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Vol. 67, No. 51

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E.W. ed board, village set date for fence talks

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Counsel representing both groups will discuss proposed project plans BY J E D HENDRIXSON Counsel representing the East Williston school district and the Village of East Williston will meet early next month to further discuss the erection of a retaining wall and fence at the North Side School. Debate over the erection of the fence has been ongoing at meetings of the district’s Board of Education and the village’s Board of Trustees for months. Though a specific date was not provided,!Assistant Superintendent for Business Diane Castonguay said the meeting is scheduled for the first week of January. Eﬀorts to reach the school district clerk and village attorney for confirmation of the meeting date were unavailing. At its meeting Monday night, the East Williston Board of Education invited district architect John Grillo of JAG Architects to present the plans for the three-foot-tall brick retaining wall at the front of

the school and a six-foot-tall black estate fence surrounding the school property. Grillo responded to 12 issues regarding the fence raised in a series of letters that the village sent the Board of Education. The brick retaining wall proposed for the front of the school was recommended by the county Department of Homeland Security in case any drivers lose control and end up on the front lawn of the school, Grillo said. The district clarified that the wall would not completely wrap around the school, Grillo said. Twenty-foot-wide rolling access gates will be located at the south and west portions of the fence for vehicles like rideable lawnmowers and firetrucks, Grillo said. The regular access gates for students, faculty and staﬀ will be closed! only during school hours for safety purposes, Mark Kamberg, president of the Board of Education, said. Continued on Page 58

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Staff Sgt. Yosandy Vega and her son Maximus Miles with Santa Claus at Fort Bragg. Miles got to choose a toy from those delivered by Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior. See story on page 3.

Herricks teachers press ed board on contract BY J E D HENDRIXSON

For the second time this month, members of the Herricks Teachers’ Association filled the It appears that the “sea of room at the board’s meeting last blue” flowing into the Herricks Thursday night to protest the Board of Education meetings status of the teachers’ contract is not going anywhere anytime negotiations. The teachers association has been working withsoon.

out a contract since June 30. Board Vice President Brian Hassan read a statement on the negotiations in the stead of President Juleigh Chin, who had prior obligations, as did Trustee Nancy Feinstein. Continued on Page 59

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Mineola board of ed LIRR late trains okays full-day pre-K near 1999 levels Schedule to begin in September at all 3 schools November service decline 5th straight BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

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The Willis Avenue School, currently the only Mineola Union Free School District elementary school that offers full-day pre-kindergarten. BY J E D HENDRIXSON Starting in September, the Mineola school district will oﬀer full-day pre-kindergarten classes at all three of its elementary schools. Currently, full-day pre-K exists only at the Willis Avenue School for 54 students selected from a lottery and funded by the state. The Board of Education discussed offering additional classes at its business meeting on Thursday night. Half-day pre-K also currently exists at the Hampton Street and Meadow Drive schools. Parents will have the option of selecting either a half day or full day when signing children up for classes. “Educational research clearly demonstrates that high-quality early childhood education improves learning outcomes for students immediately and extends throughout the student’s educational career,”

School Superintendent Michael Nagler said in tweet the following morning. Half-day pre-K will still be offered at both the Hampton Street and Meadow Drive schools, but not Willis Avenue. As of now, four sections will be dedicated at both schools for morning and afternoon half-day sessions, as well as full sixhour days. Preschoolers will arrive later and be dismissed earlier than the rest of the students. Some parents said over the last few years that they don’t want fullday pre-K, but there has been support, too, Nagler said. “I don’t think it’s fair to eliminate a program that exists that people want, so now we have to balance half-day, full-day, who wants which and, most importantly, we have no idea yet how many children are going to be in the program,” Nagler said. “The first year, there are a lot of unknowns we

need to account for.” There is also no plan to bus children to pre-K starting in September. This is a service the district currently provides, so it will be a “big change,” according to Nagler. “I’m not completely abandoning the notion of busing but I think the first year out it’s wise not to and then see how it progresses,” Nagler said. “There are a lot of complications with busing we probably don’t need the first year.” The district is in the process of establishing three separate attendance zones for determining which school pre-K children will attend based on proximity to their households. The zones will be determined by July, according to the district. Nagler pointed out that in relation to the new attendance zones, children within a half mile of their assigned school wouldn’t receive busing anyway. Continued on Page 58

The on-time performance for the Long Island Rail Road has continued falling for the past five months, according to the agency’s statistics, which could be putting it on track for its worst year since 1999. November’s on-time rate was 86.5 percent this year, compared with 92.1 percent last year. This is the lowest monthly on time rating since January, when on-time performance dropped to 83.9 percent compared with 92.4 percent in 2017. The average on-time rating for the last 11 months has been just shy of 90.2 percent. Overall, last year’s on-time performance was 91.4 percent, according to the state comptroller’s oﬃce, making it “the lowest level since 1999 and well below the [94 percent] target set by the LIRR.” The Long Island Rail Road considers trains that arrive less than six minutes after their scheduled arrival to be on time. At a LIRR committee meeting for the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, LIRR President Philip Eng attributed some delays to weather conditions and an abun-

dance of wet leaves, which can create travel hazards and slippery rail conditions that damage trains. Eng said administrators took precautions like ordering trains to slow down in order to improve safety and reduce damage to their wheels. Eng said that this, in turn, will likely show in December’s ontime performance ratings. “We’re not seeing the same spike or lengthy duration of impacts that we saw last year,” Eng said, adding that worse impacts were felt well into the winter season last year. The LIRR intends to continue procuring equipment to “triple eﬀorts” to contain delays and improve safety as ridership increases, Eng said. The news comes as the MTA plans to implement a 4 percent increase for fares and tolls in March to help address growing deficits and its infrastructure. Currently, the agency holds more than $40 billion in debt. “Until we can get sustainable additional revenue streams, we really have no choice but to look everywhere — including to our riders — to help us fill those holes,” Andy Byford, the president of the New York City Transit Authority, told reporters last month.

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Delivers clothing, electronics to wounded soldiers and veterans on 1,500-mile round trip BY J E D HENDRIXSON Cooped up in a car for hours at a time traveling 1,500 miles round trip can cause the mind to wander. On his way home from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the North Carolina coast, Stephen Cipot said, he suddenly recalled a line from Homer’s “Iliad.” “They sacrificed their wounds for our country’s liberty, this eye I forfeit for them,” Cipot said. Cipot, a member of the New Hyde Park-Mineola Runners Club, traveled to Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg, a United States Army base also in North Carolina, this month with Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior to deliver supplies to wounded soldiers, veterans and their families. Items delivered to the installations included 60 iPads, 10 PCs, new clothing, gift cards, children’s toys and other supplies often not provided by the military, Cipot said. “It was a lot of work, as well

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Doantions of items like iPads, PCs and clothing were delivered to Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune. as physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting, but most important it was exceptionally rewarding,” Cipot said.

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Reassessment hearing draws a crowd In record numbers residents offer support, opposition to legislators on county exec’s plan

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S At the most heavily attended meeting since the inception of the county Legislature, taxpayers piled into the legislative chamber last Wednesday night to raise their voices about the county’s property tax reassessment. A majority of residents who spoke at the hearing expressed anger over the reassessment and said they will be seeing an increase in their property taxes. The main legislative room was filled to capacity, as were a number of satellite rooms in the building, with hundreds of people on hand. The line to get in was down Mineola Boulevard. The hearing did not end until after midnight. A resident of Sands Point, Eric Berliner, was one of the first to take the podium and drew gasps from the crowd when he said that his home’s designated market value increased by more than $6 million. His taxes under the reassessment are expected to rise from around $82,000 a year to over

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Hundreds attend a reassessment hearing held at the Nassau County Legislature. $122,000. Berliner called the tax assessment “fraudulent” and “criminal.” Nassau County Assessor David Moog attended the hearing and defended the assessment values, which he said had been validated by independent experts. He explained that while the

tax rolls were frozen from 2011 to the present, assessed values fell 33 percent despite rising home values. He said when reviewing the initial results of the assessment he became concerned with the “feasibility with the current class one level of assessment,” which was set at 0.25 percent.

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Therefore, he decreased the level of assessment, with the help of an executive order from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, to 0.10 percent of the home value and removed the cap under which taxes could not be increased more than 6 percent a year or more than 20 percent over five years.

