of $68.3 million to 103 projects on Long Island.

In November, NYU President Andrew Hamilton announced plans to open a medical school on Long Island at a University Senate meeting.

Hamilton focused on a potential shortage of primary care physicians.

The new school located at NYU Winthrop Hospital would offer a three-year

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NYU Winthrop Hospital may be opening a medical school as early as September. program, training physicians in primary care.

An April report by the Association of American Medical Colleges said the nation could see a shortage of up to 120,000 physicians by 2030, having a wide impact on patient care.

The new school would join Stony Brook University School of Medicine,

Hofstra’s Zucker School of Medicine and# New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine as the medical schools on Long Island.

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The future of Nassau at stake

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re those loudly objecting to tax increases under the countywide reassessment merely expressing sticker shock upon learning the real cost to them of government in Nassau County?

And will they eventually come around and accept their fair share after eight years of underpaying their taxes?

Or, now that property owners know what their fair share really is, will they! oppose the cost of government in Nassau?

And, if so, what are they are prepared to do about it?

The answer to those questions – and how government responds – could determine the future of Nassau County.

Those facing tax increases have a couple of options.

They could decide that living in Nassau County is no longer worth the cost and move someplace with lower taxes.

Empty nesters, those whose children have grown up and moved away, would seem a likely group to take that route. Although grown children are not moving away as quickly as they once did.

Those facing tax increases could also decide to stay – and seek reductions in the cost and size of government in Nassau County.

Adam Haber, Hempstead’s deputy chief of staff for economic development and government efficiency and a columnist for Blank Slate Media, gave a presentation to East Hills trustees last week on!ways to generate revenue and cut expenses.

Haber’s recommendations, some of which he also presents in a column this week, are based on a painless formula – running government smarter and more efficiently.

In most cases, the only reason not to follow Haber’s recommendations is politics, not a small obstacle in Nassau County.

Another route is cuts and consolidation.

The largest target for both cuts and consolidation would be school!districts. Why? They represent about two-thirds of the average property tax bill.

Schools districts on the North Shore are among the tops in the state, if not the country, and have served as a magnet for families.

The districts are often a major reason people move into a community and stay.

But the school districts also cost taxpayers lots of money with several spending more than $30,000 per student. And there are many of them in Nassau County, 56 to be exact, serving 210,000 students. That’s 56 school superintendents and 56 school boards.

New York City has one school district and one school superintendent for its 1.1 million students.

Nassau County residents may not want to follow New York City’s example including the cost per student.

But then they will need to accept the costs.

School budget votes in the spring will be a good barometer of their willingness to accept the costs.

Another target for savings is all the other governments.

Nassau has a county government, three town governments, two cities, 64 incorporated villages and 240 fire, sanitation, water, library, parks, parking, police school and sewer districts.

Are all of them necessary?

Up to now, the answer has been yes.

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But concierge service from your local government has a cost.

Taxpayers’ commitment to this level of service will be further tested by perhaps a bigger issue than reassessment: the $1.9 trillion tax cut passed by Republicans in Congress and signed into law by Donald Trump.

The cost of the tax cut would actually have been higher to the federal government than $1.9 trillion had it not included a cap of $10,000 on deductions for state and local taxes on your federal income tax returns. This has come to be known as the SALT cap.

Not coincidentally those most affected by the tax cap are Democratic-leaning states that spend a relatively high amount of money on state and local services such as New York and California. Nassau County is a poster boy for the kinds

of places targeted by the tax plan.

For those who itemize their deductions, the tax bill means their tax bills will go up.

In 2014, 77 percent of!tax!filers with an income between $100,000 and $200,000 chose to itemize, with an average of $25,598 in deductions claimed. In Nassau County, nearly 50 percent of all taxpayers itemize their deductions.

The number of taxpayers itemizing their deductions is expected to drop under the new tax law.!

And economic analysts said the bill could also be a significant drag on home prices.

The federal tax bill will have benefits for some on the North Shore that could leave them even if not better off.

Some 85 percent of the tax cut legislation goes to corporations and

the wealthiest Americans. And the North Shore has more than its fair share of corporate executives and very high-income individuals. At least some of whom will be seeing an increase in the assessed value of their home and their local tax bills.

Taxpayers not among the highest earners will also see some benefit to their taxes – at least for the next year or so until those tax benefits expire. Unless Congress steps in.

The economy of Nassau County remains strong with unemployment at a perhaps historic low.

Housing values have seen large increases in recent years. And school districts are among the best money can buy.

But the county is facing some significant questions. How they are answered will determine Nassau’s future.

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ON THE RIGHT

Expect big gov expansion in N.Y.

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ew York Democrats have attained what they have sought for decades: domination of our state government. In 2019, they will control the executive and legislative branches, as well as the offices of state comptroller and state attorney general.

Citizens should expect radical left-wing legislators to have a field day — at their expense.

Democrats will pass scores of wacky bills to expand government intrusion into our daily lives. They will impose more regulations on struggling businesses and more unfunded state mandates on local municipalities. They will increase welfare and Medicaid spending, and there will be expensive giveaways to public employee unions and expanded rent control laws.

To finance the Democrats spending spree and the expanding government bureaucracy expect taxes and fees to skyrocket.

To placate suburban public school teachers, who came out in droves last November to toss Republican state Senators out of

office, don’t be surprised if the state’s two percent property tax cap is not extended.

I’m not exactly sure why voters in traditionally Republican-Conservative areas handed over the state government to the big-government crowd, particularly since the record of farleft elected officials and their apparatchiks has been dismal.

Take, for example, the Metropolitan Transit Authority that is controlled by Gov. Cuomo.

The agency is a fiscal and administrative nightmare. Despite ever-increasing commuter fares and tens of billions of bonded debt, the MTA remains a maze of poorly managed transportation agencies.

And an array of MTA disasters during the Cuomo years, did not stop the governor from rewarding union employees for failure.

In 2014, to make sure transportation union members stayed on board the Cuomo reelection trolley, the governor gave away the store. Election year contracts included a 7.5 percent retro-pay raise, with-

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right out any givebacks or cost saving reforms, that cost $1.5 billion more than originally budgeted.

As a result, a majority of the MTA’s 70,000 employees are making more than $100,000 a year.

Former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy recently pointed out in city and state that “the wasteful 2014 (MTA) contracts Cuomo helped broker are a major part of what brought us to this (fiscal mess.)”

To add insult to injury, the lack of political will to enforce

fare evasion has resulted in 208,000 riders jumping the turnstiles every day — almost double the average of 109,000 in 2013. In City Journal, transportation expert Nicole Gelinas noted that about two-thirds of the four percent fare increase in 2019 “could be consumed by fare evasion.”

What a disgrace.

Another typical big government disaster is the New York City Housing Authority.

The New York Times has reported NYCHA managed apartments that house 400,000 people “lose heat in the winter … (and) are bedeviled with leaks, mold and lead paint. Entire housing developments are overrun with rats.”

Just before Christmas, residents in one Bronx NYCHA housing project found themselves without running water and had to resort to bucketing water from a fire hydrant.

As a result of years of deferred maintenance, squandered capital project dollars, thousands of back-logged repairs, corrupt and incompetent

management and estimates, it will take $20 billion to fix the mess, the federal government is seriously considering seizing control of NYCHA. Meanwhile, as the city’s floundering leftist mayor, Bill de Blasio, is feebly trying to prevent a federal takeover, the Post reported that many NYCHA plumbers “are tripling their base pay with more than $200,000 in overtime pay.”

Due to space limitations, I can cite only two examples of the awful records of New York’s sprawling government leviathans. And readers should expect more of the same because many of you voted for the Democratic party’s big government agenda.

I can only hope that once the policies of out-of-control Albany lefties hit your pocketbooks there is buyer’s remorse — and that’s it’s not too late to turn the political tide to prevent the state from financial insolvency and an even larger migration of fed up taxpayers and entrepreneurs to tax- and business-friendly states.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

New resolutions for a new year “Ugh! This is so boring!” I exclaimed. Everyone in the coffee shop looked around to see what I was complaining about.

“Just balancing my checkbook,” I said, waving my pen with the blandest of smiles, trying to put them at ease.

But it was all a lie. What I was actually laboring over was even worse than my chronically unbalanced checkbook. It was my sad, moth-eaten, perpetually un-checked-off list of New Year’s Resolutions.

“Lose weight,” it began.

Yeah, not happening. “Exercise more.” Equally not. “Spend less, save more.” Just as bad as the first two. In fact, I might as well get the list laminated for all the good it ever does me. Then I could just scrub off the year and write the new one in at the top, with a grease pencil.

“Why do you even bother with that?” said a familiar voice.

I looked up. My best friend was in the coffee shop too, and was reading my list over my shoulder. “May I join you? Or would I

be a distraction?”

“Oh, please distract me! I don’t know why I do this. It just feels like something I should do, and if I don’t do it New Year’s Eve, I never will. But it never helps!”

“I know what you mean,” she said, sitting down. “Mine doesn’t help me much, either.

Here, take a look.”

She pulled out a neat page of graph paper, annotated with dots and check-marks — but in the middle of it all was a clear list of resolutions.

“It’s from 2016,” she said.

“Eat more vegetables,” it started. “Return missing library books. Phone friends and family instead of emailing them. Spend less time on Facebook…”

“I wish this was my list, instead of yours,” I exclaimed.

“I’ve done half of these things already, especially that one about Facebook”!

“And I could use this ‘exercise more’ as an excuse to renew my gym membership!” she told me.

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side “You know what we might do,” she said, mischief dawning on her face. I finished the sentence for her: “…we should trade lists!”

“Exactly!”

We swapped resolutions and walked out together.

I was so happy with this idea, I proposed it to my husband and two boys at dinner; the boys were home for the holidays.

“What do you say we ex-

change New Years’ resolutions?”

I said to them.

There was a deafening silence. Finally my husband spoke up.

“Um, Judy — I think it’s possible that our sons might be making some resolutions about things they want to keep to themselves. Not everybody puts all their most personal thoughts in a column in the newspaper, you know.”

“That’s a fair point.” I thought for a minute. “You know, come to think of it, my resolutions have always been more of a wish-list than real resolutions, anyway. So let’s each put down four wishes that we have for the coming year, on separate slips of paper — and we’ll each pull them out of a hat until they’re gone.”

“Sounds more like an arts and crafts project,” grumbled one of the boys, but we all got busy, nevertheless.

We used my Halloween witch’s hat to put them all in — “the sorting hat!” — and I

let everyone else go first. When we each had four wishes, we all started reading, and my husband and two boys smiled, then started to laugh.

“Looks like great minds all think alike!” my husband crowed.

“What are you talking about?” I said, crossly. “It’s not supposed to be funny!”

“Just look at your wishes,” he said.

The first said: “I wish Mom would move her boxes of papers out of the game room.” “I wish Mom would get the extra pots she never uses out of the kitchen,” said another. “I wish I could see the living room carpet someday without piles of books,” read a third.

“That’s enough; I can see there’s a pattern here,” I said.

“In which case, I know you’ll all love my newest wish: that each of you helps me get rid of the clutter!”

And to all of you, I wish a Merry New Year and Happy Resolutions!

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Ten good things about the year 2018

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. Democrats won control of the House with huge midterm victories, the most seats gained since Watergate (1974), and a higher percentage of the popular vote than the GOP Tea Party in 2010.

2. Now that Republicans no longer control all branches of government there is a decent prospect for common-sense immigration policies and practices. The macho and fear-mongering Trump will be forced to yield to rising public opinion and to Republican legislators heeding the 2018 election trends. [please see my next column for immigration reform discussion] 3. With the 2018 midterms, Democrats gained control of all committee chairs in the House.

They can finally get beyond “subpoena envy” and subject Trump to the full scrutiny he has earned (including the legal right of the House to examine all Trump’s tax returns). Supreme Court scholar Jeffrey Toobin refers to Trump’s “vulgar demeanor” and describes him as “the least dignified man ever to serve as President.”

4. As the 2018 elections show with Democrat wins in Wiscon-

sin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, Trump’s razor-thin 2016 margins will not be sustained (if he is even able to be a candidate in 2020).

More and more citizens are embarrassed that he occupies the White House and they are inclined to agree with the one word characterization of Trump as “Huckster.”

That was made by past Republican Massachusetts Governor William Weld (a former Long Islander and a descendant of the great abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld).

5. TIME magazine selected for 2018 Person of the Year “THE GUARDIANS and the WAR ON TRUTH.” Four courageous journalists were celebrated. This was a clarion call for media and citizens to affirm that democracy depends on an informed citizenry that can make judgments based on reliable data. [Former FBI Director – and lifetime Republican – James Comey criticizes GOP elected officials for not challenging Trump’s “Pinocchio Presidency”].

