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Time to reimagine Jericho Tnpk: Devane Mayor says village in talks with developer on new plans

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y New Hyde Park Mayor Christopher Devane said it is time to reimagine developments on Jericho Turnpike during the village’s first board of trustees meeting of the year Thursday night.

“Our old way of doing things in the village with mixed-use retail and apartments on top does not work,” Devane said. “Don’t take my word for it. Look around Jericho Turnpike for the last 30 years.”

Devane told Blank Slate Media the “once in a generation” chance stems from the recent purchase of Miller Brothers Plumbing and Heat-

ing and the need to bring an influx of development to the area.

Devane said the property is one of the deepest from the turnpike and he sees it as a linchpin for the surrounding area. When speaking with the developer, he said there should be more amenities to offer.

“From a village standpoint we are trying to improve the quality of our stores and buildings so it becomes an attractive place to live and shop,” Devane said. “And if we do it right, other owners can tell themselves if we fix up our buildings too, people will pay top dollar to live in the apartments above.”

Over the past year, New Hyde

Park has begun the process of making major improvements to its village properties, including ongoing construction for a new playground at Memorial Park, renovations at village hall and knocking down the Marcus G. Christ Community Center to build a new one.

Last year, the village unveiled a new bocce ball court at Memorial Park and the Donald Barbieri Dog Park.

The mayor said once any plans are finalized for applications for new developments after Miller Brothers is knocked down, they will be presented to the public.

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Santos changes story on disclosure report Shows $500K less in questioned personal loan

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Floral Park-Bellerose school students wrote promises to themselves after reading LeBron James’ book “I Promise.” See story on page 41.

Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos filed new campaign disclosure reports Tuesday that changed the source of a $500,000 loan previously claimed as “personal funds.”

Financial disclosure reports San-

tos filed following the November election showed an outstanding balance of $630,000 on loans from his personal funds. He had originally listed a $705,000 loan to his campaign.

Filings on Tuesday showed that $500,000 in loans were not listed

from his personal funds and did not specify where the loan originated.

Money Santos listed as a loan in his campaign filings and its source have been questioned in complaints filed with the Federal Election Commission.

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Prendergast to retire First trains run from G.N. in July to Grand Central Ed board says resignation letter came as a surprise

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Great Neck School District Superintendent Teresa Prendergast submitted a letter of resignation to the Board of Education during Wednesday night’s public meeting.

Prendergast’s resignation, set to go into effect July 21, was unanimously accepted by board members, who said the letter came as a surprise to them. The resignation, board President Rebecca Sassouni said, was “for purposes of retirement.”

“I’m going to miss this community,” Prendergast said. “I’m going miss our students and faculty and our entire staff. But our work is not done and I’m not leaving yet.”

Sassouni and the other board members expressed their appreciation for Prendergast’s work in the district since she was appointed to superintendent in 2015. Sassouni said it has been “an honor” to work with Prendergast both as a member of the board and as an involved parent in the school district.

“Watching you work, the grace that you bring to the position the attention to detail and to students and to staff and to the board, you are the picture of grace and aplomb and it is very much appreciated by me,” Sassouni said.

“I just want to thank you peripherally at this point for shepherding our district through some very difficult times and difficult situations with grace and a smile and a caring for our students which has always been your number one priority,” Trustee Donna Peirez said.

“As a parent, that my daughters have benefited greatly from the schools and is a direct reflection on your leadership,” Trustee Grant Toch said. “It’s been a privilege to send them to school here while you’ve been here.”

“You impact many lives of our students and we appreciate you and you’re part of our family forever,” Trustee Jeff Shi said.

“This was startling to all of us, so we weren’t really prepared with anything for tonight,” former board President and Trustee Barbara Berkowitz

East Side Access in full gear after delays The Long Island Rail Road will begin running trains into Grand Central Madison Wednesday as part of the MTA’s East Side Access Project following the postponement of the December 2022 opening that had been promised for at least five years.

The first train will leave Jamaica at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday and is expected to arrive at Grand Central Madison by 11:07 a.m., officials said.

The ride will be the culmination of the $11.1 billion project that took 15 years to construct.

“People have been riding the railroad the same way for a long, long time now,” LIRR President Catherine Rinaldi told News 12. “This is going to provide a lot of options with respect to how people travel.”

In December the Metropolitan Transit Authority canceled the muchanticipated opening of the Grand Central Madison service, citing ventilation system problems and the need to conclude testing. The news was greeted with widespread disappointment and frustration.

MTA Chairman Janno Lieber said a “counteracting air flow” prevented one of the exhaust systems in Grand

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Central Terminal from pulling in enough air, causingdelays.

The new terminal will be able to handle increased capacity from the LIRR’s North Shore train stations as a result of continued express service on the Port Washington line and more commuters from the agency’s 3rd Track Project.

After proposing changes to the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington branch that would have eliminated express service as part of the East Side Access project, transit officials said they abandoned plans to do so in October.

Overall, the branch will receive an 11% boost in service, with more trains becoming available for commuters on the Port Washington Branch, according to the draft schedules following the agency’s announcement.

A total of 103 trains per day will be servicing the branch, 10 more than the current schedule has, officials said. On weekends, a total of five more trains, 81 in total, will be operating along the branch.

The draft morning rush hour schedule includes 15 trains arriving in Manhattan between 6:16 a.m. and 9:51 a.m., a 36% increase from the Continued on Page 34

Great Neck School District Superintendent Teresa Prendergast’s resignation will go into effect in July. said. “But more will definitely follow and we will have a chance to express our appreciation for your almost eight years of service.”

Prendergast lauded the board’s work, saying how much of a pleasure it was to work with all of the trustees since arriving at Great Neck.

Having community members that will prioritize the education of Great Neck’s student body, she said, should always be of paramount concern with any district official and said the board has exemplified that throughout her tenure.

“Working in public education has certainly brought its share of challenges, but I am grateful that I’ve always had five dedicated and committed

trustees who always looked to make decisions in the best interests of children,” Prendergast said.

No official word has been made public as to the district’s selection process for a new superintendent.

An educator since 1987, Prendergast served as the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the Garden City Public Schools District.

Before working in Garden City, Prendergast served at the Lynbrook Public Schools – first as principal of the Lynbrook South Middle School from 2000 to 2004 and then as assistant superintendent for curriculum and personnel from 2004 to 2006.

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Hochul eyes transit hubs for housing Governor plans to build 800,000 new homes across New York over the next decade

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Local governments would have three years to rezone areas within a half-mile of Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail stations, including the Long Island Rail Road, under Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed housing plan.

During her State of the State address Jan. 10 Hochul unveiled her plan to build 800,000 new homes over the next decade to address the state’s housing shortage. Included in the New York Housing Compact are local participation requirements and incentives to achieve housing growth along with requiring municipalities with MTA stations to rezone for higher-density residential development.

A Newsday poll of 2,910 Long Islanders showed that 43.7% were in favor of increased housing near transit hubs, while 38.6% were pleased with the current amount. A total of 17.6% of participants said they would like to see less housing near transit hubs.

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said Hochul’s plan would convert the suburban areas of Nassau County into New York City.

“This housing plan will turn Nassau County into NYC and allow NY State to unilaterally flood our com-

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North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena speaks in Manhasset alongside elected officials against a recent housing proposal made by Gov. Kathy Hochul. munities with thousands of apartment and high-density zoning,” DeSena said in a statement. ”This proposal is unacceptable, not consistent with the character of our communities, and it will negatively impact traffic, water

and sewers, emergency services, and overcrowd our schools.”

Nassau and Suffolk Counties would be required to grow housing stock by 3% every three years along with downstate areas such as West-

chester and Putnam Counties, while upstate New York would be required to grow by 1%.

“Putting forth a plan like this without input from local municipalities tells us that Gov. Hochul is more

interested in meeting goals than working with the people directly affected by this housing plan,” DeSena said. “Together we’ll fight to maintain local control, not Hochul control.”

In 2022, Hochul rolled out a $25 billion, five-year housing plan aimed at creating and preserving 100,000 affordable homes throughout New York, 10,000 of which would have support services for vulnerable populations.

Hochul also called last year for changing zoning laws for Accessory Dwelling Units, which include basements, attics and garages, and was criticized by Long Island officials.

Proponents of the legislation have claimed establishing ADUs could help senior citizens on fixed incomes remain in their homes, enable younger people to afford homes and be a new source of income for homeowners who live in high-cost areas.

Local officials in Great Neck said they feared that the anti-development crowd prominent in some villages could deter individuals from wanting to build in their municipalities during a December meeting of the peninsula’s village officials association.

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$3.1M sewer vote pushed to March American Rescue Plan Act money would go to installing sewer main for part of Plandome Rd.

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y A tense North Hempstead Town Board meeting Tuesday night saw a vote postponed to allocate $3.1 million from the town’s general fund to the capital fund for the Manhasset Sewer Conversion Project and reappointment of one member to the town’s Board of Ethics.

The four-and-a-half-hour meeting included an hour-long discussion centered around whether or not to wait for more information from the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District or show a commitment to the project and allocate the funds now.

North Hempstead Board of Ethics Chair Joseph Sciame was also reappointed to a four-year term ending on Dec. 31, 2026. Another resolution to appoint Rachel Fox, of Port Washington, was voted down 3-3 in a party-line vote, with Democrat Councilmember Mariann Dalimonte abstaining.

The 4-3 party-line vote to postpone the resolution to the March 14 meeting followed an original vote in which Democrats abstained before motioning to both reconsider the vote and postpone it.

Postponing the resolution keeps it on the agenda and can be voted on again at any meeting, as opposed to tabling it which would need a majority vote to bring it to the floor again.

“Allocating a portion of the town’s remaining ARPA funds to leverage the existing funds that are in place for the Manhasset Sewer Con-

grant for the project.

Lurvey said Tuesday night the district wrote a letter to the board saying after a financial analysis, the grant would likely be sufficient to cover the installation of a low-pressure sewer main for the commercial section of Plandome Road.

“This is a good project and the ARPA funds are uniquely suited for a project like this,” Lurvey said. “But there are still many unanswered questions about the project.”

Lurvey continued that a letter was sent to the district with a list of questions to answer ahead of a Feb. 6 meeting with members of the town board. The questions, she said, relate to the overall cost and funding of the project and the costs of businesses to connect, among other things.

“I really hope we can move forward, but I don’t think we are in the position to allocate the funds right now,” Lurvey said.

Concerns about the cost of maintenance PHOTO BY BRANDON DUFFY for private septic tanks have been expressed by businesses along Plandome Road, with some Robert Donno speaks to the North Hempstead Town Board regarding the Manhasset claiming pumps have to be examined on a weekSewer Conversion Project. ly basis.

Manhasset Chamber of Commerce Co-Presiversion Project will finally push it over the line porter of the project and wants to see its comple- dent Matthew Donno previously told Blank Slate to completion,” Republican North Hempstead tion, but wants more answers to understand the Media the project, which has been analyzed for Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said at the begin- specific amount of money left to complete the more than five years, will provide economic project, among other things. ning of discussions. and environmental benefits to Plandome Road’s Last year, state Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti business district.

Democrat Councilmember Veronica Lurvey said, along with the three other members of the (D-Port Washington) and then-state Sen. Anna Continued on Page 35 majority on the board, that she is a longtime sup- Kaplan (D-North Hills) secured a $5 million

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Edward Mullins, the former head of the NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association and a Port Washington resident, pleaded guilty to defrauding the 13,000-member union of $1 million on Thursday, federal officials announced.

Mullins, who was charged with wire fraud in February 2022, admitted to his involvement in a scheme to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Sergeants Benevolent Association by submitting falsified expense reports.

Around September 2017, officials said, Mullins defrauded the association by using his personal credit card to pay for various luxury items and meals at high-end restaurants before submitting the inflated expense reports for reimbursement.

In one instance, officials said, Mullins submitted an expense report to the association’s treasurer for a $3,000 meal at a Manhattan restaurant, when the meal had no relevance to police work. Mullins also rarely included receipts when seeking reimbursements, according to officials.

Mullins was ultimately reimbursed for more than $1 million, a majority of which was fraudulently obtained, officials said.

“Edward Mullins promised to look out for the thousands of hard-working NYPD Sergeants who are members of the SBA,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said. “Instead, as admitted today in

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Former NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association President Edward Mullins, a Port Washington resident, pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Thursday. federal court, he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from them to fund his lavish lifestyle.”

Mullins earned more than $220,000 from his job at the NYPD in 2020, according to public data. The Sergeants Benevolent Association manages a $264 million retirement fund and its 13,000 members make it the fifth-largest police union in the nation, according to the group’s Continued on Page 35

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Keeping the faith by feeding the hungry

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y “Everyone here is an angel, can you see their wings?”

That’s the question Faith Mission Inc. Chairwoman and President Mary Joesten asked in explaining her organization’s work.

It’s not hard to find something to do when walking around Faith Mission, the Mineola food pantry at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior, located at 132 Jefferson Ave. Whether it’s filling up the refrigerators in the kitchen with chicken, taking apart boxes of string cheese to conserve space or wheeling pallets from another Thursday morning delivery, there is always something to do.

“It’s hard work, let me tell you,” said Joesten, whose grand reputation precedes her. “But no one here is complaining.”

Every Thursday morning, roughly 20 volunteers donate their time and energy to put together over 250 boxes of food for the families that line up every Saturday.

From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Faith Mission opens and gives as many boxes as they can to whatever families need them. Volunteers said the line can start as early as 8 a.m. and stretch for blocks.

In the last year alone, Faith Mission provided over 11,000 boxes to families in need.

About three deliveries come in every Thursday from Long Island Cares, Island Harvest and the volunteers themselves.

Around holiday time, specifically Thanksgiving, Joesten may ask for some help from St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan to make sure Faith Mission can give out turkeys as well.

In the room that used to hold the church’s Noah’s Ark Preschool, which ceased operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, shelves, tables, boxes and cans tower over the volunteers.

Each box holds enough food for breakfast, lunch and dinner alongside some snacks for the kids, Joesten said. She makes sure that every box that goes to a family contains cereal, even if that means spending some of the mission’s money to guarantee it.

“The cereal is very important to me,” Joesten said. “The kids need their breakfast.”

Joesten and her late husband, Edward, founded Faith Mission in 1969. It originally started as a soup kitchen based out of South Jamaica, Queens, and has since expanded into the current hospitality center in Mineola with multiple stops in between.

In 1999, Faith Mission opened its doors at the Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in

Freeport.

In 2012, the soup kitchen moved into Roosevelt’s First United Methodist Church in Roosevelt.

Before coming to Mineola almost three years ago as of this March, Joesten had her last operation at the Pope Francis Hospitality Center at Elmont’s St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.

While in Elmont, Joesten was named Nassau County’s Senior Citizen Woman of the Year in 2018 by then-Executive Laura Curran.

Again Faith Mission is looking to move locations while Joesten searches for a space that can let her expand her services.

“I want people to come in and have breakfast, maybe a lunch, before they take their boxes and go on their way,” Joesten said. “I’m desperate to get my own place one day.”

Among the controlled chaos is Mineola’s Village Justice Scott Fairgrieve, who said he learned about Faith Mission through word of mouth, like everyone else who was helping out.

“I found out about here when I was talking to a friend,” said Fairgrieve, who volunteers before working at the court in village hall just one block over. “It’s great what Mary is doing here.”

Aside from the food, a small office in the back of the room is filled with clothes and jackets, all donated. Faith Mission recently held a coat drive that Joesten said was able to provide every child who came with a jacket.

For their Christmas drive, they gave toys to more than 300 families, although the holidays are not the only time you can walk out with a toy.

Joesten says if a child comes Saturday with a good report card, the youngster will leave with a toy in hand.

“Sometimes a little bribery goes a long way,” Joesten joked.

Additional community events include backpack drives in the fall held in conjunction with other local organizations and businesses.

With the holiday season over, Joesten said the donations may drop a little, but she hopes they will pick back up, as she expects more families to start coming throughout the year.

The nonprofit is also going to begin collecting Easter donations, which include baskets and candy.

Joesten said anyone interested in helping out can stop by the church on Thursday mornings or go to Faith Mission’s website to find out more information.

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DeSena, Lurvey clash on where credit is due Board members differ on who deserves praise for building department’s improved response time

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Republican North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and Democrat Town Council Member Veronica Lurvey are in agreement that response times and the approval processes of the North Hempstead Building Department have improved in recent months.

But the two disagree over who deserves the credit.

Lurvey attributed the improvement in a press release to the installation of Citizenserve, an online system implemented under ex-Supervisor Judi Bosworth before she stepped down in January 20212 The system allows building department applications to be submitted electronically.

“The Town of North Hempstead is proud to report a substantial improvement in response times and approval processes by the Building Department, ” Lurvey said. “Statistics show that investments made in the Building Department by the Town Board under the leadership of former Supervisor Judi Bosworth are resulting in a dramatic reduction in the time needed to review building plans and issue permits.”

North Hempstead was the first municipality in the state to use Citizenserve, which provides online Building Department services for residents and can be accessed at www.mytonh.com.

The platform’s first phase was launched in November 2020 under Bosworth before being completed the same month the following year.

The average time in 2019 to receive a build-

“Citizenserve has really enabled us to review and process applications faster than ever before,” said Niewender in a statement. “We are truly seeing the results of years of reforms and hard work.

While there is still work to be done, the numbers don’t lie – we’ve come a long way.”

Most of the 5,298 applications filed in 2022 were processed in just over a month, Lurvey said.

DeSena did not comment on Lurvey’s claims about Citizenserve’s impact on the building department’s performance but credited building department improvements on an audit she asked Nassau Comptroller Elaine Philips’ office to conduct.

The audit, which is still underway, includes an examination of its operations and procedures, internal control environment, performance monitoring and regulator compliance.

“Due to the scrutiny I added to our Building Department after initiating a Nassau County Comptroller audit, employees in the Building Department are seemingly working harder than PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR ever before to clear their months-long backlog.

But there is still a lot of work to be done,” DeDemocrat Councilmember Veronica Lurvey says the North Hempstead Building Depart- Sena said in a statement to Blank Slate Media in response to Lurvey’s release. “I’m hopeful that ment has seen substantial improvements in response times. the results of the independent audit will further ing permit was 133 days, which has since been initiatives at the Building Department,” Lurvey identify the department’s deficiencies, so I can said. “Sometimes it takes time to harvest the continue to hold our workforce accountable and cut in half to 60 days, Lurvey said.