He said with the cap it would take an excessive period of time, an average of 50 years, for a property to reach its proportionate share of taxes. Moog went on to explain that residents still have the right to file a petition for review if they are unhappy with their assessment. Moog said his job as an assessor “is to create an assessment roll whereby a taxpayer does not have to file a claim to be treated fairly” and that is what the Department of Assessors has done. “We stand by the assessment roll and all the interactions and communications we have had with thousands of taxpayers at our oﬃce and satellite oﬃces,” he said. In a period when legislators questioned the assessor, Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) asked Moog how many public forums he had held or meetings he had attended where he personally answered taxpayers’ questions. Continued on Page 60

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County housing prices are stagnant Year to date jump in Nassau of 7.8 percent, home values flat since September BY J E S S I C A PA R K S

Home prices in Nassau County continued to stagnate in November, with a median sales price of $525,000, according to the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island. In August, the median home price peaked for the year at $550,000 but it dropped to $525,000 in September and remained there through November. But November’s median sales price was 7.8 percent above the same month the previous year, when the price was $487,000. Data from the past 24 months indicates that home prices and property sales typically peak in the summer, and slowly decrease through the fall into the new year. In!January, the number of sales and home prices flatten until they begin!to climb again in the spring. Buyers in Nassau County had 4,978 homes to choose from, an inventory increase of almost 15 percent from last November, but a small drop from October. The number of property sales also increased since the previous year. There were 1,092 homes sold in the

county, up 4.7 percent from November 2017. But the sold property count decreased from the month before with October seeing 99 more homes sales than November did. The median price for pending sales in Nassau County in November was $519,999,! a 1 percent increase from the prior year. Pending home sales in the county declined 3.4 percent from the same month last year. There were 947 pending home sales in November, a drop of almost 300 from the month before. For Long Island as a whole, the average home price of! $457,500 reflected an increase of 5.17 percent from the year before. But the price fell from the previous month. The report’s housing data includes Queens in its Long Island statistics. A total of 3,120 closed sales in Nassau, Suﬀolk and Queens was a 6 percent drop from last!November!and a 14.8 percent decrease from October of this year. Available inventory for the three counties was 16,483 homes, an 11.2 percent increase from the same month last year.

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Franzese named inspector general Legislature unanimously OKs ex New York City inspector to oversee Nassau County contracts BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved Jodi Franzese as the county’s first inspector general on Monday. Franzese will focus on the integrity of county contracts and will be able to subpoena documents needed to conduct investigations. She will work independently of the Legislature. Franzese is coming to Nassau County from the New York City Department of Investigation, where she served as senior inspector general. Legislator Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park), the presiding officer of the Republican majority, said in a statement that “having someone with [Franzese’s] wealth of experience will be a tremendous asset, and can allow Nassau residents to have confidence in that office.” According to the job description, Franzese’s office will conduct “the review, investigation, examination and audit” of all county dealings such as the programs, ac-

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The Nassau County Legislative and Executive Building is seen in Mineola. counts and expenditures of county agencies. Nicolello said in a previous telephone interview that while Franzese will not be able to make laws on her own, she can make recommendations to the Legislature, which can act on them. He

added that if she were to find any criminal activity, she can refer the case to the district attorney’s office. She can also recommend ways to make the procurement process smoother, Legislator Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport), the minority

leader and member of the bipartisan search committee, said in a previous telephone interview. He added that Franzese will make sure that all entities that seek a county contract are given the same opportunity. Franzese, of Massapequa,

will receive a salary of $150,000 and her oﬃce will have a budget of $540,000 to pay the salaries of her staﬀ, according to the 2019 budget. She will serve a five-year term, which is one year longer than the terms of the Legislature, so as to not have elections interfere with her duties, Abrahams#said. The Legislature established the new county position after the Democratic minority refused to authorize any capital bonds for any projects unrelated to public safety for the last two and half years, Abrahams said. Both Nicolello and Abrahams were part of the search committee, which reviewed and interviewed applicants for the position. Nicolello said the county received applications from all over the country, and both the Republicans and Democrats reviewed resumes individually and then interviewed candidates together. In his statement, Nicolello said, “We believe Ms. Franzese is very qualified to be the Inspector General for Nassau County.”

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Brazilian jiu jitsu studio on the move Marcel Oliveira gets OK from Mineola trustees to relocate hybrid kickboxing, fitness gym BY J E D HENDRIXSON A new Brazilian jiu jitsu and fitness studio has locked up a long desired location in Mineola. “I saw it five years ago and said ‘I have to have it,’” Marcel Oliveira, the owner of Marcel Oliveira Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, said. Currently located at 74 Hillside Ave. in Williston Park, Oliveira recently received approval from the Village of Mineola Board of Trustees to relocate five minutes down the road at 44A Jericho Turnpike. The studio, described as a hybrid-style kickboxing and fitness gym by Oliveira, is relocating as a result of growth and opportunity. Classes for children ages 5 to 13 as well as for adults of all walks of life, like doctors, lawyers, nurses and police oﬃcers, have grown in size since he opened in Williston Park in 2016, Oliveira said. He gauged the interest of fitness classes with a group who participated in a selfdefense seminar he ran and it was a hit, he said. The new location, unlike the former, has a parking lot and more directly available street parking, an important factor Oliveira recognized because of the num-

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Members of Oliveira Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. ber of children dropped oﬀ by parents. Within the new space, Oliveira plans to dedicate room to mat space for martial arts training as well as a separate area strictly for fitness equipment like a squat rack, rowing machine, treadmills and free weights. Oliveira stressed that the studio is not strictly for those looking to learn martial

arts. Anyone can walk into the studio and sign up for fitness and self-defense classes without an obligation to be “punched in the face,” Oliveira said. “Most people think it’s just punch, kick and scream, but we don’t do that,” Oliveira said. Though not mandatory for member-

ship, plenty of adults, 20 or 30 sometimes, regularly are in the studio as early as 6 a.m. for training and open mat sessions. The training builds confidence for many and a sense of camaraderie tends to follow, Oliveira said. Confidence also comes to many of the children in classes. Oliveira uses unconventional testing, which stems from a lack of interest in traditional testing. Oliveira and his fellow instructors will demonstrate techniques for younger students and eventually have them casually recite the same steps and repeat the moves, implementing repetition and muscle memory to teach the arts. “Parents love it,” Oliveira said. Eﬀorts to move from the old storefront to the new are now underway, Oliveira said. The planned studio hours will be weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and a one-hour window on Sundays. Current prices for children are $135 per month and for adults $135 for two sessions a week per month or $155 for unlimited sessions, though the prices are subject to increase as a result of the move. “We always like to see the stores filled around Mineola,” Trustee Dennis Walsh said. “This is a great use of that area.”

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Islanders score in visit to Cohen Four players play games, deliver gifts in holiday visit to children’s hospital

BY T E R I W EST On a rainy Thursday afternoon 12 days before Christmas, New York Islanders player Matt Martin presented little Jared Perez with a gift. It was a music-making toy, and the 9-monthold boy who had been in New Hyde Park’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center since early November began to smile. Martin and teammates Johhny Boychuk, Josh Bailey and Anders Lee visited the hospital to play games with patients and then deliver gifts to children in their rooms. “These visits are always extremely special just because these kids are going through so much in their day-today life,” Lee said. “The bravery that they have to show, how strong they are as kids through all these treatments and ev-

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Phineas Cullen, 8, beats New York Islanders player Johhny Boychuk in Connect 4 for the first time. erything, for us to kind of take a few minutes with them and get their mind oﬀ it is always extremely enjoyable, and these kids are pretty inspiring.”

Phineas Cullen, 8, had arrived at the hospital a few days earlier with kidney problems, his mother, Sue Cullen, said. That afternoon, Boy-

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“He does swimming, he plays football,” Sue Cullen said of her son. “One of his swim meets was at Nassau County Aquatic Center and he

was like, ‘Look that’s where the Islanders play, Mommy,’ so he knows who they are.” Jared Perez’s mother, Teresa Perez, said her son has had three head surgeries at the hospital since June. The surgery isn’t oﬀered in Staten Island where she lives, she said. “This is the best hospital,” Teresa Perez said in Spanish. “The doctors are very good doctors. All of them.” This annual event with the Islanders helps gets patients out of their rooms, said the hospital’s special events coordinator, Danielle Young. Cohen Children’s Medical Center holds at least one holiday event for them every day of December. “They come in and they just bring so much joy to the kids,” Young said. “These kids look up to these people.”