6. The play version of the film “Network” opened to rave reviews in 2018 and it has already been extended to fall 2019. The New York Times review cited “A ‘Network’ for a New Era,” and noted:

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field “Howard Beale hollers again, in a world awash with fake news.”

More people will be joining the news anchor (played by Bryan Cranston) in shouting: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.”

Blank Slate reader Kathy Rittel wrote in 2018: “A school principal demonstrating Trump’s apparent misleading, lying, and denigrating behaviors likely would be removed from his position quickly.”

7. Leading forces for change in 2019 were big winners in 2018: women and millennials. There are now more women in Congress than any time in history. More than

three dozen women got elected for the first time; all but one was a Democrat (and two-thirds of them replaced men).

There is now a “Badasses” female Democratic House caucus of military veterans; they announced readiness for decisive action. Of nine women elected governor in 2018, six are Democrats. We may be approaching a testing time of Helen Fisher’s book “The First Sex” in which she argues that women will lead in the 21st century and their policies and actions will be different from men.

Look to the rising millennials (who set a midterm turnout record) as a youth cohort turns out 12,000 new 18-year olds every day (they outnumber the Boomers – only 10,000 a day, and their demographics and politics are much different from older Americans).

8. Paul Krugman, who has been on the mark in criticisms of leaders and policies for decades, advanced an admonitory series of columns at the end of 2018.

To sample one powerful example of his incisive literature of warning, check “The Depravity of Climate Change Denial.” Krugman states that in many ways Republi-

cans who are climate deniers resemble tobacco cancer denialism.

Tobacco owners lied about health damage; their products caused deaths and they eventually paid fines.

But, concludes Krugman, bad as tobacco was, climate change deniers are depraved because “climate change isn’t just killing people; it may kill civilization.”

9. The Organization of American Historians announced in December that a new workshop will be sponsored for the first time at the national convention: “OpEd Project: Write to Change the World.”

Many of the nation’s top historians published books in 2018 that seek to apply perspectives from American history to the bizarre Trump presidency (check volumes

by Andrew Delbanco, Joseph Ellis, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jill Lepore, among others).

10. For another list see: “10 good things about 2018” by Medea Benjamin (she grew up on Long Island and went on to become one of the most courageous and celebrated peace activists in the world). Her list can be read at CODEPINK.ORG

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Free shipping, free returns cost a lot

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nother small business retail store closed on Main Street right before Christmas.

I find it depressing to walk down our Main Street and see two, three, sometimes even four or more empty storefronts on a block. I wonder why, living where we do, we cannot sustain a thriving retail center. There are at least two salons on nearly every block, but a shoe store couldn’t stay in business nor could a cafe.

I have a theory as to why so many hair and nail salons succeed while other ventures fail. There is no online option for getting your hair or nails done. You have to leave your house regardless of the weather if you want either of those services.

But what is the cost of doing so much online?

Presumably, that is what is happening and anecdotally, that is the case. People buy everything online even when there is a store with honest to goodness live people to help you find exactly what

you want at the same or nearly the same price a mere block or two away from your home.

The owner of the recently closed bicycle store told me a story about a man who lived a block away from the store but bought his bike online because it was raining the day he decided to buy a bike. The man didn’t appreciate the store owner asking him if it was a 40 day/40 night deluge that kept him away.

You have likely seen at least one story about the decline of small retail business in downtown and similar shopping areas. First it was the big box stores and then it was the internet to blame. This column isn’t going to rehash the value of small and local businesses and the community harm of losing those business centers. Rather, this column is about the convenience of online shopping. That’s the whole point, right? We shop online because we can do it from the comfort of our homes at any time of day or night in any kind of attire. Plus, we can compare prices

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters across hundreds of options and make sure we’re getting the best price. What’s not to love?

According to a 2016 article in Conservation Magazine, part of the Guardian Environment Network, online shopping is quite costly to the environment.

Though you may not drive your car to the store to go shopping, the delivery truck bringing you your online order contributes

substantial emissions in the form of fine particulate matter to the air more than making up for your staying home. There are also notable impacts on traffic congestion from delivery trucks because the total number of vehicle miles traveled is not less as a consequence of increased online shopping.

The Canadian news outlet CBC reported in November of this year why these are the consequences of online shopping. It stems from ordering multiple sizes of an item and then using the free return label to return the ones that don’t fit and using the free twoday shipping option.

These kinds of perks exacerbate the environmental harms because of the logistical demands created to get orders to customers faster. And, it’s what makes online shopping the worse environmental choice in many cases.

Retailers can no longer maximize efficiency by consolidating orders in the smallest number of boxes nor can they pack their delivery vehicles to capacity and

map the most efficient routes.

Now delivery date becomes the priority requiring more vehicles, more packaging, more time on the road.

Not only do we want our purchases faster, we also are buying more. The ease of online shopping increases impulse purchases leading to more returns which means more transportation demands and environmental harms.

What about the purchaser?

Free returns aren’t really free since they require a trip in the car to some shipping venue where you will stand in line to give someone your box to have the item you purchased online and delivered in one to two days returned somewhere in the world to be sold to someone else as quickly as possible starting the whole cycle again.

Every once in a while stop and consider if you can buy that item you are looking for online locally.

Help keep a small business alive and keep some carbon and fine particulates out of the air.

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Gov is sick. Dems complicating cure

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t’s not enough that Democrats had to cast 10 million more votes than Republicans in order to take control of the House, or that the Republican majority in the Senate actually represents only 33 percent of Americans, but control 53 percent of the seats.

But in three states (so far), following the Koch/ALEC playbook, Republicans have found a way to strip power from incoming Democratic administration, including the power to remedy voter suppression and to increase access to health care, contravening the will of the voters.

Wisconsin and Michigan are apparently taking up North Carolina’s playbook and if that is not enough, this year, North

Carolina’s 9th district Congressional office was literally stolen by paid workers who tampered with absentee ballots, yet the Republicans are insisting on seating Mark Harris (who brazenly attended new members’ orientation) and state Republicans dissolved their own election board to forestall a new election.

Meanwhile, Florida voted (65 percent) to give those who had completed their obligations in the criminal justice system the ability to vote but incoming Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who had to stop counting legal absentee ballots in order to ram through a narrow win, is undermining implementation.

Republicans have consistently demonstrated willingness

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for shameless, ruthless, unscrupulous tactics to retain power, including using the filibuster an unprecedented amount of times to obstruct anything and every-

thing Obama, elected with the greatest number of votes in history, tried to accomplish.

But when they took control of the Senate, they pulled the trigger on the “nuclear option” to prevent the Democratic minority from having any say in confirmations once the Republicans took over the majority in the Senate.

In the House, Republicans shut out every Democrat, including concocting the most extensive tax giveaway in history without even letting Democrats see the legislation.

What is most notable about the Republicans who have been installed in power – not necessarily through popular will – is how contemptuous they are of government, of the American peo-

ple, of the values and ideals this country purportedly is founded upon. Rule of Law, for one. OnePerson-One-Vote. Due Process.

These are rhetorical weapons dredged up when it is convenient.

It should be astonishing and repellent (and frankly disqualifying) how easily the Republicans shut down the government – they did it to push back against Obamacare (which was duly enacted into law, mind you). Trump has made it clear – sounding 20 times in the past several months – his zeal in shutting down the government. Now it is over the heinous, racist and wasteful edifice he wants to erect across a 2,000 mile border with Mexico.

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he state Senate has a Democratic majority for the first time in close to a decade.

With the state Assembly and governor’s office also solidly blue, Long Islanders can expect a barrage of progressive legislation this year.

Possibilities include reforms to ethics, campaign finance and voting; laws to strengthen a woman’s right to choose; environmental protections; and new gun safety legislation.

What the state Legislature and local elected officials should also consider are ways to streamline the operations of government and attract investment.

If we continue on the same high tax path, residents will be forced to move to destinations with lower taxes, as evidenced by the slight drop in New York state population last year. With over 3,400 active local governments, over 4,200 taxing jurisdictions, some of which include Long Island municipalities, New York state should consider these revenue generating and expense saving suggestions: 1. Bond Refinancing — As late as 2016, New York state was the second most indebted state in the nation and according to the Empire Center, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in Albany, the per capita state debt is the highest in the country at $17,528. There is easy

money to be saved by looking at every government entity in the state, and making sure any outstanding bonds (that can be refinanced) are refinanced immediately. The state comptroller recommends any current bond that has a net present value savings of at least 3 percent get refinanced. New York State legislation forcing every government entity to examine if their debt should be refinanced would be prudent. This is the lowest hanging fruit out there.

2. Foreclosure Registry — The Great Recession in 2008 uncovered how poorly banks kept track of homes in foreclosure.

During the financial markets meltdown, when it came time for homeowners in dire straits to conduct a mortgage modification or short sale, many banks didn’t know which institutions were servicing their loans.

A few enterprising firms created a foreclosure registry to keep track of mortgage servicer providers and solve this problem. Municipalities with a foreclosure registry charge banks a semi-annual fee on homes in foreclosure, with the foreclosure registry company doing all the work and charging a fee for creating the registry.

As examples, the Village of East Hills (where I live) could generate $30,000 per year, and the Town of Hempstead (where I work) could receive $3 million

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All Things Political a year or more, just by creating a foreclosure registry. These fees are borne by the banks as a cost of doing business and not passed on to the homeowner. On Long Island, the only two municipalities with active foreclosure registries are the Town and Village of Babylon.

3. Franchise Fee Audits — Altice and Verizon/Fios are the major cable companies on Long Island that pay municipalities a franchise fee of 5 percent of the total customer bills, for the right of way to use government property for their transmission lines.

Often, when municipal audits are conducted on the total franchise fee that should have been received, errors are found and refunds of up to several million dollars have been paid.

There are a slew of companies

who will conduct a franchise fee audit free of charge and are compensated out of the proceeds of any refund.

4. Energy Performance Contracts — There are huge savings in going green. Three areas of focus include: converting to L.E.D lighting; purchasing newer, more effective equipment to cut HVAC costs; and installing solar panels.

There are at least a dozen companies servicing Long Island municipalities that will conduct energy audits. Governments pay for these efficiency upgrades by bonding any capital projects, using savings in energy costs to pay for debt service on upgrades, while usually receiving an additional positive cash flow.

One creative idea the Town of Hempstead is considering is leasing out the land on top of the Oceanside landfill for at least $350,000 per year.

5. Frequently Rebid Contracts — Prices fluctuate dramatically from year to year. Through my work in government, I have seen service provider contracts extended for decades. The only beneficiary of a long-term service contract is the vendor.

All municipalities should go out for new bids, at least every three years, and make sure all bids are advertised not just in local newspapers and on their websites, but also on the New York State Contract Reporter

(where all New York state bids are posted), to encourage as many bids as possible. All municipalities should give best efforts to obtain at least three bids for all contracts.

6. Stop Sign Cameras on School Buses — About 100 children are killed annually by drivers illegally passing school buses while they are picking up or dropping off children.

Several states already have laws enabling security cameras, with the ability to issues tickets by mail if a vehicle passes a school bus while a flashing stop sign is extended from the bus. New York state doesn’t allow stop sign moving violations cameras on school buses, but it should.

Proceeds from these tickets could go directly to the local school district where the traffic infraction occurs, which would lower school district budgets, increase student safety and save taxpayers money.

To quote my favorite HBO series, “Game of Thrones,” “winter is coming,” and so is an inevitable recession.

All municipalities must explore every possible avenue of efficiency. Once the SALT tax kicks in this April 15, New York state taxpayers are going to clamor for lower taxes, especially on the local level. The time to cut spending, increase savings and encourage investment is now.

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Impact of legalizing marijuana on teenagers

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ost germane in considering the push to legalize recreational marijuana use in New York are the observations of noted neuroscientist Judy Grisel who stated, “The debate around legalization — which often focuses on the history of racist drug laws and their selective enforcement — is astoundingly naive about how the widespread use of pot will affect communities and individuals, particularly teenagers.”

During the teenage years, young people are taking steps to achieving emotional independence from parents and other adults, developing a capacity for greater intimacy with peers, forging a healthy sexual identity, preparing for relational and career aspirations, and developing a set of values and an ethical system to guide one’s behavior toward socially responsible ends.

Adolescence is a time for taking risks, trying new experiences, pushing boundaries and testing

limits, all necessary for teens to become healthy functioning adults.

