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Vol. 68, No. 29

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SCHOOL YEAR

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COUNTY GOP INTRODUCES ASSESSMENT CHANGES

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Second Avenue closing

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NHP wants time to alert residents

BY TOM M CC A RT HY The Village of New Hyde Park has voiced concern over effectively notifying the public about the permanent closing of Second Avenue east of Herkomer Street starting Monday.

The closure of Second Avenue between Herkomer Street and New Hyde Park Road is part of the LIRR third track expansion project.

The village announced the closure July 11. “While the New Hyde Park Village Board appreciates that time is of the essence in this massive project, we have stressed to 3TC the importance of properly and effectively notifying the public,” it said, referring to the company that is carrying out the track project.

The village board said it had requested a delay to the start date to allow for more time to alert residents.

But the MTA does not plan to delay the closure. Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the MTA, said that over the last three years Continued on Page 59

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Bart Cosolito, a Port Washington resident and former Grumman engineer, recollects his experience on the Apollo program. See story on page 3.

Martin pool contractor sues town Bankrupt Gramercy Group seeks $2.8 million from North Hempstead

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pleted work.

Gramercy Group filed the The contractor that reno- lawsuit in federal Bankruptcy vated the Town of North Hemp- Court July 3 after declaring stead’s Clinton G. Martin pool bankruptcy May 17.

The complaint chronicles the has sued the town, seeking damages in the amount the company contractor’s experience working says the town owes it for com- with the town from when it was awarded the initial contract of $20.7 million.

Upon starting the renovation, the contractor encountered what the document describes as

shortcomings in the contract that caused delays and extra expense and work. It ends with its current situation in which the town is withholding $1.3 million for construction issues the town says Gramercy failed to address.

That is in addition to about $1.5 million that Gramercy Group says the town has not paid.

Gramercy Group is seeking more than $2.8 million in total.

“The town has refused to meet in good faith to negoti-

ate any payment, whether for contract balance, change order work, or otherwise,” the complaint says.

It was disappointing that the conversation had to become a lawsuit, said Gramercy Group’s attorney, Michael McKenna.

“The positions that they were taking were to me indefensible, and we had no choice but to proceed in this manner,” he said.

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F.P. reviewing legal Villages revisit options for Belmont solicitation codes

Residents have until Tuesday to post comments Rules being loosened after F.P. lawsuit

BY TOM M CC A RT HY The Floral Park Board of Trustees urged residents to submit online comments about the impact of the proposed Belmont redevelopment project and said it is reviewing its legal options.

“There are options for us.

We are exploring those options.

We have not made any decisions on what legal options we are going to move towards yet,” Mayor Dominick Longobardi said Tuesday at a meeting of the village board where residents were updated on the Environmental Impact Statement for the project.

On July 8, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans for a new LIRR train station that would accompany the planned Islanders arena in Belmont. On the same day, the Empire State Development board voted in Manhattan to publish the project’s Final Environmental Impact Statement online. Public comments on the statement are being accepted until July 23 at noon.

Longobardi and the board said they doubt that July 8 to July 23 is enough time to review the over 8,000-page document in a thorough manner. Despite this, Longobardi said in an interview that the board plans to submit final comments on the arena and the LIRR station by Tuesday.

Deputy Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald thanked all residents who attended the July 8 Empire State Development team’s public hearing about the impact statement. Longobardi and other board members attended and spoke to the development board.

“Although the ESD listened to our comments for almost three hours they did approve the release of the final impact statement,” Fitzgerald said. On the length of the statement, Fitzgerald said, “The FEIS is north of 8,000 pages long and the time

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Mayor Dominick Longobardi and the board say they still have concerns over developments in Belmont. allotted to review it is extremely short.”

Fitzgerald said there are still “significant concerns” about development in the area.

In addition to a new arena for the New York Islanders, the $1 billion redevelopment of Belmont Park will include a 435,000-square-foot retail and entertainment complex and a new hotel, according to the developers.

Longobardi has said in the past that his main concerns about the project are traffic, parking and security. At the Empire State Development meeting last week Longobardi said, “As this project progressed new elements were introduced such as the use of the south parking lot for the “Shopping Experience,” forcing the major majority of the parking to be behind the main racetrack and placing it adjacent to our grammar school and many of our homes, leaving our

residents to deal with all kinds of issues from security, tailgating, light and noise pollution, etc. We have discussed ways to alleviate these issues such as natural barriers, directed lighting.”

Longobardi said that village engineers and lawyers are still reviewing the impact of a new train station in the area and did not comment on the station.

Longobardi did write in a letter to residents, “Although a train station may be helpful in that it may alleviate some traffic, it’s not a panacea and, quite frankly, generates additional concerns as to the placement of the train station and its impact on surrounding residents.”

“We are asking all of you, our residents, our business owners if you have comments that you wish to make and address the FEIS please make sure you get those in next Tuesday by 12 to the ESD,” Longobardi said at the meeting.

North Shore villages are changing their solicitation laws, with some creating “do not solicit lists” for residents, after a company that reached a settlement with the Village of Floral Park alerted them about unconstitutional restrictions in their codes.

Munsey Park, Roslyn Estates, Old Westbury, Kensington and North Hills have all addressed the issue in the last two weeks.

Some of the villages had previously effectively banned commercial solicitation entirely.

Old Westbury put a threemonth moratorium on its current solicitation law to allow the village board time to amend it, Kensington, Munsey Park and Roslyn Estates are creating “do not solicit” lists and North Hills is planning to eliminate rules about solicitation from its code altogether.

The company alerting them to the issues is Aptive Environmental, a pest control company that primarily markets through door-to-door solicitation, said its attorney Jeremy Fielding.

Summer is Aptive Environmental’s biggest selling season,

and with a Long Island branch that opened a couple years ago, it is ready to start soliciting here, Fielding said. But before doing so, it reviews the code of each municipality to see what it must abide by and whether there are outdated restrictions, he said.

“Some of them have been in the books for 50 years,” Fielding said of the regulations. “There’s never been a reason to update it because nobody’s ever asked them to.”

Floral Park settled a lawsuit with Aptive Environmental early this year. The Utah-based pest control company sued the village in August 2018 after the village did not amend its legislation banning commercial solicitation.

It called the ban a “flagrant violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments,” according to court records.

In its settlement, Floral Park agreed to pay $15,000. It has since changed its code from a complete ban on commercial solicitation to one that requires the soliciting company to provide detailed information to obtain a license.

“The permit is a little more Continued on Page 69

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The Village of Old Westbury was one village to address its solicitation regulations this week, placing a temporary moratorium on that section of the code.

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Bart Cosolito recollects moon landing Port Washington man and former Grumman engineer worked on Apollo 11 lunar module

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Fifty years ago, Bart Cosolito was one of 500 million people to watch Apollo 11 land on the moon’s surface.

But, he was one of a much smaller pool of people who could say they helped it get there.

Cosolito of Port Washington was employed as a quality assurance engineer on the lunar module program at Grumman Aerospace Corp. in Bethpage for the better part of his 30s.

He began as an engineer in Grumman’s Manufacturing Research and Development Department until one day his supervisor asked if he would be interested in a new project with NASA. Once he heard the details of the project – building a lunar module that would fly astronauts to and from the moon – Cosolito said his response was “a resounding yes.”

He said he was then transferred to plant 15, where he worked with about 10,000 engineering, assembly and test personnel at the height of the Apollo program.

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The Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon.

They built close to 20 lunar modules over the course of the program, Cosolito said. Grumman built the structure of the module, while subcontractors produced most of its components.

His responsibility was to ensure that the structure and all of its components were built and

tested to NASA’s design specifications.

He said the design for the module was agreed upon in 1964 and was conceived by a team led by Thomas Kelly, often known as the “Father of the Lunar Module,” and approved by NASA. Cosolito said his first reac-

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tion to seeing the design of the lunar module was one of disbelief.

“It looked like a bug,” he said. “Nothing like a plane or even a rocket.”

“How could this vehicle deliver men to the moon and get them back safely,” he pondered.

Cosolito specifically worked on the ascent and descent propulsion components of the mod-

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ule, which included the engines used to land the module on the moon’s surface and its departure from it.

The descent engine, after it did its job of landing the module on the moon’s surface, would detach from the module and remain on the moon, Cosolito said.

He said it would detach when the module initiated the ascent engine to depart from the moon. Screws connecting the engines would explode in precise unison, Cosolito said, which was to prevent the module from being sent in another direction besides up.

Once the module returned to the command ship, which remained in the moon’s orbit while the module was dispatched to the moon, the ascent engine would detach and remain in the moon’s orbit, Cosolito said.

He said ensuring the components completed this function required close coordination between Grumman engineers, subcontracted engineers and quality control personnel.

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Markowitz issues apology over email Holocaust memorial chairman and Wu ally takes responsibility for 2015 message

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N

Steve Markowitz, the chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, has issued an apology for an email sent in 2015 during that year’s Village of Great Neck mayoral race after it resurfaced in the 2019 mayoral contest and led some to believe he is anti-Orthodox.

Markowitz said in a letter to Blank Slate Media on Saturday that he had a strong record of friendship with the Orthodox community and did not recall sending a divisive email calling on supporters to tell people the election was about “rightwing Orthodox groups” trying to “take over the village.”

Markowitz said his record could be seen in his service as president of Temple Israel, a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council, and his 10 years as a Zoning Board of Appeals member. Any “hostile public statements attributed to him,” he went on to say, were “absolutely untrue.”

In a previous interview, Markowitz claimed he had not written the email.

“My conscience is clear but, nevertheless, I accept responsibility for the email in question from four years ago and offer my sincere apology to all those offended by it,” Markowitz, vice chairman of the Nassau County Democrats, said Monday. “I hope those who are leading the charge against me will accept my apology and that we will all now focus on ending the divisiveness and bringing our community – Jews and non-Jews – back together.”

In the letter, he also agreed that “the words and sentiment are not acceptable and are divisive.”

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Steve Markowitz Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a Jewish activist, had accused Markowitz of “anti-religious animus” during the 2019 Village of Great Neck electoral campaign in an email exchange and of wanting to bring a “wedge between the Persians, Orthodox and the Chinese” because the “Democrats are losing Great Neck.”

The apology follows the resurfacing of the original 2015 email and two replies, which were forwarded to the Great Neck News last Friday. One of the respondents

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Preceding that was a screenshot of the email, described by some as “the smoking gun” in late June.

“Markowitz has admitted his error, however reluctantly. Nonetheless, it must be accepted,” Wiesenfeld said via email. “It was important that the record be set straight and it has been. As far as I am concerned, the case is closed.”

Markowitz, who is also president of the Great Neck Democratic Club, had thrown his support behind mayoral candidate James Wu, as well as trustee hopefuls Julia Shields and Harold Citron, in a bid to unseat Mayor Pedram Bral and incumbent Trustees Annie Mendelson and Steven Hope.

Bral’s team beat Wu by a more than two-to-one margin on June 18.

Even after the 2019 election, Markowitz faced calls to resign as chairman of the Holocaust memorial center. Wiesenfeld, in an email sent to administrators of the center with a letter from Robert Spitalnick, who once ran for library trustee, alleged Markowitz attacked candidates “based on their religion or ethnicity.”

The 2019 campaign was a divisive one.

One flyer tried to suggest “the sad truth behind Wu’s campaign” reflected Asians trying to expel Jewish people from Great Neck,” for example, and a letter supposedly written by “Mandy Lee” alleged a Wu supporter said, “We must slap Jews now.” Someone suggested opening crab restaurants, which would be off limits to Jews who observe certain dietary laws.

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Exiger contract spurs amendment Legislator Bynoe drafts bill requiring vendors to file updated certification of disclosure info

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S

The Nassau County Legislature Rules Committee voted unanimously on Monday to close a loophole in the county contract system.

Vendors that have a country contract are not required to resubmit disclosure forms if awarded additional contracts within a six-month period. The measure that was approved requires vendors to submit a certification that there have been no material changes to the information on the disclosure form since it was filed.

Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe (D-Westbury) drafted the bill after legislators last month unanimously voted to table a $500,000 contract with Exiger, a Manhattan-based risk and compliance firm that was to offer “integrity monitoring” services for the $50 million police academy project, due to concerns over outdated disclosure forms and the selection process.

The integrity monitor would work to prevent fraud, waste and abuse on the job site but according to Newsday, the contract will go back to bid after Nassau County Executive Laura Curran withdrew it from legislative consideration earlier this month.

Exiger currently has another contract

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The Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building is seen in Mineola. with the county for third-party monitoring software that allows the county to review vendors beyond the disclosure forms. The contract was for less than $1,000, so Legislature approval was not required.

Legislators also had concerns over Exiger’s selection after it offered the county

free monitoring services for 18 months and the inspector general was involved in the selection committee.

At last month’s committee meeting, Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads (R-Bellmore) expressed skepticism over the bid’s release coming a day after the

county executive’s announcement of the free services.

John Chiara, the deputy county executive for compliance, said the free service is limited to Exiger’s software and is part of a pilot program where the county has to provide feedback on the program. He said Exiger’s software is only a small part of the scope of the contract, which also includes field investigation, on-site monitoring, auditing and reviewing change orders among other services.

Chiara said the county inspector general, Jodi Franzese, was included in the selection committee because she would be involved with services in the contract, but Rhoads had concerns over her involvement posing a conflict of interest.

One of the inspector general’s essential functions is to serve as an independent monitor of the procurement process.

Rhoads asked how a concern raised with the contract’s procurement process could be properly investigated if the person tasked with that responsibility was involved in the process in question.

Despite the delay of the integrity monitor contract, Newsday reported that the construction of the police academy will continue.

Bynoe’s bill is expected to go before the full County Legislature on Aug. 5.

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GOP proposes assessment changes

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Nassau County Republican legislators introduced a package of assessment changes on Monday that does not include the ratification of the five-year phase-in approved by the state Legislature.

The slate of proposed reforms includes a requirement for the appointed Nassau County assessor to reside within Nassau County.

Nassau County Assessor David Moog is a New York City resident.

Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said the changes included in the Assessment Bill of Rights are based on what Republican lawmakers heard from thousands of taxpayers at meetings and hearings across the county.

Other changes include restricting home inspections conducted by the county Department of Assessment, limiting the Nassau County executive’s ability to change the level of assessment used without an amendment approved by the county Legislature, requiring the county executive’s office to mail grievance results to homeowners, mandating the mailing of new tax impact notices with a homeowner’s property tax

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The Nassau County GOP introduced a slate of reforms for the county assessment process on Monday. burden using the final assessed value and the proposed five-year phase-in, requiring the Nassau County assessor to hold hearings in each town and city in the county and demanding the disclosure of the formula used to determine assessed values.

Nicolello said these measures will help ensure that home assessments are the result of a fair and transparent process. They are ex-

pected to be voted on before summer’s end.

As for the five-year phase-in of property tax increases and decreases, the presiding officer said that legislators are still reviewing the legislation but Nassau County Executive Laura Curran’s office has failed to provide additional information and post updated tax impact notices as requested.

“Our position is this: many of

the problems that were created by this assessment process were created because it was done in a rushed fashion,” he said. “We are not going to make the same mistake … we are not going to pass something that we are going to have to turn around and change in a couple of weeks as the administration has had to do repeatedly.”

Analysis from Newsday found the 2020-21 tentative assessment roll to be fair and accurate but Nicolello said that a different story is being told by the residents.

“Obviously, Newsday has its own information, its own point of view but we also speak to our residents,” he said. “The massive amount of people we spoke to say this is not accurate.”

He said that residents have said that factors used to determine assessed values, “such as neighborhood value that has no explanation, have made it arbitrary and capricious.”

He said the ultimate testament to its inaccuracy is the unprecedented number of grievances that have been filed.

It is an election year for the Nassau County Legislature, which

has a Republican majority of 118. Before Curran initiated the reassessment after she came to office in January 2018, the county assessment roll had been frozen for nearly a decade by previous Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

Taxpayers who challenged their assessments were able to win reductions, shifting the tax burden to those who did not file grievances.

“This is the height of hypocrisy,” Christine Geed, Curran’s communications director, said in an email. “The GOP Majority fiddled while Mangano burned a corrupt assessment system to the ground.

This is the Majority that froze the assessment roll 10 years ago and began unfairly shifting property taxes to one-half of the County’s taxpayers.”

Geed said the Curran administration has hosted 57 community meetings on assessment, three in each legislative district, and currently the administration is hosting property tax exemption workshops.

“We want this legislature to do their job,” she said. “And stop fearmongering during an election year.”

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Shared Services Panel has first meet Curran-led panel’s goal is to bring county and other government officials together

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran speaks at a shared services panel meeting.

Nassau County held its first Shared Services Panel meeting at the Office of Emergency Management last Wednesday, with more than 100 municipal leaders attending.

The panel’s goal is to bring county and other government officials together to find ways to save money through shared services among local governments in Nassau County.

Nassau County’s Shared Services Panel, chaired by County Executive Laura Curran, is made up of the chief executive officer of each city, town and village, while representatives of school, fire or special improvement districts can join subcommittees.

“From services, to storage, to equipment, to technology, there are so many ways that municipalities in Nassau County can lend a hand to each other and in turn save residents money,” Curran said. “In the end, it’s all about being cost effective and utilizing our resources to the fullest, and that is

why this shared services initiative is so important.”

The meeting included a presentation by the State University of New York’s Rockefeller Institute of Government and an open forum for officials to discuss ideas for the 2019 plan.

“Nassau County has a tremendous opportunity to save taxpayers money while delivering better, more efficient public services,” Rockefeller Institute President Jim Malatras said, adding that he looks forward to working with Curran and officials to make a “forwardthinking plan.”

The panel spawned from the County-Wide Shared Services Initiative passed in 2017 by the New York Legislature and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. It requires every county, except New York City, to create a shared services plan.

Nassau County saved $200,000 as a result of its 2017 plan, according to the county executive’s office, and is eligible for matching funds from the state.

The 2019 plan will be implemented in 2020.

Suozzi visits border, Scaramucci calls Trump blasts conditions tweets ‘reprehensible’

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N

and demand attention, U.S. Rep. Tom

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said on Tuesday, The conditions facing immigrants following a weekend trip to inspect two Anthony Scaramucci, a Manhasset resiheld in detention centers are awful, are border facilities. dent who was President Donald Trump’s Continued on Page 68 White House communications director for worsened by the Trump administration 11 days, denounced his former boss’s weekend tweets attacking four Democratic congresswomen as racist and “reprehensible.”

“I don’t think the president is a racist but here’s the thing,” Scaramucci said in a radio interview with BBC’s “Today” show.

“If you continue to say and act in that manner, then we all have to look at him and say ‘OK, well maybe you weren’t a racist but now you’re turning into one.”

Trump took to Twitter on Sunday morning and expressed his outrage against four freshmen congresswomen of color – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Presley and Ilhan Omar – suggesting “they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

In a tweet, Scaramucci asked if the PHOTO STILL FROM MSNBC president would ever make a similar comment to a white member of Congress. “No,” Scaramucci tweeted. “That’s why the comU.S. Rep Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove, spoke up about the were racist and unacceptable.” president’s immigration policy and what he saw at border detention facilities ments Three of the four congresswomen were on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe.” born in the United States. Omar obtained

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Anthony Scaramucci called Trump’s weekend tweets ‘reprehensible.’

U.S. citizenship status in 2000 when she was 17 years old.

Scaramucci said that he still supports the president but that he does not have to accept every one of the president’s statements, a move he described as “un-American.”

The former communications director, who was reared in Port Washington, also criticized Republican lawmakers for failing to speak out against the tweets.

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Home sales drop 14 percent from last June

BY J ES S I C A PA R K S Nassau County saw a 14 percent drop in home sales last month compared with the same month the previous year, according to

a report from Multiple Listing Service Long Island.

The number of properties sold in June, 1,128, however, was an 11 percent increase from May, when 1,015 homes were sold.

This continues the trend of the past two years where home sales peak during the summer before ramping down in the fall throughout the winter to pick up again in the spring.

Pending sales in the

county also dropped since last June but by a much smaller margin of less than 1 percent.

The pending sales count in June was also a small drop from the month before.

The median price of sold homes in June was $550,000, a 6 percent jump from June 2018, when the median price was $519,000.

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Sales prices have been climbing since February except for a brief drop in April.

June’s median price for pending sales was also recorded as $550,000, which is a 3.4 percent increase over last June.

Nassau County home shoppers had 6,285 homes to choose from last month, and if broadening their search across the island had 19,150 homes to view.

Multiple Listing Service includes Queens in its snapshot of Long Island’s housing market.

Queens recorded a median home price of $600,000 last month while Suffolk County reported $405,125.

Both neighboring counties also saw significant drops in their sold home counts when comparing last month with the same month the year before.

Some 599 homes were sold in Queens last month, an almost 24 percent drop from June 2018, when 787 were sold. In Suffolk, 1,478 homes were sold last month, down 11 percent from the 1,666 homes sold in June 2018.

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Hempstead bed bugs cause political uproar

Panel blasts Sater for failing to comply

Receiver Clavin goes after Gillen, town response

Info sought on Moscow Trump Tower

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S

company.

The Mueller report also identified Sater as the first to suggest that the real estate project’s success could help Trump clinch the Republican nomination.

“Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it,” Sater said in an email to his childhood friend, Cohen, on Nov. 3, 2015. “Putin gets on stage with Donald for a ribbon cutting for Trump Moscow, and Donald owns the Republican nomination.

And possibly beats Hillary and our boy is in.”

New York Magazine reported that Cohen and Sater were childhood friends, having grown up in Brooklyn together.

Sater was born in Russia and at the age of 7 moved to Brighton Beach with his family, claiming refugee status from the Soviet Union because of his Jewish religion.

He attended Pace University and dropped out at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a stockbroker on Wall Street. When he was 25, he lost his stockbroker’s license after an argument at a bar led to his arrest for stabbing a man in the face with the broken stem of a margarita glass.

In an attempt to stay involved with Wall Street, Sater became involved in a “pump and dump” scheme where his company inflated stock prices and sold them off once investors started buying in, according to court documents.

After having pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering in 1998, Sater was enlisted by the FBI as an informant and “provided crucial intelligence information and assistance to numerous U.S. national security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies,” he said in a Continued on Page 69

Felix Sater, a former Sands Point resident and ex-associate of Donald Trump, testified before the House intelligence committee last week after several postponements.

After his closed-door testimony, however, the committee issued a rare statement saying that Sater did not fully comply as he had told multiple news outlets.

Patrick Boland, the committee spokesman, said Sater did not fully cooperate with the committee and is to remain under subpoena until he does so.

He said that Sater did not produce the documents requested and avoided responding to questions on a statement provided by Trump’s former attorney, Michael D. Cohen, citing “attorney-client privilege,” according to Reuters.

Sater was questioned about his knowledge of the proposed Trump Tower Moscow. Cohen PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RECEIVER OF TAXES OFFICE originally testified that negotiations had come to a halt in January 2016, but later acknowledged that Receiver Clavin is running for town supervisor in this year’s general election. they continued until June 2016, extending further into Trump’s Fricchione said in his state- presidential campaign than was

BY TOM M CC A RT HY ment that the situation was previously known.