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he incentives showered on Amazon to locate in Long Island City will probably not be the worst business deal recently struck by New York State and New York City. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” initiative appears to! have clinched that title with the conviction of four people for conspiring to rig the bids on $855 million in state contracts for the project. But the Amazon deal, made after the company spent a year looking at 237 other locations, does raise some significant questions as well as some significant opportunities. In a deal that excluded any say-so from the pesky New York City Council, Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed!to give Amazon $1.525 billion, including $1.2 billion from its Excelsior program, to attract Amazon to Long Island City. Another state agency, Empire State Development, will oﬀer $325 million to Amazon tied to real estate projects. And Amazon can also apply to New York City for tax credits that could be worth north of $1 billion. We are not even counting the fact that the campus is in a federal redevelopment area that!qualifies for corporate tax breaks, letting the company’s major stockholder, the world’s richest man, keep more of his wealth. Cuomo, de Blasio and others have touted the benefits of the project, which are considerable. Amazon will build four million square feet of commercial space on Long Island City’s waterfront over the next 10 years, with expansion opportunities for up to

eight million square feet over the next 15 years. Through a $3.6 billion total investment, New York City’s website says, “Amazon will draw from the diverse and talented workforce in New York State to fill at least 25,000 new jobs by 2029 and up to 40,000 jobs by 2034 with an average salary of $150,000. The construction is expected to create an average of 1,300 direct construction jobs annually through 2033. The New York City website continues, “Overall, the project is estimated to create more than 107,000 total direct and indirect jobs and over $14 billion in new tax revenue for the state and a net of $13.5 billion in city tax revenue.! The project provides a 9:1 return on investment.” These are not insignificant benefits and New York City and New York State had plenty of company in throwing out the red carpet when Amazon announced that it planned to open a second headquarters a year ago. Let’s leave aside the fact that Google announced Monday its plan to spend $1 billion on a new campus in New York City over the next 10 years and hire 7,000 workers without all the hoopla and free money showered on Amazon. But the deal raises real concerns with the state of the! free market in this!country. Where, for instance, is the fairness in a company recently valued at $1 trillion receiving $3 billion in tax breaks for opening a new corporate headquarters? In New York City with its vast pool of tech talent which by itself would have been a good reason for Ama-

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zon to open a new headquarters. At least, Cuomo’s Buﬀalo’s Billions project was aimed at upstate New York where residents and jobs have been fleeing for years. The riches bestowed upon Amazon are an excellent case study of how giant companies use their financial muscle and political clout to get benefits that smaller businesses cannot.!So much for an even playing field. It also explains a worrying trend of the biggest companies in industry after industry gaining a larger and larger share of the market. This is too big to fail on steroids. Also missed in the talk about all the benefits thrown at Amazon is what Amazon actually does to win all this aﬀection. Investopedia defines Amazon as “an e-commerce and cloud computing company” that is known “as the largest internet retail company!in the world.”

In fact, Amazon is the company most frequently cited as the reason for the demise of brick-andmortar stores across the country – including Nassau County. The local businesses owned by people who live in your community, who pay their fair share of property taxes and probably then some. The people who coach Little League baseball teams and join the Rotary and frequent the churches and synagogues around town. We understand that companies like Amazon have a right to compete. The technology they have developed has created a standard of service for retailers across the country while saving consumers time and money. For that, they deserve credit.! And have earned lots of money. But should government add to that advantage by tilting the field in Amazon’s favor with tax breaks and incentives the average business owner can only dream of?

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Elected oﬃcials like to extol local businesses as the backbone of the country and the great driver of jobs in this country. If they are serious and the Amazon project actually does generate the money promised by Cuomo and de Blasio – neither of which is a sure thing – how about spending some of the city and state’s windfall on ways that even the playing field. The oﬃcials can start with property tax relief for small businesses and equal treatment of outof-state companies that are part of Amazon’s online marketplace. That means either making the out-of-state companies pay New York’s sale tax. Or cutting the sales tax for small businesses here. They can also fund improvements to main streets that make them more convenient and more attractive to shoppers. Otherwise, they should stop pretending to like the little guy.

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ON THE RIGHT

Christmas gift books for political junkies

or readers who enjoy, as I do, giving books as Christmas presents to political junkie friends and relatives, here are my 2018 gift book picks: “Churchill: Walking with Destiny” by Andrew Robert. Great Britain’s top narrative historian has done it again. His new book on Churchill has rightly been declared by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the London Times Literary Supplement as the best one-volume biography ever written about the man who saved the West from Nazism. That’s quite an accomplishment considering there are 1,005 one-volume bios of Churchill in print. But Andrew’s success is easy to explain: he’s a fine writer — in the same class as David McCullough and Robert Caro — possesses a jeweler’s eye for research, and Queen Elizabeth gave him access to the diaries of her father, King George VI, Britain’s monarch during the Second World War. Robert’s book is a monumental achievement.

“The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War” by Benn Steil. One of the great unsung heroes of World War II and the postWar era is General of the Army George C. Marshall. Considered by President Franklin Roosevelt to be the indispensable man, Marshall, as army chief of staﬀ, was the “organizer of victory.” Revered by President Harry Truman, he served as his Special Envoy to China, secretary of state and secretary of defense. Benn Steil’s book focuses on Marshall’s tenure as secretary of his state and his eﬀorts to save Western Europe from economic collapse and starvation and from Soviet domination. The Marshall Plan described in his commencement speech at Harvard, in June 1947, was enacted in the spring of 1948 and known as the European Recovery Plan. Steil skillfully relates how the program not only rebuilt Europe but how it drove “the creation of NATO, the European Union and a Western identity that continues to shape world events.” “Heirs of the Founders: The

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster” by H.W. Brands. This immensely readable work encapsulates the political clashes of “The Great Triumvirate,” Clay, Webster, Calhoun, and how each in their own way attempted to protect the legacy of the founding fathers and to preserve the Union. Brand vividly describes The Missouri Compromise, the Bank War, the Webster-Hayne debate, and the Compromise of 1850. “The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions

and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure” by Greg Lukianoﬀ and Jonathan Haidt. This book’s thesis is that parents and university administrators have created a safety bubble, one that “interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development.” The seeds of disaster, the authors argue, have been planted by helicopter parents who do not steep their children in traditional moral values, orderliness and respect for authority that guided earlier generations. To save the next-generation, Lukianoﬀ and Haidt call on parents and educators to raise children to be “anti-fragile,” and to educate them more wisely by encouraging open inquiry and by also preparing children “for the road not the road for the child.” “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism” by Steve Kornacki. This is a good overview of the rise to power of two baby-boomers, Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. To get to the “top of the

greasy pole”—as British statesman Benjamin Disraeli described political advancement—Clinton and Gingrich used scorched earth tactics that left plenty of bodies on the political battlefield. Their “bare-knuckle brawls that brought about massive policy shifts and high-stakes showdowns,” continue to influence America’s political landscape in the Age of Trump. “The Revolution of ’28: Al Smith, American Progressivism and the Coming of the New Deal” by Robert Chiles. One hundred years ago, on January 1, 1919, Alfred E. Smith was sworn in to the first of four terms as New York’s governor. “The Revolution of ’28” charts the Smith record and concludes he enacted policies that were the foundation of F.D.R.’s New Deal. Chiles agrees with political analyst Samuel Lubell’s observation, “Before there was a Roosevelt Revolution, there was an Al Smith Revolution.” To understand why Smith is considered New York’s greatest governor, read this book. Happy reading in 2019!

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

It’s not my fault it doesn’t make sense!

omething alarming has started happening to television shows, and even movies. It happened infrequently at first, but more and more, I find they are all aﬄicted with the same disturbing problem: They just don’t make any sense! “What do you mean?” my brother asks me. We’re all at his house, for the holiday. “Well, maybe you’ll remember, because we were all here the other night, watching ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ on TV. Somehow, it went straight from George Bailey contemplating suicide by jumping oﬀ a bridge… to, next thing you know, the whole town’s in his living room, calling him ‘the richest man in town’! It just didn’t make any sense!” “Hmm,” says my husband. “Has this happened with anything else, recently?” “Well, yes, come to think of it. Remember that Father Brown mystery, when I said the plot was even worse than usual? Or that

spy movie — ‘Red,’ I think it was? There’s Bruce Willis, leading a lonely life in Cleveland, Ohio, and the next thing I know, he’s in New Orleans? Or maybe it’s Moldavia? It’s as if script writers these days aren’t even trying to make things coherent!” “Hmm. Sounds serious.” “Or that other movie where one minute, the main character is working in an oﬃce in Manhattan, fetching coﬀee; but the next, she’s in a cab in Paris!” “Aunt Judy!” exclaims my niece. “Did you fall asleep watching ‘The Devil Wears Prada’?” “No! Yes. Maybe. But what if I did?” “Well, of course a story won’t make sense if you’re going to fall asleep in the middle of it!” she replies. “And you certainly shouldn’t go around blaming the script writers,” adds one of my boys, “when it’s really just all your own fault!” “Exactly,” says my spouse. “It’s like blaming the grocery store for why you spent too much

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A Look on the Lighter Side money there.” “And you’re blaming me, I suppose?” “Well… I do recall suggesting you wait, and eat lunch first, so you wouldn’t be shopping-whilehungry!” “Is it my fault they put all the chocolate chip cookies just inside the entrance? And the cakes and muﬃns after that?” “It’s a cocoa conspiracy,” he cackled. “They stacked the tables against you… with baked goods!”