Although not all risk is bad, according to youth development expert Peter Scales, “If risk = developmental exploration + environmental danger, the job of caring adults is to reduce the environmental danger part of the equation.” This begs the question about whether legalizing marijuana will reduce the danger or increase it.

The evidence informs us that being high on marijuana impairs attention, learning and memory and that heavy use during the adolescent years can lead to worse outcomes in education, employment, income and social functioning.

The issues that need further exploration include: how to best regulate access to legalized marijuana use to mitigate risk; how to best educate young people and their caregivers to prevent dependence; and how to maximize opportunities for social connected-

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ness among youth.

Scare tactics or punitive measures will not suffice.

On a more fundamental level, there needs to be an understanding about the emptiness a young person (or older one) feels when they are socially disconnected and that drugs can imitate the natural high of human connection.

My colleague Larry Brendtro said it well: “Substance abuse is of-

ten an attempt to compensate for the biochemical rush of positive relationships.”

Let’s be clear: If marijuana is legalized for medical and recreational use, even if age limits are established it will not prevent young people from using marijuana. For many young people seeking to use marijuana in a clandestine way, the adventure and excitement will make it even more appealing.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, “Changes in the legal status of marijuana, even if limited to adults, may affect use among adolescents by decreasing the perceived risk of harm or through the marketing of legal marijuana, despite restrictions that prohibit marketing and advertising to this age group.”

Teens who feel connected are less likely to engage in high-risk behaviors. Recognizing and building on the strengths of children and teens and promoting social and emotional learning are essen-

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Self mythology for fun, profit

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funny thing happened to my country on the way to taking my last breaths on Earth. It seems there are people and groups who have this insatiable need for reassurance, and endless obsequiousness from the rest of us. Let me explain. I grew up in Brooklyn in the 1950s. Just about every man who was old enough to work when I was a kid had served his country in a massive, two front war, usually overseas, and a great many saw real combat. While the nation basked collectively in the moral victory it won, it seems no one was particularly boisterous about it. It was simply their duty, and they executed it. Today, war is different. As with everything else, technology has greatly changed the way we execute it. In WWII, Korea or Vietnam, you fought for real estate by overwhelming the enemy with raw manpower. Today, one “degrades” their opponent’s assets from remote locations.

I’m told it takes more than three people to support just one combat soldier in the field. In military parlance, this is called the “logistical tail.” Over half of our active duty service members will never even be deployed overseas. It occurs to me that today, anyone who turned a wrench in a motor pool seems to be under the impression that they’re Audie Murphy. And they want endless tribute for it. And so, showering benefits on people who might be legal assistants or finance clerks in uniform is now the norm. That funding could be used for homeless or ill veterans who did

the work of hard soldiering and paid a high price for it.

The same thing is happening in education. Today, the profession feasts on maudlin self-glorification. Now, memories of my K-12 experience are not exactly fond ones, but I don’t think I owe a heck of a lot of my personal intellectual development to the crew of teachers I had.

Some of them were nasty, condescending, and looking back on it, embittered. One often got into teaching back then simply to avoid the dirty work the business world required. But today, teaching, to use the word of one Great Neck advocate, is a “sacred duty.” As with our enlisted person in a HumVee repair facility, Long Island teachers seem to be under the impression they’re holding classes at the Max Planck Institute. Relax, folks. It’s the fourth grade, not explaining string theory or performing gene splicing. But to them, they believe they’re responsible for nothing less than our nation’s future. They really buy into this union peddled treacle.

Law enforcement has undergone a similar transformation. And yet, crime rates, particularly for violent crime, have plummeted to levels not seen in over 50 years. One reason is that age 70-plus is the fastest growing cohort in America.

Even though I’m not 70 yet, I haven’t had the urge to knock over a 7-11 in ages. But the manufactured fear that mandated patrolling the mean streets of Plandome Manor got you a new precinct you never needed. And paying the cost of manpow-

er to staff it. That’s how easily people are manipulated.

So what’s the common thread here?

Well, since time, technology and society have moved on, the landscape has changed for these professions. What they really need now is a narrative, and they’re providing it for us. The less we rely on them, the more indispensable they must appear to be. Most enlisted people by far, will never get within 1000 miles of a combat zone. Years ago, the only way to become educated was through the school house. Today, 95% of all of human knowledge can be summoned on an iPhone.

The teaching profession lost it’s monopoly on education years ago. Yet, we pay more for it than ever. The less common crime gets, the more we are told we must fear it. Truck drivers and construction workers face an occupational fatality rate seven times higher than a police officer.

And that’s on a national basis, not a Long Island one. For some reason, their sacrifices to support their families by performing dangerous work goes unrecognized.

It’s not that any of these professions aren’t worth honoring. But they’re not the ONLY ones worth honoring. We are all, in our own way, indispensable.

So what’s behind the movement to self-mythologize? It pays really, really well.

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tial to optimizing connectedness and preventing self-destructive drug use.

We are all aware of the adage, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Consumption of alcohol increased dramatically when Prohibition ended in 1933. In fact, Alcoholics Anonymous started in 1935.

Will legalization of marijuana follow suit?

Beyond prevention and education, if the legalization of marijuana is not coupled with ample resources for schools and communities to help all young people to feel connected in meaningful ways, then for many adolescents their healthy development will be forestalled.

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

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he nomination of Brian Buescher to the U.S. District Court of Nebraska is being opposed as being a member of an extreme organization, which is the Knights of Columbus. Senators Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono, [Democrats of California and Hawaii respectively], say Trump nominee is too extreme for a judicial position due to his membership in the Knights of Columbus.

This I feel that their opinion borders on bigotry. The Knights of Columbus where I am Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus council # 5911 in Douglaston, and find this an insult to all of our members of my council and to all of the 2 million members in the order.

As an organization, the Knights have raised $1.5 billion for charity in the past decade as reported.

Furthermore, the Knights of Columbus which started in 1882 was started in part to fight anti-Catholic bigotry. Those who say the Knights of Columbus as being extreme should read all that we have done for the many in need.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola Letters Continued on Page 36

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Hiram Cohen & Son celebrates 100 years Williston Park-based insurance company once, and still, owned by father and son duo

BY T E R I W EST The Williston Park-based insurance agency Hiram Cohen & Son, unsurprisingly, used to be owned by Hiram Cohen and his son.

Now, 100 years after the firm’s inception, the business is still owned by a Cohen and son: Hiram’s grandson Ron Cohen and great-grandson Darren Cohen.

The agency is celebrating its 100th anniversary in January and is still owned and operated by the direct descendants of founder Hiram Cohen.

“There’s statistics that show most family businesses don’t make it past the second or third generation, and we were able to,” said firm principal Darren Cohen.

Darren Cohen and his father Ron Cohen own the company. Before them it was Ron Cohen and his father Edward Cohen, and before them it was Edward Cohen and Hiram Cohen.

“We love what we’re doing: taking care of people,” Ron Cohen said.

The firm offers commercial insurance, personal insurance, life insurance and employee benefits.

It all started in 1919 when Hiram Cohen returned from service in World War I, looking for something to do, Ron Cohen said.

Edward Cohen joined him in the company during the Depression.

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Ron Cohen, left, and his son Darren Cohen, the current owners of Hiram Cohen & Son, which turns 100 this year.

“When we were home at dinner all the time, my father was always talking insurance,” Ron Cohen said. “I took an interest in it.”

He went to law school, but couldn’t stay away from the family business. So in 1969, he joined it.

Until then, it had always been based in downtown Manhattan with the rest of the insurance industry, he said. He suggested to his father that they cut their commute since Edward Cohen was living in Sea Cliff and Ron Cohen was living

in Manhasset. So in 1972, they moved the firm to Albertson and 10 years later bought the building on Willis Avenue and moved again.

Darren Cohen entered Hiram Cohen & Son the same way his father did: studying law but deciding to instead pursue insurance.

“I thought that if the family business didn’t work out I could always go practice law, and that was 20 plus years ago,” he said.

He and his father have a great rela-

tionship that doesn’t come with any of the challenges one might expect with working with family, he said.

Ron Cohen said it’s gratifying to serve families.

“We’re not selling a tangible product,” he said. “We’re selling a promise so that when people have a claim we’re there to take care of it ... and that’s very rewarding.”

Part of the reason the business has lasted is because it has adapted to changes in the industry, Darren Cohen said.

But it’s also because its part of the community, said his father. Ron Cohen is the vice president of the Sid Jacobsen JCC in Roslyn, and his company sponsors its annual golf and tennis outing.

Since its inception, the firm has grown from just a few employees to 45, Ron Cohen said.

As for the next 100 years, it’s hard to predict where the company will be, Darren Cohen said. His great-grandfather probably didn’t predict where it would be in 2019.

The centennial is humbling, he said.

“It is,” Darren Cohen said. “It’s humbling and when you think about it not many businesses celebrate their 100th anniversary and four generations in the same family, and if it wasn’t for hard work and dedication and all of our employees we wouldn’t be able to do it.”

Town forges fire contract Town allocates millions to beach park upgrade

BY J ES S I C A PA R K S The Town of North Hempstead enlisted Fire Command Co., based in Long Beach, to inspect fire suppression systems in various facilities townwide and perform!repairs if needed.

The three-year contract was forged on Dec. 18.

Fire suppression systems include sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers as well as other methods to weaken the spread of fire such as the use of foam or dry chemicals.

Fire Command will inspect sprinkler systems at Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury; Michael J. Tully Park, Clinton G. Martin Park, and the Department of Public Works in New Hyde Park; Manorhaven Beach Park, North Hempstead Beach Park, and Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington; Carle Place’s Fuschillo Park; and North Hempstead’s Department of Services for the Aging facility.

It will cost the town $195 to inspect each sprinkler sys-

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The Town of North Hempstead has forged a contract with Fire Command Co. of Long Beach to inspect fire suppression systems across the town. tem. Every five years, a functionality test is required, which will cost $1,200, as stated in the contract.

Inspections of existing fire suppression systems will be conducted at Harbor Links, Albertson Yard, the DPW repair shop in Port Washington, the DPW building, Clinton G. Martin Park, Fuschillo Park, Manorhaven Community Cen-

ter, as well as the Solid Waste Management Authority in Port Washington.

The cost to inspect fire suppression systems is projected to be $1,575 per visit and visits must! be performed twice a year.

Fire Command charges $275 per bottle to refill the chemicals required for each system.

The Town of North Hempstead has allocated millions of dollars for upgrades to North Hempstead Beach Park in its proposed capital plan for 2019-23.

The park, formerly known as Bar Beach, will see the reconstruction of its parking lots, wetland restoration, design and replacement of its fishing pier, final modifications to the installed nonmotorized dock, as well as the continuation of a visioning project that will include improving the sanitary system in the park.

The visioning project is the most costly with the town expecting to invest almost $14.5 million over the next five years.

It is the culmination of an!ongoing project that aspires to revitalize North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington and the nearby 200 acres of woodlands.

The town administration sought the opinion of residents when

formulating the plan.

Improvements to the sanitary system are to be made during fiscal year 2019 and will cost almost $2 million.

The upgrades to the sanitary system will consist of relining the existing gravity sanitary system, improving the pump station and constructing a forced main that will connect to the Port Washington Sewer District.

The overall visioning process is to come up with a plan that will attract town residents and visitors to North Hempstead Beach Park as well as address environmental concerns such as stormwater runoff.

A World Trade Center Memorial will be incorporated into the park and possibly a rowing course as well.

The reconstruction of both the north side and south side parking lots will be incorporated into the visioning project.

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Bos to deliver State of Town on Jan. 25

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth will deliver the State of the Town address at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links on Jan. 25 as part of a luncheon program hosted by the League of Women Voters of Port WashingtonManhasset.

Bosworth will speak about the town’s 2018 accomplishments, plans for 2019, and a vision of the future.

In 2018, the Town of North Hempstead passed a capital plan that would inject more than $130 million into projects over five years, including more than $14 million for North Hempstead Beach Park.

The Town Board also passed a $133.3 million budget 6-1 that Bosworth previously said stays within the tax cap and is a testament to responsible fiscal budgeting.

“Despite tight fiscal restraints, our administration has remained successful in delivering all important services without exceeding the tax cap,” Bosworth said.

At the Town Board’s last meeting, it set hearing dates for updating codes for the Building Department, limiting excavations following the repaving of roads and regulations for commercial land-

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Supervisor Judi Bosworth delivers remarks at last year’s State of the Town address. scapers.

By the time of the address, North Hempstead will also likely have passed three laws regarding marijuana: zoning restrictions, requiring medical marijuana dispensaries to not engage in retail op-

erations, and banning the sale of recreational marijuana in the town.