Cohen and Sater’s exchange A bed bug infestation in a “ axpayers deserve discussed at length with union of communications about a Trump leaders and department heads. town building caused an uproar Tower in Moscow and an effort to to know what you’re The quarantine is in one area in Hempstead last week. arrange a meeting between Trump of the building and the town is After learning about the indoing in this building.” doing what the experts suggest, and Russian President Vladimir festation in his office building, Donald X. Clavin he said. On Clavin’s news confer- Putin were outlined in Justice Donald X. Clavin, tax receiver ence, Fricchione said it was “fear Department special prosecutor and Republican candidate for TAX RECEIVER AND REPUBLICAN Robert Mueller’s report released mongering at its worst.” supervisor, demanded at a news CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVISOR Fricchione said in an inter- in April. conference last Thursday that The report stated that initial view that this is not the first inthe Town of Hempstead close communications about the Mosthe building until it was fumi- said. He said that this included festation in a town building and cow project commenced in sumthat it is not “normal protocol” gated. the economic development ofmer 2015 when Sater reached “Why are we here today? fice, the public safety office and to close buildings.

Clavin is running for super- out to the Trump Organization on Because there is simply a bed a lunchroom. behalf of I.C. Expert Investments, bug infestation problem in this “Taxpayers deserve to know visor against the Democratic in- a Russian real estate development cumbent, Laura Gillen.

The genbuilding,” Clavin said. what you’re doing in this builderal election is on Nov. 5.

The town did not close the ing,” Clavin said.

On Tuesday, Clavin spokesbuilding, but a fumigator came Right before Clavin’s news in, and Clavin’s spokesman said conference, Supervisor Laura person Casey Sammons said, Tuesday that the infestation had Gillen’s press secretary, Michael “We are told the building is been cleared up.

Fricchione issued a statement safe.” In a followup email SamLast Thursday Clavin said opposing Clavin’s call for closing mons wrote, “The exterminator eventually came after work on that his office in the building the building. at 200 N. Franklin St. in Hemp“The Town of Hempstead Friday and on Saturday to treat stead has 50 employees and is administration was informed the building (a full day after the about to see “one of the busiest of a possible bedbug threat last Thursday press conference). Don seasons,” when “thousands and night in an office space located had called for the administration thousands” of residents come in. within the Town’s 200N. Frank- to shut the building down on Clavin said that he had been lin St. Building. Professional ex- Thursday until the building was made aware of the problem last terminators were immediately treated, but they did not.”

Sammons said that the exThursday morning and criticized called to inspect and treat the the town’s communication about infected area, which has been terminator saw no signs of bed the issue. quarantined until another round bugs in the building and that the “This isn’t simply one of- of treatment takes place later to- exterminator will do a follow-up COURTESY OF YOUTUBE fice. It is now turned out to be night,” Fricchione said in a state- inspection in two weeks to see if further treatment is needed. in various departments,” Clavin ment.

Felix Sater at Chabad of Port Washington in 2014.

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Kroplick steps down as town historian Plans to focus on Roslyn Grist Mill and seeks ‘improved life balance’ after seven years

BY T E R I W EST Howard Kroplick has resigned from his position as Town of North Hempstead historian, which he held for more than seven years.

The East Hills resident and president of the Roslyn Landmark Society cited a desire for an improved life balance as his reason for stepping down.

“For over seven years, it has been a real honor to work with you to preserve and restore the amazing history of our town,” Kroplick wrote in an email to the Town of North Hempstead staff on June 17.

He told Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth on June 3 that he would be resigning.

“We are all indebted to Howard Kroplick for educating us about the intriguing history of our Town and for helping us to keep that history alive and relevant to today,” Bosworth said in a statement.

“He will be greatly missed and we are so appreciative for all he has done for the Town and its residents.”

The town historian position is currently vacant, said

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD

Howard Kroplick with the Town of North Hempstead Board. a town spokesperson. The historian is responsible for conducting research related to projects and restorations, advising the Town Board on related matters and serving on the town’s Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Kroplick said two of his favorite accomplishments were bringing the Mackay Horse Statue into Roslyn’s Gerry Park and restoring Great Neck Plaza’s Allen Cemetery.

“I worked with the Allen family and had to really bring together the neighbors, Great Neck Plaza and the town,” Kroplick said.

The town gave Kroplick a proclamation last Tuesday in honor of his work along with a cardboard cutout fashioned like a historic marker.

“At this location, Howard Kroplick served as the Town of North Hempstead’s Town Historian from 2012-2019,

where he preserved, restored, and marked places of historical significance,” it reads.

Kroplick had three historic markers placed throughout the town, which alert the public to the historic significance of a landmark.

One was recently placed at the Roslyn Grist Mill, a site dating to the early 1700s that the Roslyn Landmark Society is leading the restoration of.

The restoration is planned

to be a three-year project, which Kroplick is focusing much of his efforts on as the president of the society, a position he took on in September.

In 2016, Kroplick won the Edmund J. Winslow Local Government Historian Award for Excellence, which the Association of Public Historians of New York State presents to one historian annually.

COMMUNITY NEWS

N. Hempstead’s boating safety tips North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board would like to remind residents of responsible boating practices for the 2019 season.

“Boater safety education is crucial.

It can prevent accidents and save lives,” said Bosworth. “By carefully following the rules of the water, respecting the waters and obtaining the proper certifications and training, you are not only protecting yourself and your family, but other boaters as well.”

According to the most recent Recreational Boating Statistics, an annual report that contains statistics on recreational boating accidents and state vessel registration, “In 2017, the Coast Guard counted 4,291 accidents that involved 658 deaths, 2,629 injuries and approximately $46 million of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents.” Statistics for 2018 are not yet available.

These chilling numbers are an indication that boaters need to be aware of safety measures on all waterways including when boating off of North Hempstead’s Town Dock in Port Washington.

Boats on the water.

Boating while intoxicated is not taken lightly, and can lead to serious consequences. In New York State, you will be arrested for BWI for operating a boat or personal watercraft with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or higher.

Just as with driving, alcohol affects your peripheral vision, night vision, judgment, coordination, balance, reaction time and ability to focus: all skills that are necessary to operate a watercraft.

To stay safe, boaters should carry the necessary boating information and certifications with them at all times. It is im-

portant to have the right safety gear and equipment before you get out on the water, such as a first aid kit, life jackets, and distress signals. It is also imperative for boaters to always be aware of the weather conditions, operate at a safe speed at all times, and avoid alcohol.

Safety Tips for Boating Wear a life jacket every time you are out on the water. The 2016 Recreational Boating Statistics compiled by the United States Coast Guard showed that over 80 percent of fatal boating accident victims drowned. Of those, almost 83 percent

were not wearing a life jacket. Life jackets must be readily accessible; not in packaging or buried below other gear.

Make sure all of your life jackets are U.S. Coast Guard approved and in good condition with no rips or tears. Replace worn out jackets so when needed, they will provide the buoyancy necessary to keep you afloat and alive.

Size matters when it comes to life jacket selection and use. When boating with children, make sure they are wearing properly sized and fitted life jackets.

Children must not be able to slide out of life jackets when they hit the water.

Don’t operate a vessel while impaired by alcohol or drugs. Alcohol use is the leading contributing factor in fatal boating accidents; it was listed as the leading factor in 15 percent of deaths in the 2012 boating statistics.

Pay attention to your surroundings and boat responsibly. 77 percent of deaths on boats occurred where the operator had no boating safety instruction.

For more information on safety tips and navigation rules, call 311.

Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead.

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GOP counts on you not remembering In the 2000 movie “Memento” a man suffers short-term memory loss every five minutes following an assault.

In the Nassau County Legislature, Republicans apparently believe voters have forgotten the past 20 years.

How else to explain the GOP’s legislative focus this year – politicize, undermine and gum up any way possible Nassau County Executive Laura Curran’s efforts to reassess all property in the county.

And, more recently, the Republicans’ refusal to hire a skilled labor lawyer to represent the Nassau Interim Finance Authority at the bargaining table to help negotiate a new contract with the Police Benevolent Association.

To track down the people who attacked him and killed his wife, the protagonist in “Memento” uses Polaroid photographs and tattoos.

In that spirit, we offer a few memory aids for county voters to keep in mind when viewing the activities of Republicans in the Nassau County Legislature.

We start around the time “Memento” was released in 2000 when Nassau County, one of the richest counties in New York state, nearly went broke.

The county, which had been under Republican control for decades, would have gone bankrupt had Nassau not gone hat in hand to the state Legislature and asked for a $500 million bailout.

The result? The county received $100 million in state aid and authority to borrow $400 million.

But there was a catch. The county was put under the control of NIFA. And why was one of the wealthiest counties in New York state unable to pay its expenses?

There were many reasons.

One of the major reasons was the amount of money paid to its employees beginning with the police.

Not long ago, Newsday published an exhaustive study of Long Island’s scandal-plagued political system that showed how Republican officials in the late 1960s began awarding public employee unions led by the police generous contracts in return for political support.

The police, who set the pace for the other county unions, were in fact among the highest paid officersin the nation.

Nine of the top 10 highest paid county employees in New York State in 2018 were still working as Nassau County police – a year in which the average salary for Nassau officers actually came down to $104,263 – compared with $145,000 in 2013.

But officers still get as many as 70 paid days off each year and payouts in the hundreds of thousands of dollars when they retire.

The reduction in police pay – and a decline in the county’s deficit – might be attributed to NIFA’s participation in the last police contract negotiations in 2014.

As could the decline in the county’s deficit in 2018 to $27.5 million in red ink – down from the $122.4 million hole in 2017, according to the county comptroller’s annual financial report released Tuesday.

County Comptroller Jack Schnirman attributed the decline in the deficit to $60 million in savings from reduced personnel expenses, including fringe benefits.

In 2014, the PBA approved NIFA’s presence as did Republican legislators.

But now the PBA doesn’t want a NIFA representative at the table.

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And surprise, surprise neither do Republican legislators.

In fact, Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to remove the directors of NIFA for spending $125,000 on their labor lawyer.

Nicolello said that NIFA’s hiring of lawyer Gary Dellaverson thwarts the Legislature’s will because the county pays NIFA’s bills. He said he was particularly bothered by Dellaverson’s flat monthly fee.

For a county that pays officers hundreds of thousands of dollars when they retire, spending $125,000 on a highly qualified labor lawyer seems like a small and worthwhile investment – something voters may want to remember.

A second major cost to the county has been a troubled property assessment system that has Nassau obligated to pay $70 million or more annually in refunds.

A recent analysis of Nassau County’s property reassessment found that the new assessments are well within every major profes-

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underpaying their taxes.

They also said nothing when experts analyzed the reassessment overseen by a certified assessor and found that county assessments were essentially correct.

Instead, Republican legislators have called for the firing of the county assessor, passed legislation vetoed by Curran to hold a referendum asking for the county assessor position to be made an elective position, demanded to see the formula used by the assessor to establish property values and just this week introduced an “Assessment Bill of Rights.”

All with a straight face.

The “Bill of Rights” would require, among other things, the county assessor to live in Nassau County. Why? Isn’t getting more accurate assessments more important? Oh, guess where County Assessor David Moog lives. Queens.

Missing from the Republicans’ list is that the county assessor be certified.

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sional standard of accuracy.

This was a significant accomplishment after eight years during Republican Edward Mangano’s reign as county executive when there were no reassessments and no certified assessor in charge.

During this time, $2.7 billion was shifted from people who challenged their property taxes to those who didn’t – who just so happened to be younger, less affluent and more likely to be a member of a minority.

And the county was left with a $70 million bill each year payable to the people who successfully challenged their property tax bill – often at the urging of county legislators.

This occurred at a time when firms hired to challenge property tax bills were among the largest campaign contributors to the county executive and legislators.

Nassau County Republicans also said nothing during this period when half the property owners in Nassau County were overpaying their taxes and the other half were

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ON THE RIGHT

Summer reading for political junkies Here are books I recommend that political junkies read while vacationing: “The Conservative Sensibility” by George Will: The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has written a splendid magnum opus on the meaning of American conservatism.

In his book, Will, who earned a Ph.D in political philosophy from Princeton, stresses that conservatism for him is about conserving the wisdom of the nation’s founders. “This book,” he writes, “is my attempt [to show] the continuing pertinence of the founding principles, and by tracing many of our myriad discontents to departures from these principles.”

For the founders there are pre-existing natural rights by which all man-made rules must be measured. Hence, “the case for limited government,” Will observes, “is grounded in the empirical evidence that human beings have something in common – human nature – but are nevertheless incorrigibly different in capabilities and aspirations.” Because there is universal human nature, the founders held

there “can be universal principles of political organization and action.”

Will calls on conservatives to provide the leadership to temper “government hubris and overreach” and to persuade Americans that “their political appetites are large parts of the problem.”

He concedes the task will be difficult because restoring “the dignity of constitutional government depends on restraints of a sort that do not come easily to conservatives or any other Americans.” But, Will concludes, the restraints requisite for limited government “will come only from thoughtful reverence from the nation’s founding, a reverence that not only honors the memory of the founders but is conscientious in understanding their principles.”

“War and Peace: F.D.R.’s Final Odyssey, D-Day to Yalta 1943-1945” by Nigel Hamilton: To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Hamilton brought out the third volume of his trilogy on President Franklin D. Roosevelt as our nation’s commander-inchief.

Hamilton explains how the

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right cunning Roosevelt used all his political skills to overcome British opposition, led by Winston Churchill, to landing Allied forces in France.

Fearing World War I-like trench warfare that could lead to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of troops, Churchill and his generals pulled every trick in the book to shelve the invasion.

This led to military sideshows in the Mediterranean and one of the greatest disasters of the war, the Battle of Anzio.

That amphibious invasion, which

Hamilton reveals was a Churchill idea, sustained 44,000 causalities. The objective to liberate Rome in a matter of weeks, took almost six months.

Using recently released documents, Hamilton proves that FDR was the true architect of the Allies’ victory in Europe.

“Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court”

by Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino: The authors do an incredible job of giving a blowby-blow description of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination battle.

The book, based on interviews with more than 100 people who were major players during the ordeal, exposes the lies, bombastic rhetoric, and slanderous accusations that Kavanaugh and his family had to endure.

“Justice on Trial” is a firstrate, well-sourced, insiders’ account of a ruthless campaign of personal destruction that culminated in Kavanaugh’s impassioned defense of his character and his decades of government service.

“Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While

Others Collapse” by Timothy Carney: To understand Trump voters in fly-over America, journalist Tim Carney, an editor at the Washington Examiner, took to his automobile and traveled through the rust belt regions meeting with “alienated” citizens.

What he learned was that so many people have come to believe the American Dream is dead because their communities have been crumbling all around them. The root of the problem, Carney concluded, is not economic but social.

Trump country “is the place where hope is low and where the good life appears out of reach.”

They are people who live in communities that “have seen declines in marriage, church attendance and volunteer work.”

And it will take more than job training programs, entitlement spending or corporate tax cuts to fix these places.

To understand what is driving the nation’s growing divisions and how to restore our social fabric read “Alienated America.”

Happy vacation reading!

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

What’s in a name? Not what you expect

I

’ve been hearing my name in the news, lately — my last name. Unfortunately, it is not for anything praiseworthy I have done, but for something quite the opposite done by somebody else.

Let me state right here and now that I am NOT related to Jeffrey Epstein, who is described on Wikipedia as a “financier, philanthropist and registered sex offender.”

I am certain we are not related — well, as certain as I can be, short of appearing on “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and having him trace my family tree.

Names are important. When I got married, I elected to keep my maiden name — or, as I preferred to call it, “my name.”

Whenever anyone (usually men) asked me why my last name differed from my husband’s, I explained: “He didn’t want to change his.”

When anyone pressed me further, I gave them the rest of

the answer: When I was a little girl, I promised myself that someday Judy Epstein would be a published writer. I had to be able to keep that promise.

That decision ended up giving my children a certain amount of plausible deniability when I wrote about them. If one of their classmates ever asked them, “Say, is that your mother who never gets rid of the clutter?” my children could always say, “Of course not! We don’t even have the same last name.”

But even the most carefully contrived arrangement can backfire. One year I agreed to speak at my son’s middle school Career Day about being a writer.

According to the terms of an excruciatingly complicated treaty, I could speak to any English class in the building, as long as it wasn’t his own.

That morning, the teacher ran into another boy in his year — a boy whose last name happened to be Epstein. “Your mom is coming up to school this morn-

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A Look on the Lighter Side ing,” he announced.

Horror stricken, the boy replied, “Why? What did I do?”

“You didn’t do anything. It’s because she’s a writer.”

“But she isn’t!”

The teacher finally figured out that the boy with my name was not my boy; my boy had a different last name.

There seem to be a lot of Epsteins around these days to whom I am not related. But there

were not so many back when — and where — I was growing up.

For example, I am not related to Brian Epstein, Englishborn manager of the Beatles.

But I was nevertheless grateful for his arrival on the scene when the Beatles came to America. Finally, my name was not entirely strange to my teachers and classmates in Silver Spring, Md. I was even more grateful — as were my brothers — when Mike Epstein, the baseball player, joined the Washington Senators in May 1967. At last, a sports figure with our last name! And he was good news for the entire area. In his first at-bat against his former team, the Baltimore Orioles, he hit a grand slam home run. He was clear about being an Epstein, and clear about being a Jew, and finally people could pronounce my last name the way I do (EP-steen).

By the time I got to college, there were several more Epsteins to discuss. People would ask, “Say, are you related to Jacob

Epstein, the sculptor?”

“No.” “Jason Epstein, the editor and publisher?”

“Wouldn’t that be useful?

But no.”

“Well, what about your half of that virus — you know…Epstein-something?”

“Epstein-Barr? Again, no.”

Finally, in self-defense, I developed a way to cut short the interrogations. “I can save us both a lot of time,” I would say.

“I’m not related to any Epstein you’ve ever heard of.”

“Good!” exclaimed a boy I’d just met. “Because there’s this son of a bitch who runs the Nassau County Motor Vehicles Department!”

“Oh. That’s my Uncle Larry.”

Sure enough, my new acquaintance had received a ticket the previous summer, which I’m sure he deserved, and my Uncle Lawrence Epstein’s name had been all over the paperwork.

I’ve never been prouder.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

The way we were back in 1949

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emories! Are you a person who relishes thinking about your past?

Or would you prefer to keep your sights primarily on the future? Once a tide of memories rises, it can sweep in many directions and reflect many years.

Could you – would you – go with such a flow to explore with friends and family what you’ve done, with whom, and how you felt?

There is a risk of sharing more past stories than listeners may be prepared to hear. However, stories are gauges of our own identity, of our relationships, and of how we situate ourselves in society. As Barbra Streisand sang in 1973: “Memories may be beautiful and yet, what’s too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget.”

Memory prompts can emerge at any time, in any circumstances, and with different people. Several memory tides swept me along during the past few days. While I was at the marvelous Winthrop Cardiorehab center in Mineola, there were a few pause points when I chatted with the superb staff that guides folks like me.

I commented to Candace, John and Christina that the music playing that morning not

only helped me to move faster on the treadmill, but it also reminded me of Johnny Mathis.

I asked the three staff folks (all decades younger than I) whether they had seen the 1982 film “Diner.” My goal was to highlight the young male actors in the movie who asked each other “What music do you play when you want romancing with your girl – Sinatra or Mathis?” Unanimously, they answered: Mathis.

None of those younger rehab staff folks had seen “Diner.”

I noted that Johnny Mathis was having a one-day appearance on Long Island for his tour “Voice of Romance.” At age 83, Mathis is as vibrant as ever. Everyone seemed enthused about seeing the “Diner” film.

Then a connection occurred to me about visiting the great Mineola diner Biscuits and Barbecues (from the 1940s). Ah – how quickly the connections can flow in many directions. The film “Diner” is set in 1959, but referring to a 1940s diner prompted my memories that this is the 70th anniversary of the year I entered high school.

My teen pals and I logged lots of diner hours.

At Winthrop rehab, John, who just graduated from college, has

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field been a delight in sharing youthful memories of his exceptional athletic experiences, both in college and at Mineola High School. Indeed, a theme from the film “Diner” is how extensively young men bonded from shared athletic experiences.

Because my sports experiences began in the 1940s, there would be more to remember than even close relatives might endure. I was deeply interested in John’s all-county sports awards and impressed by his modesty in presenting them.

I did relish telling John that I was one of two freshmen in 1949 to make the varsity football team at Tappan Zee High School in Piermont. Because football was one of John’s stellar games, I briefly

told him how fortunate my group was to play for Big Nick Mottola (who later came to coach on Long Island). John showed sports bonding across generations when I elaborated on our team, including our behemoth tackles, “Two Ton Alise” and “Ding Dong DeMaio.” I was tempted to start diagramming our multiple formations, but I restrained myself. Although I was the third string (13-year-old) varsity quarterback, I threw for a touchdown on my very first pass (for historical precision, I added that the pass was only for six yards and Joe “Mercury” Mercurio (a senior) lived up to his nickname and ran the rest of the distance for a TD).

Even if John presses for additional sports memories, I’m not likely to say more about my 70th anniversary freshman year of 1949, except perhaps the memory of being on the school bowling team after developing skills as a pin boy (another lost job for kids).

I had no idea that there was a town in New York called “Florida” where we went to compete in the state tournament.

As our team’s lead-off bowler, I’ll never forget the”297” I rolled in that tournament (unfortunately that was my total for all three games, with 99 in each of them!).

In the spirit of Barbra Streisand’s film “The Way We Were,” I never lost that memory, but many happier ones put it in perspective.

Looking at William D. Cohen’s new book “Four Friends,” it is disturbing to read of his own high school pals as he laments “the searing contrast between the infinite promise of youth and the harsh reality of adulthood.”

Memories focused on high school years reflect a challenging time for teens. During these discussions I received an email from Miriam, my high school steady girlfriend from 1950 to 1953. (My other great Winthrop rehab supporters, Ronit and Allie, were rather stunned.)

Miriam did include other classmates; she emphasized her theme over the decades – that our Fifties youth generation was fortunate to live during “an age of innocence.”

Edith Wharton was reclaimed!

But we may still need to revisit former Long Islander Ralph Keyes book, “Is There Life After High School?” Streisand’s memories song poses these queries: “Can it be that it was all so simple then, or has time rewritten every line, if we had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would we?

Could we?

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What Apollo 11 really accomplished

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ostalgia is such a beautiful thing. Like a dream, what is recalled are only the beautiful things.

The Apollo 11 landing on the moon on July 20, 1969, is universally acclaimed as a highpoint for American ingenuity, innovation, leadership in technology and quite literally the “one step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

But as this 50th anniversary has come around of an event which virtually everyone who was alive at the time can remember precisely, we get to see in the numerous documentaries, movies, articles, museum exhibitions such as are on at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, more of what happened behind-the-scenes.

There was huge opposition to the space program – by “liberals” (progressives) who said the billions being spent would better be spent on rebuilding cities, combating poverty, improving education; by conservatives who resented taxpayer money being spent; by those who objected to the lives lost in this

quest to leave the planet, including astronauts. Indeed, 1968 was a brutal year – the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, rioting, protests for civil rights, women’s rights, to end the Vietnam War. We hear again John F. Kennedy’s invocation, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone.”

But it is important to understand the politics behind it.

I got a bit of that at the panel convened at the Cradle of Aviation with five of the astronauts (three who actually walked on the moon) and two mission controllers. Asked what was different then and lacking to motivate a new mission with the same Apollo-zeal, they pointed to the absence of a villain to compete

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with – then it was Russia.

They also remarked that the neophyte agency of NASA hadn’t had time to become fossilized or bureaucratic (which I question and it certainly was a political animal).

They remarked how young everybody was. The astronauts were all (white male) fighter pilots who were prepared to die for the mission; the engineers at Grumman were too young, snapped up right out of college, to realize what they

couldn’t do, and so filled with idealistic zeal, they worked around the clock.