He was definitely mocking me now. “Go ahead and laugh,” I pouted. “But you were just as confused by that Father Brown mystery as I was. You just can’t admit it.” “It’s true,” he said. “Except I have no trouble admitting it. The diﬀerence between us is that I don’t blame the writers for my own problems.” My friend Eileen tried to console me. “Never mind about those cookies,” she said. “You can work them oﬀ by walking with me.” “Thanks, but no thanks,” I muttered. “I don’t do that any more.” “What, eat cookies?” Eileen was incredulous. “No, go walking with people.” “Why not?” “I’d rather not say,” I replied. I didn’t want to tell her, but after another glass of wine, she pried it out of me. “It’s just that… well, Eileen, you’re a crooked walker. Whenever I used to walk with you, you kept bumping into me.

I decided I’d rather just walk by myself.” “Hey,” said my brother. “You used to say that about me, too.” “And me,” said my other brother. “And me,” said my husband. They looked around the table at each other, grins blossoming on every face. “We can’t ALL be crooked walkers, can we?” said my beloved. “What’s the pattern, here? The common denominator?” Suddenly my mother spoke up from her end of the table. “Oh, I’m so relieved!” she said. “I’ve been afraid it was me, all these years! Oh, Judy, I’m sorry, but I’d rather be able to blame you than be losing my balance!” “Judy,” said Eileen. “There’s only one answer for you, only one partner who will put up with you and your crooked walking.” “Who’s that?” “We’ll have to get you a dog.” “After all these years!” say my kids. “And let’s make it one that barks at you when you fall asleep watching TV!”

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Immigration lessons from our history

ur immigration challenges, over many years, have been so complex that most elected oﬃcials are unwilling to make eﬀorts to seek common sense resolutions. Can those in power be energized by citizens whose attention to immigration issues has been increasing? Historians remind us that there are significant parallels between what is happening now in the U.S. and the conduct in our nation during the 1920s. During that most restrictive decade in immigration history, the national government, as well as multitudes of American-born citizens, fostered and celebrated restrictive policies and xenophobic hostilities. Wall Street Journal columnist Walter R. Mead writes that “draconian restrictions” were imposed in 1923. As we strive for decisions that will define the 2020’s – and beyond – will perspectives from excesses of a century ago help to inform our essential policy questions and conduct? Then, as now, the U.S. (like

all nations) decides how many immigrants it will admit. Numbers matter in terms of economic needs and impact, as well as how the newcomers will aﬀect their new country in a plethora of other ways, including security. Which immigrants will be favored is always a priority question – from which nations, for what reasons? There are probably few Americans today who have studied history closely enough to know how bigoted the first quota acts were of the 1920s. The U.S. government blatantly showed hostility to immigrants and ethnics who had been arriving since 1890. Southeastern Europeans (primarily Italians and Jews – nearly 5 million of them) were called the “new” immigrants. At their peak in 1907, 1.2 million came. The “old” immigration (from Northern and Western Europe peaked in 1886 at about 750,000). Even more worrisome than rising numbers of newcomers were their places of origin. At the 1886 peak, 83 percent came from Northern and Western Europe, only 17 percent from

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field Southern and Eastern Europe. By 1907, the proportions had almost completely flipped: 19 percent from the “old;” now 81 percent from the “new.” The House of Representatives had set up the Dillingham Commission to reconsider immigration policies. It investigated for years and produced the most bigoted reports ever made by a U.S. government body. Congress declared all kinds of dangers and an “immigration emergency” from the new arrivals – at one point passing a bill to suspend all immigration for an

indeterminate period. That eﬀort was blocked by the Senate. Three diﬀerent Presidents used their veto power to block other restrictive Congressional bills. However, the most defining measure by Congress was ReedJohnson Act passed in 1924 by the Republican-controlled Congress. The Quota Act of 1921 (the year my father arrived) had reduced Italian immigration by 85 percent and Russian by 87 percent. But, as Tyler Anbinder, emphasizes in “City of Dreams,” “most Americans believed that there were still too many southern and eastern Europeans arriving on their shores.” The 1924 law reduced the annual total from 350,000 to 150,000. Fiorello LaGuardia condemned his fellow Republican congressmen, stating: “The mathematics of the bill disclose the intentional discrimination against the Jews and the Italians.” Asians were banned completely from immigration in 1924. James Gallivan, a Boston congressman, said during the House

floor debate: “Now the doctrine of superiority which was originally sponsored in this country by the Ku Klux Klan seems to have found expression in this proposed legislation.” Such oﬃcial positions from Congress fueled the extreme xenophobia and violence that characterized the 1920s. The great historian C. Vann Woodward noted that sometimes governments give their citizens “permissions to hate.” And hate spewed from millions of native-born Americans during the 1920s, especially with the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, expanding from 5,000 to 5 million members. In that decade, the Klan added Catholics and Jews to its anti-black hate list. The re-energized Klan reached into the North and East – New Jersey, Queens County (where Fred Trump was unmasked at a Klan rally) to Mineola, Freeport, and, especially, to Suﬀolk County (where estimates are that one of seven adults were Klan members during the 1920s). Continued on Page 54

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Path to sustainability: buying right

t’s been a frightening year for environmentalists, wildlife protectors and conservationists. Progress made in reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions backtracked when climate change deniers hamstrung the Environmental Protection Agency. The Dakota and Keystone pipeline proposals were fasttracked and public lands sold to the highest bidder in the energy industry, risking national monuments and critical wildlife migration corridors, including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. Humans have caused irreversible changes and lasting damage to the environment. We’re also the only species to name ourselves “the wise one,” Homo sapiens. How wise are we? We’ve created a culture that is not sustainable. The evidence linking human activity to climate change is clear, but as with any strong addiction, many are in denial. We’re beyond the threat of climate change. It’s already happening. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Associa-

tion, the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic has declined by 95 percent. Life on Earth is in the grips of the sixth mass extinction, species we never even knew are now extinct. Mainland avian extinctions are on the rise and almost always linked to habitat destruction due to human activity. Remember the blue bird Rio in the 2011 animated film about a captive Macaw who travels to Brazil to find Jewel, the last known member of the species? The Spix’s Macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii, is now extinct in the wild. According to a new study by Birdlife International, deforestation in South America to satisfy the needs of large-scale agriculture and industrial activities destroyed its habitat. We can’t change the past, but here’s the silver lining, we can today choose to be part of the solution, not the problem. Everything you do matters. Every thought counts. Everything you consume makes a diﬀerence. Take sustainable action with mindful consumerism. What can you do

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to show you care for life? Refuse and reduce use of non-sustainable products, choose biodegradable options and renewable energy. People can feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the task at hand. Alarming scientific predictions can cause fear and anxiety, leading to apathy, depression and even worse, denial. For a sustainable movement, we need to utilize the positive energy of courage, care and concern. We must not get lost in criticism, cynicism, and/or ‘doom and

gloom’ speculations. For me, curiosity and humor are key when developing new habits, as well as remembering why I care. I care for life. Do you? You don’t have to save the world single-handedly. You can join the movement. Movements change the way we think and lead to a more evolved social norm. Smoking in restaurants is a good example of what once was thought of as normal, but is now, gladly, a thing of the past. Find joy in the small changes you make, celebrate these small victories, spiral up and outwards towards wholesomeness. That’s how consciousness shifts. Heavy energies sink you into despair and depression. Lightness of being elevates you up and out. Martin Luther King knew this and he insisted on reaching for the light when fighting the good fight. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” Review your daily habits and choose one thing at a time. Refusing single-use plastics is a great way to start. In my household, we replaced

plastic bottles of soap, shampoo and conditioners with crueltyfree, all natural and biodegradable bars. We stopped using plastic bags, balloons, straws and Styrofoam products. “Before we click and buy”, we “give Port a try.” The (now vacant) Main Street movie theater in Port Washington appropriately features this well-formulated slogan, a sign of the times we live in. Shop local. Support the National Audubon society and donate to conservation http://gifts.audubon.org/ adoption-center. Other great charities are The Nature Conservancy https://www.nature.org/en-us/ and World Wildlife Fund https:// www.worldwildlife.org Earth care is self-care, nature is written in your DNA. When we treat the environment with care and concern, we’re respecting ourselves, each other and future generations. A highly recommended read is ‘Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming’ by Paul Continued on Page 55