The town also has a mobile clinic stationed at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park three times a week providing basic medical services for veterans.

Her 2018 speech touted town accomplishments like achieving an Aaa bond rating, undertaking ambitious infrastructure projects and planned upgrades to North Hempstead Beach Park – all while reducing the debt by $32 million since 2014.

Bosworth also said the town moved on restricting tobacco sales to anyone under 21, implementing anti-nepotism measures, and requiring meeting transcripts to be posted online.

Going into 2017, Bosworth had focused on the town’s efforts at transparency, open government and ethics.

This followed reports revealing that former town Democratic Chairman Gerard Terry had $1.4 million in tax debts and that a Solid Waste Management Authority employee allegedly stole $98,000 from the agency.

People can attend the luncheon for $40, with check-in starting at 11:15 a.m.

The deadline for registration is Friday, Jan. 18. The address, slated to start at 1:15 p.m., is free and open to the public.

The deadline for registering for the luncheon is Jan. 18. To attend, contact the League of Women Voters at 516-7671897 or 627-0831, email Michele Lamberti at mclamberti@yahoo.com or register online at https://bpt.me/3918727.

Town awarded Nassau County crime $740K to fight rate lowest since 1966 home vacancies

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BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The Town of North Hempstead received $740,000 from the Nassau County Community Development Block Grant program at its last 2018 Town Board meeting, which officials said will be used to address abandoned and vacant homes.

A spokeswoman for the town said the funds would go toward buying and redeveloping homes to be sold to first-time homebuyers, aiding lower income homeowners with home repairs, and boosting storefronts in New Cassel.

The Nassau County Community Block Grant program’s money is funded by the U.S. Department

of Housing and Urban Development.

This funding aims to provide “decent housing, suitable living environments and expanded economic opportunities … principally for low-and-moderate-income persons,” according to Nassau County.

Carole Trottere, a town spokeswoman, previously said that the town estimates the number of zombie homes as “somewhere in the 30s.”

In August, the town hired PROCHAMPS to head the town’s one-year Housing Quality Improvement Program to assemble a list of abandoned properties and create a plan to address them for $72,050.

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Crime rates in Nassau County are the lowest since 1966, with the number of reported crimes dropping by almost 25 percent from 2012 to 2017, according to police statistics.

The number of major crimes in the county dropped by 3.5 percent over the past year, with the total number in 2018 recorded as 4,880. Major crimes include murder, rape, felony assault, burglary and robbery.

The total number of crimes countywide went down from 23,713 in 2017 to 22,806 in 2018, a 3.82 percent decrease.

The 3rd Precinct, the largest police precinct in Nassau County, which includes parts of Great Neck and Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn, New Hyde Park and Mineola, saw a smaller reduction in major crimes with the rate going down by 0.36 percent.

The precinct’s patrol area is expected to narrow early this year with the resurrection

of the Manhasset-based 6th Precinct, which was closed in 2012#in an effort to save money by former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

The 3rd Precinct, located in Williston Park, recorded a decline of 5.4 percent in its total crime rate from 2017 to 2018, a larger drop than the county.

The precinct# recorded three murders in 2018, two more than in 2017 and 33 percent of all of the murders across Nassau, according to the police statistics.

One of the murders occurred in August when Great Neck resident Faye Doomchin was accused of fatally stabbing a house guest who was visiting from England.

She was charged with second-degree murder and if convicted will serve up to 25 years in prison.

A Glen Head murder where an altercation between two co-workers turned deadly when one shot the other at a gas station is also included.

There was one more re-

ported rape in 2018 than in the previous prior, as well as three more charges of criminal sexual acts.

Meanwhile, there has been a major decrease in robberies across the precinct’s patrol area with the number of commercial robberies going down by almost 18 percent and a 42 percent drop in all other robberies.

The 3rd Precinct recorded a 7.76 percent reduction in felony assaults.

A report by Newsday listed 16 homicides in the county as of Dec. 26. Three were attributed by the police to gang violence. Two of those actually took place in 2017 but the bodies were not found until 2018, so they are included in 2018’s police statistics.

Police told Newsday that eight of the homicides “were the result of gunshot injuries, six were stabbings and two were from blunt force trauma.”

The Nassau County Police Department did not respond to a request for comment.

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Neville displays his mixed musical styles

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ntil now, it’s been easy to separate Aaron Neville’s career into two separate but equal strains:!the funky stuff he’s done with his esteemed band of brothers, and the angelic balladry associated with him as a solo artist.!

Casual fans might admit they “don’t know much,” to borrow a phrase from one of Neville’s biggest hits, about his musical center, but they’ve perceived a certain split in his career.

An education is about to be provided in the form of Apache, a solo album that makes the case for Neville as the most holistic of soul men. Its hard R&B side matches anything the Neville Brothers ever recorded for true grit, while still allowing plenty of space for a singer who’s arguably the most distinctive vocal stylist on the planet to tell it like it is.

Neville will perform music from the album at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main on Friday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m.

Apache also reflects Neville’s social and spiritual concerns, marking only the second time in his 56-year

recording career that he’s co-written nearly an entire album’s worth of material. The words are straight out of a poetry journal he began keeping in the 1970s, which more recently migrated to his iPhone.

Together with collaborators Eric Krasno, guitarist for the groups Soulive and Rustic, and Dave Gutter, frontman for the Rustic Overtones, Apache is a modern/revivalist marvel harking back to a golden age that produced classics like Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On.” “I call it ‘The Other Side of Aaron,’!because people know me from doing the ballads and New Orleans stuff,” says the 75-year-old legend. “They’re getting another feel of Aaron,” he adds when referring to a record!that touches on the mystic gumbo of “Yellow Moon” and sheer sweetness of “Everybody Plays the Fool,” while diverging toward a!third path we’ve never quite heard from Neville in the studio.

While he!sometimes tours with his quintet, this will be a smaller, more intimate show that features Neville and keyboard player Michael Goods.

“I like the energy of the quintet,” Neville says, “and

I also like the laid-back quality of the duo, just coming off the top of my head with things, not having to worry about whether we rehearsed it. Sometimes I put Michael on the spot, because I’ll come up with something he’s never heard before, but then he’ll catch it and that will make it even cooler. I bring the audience back to where I first started, with some Nat King Cole or anything that comes to my mind…”

And! that mind is constantly racing, musically, just as it was in the days when the teachers would catch him deep in a distracted schoolboy reverie.

“Because I’ve got about 10 million songs in my head.

Some of ’em wake me up at three in the morning, and I’ve got to sing the whole song to myself before I can get back to sleep, to make sure I know all the words,” he laughs.!

Neville’s middle-of-the-night song insomnia can make for his next audience’s dream come true, with a show that is sponsored by The Inn at Great Neck.

Tickets for the Aaron Neville Duo are available through Landmark’s box office, 516-767-6444 and online at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

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Aaron Neville Duo Friday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m.

The R&B and soul vocalist and musician, who delivered hits such as “Don’t Know Much,” “All My Life” and “Everybody Plays the Fool” during his 50-year career, will perform his classics and music from his latest solo album, Apache.

Where: Landmark on Main Street, Jeanne Rimsky Theatre 232 Main St., Port Washington Info & Tickets: (516) 767-1384 • landmarkonmainstreet.org

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Unforgettable Fire & 42: Tributes to U2 and Coldplay

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The Outlaws Friday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m.

Formed in Tampa in 1972, The Outlaws became known for their triple-guitar rock attack and three-part country harmonies. At this show, they will perform many of their classic hits, from “There Goes Another Love Song’” to “Green Grass & High Tides,” along with new music.

Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 283-5566 • thespaceatwestbury.com

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David Rudolf & Jerry Buting: Inside the Staircase and the Making of a Murder Saturday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m.

Attorneys David Rudolf and Jerry Buting from the two Netflix docuseries, “The Staircase” and “Making a Murderer,” will join forces for a riveting night of behind-thescenes insight into how police and prosecutors tipped the scales of justice in their efforts to convict Michael Peterson, Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey. The evening is a must for true crime fans.

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 • thetheatreatwestbury.com

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The Garden in Winter with a Winter Stroll

Sunday, Jan. 13 at 1 p.m.

Sundays in the Garden is a year-long speaker series with experts in the field of horticulture and design. Join Vincent Simeone on this day as he highlights the many wonders of the winter landscape in a presentation with slides and a stroll. Copies of his books, including “Great Landscape Evergreens” and “Wonders of the Winter Landscape,” will be available for purchase. Registration required. Fee: $12 (members $10).

Where: Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson Info & Registration: (516) 484-8603 • clarkbotanic.org

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Reception & Art Exhibit: Chinese Artists in America

Sunday, Jan. 13, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Join the opening reception of Chinese Artists in America that will include Chinese string instruments, traditional Chinese refreshments and, of course, the new exhibition, which features eight Chinese artists and their work that will be on display until March 30.

Where: Gold Coast Arts Center 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck Info: (516) 829-2570 goldcoastarts.org

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Musical: ‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story’

Thursday, Jan. 17 and Friday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 19 and 3 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. (ongoing performances through March 3) “Buddy” tells the true story of Buddy Holly’s meteoric rise to fame from the moment in 1957 when “That’ll Be the Day” hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later. The show will have you on your feet and “send you out of the theater on an unstoppable high” (The Boston Globe).

Where: John W. Engeman Theater 250 Main Street, Northport Info & Tickets: 631-261-2900 engemantheater.com

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Children in grades pre-k through 2 can enjoy three beloved stories by Eric Carle, retold on stage through the magic of black light and fanciful puppets, including “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” Little Cloud” and “The Mixed Up Chameleon.”

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

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PBS Kids Live! Really BIG tiny Adventure is the story of Dot, Dee, and Del, the brother and sisters seen every day on PBS programming. Many surprises are in store for the kids, including meeting and learning about the little creatures that live just under foot, music and interactive audience fun, and the solution to the “mystery of the missing tail.”

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Where: Michaels, Manhasset Center, 1350 Northern Blvd. in Manhasset, and Roosevelt Raceway Center, 1280 Corporate Drive in Westbury Info: 516-627-2875 (Manhasset) or 516-693-0420 (Westbury) or classes.michaels.com

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Tuesday, Jan. 15 through Friday, Jan. 18 at 2:30 p.m.

Little ones ages 3 and up will have a hoot at this event where they will create a feathered owl friend using a Styrofoam cup. The workshop is free with museum admission.

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City Info: 516-224-5800 or licm.org

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U2, Coldplay tribute BRING IN THE NEW YEAR bands at Paramount AT SUSHI REPUBLIC!!!

The Paramount will present a tribute to legendary rock bands U2 and Coldplay with the groups Unforgettable Fire and 42 on Friday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m.

Unforgettable Fire, or UF as the band is commonly known, was born on New Year’s Day in 1995 as one of the very first U2 tribute bands to ever perform in America.

After 20 years of playing in some of the most prestigious venues on the East Coast, UF has formed a reputation as one of the! closest experiences to being at an actual live U2 show.

The members of UF are dedicated fans of U2, and won’t settle for anything less than complete authenticity.

In addition to performing a very impressive array of U2 material from pre-Boy to the most recent Songs of Innocence and beyond, the band does everything in their power — from wardrobe to lighting — to

recreate the live U2 concert setting for their audiences.

Returning to The Paramount for their first performance since February 2017, 42 is the ultimate tribute to the music and style of Coldplay.

Bringing all the sounds, sights, and energy you would expect from Coldplay themselves, this is a show which takes care of every aspect in great detail, offering the most authentic experience available.

From the music, costumes and even the unmistakable Chris Martin sound on piano, 42 offers a concert that will leave you wondering if you just saw the real thing.

So come “Viva La Vida” with two of the best tribute bands out there.

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Disney on Ice brings the heat to ‘Frozen’ Children can discover the full story of Disney’s “Frozen” like never before at Disney On Ice presents Frozen, coming to NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Jan. 10 through 13.

Here families will experience dazzling ice skating, special effects and unforgettable music to magically transport them to wintry Arendelle. They will watch as Anna embarks on a fearless adventure to find her sister, Queen Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in an eternal winter.

Audiences can join the hilarious snowman Olaf, rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer sidekick Sven as they help Anna in a race to bring back summer, as well as encounter Everest-like conditions and mystical trolls as they sing along to Academy Award-winning songs

like “Let It Go.” Hosted by Mickey and Minnie Mouse, the whole family will delight in special appearances by stars from “Toy Story,” “Finding Dory,” “The Lion King” and the inspiring Disney princesses.

Find magic at every turn and create memories to last a lifetime at Disney On Ice presents Frozen — the show worth melting for.