“Our residents bank online, shop online, and fruits of our investment, and I’m so pleased by deliver for the people of North Hempstead.”

Brian Devine, the spokesman for the sunow they can submit and review their building what the statistics are showing. We continue to pervisor, was critical of Lurvey’s release and permits online, too. As we look back on the last look for ways to improve.”

Lurvey was supported by Building Commis- Niewender’s comments. three years, we are seeing the results of years of investment into efficiency and accountability sioner John Niewender.

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Hofstra University President Susan Poser has expressed concerns surrounding the proposed entertainment destination and casino at the Nassau Coliseum by Las Vegas Sands.

Officials from the casino and resort company said they entered into agreements to purchase the long-term lease of the area home to the Coliseum and, if approved, would be in control of up to 80 acres of property in Nassau known as the Nassau Hub. Poser, the president of the university directly adjacent to the Coliseum, wrote in a guest essay to Newsday that a casino would exacerbate traffic, contribute to addiction and mental health tendencies in college-age students and would not guarantee an increase in revenue to the area.

“A casino at the Hub is not about the future, and it would not be an engine for economic and social prosperity,” Poser said in the essay. “It would be dangerous for adjoining neighborhoods, and create a nightmare of traffic and pollution, not to mention anti-social behaviors that often crop up around casinos.”

Poser agreed with former university President Stuart Rabinowitz’s stance on how impactful a revitalized Nassau Hub can be for the community while sharing his concerns brought up to Newsday in 2010 of a casino providing “short-term revenue, and long-term problems.” She also emphasized Hofstra’s interest to aid in the local community’s success in other ways outside of the casino.

“Hofstra has a vested interest in our community’s success,” Poser said. “The Hub offers an opportunity for mixed-use development that could create economic opportunity through research, innovation and office space, and answer Gov. Kathy Hochul’s call to build more affordable housing on Long Island.”

Hofstra is one of two colleges that directly border the Nassau Hub, with Nassau Community College located directly North of it.

Maria Conzatti, acting president of Nassau Community College, said she looked forward to hearing more about the Sands’ proposal.

“Nassau Community College’s advantageous lo-

cation within the center of Nassau County provides students with convenient access to internships and career opportunities right within our educational community,” Conzatti said.

The wide array of students’ skill sets, she said, includes education in the culinary arts, hospitality management and cybersecurity sectors, to name a few.

Robert Goldstein, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands, said Long Island has the makings of being a destination to showcase the company’s work to positively impact the community.

“Our company’s track record of driving significant economic benefits to the communities in which we operate and the meaningful relationships and partnerships we have created in each of those communities gives us a unique perspective on what it takes to develop transformative tourism destinations that positively impact the local community,” Goldstein said in a statement.

The $4 billion proposal includes a gambling casino, pending approval from the state, four and five-star hotel rooms, outdoor community areas and a “world-class live performance venue” that appropriately reflects the Coliseum’s history.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said he would not have been in support of simply proposing a casino, an idea that has failed on previous occasions in the county.

Sands officials also said the proposal for an entertainment destination would still move forward even if the state did not approve the casino.

Kevan Abrahams, the Nassau County Legislature’s minority leader, said he has been in touch with some who oppose the idea of having a casino at the site of the Coliseum, but also expressed his interest in learning more about what Sands plans to do with the space.

“As this process unfolds during the next several months, it is imperative for Sands Resorts to conduct extensive community outreach and then incorporate the feedback they receive into their proposal,” Abrahams said. “I’ve heard from many residents that oppose the casino aspect, and although I agree with that sentiment based on past casino projects, it’s important to listen to everyone so we can move forward together with all perspectives in mind.”

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Dos Toros opens first L.I. spot in NHP

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Dos Toros Taqueria, a fast-casual, missionstyle eatery recently opened the doors of its first Long Island location in New Hyde Park last Thursday.

The new spot, which can accommodate up to 66 patrons, is located at 1624 Marcus Ave. and is one of 19 restaurants making up the franchise in New York and New Jersey.

Mission-style refers to the Mission District neighborhood in San Francisco that became the home of the Mission burrito, which is larger than other versions and includes a steamed tortilla with melted cheese.

Brothers Leo and Oliver Kremer opened up their first taqueria 13 years ago in Union Square in Manhattan “To us food equals community. We wanted to create a space with a vibey, welcoming setting where our guests can enjoy the food we grew up on,” Leo said in a statement. “We hope that through the care we put into our menu and our commitment to our New Hyde Park family and friends, we can spread the love beyond our doors and into the new neighbor-

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Food items from Dos Toros Taqueria, which opened a new location in New Hyde Park.

hood we serve.”

Dos Toros’ menu features recipes made from scratch with customizable burritos, bowls, tacos, quesadillas and salads. The new location will also have “Share It” nacho options and customizable toppings.

During and after their opening week, Dos Toros will be offering 10% off meals to North Hospital staff and local high schoolers who show appropriate IDs. The taqueria also held a “Spread the Love Day” on Thursday where 100% of sales from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. went to the Northwell Health Foundation.

“Cohen Children’s is pleased to welcome a new neighbor, Dos Toros Taqueria, to New Hyde Park,” said the medical center’s executive director, Carolyn Quinn. “Proper nutrition is fundamental for the health of every child, and we are excited to partner with this community-oriented company whose Spread the Love Day will support our children’s hospital in our mission to deliver world-class pediatric care to patients.”

Dos Toros is open Sunday to Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. More information can be found at their website www.dostoros.com

Ex-Schechter CFO Herricks finalizes gets more charges ‘23-’24 calendar

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into various other bank accounts that had him listed as the sole account holder, according to the DA. An ex-employee from the Ostrove is accused of using Schechter School of Long Island the stolen funds to purchase five who was fired last summer after homes on Fire Island between being charged with money laundering has also been charged PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA 2018 and 2021 by utilizing five with trying to illegally sell presiCOMMONS different shell corporations to do so, the authorities said. dential memorabilia.

More than $1.4 million in West Islip resident David Os- A West Islip man charged trove, 51, pleaded not guilty to with stealing millions from stolen funds were allegedly used to renovate the Fire Island one count of second-degree crimproperties, resulting in Ostrove inal contempt and three counts the Schechter School of receiving roughly $600,000 in of unlawful disposition of assets Long Island in Williston rental income, officials said. subject to forfeiture Wednesday. Park has been charged He also purchased two MerOstrove allegedly attempted with unlawfully selling cedes Benz vehicles, a 1965 Musto sell three items of historical presidential memorabilia. tang, a 2021 Lincoln Navigator significance and benefit from the and collectible coins with the proceeds, a violation of a court stolen funds, the DA’s office said. order preventing so, prosecutors said.

Ostrove also used the stolen funds to finance On Dec. 10 Ostrove entered a consignment contract with SMR Collectibles in Amityville to his daughter’s college tuition and make home eqsell a check signed by President Benjamin Harri- uity payments on his West Islip home.

Ostrove, who spent 11 years at the school son, an 1867 warrant letter by President Andrew Johnson and a John Wilkes Booth 1863 Playbill, and served as its chief financial and technology officer and director of operations, is charged with according to documents.

The three items have approximate estimated first-degree grand larceny and first-degree monvalues of $8,000, $2,000 and $4,500 respectively ey laundering. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of up to 25 years in prison, according according to court documents.

A July 2022 court order prohibited Ostrove to a release.

John LoTurco, Ostrove’s attorney, said in a from selling any property to recover the $8.4 million he is accused of stealing from the Williston statement at the time that his client “adamantly denies” the charges handed down by the district Park school.

Ostrove, who is currently out on a $2 million attorney’s office.

“In the meantime, we will closely scrutinize bond, allegedly stole millions from the school to purchase homes on Fire Island and pay for his the district attorney’s evidence and financial redaughter’s college tuition, the Suffolk County cords by retaining an independent forensic auditor to assess the accuracy of the prosecutor’s District Attorney’s Office said last July.

He allegedly used the school’s PayPal and claims,” LoTurco said. “It should be noted that Stripe accounts to transfer funds into a personal Mr. Ostrove is presumed innocent, has no prior PayPal account between March 2014 and April arrests, and has the love and support of his family who is endeavoring to post the disappointing 2022, officials said.

Ostrove then transferred the stolen funds exorbitant bail set by the court today.”

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The Herricks Board of Education gives their reports during the Jan. 19 meeting.

BY R E M Y WA N G The Herricks Board of Education approved the next school year’s calendar last week.

Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Dina Maggiacomo drafted the calendar before Superintendent Tony Sinanis had others review it and made sure the number of days of school complied with the New York State Requirements.

The first day of school will be Sept. 5 after Labor Day and there will be breaks from classes in December, February and April.

Student representative Athul Santosh said that the Herricks school district is currently selling tickets for the Winter Ball.

Sinanis also announced that the week of January 23 is midterms week for Herricks High School.

The 8th-grade boys basketball team was recognized for finishing an undefeated season Friday, Jan. 20 was a day of a computer-based testing simulation for students in grades 3-8 in elementary and middle schools. Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Elizabeth Guercin said, “It’s purely a simulation. It doesn’t count for anything. There’s no scoring.”

The computer-based testing simulation is just to see how computer-based testing will go next year.

Emma and Aya, bright scholars in 5th grade, also announced updates on Searingtown Elementary School.

Herricks High will also

be hosting a Lunar New Year event on Saturday, Jan. 28.

There will be raffles, arts and crafts and food starting at 5:30 p.m. with cultural performances at 7 p.m.

“It is an absolutely fantastic event,” said Trustee Juleigh Chin. The Lunar New Year event is sponsored by the Chinese American Association of North Hempstead. Attendees are encouraged to bring an item to donate to the Herricks Food Pantry.

On March 4, Herricks school district will have its Harlem Wizards game where administrators and teachers will play basketball.

On March 16, there will be a Community Fund Dinner.

The next Herricks Board of Education meeting will be on February 2, 2023.

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4 men busted for N. Mayor blames bail Shore burglaries laws for burglaries

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BY B R A N D ON DUFFY Four men were charged Monday with multiple burglaries throughout Nassau County, including Lake Success, Herricks, Mineola and Manhasset, police said.

Six burglaries occurred between Nov. 26, 2022, and Jan. 18, 2023, when David Rodriguez Paez, 25, of Colombia; Andres Felipe Rayo Lugo, 19, of Flushing; Kevin Santiago Siabato Canon, 19, of Colombia; and Andre Felipe Canon Ibanez, 23, of Colombia allegedly drove to the victims’ residencies in a Chevrolet Equinox and forcibly gained entry through a window, police said.

While inside, the four allegedly stole money, credit cards, jewelry and a handgun, among other items, police said.

In total, the proceeds from the burglaries amounted to $82,000 police said.

On Jan. 18, the four men were allegedly inside a Lake Success house on Pine Hill Road when an alarm went off and they fled in a Ford Edge before Lake Succes police officers stopped them.

During a search, the officers recovered a firearm and detained the four men.

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Four men were charged with a string of seven burglaries throughout Nassau County.

The four were charged with various counts of burglary and two counts each of attempted burglary, police said. The six reported robberies took place in Herricks on

Nov. 26, twice in Jericho on Dec. 18, in Plainview on Dec. 29, in Mineola on Jan. 2 and Manhasset on Jan. 9.

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Mayor Marvin Natiss took aim at state bail reform legislation in response to concerns about crime in North Hills during the town’s village hall meeting Wednesday.

“Fortunately we haven’t had that many burglaries,” said Natiss. “But even one is too many. The real issue is bail reform because [the people who broke into The Links] were caught, and were out the next day.”

Natiss’ responded to questions raised by Leonard Licari, speaking on behalf of the Gracewood Community, which experienced a recent burglary that was similar to ones in the Ritz-Carlton Residences and The Links.

“I think we need to think outside of the box in order to harden our defenses, so to speak,” Licari said. “You’re the leaders of our community—what can we do?”

Since bail reform is a state issue, the mayor said, “my friends who are judges in the district court no longer have judicial discretion if somebody has [several prior convictions]. If it’s not a violent crime, he has to let them walk without bail.”

Natiss called on the police to provide more coverage of communities hit by burglaries and said bail reform has been left to the perception of law enforcement. “[The police] are short-handed to begin with,” he said. “And because of bail reform, there is less respect for the police and more [officers] are retiring early. It’s a sad state of affairs in my humble opinion.”

The state eliminated cash bail for misdemeanors and non-violent felonies at the end of 2019. The Legislature approved changes to give judges more discretion in the spring of 2020 and again in 2022.

Nassau County saw crime soar 41% in 2022 driven by property crimes. The rate exceeded both Suffolk County, which recorded a 15% rise and New York City, which had a 22% increase.

Studies conducted by the state and news media companies have concluded that bail reform has not been a significant cause of the rise of crime in New York in the past two years.

Natiss said creating a village police department would be too costly to taxpayers. He went on to outline the existing security additions

that have been made to reduce the few incidents that occur in these communities. “[The Links’ board] approved exterior lighting, so from the top of all of the units, there are now floodlights going down into the backyards of all of the homes,” he said. “We would not have a problem giving [Gracewood] a higher fence, as long as it doesn’t have barbed wire.”

In addition to lighting, the board has worked on a guide of Nassau County’s crime prevention tips for town presidents, encouraging a distribution of the information to residents.

The mayor said he would personally engage with the commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department, Patrick Ryder, as well as the County Executive Bruce Blakeman, to address these issues.

“Anything you want to do within your community,” Natiss told Licari, “you have this board’s cooperation. We want to keep this community safe.”

Lisa Rosario, the property manager at Gracewood, continued the discussion of community break-ins, once again prompting Natiss to question whether the bigger concern is one of tougher security or that of bail reform.

“Even if [these burglars] get caught and are arrested, they walk out the next day— sometimes the same day,” Natiss said. “When you talk to the state about amending the bail reform act, it falls on deaf ears. Most of the [monthly police reports I receive] are automobile accidents, and thank goodness in North Hills, very few carjackings, car thefts, and burglaries. We’ll continue to monitor and assist anywhere we can.”

The village board of trustees voted unanimously in favor of approving a permit for the proposed renovations to existing construction and the addition of new parking spaces on Shelter Rock Road in North Hills.

Cooperative “ayes” also approved the board’s financial business as well as “fire protection and emergency ambulance services for certain portions of the Village not located within a fire district” for 2023.

The board also provided an update on the village’s shuttle bus service, which was described as becoming more efficient in the past few months, though still falling behind since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The driver of a MercedesBenz that overturned following a crash on the Northern State Parkway is in serious condition, police said.

On Jan. 20, Anthony Rosati, 64, of Nesconset, was driving eastbound on the parkway in a 2004 Mercedes Benz when it struck a 2014 Nissan Pathfinder near Exit 32, police said.

The Mercedes-Benz overturned while the two passengers in the pathfinder were taken to Nassau University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Rosati was also taken to the Nassau University Medical Center in serious condition.

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A Mercedes-Benz overturned following a collision on the Northern State Parkway.

PHOTO BY JOSEPH D’ANDREA.

North Hills Village Board meet on Wednesday.

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Impact of debt ceiling on housing prices Part 2 We reached our debt spending limit last week and hopefully have enough money to pay our current debts (not new ones). Congress has approximately until June to be able to raise our debt limit; otherwise, the U.S. will be in default on our obligations to pay our bills — an event that has never occurred.

In 2011, when similar issues arose, the credit-rating agency, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit rating of the U.S. government for the first time in its history, although Moody’s and Fitch kept the higher AAA ratings because they felt we were headed in the right direction but were very concerned about our future debt.

Unfortunately, at this point in time, the Republicans are refusing to increase our debt limit unless there are considerable reductions in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other appropriations and budget considerations already in effect. But what about the military, which they are always in favor of increasing? As one of his concessions to becoming speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy agreed to a 10-year spending limit for the military based on its 2022 budget

that could lead to a 10% decrease in funding. The GOP also wanted to defund the IRS by $80 billion.

The Democrats including President Biden say social benefits are off the table and are totally against this action. So for now they are at an impasse and nothing will get accomplished even though they have some time to figure out an agreement.

Most will go about their daily lives not truly understanding what will happen unless the full Congress authorizes the increase in our national debt limit.

In 2023 consumer spending will surely decrease with the continued effects of inflation, layoffs, lost businesses, and high-interest rates. Although local real estate has done fairly well with the current demand during these inflationary times, the lag effect and the time it takes for a greater shock haven’t been totally felt just yet. Unless rates come down and inventory increases, the impact on reduced sales will be felt, especially as demand decreases when individuals and families (millennials and Gen Zs) become less serious about buying and either stay where they are, go into affordable rentals, or leave NYS altogether.

and intensity of the recession is still unknown. However, I believe the No. 1 advantage that many Long Island communities possess that keeps and enables those who can truly afford to stay is top-notch and highly ranked school districts. Other benefits are the cultural diversity, scenic beaches, and camping, hiking trails, and green spaces. Here are links to many more reasons why to live or move to Long Island.

Reasons Why People Move to Long Island In order to keep more people from leaving, Democratic Gov. Hochul has recently proposed 800,000 additional units for middle-income individuals Real Estate Watch and families as well as lower-income qualified in and around New York Baby Boomers are also exiting City and especially on Long Island. to reduce their expenses, too. Last To get this accomplished, usurping as year New York State had a net loss needed local restrictive housing zonof 180,000 people, the highest in ing regulations will be necessary. the U.S., fleeing to less costly states, Long Island Republicans have such as Florida and Texas, which had come out against this potential acthe greatest influx as well as Idaho, tion, saying there are better ways to South Carolina, and South Dakota accomplish this ever-pressing situagaining population, too. tion. If so, I would like to know and Things will continue to digress look forward to when I can read or this year unless there is a pivot in hear their plans as to what they rates, which isn’t necessarily in the would be considering as time is of the cards at the moment, where the scope essence in our continuing dilemma of

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The span from 2023 to 2025 will be pivotal years for housing and we need our answers today and not sometime in the future when it just may be too late for New York and Long Island.

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Behar elevated to co-chair of litigation group Jarrett M. Behar, a partner at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman LLP, has been elevated to co-chair of the Litigation Practice Group.