Today, new adversity with China, which has a vigorous space program (including demonstrating its ability to shoot down satellites), is likely to spur a new race to dominate space, but not for “all mankind” but for military domination.

At a discussion of three who worked at Grumman’s lunar module program, organized by the Gold Coast Arts Center after a screening of “First Man” at Cradle of Aviation Museum, two astonishing points were made: without the horrific tragedy of the fire that took the lives of Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Ed White II, said the moon landing probably would not have been successful. “It showed all the problems….”

Howard Frauenberger, a co-op engineering intern on the LEM project, also noted that Russia might have beaten the USA to the moon and planted its own flag, but its moonshot, on July 3 (intentionally

the day before Independence Day), failed. How the world would have been different if Russia had beaten the USA to the moon.

Now people urge a “moonshot” to cure Alzheimer’s or cancer (Obama named Biden in charge of that, but of course it was disbanded

by Trump), an Apollo-scale program to green our energy and our economy.

But what is missing is the immediate sense of competition for leadership. That is a gigantic mistake.

The Trump Administration might be trying to re-structure the USA back to the 1950s – the glory days of white male domination, when the USA, the only power with an effective economy left standing after World War II, could strut its power like an Ugly American around the globe – but China and Russia, are forging ahead, using the model of American Empire founded on capitalism, to reestablish their own glory days of Empire.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Swallowing a credit card weekly?

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n the culture of convenience, materials designed to last forever are unfortunately produced for single use.

A trillion pieces of litter form large aggregates in the world’s oceans, exemplifying the throwaway culture we subscribe to with our purchases.

I have read reports that say less than 10 percent of plastic ever produced has been recycled; the rest is in oceans, landfills, or destined for incinerators (adding toxic fumes to air pollution). We can’t recycle our way out of this crisis. It is estimated that the ocean will contain a 1:3 ratio of plastic to fish by 2025 if we don’t make dramatic changes to our habits.Wealthy countries are guilty of exporting their recyclables to low-income countries with no infrastructure to keep up on their end. The plastic we ship to less developed countries ends up as mismanaged waste and will eventually return to our shores.

In the Town of North Hempstead, only plastics marked No. 1 and No. 2 are now considered for recycling and, that said, not certain to make it to the other end of the process-

ing line. We need to rethink our purchases, reduce and, most importantly, refuse single-use nonrecyclables. Why? The World Wide Fund for Nature isn’t just concerned about visible plastic pollution as an obvious threat to life on land and sea.

Alarmed about the presence of microplastics (size <5 mm), WWF-funded scientists recently claimed that an average person consumes thousands of tiny pieces of plastic weekly, or the equivalent in weight to a credit card. How does that feel (gulp)?

They found water to be the main source of microplastics.

The only solution to the plastic crisis is to waste less.

We need to start treating ourselves and the environment with care and concern, lest we literally become what we dispose of. Plastic breakdown products are now detected in most of our bodily fluids and tissues. We don’t know the long-term health effects from ingesting plastics. We do know that some types of plastics have additives that are carcinogenic.

The World Health Organization is currently reviewing the impact of microplastics on human

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health.

You can make a difference with your choices. Until governments demand change in corporate behaviors, conscious consumers can use their credit cards to put pressure on producers. Before you purchase your next single-use non-recyclable item, pause and question yourself: is this necessary? Is there a better alternative? Make what’s left of July a “Plastic Free July.”

More information on that can be found at http://www.plasticfreejuly.org/.

Have fun with this challenge and see how many changes you

can make if you simply pause before purchasing, reconsider and make better choices. Refuse non-essentials. Stop using nonrecyclables (plastic bags, bottles, straws, stirrers, spoons and balloons). Support local farmers markets, bring your own reusable bags for produce. Choose biodegradable packaging. Try bar soap, brush your teeth with bamboo brushes and floss with compostable silk.Adopting a zero waste mentality overnight is practically impossible, so don’t feel obliged to change everything at once. Aim for less waste, go with what feels easy at first and you’ll see how one thing leads to another. Stay curious about your daily habits.

You’ll notice plenty of things you can do to reduce and refuse single-use plastics. If everyone does a little bit, a lot can get done. Refuse to use single-use styrofoam containers for food items. New York city already banned styrofoam. Ralph’s Ices on Main Street in Port Washington is switching from styrofoam to more environmentally friendly containers. Encourage your favorite restaurant or deli to move towards biodegrad-

able packaging and expect that they’ll have to charge more.

It is unfair for small business owners and consumers to have to carry all the weight.

Ideally, at the corporate level, producers of single-use items should be held responsible. We need to put pressure on industry to take responsibility and take the necessary steps to clean up their acts. This month we celebrate that the European parliament raised the bar by banning certain single-use plastics and enforcing much stricter regulation on production. “Polluter pays” principles encourage corporate responsibility. The Break Free From Plastics movement is a global initiative committed to helping the public put pressure on local governance to change corporate behavior. To join the movement to break free from plastic sign up here http:// www.breakfreefromplastic.org/.

“Think about it. Why would you make something that you’re going to use for a few minutes out of a material that’s basically going to last forever, and you’re just going to throw it away.

What’s up with that?” Jeb Berrier, BagIt movie.

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Neighbor said: ‘Go back to Prince St.’

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n Sunday, July 14, President Trump tweeted that four Democratic lawmakers, all women of color, should “go back” to where they came from. When I first read his tweet, it brought me back to my childhood. My family had just moved from a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Newark, N.J., to a nearby suburb called Maplewood.

My grandparents were all Eastern European immigrants from Poland and Russia who fled persecution and settled in Newark to raise their families in the 1920s and 30s.

I wasn’t familiar with the suburbs. In Newark, everything was concrete. We lived in a flat. My friends and I played on the sidewalks and in the streets. I don’t remember seeing much green. No front lawns, few trees and maybe a small patch of grass in the back.

In Newark, the stores were just around the corner. I could walk anywhere: to the grocery, bakery, hot dog joint, candy store and luncheonette. In the suburbs

wheels were needed to get most anywhere.

We left Newark in the summer of 1961, so that my younger brother and I could begin the year at our new school. I started to make a few new friends. We played close to home, often in someone’s backyard or driveway, especially if they had a basketball hoop. Or, we rode our bikes to the schoolyard or park.

As fall came, the leaves blanketed front yards. Everyone raked the leaves into the street and burned them. Fire in the street and the smell of burning leaves was something new to me and now an indelible memory.

Another memory is a day during my first winter in Maplewood when it snowed so much that school was canceled. My brother and I were up early in the morning and we went out to play in the snow. Snowball fights were a staple for boys in those days.

When I threw a snowball at a neighbor who was about my age, it must have stung because he ran into his house. The next thing I

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knew, his mother stepped outside and hollered at us, “Why don’t you go back to Prince Street!”

I didn’t know what she was talking about except I could tell from her red face and the sound of her voice that she was angry and didn’t want us around.

We went home and I asked my mom, “What is Prince Street?”

She said, “Why are you asking me that?” I said, “The lady a few houses down told us we should go back there.” My mother was wear-

ing a bathrobe and slippers. There was snow on ground but she stormed out of the house, walked two houses down, and started banging on that neighbor’s front door and screaming. She was enraged.

The neighbor lady never came out of her house. I didn’t understand what was going on.

When my mother returned, I asked her why she was so mad.

I couldn’t quite make out what she was saying. I let it go, but the memory never left me.

Years later when the incident came to mind, I did a little research and discovered that Prince Street was Newark’s version of New York City’s Lower East Side, where a concentrated immigrant Jewish population of Eastern European descent resided in coldwater tenements. According to Newark historian Nat Bodian, “Yiddish was the primary language heard on the street. Pushcarts lined the curbs on both sides of the street.”

Despite one morning of unpleasantness as time went by our

families resumed cordial relations. Although now understanding where my neighbor was coming from, I have since forgiven her.

If only the animus in our nation could be so easily remedied.

If only, the president’s tweet was just a fleeting expression of anger, as offensive as it was, as opposed to further evidence of a deeply entrenched pattern of racial intolerance that is becoming normalized in the U.S. All people of good conscience on both sides of the political battleground must transcend their partisan interests long enough to stand up and speak out against such expressions.

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, including support for pregnant and parenting teens and their babies. To find out more, visit www.northshorechildguidance.org.

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Why didn’t Port win Intel prize?

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o the Port Washington School District Board of Education: I’ve already explained, a number of times elsewhere, that there are 56 school districts in Nassau County and that, based on the proficiency results achieved by students on annual state examinations in mathematics and in English language arts, one-third of the districts are ranked as being high achieving, one-third are ranked as average and one-third are ranked as poorly performing.

For as many years as I can remember back, our Port Washington School District has been consistently ranked as an average school district, somewhere between No. 25 and No. 28 in the rankings of the 56. Surprisingly perhaps, we are surrounded by many consistently high-achieving school districts, like Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, Jericho, Syosset, Herricks, Garden City, East Williston, Locust Valley and others.

When our Port Washington

school officials are asked why is it that Port Washington fails to be ranked as a high-achieving school district like all of our neighbors, our school officials tell us that it’s because of: 1. demographics, 2. economic disadvantage and 3. the large number of our students with special needs attending school.

Every school district in New York state is required to file an annual school report card with the State Education Department up in Albany. These annual school report cards can be found on the internet, for you to read, if you would like to.

The annual reports disclose much educational data, including the demographics in each school district, the number of students in each district who are economically disadvantaged and the number in each district who are classified as having special needs. I can find no school district that doesn’t have at least some students in each of the three categories just mentioned. The percentages of our Port student enrollment for

1, 2 and 3 above, reported on our last school report card filed are democraphics: Hispanic/Latino 20 percent; economic disadvantage, 20 percent; and special needs 15 percent.

An article in June 30 issue of Newsday titled, “L. I. students win at Intel science fair” had a lot to say about demographics and success in academics. “Twenty-four Long Island students received awards at the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, etc., etc., etc.”

The article did not indicate that any of the 24 students named was economically disadvantaged or had special needs. But 16 of the winners are obviously demographic.

So, my question to the Port Washington school board and to our top school administrators is, “Why didn’t any Schreiber HS student win an Intel Science Fair prize for 2019?” We certainly have as much demographics as the Half Hallow Hills High Schools and the Ward Melville,

Jericho, Manhasset and Herricks High Schools. Does Schreiber HS have too much, too little or the wrong kind of demographics? I think that it’s very important that you inform our community about what the problem is and what you propose to do, to correct the problem.

My reading of the educational philosophy, “educating the whole child,” which you all say you vigorously support, states that if the family or the community or the church does not provide the opportunity for a child to learn at school, then the school will take over for the family, the community or for the church. Please advise our parents and community about how and when the Port Washington School District will take over the learning responsibilities just mentioned, when “educating the whole child” requires it to do that.

You’ve just brought on a new superintendent of schools, Dr. Michael J. Hynes. He must be an expert in educating demographic children. He is coming to us after

having spent five years at the Patchogue-Medford School District, where just about half of the 7,500 students enrolled there are demographic. If, as you imply, we in Port Washington have too much of the wrong kind of demographics enrolled, I’m sure that based on his considerable experience, Hynes will have a solution to that problem.

Our community should be informed about his solution, at the earliest possible time. It is not enough to identify problems in the school district. It is as important, or more important, to present solutions to the problems.

That is what you were elected to do. To find solutions to problems, so that the school district can advance. Our Port Washington community wants, very much, to have its school district recognized as a high-achieving school district, one that is capable of winning prizes at an Intel Science Fair.

Joel Katz Port Washington

Summer Together 2019: A success

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he organizers of “Summer Together” sincerely thank the Port Washington community for supporting our second year. Summer Together is a wholly volunteer-run program that funds summer camp scholarships and public-pool memberships for Port Washington families in need of economic assistance.

We are happy to report that 86 Port families are benefiting from this program this summer.

First and foremost we thank the dozens of donors who gave so generously to help enrich the summer experience of their

neighbors. In particular, we thank St. Stephen’s Church and the Awesome Foundation for their financial support. In addition, Summer Together was awarded a grant from the Greentree Foundation “Good Neighbor” Fund that helped enable the growth of the program, for which we are profoundly grateful.

Our efforts were made possible through our partnership with our nonprofit fiscal agent Parent Resource Center led by the efforts of Trish Class and Jessica Rauch, who have our deepest thanks.

We acknowledge the participat-

ing camps for their community spirit: Bach to Rock, Berest Dance Center, Blue Moon Project, Camp Invention, Port Youth Activities and Unlimited Sports Action. We also thank the community organizations who helped us to identify eligible campers and families including Littig House, Our Lady of Fatima, Padres en Accion, the Parent Resource Center, the Port Washington Public Library and St. Peter of Alcantara.

Summer Together works closely with the Town of North Hempstead, Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town of North

Hempstead Parks department.

We thank especially our Town Council Member Dina De Giorgio and Parks staff member Jean Zappulla.

The Dolphin Bookshop & Cafe graciously donated the use of its space for Summer Together fundraising events, and the United Methodist Church also provided much-needed meeting space.

Summer Together is organized by Long Island Together, a group of community activists working to improve access to education and enrichment opportunities for children, among other

social justice causes. Supporting organizations include The Community Synagogue Social Action Committee, Littig House, Our Lady of Fatima Social Outreach, Padres en Accion Asociacion, Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, St. Peter of Alcantara Social Ministry, St. Stephen’s Church Outreach Ministry, Temple Beth Israel Social Action Committee and the United Methodist Church PW. Summer Together’s volunteers and the members of Long Island Together

America’s future, golden or mean?

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omewhere around 2,400 years ago, the esteemed Greek philosopher Aristotle promoted living one’s life according to the Golden Mean. Essentially, the Golden Mean referred to living one’s life in the golden middle-way between two extremes — focused upon moderation in everything.

It seems obvious to me that neither Donald Trump nor Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez subscribes to Aristotle’s teachings.

When we are children, we are taught some concept of fairness (the Golden Mean) that none of us gets everything we want when we want it, especially when what we want may adversely affect someone else.

We are taught during our early years that if one keeps insisting on getting one’s way despite being enlightened about possible negative consequences to one’s self or to others, that person may be considered very stub-

born, very limited in thought, or outrightly bullyish.

It seems most politicians in America have never been taught the Golden Mean… as we now seem to be living in a political age in which most politicians have thrown the Golden Mean under the bus.

The extreme left and the extreme right traditionally have not represented the majority in this country. Yet at present, politicians representing the extreme

left and the extreme right seem to be dominating the airwaves.

I truly wonder how the majority of America’s voters perceives what our founding fathers may have envisioned as America’s permutation 200-plus years post-Jefferson’s writing our Declaration of Independence.

The 2020 presidential election will determine what kind of republic that we, as Americans, will leave as a legacy to our descendants.

Will the extremists direct our country into a liberal frenzy? Will the extremists direct our country into a king-like/authoritarian dictatorship? Will our traditional Republic/Democrat democracy go the way of the Dodo bird?

Where is Aristotle when we need him?

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New tool helps avoid readmission Northwell Health has implemented a social determinants of health screening tool that will help newly discharged hospital patients get the support they need to recover successfully and avoid readmission.

The tool, a 15-item questionnaire, provides care teams with information about patients’ social determinants of health—socioeconomic conditions that can make it harder to get healthy, such as lack of transportation that prevents people from getting to the doctor for an appointment or to a pharmacy to fill a prescription. A patient who screens positive for one or more social determinants is connected to resources that can address those needs, helping to improve health outcomes.

“We know that non-medical factors can account for as much as 80 percent of health outcomes,” said Sabina Zak, vice president of community health and health services research at Northwell. “This screening tool allows us to take a targeted approach to addressing social determinants so we can more effectively help our most vulnerable patients get well.”

The majority of the 300,000-plus inpatients treated annually at the 19 hospitals that Northwell owns and operates in the New York area will be screened within 48 hours of admission. (Patients admitted to Northwell’s maternity units and other specialty services are not part of the screening program.)

Patients who screen positive for a social determinant may be helped in a variety of ways. For instance, they

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A new screening tool helps Northwell make sure patients have what they need to recover once they leave the hospital. may be connected with a communitybased organization that can provide resources, or assisted in applying for benefits such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as food stamps), or Access-ARide, which provides transportation for people who are unable to use mass transit because of age or disabilities.

Northwell’s transitional care management team may also schedule home

visits by a nurse after a patient is discharged, so that any problems can be quickly addressed.

Social determinants will be documented in patients’ electronic medical records, with codes that are used to note non-medical factors influencing health status and health care—called “Z codes” included within the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision. This ensures that physicians

and other health care providers are aware of factors that may impact their patients’ health, and allows interventions to be tracked and assessed. It also provides a rich resource for research, and helps Northwell identify the most pressing socioeconomic issues facing its communities and adjust its population health efforts accordingly.

The screening tool has already performed well in a pilot program at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, where it has been used since February to identify social determinants among patients whose hospital stays occurred within 30 days of an earlier discharge.

In these patients, 64 percent screened positive for at least one social determinant, with transportation problems ranking highest—issues that could have played a role in patients’ readmissions by preventing them from getting their medications or seeing the doctor for post-discharge care. Other common social determinants seen among these patients include a lack of safe or secure housing, inadequate social support and limited health literacy.

“Social determinants screening has already clearly demonstrated the impact of non-medical conditions of life on the health of our patients,” said Dr.Ram Raju, senior vice president and community health investment officer at Northwell. “As we implement this tool across Northwell, it will empower us to address the root causes of our patients’ ills, reduce health disparities and ultimately create communities that thrive.”

Submitted by Northwell Health

Sharsheret partners with Northwell Sharsheret, the only national not-forprofit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of women and families of all Jewish backgrounds facing breast cancer and ovarian cancer, announced its partnership with Northwell Health. The collaboration will provide a wealth of resources for New York State’s largest health system, its breast and ovarian cancer patients as well as leverage Sharsheret’s expertise in psychosocial support.

Sharsheret will offer free Best Face Forward kits (makeup kits addressing the side effects of treatment), Busy Boxes (resources and personalized boxes of toys and games for parents facing breast or ovarian cancer while raising young children), Thriving Again survivorship kits, and newly diagnosed resource packets to Northwell Health breast and ovarian cancer patients. These resources will be introduced to patients through co-branded cards and referral forms distributed to patients and with posters on display at Northwell Health Cancer Institute facilities. Cards, referral forms, and posters will explain how Northwell Health patients can order kits. In addition, Sharsheret staff will be onsite at Northwell Health cancer centers to provide support as needed for patients and caregivers on a monthly basis.

“Working together with Northwell Health, we understand first-hand the importance of providing the highest level of care while being intimately knowledgeable about the unique issues and concerns of each and every patient,” said Sharsheret Executive Director Elana Silber. “Our partnership will provide true patientcentered care, support and education that will improve the quality of life for thousands of women and families facing breast and ovarian cancer in Queens, Long Island, Westchester and Staten Island.”

“Collaborating with Sharsheret extends our reach to provide additional support to women diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancers through survivorship,” said Richard Barakat, MD, Physician-in-Chief and Director of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. “Our focus at Northwell is to provide the highest quality comprehensive cancer care. We recognize patients and their families facing breast or ovarian cancer have unique needs and we are grateful to receive the additional support from Sharsheret.

For more information and to get involved today, visit us online at www.sharsheret.org or call usat 866-474-2774.

Submitted by Northwell Health

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Sharon Lerman, an oncology social worker at Northwell’s Cancer Institute in Lake Success, explains the Sharsheret resources available to a patient.

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Herricks kicks off summer of fun The last day of school was just the beginning of more learning opportunities for Herricks students. On June 27, right after the academic year ended, buildings reopened their doors for enriching weeklong summer programs.

The second year of the Herricks Summer Art Camp was held at Denton Avenue School for students entering grades K-5. Each day, under the direction of art teachers, participants learned about various forms of art and techniques as they made their own masterpieces.

Camp Invention took place at Searingtown School and was open to all students in the district entering grades 3-5. During the course of a week, students used recycled materials to experience hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics.

Under the guidance of

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Students created a successful innovation through teamwork and trial and error.

Herricks teachers, students engaged in various challenges that involved problem solving.

They designed and built inven-

tions to prevent plagiarism in the Innovation Force session, explored sea and island life and survival in a Deep Sea Mystery

workshop, combined coding and farm science in Farm Tech activities and engineered remote-controlled robots to solve

challenges in a DIY Orbot opportunity.

Meanwhile, at Herricks Middle School, STEAM skills were underway in the Invention Project program. Students took a business-like approach to developing concepts and products, then created marketing and sales strategies for success.

They also participated in various games and activities that promoted teamwork, problemsolving and quick thinking.

Students created their own mini-bots, constructed and pitched innovative shoes, developed video games that promote health and wellness and investigated ways to broaden the use of text messaging.

It has been an adventurous summer in Herricks schools, and more programs are planned for the months of July and August.

NHP man finishes plastic G.N. Library surgery fellowship 2019 election Stephan Barrientos, a resident of New Hyde Park, graduated from the Herricks Public Schools and was admitted to the Rochester Early Medical Scholars Program (REMS), a competitive combined medical track at the University of Rochester. He graduated magna cum laude and attended medical school at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and obtained a degree as Doctor of Medicine with Distinction in Research.After completing medical school, Stephan matched to a General Surgery Residency Program at the Brody School of Medicine, Vidant Medical Center, North Carolina. He completed his studies as a Senior Chief Resident in June 2016 and matched as a Resident/ Fellow at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s – Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Program.During his time in medical school, Stephan was admitted to a Wound Healing and Repair Research Project at the Hospital of Special Surgery and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. During his general surgery residency, he participated in a year out Senior Research Fellowship in Wound Healing and Repair at NYU Winthrop University Hospital. His research projects have been published in Wound Repair and Regeneration, Molecular Medicine, Advances in Skin and Wound Care and Journal of Cranial Facial Surgery. He has presented his research in symposiums and conferences in New York, Canada, and Mexico. During his Plastic Surgical Residency in Nebraska, he was the principal writer in research aligned to wound healing to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, burns, and cranial facial surgery. He assisted in the development of a chief resident clinic to enhance plastic surgery, reconstruction,

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Stephan Barrientos, MD, completed a Plastic Surgery and Reconstruction Fellowship/ Residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. and cosmetic skills during the plastic surgery residency experience.Stephan will commence a Pediatric Cranial Facial Fellowship, in July, at The Cranial Facial Center, Dallas, Texas under the mentorship of Jeffrey Fearon, MD, FACS.

Eligible voters will elect one person to the Board of Trustees for a four-year term (January 2020 -January 2024) and one person to the Nominating Committee for a three-year term (January 2020 – January 2023) to fill the seats that will be expiring in January 2020.

Those elected will take office at the Library Association Annual Reorganization Meeting in January 2020.

Candidates For expiring Board of Trustees seat of Scott Sontag, the Nominating Committee candidate is Scott Sontag.

For the expiring Nominating Committee seat of Patrick McDonnell, the Nominating Committee candidate is Steve M. Jacob.

Voter Eligibility In order to vote, you must be 18 years of age or older, a resident of the Great Neck School District and either a valid Library card holder by the record date of Oct. 7, 2019 or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections.

To obtain a valid Great Neck Library card, present one form of identification showing your name and Library School District address at the circulation desk of any Great Neck Library location.

In-person voting will be held

on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Voting sites are the Main Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck 11023 for those residents who live north of Northern Boulevard; and the Parkville Branch Library, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park 11040 for residents who live south of Northern Boulevard.