Performances will take place on Thursday, Jan. 10 and Friday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 13 at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

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Oscar-winning Anne Author dishes on Frank doc in Huntington Islanders rebranding The Cinema Arts Centre will host a screening of “Anne Frank Remembered” as part of their Sunday Schmooze series on!Sunday, Jan. 6. Bagels will be served at 10 a.m. and the film will be shown at 11 a.m.

Commissioned by author Gillian Walnes Perry, the groundbreaking, Academy Award-winning documentary provides the first comprehensive portrait of the charming and free-spirited Anne Frank, perhaps the world’s most famous Holocaust victim and gifted diarist.

Inspired partly by the discovery of the only brief film footage of Anne Frank that exists and narrated by actors Glenn Close! and! Kenneth Branagh, “Anne Frank Remembered” combines photographs, previously undiscovered family letters and rare archival footage.

The film also includes insightful and moving interviews with people who knew the Franks best — most notably!Miep Gies, who risked her own life to help shelter them. The film is particularly compelling today given the rise in antiSemitism worldwide. !

In her book,! The Legacy of Anne Frank, Perry! describes how education about Frank has helped shape the lives of young people in some of the most violent and turbulent regions of the world over the past 30 years, breaking down barriers of prejudice and suspicion. !

Perry relates the story as an insider who worked closely with the subject matter for more than 26 years and has had the privilege of spending time with many people who knew Anne and Otto Frank personally. !

Co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust UK, Perry was instrumental in the creation of “Anne Frank Remembered,” and was in attendance when it won the Academy Award in 1996. She has lectured worldwide — from 10 Downing Street and the British Film Institute to the United Nations, and from Hong Kong to South Africa.

Among other notables, Perry worked closely with Audrey Hepburn, one of the Anne Frank Trust’s first patrons.!In 2010, she was named a member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth for her educational accomplishments, and was invited to!share her insights at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama’s director of policy in April 2016.

Perry will be at the Sunday Schmooze screening of!“Anne Frank Remembered”! to discuss the film. Tickets are!$11 for Cinema Arts Centre members and $16 for the general public.

For more information and tickets, go to cinemaartscentre.org.

The Cinema Arts Centre is located at!423 Park Ave. Huntington.

An assistant professor of communications at William Patterson University and a lifelong Islanders fan, Nicholas Hirshon will make an appearance at Book Revue on Monday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. to discuss and sign copies of his new book,! “We Want Fish Sticks: The Bizarre and Infamous Rebranding of the New York Islanders.”

The NHL’s New York Islanders were struggling.! After winning four straight Stanley Cups in the early 1980s, the team had suffered an embarrassing sweep by their geographic rivals, the New York Rangers, in the first round of the 1994 playoffs.

Hoping for a new start, the Islanders swapped out their distinctive logo, which featured the letters! NY! and a map of Long Island, for a cartoon fisherman wearing a rain slicker and gripping a hockey stick.! The new logo immediately drew comparisons to the mascot for Gorton’s frozen seafood, and opposing fans taunted the team with chants of “We want fish sticks!”

During a rebranding process that lasted three torturous seasons, the Islanders unveiled a new mascot, new uniforms, new players, a new coach, and a new owner that were supposed to signal a return to championship glory.

Instead, the team and its fans endured a 28-month span more humiliating than what most franchises witness over 28 years. The Islanders thought they had traded for a star player to inaugurate the fisherman era, but he initially refused to report and sulked until the general manager banished him.

Fans beat up the new mascot in the stands. The new coach shoved and spit at players. The Islanders were sold to a supposed billionaire who promised to buy elite players; he turned out to be a con artist and was sent to prison.! We Want Fish Sticks! examines this era through period sources and interviews with the people who lived it.

Book Revue is located at! 313 New York Ave. in!Huntington.

Artist submissions sought for exhibit The Art Guild invites all artists to enter “RED!: The Vibrance, Passion & Beauty, A Juried Competition and Exhibition.”

A color of nuances and contradictions, RED, in all its hues, always stands out and makes us take notice. Pink carnations, a red barn, the red velvet box of Valentine’s chocolates, a red-hot flame, the scarlet of an autumn leaf, or a red pair of shoes all evoke a spectrum of emotions and ideas. Show your passion for the vibrant beauty of RED in “Heart Month.”

All artists, 18 years and older (high school students ages 14 to 18 years may enter in the

student category), are invited to submit up to three works for consideration. All styles from abstract to realism are welcome.

Mediums may include, but are not limited to, acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, collage, encaustic, etching/prints, or sculpture (with pedestal). No photography, digital manipulations, copies, reproductions or giclées.

All works must be original and have been created in the last five years. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Jan.11. Artists may register online or download the prospectus at TheArtGuild. org. The exhibit will be on view

from Feb. 2 to 24. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 5 p.m. or weekday hours by appointment. An artists’ reception and awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Classes for children and adults are now registering for the Winter/Spring term.

Adult classes include: Mondays: Get Sharp: Drawing with Stephanie Navon-Jacobson,; Introduction to Abstract with Ellen Hallie Schiff; and Fundamentals of Drawing with Greg Follender.

Tuesdays: Colored Pencil Beyond the Basics with Katrina

Benson.

Wednesdays: Watercolor for Beginners and Watercolor for Intermediates with Eileen Neville.

Fridays: Life Drawing (NonInstructional) with Joan Stevens.

Children’s classes for ages 5-7 are scheduled for Tuesdays and Saturdays and for ages 8 to 12 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Two classes for teens have been added to the schedule: High School Portfolio Studio with Kristine Rivera on Monday afternoons, and Empowering the Teen Artist for Middle & High School Students with Antonia Fthenakis on Thursday evenings.

Adult workshops for 2019

include: Premier Coup Oil Painting with Duane Keiser and Ceramic Workshop: Off the Wheel with Patricia Bridges in January; Modern Calligraphy in Markers with Howard Rose in February; Seascapes and Winter Scenes in Pastel with Lana Ballot in March; Painting the Figure from Photographs in Watercolor with Ted Nuttall in June; and Painting in Colored Pencil with Cynthia Knox in July. More workshops are listed on www.TheArtGuild. org.

The Art Guild of Port Washington, Inc. is located at Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd. in Manhasset.

Health, Wellness &Beauty

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desire to live a healthy, active life compels many people to include exercise in their daily routines. Numerous studies have shown that regular workouts that include a combination of strength training and cardiovascular exercise can make bodies less susceptible to injury while reducing a person’s risk for conditions such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Exercising is most effective when it’s part of a daily routine, but that routine can be derailed if men and women are not taking the appropriate measures to avoid injury while working out. While even professional athletes succumb to injury from time to time, there are steps everyone can take to avoid injury when working out.

Confirm your technique is the right one. Exercise science is continuously evolving, and that means workouts and fitness machines are evolving as well.

When using a piece of equipment for the first time or altering a workout routine, men and women should consult with a gym employee or personal trainer to learn the correct technique. Incorrect technique can lead to minor and serious injuries because muscles are used in ways they are not intended to be used when exercises are performed properly.

Research appropriate techniques, taking advantage of online video tutorials if you don’t exercise at a gym, to ensure the exercises you want to perform are done properly. When beginning a new routine, ask a friend or gym employee to observe your workout and let you know if you are doing anything incorrectly.

Be patient. Lifting too much weight or pushing yourself too hard on the treadmill, exercise bike or elliptical machine will increase your risk of injury. This is especially true for men and women working out for the first time or after lengthy stretches of inactivity. Men and women who

are elderly, inactive and/or overweight are likely to suffer from poor balance because their muscles are weak. Those muscles can be strengthened over time, but remain patient and stick to light weight during initial workouts so lack of balance does not lead to pain or injury. Take the same approach with aerobic exercise to prevent muscle strains and pulls. Increase weight and the intensity of cardiovascular exercises as muscles gradually strengthen and become accustomed to exercise.

Allow for adequate time to warm up. Failure to warm up is another contributor to exercise-related injury. Before diving into a workout routine, spend between five and 10 minutes warming up your body with some low-intensity exercises.

This increases blood flow to the muscles and makes them more elastic and pliable than cold muscles, thereby improving flexibility.

Some low-intensity cardiovascular exercise on the stationary bike or treadmill can greatly reduce injury risk during the workout.

Five to 10 minutes of light aerobic exercise before working out can help men and women avoid injury.

Vary workouts and exercise regularly. Varying workouts is a good idea because doing so can prevent repetitive-use injuries and prevent overuse of muscles.

Repetitive-use injuries such as shin splints and tendinitis require extended rest to heal, and that can derail your routine and nullify your progress. Vary workouts so you are not always working the same muscles, and don’t mistake

varying workouts for varying workout schedules. Working out five days one week and one day the next increases your risk of injury.

Injuries sometimes happen when exercising. But veteran and novice fitness enthusiasts can employ a handful of simple strategies to greatly reduce their risk of injury while working out.

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Why dental hygiene is essential for overall health T he importance of maintaining clean teeth and healthy gums goes beyond having fresh breath and a white smile. Many people are surprised to discover that oral hygiene plays an integral role in overall health.

Research indicates that oral health mirrors the condition of the body as a whole.

Also, regular dental visits can alert dentists about overall health and pinpoint if a person is at a risk for chronic disease. An oral health check-up also may be the first indication of a potential health issue not yet evident to a general medical doctor.

Heart disease According to the Academy of General Dentistry, there is a distinct relationship between periodontal disease and conditions such as heart disease and stroke.

Joint teams at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, found that people with bleeding gums from poor dental hygiene could have an increased risk of heart disease. Bacteria from the mouth is able to enter the bloodstream when bleeding gums are present.

That bacteria can stick to platelets and subsequently form blood clots. This interrupts the flow of blood to the heart and may trigger a heart attack. Brushing and flossing twice daily and rinsing with mouthwash can remove bacteria and keep gums healthy.

Facial pain The Office of the Surgeon General says infections of the gums that support the teeth can lead to facial and oral pain.

Gingivitis, which is an early stage of gum disease, as well as advanced gum disease, affects more than 75 percent of the American population.

Dental decay can lead to its own share of pain. Maintaining a healthy mouth can fend off decay and infections, thereby preventing pain.

Pancreatic cancer In 2007, the Harvard School of Public Health reported a link between gum disease and pancreatic cancer. In the ongoing study, 51,000 men were followed and data was collected beginning in 1986. The Harvard researchers found that men with a history of gum disease had a 64 percent increased risk of pancreatic cancer compared with men who had never had gum disease. The greatest risk for pancreatic cancer among this group was in men with recent tooth loss.

However, the study was unable to find links between other types of oral health problems, such as tooth decay, and pancreatic cancer.

Alzheimer’s disease Various health ailments, including poor oral health, have been linked to a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. In 2010, after reviewing 20 years’ worth of data, researchers from New York University concluded that there is a link between gum inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease. Follow-up studies from researchers at the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom compared brain samples from 10 living patients with Alzheimer’s to samples from 10 people who did not have the disease. Data indicated that a bacterium — Porphyromonas gingivalis — was present in the Alzheimer’s brain samples but not in the samples from the brains of people who did not have Alzheimer’s. P. gingivalis is usually associated with chronic gum disease. As a result of the study, experts think that the bacteria can move via nerves in the roots of teeth that connect directly with the brain or through bleeding gums.

These health conditions are just a sampling of the relationship between oral health and overall health. Additional connections also have been made and continue to be studied.

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Compromise needed to end shutdown

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ur most recent federal government shut down reminds me of “Stuck In the Middle with You” by the band Stealers Wheel."

The words “clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you” from the song perfectly sum up the chaos and gridlock in Washington. "" If federal civil servants face periodic furloughs, so too should White House employees, members of Congress and their staff. Most federal employees work just as hard as their counterparts in the private sector. Many in the military, FBI, United States Marshals, ICE and Border Security put their lives on the line every day protecting our nation. They remain on the payroll, but some suffer from a delay in their pay.""

A majority of federal employees had already requested annual leave to take some days off during Christmas and New

Year’s week prior to the furlough.

Many have use or lose annual leave that exceeds the maximum 240 hours that can be carried over from one year to the next." They are forced to take time off or forfeit accumulated leave.

Even when furloughs take place, Congress has ended up retroactively paying federal employees for the days they could not report to work." Don’t believe the hype of elected officials who demagogue"on this issue."

The White House, Senate and congressional offices will all also be managed by skeleton staff during this same time period." Life will go on.""

Both the president and Congress need to work together, if we are ever going to put our fiscal house in order and end future threats of both sequestering and furloughs. We need to return to the time when Congress held budget hearings for

each department during the summer.