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VIEW POINT

Not very glad tidings for the holidays

erry Christmas! Trump insists we all say to one another because “Happy Holidays” would be too respectful of others, and “political correctness” is a sign of weakness. Merry Christmas! he says after a seven-year-old Guatemalan girl dies while in custody of US border patrol, to which Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s replies, Well, that’s what they get for taking a child on a dangerous journey [to escape violence]. Merry Christmas! as migrants are tear-gassed at the Border after being barred entrance through legal crossings and 1,000 unaccompanied children who could be released to sponsors are kept in a prison camp for months. Merry Christmas! as Trump threatens to deport (get this) tens of thousands of refugees from the Vietnam War and hundreds of thousands of others – from Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua – here legally for decades after escaping some disaster, and he moves to change the “public charge rule” to eﬀectively bar immigrants with green cards

in the US from obtaining certain assistance like food stamps for fear they would lose any possibility of legal residency. Merry Christmas! as he licks his chops at having turned ICE into a Gestapo-like force which deported a record 254,000 in 2018 – of which a mere 12,000 were actual “bad guys” (gang members, drug dealers, criminals), which means 242,000 were likely decent, hardworking people contributing to their communities, very possibly parents or spouses of American citizens, snatched up as they dropped their kids oﬀ at school. Merry Christmas! Trump says as he threatens to shut down government if Congress doesn’t give him $5 billion to build his phallic border wall, which will do absolutely nothing to address illegal immigration – money that would be better spent hiring judges to hear applications for asylum, evaluate DACA recipients and parents of American citizens to qualify for legal status, and final setting up a functioning legal immigration system. Or maybe, in the interests of

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Christmas (“good will to men”), he might consider spending some of those billions on aid to Central America to address the violence, lawlessness, poverty that has caused hundreds of thousands to flee for their lives on a perilous journey that could well take their life, instead of on setting up a Space Force to militarize outer space. But if Trump doesn’t get the money to build a useless wall, Merry Christmas! he will “proudly” shut down government, with-

out regard to casting hundreds of thousands out of work or force them to stay on the job without a paycheck, or the disruption to the lives of people who rely on government services (many of the same who despise government and cheer Trump’s bullying), like veterans who have been shortchanged out of housing vouchers. Every time the government shuts, it costs the economy millions of dollars – this could be enough, combined with tariﬀs and trade wars, that puts the economy over the edge and snaps that remarkable business expansion that Obama put into place. Indeed, Merry Christmas! he says as the stock market he so cherishes as a barometer of his business brilliance, instead of the traditional “Santa Claus rally” has the worst Christmas since 1931; the markets reacting as they did in December 2008 heralding the Great Recession, plummeting 500 points in a day, and makes veiled threats against the Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell dare he raise interest rates. The “markets” which have

given back all the gains of 2018 are reacting to concern for the economy in 2019 largely due to Trump (Tariff Man)’s misguided tariffs that are exporting economic insecurity around the globe (making it unlike China will rescue the US by continuing to buy our debt), his wild trade wars, his easy threat to shut down government (“proudly”), the ballooning budget deficit and national debt resulting from the Republican Tax Scam, and likely erosion of consumer buying power. On the other hand, it’s a Merry Christmas for Republicans, who see the silver lining in the budget deficit and rising national debt. It gives them the excuse they crave to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, food stamps, foreign aid – or else blame Democrats. And though you would think they would be sad at suffering a humiliating loss in the midterms and the repudiation of their policies, they are still cheered by gleefully going about setting their power in concrete so that elections don’t actually matter. Continued on Page 60

READERS WRITE

A student’s life or 150 shekels?

hould parents worry when they send their 18-year-old son and only child to an Israel gap year program? Perhaps you should. Our son, Ariel Newman, died due to heat stroke seven days after getting oﬀ the airplane on Sept. 3, 2014. To this day, the Israeli government has wrongly gone out of its way to protect those responsible for Ariel’s death. Ariel was in Israel to attend a gap-year program at Mechinat Yeud. This yeshiva, led by Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, was a member of MASA, an organization founded by the Prime Minister’s Oﬃce together with the Jewish Agency for Israel. MASA brings young people from around the world to Israel to deepen their connection with the country. On Sept. 9, only six days after Ariel arrived in Israel, the yeshiva’s program director, Joshua Ettinger, led the group of twelve young men on a two-day hike

into the Judean desert. Rabbi Naftali Rothstein, the yeshiva’s education director, was to drive the car that would bring supplies and was meant to serve as the evacuation vehicle in case of an emergency. This two-day hike was originally scheduled for January 2015 in the winter time when the Judean desert is cooler and when the students had time to become acclimatized to their new environment. Instead, for a reason known only to them, Ettinger and Rabbi Shapira changed the date of the hike to September 9-10, 2014. On the second day, the hike was to go from Nachal Tzeilim to Nachal Mishmar in six hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Ministry of Education website states this hike takes 8-10 hours, should not be conducted in the summertime, and should be made only by those with intermediate to expert hiking experience. Ettinger, with the full knowledge of Shapira, took young men

out with little to no hiking experience, and made them hike in six hours what would take 8-10 hours for an expert hiker — in the summertime on the second day of a two-day hike. When the police asked an official from the Ministry of Tourism if this was an appropriate hike for rank beginner hikers in the summertime, the oﬃcial said no, it was not a reasonable hike. Both Ettinger and Shapira published in promotional material that Ettinger was licensed by the Ministry of Tourism and was a certified medic. Israeli law demands that tour guides of adults and foreigners be led by someone with a Ministry of Tourism tour guide license. Unfortunately, the promotional material was false. Ettinger did not have a Ministry of Tourism tour guide license and he did not have a valid medic certification. Ariel was wearing long black nylon pants on the hike which means the heat in the lower half of his body was trapped during

the two-day hike. No one else on the hike wore long pants made out of material that trapped their body heat. Ettinger’s response as to why he allowed this was that checking clothing wasn’t his responsibility. He had complete indiﬀerence. Since hiking is an Israeli past-time, MASA had one absolute requirement for all its members in respect to hiking: you must coordinate with a safety organization such as the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. SPNI provides advice about any possible danger while hiking. Neither Ettinger nor Shapira contacted SPNI (or any other safety organization) but, if they had inquired, they would have been told on September 10, 2014 in that Judean desert area, no one should be hiking from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., due to excessive heat. These two men ignored an absolute mandate from MASA and our son is now dead because of that. What is their response?

Shapira says that it was only a MASA rule and not Israeli law. Shapira’s other excuse is even more chilling. He said that paying SPNI is too expensive. What was the cost to inquire? 150 shekels. Protecting a student’s life is not worth 150 shekels? At lunchtime on Sept. 10, by all accounts, Ariel clearly looked beyond worn out. He was saying all day that he couldn’t do the hike anymore and when Rothstein came with the car, Ariel cried out to Ettinger that he must be taken back because he has heat stroke and can’t go on. Ettinger told Ariel that there’s no room in the evacuation vehicle and he doesn’t have heat stroke. “Yaaleh!” After about an additional half hour of hiking, Ariel dropped to the ground. Upon admission to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, Ariel’s inner core body temperature was 43 degrees Celsius or 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Continued on Page 54