Voting by Proxy: Proxies must be requested on a form provided by the Library. Proxy request forms are available at all Great Neck Library locations, on the Library’s website at greatnecklibrary.org and also in the Library’s Newsletter. Oct. 22 is the last day for the Library to mail proxy ballots. Arrangements will be made by the Director’s Office for proxies to be picked up in person for proxy requests received after this date. Completed proxies must be received at the Main Post Office on Welwyn Road by Oct. 25 before 5 p.m. or deposited in a locked box at Main or the Branches before 5 p.m. on this date.

For general questions about the election, call 516-466-8055, ext. 201.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

‘The Addams ECMO machine goes mobile Family’ tickets Tickets become available on Monday, July 22, free of charge, for the Levels Teen Center’s Summer 2019 theater production, the hilarious musical comedy The Addams Family.

Performances will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8, 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. in The Levels Teen Center on the lower level of the Great Neck Library’s Main Building, 159 Bayview Avenue in Great Neck.

Levels, the Library’s cultural center for teenagers established in 1974, presents several fully-staged theatrical productions a year. All Levels productions are traditionally directed, produced and performed by students in seventh grade through college-age.

The Addams Family is a mirthfully macabre musical starring the entire freaky and frightful family – Gomez, Mor-

ticia, Uncle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch and all of their undead relatives.

Daughter Wednesday, the original princess of darkness, has turned 18 and fallen in love – with a boy from a (gasp!) normal family. When the two families meet for dinner, what follows is a comedy of errors, secrets and lies – plus assorted torture devices, evil potions and monsters living under the bed.

Tickets are free of charge and are intended to guarantee seating, as space is limited.

They will be available at the Circulation Desk of all Great Neck Library facilities while they last. For more information, contact Levels at (516) 4668055 ext. 216 or email levels@ greatnecklibrary.org.

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PHOTO BY JONELLE ROBINSON

Teenage cast members rehearse a dance number for the Levels Teen Center’s summer musical, The Addams Family.

PHOTO BY AUDREY C. TIERNAN COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH

The ECMO-TO-GO team that uses an ambulance to get on the road to help patients with unique needs. The team consists of no less than a cardiac surgeon, an advanced care provider and a perfusionist.

Harnessing its expertise in cardiac and lung care, a team of medical specialists at Northwell Health is traveling to area hospitals to treat patients who are so critically ill they cannot be moved and need a life-saving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, which replaces heart and lung function.

With a mortality rate of about 50 percent in critically ill patients needing ECMO, the concept of a mobile team grew out of an established acute-lung injury program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) in New Hyde Park and the heart transplant program at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Known as the ECMO-TO-GO program, it is the only one of its kind offered on Long Island. The team of physicians, clinicians and administrators will be awarded Northwell Health’s 12th annual President’s Award for Teamwork for its life-saving program. The team will accept the award on July 15 at a gala and ceremony at the Crest Hollow Country Club, along with winners in five other health care categories.

“Teamwork is only the beginning of what makes the ECMO-TO-GO team successful,” said David Brody, vice president of Northwell’s cardiothoracic service line. “The strength of the group comes from its ability to use their differences in expertise to meet the dire needs of a complicated patient population. They do so with seamless coordination, compassionand communication, ultimately forging something stronger than any individual person.”

The ECMO machine returns oxygen to the blood and removes carbon dioxide—functioning just as healthy lungs. It ensures that the patient’s body has enough oxygen, allowing the failing organs to rest and recover. When the heart or lungs have healed and can work on their own, the patient is gradually weaned off the ECMO machine.

Patients with severe but reversible heart or lung disorders who have not responded to such treatments as mechanical ventilation, medications and oxygen therapy are candidates for ECMO. Many hospitals do not have ECMO equipment or the expertise to administer the procedure. Northwell established the program in 2018, recognizing the gap in critical care for the sickest patients in the community who are unable to be transported. The team can be dispatched by ambulance 24/7 to Northwell facilities and oth-

er hospitals in the New York metropolitan area.

When needed, the team can also access Northwell’s medical helicopter, SkyHealth, to cut down on travel time.

Once patients receive mobile ECMO care, the medical team transports the patients and returns to LIJ, NSUH or Southside Hospital, in Bay Shore depending on the patient’s condition and location.

One grateful patient of ECMO-TO-GO recently shared her harrowing medical story after traveling with her husband on Valentine’s Day for a two-week cruise to Spain. Judy Roes, 69, of Ontario, Canada, an avid international traveler and retired home care nurse, said the ship had recently been sanitized for an airborne virus.

During the voyage, Roes developed a cough and flu-like illness. She spent the last two days of the trip in the ship’s hospital. Roes and her husband boarded a plane headed to JFK airport for a connecting flight back to Canada. When she landed in New York, an ambulance was waiting for her and brought her to Jamaica Hospital. Doctors there alerted Northwell’s ECMO-TO-GO team.

Roes was connected to the ECMO machine and the team brought her to LIJ Medical Center.

“My family was told I had a 30 percent chance of survival,” Roes said. “The team at LIJ saved my life. My doctors in Canada said, ‘You were in the right place at the right time.’”

Roes spent 14 days in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit where she was sedated, paralyzed and lost 20 pounds. Her kidneys shut down, requiring dialysis. She also experienced a cardiac event. Despite Roes’ dire situation, she improved enough to get weaned off ECMO. She had forgotten how to walk and still needed dialysis. But she was well enough to return home and get further treatment at Kington General Hospital in Ontario.

“The care was really amazing at LIJ,” said Roes. “The nurses kept my family up to date and made us feel at ease, which made a big difference.”

Five months after Roes’ life-threatening medical odyssey, she said she is “determined to live life.” She and her husband, Ray, often take longdistance motorcycle trips. But, their next vacation will be a train trip thorough the colorful Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING

GOOD TASTE BREWING ON L.I.

BY B I L LY F I T Z PAT R I C K Hot weather across Long Island is the perfect weather to be enjoying a few cold beers (if you’re of legal age, of course) and the region is home to plenty of local breweries worth checking out.

Besides just beer, these locations offer weekly events as well as special events throughout the summer months and can be found across both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. So whether you’re going out simply for a few drinks or you’re doing it for the experience, here are a few locations to look into: Nassau County Barnshed Brewing: Located at 100 Lauman Lane in Hicksville, Barnshed Brewing is a smaller brewery just minutes from both the Bethpage and Hicksville LIRR stations. Barnshed has events going on all year long such l h as trivia twice a month and seasonal events, including an annual cornhole tournament and Summer Fest at the end of the summer, Halloween Bash, Drinkin’ with Lincoln, St. Patrick’s Day and the brewery’s Anniversary Party in May. Owner and head brewer Bryan Murphy says Barnshed typically has between 10 and 12 beers on tap, with a wide variety among them.

“We’re such a small brewery, which allows us to experiment with small batches,” said Murphy. “We like seasonal beers, so when the weather changes, beers at Barnshed Brewing changes.”

If you can’t find someone to dogsit, Barnshed is pet-friendly to your furry friends brought in on a leash. If you can’t make it down to the brewery’s location, you can find Barnshed at Crossroads Farms in Malverne for this year’s Food Truck Derby (July 19), the Long Island Craft Classic Beer Fest at Heckscher State Park on Aug. 10, and on Aug. 17, the

Blue Point Brewery in Patchogue. brewery will be at the NY NY Baseball BrewFest at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City.

Oyster Bay Brewing Company: The brewery has already showed its love to Long Island with its “Long Island Love” and “Barn Rocker” beers, and Long Islanders can return the love by paying a visit to 36 Audrey Ave. in Bay. i Oyster O B Founded in 2012, Oyster Bay Brewing Co. says that its beers are “thoroughly New York at heart,” as they blend “new and old world techniques with creativity and style.”

At the brewery, Oyster Bay offers merchandise such as beer glasses and growlers and apparel branded with the

brewing company’s logos, and for those who are New York Islanders fans, they also carry merchandise and apparel for their “Barn Rocker” beer, branded in blue th and orange. an Oyster Bay Brewing Company has its doors open seven days a week, from 1 do p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 1 p p.m. to 12 a.m. on Friday, noon-to-midp night on Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. on ni Sunday.

Su Garvies Point Craft Brewery: On the north shore of Nassau County lies Garvies Point Craft Brewery, located at 1 Garvies Point Road in Glen Cove. With eight rotating beers on tap, the Garvies Point Taproom is the per per-

fect spot for a drink off Glen Cove Creek and Hempstead Bay. The taproom is open Wednesday to Sunday and, besides just offering locally crafted beer, also has branded apparel and bar items to purchase.

Garvies Point has plenty of beers to offer at Long Island beer festivals this summer, including the Long Island Craft Classic at Heckscher State Park and the NY NY Baseball BrewFest at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City.

Lithology Brewing: Less than one mile away from the Farmingdale LIRR station, Lithology Brewing continues to serve the Nassau County community with its 12 taps of locally crafted beer as well as wine and cocktails to satisfy anyone’s drinking needs. Known as a farm brewery, Lithology uses “at least 60 percent locally harvested New York ingredients” for its beer, including hops, grains and their own strains of yeast.

Lithology hosts live music performances on Saturdays and has plenty of daily specials, including $1 off for Farmingdale locals on Tuesdays. In addition, the brewery also holds a monthly dance party called “Vibeology,” which features a rotating lineup of DJs and performers.

Lithology’s taproom is open Tuesday to Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays from noon to 11 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. Lithology is another brewery participating in the Long Island Craft Classic and the NY NY BrewFest this year.

Suffolk County Blue Point Brewery: On Main Street in Patchogue, Blue Point Brewery has set up its operations inside the building formerly known as Briarcliffe College after the school ceased operations last year, butt th the bbeer h has been around much longer than that. Blue Point started back in 1998 with its flagship “Toasted Lager” beer and has only shi continued to grow since then. con The new site just outside the Village of Patchogue includes a second floor brewpub and tasting room with views of bre the brewing operations, daily live music, outdoor beer garden, Raw Bar, Firkin Bar out and 30 taps. If you’re a pet lover, you don’t have to leave them at home as the don brewery allows you to bring your combre Continued on Page 48

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THE TOP SEVEN EVENTS Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl Friday, July 26, doors: 6:30 p.m., show: 8 p.m.

Hundreds of fans singing at the top of their lungs and having the time of their lives as the top-notch musicians and vocal performers from Jessie’s Girl blow them away with stunning renditions of the world’s most vibrant songs, while dressed up as the unforgettable characters of the 80s.

Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: 631-673-7300 • paramountny.com

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Half Step (Grateful Dead tribute) Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m.

Half Step is a group of dedicated fans & students of the Grateful Dead, capturing the spirit, improvisation, sound & complexity of Grateful Dead music.

Established in 2004 on Long Island, Half Step has been mastering their craft while winning over crowds of veteran Deadheads, newcomers and non-Dead fans Where: Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall 3232 Railroad Ave, Wantagh Info & Tickets: 516-783-7500 • www.muls.com

Come Visit

THE OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM 102 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay

We are open Sat. & Sun. 10AM-4PM and invite you to our Visitor Center, Theodore Roosevelt's historic train station, display yard with railroad equipment and turntable.

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Iron Maiden ‘Legacy of the Beast’ Tour

Friday, July 26 & Saturday, July 27, 7:30 p.m.

The Legacy of the Beast World Tour is an ongoing concert tour by Iron Maiden, named after the comic and mobile game released by the band in 2017.

This is the band’s first tour of North America since its “Book of Souls” tour in 2017.

Where: Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn Info & Tickets: 917-618-6100 • barclayscenter.com

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One Hot Night - The ultimate Neil Diamond tribute Saturday, July 27, 8 p.m.

One Hot Night, is a 10-piece band from New York that replicates Neil Diamond’s career from start to today.

Tommy Lynn reproduces Neil’s many styles and vocal changes from the start of his career to the present day.

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

Go aboard the newly acquired DE/DM locomotive and M7 cab simulators.

516-558-7036

or on the web @ www.obrm.org Admission: $6.00 13-61 Adults, $5.00 Seniors 62+, $4.00 children 6-12, 5 and under FREE

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FOR THE COMING WEEK Stand-Up Comedy with Vic DiBitetto

Saturday, July 27, 8 p.m.

His pace is frenetic. He holds no hostages. He says what you are thinking but are afraid to say out loud. The bottom line is this: Wear adult diapers if you are going to see Vic DiBitetto perform live.

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury Info & Tickets: 516-247-5200 thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Nelly, TLC, and Flo Rida

Thursday, Aug. 1, gates: 6 p.m., show: 7 p.m.

Nelly is a Grammy-winning rapper best known for 2000s hits like “Ride Wit Me,” “Country Grammar” and “Hot in Herre.” TLC features original members Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, who dominated the charts in the ’90s and Flo Rida first hit the scene in 2007 with “Low” and follow-up single “In the Ayer.”

The Florida-based rapper’s hits also include “Wild Ones,” “Right Round,” “Club Can’t Handle Me,” “Good Feeling,” “G.D.F.R.” and “My House.”

Where: Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 895 Bay Parkway, Wantagh Info & Tickets: 866-558-8468 or 516-785-1600 jonesbeach.com

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The Rolling Stones ‘No Filter’ Tour

Thursday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood can’t wait to get back out on the road again bringing the ‘No Filter’ show for the very first time to American and Canadian fans. There will be classic hits such as ‘Sympathy For The Devil’, ‘Paint It Black’, ‘Brown Sugar’, ‘Miss You’, ‘It’s Only Rock N Roll’, and others.

Where: MetLife Stadium 1 MetLife Stadium Dr., East Rutherford, NJ Info & Tickets: 201-559-1300 • metlifestadium.com

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Gold Coast International Film Festival

CINEMA SERIES WEDNESDAY, JULY 24TH, 2019

THE OTHER STORY GREAT NECK SQUIRE CINEMAS 115 MIDDLE NECK ROAD, GREAT NECK

THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK Kids in the Kitchen Family Series Friday, July 26, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Learn about healthy eating and fun ways to stay active with a new exercise activity every week! This week: Baked Parmesan Zuccini Fries.

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

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Beach Exploration

Saturday, July 27, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

In “The Other Story”, two rebellious young women – one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom – cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences.

Based on a true story, The Other Story is the latest from acclaimed filmmaker, Avi Nesher, whose films have netted multiple Israeli Academy Award wins and over two dozen nominations.

Search the shoreline! Discover the plants and animals of the rocky beach including crabs, snails, mussels & more! Wear water shoes or sneakers, no flip flops. Hands-on discovery for kids of all ages Where: Garvies Point Museum & Preserve 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove Info: 516-571-8010 or www.garviespointmuseum.com.

The Other Story stars Tribeca Film Festival Best Actress Award winner Joy Rieger and European Best Actor Award winner Sasson Gabai. Nesher wrote the original screenplay with world renowned psychologist and novelist Dr. Noam Shpancer (“The Good Psychologist”).

Princess Tea Party

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

Get your little princess and head to the Sweetheart Princess Tea Party! She’ll dance and sing with all of her favorite princesses as you treasure this amazing moment. Formal white glove tea service will be served in the aquarium’s elegant Sea Star Ballroom, with finger sandwiches and sweets.

Where: Long Island Aquarium 431 East Main Street, Riverhead Info: 631-208-9200 or www.longislandaquarium.com.

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

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Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes Sunday, July 28, 11 a.m.

Fourteen-year-old Emperor Marcus the Third is nervous to take the throne. Deciding that he can only gain confidence by dressing in the finest attire, Marcus commands his Royal Clothesmaker to fashion him in the most royal wardrobe.

Taking advantage of Marcus’ uncertainty and immaturity, a Swindler promises to make magic clothes that are “invisible to fools, liars, and anyone you should ignore,” for a large and hefty price. Only Arno, the simple-hearted mop boy, can help Marcus out of this royal mess and teach him an important lesson about outward appearance.

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

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Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Tuesday, July 30, 11 a.m.

Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Meet the characters after the show!

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury Info & Tickets: 516-247-5200 or thetheatreatwestbury.com

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STEPPING UP How to make the transition to high school go smoothly

Creating a HomeworkFriendly Home 3 tips to establishing a successful homework area

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Unique extracurricular activities that can help students stand out

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3 tips to establishing a successful homework area

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igh school students have a lot on their plates. Today’s parents often lament that kids’ schedules are far more hectic than their own schedules were when they were teenagers. But for many high school students, a familiar foe their parents have no doubt encountered is proving a considerable source of stress.

Homework has long been the bane of high schoolers’ existence. Studies regarding just how much homework is being assigned to teenagers are somewhat outdated, which makes it difficult to

conducted in recent years, is older, there’s little reason to suspect today’s high school students are being asked to do any less than their predecessors were in 2014. determine just how much work kids are being asked to do after school lets out.

A 2014 survey from the University of Phoenix found that high school teachers assign, on average, 3.5 hours of homework per week. Multiply that figure by five, which is the number of different teachers many high school students have in a typical school day, and the survey concluded that high school students may be expected to complete as much as 17.5 hours of homework per week.

Though the study, which is the only one of its kind to be

While parents might not be able to do much to lessen their children’s homework workload, they can take steps to ensure their homes are as homework-friendly as possible. The following are three ways to do just that.

1. Create a communal homework table.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education notes that youngsters who seem reluctant to do their homework may benefit from doing their afterschool work at a communal table. With parents nearby, such students may feel less lonely and may be

less likely to procrastinate if they know mom or dad are nearby. Students who are not reluctant to do their homework may benefit from working quietly in their bedrooms.

staying quiet until everyone has finished their homework.

Encourage younger siblings to leave the homework area and play quietly or read elsewhere in the home.

2. Clear the area of distractions.

3. Include a break between school and homework time.

Distractions like televisions, devices that are not necessary to complete assignments and even younger siblings can make it hard for teenagers to concentrate on their work.

Designate a time each day for homework, ensuring that the television is off and that devices have been placed on “Do Not Disturb.” In addition, high school students with younger siblings can expect their brothers and sisters to be finished with their homework first. Make sure youngsters recognize the importance of

Much like parents may like a few minutes to unwind when getting home from work at night, kids likely won’t want to dive right into their homework after getting home from school. A break between the school day and homework time can help kids clear their heads so they’re more capable of concentrating when they sit down to do their work.

A good work environment at home can help kids live up to their academic potential.

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BY ST E P H E N SILVERBERG Few understand the difference between an investment advisor and a stockbroker.

The difference is substantial. An investment advisor is a fiduciary; this means they have a legal and ethical duty of primary loyalty to their clients. The interests of their clients are paramount.

Investment advisors receive a fee based on a percentage of the value of the account. The interests of the client and investment advisor are aligned and conflicts of interest eliminated.

A broker has few obligations of an investment advisor. They are not fiduciaries. A broker’s primary loyalty is to themselves and their commissions. They have no legal requirement to disclose the total cost of buying an investment. The potential for conflicts of interest exists; a broker may recommend an investment because it pays

them a higher commission. With most retail investment firms, you are dealing with a broker.

Historically, says The Wall Street Journal, brokers were paid mostly to execute trades for their clients. For years, they have been permitted to call themselves financial advisors, with no disclosure

requirements.

On June 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Regulation Best Interest (“RBI”).

By a three to one vote, the SEC commissioners approved the RBI, along with other regulatory actions intended to enhance disclosures and clarify certain advisors’

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responsibility to put their clients’ interests before their own, disclose conflicts of interest (such as hidden commissions) when they make an investment recommendation.

But is it enough to protect investors?

The SEC says it will give in-

vestors more information about complex pay incentives and other practices that can influence a broker’s financial advice but won’t change Wall Street’s commissionbased sales model.

Critics say it falls short of eliminating conflicts of interest, particularly commission-based pay or other financial arrangements. Supporters say it is higher than the current standard.

Bottom line: discover if the person managing your financial accounts is a broker or an investment advisor. Understand how they get paid, so you can understand whose interest comes first.

Stephen J. Silverberg is nationally recognized as a leader in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, asset preservation planning and elder law. He is a past president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and a founding member and past president of the New York State chapter of NAELA.

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By Joseph Velotti, Funeral Director Roslyn Heights Funeral Home

Preplanning a funeral is undoubtedly one of the biggest and most important decisions you will make in your lifetime. Whether it is for you or a loved one, the first step is obtaining all the necessary information to make an informed decision. More and more people are choosing to preplan/prepay their funeral and burial expenses. In doing so, they recognize that it is smart financial planning and provides great emotional relief for themselves and their loved ones. Prepaying your funeral will allow you to make your own funeral plans, but, more importantly, preplanning will spare surviving relatives and loved ones from the emotional burden of having to make decisions at a time of great stress and grief. The most common questions people ask when they are considering preplanning their funeral arrangements are:

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• Allows individuals the opportunity to make personal and specific selections for the funeral service that most closely meets their needs.

• Spares loved ones from having to second-guess the wishes of the deceased at the time of need.

• Allows for time to research funeral homes, burial options, and financial considerations; • Provides an option to set aside funds for final expenses, relieving family members of an unexpected financial burden. #2. Why Pre Pay for my arrangements?

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

• Prevents life insurance policies from being depleted at the time of a loved one's death.

• Allows individuals to consider options while they are better prepared to make sound, fiscally responsible decisions.

• Spares loved ones the unexpected cost of a funeral during a stressful time.

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STEPPING UP How to make the transition to high school go smoothly

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ver the course of an academic career, the average student switches schools three to four times. Elementary school gives way to middle school or junior high. From there, students will transition to high school. If a student chooses to keep their academic journey going after high school, college or trade school awaits.

Adolescence is a transitional period when many students may be learning how to make decisions and taking their first significant steps toward becoming independent adults. That can make the transition from middle school to high school more complicated than previous transitional periods young people experienced.

Several changes take place in high school that can impact students’ anxiety levels.

• Students go from being the oldest in middle school to the youngest in high school.

A 2016 survey from the Pew Research Center found that

• Curriculum becomes more demanding than it was in middle school.

of teens say anxiety and depression are a “major problem” among their peers.

• The student body population typically increases dramatically.

• School hours change, often requiring students to wake up earlier.

• A new school may mean students are funneling in from different feeder schools.

Long-time friends may be separated depending on where they ultimately choose to go to high school.

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To help make high school a positive experience and less likely to induce anxiety, students and their parents can employ these tips.

• Establish a consistent routine. The education resource CollegeVine advises students to build good study habits, create a calm and organized homework environment and focus on studies while keeping distractions at bay.

• Encourage extracurricular activities. Activities outside of the classroom are a great way for students to make friends and involve themselves socially with their peers. Such extracurriculars can lead to strong friendships that flourish throughout high school and beyond.

• Buddy up. Just as they might have done upon entering kindergarten, students on the cusp of starting high school can find someone who will be attending the same school and go over schedules and potential meet-up times. They can make plans to sit together at lunch as they both get acclimated to their new environments.

• Attend open houses. Families can tour the campus to get a feel for the layout of their children’s school. Ask for a map of the school grounds so students can get an idea of where their schedules will require them to be throughout the course of the day.

The transition to high school is a significant one in the life of a teenager. Families can employ various strategies to make that transition go smoothly.

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Unique extracurricular activities that can help students stand out W

hen thinking of extracurricular activities, many people’s first thoughts might be about team sports or group activities like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. While such activities are popular, attracting tens of millions of kids every year, there are plenty of extracurricular activities rooted in academics as well.