He will work in both Hauppauge and East Meadow offices. He has vast litigation experience in the areas of real estate, commercial lending, construction, general contractual

disputes, land use, bankruptcy, intellectual property, professional liability defense matters and appellate practice in both federal and state courts.

He is the dean of the Suffolk Academy of Law, a director of Suffolk County Bar Association, and formerly co-chaired the Suffolk County Bar Association Transaction & Corpora-

tion Law Committee. For six years, he served as Vice President/Trustee of the Commack Union Free School District Board of Education.

Behar has authored articles in a myriad of publications including New York Law Journal Magazine and the Suffolk Lawyer.

He earned his juris doctor from

New York University School of Law and his bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Florida.

He is admitted to practice in New York and the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Northwell names top doc to lead oncology programs Northwell Health has appointed Dr. Richard D. Carvajal, an internationally recognized clinician and researcher in melanoma and early-phase drug development, as deputy physicianin-chief and director of medical oncology at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute.

He also was named the R. J. Zuckerberg chair in Medical Oncology. Carvajal’s expertise includes the development of novel therapies for patients with melanoma and other cancers, with the goals of controlling and curing these diseases.

Prior to joining Northwell, Carvajal led the Developmental Therapeutics Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and then served as director of Experimental Therapeutics and director of the Melanoma Service at Columbia University Irving

Medical Center, as well as co-lead of the Precision Oncology and Systems Biology Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.

At the Northwell Cancer Institute, Carvajal will oversee medical oncology across Northwell’s cancer network, the largest in New York State, collaborating with the cancer institute’s other two deputy physician-in-chiefs who specialize in surgical and radiation oncology.

In this team structure, deputy physician-in-chiefs lead all cancer programs in their oncologic specialty, integrating and expanding the health system’s services with regional and hospital cancer leaders across New York City, Long Island and Westchester.

He also will help lead efforts for Northwell’s Cancer Institute to achieve National Cancer Insti-

tute designation as a Consortium with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

“Dr. Carvajal is an innovator in clinical care, immunotherapy and leading-edge research in the field of melanoma and other cancers,” said Dr. Richard Barakat, physician-in-chief and director of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute, and senior vice president of the health system’s service line.

“We are very fortunate to have such an esteemed medical oncologist and cancer researcher join the Cancer Institute’s leadership team. Our colleagues are looking forward to closely working with Dr. Carvajal to help design new clinical trials and treatment options more quickly to help patients fighting not only melanoma but other complex cancers.”

At Northwell, Carvajal will see patients at the R. J. Zucker-

Hofstra/Northwell.

Carvajal received his medical degree from NYU Grossman School of Medicine and completed his fellowship in medical oncology/hematology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Carvajal’s research has been supported by the National Cancer Institute, the Food and Drug Administration, the Conquer Cancer Foundation, the Melanoma Reberg Cancer Center in Lake Suc- search Alliance, the Melanoma cess and Northwell’s Manhattan Research Foundation and the Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital. He Empire Clinical Research Investialso will participate in clinical gator Program. research at Northwell’s Feinstein He has authored or co-auInstitutes for Medical Research thored more than 200 peer-reand Cold Spring Harbor Labora- viewed articles, books and book tory, with which Northwell has a chapters. Carvajal serves on the strategic affiliation. editorial board of six cancer jourCarvajal will hold an aca- nals and is an ad hoc reviewer demic title of professor of medi- for nearly 65 prestigious oncolcine at the Donald and Barbara ogy and medical journals. He has Zucker School of Medicine at received several awards in recog-

nition of his work, including the Louise and Allston Boyer Young Investigator Award and the Melanoma Research Foundation CURE OM Vision of Hope Award.

In addition, Carvajal has served as the co-chair of the International Rare Cancer Initiative Uveal Melanoma working group, a joint initiative between the National Cancer Institute, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, and the Cancer Research UK to enhance international collaboration in the conduct of clinical trials for uveal melanoma (arising from the eye).

With more than 400 physicians, Northwell Health Cancer Institute treats more than 19,000 cancer patients annually, more than any other provider in New York State. For an oncology appointment, please call 855-8588550.

Jerry Balentine appointed provost at New York Tech Jerry Balentine has been appointed provost at New York Institute of Technology, adding to his existing role as executive vice president. He had been serving as interim provost since March 2022.

Reporting to New York Tech President Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Balentine will continue to evaluate new opportunities for university growth and expansion, especially in the area of faculty research, as well as oversee strategic resource allocation, among other responsibilities.

“Since he assumed the role of interim provost nearly a year ago, Dr. Balentine has proven to be an effective, resourceful, and collaborative academic leader, dedicated to students, faculty, and staff, as well as to New York Tech’s strategic vision,” Foley said.

Balentine first joined the university in 1992, as an adjunct faculty member at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.

In 2009, he was named chair of the emergency medicine di-

vision within the Department of Clinical Specialties and in 2010, was appointed faculty associate in the Center for Global Health. In 2014, he became vice president for medical affairs and global health, later taking on the role of dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

During that time, NYITCOM grew its research output in several areas and added the university’s first Ph.D. program, a combined doctor of osteopathic medicine /doctor of philosophy degree in biological and medical

sciences.

Most recently, he served as interim provost, chief operating officer, and executive vice president.

Foley appointed Balentine as co-chair of New York Tech’s long-term strategic planning initiative in 2018, setting in motion a planning process to develop a Strategic Three-Year Action Plan to ensure a prosperous and sustainable future for the university.

Balentine’s career has included serving as chief medical officer and executive vice presi-

dent of St. Barnabas Hospital and Healthcare System in the Bronx, and as a hospital medical director, emergency department director, and residency director.

“I am honored and excited to continue my work at New York Tech and work with our faculty,

staff, and students to build on our tradition of education, innovation, and research,” Balentine said.

A graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Balentine completed his internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Philadelphia and his emergency medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he also served as chief resident.

He earned his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Md.

FCA names Carla DeFrancisco, VP, chief financial officer FCA, a leading health and human services not-for-profit organization on Long Island, recently named Carla DeFrancisco, CPA, vice president and chief financial officer.

FCA President and CEO Jeffrey L. Reynolds, made the announcement on behalf of the organization.

“FCA is extremely fortunate to welcome a financial professional of Carla’s caliber to our management team,” said Reynolds. “Her expertise will help guide and support

our current and future initiatives as we strive to meet the evolving challenges of Long Island’s underserved communities. Equal to Carla’s skills is her dedication to our mission.”

In her role as vice president and chief financial officer, DeFrancisco will oversee all aspects of FCA’s finances, from budgeting and financial planning to preparing reports for the board of trustees. She will also develop policies and procedures as necessary to improve operations.

Her 25 years of experience in non-profit and government accounting includes close to two decades as CFO at the Syosset-based child welfare agency MercyFirst.

Prior to that she was a partner at the regional accounting firm Israeloff Trattner, in charge of the firm’s governmental and non-profit practice as well as the firm’s quality control.DeFrancisco has worked as a strategic partner with internal and external stakeholders and has collaborated with governmental entities in establishing accounting

protocols for financial reporting.

Throughout her career, she has worked in partnership with other CFOs to advocate for sufficient funding to support the missions of not-for-profit organizations.

“FCA is on a trajectory of growth to serve a broader population,” said DeFrancisco. “This requires vigilant oversight of a complex process working with various government entities, private funders and foundations, each with its own specifications that need to be managed. I believe peo-

ple who are underserved deserve opportunities that give them the tools to be able to thrive.”

DeFrancisco earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from C.W. Post Center of Long Island University and is a New York State Certified Public Accountant.

She is a member of the Nassau Chapter, New York Society of CPAs and the AICPA. A long-time resident of Long Island currently residing in Smithtown, DeFrancisco considers it a privilege to have joined FCA.

In addition to helping FCA grow, in her spare time, DeFrancisco enjoys spending time with her family and nurturing the gardens around their home.

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Opinion

OUR VIEWS

Stop the suburban fear-mongering talk

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assau County’s three town supervisors came together last week at a press conference in Manhasset to oppose Gov. Hochul’s plan to add 800,000 new housing units across New York State in the next decade.

Hochul’s plan calls for every town, village and city in the state to set a target number of new homes to be built over a three-year period in an effort to combat the state’s housing shortage.

The plan places a particular emphasis on transit-oriented housing in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties that have lagged behind other U.S. suburbs in approving new housing.

The potential benefits of this approach include greater use of public transit, reduced car traffic and greater housing choices, according to research published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

But the town’s three town supervisors, all Republicans, don’t agree with Hochul’s plan.

“We’re here to express our outrage at Gov. Hochul’s attempt to take the suburban dream and turn it into an urban nightmare,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said.

For those keeping score at home, this is the fourth time in the past year that Nassau Republican county officials have said that the suburban dream was threatened by some state action.

1) The first time was in February when Hochul proposed legislation to require municipalities to allow a minimum of one accessory dwelling unit on all owner-occupied residential zoned lots in an effort to add 100,000 housing units.

2 The second came in June when two Democratic legislators from the suburbs proposed that local town and city elections outside of New York City should be held in November in even-numbered years.

3) The third claim was made in response to the MTA’s congestion pricing plan for Manhattan followed by Hochul’s plan for more housing.

Then President Trump used a similar appeal during the 2020 political cam-

paign when he said he would preserve the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream” by opposing low-income housing in all suburban neighborhoods.

His idea of the suburban dream, at least, appeared to rule out multi-family housing and, by inference, black and brown people.

But the claim that more transit-oriented housing would be the end of suburban living does not hold water.

Developers and government officials of both parties have long advocated building multi-family housing units near LIRR stations to retain downtown business districts.

And the 3% increase in housing called for by Hochul in Nassau would hardly endanger its suburban lifestyle unless you buy Trump’s definition.

Free-standing, single-family homes account for 75% of the housing stock in Nassau – the third highest rate among counties in the New York metropolitan area behind sparsely populated Pike County in eastern Pennsylvania and Suffolk County.

By comparison, in Westchester County single-family homes make up only 44 percent of the housing. In Bergen County, N.J., across the Hudson River from New York, that share is 52 percent. In Fairfield County, Conn., the single-family share is 57 percent.

Are people in Westchester, Bergen and Fairfield Counties not also living the suburban dream?

They maintain their suburban lifestyle while accepting mixed-use town centers, subdivisions of attached town homes and apartment blocks If the three Nassau town supervisors have an alternative to transit-oriented housing to address the shortage, we’d like to hear about it.

Otherwise, they are merely calling for the county to raise the gangplank and leave the state’s housing problem to everyone else. This is a bad idea.

Nassau and Suffolk have trailed the rest of the metro area in creating new homes.

Among 32 counties in New York City and its suburbs, Suffolk ranked 32nd

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and Nassau ranked 31st in the number of housing permits issued from 2010 to 2020, according to a Regional Plan Association report last year.

This is at a time when New York leads the nation in population loss as Texas and Florida gain.

New York had both the greatest sheer population loss of about 180,000 people and relative population decrease of 0.9 percent last year. Comparatively, Texas led the nation in population gained at about 471,000 and Florida led the nation in relative population increase of 1.9%.

This kind of population loss emerged as one of the top issues during the gubernatorial campaign. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-Long Island, who like many other Republicans attributed the exodus to high taxes, increasing government regulation and spiking crime rates.

“Gov. Hochul and elected officials should look at it as the ultimate job-performance barometer,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, a Republican, said during the campaign.

State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, also a Republican, said “the greatest threat to New York State and our future viability is the loss of human capital.”

We agree.

What the Republican leaders did not mention was the possibility that the state lacking a place to live for 800,000 families and individuals might be playing even a

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small role in the state’s loss of population.

But this scarcity of housing can be seen in raised rents and housing prices across the area, making places like Nassau too expensive for first-time home buyers and difficult for people looking to downsize who continue to live here.

“Hochul has noted the state has created 1.2 million jobs in the past decade but built only 400,000 new housing units,” Newsday reported. “More than half of renters statewide pay 30% or more of their income toward rent. On Long Island, home prices set records last summer, while the number of homes for sale remains close to the lowest it has been in at least 20 years.”

The lack of housing has also contributed to homelessness in the city and made it more difficult to staff businesses in Nassau.

The three supervisors also cited the loss of local control sought by Hochul.

Under this Hochul’s plan “New York State would be given a new power that would allow bureaucrats to unilaterally rezone suburban neighborhoods,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor JenniferDeSena said. “This proposal threatens to severely impact the quality of life of other communities.”

DeSena is correct that Hochul is calling on the state to take control of some zoning decisions.

If localities don’t meet a goal of a

3% increase in housing over three years and don’t take certain steps to remedy the issue, developers could appeal to a proposed State Housing Approval Board under her plan.

At that point, the state could greenlight mixed-income, multifamily proposals even if they don’t meet local zoning standards. Municipalities would have to object for health or safety reasons to defeat an appeal.

But DeSena’s alternative appears to be more of the same.

Zoning decisions at the moment are under the control of towns and villages.

While there may be many benefits to additional housing, the officials in the towns and villages answer to homeowners who now live there and actually benefit in the form of higher home values from the housing shortage.

The state asserting some control would add some balance to local zoning decisions. It is also not without precedent.

The state-mandated 2% cap on annual increases of local government tax levies has been wildly popular in Nassau even though it ties the hands of local officials in setting budgets.

There is a housing shortage in New York that needs to be addressed. It is well past time that Nassau County’s officials stopped with the fear-mongering and accepted their responsibility to be part of the solution, not the problem.

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THE BACK ROAD

Better understanding Christian nationalism

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.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene declared, “We need to be the party of nationalism and I’m a Christian, and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists.”

Faithful America, a Christian group dedicated to advancing social justice, gathered more than 15,000 signatures condemning U.S. Rep. Greene’s embrace of Christian nationalism as a prime concern for the Republican Party.

“The church is supposed to direct the government, the government is not supposed to direct the church,” avowed Rep. Lauren Boebert at Cornerstone Christian Center, a church nearby Aspen, Colo. “I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk.”

The governing board of the National Council of Churches condemned the teachings of the Christian nationalist movement and welcomes people of all faiths who are devoted to the common good.

I know little about Christian nationalism and thought it was time to learn more. What I do know, is that opposition to Christian nationalism is

neither opposition to Christianity nor anathema to American patriotism.

The Pew Research Center conducted a survey in October 2022.

They asked 2,540 respondents about Christian nationalism. They found that most Americans know little about it.

What Pew did find was that “declaring the United States a Christian nation and ending federal enforcement of the separation of church and state are minority views among American adults.”

In December 2022, the House of Representatives Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held its final hearing on the threat of white nationalism.

Amanda Tyler, co-organizer of “Christians Against Christian Nationalism,” testified that “Christian nationalism is not patriotism, a healthy love of country.”

“The Christian nation myth,” continued Ms. Tyler, “must downplay or ignore the role of indigenous communities, Black Americans, immigrant populations, religious minorities, secular Americans, and all others who undercut the false narrative that the U.S.

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is special because it was founded by and for White Christians.”

The thin line between Christian nationalism and white supremacy is troubling.

As former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill points out, white supremacy is “used to manipulate elections, destroy public education, deny disaster relief, justify starving babies, poison communities,

destroy empathy, deny the truth, steal land, has the power to turn people into murderers and is an existential threat to our democracy.”

Christian nationalism is comfortable with authoritarian control, states Andrew Whitehead, reporting for TIME magazine on Sept. 26, 2022. He adds that “that includes the threat and use of violence and where non-white and non-natural born citizens are viewed as unworthy of full participation in American civic life.”

Increasingly, Americans who identify as Christian nationalists, driven by fear and the sense that Christians are victims of persecution, believe “they need to prepare to fight, physically, to preserve America’s identity, an argument that played into the January 6 riot,” explains Paul D. Miller in the Feb. 3, 2021 edition of “Christianity Today” magazine.

Katherine Stewart, who has reported on the Christian right for more than a decade, said of Christian nationalism, “theocracy is really not the end point. It’s sort of a means to an end, which is authoritarianism, [which is] the point of the plan.”

The Pew survey asked respondents: “In your own words, what does the phrase ‘Christian nationalism’ mean to you?” Following are responses that offer a snapshot of people’s level of understanding.

‘Using Christian beliefs and morals to guide political decisions’…’Bringing back the faith in God’…’Turning the country into a Christian and White society only’…’White supremacists and male superiority’…’Laws and all aspects of life be guided by biblical interpretation’…’It is a euphemism for racism and antisemitic fascism’…’a polite term for a Nazi sympathizer’.

Do we need to better understand Christian nationalism? In her House Committee testimony Amanda Tyler argued that we must.

“Understanding the political ideology and cultural framework of Christian nationalism is imperative,” Tyler said, “to both dismantling white supremacy and preserving religious freedom for all. Our belonging in American society must never depend on how we worship, what we believe or how we identify religiously.”

Hear, hear!

ON THE RIGHT

Gov. Kathy Hochul has political tin ear

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hen Kathy Hochul was threat.

That is why Kathy Hochul, a misworn in as governor in August 2021, she was not nor official from Buffalo, became Anprepared to assume that drew’s lieutenant governor.

Serving as governor, Hochul has office.

That was by design. Andrew Cuo- proven why she was chosen by Anmo, like his father, preferred inex- drew: She has a political tin ear and perienced political nobodies as their is a weak executive.

In early 2022, for example, Holieutenant governors. chul permitted Albany legislators to Why? Mario Cuomo learned during his walk all over her during the budget tenure as lieutenant governor that if negotiations. This happened despite the boss, in his case Gov. Hugh Carey, the fact that the governor has pridoesn’t care what you do, the lieuten- mary responsibility for shaping the ant governor can travel the state and state’s financial policies with limited legislative meddling. build a political network.

But Hochul failed to utilize that Between 1979 and 1981, that’s exactly what Mario did. He spent power and signed off on a bloated lots of time unearthing what was on $220 billion budget that will haunt the minds of upstate legislators and her and the taxpayers for the next studying the issues that mattered to four years.

Hochul may have won the Notheir constituents. He also organized, in every county, a cadre of Democrats vember 2022 election, but she ran the most inept gubernatorial camloyal to him.

In 1982, his efforts paid off. He paign in modern memory.

Spending a record-breaking $60 handily beat Mayor Ed Koch in the million, she barely won in a deep Democratic primary for governor.