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A lesson from city of Providence

ecently, the government statistical arm, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, released GDP figures for individual counties. These statistics were greeted with enthusiasm by the economic community to further parse data on employment, output, and wages, the things econ geeks love to do. They tell a relevant story for Nassau County residents. Few realize it, but our county has more economic clout and population than some states. Let’s compare it to Rhode Island, for example:! Rhode Island: GDP, $46.9 billion;! Nassau: GDP, $84.4 billion;!Rhode Island: population, 1.05 million;! Nassau County: population, 1.4 million. The governor of Rhode Island is one Gina Raimondo. Remember this name, because this highly capable person could be your president one day. And she is qualified for the task. Rhode Island went through a hellish time during the Great Recession. When Raimondo became state treasurer, she restruc-

tured the pension system, then only 48 percent funded, to reflect the economics we have now, not the one we had when health care expenditures were less than half of what they are today, and life expectancy was nearly a third shorter. This took a forceful, if not ruthless hand, but one city, Central Falls, (pop. 20,000) had already filed for a Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy, and others were teetering on the precipice, ready to fall like dominoes unless someone stopped the bleeding. The public service unions fought her reforms in court, which would have kept the state in perpetual crisis, and held them harmless while everyone else suﬀered, but she prevailed. She was later elected governor. Today, the state is thriving, and thanks to reforms she put in place, she was able to execute a meaningful income tax cut for state residents, raised the minimum wage and expanded the EITC. This was transformational leadership. Nassau faced and still fac-

es, a similar dilemma to what Rhode Island had. However, we had NIFA imposed on us, which only served to protect Nassau’s perpetual state of insolvency. There is a reason for this:!Quality of Leadership, Rhode Island (Wikipedia). “Raimondo graduated with a! Bachelor of! Arts! degree!magna cum laude!in economics from! Harvard University. She attended!New College, Oxford! as a! Rhodes Scholar (and) received her juris doctor! degree from! Yale Law in 1998. ! Following graduation from!Yale, (she) served as a law clerk to federal Judge! Kamba Wood!for the Southern District of New York. Raimondo returned to Rhode Island in 2000 to co-found the state’s first venture capital firm, Point Judith Capital” Quality of Leadership, Nassau County: (Oﬃcial!Bio) “County Executive Curran began her career as a reporter at the NY Daily News and the NY Post. She specialized in indepth features, often writing about Long Island. She was an

adjunct professor of journalism at SUNY Purchase.!She started in public service as a Trustee on the Baldwin Board of Education from 2011-2014, serving as president in her final year.!She earned her B.A. in Liberal Arts at Sarah Lawrence College, and lives in Baldwin with her husband and their three daughters, Claire, Julie, and Molly.” One leader took a state with half of the resources, practically on life support, and turned it around. Another isn’t even remotely capable of modifying a revenue stack whose structure was originated before Hitler invaded Poland. Know why? Because in any organization, you’re only as good as your people. One leader was eminently qualified. The other lacks any semblance of credentials or ability. And this studied lack of commitment to policy excellence extends to all of her cohorts. Look at any Long Island oﬃceholders’ social media feed:! They have absolutely no interest in policy whatsoever. Who do they follow? Only each other.

The entire political culture is incestuous. Outside influence is not only shunned, for them it doesn’t even exist. There is a complete lack of intellectual curiosity when it comes to public policy, and that is why they simply go through the motions, getting their pictures taken handing out prom dresses and backpacks, paying visits to VFWs and firehouses, and doing nothing in the way of structuring the county to succeed. Who’s responsible? Partially, we are. We accept it until something really outrageous happens, and suddenly there’s a line of people standing outside in frigid weather freaking out over re-assessment. The other reason is our “leaders” aren’t chosen based on their accomplishments, training, or experience. They’re chosen for their docility and pliability to do as their told by the people who really run the county. And that ain’t us. Donald Davret Searingtown

Death of Jamal Khashoggi a sign Sad case of us losing our moral compass of road

he world has lost its moral compass. Both individuals and nations lack a sense of right and wrong. Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate to fill out paperwork for his forthcoming marriage. He emerged dismembered, courtesy of the Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman. Did the world rise up in his defense? It did not! Our president tweeted: “It could very well be that that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event – maybe he did and maybe he didn’t.” Now, that’s definitive. So much for wrathful righteousness. Why this lack of caring? Where is the moral indignation? It doesn’t come into play because the Saudis are oilrich and buy the munitions we manufacture. This is the dark truth which explains our callous disregard for human rights. The countries

which collude with the United States are the United Kingdom, France, and Canada. The U.S. does aerial refueling and “search and rescue” for the Saudis. Britain and the United States have deployed military forces in support of Saudi air strikes on Yemen. Human Rights Watch asserts that Saudi actions are a breach of international law. In Yemen, there is a desperate need for food, water and medical aid. Most shocking, it is estimated that more than 85,000 children under the age of five may have died of starvation. Famine threatens 13 million and an outbreak of cholera has infected an estimated 1.2 million. The evidence for this humanitarian crisis is overwhelming. To quote Christopher Morley, “There [is] so much handwriting on the wall that even the wall fell down.”

But we are in the midst of a holiday season and do not need to worry about suﬀering halfway around the world. We have witnessed genocidal behavior before. Remember the Holocaust and ethnic cleansing. We can shut out the pain felt by others by changing a channel. And so, we become cynical and callous. It is how we survive. And then, just as we bury our head in the sand and accept the “human condition,” one of the thousand points of light illuminates our landscape. Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont along with Mike Lee of Utah and Chris Murphy of Connecticut propose a resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Saudi Arabia. It calls the war unauthorized and unconstitutional. And miraculously, it passes by a vote of 56 to 41. Lest we rest on our laurels, the bill still must pass the House where

Speaker Paul Ryan has not yet allowed a vote to take place. Then, there’s the obstacle of Trump who always puts dollars ahead of conscience. While this scenario plays out, more Yemeni children and families will die. In the interim, what can we do? Call those who represent us in the halls of power and urge them to do “the right thing”, contribute to organizations which espouse world peace and make contributions to legislators who see the world as you do. Most important is that we don’t stand idly by. As Israeli novelist Amos Oz has written: “History is made by those who take action. The stubborn determination of people with hope in their hearts can overcome the cynics who say that nothing will ever change.” Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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t was sad to read that an FDNY firefighter Faizal Coto was killed in a road rage incident in Brooklyn. He was killed by another motorist who had no concern for a human life. And yet he killed one of our bravest whose job was saving lives and property. This egregious act of violence should not go unpunished and the person who did this has been arrested and will have to explain why he took the life of one of our bravest and suﬀer the consequences. Justice must prevail. Remember this too: Road rage makes us all unsafe. So to the person who gets angry behind the wheel please think before you act out of stupidity. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

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N. Hempstead sets limit on med marijuana Town passes second law capping total number of dispensaries, zoning to specific districts BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N The Town of North Hempstead passed a second law aiming to control marijuana dispensaries on Tuesday night, capping how many dispensaries can be in the town at two and relegating them to specific districts. The passage came despite a decision by MedMen, a cannabis company, to cancel a plan to move a North New Hyde Park-based medical marijuana dispensary to Northern Boulevard in Manhasset. “We’ve moved on,” Daniel Yi, a spokesman for MedMen, said when asked why company officials would not attend that night’s meeting. “It’s unfortunate but we’ve moved on. Nobody said this would be easy.” According to the legislation, dispensaries could only be located in industrial districts or hospital zones and must not be within 1,000 feet of schools, day care centers and places of worship or within 500 feet of a residential district. The law also states that only two medical marijuana dispensaries can exist in the town and that they must be in a building with a medical office. Town officials reiterated that they are not against medical marijuana and understand the need for it, but that they do not want future dispensaries clustered in

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nating against and stigmatizing certain patients. “Marijuana patients are entitled to get their medicines as easily and with the same respect as any other type of patient,” Goldberg said. “I’ve been told that the board doesn’t oppose medical marijuana facilities — this law practically shouts … ‘not in my backyard.'” “Historically, initiatives with this motivation have been the result of prejudice and baseless fear,” she added, “and this one doesn’t seem to be any different.” Opponents of the legislation have argued that the regulations amount to stigmatizing medical marijuana users and that marijuana is far less dangerous than opioids and alcohol, which are easily accessible. Town Councilman Angelo Ferrara of New Hyde Park said he recognizes how important medicinal marijuana is to those who need it and recommended starting petitions to legalize it throughout the country so it can be sold in pharmacies. He said making it as available as possible is “critical.” The law’s passage follows officials approving a law in November to bar medical marijuana dispensaries from operating as retail stores. North Hempstead is also considering banning recreational marijuana sales altogether. In unrelated town business, the town set a public hearing date of Jan. 29 for laws that would prohibit utility companies from opening up recently paved roads, update Building Department regulations, and change rules regarding the operation of leaf blowers and landscaping equipment. In other town business, North Hempstead approved issuing more than $32 million in bonds related to numerous capital projects in the 2019-23 capital plan. Among the biggest expenditures are $5.5 million worth of improvements to the Harbor Links golf course, $4.28 million toward landfill improvements and a $3.5 million investment in Gerry Pond Park. The bonds also include $1.5 million for pool improvements at Martin “Bunky” Reid Park, $1.5 million for electrical improvements at Michael J. Tully Park, $1.49 million for Highway Department vehicles and equipment, more than $1.33 million in miscellaneous park improvements, and $1.1 million for improvements at Mary Jane Davies Green. Security system enhancements at the town’s solid waste management authority, parking lot improvements at Michael J. Tully Park, and HVAC improvements for the# administrative office at Clinton G. Martin Park also each hit the $1 million mark.