Extracurricular activities can provide a respite from schoolwork and give kids a chance to socialize with their peers. Extracurricular activities also can be great places to learn lessons that might not be taught in the classroom, such as how to work as a team, the value of good sportsmanship and how to handle defeat. Many of those same lessons can be learned through more unique extracurricular activities.

In addition to the things they can learn, students who participate in extracurricular activities can bolster their college applications. According to The Princeton Review®, college admissions officers approach each admissions season hoping to create a class made up of students with diverse interests and backgrounds. To accomplish that goal, officers typically look at each applicant’s extracurricular activities to learn more about the person behind the application. Academic performance is important, but extracurricular activities might help set students apart from other applicants with similar academic backgrounds but little or no extracurricular activity on their applications.

Students who want to their extracurricular activities to stand out among the masses of college

applicants can speak with officials at their school about these opportunities.

Model United Nations: Often referred to as “Model UN,” this activity asks students to roleplay as United Nations delegates. Students who participate in Model UN develop public speaking skills while also learning how to conduct research, frame debates and develop their leadership skills.

Foreign language clubs: Many high schools offer foreign languages clubs to their student bodies. Such clubs can allow students who study foreign language to develop their language skills further, and they also can be great ways to learn about the culture and history behind the languages they’re learning. Fluency in a foreign language can bolster a student’s college application. Many schools also sponsor additional subject-specific clubs, such as chemistry clubs or English clubs, which can be ideal for students who want to pursue college degrees in such subjects.

National Honor Society: While it’s easy to

mistake the National Honor Society as little more than an honor roll, the organization is much more than that. Students who qualify for membership in the NHS are challenged to develop their skills further through participation in school activities and community service.

Extracurricular activities can help students make the most of their time in school and help them improve their candidacy in the eyes of college admissions officers.

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Ex-Newsday photog exhibit at Clark Garden As part of Clark Botanic Garden’s 50th anniversary celebration, the Town of North Hempstead will be hosting an exhibit featuring the photography of former Newsday photojournalist Audrey Tiernan at the garden.

The theme of the exhibit is Clark Botanic Garden, one of Tiernan’s favorite places. The exhibit opens with a reception on Thursday, August 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Clark House at Clark Botanic Garden located at 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson and is open to the public.

“We are absolutely thrilled and honored to be featuring the beautiful work of Audrey Tiernan at the Clark House gallery,” said Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “It’s obvious from her work that Clark Botanic Garden holds a very special place in her heart.”

“As a child growing up in Garden City, I didn’t know about Clark Botanic Gar-

den,” said Tiernan. “I first discovered the garden in 1983, when Newsday sent me on assignment there. I have been going back regularly ever since and consider it one of the best kept secrets on Long Island. Every time I am there I find something new and wonderful to photograph.”

Tiernan worked as a staff photographer for Newsday for almost 37 years, where she received numerous awards on international, national and local levels.

Tiernan has photographed everything from US presidents to the New York Yankees.

In 2015, Tiernan retired to pursue personal projects. These projects include photo exhibits as well as being the principal photographer on three different Long Island history books. Her work on the history and nautical significance of the Fire Island Lighthouse has resulted in a permanent photo exhibit at the lighthouse.

Here is one of the many photos that Audrey Tiernan will be exhibiting at Clark Botanic Garden., all featuring the grounds and everything that grows there.

‘Horror Vacui: Fear of the Empty’ exhibit Huntington Arts Council is proud to present Horror Vacui: Fear of the Empty, with Erica Berkowitz serving as a juror. The exhibit is on display from July 19 through Aug. 24, 2019.

In visual art, horror vacui (from Latin, “fear of empty space”), also kenophobia (from Greek, “fear of the empty”), is the filling of the entire surface of a space or an artwork with detail. In physics, “horror vacui” reflects Aristotle’s idea that “nature abhors an empty space.” Horror vacui uses high levels of detail to contrast with the sublime unknown.

Art history is filled with examples of horror vacui from arabesque decoration of early Islamic art and the engravings of Renaissance printmaker Jean Duvet to contemporary works of Kehinde Wiley. What is the visual

representation of fear of the empty?The Huntington Arts Council invited artists to reflect and submit work in line with this subject.

The Huntington Arts Council would like to offer its congratulations to the following participating artists: Anjipan, Eiman Adeil, Melanie Berardicelli, Holly Black, Mary Brodersen, Doris Diamond, Richard Froman, Bill Grabowski, Brian Grandfield, Chrysoula Highland, Libby Hintz, Melissa Johnides, Jacques LeBlanc, Yossi Manor, Jeanette Martone, Latifa Mazza, Kristen Memoli, Emily Mintz, Kasmira Mohanty, Maria Oliveira, Toxic/Nature Studios, Alisa Shea, Meredith Smith, Pamela Waldroup, Stephen Wyler, Nancy Yoshii.

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Renaissance of the ‘Horror Vacui: Fear Rose Garden in G.N. of the Empty’ exhibit The historic Rose Garden on the Village Green has seen a rebirth. Great Neck’s prized Rosarium has welcomed a myriad of new rose bushes and further improvements are underway.

It was the idyllic setting for a musical performance by students of North High School’s Choral Choir on a balmy Sunday in June. Guests sat in the cool shade of the sprawling Japanese maple and enjoyed the fragrance of blooming roses as they listened to the music. Accompanied

by Dr. Pamela Levy, Chairman of Fine & Performing Arts at the high school; Alex Mousazadeh, Chantal Sadighpour, Ashley Schusselbergg, Leeor Elias, Daisy Korman and Sara Rafael performed Broadway show songs and operatic arias.

Lakeville and North Middle instrumental music teacher Jacquelyn Tomlet provided a splendid saxophone solo, as well. The a cappella chorus topped off the afternoon with the final song. The concert was an offering of the Great Neck Parks District in collaboration with the Great Neck Garden Club.

As a June tribute to the newly blooming roses, Jason Capote, curator of the Rose Garden, gave a slide presentation about the history of the garden at Great Neck House. This was followed by a tour of the garden, during which rose enthusiasts were able to take advantage of Jason’s vast knowledge of the history and care of roses.

Plans are underway for other activities in this beautiful space. As this is a “no spray” garden, it will be visited by both the Long Island Rose Society and Manhattan Rose Society who will hold a joint meeting at Great Neck House on September 14. They will present a mini rose show and also engage with the public in the Rose Garden to discuss rose culture and answer questions. There will be consulting rosarians on hand to identify rose diseases and present treatment options.

A few years ago, the LIRS generously donated twelve rose bushes and its members have provided advise and counsel throughout the years.

The entire Village Green (includ-

ing the Rose Garden, which lies behind the protective stone wall) was designed in 1923 by noted landscape architect Beatrix Ferrand who also designed the Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., and many other important gardens. The Rose Garden was improved in 1950 with redesigned beds, facilitated by developments in rose culture, which gave rise to the modern hybrid tea and other varieties which now fill the garden. Nothing of consequence was done again until 2003, after which efforts to properly maintain it were undertaken by the GN Parks District with the cooperation of the Great Neck Garden Club.

A major breakthrough came last year with the addition of rosarian Jason Capote, who has overseen a near-total renovation of the garden. Through his efforts, almost 300 new bushes have been donated by noted rose growers. Despite the relentless spring rains, Jason and Maintenance Supervisor, Rick Canfield, along with his staff, worked tirelessly to plant the new offerings, create some new beds and artfully reorganize the garden.

Other upgrades will complete the renovation. GNPD Superintendent Jason Marra has been extremely supportive of these efforts.

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Continued from Page 46 submitted and the work they chose to reflect the subject,” said executive director Marc Courtade. “I invite everyone to stop by the gallery and experience the detail and skill presented in these works in person.”

The juror, Erica Berkowitz, is the director at Haven Gallery, has her bachelor’s degree in art history from Stony Brook University and her master’s degree in contemporary art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She has worked locally on Long Island at the Nassau County

Museum of Art and the Islip Art Museum.

Most recently, she left her position as director of Last Rites Gallery in New York City for nearly three years to open up her own gallery space. Prior to directing at Last Rites, she was the director of press and publications at Forum Gallery. She has been working in the art world for more than eight years.

Opening reception is Friday, July 19th from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main St., Huntington. The event is free and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.

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Hatchery artist ‘Jaws’ screenwriter to attend catches big one Huntington movie screening Golden shiners, pan sized trout, sleeping salamanders and a feeding frenzy captured the hearts of visitors at the Cold Spring Harbor Library’s opening of Diane Lundegaard’s retrospective exhibition.

Thirty-nine paintings of aquatic life, zen meditation and early childhood memories displayed the artist’s skill with brush and ink as well as her love for nature. On exhibition until September 11, a portion of the exhibits proceeds will be donated to the Hatchery’s new Turtle Pond exhibition. For further information contact the Hatchery at 516-692-6768.

On Wednesday, June 24 at 7 p.m., the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington will be hostingscreenwriter Carl Gottlieb for a rare big-screen viewing of the Steven Spielberg immortal summer masterpiece, “Jaws.”

Hired by Spielberg as a screenwriter to work with him on the “Jaws” set while the movie was being made, actor and writer Carl Gottlieb was there throughout the production of the film that defined the modern blockbuster and has made generations of movie-goers terrified of going into the water.

After filming was over, with Spielberg’s coopera-

tion, Gottlieb chronicled the extraordinary yearlong adventure in “The Jaws Log,” which was first published in 1975 and has sold more than two million copies.

Following the film screening, Gottlieb will participate in an in-depth discussion into the making of the thrilling movie. Admission to the event costs $20 for Cinema Arts members and $30 for the public, and include the post-film Q&A with Gottlieb.

For more information, contact the centre at 631423-7610 or visit www.cinemaartscentre.org.

BREWERIES TO VISIT THIS SUMMER Continued from Page 25 panions along with you, but only in the outdoor beer garden. The brewpub is open Wednesday to Sunday every week, and on Friday, July 26, will be hosting its Summer Friday event which features live music from local favorites and a headline performance by New Politics. Guests will be invited to play one of many backyard games for chances to win free pints, swag, and more.

Besides Summer Friday, you can catch Blue Point Brewery along the streets of Patchogue at the final two Alive After 5 dates of the summer, July 24 and Aug. 8 or at the annual Long Island Maritime Museum’s Seafood Festival Aug. 24-25, both of which Blue Point is the presenting sponsor for. The brewery will also be at the Long Island Craft Classic at Heckscher State Park and the NY NY Baseball BrewFest, likely serving up its signature beer popular with fans of the New York Yankees, the “Pinstripe Pilsner.”

Great South Bay Brewery: On Long Island’s south shore just a few short miles from the Great South Bay, the brewery has been pouring drinks for nearly the last decade in Bay Shore.

Serving up Long Island-inspired brews such as the “Robert Moses,” “Field 5,” and others with Long Island identifiers as part of the label, Great South Bay has plenty of beers on tap with plenty happening at the taproom, which is open six days a week. On Monday, the brewery hosts game night, where you can play one of many board games in a quiet bar with all of your friends. Wednesday is

bingo night at the brewery from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for beer, prizes and Great South Bay gift cards and Thursday is trivia night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. with the chance to win a gift card to Great South Bay worth anywhere from $50 to $600.

Besides its nightly happenings, there are also some special events coming up in the next few weeks, including a cornhole tournament with NY Cornhole and live music on the Back Lawn with the Suburban Bros. Band on July 27, and on Aug. 18, will be the Greater Long Island Runners Club 5-mile long Aloha Run to Great South Bay Brewery.

The one day of the week Great South Bay closes its doors is on Tuesday, but Monday, Wednesday and Thursday the brewery stays open from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, noon to midnight on Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday. If you can’t find a pet sitter or a babysitter, don’t worry, Great South Bay allows you to bring your pets and your kids, as long as it’s within the brewery’s permitted hours.

Great South Bay will be participating in beer festivals later in the year as well. “We do participate in a lot of beer festivals all over the island,” said Zach Popp, who works in sales for GSB. “Especially the bigger ones like the Great Beer Expo coming up this fall. And also a lot of events in the city.” Like other breweries on Long Island, Great South Bay can also be found at the Long Island Craft Classic as well as the NY NY Baseball BrewFest, both happening next month.

Greenport Harbor Brewing: Long Island’s North Fork isn’t just home to wineries, it has its fair share of beer,

too. Celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year, Greenport Harbor Brewing has plenty for the avid beer drinker to do when taking a trip out east this summer.

“Every week is filled with events including live music all weekend long and trivia on Thursday nights,” said Betsy Liegey, who works in branding for Greenport Harbor Brewing. “On Sunday, July 28, we will be hosting LuchaRumble – a wrestling event with WWE’s Corey Graves among others.” The brewery also hosts live musical performances at both of its locations in Greenport and Peconic on the weekends.

While both sites have plenty of beer on tap, including the brewery’s popular “Other Side IPA,” and seasonals such as the “Summer Ale” and “Leaf Pile” in the fall, there is plenty more than just drinking to do when paying a visit to the north fork.

“Our firehouse location (in Greenport) seconds as an art gallery, where we exhibit new artists regularly,” said Liegey.

“We have an opening for each new artist. In January, be on the lookout for our annual Chili Cook-off where local chefs compete for top honors for the best chili.”

The location in Greenport opens at noon all seven days of the week, closing at 7 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 9 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, while the Peconic site is open 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and the same noon to 9 p.m. as its other location on Friday and Saturday.

Montauk Brewing Company: Back in 2012, Montauk Brewing Company started off as a basement operation between a group of friends and, in just

seven years, has grown to assimilate itself into The End of Long Island on the south fork.

“Montauk Brewing Company focuses on making the highest quality beer, while living an active lifestyle,” said Erin Burns, taproom and events coordinator. “Our laid-back, no-frills way of life and ‘Come As You Are’ attitude invites fans from all over, with all sorts of backgrounds.”

The brewery sticks to its active lifestyle by hosting “Bells and Brews” every Thursday at its Montauk location, which consists of a “free kettlebell training session led by Truth Training followed

by Montauk beer,” according to Burns.

Montauk Brewing is also partnering with Bowery Farms Aug. 2 to help clean up the beach, which will be followed by food and drinks at the brewery.

With a tasting room in Montauk open from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, one of Montauk Brewing Company’s seven beers would be the perfect way to end a trip out to the lighthouse on the tip of Long Island or a day at the beach.

“Wave Chaser IPA continues to see explosive growth throughout Long Island and New York City,” added Burns.

“It offers incredible tropical aromas of grapefruit and citrus. Montauk Summer Ale is our No. 1 selling seasonal and, according to our fans, is the official beer of the summer.”

The tap room is “friendly-dog friendly,” as the brewery puts it, and is open for all ages, so don’t worry about having to get rid of the kids after a trip out east.

Montauk Brewing Company will also have its beer available in plenty of distribution centers and will be making an appearance at the NY NY Baseball BrewFest next month.

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READERS WRITE

Markowitz must apologize for us to move on

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regret that this letter must be written.

I have no vested political interest other than proper representation in this community and the security of the future of the United States and Israel.

I was contacted early this week by a senior elected official who wanted to broker a meeting between Mr. Markowitz and myself. I informed him that I have no reason for such a meeting. I am not personally aggrieved — rather I was simply responding to a grievous and ugly public display. I stated to the legislator that “people are reasonable and that I am sure they would accept a public apology from Mr. Markowitz.”

Instead, the following people, in addition to others, were tasked with writing “reference letters” which have no bearing on the matter at hand: Arden Smith, DPM Robert Zimmerman – National Democratic Committeeman Varda Solomon Jack Epstein Former MC Gary Ackerman Kate Goldberg Rabbi Klayman Cheryl and Seth Moin Charles Schneider David Levin Arlette Sanders

One of these people – Kate Goldberg – opined that the e-mail below is a fake.

Is this an Anthony Wiener story? Was he “hacked?” Did the Russians write this email?

We have protected the recipients by blocking them out. Four of the recipients are local elected officials – who curiously never made known the inappropriateness and divisiveness of this message. I recall the justified outrage when Legislator Ellen Birnbaum made inappropriate references to black areas in Nassau County. The Democratic Party punished her for it. I guess Orthodox or politically conservative Jews do not merit the same courtesy. To all of you: Your references are heartwarming, but does the e-mail solidify your sentiments?

I call upon Steve Markowitz to apologize through this publication. I believe that most will move on if he does. If this charade of reference letters continues, we will continue to call for his resignation from the chairmanship of the Holocaust Center.

Many of us are children of survivors – the first lesson is that our families all went to the ghettoes, concentration camps and gas chambers together, irrespective of religious observance. I also believe that political party leaders of either party ought not to be chairs of Holocaust museums,

ences in this domain, as we have read in this publication. Their experiences have also been denied.

Jeffrey Wiesenfeld but that is my thought and I do not make policy for this center. But a self-recognition

by Mr. Markowitz of this grievous and cynical political-religious play must be acknowledged.

Those of us aware of and in possession of the missive below would prefer to spare the local turmoil and discomfort of the recipients of this e-mail. If an apology is not forthcoming to close this matter, we will have no choice but to provide further information, lest it be again inferred that this e-mail was “fabricated.” Messrs Kron and Spitalnick have had their own experi-

Original Message—– From: Steven Markowitz <smark43@ optonline.net> To: ——13——- > Cc:-1———– >; -2————- < >; —3———— < >;—-4———– < —–5———– < >; —6————>;—7————- < —8————— < —-9———–>; 10———-11—- < ——12———–< Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2015 5:06 pm Subject: Re: Election Stuff I think callers should tailor the script according to whom they’re talking. Have no reluctance to tell people you know that this election is about an attempt by right wing Orthodox groups to take over the Village. Most people are unaware and are generally apathetic … but not when you scare them a little.

Steve Steve – Apologize, “man-up” and move on.

Jeffrey Wiesenfeld Great Neck

Markowitz apologizes, asks for unity

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hope that this will be the final statement on this matter. Because I had the temerity to support a candidate running against a mayor whose policies, actions and agenda I oppose, I became the target of an ugly, relentless and community dividing campaign against me and a critical organization I head.

I have been tarred as anti-Semitic and anti-Orthodox. "I want to express my deep appreciation to all those in the community who have come forth to recognize all I have done for Great Neck, the Jewish community and Israel for so many years and to reject the bilious words and threats.

For the sake of" shalom bayit (harmony in our home), this controversy must come to an end and I will extend words of contrition and reconciliation to my adversaries. However, I must first set the record straight with respect to the major aspects of their attack: • During the recent campaign for mayor and trustees of the Village of Great Neck there was not one utterance or action by candidates Wu, Citron and Shields, or any members of the campaign, including me, indicating bias against the Orthodox community. There were, however, comments and false Internet postings hostile to Chinese and African-American residents emanating from the other side.

• The Wu candidacy was not a Demo-

PHOTO FROM THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY

Steve Markowitz cratic Party plot and there was no involvement by either political party or endorsements by elected officials, except for campaigning by former Republican state Sen. Elaine Phillips for Mayor Bral. Yes, I am a Democratic Party leader, and proud of it, but that played no role whatsoever with respect to my support for candidate Wu. As a matter of fact, I do not even know in which political party he is registered but do know that at one time he worked for former Gov. George Pataki, a Republican.

• What disturbs me most is the attack on me in my role as chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County and the threats against the organization. Despite the spurious charges, the center is an absolutely nonpartisan, non-political institution, and has a board made up of Democrats, Republicans and independents and has never taken a position on a partisan issue or supported a political party or candidate.

I worked very closely with former County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican, and now with County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat, to do the best job possible for the residents of our county.

There is no and has never been any kind of conflict between my roles at the center and in the Democratic Party. The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center works tirelessly to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust, a sacred duty, and to fight anti-Semitism today. To attempt to undermine that work and support for the center in order to inflict some kind of revenge against me for a local political stand is unconscionable.

• Lastly, I must address the alleged 2015 email from me viewed as antagonistic to the local Orthodox community.

I agree the words and sentiment are not acceptable and are divisive. I truly do not have any memory or record of hav-

Editor’s Note: The letter from Steven Markowitz came in response to the letter sent by Jeffrey Wiesenfeld.

ing sent this email and am embarrassed and regretful that my name is associated with it. I work closely and am friends with many Orthodox Jews. My record with respect to the Orthodox community in my roles as president of Temple Israel of Great Neck, at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, on the board of the Jewish Community Relations Council, and as a 10-year member of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the Village of Great Neck, shows nothing but acceptance, respect and friendship.

• I was a supporter of every project

by Orthodox and Persian synagogues, including Great Neck Synagogue, during my tenure on the BZA, and worked hard to foster better relations among the various branches of Judaism. Hostile public statements attributed to me are absolutely untrue. My conscience is clear, but nevertheless, I accept responsibility for the email in question from four years ago and offer my sincere apology to all those offended by it.I hope those who are" leading the" charge against me" will accept my"apology and that we will all now focus on ending the"divisiveness and"bringing our community - Jews and non-Jews back together.

Steven Markowitz Great Neck

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Oppose E. Shore Open letter to Bosworth Road project T

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s the resident of East Shore Road for over 30 years, I hope this project will never be approved.

Over the years, I have been witness to the increased traffic and noise to the point that I felt I’m living in slums of Kolkata.

It was/is relative tranquility of the North Shore that attracts people to move in, and now these greedy developers

want to create another Flushing Main Street that brings air pollution, traffic jams, noise and endangers the residents safety, among the other negative effects on the surrounding communities.

We pay the highest property taxes in Nassau for those issues, and our answer is NO to this stupid proposal.

Roya Songhorian, Pharm-D Great Neck

o Judi Bosworth, North Hempstead town supervisor: I discovered that you are a daughter of a Holocaust survivor when you spoke so eloquently at a Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) event on the Village Green in Great Neck.

I share similar sentiments with you as I was born to and raised in a family which lost relatives in the Holocaust. My father’s uncle, aunts, and several cousins who lived in Poland all perished during the Holocaust.

The validity of Steven Markowitz’s hateful email, in which he advocated using a tactic to stoke fear and loathing of Orthodox Jews in order to win an

election, has now been proven, thanks to an individual who shared his immediate response to that email (which was sent to 13 people).

I trust that you are as appalled as I am with the knowledge that Mr. Markowitz would resort to scare tactics and such vile language against a group of Jews in order to win an election as the chairman of the Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center of Nassau in 2018.

Didn’t the Holocaust start from similar issues?

You and Steven Markowitz are both connected to the Democratic Party.

Certainly, it does not mean that you have to support some-

one on issues totally irrelevant to the party policies. It is my hope that you can stay totally isolated from this irrelevant issue and that you condemn the hate language and scare tactics which Steven Markowitz employed and probably was able to spread to some extent for the sake of winning an election.

The damage was done already.

Your condemnation would certainly reverse some of the damage, if not all.

At the least, such scare tactics and hate language shall stop for the future elections.

there are actual, real anti-Semites out there who don’t care at all what brand of Judaism any of us practices—they hate us all.

The fact that these people are out there makes it even more despicable for one Jew to use this term against another.

Let me present a scenario.

A year or so ago, the Orthodox Jewish community here in Great Neck organized a campaign to undermine our public schools by defeating the school bond. In the second vote, their strategy was soundly defeated when the electorate in Great Neck rose up to vote overwhelmingly in support of the school bond. Had the Orthodox plan succeeded, the quality of our schools would have been noticeably diminished, and our property values along with it as a result. Since

most of Great Neck is made up of Jews, one can conclude that the Orthodox are themselves anti-Semitic! Think about it. It’s no more absurd (probably less so) than someone calling me an anti-Semite.