The lesson the Cuomos took from blue state.

Hochul failed to grasp that crime, that experience: never name a lieutenant governor who could pose a not abortion, was the key campaign

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right issue. She was blind to the facts that New Yorkers were afraid to walk in their neighborhoods or to travel on mass transportation.

And she refuses to believe, to this day, that Albany’s cashless bail reform has contributed to the surge in crime—despite the evidence.

The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Riley recently noted that “last year 327 career criminals were respon-

sible for 30% of New York City’s 22,000 shoplifting arrests….” Over 70% of those criminals are still on the streets this month because the bail reform legislation protects most shoplifting suspects “from pretrial detention and judges aren’t permitted to consider a defendant’s danger to the community.”

Here’s another beaut: In December, the state Legislature held a lameduck session to approve a 29% pay increase for themselves.

With the median income of New Yorkers at $42,308, the part-time legislators will now be paid a whopping $142,000 annually.

The governor not only signed off on this ludicrous proposal, but she failed to get anything in return.

Even her hapless Republican predecessor, Gov. George Pataki, effectively traded in 1998 with the Democratic-controlled Assembly before agreeing to approve a raise for legislators.

He got charter schools despite the fierce opposition of the powerful teachers’ unions.

Pataki proved legislators will

agree to most anything to further line their pockets.

Worse yet has been Hochul’s handling of her nomination of Hector La Salle to be chief judge of the Court of Appeals—the state’s highest tribunal.

The eminently qualified candidate was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was purposely stacked with radical leftists.

This happenstance exposed the governor as an incompetent political chump.

Govs. Roosevelt, Dewey, Rockefeller, Carey, and the Cuomos would have ruthlessly exercised the immense powers of their office to get their nominees approved.

But not Gov. Hochul.

New York is facing a fiscal and economic crisis. Years of reckless spending and excessive taxing is catching up.

And if Hochul permits Albany radicals to continue running roughshod over her, they will destroy the state’s tax base, drive millions more to Florida and Texas and push the Empire State into financial insolvency.

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OUR TOWN

America’s longstanding love affair with cars

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al” starred Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx and most of it took place in a taxi cab cruising the streets of late night Los Angeles.

Stephen King channeled the more sinister nature of automobiles as he wrote the horror novel “Christine” about a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which was apparently possessed by demonic forces transforming Arnold from an acne-faced nerd into a super greaser.

The great American writer and cultural anthropologist Tom Wolfe penned many articles about cars. His classic “The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby” helped put the custom car movement on the map.

Wolfe discovered the customized car craze in Burbank, a suburb of California, and he described it as an art form controlled by the wealthy teenage world of that state in the late 1950s.

Wolfe also wrote about the car craze in the South with his essay “The Last American Hero.” This essay was about Junior Johnson, who earned his bones running whisky up and down the Appalachian slopes of North CaroPHOTO PROVIDED BY TOM FERRARO lina and converted his skills into stock car racing. But Wolfe lived in ManhatCars, cars, cars. tan, so it was inevitable that he would

mericans have always had a love affair with cars. Cars symbolize post-modern life in that they are speedy, beautiful and get you nowhere fast. Every teenager understands that a driver’s license and the purchase of your first car is a rite of passage into adulthood.

The teenage muscle car is louder than in the past. For some kids, loud muffler-free cars are a power grab to prove that they have arrived.

Cars are unique phenomena and have fascinated artists, song writers, film makers and novelists. The Beach Boys made it big with the irresistibly light-hearted and upbeat “Little GTO.“ Michael Mann’s riveting film “Collater-

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write about the Riverhead Raceway on Long Island.

He recounted how Lawrence Mendelsohn created the Demolition Derby, an evening of thrills and spills, by inviting 100 drivers with sturdy old jalopies to carom off of each other until all but one was demolished. Such fun in Riverhead in the good old days.

Now all kids can do is wreck things in video games.

Thus far I have described distinctively American approaches to cars.

A few years ago I had the pleasure

of walking along one of the streets in Monte Carlo, a windy thoroughfare that is used in the Monaco Grand Pix and its Formula One cars. The racing that takes place in Monte Carlo is on the opposite end to what we as Americans witnessed in the Demolition Derby in Riverhead.

The European idea of racing is to combine glamor, prestige, celebrities, yachts, and very expensive cars into an admixture of excitement. You may recall seeing this race in one of the “Iron Man” films. American racing is to combine death, explosions, blood, bone fractures with a middle-class tone.

When I was a kid, I recall my father saying that one of his goals in life was to get a chauffeured limousine so that he would never have to drive again. I never could understand why he felt that way until I got into my later years. Now I understand exactly how he felt.

As I drive now, I stick to the right lane. I have come to observe that people 65 and older are the right lane drivers and usually drive either Mercedes or Toyotas. People 45 to 65 years of age tend to stick to the middle lanes and like to drive new Volkswagens or

Audis and drivers aged 20 to 45 always gravitate to the left lane as soon as they get on the parkway and they drive either Porsches, BMWs or very expensive looking pick-up trucks that are clean and that have never picked up anything but groceries.

Years ago Bob Lipsyte of The New York Times did a brilliant series called NASCAR Nation and he asked for my take on NASCAR drivers. I told him they sought the excitement that comes when you flirt with death. But undoubtedly people have a variety of motives when they buy and drive their cars.

We all feel more cyborg-like, detached, impatient and angry when driving. Some gain a sense of power with muscle cars that make noise.

Some feel pride if their car is new or expensive. I do love the new colors cars now have. It’s kind of a mat flat color instead of that old-fashioned shiny gray or white coat.

But as I said at the outset of this piece, one thing is for sure. Cars are a big part of our post-modern life and just like post-modern life, they are speedy, beautiful and get you nowhere fast.

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Are Americans becoming plastic people?

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he conversation about plastic has changed from those unsightly discarded plastic bags and Styrofoam cups to the nanoplastics we are inhaling with every breath we take. Nanoplastics (100 nanometers or less) and microplastics (5 millimeters or less) are the worrisome result of the breaking apart of the billions of plastic items that we throw away every day.

These ubiquitous tiny plastic pieces are nature’s way of reminding us that there is “no away.” There is only “here on Earth.”

Try to live for a day without using plastic. Our daily shower routine usually includes using plastic bottles filled with shampoo, conditioner and body wash. Our newspapers get delivered in plastic bags. We grab our morning coffee at a local shop, handed to us in a plastic cup with a plastic top. We wear clothes made from plastic fabrics. Food deliveries come in plastic containers with plastic utensils.

We pour water, milk, juice, and soda out of plastic bottles. We clean our dishes and clothes with detergents that come packaged in plastic.

Our kids play sports on plastic fields.

Their lunchboxes are filled with food wrapped in plastic. We work at computers with plastic keys and screens.

We talk on plastic phones, drive cars with plastic dashboards, sleep in plastic sheets and buy our kids plastic

toys… think about all those Legos!

When you consider that every bit of plastic that has not been incinerated is still here on Earth somewhere, slowly breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces, day after day, month after month and year after year, you can begin to understand how fast this global crisis is growing. What you may not realize is that things are going to get a lot worse before they ever get better. We’ve loaded up the world with plastic debris, and now we — and our kids and their kids, and their kids – are going to pay dearly for it.

Plastic is not safe for anyone to ingest or inhale. It’s made from a combination of fossil fuels and chemicals, including those proven to cause a long list of human diseases and conditions, from cancer and endocrine disruption to reproductive problems. Many of the diseases showing up in survivors and people who lived in the area around the 9/11 attacks are in part related to the burning of plastic and inhalation of nanoplastics from the building materials and contents.

Research is showing that nanoplastics are far more toxicologically active than microplastics. This is primarily due to their smaller size and ability to penetrate biological barriers.

There is already evidence that humans are suffering from exposure to nanoplastics in the air, which can be inhaled into our lungs and wind up in

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our blood, with the potential to damage internal organs and critical body systems.

Every once in a while we hear news reports of some microorganism that will consume or break down plastic into its organic elements. But we don’t hear much after that, because they seldom work. The chemical bonds that are formed when making plastic are extremely strong, and not typically found in nature. Microorganisms that naturally break down biodegradable materials do not recognize the bonds that hold plastics together.

Researchers estimate that it will take hundreds of thousands of years for plastics to decompose into some kind

of natural state. But by then, the damage will be done.

So, will every human on Earth eventually have to wear a filtering mask to venture outside? Are we hoping that some miraculous technology will be developed to filter all of the air on Earth to take out tiny plastic particles? Or maybe big pharma will develop new blockbuster drugs to treat the medical problems caused by breathing nanoplastics?

Actually, the only answer is producing and using less plastic. Some scientists say we can’t afford to make even one more piece of plastic. But if you are looking for immediate practical solutions, here are some thoughts…

Kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms are spaces in our homes that are typically filled with plastic items.

If you have children, their plastic toys will wind up in every room, and teenagers and adults fill their spaces with plastic technology and entertainment devices. I haven’t even mentioned plastic furniture, carpets, lamps, etc….too many to list.

The good news is that many companies are making non-plastic alternatives! I just bought dental floss that is packaged in paper, we have switched to a dairy yogurt that comes in beautiful and reusable pottery jars (with a foil top) and coconut yogurt packaged in a paper container. I bring my cotton

mesh produce bags to the store and try my best to buy staples in bulk, put them in a paper bag and then store in glass jars when I get home.

Powdered laundry detergent comes in a cardboard box, shampoo and conditioner come in bars. Installing your own drinking water filter in your home keeps plastic water bottles out of the environment. Plastic alternatives for kids include books, puzzles and board games.

Parent Alert! Keep track of LEGO pieces and put all the right pieces back into the box to pass along or save for the next generation. Don’t throw them out!

There are many more examples of non-plastic essentials and new ones are being developed daily. Try switching one thing a week — everyone doing one thing makes a huge difference.

I read a recent article in The New York Times entitled “Trying to Live A Day Without Plastics” and was not happy with the message. The author made it seem hopeless and comical. It was about trying not to touch or use plastic on just one day. That’s not the point. We need to reject single-use plastics and replace commonly used items with non-plastic alternatives.

Due to the serious nature of this problem, the message needs to be hopeful and encouraging. I hope you’re feeling encouraged and empowered.

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Women protest to reclaim reproductive rights

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hat should have been a celebration of 50 years of women’s constitutional right to reproductive freedom was instead a renewed call for “radical feminism” in the wake of the radical, religious, extremist SCOTUS6 overturn of Roe v. Wade – the first time in history the Supreme Court rescinded a constitutional right.

Some 200 protests, rallies and demonstrations were scheduled around the nation – the marquee event held in Madison, Wis., where Republicans resurrected a 174-year-old law from 1849 that has no exceptions for rape or incest, and where a crucial election for a deciding vote on the state supreme court will be conducted.

The Dobbs decision pushed the fight for those who champion women’s reproductive rights to the state level, even as the Republican congressional majority is trying to advance their nationwide-ban and other restrictions that have the effect of blocking access to reproductive health care as soon as conception occurs. They are even attacking contraception.

And that’s not all: Texas is among the states trying to make it illegal for a woman to travel outside the state where abortion is banned to a state where abortion is legal – literally imprisoning women (how does that not violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection?). state Republicans have sued the Biden administration to prevent implementation of its order to make the abortion pill available without

seeing a doctor and accessible by mail (50 percent of abortions today use a pill instead of invasive procedures).

“On what would have been the 50th anniversary of protections under Roe v.

Wade, my administration is resolute in its commitment to defending reproductive rights and continuing our nation’s progress toward equality for all,” Biden stated in a proclamation honoring the 50th anniversary.

Among the actions Biden has taken in response to the court’s extreme Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision: he issued executive orders to ensure that patients receive care during medical emergencies; to protect access to contraception and abortion services, including access to medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and to improve the safety of patients, providers, and clinics. The administration is helping safeguard patients’ privacy over their health data and is ensuring that women everywhere have access to accurate information about their reproductive rights.

Biden also created an Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access, which includes Vice President Kamala Harris, to lead a government-wide response, he said in the proclamation issued to honor the anniversary.

New York City mounted two Women’s March events – one at Washington Square Park organized by Black Feminists Matter, attended by about 250 people, who then

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marched to the Federal Building. The one held I attended was organized by NYC Mobilization for Reproductive Justice around the corner from Manhattan 17th police district. From there the protesters marched to St. Patrick’s Cathedral where they held a protest on the street and chanted “Not the church, not the state, women must decide own fate,” “Keep your rosaries off my ovaries,” and “Get your theology off my biology.”

A government that can ban abortion can also force abortion – or sterilization – as this group reminded, noting that it has a heinous record of sterilizing Blacks, poor, imprisoned, disabled and as recently as 2020 migrant women.

This isn’t about a “right to life.” If overturning a woman’s right to choose were about protecting the vulnerable, as the anti-abortion movement claims, those same activists would not be murdering doctors, threatening the lives of medical personnel so that they let a woman die rather than give her the necessary medical care. They would be more concerned about the abysmal rates of maternal and infant mortality, child poverty and hunger, access to health care, clean water and air, child care, paid parental leave and protections for nursing mothers. They would be advocating for a living wage – none of which they are — and would be just as forceful in addressing the epidemic of gun violence, now the No. 1 killer of children.

No, this is about controlling women, bolstering (or reinstating) the patriarchal power structure. The gains that women have made since 1973 stem directly from the freedom, the autonomy that Roe bestowed. The anti-abortion fanaticism is about turning women into second-class citizens, with no more power or autonomy to determine their future than a brood mare.

These struggles fall disproportionately on Black, indigenous, poor, disabled, and migrant women, the vulnerable and marginalized. Rich and well-connected women never had a problem obtaining an abortion, even before Roe. The Biden administration is attempt-

ing to counter these actions to make sure that doctors can legally prescribe, that pharmacies can dispense and that women can secure safe and effective medication.

But when Republicans force these clinics to close, patients lose access to other basic care such as routine check-ups, cancer screenings and contraception. Women who are miscarrying can’t get medication until they are near death and possibly made sterile; women who use medication that is used for abortion for other ailments can’t get it, so they suffer needlessly.

They don’t care. Cruelty and control are the features.

“The right of every woman in every state in this country to make decisions about her own body is on the line,” Vice President Kamala Harris declared at the Bigger than Roe event organized by Planned Parenthood in Tallahassee, Fla. “Can we truly be free if a woman cannot make decisions about her own body? Can we truly be free if a doctor cannot care for her patients?”

And if you thought you were immune in states like New York, California, New Jersey, think again if Republicans succeed in getting a nationwide abortion ban.

“Congress must pass a bill that protects freedom and liberty. A bill that protects reproductive rights. And President Biden will sign it,” Harris said.

Passing the Equal Rights Amendment would also be helpful.

MY TURN

Whose time horizon is best for all of us?

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ajor challenges facing our country and the world include climate change, chronic diseases such as diabetes resulting from obesity, threats of new pandemics, and unequal access to good nutrition and education, among others.

When we think of such challenges, we also think of who will respond and who will lead the way to solutions. Who will help solve these universal challenges? The agents include governments, businesses, nonprofit or communitybased organizations and each of us. Yet each has a different time horizon for decision-making.

Take contemporary corporations.

Except for privately held or family companies, corporations generally are governed by the requirements of quarterly reports. They must report their condition every three months. While quarterly reports have some advantages, they also have substantial disadvantages when it comes to long-term planning and investments in the business of the future.

The quarterly reports include information about the financial state of the company, financial goals and challenges.

They allow companies to compare their results against the past and competitors, help set and monitor the achievement of goals, inform stakeholders and shareholders of current conditions and build trust with potential investors.

There are disadvantages to quarterly

reports, however. Three months is not a long time in a dynamic market. Small changes can cause investors to lose confidence and call for changes in management, especially in businesses with fluctuating sales. They also take a lot of time to create, time that might be better spent in managing the business and improving the quality of products and services.

A focus on today’s profits in the short term can crowd out thinking about the future of the business and new market opportunities, such as alternatives to fossil fuels and medicines for chronic diseases, as well as create incentives to manipulate the figures so the reports look better.

Compensation plans can lead executives to put near-term profits over longterm success for all stakeholders.

But what about government?

The government, or public sector, is not always better. With two, four, and six-year election cycles, as well as the need under our system to raise enormous amounts of money even for local races, the incentive for elected officials is to focus on the immediate instead of the important.

The need for funds can lead to the equivalent of insider trading in business, giving advantage to some instead of serving all.

We see this in so many ways. The role of government is to serve society as a whole, not special interests. It is empowered to create public policies as if

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people matter. Yet the system of election financing leads politicians to be beholden to those who have helped them win elections.

I saw this firsthand in the money that flowed to members of Congress who created the laws and regulations that permitted predatory for-profits colleges to reap enormous sums of federal money and short-change students, all while claiming that the private enterprise system was more efficient and effective than traditional colleges.

We saw it in the congressional action that denied the ability of government to negotiate drug prices as part of the Affordable Care Act. This disadvantaged U.S. citizens who had to pay higher drug

prices than in most every other country.

We see it in federal subsidies for corn production that led to high fructose corn syrup, a major contributor to America’s obesity problem. Over 40% of U.S. adults are obese, and obesity and its consequences account for nearly 25% of the nation’s health care bill.

Does the time horizon for the nonprofit sector serve society better?

While individual community-based organizations certainly face challenges of funding that require short-term thinking and action, the sector as a whole includes institutions and organizations that take a long-term view. These include universities and foundations.

The late scholar David Riesman said that the role of the university board of trustees was to save the institution of the future from the actions of the present.

While this goal is often honored in the breach, it still obtains and is monitored by regional and programmatic accreditations.

In this environment, and with federal support for science, universities can encourage and support curiosity-driven research into even intractable problems of disease and technology.

The other nonprofit institution with a long-term view is the charitable foundation. Foundations such as the Gates, Ford, and Schmidt Futures can give priority to global challenges such as chronic disease and climate change.

They have the resources and time

horizon to address issues that corporations and governments shy from because of their shorter-term cycles. Andrew Carnegie did the same for literacy by supporting local libraries. Ideally, the results of foundation effort will encourage corporations and governments to follow their lead and take necessary actions.

While foundations can spur needed and desired action, I find it troubling that major issues facing our nation rely upon the generosity of wealthy individuals who alone decide on their priorities for funding. After all, their wealth is the result of public tax policy that favors the accumulation of wealth over the needs of society.