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Mineola revises construction hours Bars residential work before 8 a.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. Saturdays; also limits commercial hours BY J E D HENDRIXSON The Village of Mineola amended its municipal code to restrict hours for construction work last week. The “Peace and Good Order” chapter of the code was amended by the Board of Trustees last Wednesday to define hours for beginning and ending work at residential and commercial properties. “We’ve heard many times over the years from residents about being woken up early from people being bothered by contractors,” Mayor Scott Strauss said. “We don’t won’t you woken up at 6 o’clock in the morning and there was nothing in the books.” No residential work will be permitted before 8 a.m. Monday through Friday and before 9 a.m. Saturday, Sunday and holidays. No commercial or industrial work can begin before 7 a.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. All work in the

village will be unlawful after 6 p.m. Emergency construction exemptions can be sought from the Building Department. Work includes interior and

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Residents and commercial contractors will be made aware of the new construction hours when receiving permits from the Building Department, Strauss said.

The village will not send code enforcers to every work site, but rely on residents to file noise complaints to the village if issues arise, he said.

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Kaplan to chair commerce committee

Newly elected state senator will head body overseeing economic development, small biz BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN State Sen.-elect Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) will head the state Senate’s commerce committee, Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins announced last Tuesday, following the defeat of several key Republicans on Election Day. Because of the new Democratic majority, Kaplan will succeed Phil Boyle, a Republican representing District 4 on the South Shore who was among a handful of Long Island Republicans to hold onto their seats in the midterm elections. Kaplan defeated incumbent state Sen. Elaine Phillips (RFlower Hill) 58,273 to 48,342 to represent Senate District 7, which spans North Hempstead, Elmont and part of Hicksville. Jesse Hamilton, the current ranking Democrat on the committee and former member of the Independent Democratic Caucus, was defeated in the September primary election by Brooklyn lawyer and activist Zellnor Myrie.

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State Sen.-elect Anna Kaplan will be chairing the state Senate’s commerce committee. “It’s an honor to have been named Chair of the Senate’s Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Committee,” Kaplan said in a written statement on Monday. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to find innovative solutions that support businesses

across the state, while providing good-paying jobs for New Yorkers, and spurring reinvestment in our local communities.” Stewart-Cousins said Kaplan will be “an important voice” as the committee’s chair, particularly in the realm of boosting opportunities for women

and minority-owned businesses and protecting small businesses “from the devastating impact the federal tax plan will have on their property taxes – especially on Long Island.” Stewart-Cousins cited Kaplan’s years of experience with the Town of North Hempstead as

an important asset. “As a dedicated public servant, Senator-elect Kaplan has been working closely with the business community since her time as a member of the North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals and as a North Hempstead Councilwoman and I look forward to her leadership,” Stewart-Cousins said. In addition to Kaplan heading the commerce committee, four other Long Island Democrats will hold committee leadership positions and one other will lead a subcommittee. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) will lead the Environmental Conservation Committee, State Sen. John Brooks (D-Seaford) will head the Veterans Committee, State Sen.-elect Kevin Thomas (D-Levittown) will head up the Consumer Protection Committee and state Sen.-elect Jim Gaughran will chair the Local Government Committee. State Sen.-elect Monica Martinez (D-Brentwood) will head the subcommittee on domestic animal welfare.

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Legislature grants go-ahead for hub

BSE Global, RXR Realty will develop area around Coliseum into new L.I. downtown BY T E R I W EST The Nassau County Legislature approved BSE Global and RXR Realty as developers for the Nassau Hub around Uniondale’s Coliseum in a unanimous vote Monday, giving them the go-ahead to create and submit plans for the property. BSE Global and RXR Realty are creating a joint proposal for the space, which they intend to be a new Long Island downtown complete with apartment complexes for young adults, a Northwell “Innovation Center,” retail outlets and hotels. “Yesterday’s unanimous vote on the HUB development signifies Nassau County is ready for the land around the Nassau Coliseum to become a destination,” County Executive Laura Curran said in a statement Tuesday.! “The Legislature and I can celebrate this historic vote as we work together to make live-work-play development a reality in this county.” The 19-0 vote Monday

A rendering of what the Nassau Hub may look like. amended the Coliseum lease and approved a development plan agreement, giving the two companies the exclusive rights to develop the space. “I think it’s our best chance to come up with a realistic, vi-

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he Gold Coast Arts Center presents Chinese Artists in America, a new art exhibit featuring eight contemporary Chinese-American artists who have created a new visual language that embodies aspects of traditional Chinese art while responding to a time of great transition. The exhibition reflects the creative vitality of ChineseAmerican cultural growth through the arts and its historical and aesthetic linkage to other communities. The works express the artistsâ€™ personal beliefs, national pride, and international awareness. Artistsâ€™ presentations will include the works of Yafu Wang, Wang Ping, Arthur Liu, Zhen Guo, Huang Yulin, Wei Hai, Xiangdong Shi, and Dexiang Qian. All works are for sale and a portion of sales benefit the Gold Coast Arts Center, a not-for-profit cultural organization. An opening reception will be held at the Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck, on Sunday, Jan. 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will feature a musical performance with Chinese string instruments and traditional Chinese refreshments. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on display at the Arts Center from Jan. 13 to March 30. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. More information can be found at www.goldcoastarts.org/chinese-artists-in-america/ or by calling 516-829-2570.

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Get your disco shoes on over the holiday weekend and enjoy live performances by Evelyn “Champagne” King (“I’m In Love”), Thelma Houston (“Don’t Leave Me This Way”), Alfa, Luci, & Norma Jean, formerly of Chic (“Everybody Dance”), Trammps featuring Earl Young (“Disco Inferno”), Peaches & Herb (“Shake Your Groove Thang”) and more. Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 • thetheatreatwestbury.com

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A Laughin’ Rockin’ New Year’s presents a full night of entertainment featuring Here’s to the Band: Songs and Stories of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, comedians John Larocchia, Peaches Rodriguez, and Jim Dailakis, and the Sidemen Show performing the music of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Harry Connick Jr., Barbra Streisand, Bobby Short, Rosemary Clooney, Billy Joel, Natalie Cole and more. Where: Madison Theatre at Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre Info & Tickets: (516) 323-4444 • madisontheatreny.org

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New Year’s Laughin’ Eve Monday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Celebrating New Year’s Eve at Theatre Three has become a fun tradition as the 11th annual New Year’s Laughin’ Eve returns. This year’s headline comics include Paul Anthony, hostt of the Long Island Comedy Festival; Maria Walsh, “America’s Naughtiest Mommy”; Rich Walker of the New York City comedy scene; and Richie Byrne of Comedy Central. Where: Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson Info & Tickets: (631) 928-9100 • theatrethree.com

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Billy Joel New Year’s Eve Monday, Dec. 31 at 9:30 p.m.

Ring in the New Year with Long Island’s own Piano Man in what is sure to be the hottest ticket of the night. The concert marks the 25th anniversary of the last time legendary musician Billy Joel played at Nassau Coliseum on New Year’s Eve. Where: NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale Info & Tickets: (516) 231-4848 or (800) 745-3000 • nycblive.com

Back to the ’80s Show with Jessie’s Girl

Monday, Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. Enjoy the last few hours of 2018 at a show that has kept audiences donned in spandex, leg warmers and metal gear as they as they relive the best music of the 1980s with spot-on renditions of songs by Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and more.

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Friday, Dec. 28, Saturday, Dec. 29 and Monday, Dec. 31 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, Dec. 30 at 12 p.m. The popular, redheaded Little Orphan Annie takes center stage in this adaptation of one of the word’s best-loved and most-performed musicals.

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Sunday, Dec. 30, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children of all ages can join the countdown till 12 noon and make a time capsule for the year 2018. They will also enjoy hot chocolate and crafts as they think of resolutions for 2019. $12 per child; $6 per adult.

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Billy Joel at Coliseum Normand to bring for New Year’s Eve laughs to Huntington Legendary musician! Billy Joel will! perform! at NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Dec. 31 at 9:30 p.m., marking the 25th anniversary of the last time he played the venue on New Year’s Eve. “We are thrilled to welcome Billy back home for what will be another momentous night in his four-decadelong history playing the Coliseum,” said Brett Yormark, CEO of BSE Global, the operator of the historic venue. “This performance will be a celebration for Long Islanders, truly making New Year’s Eve at NYCB Live the ultimate destination to ring in 2019.” Having sold 150 million records over the past quarter century, Joel ranks as one of most popular recording artists and respected entertainers in history. The singer, songwriter and composer is the sixth best-selling recording artist of all time, the third best-selling solo artist, and! is one of the highest grossing touring artists in the world.! In 2014, he received both The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which honors living musical artists’ lifetime achievement in promoting the genre of song as a

vehicle of cultural understanding, entertaining and informing audiences, and inspiring new generations. Joel is also the recipient of the once-in-a-century ASCAP Centennial Award, which is presented to American music icons in recognition of their incomparable accomplishments in their respective music genres and beyond. So on his New Year’s Eve, enjoy the many classic Billy Joel hits, from “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” and “My Life,” to “Just the Way You Are” and his rousing signature song, “Piano Man.” Buy tickets while they last by going to nycblive.com.