Most of us here in Great Neck, I feel, have adopted a philosophy of live and let live.

Great Neck is changing, and we have to do our best to adapt to the changes. The Orthodox (some of them, at least), on the other hand, are determined to transform the town without considering the well-being and best interests of the town as a whole. Is there any hope that we can live in an atmosphere of tolerance rather than one of intolerance?

Amy Glass Great Neck

Sara Povic Great Neck

Markowitz a leader, mensch Jews shouldn’t bully Jews

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uring the recent Great Neck mayoral election, there was a rash of unfortunate, ugly comments made against one of Great Neck’s finest residents, Steve Markowitz.

For decades, Mr. Markowitz, has been a leader of Jewish causes on the North Shore of Long Island: he is a longtime board member and past president of Temple Israel in Great Neck; he is an active board member of the Jewish Community Relations Council and an outspoken leader in the fight against BDS; he has served on the board of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center for the last 15 years and as chairman for the past seven; and he worked closely with Town of North Hempstead

Supervisor Judi Bosworth on the “Not In Our Town” program to fight intolerance.

The negative attacks against Mr. Markowitz were not about issues, the election, or partisan politics. Rather, they were baseless, slanderous attacks on someone who has devoted his personal and professional life to fighting intolerance and the use of hate and fear for political ends.

While this may have become acceptable on a national level, there is absolutely no room for it locally, pitting neighbor against neighbor. I have known Steve Markowitz for many years, and he is a mensch.

Adam Haber Great Neck

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ast week, many letters appeared in the Great Neck News supporting Steven Markowitz, who had been called an anti-Semite by several other Jews in Great Neck. It was good to see many in our community voice their positive opinions about Steve, but this response in itself does not address the problem we are facing here in Great Neck.

I have also been called an antiSemite on Facebook, and I’m sure I’m not the only one.

What we have here is a group of Jews who employ a consistent, deplorable strategy of bullying and intimidation of other Jews, who happen to disagree with them on various issues. Anyone at all is open to being labeled an anti-Semite.

Let me remind this group that

Letters backing Markowitz don’t mean much ” I know Mr. _____ very well for at least 17 years, he is a very good man and an extremely honest person. He is a compassionate man, a lover of animals and pets, and also highly dedicated to the needs of his community. When he enters the office, he greets people younger than him before they get the chance to greet him. The care he gives to others is even more than caring for himself as. He is the most amazing person I ever had the honor of knowing ____ and___ and ___ He is a good photographer.”

The above quote is from an actual character reference letter

written in support of an individual who was convicted of multiple felonies in a state court and awaiting sentencing. Interestingly, the quote has some resemblance to the character reference letters sent in support of Steven Markowitz in the Great Neck News and Great Neck Record.

Defense lawyers often provide sample letters for the supporter of their found-guilty client to get a more lenient sentence.

These letters do not reverse the evidence nor the conviction.

Some attorneys submit countless character reference letters to the court even though this process is

quite well-known to the judges.

Some seasoned defense attorneys, however, believe in a sincere letter with the exclusive admission of wrongdoing and expression of regret by the foundguilty client along with only a few genuine character reference letters. They reason that most judges won’t even bother reading repetitious support letters and interpret them as a lack of admission of guilt.

Last weekend, Steve Markowitz’s request for character reference letters from the rabbis, acquaintances and his political friends, various boards members

was the talk of the town. It partially worked as some wrote supportive letters for him and sent them to the local newspapers.

Did that really help?

I don’t consider Mr. Markowitz a criminal. He should not rely on others to make a good name for him. He can make a good name by good actions and good words. The fact that even convicted criminals are able to get a mass of supportive letters illustrates that these letters do not necessarily mean much.

The validity of Mr. Markowitz’s 2015 email, which included scare tactics and hate language

towards the Orthodox Jews, now has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt – thanks to an individual who shared his immediate response to that email, which was sent to 13 people.

Subsequently, Mr. Markowitz wrote a letter taking responsibility for the 2015 email at the end of a very long letter suggesting that there should be unity while attacking his political opponents who were attacked initially in 2015 in the now-famous email.

Is this a sincere apology?

Leon Manoucheri Great Neck

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Religion an issue Markowitz a crucial voice in Bral campaign W

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am writing about some troubling personal attacks that have been made against Steve Markowitz

by Jeffrey Wiesenfeld because of Mr. Markowitz’s support for James Wu in his bid to unseat Great Neck Village Mayor Pedram Bral.

Many in the village have been dissatisfied with the mayor’s administration, including a large number of officials who have left his employ. Bral’s tenure has been characterized by ineptitude and secrecy and Wu ran a legitimate, if ultimately unsuccessful, campaign.

Throughout he disagreed without being disagreeable. That cannot be said of Bral or his supporters.

Though religion and party membership have been used as cudgels against Markowitz, his support of Wu had nothing to do with faith or affiliation because local contests have never been about that. The charge

that Wu and Markowitz are anti-Semitic is offensive and unfounded. Indeed, it is Bral’s campaign that was marked by threats and intimidation and an attempt to make religion an issue when not only does this run counter to the facts, it violates our electoral system and the establishment clause.

Indeed, Markowitz is and has been a high-profile participant and contributor to community organizations including Temple Israel, Chabad, SHAI, the Gold Coast Arts Center, the Village of Great Neck Zoning Board, and the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center. His support of Wu was only in the name of doing what he thinks is best for this community, something Markowitz’s resume shows he has consistently done during his 40 years of living in Great Neck.

Rita Hall Great Neck

G.N. clergy: back Markowitz

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e have known Steve Markowitz for almost 45 years since we both moved to Great Neck with our young children. We have admired him for all he does to make Great Neck a great place to live and raise families.

He has served as president of Temple Israel and created the inter-Synagogue rabbinic dialogue, bringing together clergy of all denominations.

Steve drafted the statement by the Town of North Hempstead to oppose the Iran nuclear deal.

For the past seven years he has served as chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center.

Under his leadership,

HMTC has grown to be the most important institution on Long Island fighting religious and racial intolerance, including divisions within the Great Neck community.

These are only a few of the wonderful things Steve has done. I find it shocking that anyone would charge him being anti-Semitic, anti-Orthodox, anti-Persian, anti-Republican and as being responsible for the divisive atmosphere in the Village of Great Neck.

We are disappointed the clergy of Great Neck is not doing more to support Steve and for not urging that these attacks stop.

Fern and Mitchell Weiss Great Neck

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e write to all of those who know, and may be concerned about, the role Steven Markowitz has played in our community, with the desire to underscore our appreciation for his unwavering commitment to things Jewish.

Our words are not designed to comment on his political views or enter into a discussion as to who said what, when, but to make a resounding statement about his decades-long dedication to reinforcing Jewish values whenever and wherever they seem to be threatened.

Steve served devotedly as president of Temple Israel of Great Neck. Among the many contributions that he made to the work of his synagogue, he sought to use his post to bring the various movements of Judaism together in discourse.

Nor would Steve ever take second place to anyone in his commitment to the State of Isra-

el—speaking up and speaking out whenever the state is assailed. He recognizes that many detractors of Israel are often anti-Semites in disguise, and he speaks eloquently in behalf of Jewry, here and everywhere.

A major factor in motivating us to share our thoughts with you has much to do with what Steve has accomplished in the last fifteen years in his work for the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center, which he has chaired for the past seven years.

Under his brilliant leadership, the center has grown to be among the most significant institutions on Long Island, fighting religious and racial intolerance. It has been his vision to bring the Center into communities such as Great Neck, creating programs in the Great Neck schools to address anti-Semitism as well as all other forms of intolerance.

His goal is to reduce tensions that may exist among students

of various cultural and religious backgrounds. He understands that when one group is under siege, all groups are at risk for the same abuse.

Steve performs an outstanding service for the Jewish community and beyond in his work at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, and we lend our names in support of all that he does through his steadfast focus on fighting intolerance wherever it raises its ugly head.

We sign this document as a vote of confidence for Steven Markowitz; we are unequivocal in our desire to see his efforts continue.

Faithfully and Respectfully, Rabbi Marim Charry, Temple Israel of Great Neck Rabbi Michael Klayman, Lake Success Jewish Center Rabbi Howard Stecker, Temple Israel of Great Neck Rabbi Robert S. Widom, Temple Emanuel of Great Neck

Suozzi failed to back bill offering border protections

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am writing in response to Congressman Tom Suozzi’s recent trip to the border.

While I applaud the congressman’s sudden interest in the situation at the border, I think it’s important to correct the record on some dangerous mischaracterizations.

Constituents at the town hall last week challenged him on his Problems Solvers Caucus vote then, and still, do now.

The House appropriations bill included many protections for immigrants at the border. The Senate Bill stripped those protections.

It has been widely reported that Speaker Pelosi intended to negotiate to get protections back in the final bill, but Blue Dog Democrats

and the Problems Solvers Caucus, of which Congressman Tom Suozzi is the vice-chair, did not support her.

This resulted in a Senate bill that offered only a very small percentage of the total spend in guaranteed humanitarian aid.

Constituents pointedly asked the congressman how he voted in his caucus vote and he informed them that he could not tell them.

Not telling your constituents how you voted begs the question — who are you voting for? Transparency should be the bare minimum we should expect from our representatives.

There are now three more bills slated that will offer protections for immigrants in the House with little

to no chance of being passed in the GOP controlled senate.

The current reality is that the democrats have lost all leverage to get new protections for immigrants passed in legislation.

Families are still being separated at the border and the lack of protections in the Senate bill inspire little to no confidence that conditions will improve. I urge the congressman to explain his Problem Solvers Caucus vote.

His mischaracterizations further harm these families in detention and seem to only, selfishly, tee up his upcoming proposal with Republican Congressman Peter King.

Alethea Shapiro Roslyn

Markowitz hurt community

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s the bipartisan, global advocate for the Jewish people, AJC has too often seen legitimate political debates regarding issues of public policy hijacked into mean-spirited personal attacks and political squabbles.

It does not serve the common good to indulge in the type of bick-

ering and character assassination as has been leveled against Steve Markowitz following the recent political contest in Great Neck.

On numerous occasions, Steve has proven himself to be a champion of western democratic values while giving freely of his time and talent to the community.

Accusations of a divisive reli-

gious nature do nothing to advance the public, political discourse. Engaging in a campaign of slander against Steve Markowitz is a waste of time and says more about the accusers than the accused.

Robert Socolof Director, AJC Long Island Region

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Drug prices now a crisis in U.S.

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he Commonwealth Fund is a private U.S. Foundation whose stated purpose is to “promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable and the elderly: Wikipedia Shawn Bishop, who is vice president of Advancing Medicare and Controlling Healthcare Costs at Commonwealth said at a podcast, “New Directions In Healthcare”, the U.S. pays the highest prices for drugs in the world, and we put more of our healthcare costs toward prescription drugs than any other country. Seventeen percent of total national healthcare spending goes for prescription drugs.

Analysts who advise Congress expect the share to rise over the next 10 years because drug costs are expected to outpace those of all other services like doctor visits and hospital care.”

The crisis today is fueled by the high launch prices of new brand organics and year over year price increases of brand name drugs that face no competition in the market for many years due to “abuses of the patent system”.

Brand name drugs now account for 77 percent of all spend-

ing on prescription drugs yet only up to ten percent of all prescriptions written.

Even people with good health insurance are concerned. The” Association for Accessible meds” says “when the price of prescription drugs fits within a family’s budget, everyone is able to live and work at their healthiest. On the other hand, when people are unable to afford their medication, this negatively affects their health. And their lives, and exacts a heavy toll on society .”

Shawn Bishop, who is vice president of Advancing Medicare and Controlling Healthcare Costs at Commonwealth is quoted “conditions like Multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and cancer which are treated with what are called specialty drugs and biologics – they are the highest priced medicine – often $50,000-$100,000 per year, and some drugs in these conditions are priced in the $300,000$400,000 range for an annual treatment.

But even drugs for common conditions like diabetes have been increasing astronomically and creating affordability issues for patients, because patients who are being treated for diabetes take those medications every day, so year over year increases are having

an impact on their pocketbooks as well.

Writing for the “Commonwealth Fund”, Sandy Hausman says “The U.S. pays the highest prices for drugs in the world, and we put more of our health care costs toward prescription costs than any other country. Seventeen percent of total national healthcare spending goes for prescription drugs I do not consider price increases by brand name manufacturers an abuse as some do but rather a skillful use of making a profit, legally, and within the boundaries set forth by the laws of our land.

Making a profit for your shareholders is not an illegal act but is really what is expected by those who invest in these companies.

David Mitchell of Commonwealth Fund acknowledges “The idea that you made an investment.

You deserve a return on that investment. For a small molecule drug, a period of exclusivity is five years. For an orphan drug for small population, the period of exclusivity is seven years.

For organics, it is 12 years.

During that period of exclusivity, you are able to exercise monopoly pricing power. The short term outcome of that is that drug companies are able pretty much to charge

whatever they want, and we have no way to stop them.”

Instead of complaining of the high prices, perhaps some of those elected officials should learn how to run the biggest company of all, the U.S. Government, as efficiently as the drug companies run their business. Why not change the laws that permit what you consider so wrong.

Former Congressman Henry Waxman who co-sponsored the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act that reformed the system for drug approval and patenting, said companies defend high prices by claiming they need money for research and development.

PHRMA, the trade association for the pharmaceutical industry, is quite powerful and have increased their lobbying and budget for advertising.

Neither is illegal. Has anyone checked the price increases in cable television, tickets for sporting events, theater tickets on Broadway, apartment rentals in Brooklyn, apartment purchases in Bedford-Stuyvesant. All legal.

David Mitchell points out that much of the research leading to new medications is done through the National Institutes of Health using tax dollars.

That is true. He also says that

drug companies spend more on sales and marketing than on research and development but Waxman says many on Capitol Hill believe high prices for existing drugs help fund new ones. Probably also true.

The consensus in Congress has consistently been that they did not want to enact price controls.

The alternative to that was to have competition with a generic drug.

Change the rules that allow for fraud to proliferate as now shown by the Office of Inspector General, Criminal and Civil Enforcement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Just his past June the former president of Oregon Foster Care Agency was sentenced to federal prison for theft, money laundering.

Also in June former medical director and two former operators of a Houston Medical Clinic charged in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme.

I say, eliminate “pay for delay”, eliminate “evergreening” which is the making of small changes to drugs to delay the manufacture and sale of generics. Eliminate the “phony prices” and “rebates” as currently exists.

Bertram Drachtman Great Neck

What’s with bike Lesson needed in socialism path near P.O.? W

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udos to Muriel and Leo Pfeifer for their unending crusade for better local government. Their letter in last week’s Great Neck News pointed out Mayor Jean Celender’s abuse of power as well as the TEP project’s folly, which has led to congestion, inconvenience, and danger to Great Neck residents.

As I chanced to drive by the main post office a few days ago, I thought I might re-evaluate my opinion of Celendar. What I saw were freshly painted white lines on the street. I think it is always good to clearly demarcate lines in the middle of the street as well as lines indicating where one can park one’s car. And then reality set in.

I also saw newly painted silhouettes of a bicycle indicating a bicycle path. Now that’s odd, I thought. I wondered if the mayor

had done an environmental impact study which proved conclusively that there were many bike riders living in the area, hence the necessity for said paths. Upon further reflection, I realized that in 20 years as a Great Neck resident I never once saw anyone riding a bike within blocks of the post office. In the interest of transparency, I have seen senior citizens using canes and walkers, but couldn’t imagine how these newly created paths would help these folk.

So, I continue to wonder if there is some someone who can challenge and defeat our good mayor. By her many victories, she has proven herself to be a consummate politician, but not one who cares about her constituents.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

e all know how Trump hates socialism. Trump and his cohorts in the Republican party keep talking about the socialist ways of the Democratic party. If the Democrats win the upcoming election, would that be the worst thing that could happen? Let’s take a look at facts — real facts.

Socialism in America is not the same as it was in the Soviet Union or Russia. Trump is very smart and knows that Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid are examples of American socialism. Aside from those two, perhaps he’s not familiar with some other examples of American Socialism. If not, allow me to present the following examples of American Socialism: Guaranteed public education, public transportation, fire departments, police departments, public libraries, every

branch of the U.S. Military, roads and highways, public, not private prisons and jails, public hospitals, the Veterans Affairs Administration, public universities, public parks, public toilets, public water fountains, public parking and public everything.

But there is part of another form of socialism that Trump seems to prefer, one of control, a form that has not only been predominant in another country but the term of socialism itself has been officially part of that country’s name.

From 1922 to 1991, the Soviet Union was officially known as The Union of Soviet “Socialist” Republics and was a socialist state. In 1928, Joseph Stalin introduced the first fiveyear plan for building a “socialist” economy. In industry, the state assumed control over all existing enterprises and undertook an intensive program of industrialization. In agri-

culture, forced collectivization of farms was implemented all over the country. Eventually everything was under control of the country’s leader. Those opposed to this state control faced execution and there were millions of such executions.

That’s what socialism was all about, Russian socialism.

Total control. It seems that Trump also wants total control.

We see how he reacts when anyone disagrees with him.

In America, our form of socialism has accomplished wonderful things. It has helped make America a great country.

Let’s keep it that way, but let’s not do it the Russian way. Perhaps Mr. Trump should take a lesson in American history and for the sake of our country, we must figure out a way to keep him under control.

Alvin H. Goldberg Great Neck

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Delayed Port Authority projects costly

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he Notice of Public Hearing by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for increasing tolls on bridges, tunnels, Port Authority Trans-Hudson and Air Train fares is just the start for a series of fare increases over coming years. Justification for this latest round is based upon raising $4.8 billion in new revenues. This is to increase the 2017 to 2026 Capital Program from $32.2 billion to $37 billion to support several ongoing and new capital projects.

Remember the new Port Authority PATH World Trade Center station? It had an original start date at 2003 with a completion date of 2009 at a cost of $2 billion. The Port Authority subsequently signed a construction agreement with the Federal Transit Administration. This made up to $2.2 billion in federal funding available for the WTC’s permanent new PATH terminal.

The grant agreement between the Port Authority and FTA was

awarded in December 2003. It included a commitment to start construction in 2006, with completion by June 2011.

Most construction was completed in 2016, five years beyond the original promised scheduled date. At $4 billion, the cost was double the original $2 billion.

Gov. Cuomo, in 2014, estimated the cost would be $450 million for building the LaGuardia air train with a completion date of 2019. The original Port Authority 2017 to 2026 capital budget plan lists this project at $1 billion. It was subsequently revised to $1.5 billion several years ago and today is $2 billion. Costs will be further refined as the project progresses through the environmental review process, preliminary and final design, award of construction contracts followed by change orders during construction, due to changes in scope or unforeseen site conditions. The final cost for the air train could end up several hun-

dred million to a billion or higher.

Four years have passed with little progress. There are no completed environmental documents or any preliminary design and engineering efforts necessary to validate construction costs.

News that the Port Authority has yet another plan for rebuilding the existing 42nd Street bus terminal is disappointing. The Port Authority 2017 to 2026 10year, $32 billion Capital Plan provided only $3.5 billion toward construction of this new facility.

How many more years will it take to complete the environmental review process, preliminary along with final design and engineering along with identifying and securing funding for construction?

It is wishful thinking that the Port Authority can count on $6.5 billion in future federal funding to make up the difference. Don’t be surprised in waiting until the next Port Authority 10-year, 2027 to 2036 Capital Plan before a complete $10 billion funding package

is in place. No one can predict how many more billions or years it might take to complete.

There is only $70 million for advancing an environmental study along with preliminary design and engineering for the Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel within the Port Authority 2017 to 2026 Capital Plan. This leaves a $9.930 billion shortfall to complete this project. This project has been championed by some for 30 years. It has yet to progress beyond the federal National Environmental Protection Act review process. No one can predict how many more billions and decades it might take to complete.

Three years ago, the estimated cost for the Gateway Tunnel grew by $3.9 billion from $20 billion to $23.9 billion. Two years ago, the new cost estimate increased another $5.2 billion from $23.9 billion to $29.1 billion.

Since 2001, the total direct cost for MTA LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal

has grown from $3.5 billion to $11.2 billion today (plus $600 million more in financing costs).

I predict $12 billion to $13 billion in direct costs when completed.

This does not include $4 billion more for indirect costs known as “readiness projects” carried off-line from the official project budget, which supports implementation of this new service.

The promised opening service date has slipped on numerous occasions from 2009 to December 2022. Don’t be surprised if this ends up in 2023 or later.

How many Port Authority projects will suffer the same cost increases and years or decades of delay like MTA LIRR East Side Access? Anyone want to guess what Pennsylvania tolls will be to pay for all of the above?. Perhaps Gov. Cuomo should worry more about reorganizing the Port Authority rather than MTA. Larry Penner Great Neck

More reasons to support Trump

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he New York Yankees’ baseball franchise dominated their sport in the 20th century. At one point, they won six out of 10 World Series titles, which included a never duplicated four in a row. Their manager was a colorful and eccentric personality named Casey Stengel. A journalist once asked Stengel what the secret of his success was. Stengel responded, “You got to keep the five guys that hate you away from the four that are still undecided.”

On that note, I write my support for Donald Trump in an effort to keep the Trump haters away from the rest of you that are still undecided.

In two previous letters, I cited 48 reasons for my gratitude to have Donald Trump as my president. A hostile reader inadvertently inspired a 49th, when he reminded me that Trump had volunteered to refund all profits made on his hotel in Washington, D.C., that were related to government business.

I would like to add 22 more.

This list will emphasize foreign affairs and defense issues: Obama’s legacy included leaving 50 percent of our navy aircraft with poor maintenance and unsafe flying protocols. Trump has upgraded and restored them to fighting strength.

The Veterans Administration has the right to fire anyone neglect-

ing or abusing a patient. That policy was not previously observed.

Veterans can now see their own physician instead of having to use VA physicians.

I am a strong supporter of Israel. I do not expect those of you who would like to destroy Israel to find any of the following appealing. Trump announced that the Golan Heights be recognized as a sovereign part of Israel. Just as with the embassy move to Jerusalem, which recognized the right of a sovereign nation to choose its own capital, the Trump administration stopped decades of previous diplomatic obfuscations and took a clear position.

Trump stopped payments and funding to the Palestinian Authority. The PA had been spending on “salaries” for terrorists in Israeli prisons. This effectively ended American participation in “pay for slay.”

Trump closed the Palestinian embassy in Washington, D.C. Trump halted the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey once they decided to buy S-400 anti-aircraft arms from Russia. He also canceled their “preferential trade agreement.”

Defunded UNESCO because of its erasure of Jewish patrimony in Israel, including calling the Tomb of the (Jewish) Patriarchs and the Tomb of Rachel “Palestinian” heri-

tage sites.

Defending Israel at the U.N. firmly and without apology.

Trump pushed to classify Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization Removed the word “occupied” from State Department documents regarding the West Bank in deference to the fact that those territories are disputed and were previously occupied by Jordan The international criminal court wanted to prosecute American soldiers for war crimes in Afghanistan. Trump refused to recognize the international criminal court jurisdiction over our soldiers and even those of our allies i.e.

Israel, etc. He believes our own courts are more than capable of dealing with human rights violations.

Trump launched an inquiry regarding titanium sponge imports.

Titanium sponge is a critical material in military and aerospace applications. We import 60 percent of our titanium sponge. Trump wants to ensure domestic production is sufficient should our dependency on foreign supplies be compromised. The supply chain must be protected were we to be involved in a long-term military conflict.