What about us?

What can we do as individuals? We can encourage candidates to reform our election financing laws, advocate for corporate Environment, Social, and Governance goals through our pensions and individual investments, and be active in community discussions about priorities.

We as individuals and members of groups can advocate for the long-term view, for public policies that address seemingly intractable problems that, if unchecked, will undermine our children’s future, the nation and the world.

Dr. Robert A. Scott is resident Emeritus of Adelphi University, author, “How University Boards Work,” Johns Hopkins University Press, Eric Hoffer Book Prize Awardee

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FROM THE DESK OF STATE ASSEMBLYMAN ED RA

Bail reforms needed to improve public safety

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nnocent commuters pushed in front of subway cars, “smash and grab” robberies in local shops, random assaults in broad daylight and even “killers” who have taken the lives of victims with drugs, guns and more… welcome to New York State under the “cashless bail” law that extreme politicians passed in Albany during the 2019 session.

It’s true, extreme politicians in the state Legislature hastily crafted legislation in 2019 which embraced their theory that almost every crime on the books should no longer be bail eligible. The results of their “cashless bail” law have been nothing short of disastrous.

I was heartbroken when I listened to anguish in Jennifer Payne’s voice as she recounted the story of how her daughter’s live-in boyfriend shot and killed the young mother while her 4-year-old daughter slept in the adjoining bedroom. The suspected killer “walked” free under the bail laws passed in Albany. I was outraged when I read the account of Antony Ojeda, who was released due

to “cashless bail,” even though he admitted killing his infant son. The baby had ingested a lethal dose of illicit drugs. He has been on the run after being charged with murder and has landed on the U.S. Marshal’s most wanted list.

And right here on Long Island, I met and spoke with Victor Maldonado, the father of a young man who was killed by a four-time DWI driver who slammed into Victor’s son after disabling a car ignition Breathalyzer device. The alleged killer in this case bragged at the crime scene that he would be released because of the new terrible bail law, and he was correct.

What’s more, the extreme politicians who passed “cashless bail” saw to it that virtually every drug crime was not bail eligible. Moreover, drug gangs, dealers and other merchants of drug overdoses and deaths have been set free to wreak havoc in our neighborhoods again.

Imagine the depravity of a Long Island dog-fighting ring in which owners of the animals tortured and sexually

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State Assemblyman abused the dogs, even killing dogs that were deemed to be substandard fighters. Of the 10 individuals who were arrested in the case, only one was remanded to custody. These evil individuals are the types of people who are being turned loose under “cashless bail.”

Perhaps the most disconcerting part of the “cashless bail” law is the fact that judges are not empowered to consider

whether an accused criminal presents a danger to society in deciding whether to remand an individual to custody. That’s why I have drafted legislation to grant judges this power, which would help keep dangerous people off of our streets.

Indeed, the Legislature can pursue some worthy and warranted criminal reforms and protect public safety by adopting my legislation, which establishes a dangerousness standard.

Allowing a judge to make a finding on the record that an individual standing before them poses a threat to public safety, and order the individual held pretrial, is a sound and sensible step forward in the quest for meaningful criminal reform. Absent a dangerousness standard, true judicial discretion does not exist; that is, the ability of a judge to evaluate the matter in front of them both in terms of the crime charged and the defendant’s history.

The 2021 “Less is More” Act poses similar problems. This was billed as a measure to prevent parolees from being re-incarcerated for minor technical vio-

lations. Thoughtful reflection and evidence gathering from this extreme law details that failing to register as a sex offender is considered a “minor technical violation.” What rational person would believe a convicted sexual predator roaming our streets, failing to notify the community is a “minor” transgression?

Discovery reform measures were also adopted along with the bail reform law in 2019. Even progressive district attorneys have blanched at the law’s provisions, which forced prosecutors to provide accused violent criminals with the contact information and addresses of victims and witnesses. Understandably, this law has put a damper on witnesses to crimes, and many crime victims are also hesitant to step forward.

I believe that there are practical steps that the state Legislature can take to address rising crime while still acknowledging the well-intended spirit of sensible criminal justice reforms. It is my goal to have both Democrats and Republicans come together on well-considered criminal reforms.

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Martins, D’Esposito must disclose Santos money

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s has been reported, the Nassau and Hempstead GOP organizations received at least $185,000 in dirty campaign money from the Devolder-Santos scam.

They only disgorged, returned, some of it! Too late! These illegal funds polluted every campaign they were involved with. An allegedly “sophisticated investment professional” who bankrolled the Devolder-Santos scam,

and now claims to have been conned, is more likely simply a money launderer for nefarious foreign interests.

The blizzard of Santos and Jack Martins lawn signs that very early in the campaign simultaneously blan-

keted every road and byway were paid Anthony D’Esposito take and not disfor by whom? Martins, for one, must gorge? These questions need to be andisclose completely the source of his swered. Follow the money. campaign financing.

What about the others. How much Eric Cashdan Devolder-Santos scam money did Sands Point

Like a broken clock columnist right on Santos

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’ve cringed for years at the superfluous, hyper-partisan, over-the-top opinions (and observed her interviewing as well) of Karen Rubin.

I detest double standards and believe in merit in its purest form. Karen’s always busy with Republicans and I have no problem with that as a Republican. But it’s one thing to be like Chris Wallace and quite another to be like Joy Reid or Steve Colbert. As a reader, you should utterly discount hyper-par-

tisan accounts of reality.

In this respect, I recall the silence of Democratic public figures when Speaker Pelosi watered down a proposed specific censure/resolution regarding Ilhan Omar. And they remained silent when she was not removed from the foreign affairs committee, a placement as sensible as Iran’s within the UN Human Rights Commission. The new speaker, Kevin McCarthy, has at least moved this jihadist out of the way of

foreign relations. Ergo — spare me the holy pronouncements.

As to my point, I have made clear the case — on many levels — for George Santos’s immediate removal from Congress. All the reasons need not be recounted.

So in this unusual week, both Karen’s watch and mine display “1 o’clock.” She is correct that not only are we in the 3rd CD disenfranchised representatively and in proper con-

stituent service for our veterans, Social Security, Medicare, passport emergencies and other matters, we have NO representative to fight for our share of member projects and other local funding.

Santos will deliver zilch. While the most rational course looking ahead is to remove this freak show immediately, it is nonetheless a fact that even if he is removed by indictment / conviction or somehow survives his term, he is

nonetheless doomed to the alreadyannounced disqualification and rejection by Nassau Republicans. Why would any party leader in DC accord him any local funds better expended elsewhere?

Anyway, Karen and I agreed at 1 o’clock — and now it’s 2 o’clock. Back as we were…

Jeffrey Wiesenfeld Great Neck

Shame on you, GOP, for giving us George Santos

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hame on you Nassau County, GOP. First, you give us George Santos and now a casino on valuable county land.

Since 2020, they knew George Santos was dubious and questionable at best. Yet for two election cycles you offered North Hempstead and CD3 voters the opportunity to contribute to this fraudulent politician. The likes of Cairo, Blakeman, DeSena, Martins all supported and endorsed George Santos.

Too little too late when you hold a press conference in mid-January calling for Santos to resign. Did you very much call for Speaker of the House McCarthy to get Santos to resign?

Is this another folly and fool’s gold on the part of the Nassau GOP to distance themselves from the stain? I was told when you have a stain, get rid of it. The clock for Nassau County GOP had long expired by Jan. 23. It was too late.

How many contributors were fooled by the GOP to give money to

a fraud and a totally dishonest human being?

The likes of Ronald Lauder, heir to the Estee Lauder Cosmetics fortune, and others contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the GOP campaigns in New York and CD3.

How many knew of Santos’ lies and frauds, yet turned a deaf ear and contributed to his campaign anyway?

How many knew and chose to follow others, ignoring what they knew to give more contributions to the GOP and Santos?

Why wasn’t the Nassau GOP eager to get rid of the stain called George Santos sooner?

Is the casino at the Nassau Hub another of those GOP projects that cost us, the taxpayers, more than it brings in.

Same old, same old GOP: Lower the taxes for the wealthy and tax the average residents more.

When the Nassau GOP had a chance to deny Santos the opportunity to run for Congress, they endorsed him; when it was too late, they all

called for him to step down. Of course, it was beyond their control. They all want to distance themselves from the stain they helped inflict on all of us.

Fool us once and get our vote, but over and over again and lose our Vote.

How honorable will the Nassau GOP be in the future? Will we be able to trust them in the future?

Charles Schneider Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 27

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING

BLACK HISTORY EVENT AT WESTBURY ARTS Westbury Arts is offering a Black History Month celebration on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 3 to 5 pm at Westbury High School, 1 Post Road, Old Westbury.

African American Culture: Connecting the Community through the Arts is a rich tapestry of live performances in storytelling, dance, song, poetry, and cultural reflection. Tickets are free and can be reserved through Eventbrite.

The program features the Praise Dancers of Shiloh Baptist Church of Rockville Centre, Danse Xpressions, and the award-winning nationally recognized Rhythm of the Knights – Uniondale High School Show Choir.

Also appearing are members of the Nassau/Suffolk Pan Hellenic Council of Black Fraternities and Sororities presenting their history and performing a step routine, and Tahira Dupree-Chase, superintendent of the Westbury

School District.

The Mistress of Ceremonies is Alicia Evans, a Professor at The City College of New York and an award-winning fiber artist and storyteller.

Pat Jenkins Lewis, Westbury Arts board director, and her daughter Angela Jenkins, are the organizers of this event.

Our mission is to share the history, heritage and achievements of Black people in the arts.”

says Lewis. “Through dance, song, and spoken word, we will educate as well as entertain.”

This family-friendly event brings together the community and allows for sharing of information and history in an engaging and festive atmosphere. Refreshments will be served.

All are welcome. Attendees can register at the Westbury Arts Website Eventbrite. Visit: https://westburyarts.org/upcoming-events/ and navigate to upcoming events.

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Uniondale Show Choir & The Rhythm of the Knights with their director, Lynette Carr-Hicks.

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Center for Science Science meets art in to host Nature Week Jericho Library exibit The Center for Science will be hosting ‘Nature Week’ at its Dinosaurs! Exhibit in Rockville Centre during February school break. Children will enjoy creating their own nature arts and crafts projects that they will be able to keep and take home.

Nature Week will be open starting Saturday, Feb. 18 and continue on 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 and 26 (Closed on Wednesday, Feb. 22). Tickets are $12 for children ages 2-13, $15 for children and adults ages 14 and up and $12 for seniors over 65. Each ticket includes entry to the exhibit along with participation for nature crafts. Tickets are available for purchase at the door.

“The Center for Science is always offering innovative educational experiences for families on Long Island. Among our exhibit’s dinosaurs and live animal displays, children and their parents will engage in activities while learning about nature,” said

Ray Ann Havasy, executive director of The Center for Science.

The Dinosaurs! and Live Animals Exhibit gives visitors a unique and up-close-and-personal experience where they will learn how animals adapt and survive, which is demonstrated through a unique intermixing of dinosaur models and an assortment of live animals that include owls, emu, golden pheasant, goats, snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and more.

Located on Tanglewood Preserve, The Center for Science also has miles of wonderful nature trails where families can further explore the wonders of the natural world.

As a science and STEM education-focused notfor-profit organization, CSTL is dedicated to providing people of all ages with a place to engage in both formal and informal learning. For more information, please visit, www.cstl.org.

The Jericho Public Library has announced the opening of its inaugural contemporary ink and wash exhibition, entitled “The Light Shines in the Darkness” by artist Xiaoqiang Li. This exhibition, curated by program coordinator Phyllis Cox, is considered one of the most extensive collections ever showcased by the library and aims to explore the relationship between science and art through a multidisciplinary discussion led by esteemed professors and experts.

The exhibition was honored by the presence of Maoye Ji, CEO of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Asia, who delivered a keynote speech on the significance of the exhibition.

Ji noted the remarkable achievement of Li, a Chinese immigrant, in overcoming cultural and language barriers to actively share unique Chinese culture with local communities.

He emphasized that such an act not only enriches cul-

tural diversity within American communities but also serves as a medium to showcase the excellence and values of Chinese culture.

The exhibition also featured Tsinghua University professor Daozi, who introduced the ways of seeing in art and used Li’s artworks as a foundation.

Daozi discussed the relationship between science and art from ancient Greece to contemporary historical narratives and emphasized that art and science overlap great-

ly at the point of their intersection, which is the latent place for miracles created by human beings.

Art critic Qingsong Hao also provided an insightful summary of Li Xiaoqiang’s ink paintings and their correlation between the themes of “double darkness” and “triple redemption”.

The public is invited to come and appreciate the beauty and meaning behind the works of Xiaoqiang Li on display in Jericho Public Library.

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What to do after being diagnosed with high blood pressure

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ypertension, a condition marked by abnormally high blood pressure, is more common than many people may recognize. A 2021 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicated that nearly half of adults in the United States, or roughly 116 million people, have hypertension. And hypertension isn’t exclusive to Americans, as the World Health Organization notes that the number of people living with the condition has doubled to 1.28 billion since 1990.

Despite its prevalence, hypertension is not normal, nor is it something to take lightly. In fact, the American Heart Association notes that, if left undetected or uncontrolled, hypertension can lead to an assortment of serious, and potentially deadly, conditions, including heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease.

Since the threat posed by high blood pressure is so significant, it’s imperative that individuals know what to do upon being diagnosed with hypertension. The AHA notes that individuals diagnosed with hypertension can try various strategies to get their number down to a normal, healthy range.

• Eat a healthy, low-salt diet. A diet that’s rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, skinless poultry and fish, nuts and legumes, and non-tropical vegetable oils ensures people are getting ample nutrition from healthy sources. The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan is designed specifically to help people manage their blood pressure and emphasizes limiting salt, red meat and foods with added sugars, including sweets and sugary beverages. It’s important that all people, and especially those with high blood pressure, limit their salt intake, as sodium is known to increase blood pressure.

• Avoid excessive alcohol consumption. The AHA notes that excessive alcohol consumption can raise blood pressure. In addition, despite what popular misconceptions may suggest, there is no evidence to suggest that red wine consumption is good for heart health. Like other alcoholic beverages, red wine should be consumed in moderation, if at all.

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READERS WRITE

Galaxy in Natural gas, our energy transition Deep Space T

Everyone knows there are great energies in the universe, dazzling anyone who looks up.

But even massive galaxies can only be seen after day wanes.

The great constellations inspire me to the highest degree, above and beyond what my life can reach or touch.

The star-studded sky inspires the dimension that goes beyond experience.

Stepping back there’s an endless vision only a god can perceive.

The pure question entrusted by Galileo, a most patient being, upon seeing the invisible for the first time.

Yet only phenomenon, meticulously placed at the center for us to gaze intently.

Energy and light, but one cluster of so many stars— among the many including our sun, and an incomprehension.

How the universe withholds its deepest mysteries.

How long ago am I seeing what’s in night’s sky?

Each distance is different, given the time it takes light to reach the eyes—vast distances fascinate and terrify.

How often have I wondered, tended by aliens or how many angels-on-a-pin? Everything else is derivative and second rate.

All things considered, Dante gets us nowhere.

And we always have an excuse of being busy juggling things, but I was not prepared for this.

All of night opens richly.

Each light is a petal you can string together.

At the center of each darkness is a bud to click open.

Look how completely it takes its bold sweet hold graced with blossoming for those who observe not judge.

Until such time arrives, I believe in our better angels.

And transcend darkness, imagined deeply enough as the heart spills forth full of imagination.

No one told me this. I look up and know it’s true.

Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

he deep freeze experienced by most of the country over the Christmas weekend, and in particular the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, is a reminder of the impact of severe cold weather on the lives of the most vulnerable. The National Weather Service called it a “once in a generation” storm.

We hope they are correct, but we know the climate is changing.

Federal officials have announced an inquiry into the operations of the electrical grid during those extreme weather conditions, which confirmed the importance of our power system to the public’s safety and health.

While we applaud Gov. Kathy Hochul’s efforts in establishing programs to help low-income residents make their homes energy efficient, we do not believe natural gas should be eliminated as an option in new construction as she proposed this week in her State of the State speech. As we go through the energy transition, the people of New York must be kept in mind.

That means maintaining all energy options that are affordable as we move to decarbonize the overall energy supply while maintaining resiliency and reliability.

During the Christmas cold, Con Edison asked its 1.1 million natural gas and 3.5 million electric customers in New York

City to conserve both natural gas and power with temperatures dropping only to 15 degrees Fahrenheit, not the subzero temperatures experienced in other parts of the country. National Grid made similar requests of its Long Island and New York City customers, as did Duke Energy in Ohio and Kentucky.

New England’s system operator warned it had “insufficient reserve supplies” and called on its members to “voluntarily curtail power” due to the strain on the power grid. New England had to resort to using oil to supply 40% of the power over the weekend.

While all this might sound like a gas supply problem, it is actually due to a lack of adequate pipeline capacity into the area. Tremendous reserves of natural gas nearby are not being produced due to insufficient pipeline infrastructure to move gas supplies into the heavily populated Mid-Atlantic and Northeast areas.

Natural gas is the most efficient and lowest-emission fossil fuel for heating and cooking, and for making electricity through very efficient gas-fired turbine plants. Increased natural gas use displacing coal and oil over the past four decades has dramatically lowered the nation’s emissions from electricity generation.

Natural gas-fired generation is also the

lowest-cost and most reliable backstop for the inherent variability of output from renewables.

As we move toward more renewables to meet our environmental goals, sound energy policies must ensure adequate supplies of clean natural gas to meet these inevitable coincident peak demands in both the natural gas and electric energy sectors.

A clean energy policy must balance three factors — reliability, affordability, and low emissions. The United States has lowered its emissions more than any other country by replacing coal with natural gas for power generation, with renewables playing an increasing role. The maintenance and reinforcement of the natural gas delivery system, which operates in an environmentally sound manner, should be a priority in the transition to a lowercarbon energy system.

Natural gas is a low-carbon fuel, and it can play a critical role in supporting our shift to renewable energy reliably and manageably. Let’s make sure we keep the public in mind and provide a managed transition to a low-carbon future.

Robert Catell Garden City Chairman, chief executive of Keyspan Corp.