A real balanced budget agency by agency was adopted during an open process. Members of Congress, federal employees, the public, watchdog groups and media were afforded sufficient time to understand the full contents prior to adoption. Full federal budgets were adopted on time prior to the start of any new federal fiscal year on Oct. 1. This was a time when there were no furloughs.

There are just as many good managers in the government as in the private sector. If their superiors would give them the authority and flexibility to manage budgets, they could find savings without having to consider furloughing or laying off employees.

Let’s make a deal." Democrats should give Trump $5 billion for the wall." Republicans should give Schumer and Democrats $5 billion toward the $29

billion Gateway tunnel." Both sides will come away happy."

Millions of Americans have cut far more out of their family budgets and managed to survive.""Everyone knows that the thousands of Washington K Street lobbyists, representing every conceivable special interest group, work behind the scenes with the White House, Congress and congressional staffers in writing their own favored special provisions into every federal agency funding bill prior to adoption."

We can’t furlough the thousands of lobbyists who swarm around Washington like bees searching for honey. Hard-working civil servants pay taxes just like everyone else. The White House and Congress should be held accountable for their actions, or in this case"inactions, just as employees are at personnel evaluations."

Voters can conduct their own personal evaluations of

both Congress and the president on Election Day in 2020.

Both the president, members of Congress and their respective employees should be docked one full day’s pay for each day our pending full Federal Fiscal Year 2019 budget is not adopted on time. They need to perform this most basic requirement of their jobs, which is passing a budget on time, just like federal civil servants do on a daily basis.

Why not end bipartisan gridlock?"

Instead of another in a series of stopgap continuing resolutions to keep the government open, pass a clean spending bill with no attached amendments for the balance of Fiscal Year 2019 ending on Sept. 30 using Fiscal Year 2018 numbers.

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Dejana wants sweetheart deal from BZA

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ternal vigilance by concerned residents is the price of honest zoning.

The fact that businessman and developer Peter Dejana is Manorhaven Mayor Jim Avena’s boss at the Dejana Foundation gives the appearance of sweetheart deals and political influencing.

Dejana proposes to build a 3-story apartment complex in a 2-story zone, while eliminating 50 required parking spaces in such a crowded neighborhood.

The Board of Zoning Appeals, newly appointed by Avena, seems reluctant to deter him.

Such huge zoning variances will set a precedent for other

large projects in our community like the anticipated 11-acre Thypin town-house development and LaMotta’s desired MarinaRestaurant conversion. It creates “defacto spot zoning,” i.e. treating a single parcel differently than the surrounding area for the benefit of the individual property owner.

All we are asking is that Dejana “build to code,” at 22 Sagamore Hill Drive on Manhasset Isle. This will give him a reasonable return on his investment and clean up an unsightly vacant lot.

Once again, residents are urged to show up and speak out against granting the Dejana Apartment Variance at the next

Board of Zoning Appeals hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 15"at 6:30 p.m. to be held at the Senior Center located at 80 Manorhaven Blvd., across from Village Hall.

Caroline S. DuBois Acting Secretary, Manorhaven Action Committee Port Washington

Income tax cuts: Trump comedy or drama?

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r. Messina’s Letter titled “Finding comedy in Comey and Pelosi” is correct… in one respect. He states “Trump passed the tax cut” and many middleclass people “realized a $1,000 benefit,” enough to “buy a new set of tires or a new refrigerator.”

Breaking it down further to about $20 a week might be enough to fill half your car’s gas tank. Who’s really laughing?

Knowing a result before filing a tax return is pretty good.

I guess Messina filed his tax return for 2018 before the year

ended and at least four months before the due date.

As for the tax benefit, I hope Messina is in a higher tax bracket than a middle-class person.

For example, if he had taxable income of $1 million, his actual tax savings by filing a joint tax return would be $31,852.

Whether middle class or above, the tax savings amounts to somewhere between 2 and 3 percent.

But let’s get to the real beneficiaries of this income tax cut.

No doubt, it’s the corporations.

Cutting the top tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent represents

a 14 percent savings.

If Messina had a corporation with taxable income of $ million, his tax savings would approximate $140,000.

If my corporation had a taxable income of $10 million, my tax savings would be $1.4 million. For $100 million taxable income, tax savings would be $14 million. For a billion, tax savings would be $140 million.

Hey brother, can you spare a buck? Or a thousand bucks?

As for finding comedy with Comey and Pelosi, it’s a lot better to laugh than to deal with the daily drama/trauma of

Trump.

A president should provide stability to the country. He should represent all the people, not just his base. If you don’t believe that is the function of the presidency, then it is you who is off base. Perhaps reading the Constitution would help.

Frankly, I would prefer that this president be seen and not heard, unless you love to hear lies day after day. Many thousands are documented. That’s even more than that one thousand tax benefit.

In concluding, may I suggest that Trump supporters ask

themselves the following simple question: Would you like him to be your boss?

One thing’s for sure. Trump is a super salesman. He’s sold you all a bill of lies. And here I thought that Trump supporters were a whole lot smarter.

I guess Trump read them right. For him it was an easy sale. It bought him an election. God help us and, I am not pleading to Trump.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

NHP chamber awards Laytin The Angela Powers Award was originally given to Angela Powers in 2015 for her exemplary service to the New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce.

Angela was the first female President of the chamber and gave her service and leadership for close to 50 years.!

Chamber President Jeanette Frisina chose Mark Laytin as the recipient of the prestigious Angela Powers Award this year.

Mark Laytin is a past president of the chamber and resident of New Hyde Park. He is very active in the chamber and is co-chair of the Marketing Committee as well as serving on the Golf and Benevolence Committees. He has been an active

member for 15 years and is the owner operator of ML Marketing which is a marketing and Quickbooks consulting firm.

The award was presented on Thursday, Dec. 20 at the New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce holiday party at Jonathan’s restaurant in Garden City Park.

As Jeanette presented the award to Mark she said !“Mark consistently goes above and beyond for our chamber. He has a unique sense of knowing when we need assistance and is right there to offer help without us ever having to ask him, it is with great pleasure to present this award to him.” She added, “It is much deserved.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WILD DOG FOUNDATION.

The Wild Dog Foundation recently held another information session updating residents on the status of coyotes in the area.

Wild dogs behaving normal since sighting

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Following a recent talk at the Shelter Rock Public Library, Wild Dog Foundation director Frank Vincenti said there have been no recent instances of human interactions with coyotes or foxes on Long Island.

In July, coyotes were sighted in Roslyn and North Hills, alarming residents and evoking responses from local municipalities and the!Nassau County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The animals are behaving normally, Vincenti said.

Last month, a wild deer in East Hills also drew attention for rearing its head.

The public should be at ease over the presence of coyotes, foxes and other wild animals that are considered rare to the area, Vincenti said.

The most recent sighting of a coyote outside of its typical environment came Dec. 23, when New York Police Department officers received a call for a vicious animal in the Hudson Yards area of Manhattan, according to the 10th Precinct’s Twitter account.

Officers were able to barricade and tranquilize the unharmed coyote before transporting it to the Brooklyn Animal Shelter, the tweet said.

Vincenti said he was pleased to see how humanely and well the police handled the situ-

ation.

The coyotes seen on Long Island and in places where they aren’t present in high numbers are most likely the spawn and younger generations of wild dogs located in the Bronx over the past 30 years, Vincenti said.

Coyotes are very good swimmers, using an innate “doggie-paddle” style of swimming that members of the biological canid family have evolved, he said.

Though they most likely arrived on Long Island and in other boroughs via man-made structures like rails and bridges, the animals would have no problem crossing the Bronx Kill or East River at low tide, Vincenti said.

The suburbs are a good place for animals like the coyotes and deer, despite the counter-intuitiveness of the idea, Vincenti said. They are often limited by space and food, and areas like the North Shore provide opportunities for coyotes and foxes to prey on smaller animals, he added.

Coyotes, in particular, offer a service to residents, Vincenti said. The animals will often hunt geese and rats, controlling the vermin population in the area, as well as culling overgrown vegetation, he said.

In addition to the most recent talk, Vincenti hosted a forum in August at the library to educate residents and will continue to study and talk on coyotes, which he said he loves.

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2016 to October 2017 to 2.06 over the same period in 2017-18.

Grade crossing incidents decreased from 11 for the year as of October 2017 to seven as of October 2018. Train collisions increased to three in 2018 from one

in 2017 at the time of the report.

Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the MTA, did not have information on the specific collisions readily available but said that most collisions involve work trains that do not carry passengers.

There was one reported train derailment each year.

“Safety is a core value of the Long Island Rail Road, and we aggressively look for new and better ways to improve safety across the entire rail network,” LIRR President Phil Eng said in a statement.

The Port Washington branch includes stops at the Great Neck, Manhasset and Plandome stations.

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SCHOOL NEWS

Robotics Club visits NYC Google offices

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Floral Park-Bellerose School sixth-grade choral student sang upbeat holiday tunes under the direction of teacher Alyssa D’Amato.

Twelve students from the Sewanhaka Central High School District Robotics Club recently visited Google’s New York City office to meet with successful professionals and to learn about different careers in the technology field.

The visit included discussions about the history of the internet and the role that technology companies have in de-

veloping critical information infrastructure. It followed with a tour of Google’s 2.9-millionsquare-foot Chelsea office space.

“The opportunity to visit one of the great tech companies of our time, and to learn more about what kind of career opportunities might be available to me in the future was really meaningful,” explained one student.

Floral Park-Bellerose students share music with seniors Sixth-grade students from Floral Park-Bellerose School delivered the gift of music to longterm residents of Brandywine Living at The Savoy in Little Neck on Dec. 17.

The school’s sixth-grade band, orchestra and choral students dressed in holiday attire as they performed a variety of holiday tunes for more than 50 senior citizens and staff. The show began with members of the band, under the direction

of teacher Simon MacVicar, performing several songs, including “Frosty the Snowman” and “Jingle Bells,” while orchestra members led by teacher Chelsea Winter played “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Jolly Old St. Nicholas” and “Snowflakes,” among others. The chorus wrapped up the show, at the direction of teacher Alyssa D’Amato. The group sang “Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “Sleigh Ride”

and more.

Floral Park-Bellerose School Principal Jamie Adams, Assistant Principal Dominique Siebert and Floral Park-Bellerose School District Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Student Services Dr. Juli Mulcahy joined the students at the performance, which was thoroughly enjoyed by the seniors. The residents tapped their feet and clapped along to the beautiful holiday music.

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Members of Sewanhaka Central High School District’s Robotics Club are pictured with adviser Jack Chen.

Sewanhaka employees H.S. Builders Club collect Toys for Tots makes donation

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sewanhaka Central High School District administrators and staff recently took part in a Toys for Tots collection organized by administrative assistant to the superintendent Scott Green and secretary Helen Hoffman. The pair thanked everyone who donated to the collection, making it a wonderful success.

Mr. Green and Ms. Hoffman delivered the toy donations to the United States Marine Corps Center in Garden City.

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#The Sewanhaka High School Builders Club delivered 30 woolen hats and booties to the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island on Dec. 14. The students met twice a week throughout the fall to make hats of different colors and sizes for the patients and families staying there.

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Home ownership still alive, well This is the first column for the new year of 2019 and I hope everyone had some enjoyable and relaxing holiday time with your families, friends and significant others and hoping that your New Year in 2019 will be healthier, happier and more prosperous.

Based on the current demand, purchasers are still out there this winter looking and searching for that perfect “white picket fence” of a dream home. But let’s be realistic, finding that letter-perfect home is getting much harder these days, due to our still very outrageously low inventory (that is slowly increasing), especially below one million dollars.

The demand in that segment of the market is still quite strong and healthy, assuming sellers have priced their homes correctly.

I still see overpricing, where the sellers and their agents are just, “tailgating the market” and aren’t where the current pricing structure has been trending.

Again, I am not saying that the market isn’t crashing, but is softening and making downward adjustments for the reasons of higher interest rates and that maximum allowable $10,000 state and local tax deduction; and also, the increase in real estate taxes for about 30 percent of Nassau residents for the 2019-2020

tax year.

With the craziness of the stock market (worst December since the Great Depression), many more people have cashed out, staying in cash for the moment.

People appear to be very nervous, but maybe some of the smart and shrewd ones are still putting their money where their mouth is jumping right back into the market (looking at the 1000+ gain in the DOW on Thursday, Dec. 27.)

Buying on the downside appears to be a safe path to take, but we’ll see how this progresses going into 2019. However, it’s an amazing time to take some of the cash and instead of the stock market, how about putting a down payment on your first home, investment or vacation pied-a-terre.