Trump modified our national security strategy and national defense strategy. We need protection from Chinese incursions regarding

cybersecurity. The future consensus has now shifted to the priority of Chinese threats and downgraded the previous priority of fighting terrorism.

Worked against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to reduce Putin’s influence in Europe.

Vetoed legislation which intended to stop military aid for the civil war in Yemen. The aid was to combat the influence of Iran which is considered of more paramount importance.

Israeli intelligence picked up Iranian terrorism and attack intentions. The targets were American and those allied with us. Trump sent an aircraft carrier support group to the area. Weakness, not shows of strength, is what leads to war.

Pentagon Secretary Pat Shanahan said the U.S. will no longer “tiptoe” around Chinese bad behavior. He cited the theft of trade secrets and the militarization of islands in the South China Sea. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the German chancellor, if you adopt Huawei, then we will not share any more intelligence with you.

Obama released two Rwandans living in the U.S. to Australia in a refugee exchange. The two Rwandans butchered two American tourists visiting a gorilla sanctuary in Africa. Obama allowed

them to avoid prosecution. Trump was furious and told off the Australian prime minister but the deal was done in the last hours of Obama’s presidency and could not be reversed.

A Palestinian businessman, who attended the recent U.S.-led “Peace to Prosperity Conference” in Bahrain, was arrested on his return to Hebron by the Palestinian Authority. The PA had ordered a boycott of the conference. Trump threatened the PA. Subsequently, the man was released.

After the U.S. defeated ISIS and the Caliphate, we have detained about 1,800 fighters. Many of these fighters left European countries to join the battle. These countries do not want to take these fighters back. Trump reminded them that the United States spent lives and money to win that war and the least these countries could do was to prosecute these individuals. Otherwise, they would have to be released. Many would wind up finding their way back to their original countries clandestinely. At that point, they are ticking time bombs for future terrorist attacks.

It would be nice if the Europeans showed some gratitude.

Dozens more to come.

MAGA. Dr. Wayne Roth Roslyn Heights

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Compassion Your state senators just missing at border rubberstamp bills

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une 19 was a truly remarkable day in the New York State Senate, with your elected representatives toiling tirelessly on your behalf.

According to the Senate’s twitter feed, a total of 117 bills were voted on that day by our highly vaunted deliberative body. The results: 108 out of the 117 bills passed by a vote of 62-0.

One bill passed 60-0.

One bill passed 60-1.

Four bills passed 61-1.

Lastly, three bills passed by what appear to be close to party lines, by the 40s against the 20s. Two of those had something to do with alcohol sales. Apparently, there was a contentious debate over the taxation of beer tasting. In the process, the very definition of a beer tasting wound up being amended.

Amazing, isn’t it? In a chamber where the party split is 40 Democrats to 22 Republicans, I must say this is the most remarkable display of bipartisanship not seen since the Supreme Soviet.

Why, it’s almost as if Tom Suozzi’s “Problem Sellout Caucus” was in charge of everything.

So why is this day remarkable? Simple: Because it’s just like every other day. In every session, a stream of bills are put up for a vote, there’s no deliberation, and your senators simply rubber stamp them. And it opens up a truth most state policy experts have known for decades: we have absolutely no need for a bicameral legislature. A single chamber will function far better than two and save untold billions in expense.

Adding to the pretense of a representative body is the duplication of work: Each chamber has its own committee on issues like housing, taxation, criminal justice,

energy, education, agriculture, banking and so on. So every time a piece of legislation is submitted, the committees of both houses get busy, and of course, if you want the bill to see the light of day, a few favors must be exchanged, few of them publicly known. By the time a bill hits the floor, everyone has their orders, but not before a few “understandings” are in place. This is a patently ludicrous form of government, guaranteed to produce corruption and manufactured inefficiency.

In addition, the Legislature wastes decades of man hours on the most trivial rubbish. Are we really still at the stage where we have to pass legislation honoring some retiring librarian from Herkimer County with her own day of honor? Mass highway renaming? And who could forget Sen. Jack Martins’ courageous bill to mandate that every single poppy flower sold in New York State in honor of the fallen of World War I be exempt from sales taxes? (Martins winding up at Suozzi’s old law firm is pure Nassau.) Dozens of bills are for picayune-enabling legislation for some sparsely populated village upstate to allow them to buy a small parcel of land or make a minor modification to a local fire department’s pay structure, things that could easily be handled at

a local level. But here, all of this gets funneled through the State’s senior chamber.

Does important stuff get done? Of course. But there’s no need for this many people to do them. Over the years, just about every endeavor that touches our lives has been made more efficient. But this charade of a “deliberative body” has its uses as a payroll padder and pension generator.

I’ve heard that there have been some rumblings from Democratic Party leaders (sic) in this county that the party is moving too “far left” and may risk losing some seats. This is because these same leaders are under the impression that a political party is little more than an employment agency for donors and friends, not an organization formed to represent voters who want to put forward policies based on sincerely held values and better outcomes for us all. That’s why you have these two relics in the Legislature, and it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that these vast armies of embedded grifters will never give up their jobs for the sake of the welfare of their beloved state.

In the meantime, pay up, and let them pretend.

Donald Davret Roslyn

GOP banks on voter amnesia Continued from Page 14 Apparently, Republicans believe that having an uncertified assessor from Nassau elected by their political machine is better than a certified assessor who happens to live in Queens and has demonstrated his ability to do his job right.

The proposed legislation would also limit the county executive’s ability to change the level of assessments so that people who were underpaying their taxes by a

large amount would keep their advantage longer — with someone who has been overpaying their taxes footing the bill.

The bill would also require the county assessor to hold multiple hearings throughout the county to answer questions from residents – something he and Curran have already done.

Not so coincidentally, the Republican legislators’ rear-guard action against fixing the assessment system was joined by the PBA,

which rented billboard trucks to display the false message that Curran was raising taxes and blare the song “Rich Girl” as if Curran was actually making money by fixing the tax system.

In the end, the protagonist in “Memento” used his memory aids to track down the people who attacked him and killed his wife.

We hope voters will use this editorial to track down the people who have helped make this county’s finances such a mess.

his is in response to Dr. Hal Sobel’s Aug. 12 letter, “Accused of helping the undocumented.” The title of his letter should be changed to, “Accused of enabling the death and exploitation of illegal border crossers.”

Supporters of the Marxist agenda are not compassionate or tolerant in any fashion. One has only to follow the actions of their enforcers Antifa to prove the point. The similarities of the violent tactics of Antifa and Hitler’s Brown Shirts are striking and should be alarming to everyone.

Marxists have no regard for the laws or Constitution of this country and only wish to achieve their ultimate goal of turning this great nation into a Marxist totalitarian state.

As for quoting partisan sources, The Center for Constitutional Rights, according to Wikipedia, “is a progressive non-profit legal advocacy organization based in New York City, New York, in the United States. It was founded in 1966 by Arthur Kinoy, William Kunstler and others particularly to support activists in implementation of civil rights legislation and achieve social justice.”

According to an Aug. 23, 2018 article in the National Review, ‘Essentially a Fraud’ by Kyle Smith, “The SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) can no longer be fairly termed a nonpartisan watchdog group. It has become a hate group itself. Actual political violence is of no interest to it unless it can be deployed in service of the SPLC’s thinly veiled campaign to damage the Right.”

In response to the statement, “Dictatorships hold that using horrific means to achieve noble ends is acceptable,” one can only imagine the carnage resulting from a compassionate and tolerant Marxist totalitarian state violating Second Amendment rights and forcibly trying to confiscate 300 million guns from American citizens.

Democratic Socialists quoting Jesus to make their point is very puzzling. According to author David Horowitz, a man who probably knows more about Marxist Democratic Socialists than they know about themselves, “Unfortunately, the people who hate America on the left, and this embraces so much of the Democratic Party these days, have conducted a 50year, 60-year attack on Christianity in this country. They’ve driven prayer and religion out of the schools.”

In conclusion, people who love, honor and respect all people without knowing anything about them are naïve to say the least.

Except for immediate family, love, honor and respect must be mutually demonstrated and earned.

Those adults who enter this country illegally must be detained and treated with courtesy. The children that accompany them must be protected and treated with kindness.

All processing and medical conditions should be addressed at border facilities as soon as possible after which the detainees who have violated laws passed by Congress must be returned to their country of origin.

Walter J. Jaworski New Hyde Park

Women’s soccer team a boost to us

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had the proud opportunity to watch on TV the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team receiving the keys to the city by Mayor Bill de Blasio. This was a giant win, which has made all of America proud and a great role model for all of our youth.

Truly, America saluted these women for a job well done. I was furthermore impressed with the crowd that shouted “USA! Equal Pay! USA! Equal Pay!” Now I hope they get it, for they deserve it. Over the ceremony were these words “One Nation-One Team.”

As Mayor de Blasio said, “That was a moment of unity.”

I hope and pray that will come to pass. This USA Women’s soccer team showed that there is no ‘I’ in team and did what had to be done, together. This team is a fine example of what our nation can do and what can be accomplished when we all work together for common goals for the betterment for all Americans.

Frederick Bedell Jr. Mineola Letters Continued on Page 56

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Lower interest rates may not boost

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n Washington recently, the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s thought was to lower the interest rate soon. But my question is why? Is the economy not moving fast enough, aren’t companies now doing well, especially since this will not necessarily create a fast track to more employment? Will companies borrow more money to expand and will the demand be there to purchase more products, even though the tariffs that have been imposed have actually hurt businesses that import products and merchandise and we have been paying for those extra costs anyway or have we decided to pull back on our purchases?

I question whether lowering rates a quarter-point will allow more families and individuals to purchase a primary residence. And if so, will that quarter-point truly make that much of a difference or will the reduction in rates allow those “borderline borrowers” to sneak through the buying process, even though later on, depending upon what type of mortgage they secure, put them in a precarious position to truly be able to afford their home? As it is, housing inventory is still at a five-month level (normal inventory is six to seven months), although in many areas price appreciation has slowed to half of what it was previously the last 12 to 18 months.

Prices are still historically high, however, and have surpassed 2007-2008 highs, and real estate taxes are definitely higher in most regions, putting the cost of housing that much higher. Families’ and individuals’ salary increases have not moved that much and in most situations have been flat or less than what they were 40 years ago as per the Pew Research Center (https://www.pewresearch.org/ fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-

us-workers-real-wages-have-barelybudged-for-decades/) as related to the purchasing power of the dollar when factoring in inflation. Most of the money went to the higher end of most major companies, to the CEOs, (chief executor officers) CFOs (chief financial officers) COOs (chief operating officer) and the upper management. In recent years the information has shown that these officers’ salaries were thousands of times greater than the average workers’ wages or salaries.

Just the top 10 percent of wage earners showed a 15.7 percent increase over the bottom 10 percent, which had increases of just 3 percent.

My thoughts on the outsourcing of jobs and the one theory (from The Pew Research article of 8/7/18

by Drew Silver) is that rising benefit costs – particularly employerprovided health insurance – may be constraining employers’ ability or willingness to raise cash wages.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics-generated compensation cost indices, total benefit costs for all civilian workers have risen an inflation-adjusted 22.5 percent since 2001 (when the data series began) vs. 5.3 percent for wage and salary costs. That doesn’t bode well for those seeking the American Dream of homeownership as the discrepancies of wages and salaries continue.

The potential reduction in interest rates will mostly assist in the refinancing as well as the purchasing of more properties, because those who have the capital will jump into this hot market. I do not envision housing inventory to truly become “normal” for the foreseeable future, due to the continuing demand and those millennial, Generation Xs and Ys and future individuals and families continually entering the housing market.

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

The types of housing needed on the lower end are not being constructed fast enough to keep pace with the current and future demands of the market. Even though in some states the minimum wage has increased to $15 per hour, can a family or individual even afford to purchase their first primary residence? When you add all the costs of ownership, I don’t think so.

More important is that a down payment of even 3.5 percent can be cumbersome and a burden to many, when most can’t save even that amount. If you take the average price of a home in the United States of $252,000(certainly not in our areas of Long Island and the North Shore), one would need to save $8,820 just as a down payment and then add whatever additional closing costs, legal and transfer and mortgage fees, etc. It becomes pretty much impossible. Translate that into what a home costs in our area, then you understand what the younger generation is up against.

Come on parents and relatives, help them out so they can stay instead of exiting Long Island and New York state.

I am currently engaged in a sale to a veteran who has done several

tours in Iraq and Syria and is afforded excellent benefits via the V.A., such as qualifying for a 100 percent loan, (although the individual is putting down 3.5 percent on contract), free attorney services, a 65 percent reduction in real estate taxes plus the Star exemption, which once applied for will kick in 2020.

But then again she has put her life on the line for all of us and is much deserving of whatever benefits that are afforded to her by the Veterans Administration. Unfortunately, most aren’t veterans and are not receiving these benefits.

Again, lowering the rates, will not truly benefit the majority of those looking to purchase their first homes, but may cause the potential of future short sales and foreclosures for those just getting in under the “wire of affordability.” Maybe grants that I elaborated about in my column the other week could be expanded to assist those individuals and families seeking ownership. I would like to see more educational programs offered by the local, state or federal government to help those to increase their incomes by starting a side business or just getting a second job, as needed. I have seen the programs out there, but most are not aware of them, due to the lack of marketing and advertising.

I think Gov. Cuomo should consider spending less on trying to attract companies to relocate to the state with 10-year “no tax” incentives, which don’t seem to be successful at all, and then spend more dollars on getting all those individuals who are leaving the state for other less costly states better opportunities. He should encourage them to stay put by making them aware of the other sources of education to either increase their salaries and wages or start their own side businesses. Here is a link to a gov-

ernment site that just might assist those who are looking to earn more money: https://www.usa.gov/startbusiness. What I have found is that people who I have come across, especially in my industry (and I am sure it occurs in all industries) aren’t always entrepreneurial, but lazy and lack the drive, diligence, perseverance and skill sets to succeed and need that weekly paycheck.

However, if one can just push one’s self and stick it out, success can be yours, but at a price by learning, absorbing and applying the knowledge gained that have helped others succeed. This is the path to take for one to earn the greater income to maybe purchase that first home, house, condo, co-op. Do you have what it takes?

Philip 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 (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.). He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI)or go to WWW.Li-REalEstate.Com as well as a “free” value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s market without any “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality or Our Seller’s or Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling or Purchasing your Home. Just email or snail mail(regular mail) him with your request with your name, email and cell number and he will send it out ASAP. For a consultation, he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions or concerns.

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‘Spirit of Sen. Joseph McCarthy’ alive in G.N.

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or the record, I have been a close friend of Steve Markowitz for almost 40 years.

I have worked closely with him on Temple Israel governance; many community-wide activities; and until my appointment as a NIFA Director, supporting Democratic Party candidates.

Steve is one of the individuals whose contribution to civic life makes Great Neck the outstanding community we all love. I am

proud to say Steve Markowitz is my good friend.

It is with a broken heart that I have concluded that the spirit of Sen. Joseph McCarthy is alive and well in Great Neck.

The personal attacks that have been thrown at Steve are completely untrue, uncalled for, vile and disgusting. The fact that they are completely baseless and are supposedly based upon second and third-hand conversations can only lead to the conclusion

that there is another agenda at work here.

To call Steve anti-Semitic or anti-Persian is so outrageous I hesitate to respond.

Steve served as President of Temple Israel and then years later was asked to serve again when our temple found itself in a leadership vacuum.

Temple Israel is one of the leading Conservative Temples in the world with a membership that is over 1/3 Persian. To think we

would tolerate an anti-Semitic or anti-Persian as president is slanderous plain and simple.

Similarly, to say he is antiOrthodox ignores the work he has done fostering intra-Jewish relations.

The other charges are as ridiculous as well.

To question his leadership of the Holocaust Center by people who have never been active at the Center speaks for itself. Obviously, his peers feel differently having

re-elected him to his chairmanship numerous times. If people feel they would like to see improvements in the operations they should first try becoming involved.

I worked on many political campaigns with Steve and never saw him employ anything like the “political tricks” utilized in the last Village of G.N. election. I do know that people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

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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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505 7th Avenue, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $515,000 Date: 03/08/2019 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 40x100 Schools: Elmont Total Taxes: $11,919 MLS# 3051411

56 2nd Avenue, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $645,000 Date: 04/12/2019 5 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Total Taxes: $13,443 MLS# 3090570

503 8th Avenue, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $610,000 Date: 05/22/2019 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 67x100 Schools: Elmont Total Taxes: $8,701 MLS# 3097080

612 Bryant Avenue, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $770,000 Date: 04/15/2019 4 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Total Taxes: 15,025 MLS# 3090242

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

JAFCO child services celebrates growth One decade is a benchmark period of ten years that shows growth or productivity trends in a business or other organization. In the case of JAFCO, a unique, Florida-based child services agency, one decade reflects a great increase of awareness and support on Long Island and in the New York area.

A not-for-profit organization, JAFCO, which stands for Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options, serves abused and neglected children as well as those with developmental disabilities. Last year, JAFCO celebrated an impressive 25 years as a social service organization. From its beginnings as a small foster care and adoption agency with a mission to fill an unmet need in the Jewish community, JAFCO has grown steadily in size and scope. JAFCO leaders view it as their privilege to help all children and families in need, regardless of faith or heritage.

JAFCO’s local “friends” group has worked diligently over the past 10 years to establish a viable presence in the New York area. Next month, JAFCO will hold its 10th annual Long Island fundraising

event, known as “Fun in the Sun,” from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5 at the Glen Head Country Club in Glen Head.

When Old Westbury resident Pearl Halegua learned about JAFCO’s work a number of years ago, she organized small afternoon get-togethers to show friends what benefits this organization could offer children in need. Within a few years, Halegua’s informal gatherings outgrew the space in her home. “Fun in the Sun” then turned into a yearly event, with Halegua as the local JAFCO chapter president.

Based in south Florida, JAFCO currently is housed on two campuses. At the first location, its exemplary Children’s Village, the group serves abused and neglected children through its Family Preservation, Foster Care, Adoption and Mentoring programs.

JAFCO’s newer location is its Children’s Abilities Center. Now in its fifth year, the center is the first of its type in the United States to offer family support, therapy, child enrichment and respite, all

under one roof. In the words of JAFCO executive director Sarah Franco, this facility fills important needs, as “one of six children born today has developmental disabilities.”

JAFCO professionals continue to introduce programs both at its Children’s Abilities Center and the Children’s Village. A unique offering of the Abilities Center is its Respite Program. While children with developmental needs enjoy themselves in a fully supervised, stateof-the-art setting, their parents can enjoy a much-needed break by spending time on their own. In fact, if parents attend a wedding or another late-night event, it is possible for children who are ready for the extended respite to stay in the center’s private, six-room guest house. During an overnight, each child has a private bedroom and bathroom, with at least two staff supervisors.

News about JAFCO has migrated northward, as Long Island “snowbirds” who reside in Florida during the winter and who live in New York for the summer have learned. They report that they are

pleased to see an active JAFCO chapter has evolved and grown on Long Island.

All of JAFCO’s finely tuned programs require ongoing support to continue to serve the needs of children and families, and one means of reaching that goal is to commit to becoming a JAFCO “Godparent,” according to Halegua. More information will be available at JAFCO’s local August event.

The JAFCO Long Island/New York board, which worked with Halegua to plan this year’s event, helps educate others about the organization’s mission to strengthen families. Board members include Deborah Agulnick, Nori Elson, Joan Feldman, Kim Floam, Jeanne Goldman, Joan Grant, Susan Katz, Lisa Levine, Amy Levy, Wendy Maurer, Linda Moskowitz, Ronna Niederman, Harriet Rosen, Rose Schecter, Stacey Spitalnick, Susan Tashlik, Jocelyn Wasserman and Dorine Wulwick.

For more information, or to attend this year’s “Fun in the Sun” day, contact Pearl Halegua at phalegua@gmail.com.

EOC Gala honorees

PATV’s ‘From the Source’ Public Access TV has a new program to offer for northern Nassau County’s viewing pleasure: “From the Source” with host Elizabeth Johnson. Johnson is currently co-president of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce. She has garnered numerous writing awards and is an exciting addition to the PATV series line up.

In this new and informative program, Johnson interviews local elected officials, such as all of the mayors of the 15 incorporated villages in Great Neck and the North Shore, New York State Senator Anna Kaplan, former State Senator Elaine Phillips,

also the Village of Flower Hill Women’s Club and more guests to be announced.

Here’s the upcoming schedule for your viewing pleasure: On July 19 and July 26 at 8 p.m., July 23 at 5 p.m. and July 30 at 5 p.m., watch Kenneth Riscica, mayor of Plandome Heights, and on August 2 and August 9 at 8 p.m., and August 6 and August 13 at 5 p.m. watch Marvin Natiss, mayor of North Hills.

Those interested in tuning in can find Public Access TV on channel 20 if you have Optimum and channel 37 if you have Verizon Fios.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Members Peter Zuckerman and Veronica Lurvey, along with Town Clerk Wayne Wink attended the Manhasset/ Great Neck Economic Opportunity Council Gala on June 20 at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck. The gala was hosted in support of the EOC’s summer program which mentors children and adults in education, recreation, and cultural experiences.

Bosworth congratulated honorees Anna Kaplan, North Hempstead Housing Authority Executive Director Sean Rainey, Jeffery Weisman, Adventures in Learning, and Minnie Carpenter for their involvement within the community.

All honorees were selected for

(Left to Right): Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Honoree Jeffery Weisman, Council Member Veronica Lurvey and Council Member Peter Zuckerman. their dedication to supporting the community and its residents.

Submitted by the Town of Hempstead.

Mortgage foreclosure clinics If you’re someone who is facing mortgage foreclosure or was affected

by Hurricane Sandy, the Nassau County Bar Association can help.

The Nassau County Bar Association will be hosting five mortgage foreclosure clinics on Aug. 12, Aug. 26, Sept. 9, Sept. 23 and Oct. 7 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Translators are also available, upon request. To register, call 516-747-4070.

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Bankrupt pool contractor sues town

Continued from Page 1 The town has not yet responded to Gramercy Group about the complaint because the time period to do so has not yet expired, said spokesperson Carole Troterre, who declined to comment further.

In its bankruptcy filing, Gramercy Group is a debtor-in-possession and not liquidating, which allows it to collect debts, McKenna said.

In May, the attorney said it was a combination of the Town of North Hempstead’s unpaid expenses and an “adverse judgment” in another lawsuit that caused the bankruptcy.

The complaint elaborates on what Gramercy Groups says were omissions in the contract from the start. One example was steel needed to complete the bathhouse that was never in the contract, it says.

“Gramercy was then furnished with new drawings that detailed the additional steel work,” the complaint says.

“The steel then had to be ordered and the additional work performed. This was at additional cost to Gramercy and had a three-week time impact for which Gramercy is entitled to additional time and compensation.”

The town also consistently added components to the renovation that were not included in the original contract, according to the complaint. Those led to

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Kayla Spernacka, from New Hyde Park, won a raffle to be the first one down the new water slide at Clinton G. Martin Pool during its 2018 opening. the project falling behind schedule, it says.

“The town’s requests that Gramercy perform additional work continued right up to the time of the pool opening,” the complaint says. “Of further example: just prior to the pool opening, the town decided to remove an already-completed concrete planter at the pool’s entrance.

The planter, which was constructed per the contract plans, was being removed

because the town deemed it ‘was not aesthetically pleasing.’”

Months after the pool opened in June 2018 the town still had changes it wanted made that it outlined in a November 2018 letter that said the project components were incomplete, according to the complaint.