Lack of substance for transit

W

hen it comes to transit, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State Speech and accompanying 267-page book “Achieving the New York Dream” left out how she was going to pay for all her commitments.

No explanation on how she failed to deliver on the promised start of Long Island Rail Road East Side Access to Grand Central Madison by December 2022.

No details have been provided on how Hochul’s proposed $5.5 billion Interboro Express Brooklyn to Queens Light Rail Connector will be paid for.

No details have been provided on how Albany will procure its matching 25% share, or $4 billion, toward the $16 billion Phase One (two new tunnels plus rehab of the two existing tunnels) and another $4 billion more to pay for the full build $33.4 billion Gateway Tunnel.

No details have been provided for the cost to the MTA of providing a 24/7 discounted low- cost, flat-fare, City Ticket for NYC residents boarding either Long Island PHOTO BY DR. JAMES HAKLAR Rail Road or Metro North Rail Road trains

at stations within NYC. What will happen if many of the thousands of new riders end up standing in the aisles? How will conductors manage to walk through the trains to collect fares?

No details on how Albany will deal with the looming MTA multibillion-dollar, multi-year financial shortfall.

No details about how to deal with $500 million in lost revenue due to fare beaters from 2022.

No details about any progress made by the MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board, which is supposed to determine prices for congestion toll pricing. Will the process be transparent and meetings open to the public? Tolling is supposed to be implemented

by December 2023 or early 2024. Revenues are supposed to raise $15 billion toward paying for the MTA $51 billion 2020 — 2024 Five Year Capital Plan.

No details about how the MTA will deal with funding future wage increases that the Transit Workers Union will ask for when their current contract expires in May 2023. The MTA only budgeted 2% per year

for the next contract. The MTA’s current contract with the NYC Transit Transport Workers Union Local 100 is set to expire on May 15, 2023. Inflation was 4.16% in 2021 and exceeded 8% in 2022. It is fair to assume that NYC Transit union leadership will ask for wage increases to keep up with inflation? Whatever the TWU obtains, Long Island and Metro North Rail Road unions will follow and ask for parity.

No acknowledgement for a number of other major transportation projects she has previously supported. These include the $10 billion Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel, $10 billion Port Authority Bus Terminal, $8 billion Penn Station Redevelopment and MTA NYC Transit $6.9 billion Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 projects.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously served as a former Director for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management).

The new king of the Great Neck Library

D

uring the lead-up to the annual library election for trustees this past October, I received an array of phone calls. “Who is this guy?” residents wanted to know. “Why does he have so many signs?” Why does he have ANY signs—library candidates never

have lawn signs!”

Rory Lancman had moved to Great Neck only months before he ran for library trustee, and suddenly he was all over the verge.

He moved in like a big city slicker letting the rubes know how it’s done. He had a cadre of strangers

knocking on doors and, judging from my unofficial poll, most residents did not welcome a solicitation to vote for someone they had never heard of.

Lancman has a résumé from New York City politics that reads like a treasure hunt. He ran for this, and then that, and then for something

else. He seemed a bird in search of a perch or as one person more jaded about politicians put it, a man trying to avoid having a regular job.

Mimi Hu was president of the Great Neck Library board of trustees for the year 2022. It was her fourth year in her four-year term, and she

had earned her stripes contending with some folks whose actions portray them as people who want to kill the library.

She had led the library even as one board member, Barry Smith, was party to a lawsuit in which he asked Continued on Page 38

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Sports

Cronin leads team from depths to heights Great Neck North senior gets tough love on NYC courts, puts basketball team back on the map

BY M I C H A E L J . L E W I S

Great Neck North’s Luke Cronin goes up for a shot.

There were baskets hanging on each end of the court, and the free throw and 3-point lines were all where they were supposed to be.

But for the last few summers, Luke Cronin was basically in an entirely new world when he laced up his sneakers to play some hoops.

When he was in his normal environs at Great Neck North and thereabouts, he played basketball with people he knew, opponents he got familiar with.

But last summer Cronin competed at the legendary West 4th Street courts in New York City, where the ball is fierce and fouls aren’t called unless a limb is missing.

And the summer before that, he competed in the ultra-competitive Nike circuit, the EYBL, against some of the top players from across the country.

Cronin said he didn’t get that much game-playing time, but going against elite competition, and being coached by high-strung men, was jarring.

“Seeing how athletically gifted every single guy is, and if I ever screwed up in practice, I didn’t have the kind of leniency I do here,” Cronin said. “So if I screwed up, I would get screamed at in my face by the coaches. I was not used to that.”

All that tough love did pay off, though, as Cronin has become a Division I signee (he’s headed to George Washington University next year) and the linchpin of a Great Neck North squad that has made giant steps in the last two years.

Cronin, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound center, has helped lift the Blazers from the depths of the Nassau A-II conference to near the top.

On Jan. 18 against rival Elmont, a team that the Blazers had been trounced by earlier in the season, Cronin led the way to a statement win. The senior pumped in 19 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and dished out six assists in the 58-55 victory.

A squad that won only eight games, combined, in Cronin’s freshman and sophomore years, are 10-4 through games of Jan. 20. A lot of that is due to Cronin’s leadership and play; he’s averaging 14 points and 13.8 rebounds per game, to go along with 2.7 blocks and 2.7 assists as well.

“He can do a little bit of everything; he’s the ultimate teammate,” said Blazers head coach Kevin Graham.

“His basketball I.Q. is so high, and this year as a senior he’s really become

more vocal and become a great leader.

He’s a dream to coach.”

“It has really nice to get some statement wins because for a long time we didn’t get any respect,” Cronin said.

“To beat teams like Garden City and Elmont the other night, it cements us as a team that’s good and that’s going to be hard to beat, we’re a team to be reckoned with.”

Cronin is a basketball die-hard; he’s been known to sneak looks at game film on his phone during classes at North (with a smile, he wouldn’t admit which classes he has done it in.)

Growing up with a dad who played collegiately and a brother, Jackson, who’s currently a sophomore on the University of Massachusetts basketball team, Cronin was playing since he could walk.

By the time he got to North, he was 6-foot-1 and a ballhandling wizard.

But when he shot up after his sophomore year, suddenly he had to learn how to be a post player.

“That was tough,” he said. “I’d walk out every night after practice bruised and battered. Ice packs and all that. But I learned how to play down low just by practicing really hard.”

Cronin, who also was all-conference in volleyball for North this season, said while dealing with losing early in his career was tough, he used it go strengthen his resolve.

And going against players in the EYBL (he once squared off against LeBron James’ son, Bronny) made Cronin get noticed on the recruiting trail. George Washington coach Chris Caputo sold Cronin on a new era in Colonials hoops after some down years, a chance to live and study in the nation’s capital, and oh yeah, GW plays in the Atlantic 10, the same conference as UMass.

Which means next year the Cronin parents could be watching Cronin vs.

Cronin on the court. Who to root for then?

“Oh I’m definitely guarding him if we play, absolutely,” Luke Cronin said with a smile. “I don’t know who my parents are going to root for, that’s going to be crazy for them. But I’m shutting him down.”

Before all that, though, Cronin and North are hoping to get into the playoffs and win a few games, after reaching the postseason last year.

“It’s really satisfying to know how far we’ve come, and kind of make a foundation here,” Cronin said. “We’ve done a lot but we still have more to do, us seniors.”

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Devane says time to reimagine Jericho

New Hyde Park Mayor Christopher Devane gives his report meeting on Jan. 19

Continued from Page 1 “This is an opportunity at that property to re-envision the Jericho Corridor,” Devane said. “I’m in this spot as mayor because for the last 50 years I’ve lived in this village. When I drive down Jericho and turn left and turn right, there is no rhyme or reason to the stores we have.”

Similar concerns have been brought up by neighboring villages.

This month Great Neck Estates adopted plans to establish a business overlay district on its portion of Middle Neck Road. Overlay zones create special zoning districts on previously established districts that can allow for additional criteria.

Mayor William Warner said the PHOTO BY BRANDON DUFFY village, in conjunction with BFJ Planning, has been working on developing at the village’s board of trustees the overlay district plan for more than a year in efforts to revitalize not just

the village’s portion of Middle Neck Road, but the peninsula’s business district.

In December, the Mineola Board of Trustees voted unanimously to create new business overlay districts on part of Jericho Turnpike and downtown to give the village more flexibility when considering future developments.

Mineola Mayor Paul Pereira said the need came from a retail landscape that has changed in recent years.

Devane said any decisions on whether or not to create new overlay districts would come at a later date, but he has spoken about these issues with local mayors such as Pereira and Kevin Fitzgerald in Floral Park, among others.

“This is a huge thing for us,” Devane said. “We going to get it right and that’s the whole goal. We need to reimagine it.”

Prendergast to retire from Great Neck in July Continued from Page 2 From 1994 until 2000, Prendergast worked for the Woodmere Middle School. She was mathematics chairperson from 1994 to 2000, an assistant principal from 1995 until 2000 and also served as teaching dean from January to June 1995, according to the school district.

Prendergast also worked at Intermediate School 238-Susan B. Anthony Academy in Queens from 1987 through 1994, working as a math teacher before becoming the sixth-grade dean of students.

She studied at St. John’s University, where she earned her bachelor of science degree in elementary education, nursery through grade six, and mathematics, grades seven through nine.

She also received a doctorate of education in educational administration and supervision, as well as a professional diploma in educational supervision and administration, from St. John’s.

Prendergast obtained her master of science degree in mathematics education, grades seven through 12, from CUNY Lehman College, the school district said. She also has an associate in applied science degree from Pace University.

Hochul eyes transit hubs for housing plan Continued from Page 3 result of increased residential or mixed-use development. Great Neck Estates Mayor William Warner said residential units generate less traffic than retail.

Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Ted

Rosen said his community has faced opposition to a proposed 12-unit structure, not because of taxes but due to the burden the building would present for the school district.

Rosen said the idea of transit-oriented developments is something villages and residents

need to adapt to so that retail developers want to set up shop in Great Neck and true downtown revitalization in a more technological shopping age can be achieved.

“We were probably one of the first villages in Nassau County to adopt transit-oriented devel-

opment where you give incentives to landlords of retail buildings so they can build up,” Rosen said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

First trains run to Grand Central Madison Continued from Page 2 current 11 that arrive at Penn Station between 6:21 a.m. and 9:34 a.m., according to officials.

The branch’s afternoon and evening rush hour schedule will also see a 43% increase in service, including three express trains. A total of 20 trains will leave Manhattan between 4:06 p.m. and 7:43 p.m., six more than the 14 trains that currently provided that service to commuters on the Port Washington branch, according to officials.

The first section of the 3rd Track, which will run between Floral Park and Hicksville, opened in August.

Floral Park Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald, whose predecessor had opposed the 3rd track, voiced his support for the enhanced service Floral Park will now receive.

Fitzgerald said Floral Park residents will “finally be able to reap the rewards” of the 3rd Track Project combined with the East Side Access Project’s direct access to Grand Central Station.

The mayor said the proposed changes for the Floral Park station will result in a 50% increase in midday trains, a 20% increase in weekend train service and more frequent stops at the station post-p.m. rush hour.

“This will allow our residents to be able to stay in the city longer, enjoying whatever event they were attending and not having to worry about making a train back home,” Fitzgerald said.

In recent years, he said, Floral Park residents have been subjected to various restraints and disruptions as a result of

the construction of the 3rd track and station upgrades.

Previous Floral Park board meetings were flooded with concerns and complaints about crews working on tracks longer than anticipated, excess noise coming from construction and transportation of materials, along with claims that environmental studies were not properly submitted.

“Over the past few years, the Village of Floral Park along with its neighboring villages on the main line have endured significant construction and disturbances to our daily lives,” Fitzgerald said. “The new schedules, as presented, will allow for the residents of Floral Park to reap the benefits from the aforementioned inconveniences. The draft schedules now make living in Floral Park even more attractive than it already is.”

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Santos changes story on personal loan Continued from Page 1 Santos’ campaign lawyer Joe Murray, told Newsday that “Due to the FEC complaints it would be inappropriate to comment on an open investigation.”

Efforts to reach a representative from Santos’ Congressional office for comment were unavailing.

Santos faces a pair of new complaints filed by a watchdog group and two of his Democratic colleagues from New York.

The Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit organization that aims to advance democracy through the law, questioned the newly-elected congressman’s influx of wealth after reporting a salary of $55,000 in 2020 to $750,000 in 2022 and $1 million to $5 million in dividends.

The organization also called the congressman’s $705,000 loan to his campaign into question, claiming he falsified reports on nearly 40 expenditure filings under $200.

The center filed the complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday and to the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Democratic U.S. Reps. Ritchie Torres and Daniel Goldman filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday for allegedly violating the Ethics in Government Act, saying the Republican must be held accountable for deceiving voters and Congress.

The Ethics in Government Act, officials said, was created to “preserve and promote the integrity of public officials and institutions,” which Torres and Goldman believe Santos has failed to adhere to. The two described

financial reports submitted in 2020 and 2022 as “sparse and perplexing” in the complaint.

Torres (NY-15) said during a news conference in Long Island on Tuesday he is calling on the FEC to launch an investigation into potential illegal activity and irregularities with the campaign finances of Santos.

Santos has also been accused of dressing up in drag and for allowing a homeless veteran’s dog to die.

Videos and photos surfaced of Santos allegedly dressed up in drag at a party in Brazil. Some who claimed they knew Santos in Brazil said it was the congressman depicted in videos and photos from the event, though Santos has somewhat denied the claims.

“The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or “performed” as a drag Queen is categorically false,” Santos tweeted last week. “The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life while I am working to deliver results.”

But Santos later appeared to acknowledge that he had dressed in drag in Brazil while maintaining he was not a drag queen.

No, I was not a drag queen in Brazil, guys. I was young and I had fun at a festival. Sue me for having a life,” Santos said.

San is also accused of scamming a homeless, disabled veteran out of thousands of dollars that would have been used to care for the man’s service dog.

Richard Osthoff told Patch that he met Santos, who introduced himself as Anthony Devolder, in 2016 while living in a tent on the side of a New

up and subsequently deleted once it got close to hitting the $3,000 goal.

Sapphire died in January 2017, he said.

Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman 142,017-120,060 in the district’s November election.

After multiple publications, including the New York Times, unearthed falsehoods in his personal and professional background, the newly-elected congressman said he will continue to serve the 3rd District constituents until the same number of people who voted for him call for him to step down.

3rd District residents against Santos have already begun to band together in the form of online petitions. Great Neck’s Jody Kass Finkel launched a change.org petition calling on Santos to step down which has received more than 32,000 signatures as of Wednesday.

The petition calls for the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute Santos for fraud, local Republican leaders to apologize for backing Santos’ congressional run and for national Republican leaders to refuse Santos a seat in Congress.

“In my 30+ years in the nonprofit world lobbying for environmental, PHOTO BY BRANDON DUFFY health and affordable housing issues in Washington and Albany, I’ve never George Devolder-Santos declared victory against Robert Zimmerman seen anyone with such an arrogant contempt for the truth or his constituin the state’s 3rd Congressional District election. ents,” Finkel, a volunteer of the Great Neck Democratic Party and organizer A veterinary technician told Os- of a petition urging Santos to resign, Jersey highway.

Osthoff’s service dog, Sapphire, thoff to use Friends of Pets United, a said in a statement. “While the whole was suffering from a life-threatening pet charity headed up by Santos un- country is aghast at Santos’s lies and stomach tumor, treatment for which der the Anthony Devolder alias. utter disregard for decency, the resiwould cost $3,000, the veteran told Osthoff said he never saw any of dents of NY-03 have the most to lose.

Patch. the funds after a GoFundMe was set

$3.1M Plandome sewer vote postponed to March Continued from Page 4 Businesses and restaurants along Plandome Road can pay as much as $50,000 to $70,000 annually to pump their septic tanks. Some have also said they pay more than $500,000 a year to maintain their systems.

The system that Plandome business owners will be converting to will be a pump system that Donno said will connect to each building and essentially pump the water down the line to the

district, where it will be treated.

Donno previously said the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District will be doing a design study on what exactly needs to be done to complete the project.

The district’s study along with the physical application of pipes and hookups into businesses was once estimated to cost upwards of $12 million. Now, Donno said, the project should be fully funded by the proposed funds from the town

and a $5 million state grant.

Manhasset Chamber of Commerce member Robert Donno said the expected costs projected in the 2020 feasibility study for the project have come down and that businesses can make their own decisions after looking at costs to hook up to the project when all said and done.

Robert Donno added that all businesses would have access to the new system to potentially avoid a business owner coming years later

and wanting to opt into it, which would require more development.

“These businesses are taking a beating the last couple of years so it’s a good investment for everything,” Donno said. “The minute that pipe goes in the ground from the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, the property values will increase.”

The next North Hempstead Town Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Ex union prez Mullins pleads guilty to fraud Continued from Page 4 website.

Mullins, who served as a member of the NYPD since 1982, assumed his role as president of the police union on July 1, 2002. FBI agents raided the union’s Manhattan office and his Port Washington home in September 2021.

Mullins was also docked more than $31,000 for comments he made about two government officials and for tweeting arrest information about former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter. Mullins was docked 70 vacation

days after being found guilty of administrative charges the same day his resignation became official.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board, which tried the case regarding the language Mullins used about the two officials, former Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot and U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, wanted him fired.

Mullins said he felt the need to speak out against Barbot last year when she reportedly denied a request from a former Police Department chief to provide officers with protective equipment.

Mullins also said he spoke out against Torres, an openly gay person who was in the midst of a campaign for public office because he had accused officers of engaging in a work slowdown that resulted in an uptick in murders and shootings.

Officials also said Mullins was found guilty of publicizing the information about the arrest of de Blasio’s daughter, Chiara, at a demonstration in 2020 over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Mullins argued that the information in the report he tweeted was already posted online.

Mullins’ one count of wire fraud carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He is required to forfeit $600,000 to the United States and make an additional $600,000 restitution payment to the union.

Mullins’ attorney Thomas Kenniff told reporters that his client “acknowledged he’s wrong, accepted responsibility, and we’re hopeful the judge will treat him fairly at sentencing.”

His sentencing is anticipated to take place on May 25, according to multiple reports.

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DeSena, Lurvey clash on credit Continued from Page 6 “This release is nothing more than political grandstanding by a rogue Councilmember looking to play the role of Supervisor and claim to speak for the Town,” Devine said in a statement.