My son is purchasing his 3rd property, an investment out in Southold. If it was located in Nassau it would be at least double in price, but his idea is to rent it out one to three months or more per year and to pay all his expenses, as his mortgage will be paid down in the long run.

There is nothing more secure than being able to touch and feel your real estate, whereby the stock market, being as volatile as it is lately, one has very little con-

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

trol over it; since the majority of us are tiny little fish in the huge pond. But owning real estate has mostly positive attributes and potential losses are not as dramatic in the short run as investing in the stock market.

The learning curve of investing in real estate, to me is a much more pragmatic and logical entity, whereby stock investments over the last 20 to 30 years has been a very emotional environment and, many times, logic has been thrown out the door; but holding the long term, will always make you a winner, if you invest carefully.

Look at the current economy, interest rates historically still very low, our unemployment rate the lowest since 1969, and everything

appears to look fantastic, right?

Unfortunately, the word, “uncertainty” steps into the arena of investing, and with the partial shutdown of our U.S. government, trade wars still unsettled and pending, issues with our southern borders, GM closing plants and laying off thousands of workers, terrorist attacks around the globe, you have to wonder, where is the good news?

It’s there on page 5! Buying your primary residence, investing in quality real estate and/or fixing and flipping properties is what I call a much safer path to pursue if you are not a stock picker or well versed in the stock market.

Hopefully, things will settle down in 2019, but now is the time to strike, while the “coals are hot,” and beg, borrow and steal from whomever (only kidding) to secure some real estate.

The dream is still alive and well, especially with millennials and other groups, who still feel owning a home is pursuable and still part of the American dream. There is a superb article by Patrick Sisson for the Urban Land Institute about the top 10 emerging trends that will influence and shape real estate in 2019: https://www.curbed. com/2018/10/10/17959984/ real-estate-trends-2019-housing-

affordability-investment.

You have some choices and you can look at the world two different ways, either with fearfanaticized expectations appearing real or face every day and rise. Being positive and believing things will always get better and improve is a mindset that only a few practice and believe wholeheartedly in the concept; while everyone else “heads for the hills” because the “doom and gloom” scenario is the easiest path to take as human beings. When things get tough, the tough get going and dig in for the long haul.

Nothing can stop the man or woman with the right mental attitude from achieving his or her goal, but nothing on Earth can help the man or woman with the wrong mental attitude. — Thomas Jefferson.

Philp A. Raices is the owner/ broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave., Suite 180, in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular “FREE” updates of sold homes in your area and what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: www.Li-RealEstate.Com He can be reached by email, at: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com, or by cell: (516) 647-4289.

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Recent Real Estate

Sales in New Hyde Park New Hyde Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $650,000 Demographics near New Hyde Park, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,811 11,367 41.2 3.2 99,469 35,118

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

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9238 245th Street, Bellerose Terr Sold Price: $480,000 Date: 01/11/2018 3 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 30x90 Schools: Floral Park-Bellerose Total Taxes: $9,047 MLS# 2975764

1038 Maple Lane, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $977,500 Date: 08/28/2018 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x146 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $14,008 MLS# 3025176

9328 244th Street, Floral Park Sold Price: $538,500 Date: 11/05/2018 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 40x90 Schools: Floral Park-Bellerose Total Taxes: $11,035 MLS# 3051431

12 S 1st Street, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $958,000 Date: 08/10/2018 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 40x105 Schools: New Hyde ParkGarden City Park MLS# 2921766

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

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Local students making college news NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The following local students completed New York Institute of Technology’s rigorous Internship Certificate Program, earning valuable hands-on experience and developing skills in a wide range of work environments. The Internship Certificate Program at NYIT includes assessment of targeted skills by an on-site supervisor. Most certificate holders are offered continuing employment at the organization where they completed their internship. This year, more than 200 NYIT students earned certificates by working as product assistants, physical therapy aides, architecture interns, and in many other jobs.

Andrew Pereira"of Mineola, who worked as a physical therapy aide at Physical Solutions in Mineola;" Taylor Ferreira of Great Neck, who worked at Professional Physical Therapy in Whitestone;" Xinling Deng of Great Neck, who worked at Chase Tiles & Cabinets Inc. in Brooklyn;" Jashanpreet Ratth of New Hyde Park, who worked at Bellrose Medical Care PC in Queens Village; and" Sam Thomas of New Hyde Park, who worked at Parker Jewish Insti-

tute for Healthcare and Rehab in New Hyde Park.

Sobnom Mostari of New Hyde Park, a member of New York Institute of Technology’s Class of 2020, took part in NYIT’s 2018 Service Learning Conference." Service learning is an educational method that combines community service with classroom instruction and reflection to enrich learning and build strong community ties.

TUFTS UNIVERSITY The university’s Class of 2022 includes:" Sarah Gottesman, Andrew Alstodt and" Alexander Zsikla of Port Washington;" Meital Agagi, Craig Cagner and" Angelina Ng of Great Neck;" Ismenia Ginebra and" Sonam Delhiwala of New Hyde Park;" Alex Maleno, John Cyprus, Adam Pidedjian and" Andrew Batteria of Manhasset.

Quinnipiac University.

Marissa Motti of Manhasset was" inducted into Quinnipiac University’s Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association’s official honor society.

To qualify for induction, students must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 and a

grade point average of at least 3.25 in their communications classes.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY Danielle Fabian" of Roslyn Heights graduated with a BA in Communication Studies."

SUNY NEW PALTZ Rogan De Lisio of New Hyde Park presented an original engineering design project at the fall 2018 Senior Design Review on Dec. 7. The event is part of the senior design capstone experience for electrical, computer and mechanical engineering majors at New Paltz. Halfway through their design year, the student teams get feedback on their original projects from regional engineering professionals, faculty and peers.

SUNY ONEONTA Katherine Dorman of Albertson,"Irene Isaac of New Hyde Park and"Caitlyn Pereira of New Hyde Park were recognized for attaining leadership milestones through the college’s Leadership Education and Development program. LEAD@Oneonta is a comprehensive leadership program based on current re-

search and guidelines from the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education.

All students can choose to participate in the LEAD program, which aims to better prepare them for life after college by providing a comprehensive picture of leadership and the skills needed to be a good leader.

UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON Felisha Fret of Great Neck began the doctor of business administration this fall semester.

The University’s DBA program, with a concentration in accounting, was developed to provide experienced practitioners with a practical pathway to an academic career.

SUNY OSWEGO Laura J. Dumpson of Mineola took part in an internship in fall 2018 through SUNY Oswego’s Center for Experiential Learning. A senior majoring in psychology, Dumpson interned with Imagine Early Learning Center in Port Washington.

BELMONT UNIVERSITY Michael Ottavio, of Manhasset and"Sydney Behar of Mineola" qualified for the fall 2018 Dean’s List. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Ryan Kriftcher of Port Washington was named captain of RPI Men’s Basketball. Kriftcher, a guard, saw action in eight games a season ago. He scored four points with nine rebounds and three assists. He also registered two steals and a blocked shot. As a sophomore, he scored seven points with a pair of rebounds, three steals and two assists in eight games. The civil engineering major did not play as a freshman due to injury.

COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Angelica Pizza, a communications major from Albertson,"earned a perfect 4.0 during the fall 2018 semester. Taylor Giallanza, a communications major from New Hyde Park made"it onto Dean’s List.

UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES Marilyn Abraham and"Riya Varma of New Hyde Park were" named to the summer 2018 Dean’s List.

Library to host employment talk Are you unemployed? A recent graduate? Concerned about job security? Thinking of making a career change?

Then head to the Huntington Public Library, where Long Island career coach and motivational speaker Michael Coritsidis will present a career-building seminar, “7 Steps to Employment Success,” which will

provide valuable information on resume writing, interview techniques, follow-up, dress for success, job search avenues and more.

The program is free and open to the public on Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

The Huntington Public Library is located at 338 Main St. in Huntington.

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Supervisor Bosworth, Council Members Angelo Ferrara and Lee Seeman along with Town Clerk Wayne Wink meet with residents at the 6th Annual Project Independence Holiday Party.

Project Independence party Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council members Angelo Ferrara and Lee Seeman, and

Town Clerk Wayne Wink attended the 6th Annual Project Independence Holiday Party at Clinton G. Martin Park on Dec.

12. Residents enjoyed an afternoon filled with music, dancing, delicious food and holiday cheer.

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Reopening of police 6th Precinct nears Continued from Page 3 northern half of the merged 3rd Precinct.

The revised 3rd Precinct will cover New Hyde Park, Garden City Park, Mineola, the Willistons, Searingtown, Albertson, Roslyn Heights, Carle Place, Westbury and East Garden City.

LeBrun said the number of supervisor and police officer positions will be the same" “as the department never reduced patrol resources when the 6th Precinct actually closed.”

The Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously in November to set aside $1.6 million for the reopening of the 6th Precinct based in Manhasset and the 8th

Precinct in Levittown – or $800,000 for each – in 2019.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran then moved to sue the county Legislature over changes made to the budget, namely $1.6 million added to reopen the 6th and 8th precincts, over a lack of “public notice of legislative spending increases.”

At the time she also said the county did not have enough money and that there were not enough detectives, but later reversed course, saying she “recognized the need to reopen” the precincts when she was running for county executive.

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North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington.

Town allocates millions NYU eyes medical school to beach park upgrade at Winthrop Hospital

Continued from Page 13 ing. The school could be open as early as September if approved, he said.

The $1 million would come from Empire State Development grant funds, which are available for capital-based economic development projects intended to create or retain jobs and increase business or economic activity in a community or region, according to information from

the regional development councils.

“Funds would be used to help support the construction of new classrooms and other facilities for medical students, if the application to both the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and NYS Education Department are approved,” an NYU Winthrop Hospital spokesperson said. “We’re optimistic and hope to receive word on our application sometime in February 2019.”

Two killed in NHP house fire

Continued from Page 19 parking lot will be paid for with a reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency due to it having been affected by Hurricane Sandy when it was used as a location to store and dispose of debris.

The newly constructed parking lot will be “designated"as an official debris pad capable of accommodating largescale debris from future disasters,” says the proposed plan.

The south side parking lot will see the removal of its existing asphalt and

COMMUNITY NEWS

Hofstra bestows awards On Dec. 16, the Hofstra University George M. Estabrook Foundation held its annual event at Chateau Briand restaurant in Carle Place.

Established in 1960, the award is named in memory of George Mitchell Estabrook who held many important positions, including mayor of Village of Hempstead, trustee of Hempstead School District Board of Education, commander of Hempstead American Legion Post 390. A prominent developer, Estabrook’s firm was responsible

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A white Mercedes E300 Diesel in the driveway of the home.

Continued from Page 1 “We sincerely appreciate the heroic efforts by the volunteers of the New Hyde

Park Fire Department in responding so quickly for their courage and professionalism,” the release said.

related fencing.

The proposed plan includes funding for the reconstruction of the fishing pier at the beach park. The project is expected to cost just over $2 million.

The park’s nonmotorized dock, which was opened to the public in July, will also see some final modifications, according to the plan.

A grant from the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will aid in the cost of a project to restore the park’s wetlands, which is" expected to cost $900,000.

for construction of many buildings on Hofstra’s campus, in Garden City, and throughout Long Island.

This year’s awardees included Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe, Daniel DeStafano, Gary Gerth, Hofstra Professor Nancy Kaplan, Huntington Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci, and Rebecca Sassouni, whose bio and record of public service may be found at"www.rebeccasassounilaw.com"and on the website of the Great Neck Public Schools under “Board of Education”.

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t has not been my practice as a school board trustee or board president to respond to disparaging emails and letters that take my comments out of context.

However, the letter that was published in the Port Times on December 21 regarding our school district and our superintendent, Dr. Mooney, must be addressed.

The dismissive reference to me as a “mother” serving on the school board is far more than a personal affront.

It is a condescending and offensive assault on every mother in our school district who volunteers their time and makes a personal commitment to enhancing the educational experience of our school district for our students.

We should be celebrating the

women (and men) who donate their time and energy on behalf of the students – the children of our community.

These women are role models in our community and contribute greatly to the excellence of our school district.

Interestingly, it is another woman being insulted when our superintendent, Dr. Mooney, is held out for a question of her worth.# Hiring Dr. Mooney was one of the best investments our school district has ever made. We are a nationally recognized, highachieving school district because of our superintendent and the staff she oversees.# Any comparison of the salaries for superintendents shows that her salary falls well below

the top of the salary range. But that was not at all the point of the letter in the paper. The point was to be able to disparage our superintendent.