One of those projects was for a gravity overflow system that the contract had asked to have demolished. The town

then sent plans for the system in February 2019.

“The town took the position that it was part of Gramercy’s original scope of work and had demanded Gramercy to perform the work at no additional cost,” the complaint says. “Gramercy has and will continue to refuse to perform the work.”

There is an overflow system in place currently that would only pose a risk if a series of issues were to arise, including a power outage, generator breakdown or sump pump breakdown, McKenna said.

Much of what the complaint alleges arose previously in correspondence between Gramercy Group and the town.

The town sent a letter May 8 to the company saying that it intended to declare the contractor in default for having outstanding work.

Among Gramercy Group’s responses was a letter signed by the company’s president, Vincent Parziale,which goes into the project issues described in the complaint.

McKenna said he anticipates the lawsuit will move more quickly than if it had not been filed in Bankruptcy Court.

“I expect that this will start to move rather rapidly, but the town hasn’t gotten to the time where it has to respond yet to the complaint,” he said.

Part of 2nd Ave. to close Continued from Page 1 the agency has kept the community updated. Donovan said that this included various commmunity meetings about the expansion project, with several involving the New Hyde Park community.

Mayor Lawrence Montreuil said in an interview that “we’re surprised it was so quick.” While the board knew that permanent closure was inevitable, the board was alerted to the closure on July 9 — just 13 days before the road closure.

“We want people to be alerted,” said Montreuil, who

pointed out that the board is concerned about getting the message out to the village.

“We don’t want it to be a mess there.”

The New Hyde Park Road grade crossing in the Village of New Hyde Park is one of seven street-level crossings along the LIRR Main Line being eliminated as part of the LIRR Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville. The grade crossing is being reconstructed to feature a new five-lane underpass with pedestrian sidewalks on the east and west sides of the underpass.

Construction for the project

Markowitz issues apology over email Continued from Page 4 one falsely used her name to submit the letter, which she said had a clear goal of “trying to divide our community by providing false information and persuade voters.”

Local Asian civic groups like the Northshore Asian Civic Association and the Great Neck Chinese

Association also condemned the letter. NACA in particular said that such discussions never occurred in Wu’s campaign group.

“We want to make ourselves very clear: The racial remarks are repulsive and fabricated with distorted details,” the Northshore Asian Civic Association said.

is set to begin during the winter.

The work should be completed by next summer.

The detour plan, designed by the 3TC with village input, will channel traffic into the new parking lot on Plaza Avenue.

The 50 voucher parking spots around Second Avenue lost due to the closure will be transferred to a newly created parking lot at the site of the former 115 New Hyde Park between Second Avenue and Plaza Avenue.

Montreuil said the board is requesting that the third track developers hand out flyers throughout New Hyde Park to

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The village issued out images of a detour route to New Hyde Park road. alert residents to the road closure. Despite requesting more notice for the closure, the board

has had a “great relationship” with the development team, he said.

“NACA has zero tolerance for such racial divide and moral ambiguity.”

Markowitz said there were no comments indicating any bias against the Orthodox community during the 2019 mayoral campaign, but instead “comments and false internet postings hostile to Chinese and African-American residents” were circulated.

This email from 2015, with names and email addresses redacted, was forwarded to the Great Neck News on Friday.

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Continued from Page 8 Suozzi, whose district stretches from Queens to Huntington, along with 15 other House Democrats inspected and toured the detention centers in McAllen and Brownsville, Texas, which are holding Central American migrants seeking asylum. They also spoke with families about their experiences and what can be done to help.

In a Tuesday interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Suozzi said the detention centers were crowded with “hundreds and hundreds of people.” He could hear children were crying and coughing in one area, he said, and saw men lined up and sleeping on concrete in another area.

“My recent trip to the border makes it clear that this issue is incredibly complicated and has been for decades,” Suozzi said in a separate statement on Tuesday. “The policies and rhetoric from this administration have exacerbated the problem, permeating a culture of fear that forces many immigrants further into the shadows.”

Suozzi said Congress must “address the current humanitarian crisis at the border,” work to secure the border “in a smart and effective way,” and help stabilize El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, which account for 90 percent of current immigrants.

He also called for protecting the legal status of so-called Dreamers, people who were brought into this country as minors without documentation, and of others with temporary protected status. President Donald Trump has moved to remove protections for Dreamers instituted by President Barack Obama, and the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the issue.

The immigration system, Suozzi said in the statement, is “broken.”

Suozzi, in his interview on “Morning Joe,” also commented on Trump’s attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen, also known as “the squad”: Reps.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

In a series of tweets on Sunday, Trump falsely said they “came from countries whose governments are a complete and

total catastrophe” and suggested they “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

Omar was born in Somalia and her family fled the country’s civil war when she was 8. They lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for four years and came to the United States when she was 12. At 17, Omar became a U.S. citizen. The other three congresswomen were born in the United States.

Trump has doubled – if not tripled – down on his comments in several tweets since then, calling them “anti-Israel, anti USA, pro-terrorist” and saying, “I don’t have a Racist bone in my body!”

Suozzi said the president’s comments were “racist and un-American,” and follow a pattern of using division to distract from important issues.

“We need to make the humanitarian crisis at our southern border priority No. 1. The president has, once again, shifted the conversation away from important policy issues toward a racial divide in our country,” Suozzi said. “I don’t always agree with all the politics of the squad, but today I want to be an honorary member of the squad.”

Suozzi defended his recent vote for a $4.6 billion border aid measure in the “Morning Joe” interview, saying that money for basic services was slated to run out and House members couldn’t afford to have a “political food fight.”

Moderates had pushed for the bill, passed by the Senate 84-8, which some House Democrats and progressives said did not go far enough in protecting migrants and preventing the Trump administration from spending money in ways they opposed.

Nearly $2.9 billion of it is slated to assist the Department of Health and Human Services in providing care for migrants.

Another big chunk – $1.3 billion – goes to the Department of Homeland Security to improve conditions in the border facilities.

The bill passed in the House of Representatives 305 to 102, with 176 Republicans and 129 Democrats in favor. Ninety-five Democrats and seven Republicans voted against the measure.

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What Apollo 11 mission really accomplished Continued from Page 16 China intends to dominate 5G, which would give it control over the internet and with its “Belt and Road” policy, is building infrastructure around the world that will eventually give it a foothold to not only control physical space but political; Russia intends to dominate realpolitik, cannily using its cyberweapons to alter the political landscape, as well as edging the USA out of alliances (allying with Saudi Arabia to control oil supply

and prices while Trump does Putin’s bidding in squeezing out Iran’s supply, and with Turkey).

Trump’s big idea is a manned mission to Mars, with which he hopes to achieve a legacy on par with JFK (when contradicts his other goal, returning to the Moon by 2024).

It is reasonable at this time to question the allocation of resources – at a time when Trump is driving a $1 trillion budget deficit pushing the debt ceiling beyond $22 trillion – instead

of investing in cleaning our environment and greening our economy.

Instead of all the technology developed for Apollo that advanced civilization of earth – computers, GPS– would a Mars program instead be a pretext to capitalize Space and devise new military weapons? No more of that sentimental rot, “We come in peace for all mankind.”

Another thought on the 50th anniversary of the first Men on the Moon: how simply

because of the desperate need for people, the space program broke down race and gender barriers and opened opportunities.

But any such program on the scale of the Space Race would accomplish that – you don’t need to go to Mars – it’s why at this time of historically low unemployment, there is a renewed emphasis on universal pre-K, parental leave and affordable childcare, which will likely evaporate when the next recession hits.

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P.W. man recollects moon landing Continued from Page 3 project theme over the next several years as the lunar module was being fabricated and the subcontractors designed, built and tested their respective components,” Cosolito said.

There were many setbacks along the way, he said. “Rocket engines failed, propellant tanks were too heavy and had to be modified, helium tanks were very fragile and had to be handled with care or they would implode,” he said.

But eventually, the machine came to fruition and Cosolito had

the unique opportunity of seeing the exact module that would fly and land on the moon as it was being assembled.

Cosolito left Grumman a single year before the Apollo 11 launch after it had became clear there would be no continuation on his contract after the Apollo program ended, he said.

“It was time to move on,” he said. “That was June 1968.”

Cosolito watched the lunar shot on television in July 1969 and was “amazed and elated as the descent engine worked as designed and landed the lunar module on the

moon.”

And a couple of days later as he watched the module depart from the moon, he said, he was again delighted to see it safely launch into orbit to “rendezvous with the command vehicle.”

“I sighed with relief and was happy that all components I was associated with worked perfectly,” said Cosolito.

After the completion of the successful space mission, NASA gave participants in the Apollo program the Apollo Achievement Award, of which Cosolito said he is very proud to be a recipient.

Panel blasts Sater’s testimony Continued from Page 12 statement provided to the House intelligence committee in December 2017.

In 2003, Sater joined Bayrock Group LLC, a luxury mortgage firm whose home office was on the 24th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan.

From his desk, Sater performed clandestine operations on behalf of the United States and also brokered deals for Trump, his neighbor two floors up who at the time was a real estate mogul, according to news reports. Sater was involved in negotiations for Trump SoHo. Sater told The Los Angeles Times that he “was building Trump Towers by day and hunting Bin Laden by night.”

According to Buzzfeed News, in 2004 Sater “persuad-

ed a source in Russia’s foreign military intelligence to hand over the name and photographs of a North Korean military operative who was purchasing equipment to build the country’s nuclear arsenal.”

Sater told Buzzfeed News last year that he had no involvement with Russian meddling in the 2016 election and said “he was just doing what he always done: working a deal.”

Sater sold his Sands Point home for just over $2 million in February, more than a year after it had been put on the market. Sater purchased the home in 2004 and sold it in order to relocate to waterfront property, local real estate agent Kathy Levinson said in a past interview with Blank Slate Media. She said he already lived in Port Washington when he purchased the home.

Villages revisit solicitation codes Continued from Page 2 strict and a little more conducive to getting more information too so that we ensure the people walking around our village are people who we want here,” Mayor Dominick Longobardi said.

After receiving a letter from Aptive Environmental, the North Hills board decided the best route would be to eliminate regulations on solicitation from its code altogether, said Mayor Marvin Natiss.

“Rather than have them threaten a further lawsuit it was easier to repeal,” he said of the bill his board planned to discuss Wednesday.

Common issues in solicitation codes are curfews that ban solicitation during some of the only hours that residents are typically home and high license fees that act as a barrier rather than compensation for processing, Fielding said.

The Village of Munsey Park Board of Trustees unanimously amended the “Peddling and Soliciting” section of its code last Wednesday, establishing a “do not knock” registry and limiting the time frame in which solicitation can occur.

The new version of the law distinguishes between charitable and commercial solicitation and requires that commercial solicitors obtain licenses from the village.

The previous version was more restrictive, which was not up to current standards, said Mayor Lawrence Ceriello.

“We cannot prohibit solicitation and some solicitation, proselytizing, cannot be regulated at all, but commercial speech we can regulate,” he said.

The “do not knock” registry will include resident addresses and be provided to solicitors who will not be allowed to solicit on those

properties. Residents may sign up online or in person at Village Hall, according to the law.

Solicitation is now limited to between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. or 30 minutes after sunset, whichever is earlier. It may not take place on Sundays.

Roslyn Estates is similarly creating a “do not solicit” list. “[Aptive] has agreed to honor the wishes of all residents on a ‘Do Not Solicit’ list, which the Village will provide,” Mayor Paul Leone Peters wrote in a letter to residents dated July 8.

At the village’s Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Michael P. Tomicich, the clerk and treasurer, said that 180 residents were on the list.

Janelle Clausen, Tom McCarthy and Rose Weldon contributed reporting.

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teven Markowitz finally acknowledged, after denying it, that he sent the nefarious e-mail that was intended to stoke fear of Orthodox Jewish candidates.

What he failed to do was to apologize for using that anti-Semitic strategy in elections and budget votes (i.e. for library trustee, for school board member, for school board budget, two subsequent mayoral races) that were held since he sent that e-mail.

In all of these elections, his strategy was used to demonize Orthodox Jews in order to turn out the vote for his candidate or cause. As the chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Mr. Markowitz should know better.

What Steven Markowitz failed to do was tell the truth.

The vice chairman of the Democratic Committee of Nassau County and the president of the Great Neck Democratic Club did not know that James Wu, whose mother is the Chairperson of the Flushing Democratic Club, was a Democrat?

He did not know that James Wu ran a failed primary bid in Queens for John Liu’s City Council seat.He did not know that James Wu was charged with election violations by the NYC Campaign Finance Board?

How sincere can Markowitz’s apology be if his letter is filled with fabrications?

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hen you study the Holocaust you can learn two types of lessons from, positive and negative.

Positive Lesson: If you are a soldier, sergeant, lieutenant, general, etc, in the army and are asked to commit acts of genocide to be responsible for your actions, refuse to do unethical actions.

Don’t just follow orders. It is a principle regardless of the situation.

Negative Lessons: Hate language and scare tactics could have a monumental impact in directing the masses in hideous

directions and actions.

I am sure that Mr. Steven Markowitz, the chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County is quite familiar with both lessons.

Unfortunately, at some point, he chose to use the negative lesson.

The positive lesson is to be the lesson for the future of mankind, not to be ever forgotten.

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Spirit of McCarthy alive Continued from Page 56 I sincerely hope that this obviously political campaign of personal attacks and harassment is not a harbinger of things to come. It will take a lot of hard work to erase the memory of this degust-

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Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament on Earth and takes place at the All England Tennis Club, just outside of London.

This year, the Gentlemen’s Single finals pitted No. 2 seed Roger Federer against No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in front of a soldout crowd, which included Kate Middleton, Prince William, David Beckham, Kate Beckinsale, Stanley Tucci, Jude Law and Eric Bana.

At the conclusion of this five-set, five-hour marathon, TV commentator John McEnroe described it as the greatest tennis match he has ever witnessed and Djokovic described the experience as the most mentally grueling match he has ever played. Anyone who watched this match knew that it was two against one with the tag team of the crowd and Roger fighting Novak all by his lonesome.

It is not perfectly clear why the crowd favored Roger so much. Perhaps it is due to his age (37), his finesse, his good looks, the way he dresses, his reputation as a class act, the way he moves like a cat or maybe it’s the fact that he is from Switzerland and speaks English, French and German fluently.

It is also not clear why the crowd showed such disdain for Novak.

Perhaps because he is Serbian or maybe it’s because he does not have the grace, the finesse, the looks or the style that Federer

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possesses. It’s true, Novak can be acerbic and at times rub people the wrong way, but the overt hostility that was felt in the usually staid and gentile All England Tennis Club was a surprise.

During his 20-minute post-tournament interview, nearly every question posed to Djokovic concerned the hostile one-sided crowd response and how he managed to cope with it.

He openly said that he and his handlers knew long before he walked onto center court that Federer would be the crowd favorite and that he knew he must remain calm no matter what the booing sounded like.

He said he visualized the hostile crowd experience long beforehand so that the crowd would not get under his skin. He remarked that a match of this magnitude against a champion as smart and talented as Federer meant that he must remain totally focused and engaged for every point in the entire five-hour match.

He was asked if he was able to ignore the shouts and hostility and he said that, of course, it was im-

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possible but he used what he called “transmutation” to pretend to hear them shout “Novak, Novak, Novak” when they chanted “Roger, Roger, Roger.”

The press room broke out into laughter and Novak admitted that it sounded silly, but that is exactly what he tried to do.

It is always difficult for an athlete when the crowd turns against them.

Nicklaus faced this when he dethroned The King (Arnold Palmer). Larry Holmes always felt disrespected because he boxed in the era of Muhammad Ali. I think crowds are like infants and if there is one thing an infant panics about, it’s the threat that someone is about to take away its mother or father.

The crowd becomes attached to a star who has established himself. This attachment is very strong and the fan will feel dread at the thought that someone will take their parental figure away.

Someone had read a recent piece I did on nicknames and wondered aloud to me why was it that our stars are so often referred to by their first name. People like Tiger, not Mr. Woods; or Willie, not Mr. Mays; or Mickey not Mr. Mantle.

I wondered about that point and think it may have to do with the way fans grow so fond of their heroes like the way a baby becomes attached to its mother. There is deep love between infant and mother just as there is love between a fan and their hero.

So, in the end, it is not a surprise to see fans attack the new king who is trying to dethrone the old king. Such is the way of the world. In no way is Novak Djokovic the villain that the fans makes him out to be.

He is charming and witty and kind both to the press and to his family and to his friends.

It is just bad luck indeed that he came along during the time of Roger Federer, the crown prince of tennis.

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Local students making college news Grinnell College The following students have been named to the school’s dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester: Shiraz Johnson and George Kaslow of Port Washington.

To make the dean’s list, students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or higher.

Hofstra University The following student-athletes have been named to the Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll, recognizing the incredible work of Pride student-athletes in the classroom: Jack Nuttall and Matthew Vowinkel of New Hyde Park and Paul Markovina of Old Westbury. The list honors undergraduate student-athletes who have successfully completed at least 12 credits with a minimum grade point average of 3.3 for the spring 2019 semester.

Maryville University Sean Donovan of Glen Cove has been named to the school’s dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester. Undergraduate students carrying at least 12 credits while achieving at least a 3.5 grade-point average during the

semester earn dean’s list honors.

Muqdad Altaee of Hicksville has been named to the school’s honor roll for the spring 2019 semester. Part-time, undergraduate students carrying at least six credits while achieving at least a 3.5 grade-point average during the semester earn honor roll honors.

New York Institute of Technology The following students have graduated from the school following the spring 2019 semester: Sandeep Basandrai, Jinal Patel, Celina Zapiti and Malwina Zaslonka of Mineola; Brianna Capobianco and Jobin Mathew of Williston Park; Nicole Simoes of Carle Place; Jatin Jain, Ajlan Okman, Jessica Sakeni, and Martin Sundell of Old Westbury;Najma Khan, Linda Matthews and Talia Schwartz of Roslyn Heights; Neila Collins and Kyriaki Katrakazos of Manhasset; Steven Merges of Port Washington; Xinling Deng, Taylor Ferreira, Satish Kumar, Seth Levine, aof Great Neck; and Swapnil Barot, Darpal Bhasker Dhyani, Alexander Duong, Sheeba George, Shaheryar Gill, Arman Haque, Gayane Jamgotchian, Jeffrey John, Ashli Pacheco,Navleet Parmar,Karl Pillion,Jashanpreet Ratth,

Lydia Thomas, Sam Thomas and Lian Zu Zhang of New Hyde Park.

Rochester Institute of Technology The following students have earned degrees from the school following the spring 2019 semester: Samuel Kang of Port Washington; Spencer Beck and Sean Kim of Great Neck; Julia Epprecht of Roslyn Heights; and Christine Casazza and Martin Weissman of Manhasset.

SUNY Delhi Annmarie Papile of Garden City Park has been named to the school’s dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester. The dean’s list is a recognition of academic achievement for students who earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the semester.

Washington University in St. Louis The following students have been named to the school’s dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester: Audrey Chan, Lauren Farkas and Bryan Lee of Great Neck and Sabrina Sayed and Lauren Seidman of Manhasset. To qualify for the school’s dean’s list, students must achieve a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher and complete at least 14 graded units.

Northwell’s house call program For the fourth consecutive year, Northwell Health’s House Calls program has been recognized by the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its success in caring for chronically ill, frail seniors through home-based primary care as part of a federal demonstration project. In addition to improving health outcomes, Northwell’s clinicians reduced costs during the program’s fourth year by $13,056 per patient annually for a total savings to Medicare of $3.4 million.

Northwell Health’s House Calls practice is part of the demonstration project known as Independence at Home, which was established as part of the Affordable Care Act. CMS analyzed performance data from practices from June 1, 2015- May 31, 2016, the most recent period for which information is available. CMS awarded a total of $7.7 million in incentive payments to seven of the 14 participating practices that succeeded in reducing Medicare costs and met quality goals.

During the fourth year of the demonstration project, Northwell’s House Calls practice provided care to 352 patients in Nassau and Suffolk counties as well as Queens. Independence at Home’s targeted spending for each beneficiary, which is based on a regional formula, was $3,691.

Northwell’s practice spent $2,603 delivering care to each patient, a cost savings of 29.5 percent.

Northwell had the highest savings performance among the demonstration sites nationwide. After accounting for Medicare withholds, Northwell earned $1.9 million in incentive payments, the only such program in New York State to receive incentive payments from CMS.

“We know home is where our older, chronically patients want to be and we go to great lengths to make this happen whenever possible,” said Dr.Karen Abrashkin, medical director of Northwell Health House Calls.

“Programs like Independence at Home involve a large interdisciplinary team working in concert to deliver individualized patient care. Feedback from the federal program shows that we are allowing older adults to age safely in place.”

Patients in the House Calls program receive comprehensive, coordinated care, such as ultrasounds, radiology, electrocardiogram (EKG), sleep studies, lab work, physical exams, occupational and speech therapy, social work services, as well as intravenous fluids and prescription refills. Physicians, nurse practitioners and other clinicians are available for urgent, same-day visits during the week. The team also is accessible 24/7 to answer clinical questions from patients and caregivers, or arrange urgent services.

House Calls, in concert with Northwell’s Center for Emergency Medical Services, has also developed a nationally recognized community paramedic program capable of bringing highly trained clinicians to assess and treat patients in the home in under 30 minutes.

“The biggest cost saving comes from providing high quality care at home to either prevent hospitalizations by catching and treating problems early, or providing high-quality acute care in the home including visits by our clinicians, as well as diagnostics, care coordination, and treatments, including intravenous medications,” Abrashkin explained.

Dr. Abrashkin noted that House Calls’ strong performance in the demonstration

project was achieved through teamwork with other programs across the health system, including partnerships with the health system’s nurse Clinical Call Center, Center for Emergency Medical Services, Home Health Care Agency, and Hospice.

“Our House Calls practice allows us the time to really get to know our patients and their goals for treatment,” Abrashkin said.

“We are focused on delivering patient-centered care that improves outcomes, reduces costs, and alleviates pain and suffering for patients by preventing unnecessary emergency department visits or hospitalizations.”

“The success of the Independence at Home demonstration and Northwell House Calls has informed numerous other valuebased programs, such as the recently announced CMMI demonstrations Primary Care First (PCF), Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) and Serous Illness Payment Model (SIP),” noted Dr. Kristofer Smith, Northwell’s senior vice president of population health “The health system will continue to participate in these important programs as we move forward towards our goal of being the highest value provider in the region.”

Under the Independence at Home Demonstration project, participating practices must meet the performance measures for at least three of the six quality measures in order to qualify for the incentive payment.

Northwell achieved benchmarks in all six quality measures designated by CMS in year four.

Follow up contact within 48 hours of a hospital admission, hospital discharge, and emergency department visit; Medication reconciliation in the home within 48 hours of a hospital discharge and

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As part of a home visit checkup, Dr. Karen Abrashkin, medical director of Northwell Health’s House Calls program, listens to her patient’s heart and lung sounds. emergency department visit; Annual documentation of patient preferences; All-cause hospital readmissions within 30 days; Hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions; and Emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions.

Dr. Abrashkin said the cost-savings achieved in the federal project are reinvested to expand House Calls’ services to more patients in need. Independence at Home is now in its sixth year. See the year four Independence at Home report: https://innovation.cms.gov/Files/fact-sheet/iah-yr4-fs.pdf Submitted by Northwell Health

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