“The sad fact is the Building Department Commissioner failed to answer a recent request from the Supervisor’s Office for information from 2022 to potentially be incorporated in the State of the Town address, and instead it was seemingly provided to a member of the majority to be used for political gain. This is another example of the Town Board clearly meddling in the affairs of the Building Department, even while it’s currently under a financial and operational independent field audit by the Nassau County Comp-

troller.”

In 2022, the North Hempstead Town Board passed numerous pieces of legislation that focused on the Building Department’s operations In June, the Town Board passed legislation submitted byLurvey to require reports given to the Town Board from commissioners and department heads at the Building Department to be delivered on a monthly basis rather than yearly.

A month later a local law was passed to make modifications to the procedure for requests for expedited permits.

The new process now allows the town’s building department and planning department commissioners to make decisions on expedited permit requests within five business days.

There is also added criteria to review requests before determining whether or not they should be granted an expedited permit.

Previously, applicants had to meet at least one of four criteria, which included accommodating emergency situations, furthering public interests like job creation or economic development, providing an essential service or avoiding extreme financial hardship to the applicant.

Additional criteria on top of the previous four now include the urgency of the situation, potential danger to property and requests relating to improved access for people with mobility impairments or disabilities, among others.

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The new king of the library Continued from Page 27 the court to throw out all the other trustees and also remove the library director.

The board countersued against the lawsuit in order to safeguard the library, its director, its staff, its reputation.

Along with Weihua Yan, who preceded her as board president, Mimi Hu had steered the board through a series of onslaughts that smeared the library for taking recourse to New York State law rather than giving in. It had been, to say the least, quite a time.

Now, here came this new guy, Lancman, and people wondered why, with his smorgasbord of titled credentials, he had not remained in the city. Mimi Hu accepted him at face value and carried his campaign literature when she and her supporters knocked on doors. She was running for her own seat. He was running to fill a vacancy.

When the vote count was completed (a disrupted process that included a courtroom interlude), Mimi Hu’s voters carried her to victory and carried Lancman along with her.

Then something unexpected happened. Lancman made overtures to the trustees for them to elect him board president as soon as he was seated as a trustee.

He was willing to bypass democratic custom and practice.

Lancman’s overreach was unprecedented and it was unacceptable. In casual conversation he seemed to know little about this Great Neck community and illprepared to be a trustee of our library, let alone one to fulfill the role of president. How

could he be counted on to be a guardian of a library if he had not taken the time to first learn about it?

At the reorganization meeting in early January 2023, the first thing Lancman did was to go to take a seat with the board without waiting to be invited. It was a small thing of giant implication.

Trustee Kathy Gold proposed Lancman for president. She honored his greed. It was one of many eye-catching moments in the Lancman grab for a prominent position.

This was not the first time Gold had come up short. Early in her time as a trustee, Gold made a remark that has stayed with me: She said our Great Neck Library spends too much money on books. I wondered if she realized she was saying she wanted to limit the richness our library holds for our residents.

At that reorganization meeting, there was also what appeared to be a quid pro quo (an exchange of favors). After Lancman had been voted president by a consortium of Lancman himself, Gold, Don Panetta, and Barry Smith, the position of treasurer came up for a vote. Mimi Hu and Panetta were nominated. Lancman voted for Panetta: Lancman voted against Mimi Hu, the person who had assured him his seat on the board.

For all to see, Lancman came to light as a chameleon, his loyalty changeable, negotiable. Panetta voted for Lancman for president = Lancman voted for Panetta against Hu. A remarkable thing about all these interplays iis that Lancman as a new trustee

deserved no title at all, at least not in a democracy. He was No. 7 of seven, last in line for an elected position. He elbowed ahead, like the bully on the lunch line. By becoming president, Lancman assumed ownership of the board.

The questions are these: What did Lancman promise Smith and Panetta and Gold? Did he tell Gold he would stop defending the library in court (and thereby stop spending that money)? As for Panetta and Smith, they and their cohorts have cost the library a huge sum of our money in their selfish legal adventuring. Did Lancman promise them he would prematurely exit from the library’s countersuit and not seek court costs from Smith, Panetta and company?

The role of a trustee is defined by law, but in light of Lancman’s self-important behavior there is little hope he will confine himself to board business. He acquired a position he did not earn, so what will he do next? Will he try to micromanage the administration of the library itself? Will he interfere inside the library, assign employees tasks and intrude on their work time and their work space? Will he presume to do these things even though he is definitely not supposed to?

[See https://theislandnow.com/ readers-write/readers-write-a-coup-in-anunlikely-place-a-library/ and https://theisland360.com/readers-write/readers-writeg-n-library-lawsuit-brought-to-light/] Rebecca Rosenblatt Gilliar Great Neck

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Pols honor Troop Celebrating an 103rd birthday 201 Eagle Scouts North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Council Member Peter Zuckerman, and Town Clerk Ragini Srivastava honored the newest Eagle Scouts from Troop 201 of Albertson during a ceremony at the Albertson Hook & Ladder, Engine & Hose, Company No. 1 station on Jan. 7.

Town officials presented proclamations to Michael Baranello, Ryan

Trai Doan, Aidan Joneleit, and Constantine Koutsoftas in recognition of this special occasion.

An Eagle Scout is the highest award a Scout can receive, with each Eagle Scout earning a minimum of 21 merit badges, demonstrating leadership skills and completing an Eagle Scout Service Project benefiting the local community.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Council Member Peter Zuckerman and Council Member Veronica Lurvey celebrated Geraldine Goldner’s 103rd birthday on Jan. 17. Surrounded by friends and family, Goldner celebrated the momentous occasion at the Atria in Roslyn.

She became a North Hempstead resident in 1955 when she moved to her first home in Westbury.

Geraldine has two daughters, four grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren. She moved to the Atria in Roslyn in 2018 and is still actively involved in social games and lunch with friends.

She is part of the “Welcoming Ambassadors” to the community and active in exercise classes, opera lectures, and social events.

Marriage vow renewal ceremony Troop 201 Eagle Scout Court of Honor last Saturday at the Albertson Fire Department.

Officials at NAACP’s MLK Jr. program North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and Council Members Robert Troiano, Jr. and Veronica Lurvey recently attended the NAACP’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. program at the “Yes We Can” Com-

munity Center in New Cassel on Jan. 16.

The event was put together by the NAACP Westbury/New Cassel Branch #2184. Musical and dance routines were performed by local students.

North Hempstead Town Clerk Ragini Srivastava, Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and the Town Board are proud to announce the return of the popular Valentine’s Day Marriage Vow Renewal ceremony.

The event, now in its fourteenth year, will allow couples who wish to celebrate their milestone anniversaries to reaffirm their commitment. The renewal ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington.

A lunch and champagne toast will be served following the ceremony at a cost of $18 per person. Due to overwhelming demand and limited seating, you must reserve a place in advance.

For more information, please call 311.

Talk on L.I.’s Jewish heritage As an event of its Jews Around the World series, Congregation Tifereth Israel (CTI) in Glen Cove presents a talk by Brad Kolodny, author of 125 Years of Synagogues on Long Island, on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 12:30 pm.

Kolodny is president of the Long Island Jewish Historical Society. His Feb. 19 program will be offered in person and virtually, on Zoom.

Refreshments will be available to those attending in person. There is no admission fee; registration is not needed. The public is welcome to join CTI members in viewing this talk about Long Island’s rich Jewish history. For a link to the Zoom talk, visit www.ctionline.org and scroll down to the event information.

Congregation Tifereth Israel is lo-

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For further information about programs and activities at CTI, call (516) 676-5080 or log onto ctionline.org.

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Upcoming events at Great Neck School District Great Neck High School chapters recognized by DECA DECA has announced North High School and South High School as winners in the 2022–23 DECA Chapter Campaign Program. Each high school earned an Achievement Level award in recognition of their respective chapter’s growth, involvement, engagement, and outstanding activities.

Both high schools boast thriving DECA programs, which prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. This year, North High’s chapter has 205 members and South High’s chapter has 161 members.

All of these students prepare for DECA competitions, which include role play events, written manual events, and online competitions such as the Stock Market Game and Virtual Business Challenge. Great Neck students consistently achieve success at the regional competition and DECA State Career Conference, with top scorers advancing to the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC).

“Your chapter is to be commended on its efforts to showcase the impact that DECA has in preparing your school’s emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for college and career success,” reads a congratulatory message from DECA. “We thank you for your commitment to supporting experiential learning opportunities through your DECA chapter to assist in the development of academically prepared, community-oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders.”

DECA faculty advisors are Richard Marchese and Paul Rodriguez at North High, and Sheryl Demetres and Rick Vine at South High.

Lewis E. Love Memorial Award supports science education in Great Neck The Great Neck Public Schools is pleased to expand upon its exceptional science offerings through a generous gift from The Lewis E. Love Memorial Science Education Award. The award was established by the Great Neck North High School Class of 1963 to support education initiatives in honor of beloved science teacher Lewis E. Love, who inspired many students to pursue a career in science throughout his 40 years as an educator in Great Neck.

The award is a gift to the Great Neck Public Schools from its alumni, and Mr. Love’s family, friends and supporters. It was established to demonstrate their gratitude for the deep and lasting effect Mr. Love’s teaching skill and exemplary character had on their lives, and to honor his extraordinary teaching career in Great Neck.

This year’s award, totaling $10,000, will support a variety of learning experiences for middle school and high school students, including the purchase of a Sustaining Membership to the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (DNALC), which includes field trip and research opportunities for students, as well as access to lectures and professional development workshops; funding for two additional class field trips to science research facilities; the creation of an additional Science Olympiad Team; and funding for science-based

activities to inspire disadvantaged students, especially English Language Learners.

“This generous award enables each of our secondary schools to expand upon opportunities for students to discover and develop their passion for science by participating in true scientific endeavors,” explains Dr. Stephen C. Lando, assistant superintendent for secondary education.

“Supporting our next generation of scientists is truly in keeping with Mr. Love’s legacy.”

This is the second Lewis E. Love Memorial Science Education Award presented to the District. In the 2021–22 school year, the first grant from the Lewis E. Love Award, in the amount of $7,500, was used to sponsor trips to the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Two hundred and eighty-eight seventhgrade students visited the DNA Learning Center over three days in February 2022.

North Middle Spelling Bee The North Middle School English Department hosted the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee school-wide competition on Jan. 12.

Forty-three contestants in grades 6, 7 and 8 earned a spot in the school-wide event by winning their respective classroom-level spelling bee in December. After more than ten challenging rounds and 230 words, seventh grader Lila Halpert and sixth grader Brian Liu (pictured here) were the final two contestants on the stage. Brian triumphed as the winner by correctly spelling the championship word, “marauding.”

Brian will advance to the Scripps National

Spelling Bee Regional Competition, where he will test his skills against other students from across Long Island.

North High presents The Magic Flute North High School will present The Magic Flute(Die Zauberflöte), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,on Friday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, February 11 at 8 p.m., in the school’s Bernard Kaplan Auditorium, 35 Polo Rd. This opera is a student production, from the singers who will perform in German (with English supra-titles), to the musicians in the orchestra.

The Magic Flute is a love story with elements of fantasy, free-flying imagination, and easily accessible charm. The handsome hero, Tamino, is on a quintessential and, ultimately, successful quest to rescue the beautiful and courageous Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. He is accompanied by Papageno, the bird seller. To aid them in their task, the Queen’s three Ladiesin-Waiting give Papageno a set of chimes, and Tamino, the magic flute.

This opera is produced and music directed

by Dr. Pamela Levy, fine and performing arts department chairperson. The stage director is Robert Stivanello, the artistic director is Leonard Antinori, and the conductor is Dr. Esther Noh. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students/senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased online at https://juniorplayers.ludus.com/index.php.

For more information, call (516) 441-4851 or emailplevy-majnemer@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

F.P-Bellerose read, Students learn about Dr. King make promises Floral Park-Bellerose School fourth graders in Mrs. Goldberg and Ms. Aiosa’s class recently read the book “I Promise” by LeBron James.

The students then made promises to themselves, the school and local community.

Some promises the students made for themselves included: “I promise to

read every night before bed,” “I promise to be respectful to others” and “I promise to be the best person I can be.” For their school and community promises, the fourth graders wrote “I promise to be a better friend,” “I promise to volunteer to help in my community” and “I promise to be a good helper in my classroom.”

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, John Lewis Childs School second graders in Alyssa Borg’s class learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream of equality.

After reading “A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr.” and “Martin’s Big Words,” the class shared their own dreams for the world. The students hoped for no more bullies, no animal cruelty, no homelessness, no littering and more. Each student wrote down their dreams and decorated a dream cloud as part of an “I Have a Dream” collaborative banner for the classroom.

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John Lewis Childs School second graders in Alyssa Borg’s class reflected on their dreams for the world in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream.

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Floral Park-Bellerose School fourth graders are pictured writing their promises after reading LeBron James’ book “I Promise.”

John Lewis Childs School second graders in Caroline Olfano’s class participated in a science experiment with lima bean seeds as part of their plant unit in science.

After learning about the needs of plants, the students placed a lima bean seed in a Ziploc bag with a paper towel soaked in water and placed a lima bean seed on its own in another bag. The Ziploc bags were taped to the classroom windows and were exposed to sunlight and air.

The students predicted that the seeds exposed to sunlight, air and water would germinate, while the seed without water would not. They observed the seeds for five days and logged the progress each day.

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John Lewis Childs School second graders in Caroline Olfano’s class participated in a science experiment with lima bean seeds as part of their plant unit in science.

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Floral Park Board of Trustees reports of Jan. 17 Trustee Lynn Pombonyo U.S. Congress Update Today, Congressman Anthony D’Esposito of New York’s Fourth Congressional District was sworn in (in our District) at the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City. The large crowd of constituents included many police officers and firefighters celebrating the Congressman’s career as a NYPD Detective and Chief of the Island Park Fire Department.

Congressman D’Esposito’s experience will serve us well as he announced his recent appointment to the House of Representative’s Committee on Homeland Security. Our new Congressman emphasized his commitment to working constructively with any and all members of Congress and proclaimed, “Let’s Do Right for America.”

Fire Department The Chiefs and members of Rescue Company were welcomed to the meeting.

As always, we begin by thanking all in our Floral Park Fire Department for their selfless, never-ending service in times of increasing challenges, complexity and demand. Now, as we work to meet the challenges, the understanding, cooperation, and contributions of all are highly important and necessary.

For nineteen years, many in our Fire Department and community have lovingly participated in or supported a monumental program called Nassau County Firefighters — Operation Wounded Warrior.

Eight of our Floral Park Firefighters, Rescue Company members, and former residents traveled to Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to bring valued personal and family items that mean so much to our servicemen and women in base hospitals. These dedicated volunteers who made the trip included members of the Luger family (Ex-Captain Patricia, Chief Gil, Brian and Laurie), former Chief Ken Fairben, Rescue Company Lieutenant Julie Choy and Warden Lynn Wille, and Randolph Holmes.

NCFF-OWW president and former Chief Joe O’Grady accompanied the Lynbrook Department on Wounded Warrior trips to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland and Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

Thanks to all who have generously given of their time and efforts to serve our military, at their time of greatest need at the holidays. A nineteen year commitment and a most meaningful achievement!

Chambers of Commerce and Our Businesses Our Chambers of Commerce are both engaging in active 2023 membership drives right now. All of our Floral Park businesses are encouraged to join our two Chambers and take part in their informative meetings and community activities such as the street fairs, tree lightings, and others. Check the websites at floralparkchamber.org and covertavenuechamber.org for the membership and events details.

And, speaking of events, the Covert Avenue Chamber will be meeting Tuesday, January 24th, 7pm at Trinity Restaurant. FPPD Lt. William Doherty will be speaking about Merchant Safety.

Thanks to the Covert Avenue Chamber who made a generous donation to Our Lady of Victory Outreach, the Respite Program, coordinated by Outreach Director Maureen Russell. This wonderful community program for children and adolescents with special needs pairs them with volunteer student peers and adults for an evening of recreation, basketball, games, arts and crafts, and pizza in the OLV gymnasium and cafeteria. Last Friday’s program was filled with friendship, caring, warmth and fun shared by large groups of happy students hanging out together to make it a special night for all.

This awesome program takes place throughout the year. Thanks to the Covert Avenue Chamber of Commerce for supporting Respite with profits from this October’s highly popular and successful Street Fair.

Conservation Society (FPCS) We all love our award-winning Centennial Gardens, so you are invited to learn more about it. At the January Hillcrest Civic Association meeting, FPCS president and long-time volunteer Dennis McEnery will do a beautiful, interesting PowerPoint presentation about the Gardens through the years, complete with fascinating photos and fun facts! Get together with other Gardens fans on Thursday, January 26th, 7:30pm at the Rec Center.

Trustee Frank Chiara Building Department The Building Department reports that the work associated with the Village-Wide Energy Performance Project is progressing nicely. Upgrades of all our Village buildings lights to LED’s is currently being performed. During the next month or so the next phase will be upgrading the Village sports fields.

This upgrade should be completed before our active sports season begins.

Updates on the Village’s two major projects 1) Covert Avenue and 2) Centennial Hall are as follows: The Covert Avenue project drawings have been submitted to Nassau County for approval and to the Building Department for code review. Construction is expected to begin in the Spring. Centennial Hall developers are working on progressing their engineering drawings which will then be submitted to Nassau County and as requested to the Architectural Review Board for review.

Police Department The Police Department would like to remind all residents about the Village’s overnight parking regulation. There is no parking on Village streets from 3am to 5am. It should be noted that as of January 1, 2023 the fine for violating this parking regulation has been increased to $100.00 per ticket. This in-

crease was necessary due to the significant rise of residents violating the overnight parking regulation and the past fine not being a deterrent to follow the regulation. Residents can request an exemption to the overnight parking regulation by going to the Village website www.fpvillage.org, under the quick links titled “3am-5am parking & vacation watch”.

Request for this exemption is limited to 24 events.

Any questions regarding this overnight parking regulation can be directed to our Village Police Department at the non-emergency number 516-326-6400.

Thank you.

Trustee Jennifer Stewart Recreation Center/Pool The Village is now accepting summer employment applications for the Rec Center and Pool for summer jobs. Applications are available on the Village website.