It has been my great blessing to be a mother for almost 28 years. It has been my honor and privilege to serve our children and their families with so many other mothers from all backgrounds of our community.

Let me say here so that there can be no misunderstanding, thank you to all of the mothers (and fathers) of Port Washington for allowing me to serve amongst you.

Karen Sloan BOE President Port Washington Union Free School District

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write to endorse the Great Neck News editorial that criticized North Hempstead for its restrictions on medical marijuana sales.

By relegating dispensaries to out-of-the-way locations, the new law effectively discriminates against persons with disabilities and serious medical illnesses — individuals who are least likely to easily drive to or have transportation to these locations.

(Will the town provide transportation or allow its Project Independence-funded cab service, to go to those locations?)

I would argue that these people have a right to a quality life.

This discrimination does

not affect “others.” It affects our grandparents, our parents, and our adult siblings who need alternative treatments for serious conditions with serious symptoms.

Medical marijuana may mitigate those symptoms and allow our family members and neighbors to live better lives. The law flies in the face of compassion.

And let’s use the word “pandering” for the officials who followed the will of noncaring, self-serving constituents who were happy to discriminate against those with medical challenges.

Dr. Mark Winiarski Licensed Psychologist Great Neck

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Government is sick, Dems complicating the cure Continued from Page 17 But this is a partial list of what Trump’s government shutdown has caused: • The Violence Against Women Act, which supports programs that assist survivors of assault and their families, has officially expired (no surprise there, with the utter contempt of women’s reproductive rights, women and children, Trump and Republicans have shown) • Staffing for the office responsible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is reduced by 95 percent and will run out of money in January • Some 40 percent of Food

and Drug Administration staff and 65 percent of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff are furloughed – even as a new threat of Ebola has risen (one American health worker is quarantined in Nebraska) • 95 percent of NASA personnel have been furloughed, even as the lives of three US astronauts on the international space station are compromised, along with tens of thousands of workers at the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Each week the government is shut down costs $6.5 billion in lost economic growth, which could exacerbate what is now a slowing economy. The 800,000 impacted government workers may never recover from the inter-

ruption in income – forcing them to spend down retirement and college savings or go into credit card debt – compound over time.

If the incoming Democratic Majority in the House yields to Trump on the border wall, he will not hesitate to shut down government again – most immediately over the next time the Congress has to vote to raise the debt ceiling, exploding by $2 trillion because of the Republican tax scam (without closing any loopholes) and coming economic slowdown, while Trump throws money away (it’s ours, not his, after all) – billions on his despicable, inhumane war against immigrants.

He will demand cuts to the social safety net – food stamps, CHIP, Medicare, Medicaid – or

threaten to forever destroy the “full faith & credit” of the U.S. Because he can.

Now, the Democrats seem determined to compound their problem in actually being effective, handing over whatever levers they might have to accomplish anything in the face of only having control of the House, not having any power in the Senate or the Executive Branch, and with the Supreme Court, now firmly in the hands of a radical conservative majority. Incredibly, incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi is entertaining new rules that would give Republicans veto power over what legislation the Democrats seek to pass. This is supposedly the work of the socalled “problem-solvers’ caucus” of which our own Representa-

tive, Tom Suozzi, is very proud to be a part.

Democrats seem determined to get to 2020 without a single “win” while opening up themselves to charges they were only interested in impeaching Trump by giving the Republicans more ability to veto whatever they want to accomplish.

The obstruction which Republicans managed so well throughout Obama’s term somehow managed to smear Democrats with the blame for government failing the people, opening the way for Trump, improbably, to offer himself as the “savior” for the Forgotten Man who would get things done. And now, the Democrats are doing it again.

My request to Suozzi’s office for comment was ignored.

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A Winter Wonderland at Clark

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board were pleased to recently host Winter Wonderland at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson.

This five-day long family friendly holiday celebration welcomed hundreds to the garden from Dec. 16 to 19 to enjoy holiday train displays, lights, arts and crafts, story

time, live music by the Yes We Can band and DJ Gary, live animal shows by Ranger Eric Powers and a visit from Santa.

Clark Botanic Garden is located at 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson. For more information, call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Town shows civil rights heroes Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board will show a Townproduced historic documentary entitled “Defining Moments — The Civil Rights Movement in North Hempstead,’ which will premiere on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at the Manhasset Bow Tie Theater (430 Plandome Road, Manhasset). The premiere is free and open to the public; however, tickets must be reserved at TICKETS. The event will consist of the film screening as well as a Q&A session with participants of the documentary.

“Many of our North Hempstead residents have powerful stories of courage, confrontation, triumph, and sorrow throughout the Civil Rights Movement that remain largely untold and entirely unpreserved for future generations,” said Bosworth. “This film provides a wonderful opportunity for us to preserve their stories and for the young people of today to hear a first-hand account of how these people stood up against bigotry and changed the world for the better.”

The film is directed by NHTV Studio Director and LIXI Studios President Alan Ginsberg and was funded by a grant from the National Park Service. The docu-

mentary highlights the struggle and stories related to the African American struggle for equality in the 20th century during the Civil Rights Movement in North Hempstead. North Hempstead was at the epicenter of major triumphs of human rights as well as inequalities during this tumultuous time.

The 40-minute documentary represents nearly two years of research, interviews, filming and editing.

In addition to the documentary, individual “oral histories” of more than a dozen North Hempstead residents who had a role in the Civil Rights Movement will be uploaded to mynhtv.com and archived on the Town’s YouTube page.

“On the approaching of Black History month, I am pleased by the diligent work done by the Town of North Hempstead to gather these very personal stories and share them in the spirit of the African tradition of oral storytelling,” said Council Member Russell. “When history can be so easily lost or erased, it has become ingrained in the African diaspora to inspire, empower and educate through the art of story. I am honored to bear witness.”

Zimmerman talks Congress Robert Zimmerman, political analyst and advocate, will lead a program, New Congress, New Year at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 48 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 12:30 p.m. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.

Zimmerman was nominated by President Obama to serve on the National Council on Humanities

and was appointed by Gov. Cuomo to join a statewide commission charged with restructuring state government. He has also served as board member/advisor for the Museum of Natural History and The Kennedy Center, among many other institutions. He appears regularly on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC as a political expert.

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The genius of architect Paul Rudolph What is the secret to greatness? What is the underlying makeup of the trendsetter, the impact champion, the truly great artist that transforms his field? Is it talent, an early start, good luck, family support, hark work?

Well, one way to find out what makes a genius is to study their work and study their history. As a psychoanalyst, I have been trained to look carefully into a person’s past in order to determine their present behavior.

Wilfred Bion once wrote there is never an overabundance of genius walking about.

Bion himself was one of the great psychoanalytic thinkers and he discussed how rare and special the arrival of a genius is and referred to them as mystics. He felt that every field is established and creates rules for itself in preparation for a mystic genius to come along who will then shatter the domain by force of will and talent.

A new field will then be formed which will establish new rules to be followed. This is how any field in science or art is able to grow and Thomas Kuhn’s “The Structure of Scientific Revolution” made the same point.

An example of a mystic genius in sport is Tiger Woods.

He was unquestionably a genius at playing golf and thanks to a rare combination of support, an early start, talent, high IQ and hard work he singlehandedly transformed golf.

So who can we point to on Long Island that represents genius? Well, there is one I know.

His name is Paul Rudolph. I have written about him before.

He is the creator of the controversial Endo Pharmaceuticals Building at 1000 Stewart Ave. in Garden City.

This year is the 100th anniversary of his birth and in celebration the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation had a reception at his office on 58th Street in Manhattan. Let us spend some time analyzing the work of this mystic genius and exploring what made him tick.

Rudolph was one of the founders of the Brutalist architecture which gained popularity in the 1960s to 1970s and is characterized by an austere style using undressed raw concrete and exposed pipes.

I gained my Ph.D. at SUNY Stony Brook and many of the buildings on campus were built in the Brutalist style. The Pompidou Center in Paris is another example of Brutalism.

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So how did Rudolph develop into this strong-willed, unique, unstoppable creative genius? His childhood was spent traveling from town to town thanks to his father’s career as a minister.

He did well in school and graduated from Auburn University with a B.A. in architecture, joined the Navy and went

on to earn his Masters from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. By 40, he was Chairman of Yale University’s Department of Architecture and is now considered to be one of America’s great architects.

The office building he designed and used on 58th Street is all square, geometric, solid and brutal looking from the outside, but filled with light, space and delicate lines on the inside. The contrast is both startling and pleasing at the same time.

This is similar to the impression that his Endo Building gives off in Garden City.

The reason the Endo Building was so controversial was that it looked so squat and raw with its use of concrete ribbing on the outside.

But upon closer inspection, you notice its curved and

gentle stairway that welcomes you inside and when you enter you see lush orange carpeting, curved walls and huge windows letting in sunlight.

There is a documentary of his life entitled “Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph,” which proves to be enlightening. In it, you see him stubbornly sticking to his own vision of rounded curves as the owners who commissioned him to do a building argue for rectangular shapes.

Here you can see that Rudolph was more of an artist then a builder by fighting for exact pure control over his work. This is exactly the way Michael Jackson worked and how Madonna works to this day. They want and insist on total control over their vision.

Of course they are right. The genius knows best.

It is a joy to discover the work of genius and we are lucky to have the product of a genius here in Nassau County. If you want to learn more about Paul Rudolph you can go to another of his shows called “The Hong Kong Journey” at the Center for Architecture in Manhattan until March 9.

The mind of a genius is one of purity of vision and joy and a belief in themselves and what they want to see.

They are the magic that keeps our culture growing and they are culture’s greatest gift. Gertrude Stein once asked, “What are masterpieces and why are there so few of them?” No one knows the answer to that, but it is very easy to recognize one when you see it. Thank you Paul Rudolph for giving us all your masterful vision of beauty.

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Sewanhaka business students tour Madison Square Garden PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

H. Frank Carey High School eighth-graders are pictured with Holocaust survivor Irving Roth.

Holocaust survivor teaches students Over the past few months, the eighth-graders in Mr. Hawrusik’s, Ms. Hoffman’s and Mr. Needham’s English classes have studied the Holocaust through literature, art, academic study and film.

In October, students researched survivors of the Holocaust and recounted their stories in digital presentations on their iPads. Students then analyzed artwork that memorialized the experiences of Jewish prisoners – particularly the painting “Arrival of a Convoy” by Auschwitz survivor David Olère. Finally, students read “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the story of a young girl’s experience in hiding from religious persecution. All of their studies culminated with an assembly with Mr. Irving Roth, a Holocaust survivor.

Irving Roth was born in 1929 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, where his father owned a lucrative lumber business.

His family escaped to Hungary and hid there until 1944, when he and his brother were deported to Auschwitz. Of the 4,000 Jews in his Auschwitz transport, only 300 survived the initial selection on the

Auschwitz-Birkenau arrival platform. When Irving returned home after liberation, he found that both of his parents had survived. His brother did not survive, and his last known location was BergenBelsen."Mr. Roth"is the director of the Holocaust Resource Center – Temple Judea of Manhasset and an adjunct professor at the University of Maine. He is a recognized speaker on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust and is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities in Canada, Europe and the United States.

The students were enthralled with Mr. Roth’s story and connected even more with his closing statement on being kind and fighting against evil and bullying.

Students lined up to talk to Mr. Roth at the end of the presentation, and many even bought his book," “Bondi’s Brother,”" that he personally autographed for each one of them. The eighth-graders will continue to keep Mr. Roth’s message alive by hosting P.S. I Love You Day on Feb. 8. This day will focus on standing up against bullying and fighting to end depression.

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Sewanhaka High School’s Future Business Leaders of America traveled to New York City for a tour of Madison Square Garden and show. During the tour, students were able to explore exclusive VIP areas and learn about the history of the legendary garden. Students viewed a variety of seating areas in the arena and heard about all the sporting and entertainment events held at the venue. This year, the tour included a state-of-the-art virtual reality experience that took students through the transition of Madison Square Garden from a basketball court to a hockey rink and a concert setup. In addition to the tour, students saw Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” at the Hulu Theater.

Elmont Key Club joins Alden Terrace at annual holiday party

The Elmont Memorial High School Key Club was instrumental in helping Alden Terrace School host its annual holiday party for more than 60 children and 50 adults on Saturday, Dec. 15.

The club set up a table full of its holiday boutique preview merchandise, and the members arranged a beautiful display corner full of books, posters and T-shirts to be raffled at the end of the event."They also ran a cookie decorating station and craft station, which were bustling with activity throughout the day. As the day concluded, the students were instrumental in assisting with cleanup to tidy up the room.

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