Reconstruction of the new sidewalk at the Rec Center to allow for access to the new Multi-Purpose Rink and to the Pool is expected to be completed by early Spring. Thank you to Recreation Superintendent Kurt Meyfohrt and Building Superintendent Renee Marcus for their vision and hard work in helping the Village implement this much needed and very nice upgrade.

MTA/3TC Thank you to the MTA for paying for the new sidewalk at the Rec Center that is being funded through the Community Benefit Fund which was developed as part of the MOU with the MTA/3TC. Last week, Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald, Village Administrator Gerry Bambrick, Former TrusteeMTA/3TC Board Liaison Archie Cheng and I met with MTA/3TC representatives to review and clear up the punch list items. We were able to cross some items off of that list that are completed and we are still working on some outstanding items. More information to follow.

As always, we encourage residents to reach out directly to the MTA with questions and concerns, as we have found this the most effective way of residents communicating with them. The MTA can be reached at contact.mta.info/customer-feedback or by phone at 516-203-4955 – this is an automated response, but you can ask for “more options” and then ask for “Comments and concerns” to speak to a person.

Trustee Michael Longobardi Floral Park Library Construction continues at the library with most of the ramp base in place as well as the roof almost complete. Plans are in the works for the 100th Anniversary of the library, details to follow.

Some upcoming events and classes are Game Nites for Grownups on select Tuesdays in February

and March, English Language Learner Class Saturday January 21, Movie Matinee Monday January 23: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, and children’s painting and cooking classes. Sunday January 22 is the Friends of the Library Bag Sale. Come by, fill a Friends of the Library bag with books for $5 or $7 and help support the Library. On Tuesday January 31 certified financial planner Daniel Mazzola will offer his assistance to plan retirement and understand social security benefits.

All activities and times are listed on the library website: WWW.FloralParkLibrary.org. You can also register on the website to receive regular emails on Library updates and events.

Four Village Studio (4VS) Four Village Studio (4VS) has student opportunities. 4VS is currently recruiting four-village area high school student volunteers 15 years of age and older as well as college student volunteers who are interested in learning television production. For details or to schedule an informational meeting, call 516-326-1150 or email 4VS@4VS.org.

This week, January 16 — 19, our award-winning shows are being broadcast. Congratulations again to The Wes Houston Trio, FPPD: Behind the Badge Surviving an Active Shooter, FPFD Red Alert Emergency Medical Technology, and The Antique Road TestBrewster and Co. Each of these programs received awards at the Northeast Regional Awards recently.

Regarding the 25th Anniversary of 4VS, all year long flashback shows looking back over the first 25 years will be aired. It will be a very interesting and entertaining look back. Watch the schedule for those. To see a list of all our shows, please visit www.4vs.org or watch your local provider station.

Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald Following up on the presentation made two weeks ago at our last meeting regarding the FPFD’s proposal on the NYU Langone Ambulance being assigned “first due” in the Village of Floral Park, the Board will address the issue again at the next Board meeting. The Board may have a Special Meeting prior to that and plans to have FAQs published on the Village’s website on Friday, January 20, 2023.

Yesterday, NYRA began construction on the buffer berm for the Triangle area abutting the West End dead ends at Mayfair and Crocus Avenues and Hazel Place. I would like to thank Glen Kozak, Senior Vice President of Operations and Capital Projects for NYRA for listening to and responding to the residents of Floral Park’s concerns. There will be a fence and arborvitaes along the curb line to lessen noise, especially at post event times and to beautify the area. Thank you.

Thank you to Felix Procacci, “Just the Facts Media” and Brandon Duffy from Blank Slate Media for attending the meeting tonight.

February events at the Floral Park Library Our front entrance reconstruction is well underway, the partial roof replacement is almost complete, and we’re sprucing up in anticipation of the library’s 100th anniversary this year. Celebrations and events are planned throughout the year.

This month, teens can enjoy a Teen-Tween P[ART]y Art event, while the younger set can have Fun with P[ART]y Art and make 3D Cupcake Valentines (grades PreK-2), too.

Laura Trentacoste holds her two-day Civics for Kids at the library this month. The program includes one session at the Library, and the second session at Floral Park Village Hall, with stops at the police and fire departments.

Perennials Baby Start, StoryCraft (pre-K – 2), Play Hooray Kids, Funkytown Playground (ages 2.5 – pre-K), Baby Start, and Tots Night Out Family Pre-school Hour (day and evening sessions) with

A Time for Kids are back this month. In addition, there’s Mommy and me with Chefs of d’Future.

Always favorite Chefs of d’Future offers a special Mommy and Me Winter Tea Party (ages 2.5 – pre-school), there’s a Lunch at the Library drop-off (PreK – grade 1), Young Engineers Paint Night Fun (K–2), Ice Cream Cone Valentine’s, Suncatcher Garland making, and a Tween Time program.

In honor of Black History Month, Artist/maker Danielle Barbaro returns with a Paint Like the Greats event that features African-American artist Alma Woodsey Thomas, a prominent abstract painter of the 1960s.For adult fun, Game Nite for Grownups is back, and February’s movie matinee features Top Gun: Maverick.

Want to know more about healthy eating alternatives? Sign up for “The ‘V’ words: Vegan and Vegetarian – What’s It all About?”At month’s end,

there’s a live performance from Irish Step Dancers from the Donny Golden School of Dance that will have everyone kicking up their heels!

Wednesday morning weekly hybrid Chair Yoga with Micheline is ongoing. We’ve added an evening Restorative Yoga session this month with Micheline as well. The English Language Learners program meets Saturday mornings (pre-registration required).

By appointment only AARP Tax Assistance begins Tuesday, Feb. 7 through April 11. Nassau County Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll conducts a property tax seminar. On the subject of taxes, there’s a Tax Diversity Your Retirement Income program.

This month’s Floral Park Library Urban Explorers excursion takes them to the New York Historical Society Museum.

Longtime volunteer group Made with Love

Knitting and Crocheting meets Mondays at 6:30 pm and Wednesdays at 11:30 am. Come for the yarn… stay for the yarns! The Monday Morning Friends Book Club and the Evening Edition Book Club hold regularly meetings scheduled this month.

The Library Board meets at 7:30 pm Wednesday, Feb. 8; the meeting is open to all.Call the Library (516 326-6330) to check days and times for the Book Nook, as hours may vary. All sales of books, DVDs, etc. go to support the Friends of the Floral Park Library, a 501c3 organization.

The Library is closed Monday, Feb. 2 for Presidents’ Day. For more information on dates and times for programs and events registration, visit the library website, floralparklibrary.org, call 516 326-6330, or stop in at 17 Caroline Place. All events and programs are subject to change and/or cancellation.

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The newest New Hyde Park store, located at 1624 Marcus Ave., is one of 19 restaurants they have in the New York and New Jersey area. The store will be offering special discounts for Northwell Health employees and local high school students.

*Additional items may be purchased at regular menu price.

Toppings available for additional cost; may not be combined with any other coupon, discount, offer or Groupon; prices do not include tax or gratuity; for takeMonday, out only; noDecember substitutions* 5 – Thursday, December 22 Between Book Any available Party From

The Hours Of 3:00 – 6:00pm Book Any Party From Monday, December 5 – Thursday, December 22 Between The Hours Of 3:00 – 6:00pm And Receive 20% Off Your Total Bill .Offer Valid Monday Through Thursday Only!

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IN, TAKEOUT DINE IN, 980 FranklinDINE Ave, Garden CityTAKEOUT & DELIVERY 980 Franklin Ave, Garden City & DELIVERY DINE IN, TAKEOUT 980 Franklin Ave, Garden City (516) 294-6565 SUN - THURS SUN 11:30AM-9PM - THURS 11:30AM-9PM & DELIVERY (516) 294-6565 (516) 294-6565 www.grimaldisgardencity.com FRI & SAT 11:30AM-10PM FRI & SAT 11:30AM-10PM SUN - THURS 11:30AM-9PM www.grimaldisgardencity.com www.grimaldisgardencity.com DELIVERYDELIVERY THROUGH:THROUGH: FRI & SAT 11:30AM-10PM Hours: And Receive 20% Off Your Total Bill .Offer Valid Monday Through Thursday Only!

980 Franklin Ave, Garden City (516) 294-6565 Grimaldi’s Gift Certificate Sale!

Sun – Thu: 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.

Grimaldi’s Gift Certificate Sale! www.grimaldisgardencity.com Gift Certificate Sale!

Fri –Grimaldi’s Sat: 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m.

DELIVERY THROUGH: For Every $75 Grimaldi’s Gift Certificate Purchased, Receive a $25 Complimentary Gift Certificate.

For Every $75 Grimaldi’s Gift Certificate Purchased, For Every $75 Grimaldi’s GiftNovember Certificate Purchased, Available ONLY Sunday, 20 through Sunday, November 27 Receive a $25 Complimentary Gift Certificate.

Receive a $25 Complimentary Gift Certificate.

CASH ONLY! Available ONLY Sunday, November 20 through Sunday, November 27 certificates are $75 denominations only in order to receive a complimentary $25 Available ONLY Sunday, Gift November 20 through Sunday, November 27 Cannot be redeemed for gratuity. Only one redeemed per table, per visit. Change will be in a gift certificate form $75 gift certificates Do Not Expire. $25 CASH ONLY! complimentary gift certificates are valid from 1/2/23 to 12/30/23

Grimaldi’s Gift Certificate Sale!

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HOLIDAY DINNERS For Every $75 Grimaldi’s Gift FAMILY Certificate Purchased, Available Friday, November 18, 2022 - Sunday Jan. 1, 2023 HOLIDAY FAMILY Receive a $25 DINNERS Complimentary Certificate. for lunch and dinner •Gift Take Out only 10/30/2022 8:22:20 PM

Cannot be redeemed for gratuity. Only one redeemed per table, per visit. Change will be in a gift certificate form $75 gift certificates Do Not Expire. $25 complimentary gift certificates are valid from 1/2/23 to 12/30/23

HOLIDAY FAMILY DINNERS S TAKEOU T STEAL AND DEAL S!

Available Friday, November 18, 2022 - Sunday Jan. 1, 2023 PACKAGE #1 $55 + tax for lunch and dinner • Take Out only (2) 18” regular pizzas • choice of a dozen buffalo wings or spinach artichoke dip • 2L bottle of soda

Available Friday, November PACKAGE 18,20 2022through - Sunday Available ONLY Sunday, November Sunday, November 27 PACKAGE #1 $55 + tax #2 Jan. $701, +2023 tax

for lunch dinner • Take only (2) 18” regular pizzas • choice of a dozen buffalo wings spinach artichoke dipand •Ala 2L Vodka bottle of soda (2) 18”orregular pizzas, • Penne • choice of aOut dozen buffalo wings or spinach artichoke dip • 2L bottle of soda

PACKAGE #2 $70 + tax PACKAGE #1 $55 + tax PACKAGE #3 $80 + tax

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Gift certificates are $75 denominations only order+totax receive a complimentary $25 PACKAGE #2in$70

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(2) 18” regular pizzas • Penne ala vodka • side order of meatballs • choice of a dozen buffalo wings or*Additional spinach artichoke dip items may be purchased at regular menu price.dipform Cannot be redeemed for gratuity. one redeemed perVodka table, per visit.

Change will be in a gift certificate $75 gift certificates (2) 18”Only regular pizzas, • Penne Ala • choice of a dozen buffalo wings or spinach artichoke • 2L bottle of soda • 2L bottle of soda Toppings available for additional cost; may not be combined with any other coupon, discount, offer or Groupon; prices do not include tax or

complimentary gift certificates are from PACKAGE #3 valid $80 + tax1/2/23 to 12/30/23

gratuity; available for take out only; no substitutions* *Additional items may be purchased at regular menu price.

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*Additional items may be purchased at menu price.

Book Any Party From Monday, December 5 –regular Thursday, December 22 Between The Hours Of 3:00 – 6:00pm HOLIDAY FAMILY DINNERS HOLIDAY PARTIES Toppings available for additional cost; may not be combined with any other coupon, discount, offer or Groupon; prices do not include tax or

PLACE YOUR ORDERS EARLY!

And Receive 20% Off Your Bill .Offer Valid Monday Through Thursday Only! gratuity; available for take outTotal only; no substitutions* Book Any Party From Monday, December 5 – Thursday, December 22 Between The Hours Of 3:00 – 6:00pm

Available Friday, November 18, 2022 - Sunday Jan. 1, 2023 HOLIDAY PARTIES Day-Of Orders Must BeOut Placed for lunch and dinner • Take only

And Receive 20% Off Your Total Bill .Offer Valid Monday Through Thursday Only!

DINE TAKEOUT 4 Hours Prior to Kickoff PACKAGE #1IN, $55 + tax DINE IN, TAKEOUT & DELIVERY PACKAGE #2 $70 + tax & DELIVERY SUN - THURS 11:30AM-9PM (2) 18” regular pizzas, • Penne Ala Vodka • choice of a dozen buffalo wings or spinach artichoke dip • 2L bottle of soda Book Any Party From Monday, December 5 – Thursday, December 22 Between The Hours Of 3:00 – 6:00pm And Receive 20% Off Your Total Bill .Offer Valid Monday Through Thursday Only!

#1 #2 DINE IN, TAKEOUT SUN - THURS 11:30AM-9PM FRI & #3 SAT PACKAGE $80 + tax (2) 16” Regular Pizzas, (2)11:30AM-10PM 18” Regular Pizzas, (2) 18” regularFRI pizzas •& Penne ala vodka • side order of meatballs • choice of aof dozen buffalo wings or spinach artichoke dip & DELIVERY SAT 11:30AM-10PM Mixed Green Salad, Choice Dozen Wings • 2L bottle of soda (2) 18” regular pizzas • choice of a dozen buffalo wings or spinach artichoke dip • 2L bottle of soda

Upcoming events at the Hillside Public Library

DELIVERY THROUGH: & a 2L Bottle of Soda OR Spinach/Artichoke Dip, & a 2L Bottle of Soda SUN THURS 11:30AM-9PM DELIVERY THROUGH: *Additional items may be purchased at regular menu price.

FRI & SAT 11:30AM-10PM

$50 $55 DELIVERY THROUGH: HOLIDAY PARTIES

Toppings available for additional cost; may not be combined with any other coupon, discount, offer or Groupon; prices do not include tax or gratuity; available for take out only; no substitutions*

The Hillside Library is combining with the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless in doing a Hats, Scarves and Glove Drive. There is a bin at the library in which donations could be placed.

Our community has always been very generous to our Donation Drives, and we thank you for your continued generosity.

The library has a new addition to our Museum Pass Program for Hillside PL card holders. It is the New York Hall of Science which is situated at 47-01 111th Street, Queens, NY 11368-2950.

PROGRAMS and EVENTS Property Tax Grievances – All Purpose Room, Thursday, January 26 at 6 p.m. Presented by Vincent Sparacello, who will explain the Tax Grievance process. Please bring any questions you may have.

Blood Drive – All Purpose Room, Tuesday, January 31, 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment call (800) 933-BLOOD. Fatty Liver Disease: All You Need To Know – Virtual, Tuesday, January 31 at 6 p.m. What exactly is Fatty Liver Disease? Northwell Health’s Dr. Kalia will explain the different types, and what can you can do to protect your liver. **This program is brought to you courtesy of Nassau Libraries Health Share.

Craft Corner – All Purpose Room, Wednesday, February 1 at 6 p.m. Create a beautiful Valentine’s Day craft to decorate your home$5.00 materials fee will be collected at the beginning of the program, cash only please.

Trivia Time – All Purpose Room, Saturday, February 4 at 11 a.m. Join us for a fun trivia game

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AARP-trained volunteers will prepareBook tax Any Party From Monday, December 5 – Thursday, December 22 Between The Hours Of 3:00 – 6:00pm returns for low-to-moderate income seniors on And Receive 20% Off Your Total Bill .Offer Valid Monday Through Thursday Only!

Mondays; February 6-April 10 at the following CLIPPER_TEMPLATE_LEGAL_CC2022.indd 1 10/30/2022 times: 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:45 p.m. Appointments are required.CLIPPER_TEMPLATE_LEGAL_CC2022.indd For a list of the docu1 10/30/2022 8:22:20 PM (2) 18” Regular Pizzas, (2) 18” Regular Pizzas, ments you need to bring, please go to the library’s Penne ala Vodka, ½ Tray of Chicken website.

Choice of Dozen Wings Parmigiana, ½ Tray of OR Spinach/Artichoke Dip, Caesar Salad, and a & a 2L Bottle of Soda 2L Bottle of Soda CHILDREN and YOUNG ADULT EVENTS 1 10/30/2022 8:22:20 P Play Hooray– Children’s Room, Friday,CLIPPER_TEMPLATE_LEGAL_CC2022.indd January 27 at 11 a.m. Ages: 9 months — 5 years (with parent/caregiver). Stories, music and movement plus tax plus tax activities with Molly Mouse!

Winter Ceramics — All Purpose Room, Friday, January 27 at 4 p.m. Grades: 1-4. Chose a winter themed ceramic figure to paint. Material Fee: $3 Winter Ceramics – All Purpose Room, Friday, ½ Tray of Assorted January 27 at 4 p.m. Grades 5 – 12. Pick a ce½ Tray of Pinwheels with a ramic figure to paint! Choose from snowy winter Buffalo Wings Side of Sauce characters or Valentine fun. Material Fee: $3 Stemtastic: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? – All Purpose Room, Monday, January 30 at 5:30 p.m. Ages: 7-11 years. We’ll mix two differplus tax plus tax ent creative concoctions in an attempt to build the perfect snowman. Then we’ll build our snowman and accessorize it with beads & pipe cleaners.

Full menu items may be purchased at regular menu price.

Cardboard Automata with Cindy Wong! – Toppings available for additional cost. May not be combined with any Children’s Room, Tuesday, January 31 at 4:30 other coupon, discount, offer, or Groupon. Prices do not include tax p.m. Ages: 7-10 years. Come create your own or gratuity. Available for takeout only. No substitutions. mechanical sculpture while learning about simple machines using elements like cams, levers, and linkages. We will be using recycled cardboard boxes & craft supplies to create your own cardboard automata!

#3 #4 DINE IN, TAKEOUT &$70 DELIVERY $135

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