Fun-loving, New York comedian Mark Normand, who has starred in the Comedy Central special “Don’t Be Yourself,” will be the main act at the Cinema Arts Centre on Friday, Dec. 21 at 9:30 p.m. A frequent guest on comedy programs including the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Conan,”!“Live at SXSW,” “Last Comic Standing” “Best Week Ever” and “Inside Amy Schumer,” among others, Normand is known for his punchy writing and delivery (The Laugh Button). He has taken first place at the Great American Comedy Festival competition and won Caroline’s March Madness competition, beating out 63 other comedians. Normand was also voted the Village Voice’s “Best Comedian of 2013.” Normand has appeared on “John Oliver’s New York Standup Show” on Comedy Central, was picked as one of Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch,”!was named Esquire’s “Best New Comedians 2012” and Time Out New York’s “21 New York Comedy Scene Linchpins.” Normand has his own! podcast, “Tuesdays with Stories,” released an album with Comedy Central records entitled “Still Got It! (It’s Not Bad),” and

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Ring in New Year family style Mill Neck Manor The Long Island Children’s Museum will be aglow as 2018 comes to a close and it celebrates its annual “noon” year’s eve party, Countdown to 12! ! The annual, familyfriendly event allows visitors to take part in all the traditional elements of the holiday, including confetti and counting down to the new year, on a schedule designed for children… and exhausted parents.! The festivities and activities start at 12 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31 and feature themed crafts, face painting, a DJ-led dance party and two ball drops. “Neon ‘19” is the theme of the 2018 yearending celebration at the museum,” says LICM Director of Education & Visitor Experience Aimee Terzulli.! “We wanted a theme that not only captured the party atmosphere associated with New Year’s celebrations, but also that ‘highlighted’ an event that has become a Long Island holiday tra-

dition for families. Neon represents the brightness and excitement of the event, while serving as a bit of nostalgia for many of the parents in attendance.”! The Long Island Children’s Museum created Countdown to 12! in 2005 to provide families with the opportunity to celebrate this special occasion together. Family-focused New Year’s celebrations were lacking in the area, but families looking to celebrate certainly were not. Countdown to 12!

has become an immensely popular visitation day on the museum’s calendar.! During this year’s celebration, the museum will cross the 25,000 mark in visitor attendance for the day. The lucky visitor will receive a family membership to mark the museum milestone. Families have the opportunity to take part in all the traditional elements associated with year-end revelry, with the simple substitution of “mid-day” instead of “midnight.”! The celebration starts — and

concludes — with Times Square-style ball drops at 12 and 4 p.m. In between those iconic moments, families will be able to create neon highlight! hats, shimmer-and-shake noisemakers, and craftcommemorative superstar necklaces, as well as decorate a tasty treat to bring sweetness into the new year.! Visitors can also stop by the Face Painting Station to add some extra glitz to their celebratory look. DJ Mike from All Star Party will be on hand to help visitors dance into the new year. All Countdown to 12! activities are included with museum admission. The! Long Island Children’s Museum, is located at 11 Davis Ave. in Garden City. For the safety of visitors, adults are not permitted in the museum without children, and museum visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

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The enchanting Mill Neck Manor was dressed with holiday décor during the Christmas Magic event on Dec. 1 and 2. The festive, familyfriendly, two-day event took place inside of the historic Mill Neck Manor and featured photos with Santa, baked goods and hot cocoa from Mrs. Claus, holiday gift items, children’s arts and crafts, tours of the historic mansion and more. To celebrate local sponsors, Christmas Magic presented a Festival of Wreaths, where local businesses and community groups purchased and decorated a wreath that was auctioned at the event. Mill Neck Manor wishes to send a huge thank you to: Nassau County Camera Club for photography; Festival of Wreaths Participants:

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lthough New Year's Eve parties tend to be similar from year to year, hosts can explore the many ways to make their celebrations stand out from those of years past. This handy guide provides ideas to your get creative juices flowing.

· Keep musical tastes in mind. A fun party usually includes an array of familiar songs and music that appeals to the masses. When compiling a party playlist, choose songs guests are sure to know and love. Mix these in with a few of your favorites. You can even ask guests to provide the names of three favorite songs when they RSVP.

· Establish a color palette. Many people equate New Year's Eve with the gold and silver hues of champagne. However, you can use any festive color for your party. Use the same colors on everything from invitations to dinnerware to take-home favors.

martinis or vanilla cake-flavored vodka mixers, may be the right flavor for your affair. As the host, you should remember to provide non-alcoholic alternatives as well.

· Create a specialty drink. In addition to toasting champagne or sparkling wine, serve a specialty drink creation. This can be a beverage that ties into your color scheme or the theme of the party. Dessert drinks, such as chocolate

New Year's Eve parties are a great way to reflect on the last year and look forward to a new one, and hosts can take steps to make their parties memorable for all the right reasons.

· Have the party catered. Unless you want to spend the evening in and out of the kitchen, invest in catering. Guests of a late party won't expect a three course meal. However, platters of sandwiches, appetizers and other little munchies will fit the bill. Remember, caterers may book up fast this time of year, so be sure to reserve service well in advance of your party.

· Dim the lights. Bright lights can make guests feel intimidated and awkward. Set the mood by turning off overhead lights, opting for ambient lighting instead. For a fun effect, string holiday lights around the room or use a portable disco ball to spread sparkling colors on the floor and ceiling. Candles are another option for intimate affairs, but should be avoided as a safety measure if you're having a large crowd.

· Encourage guest input. Guests understand the cost of hosting and the amount of planning necessary to throw a festive party, and many will likely reach out to ask what they can do or bring. Figure out in advance which aspects of the party you want your guests to take care of so you have a ready answer when the inquiries start rolling in.

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ew Year's Eve is one of the most festive nights of the year, when friends and families gather to count down the waning moments of the year as they anticipate the fun times ahead in the year to come. While adults tend to look forward to New Year's Eve festivities more than children, there are ways parents can ring in the New Year with their kids. • Invite kids into the kitchen. New Year's Eve festivities often include food, so why not invite youngsters into the kitchen to cook alongside you? Kids may not be interested in preparing the main course, but let youngsters get involved when baking the night's more delectable treats, like cookies and cakes. Little ones can choose their favorite treats and then help Mom and Dad prepare those treats for guests coming over to join in the festivities. Decorate cakes and cookies with a New Year's Eve theme.

• Pick funny resolutions out of a hat. New Year's resolutions are a big part of the holiday, and families who want to add some fun to this tradition can sit down and write their own funny resolutions. Keep the resolutions you write down to yourself, place each person's ideas in a hat and then pick them out before the kids go to bed or right after the clock strikes midnight, whichever happens to come first. • Make a New Year's pinata. Many people love to watch the ball drop from Time's Square in New York City on New

Year's Eve. Celebrants can bring a taste of this beloved tradition into their own homes come New Year's Eve by creating a pinata that looks exactly like the ball in Time's Square. Fill the ball with treats and games for youngsters, who can take chances trying to break the pinata once the clock strikes midnight or earlier if they aren't likely to still be awake by the time the new year begins.

• Make predictions for the year to come. Another fun and wholesome New Year's Eve activity parents can enjoy with their children is making predictions for the year to come. Ask young sports fans to predict which teams will win championships in their respective leagues while encouraging other youngsters to share their predictions on awards shows or other popular social events for the coming year. Younger kids might not be able to make such specific predictions, so ask them to write down what they hope to see happen in the new year. • Ring in the new year under the stars. Families who live in warm climates might want to forgo television countdowns in favor of spending the final hours of the year under the stars. A New Year's Eve camping trip is a great way for families to bond and spend time together at the end of what is often a hectic time of year. Instead of hoisting champagne or sparkling cider at the stroke of midnight, share some s'mores and hot chocolate around the campfire as everyone gazes up at the stars.

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Williston Park Library Williston Park Library is at 494 Willis Ave., Williston Park 516-742-1820; www.willistonparklibrary.com NEW TITLES ADDED:

Homebody by Joanna Gaines Becoming by MIchelle Obama Dare to Lead by Brene Brown FOR CHILDREN: WINTER STORYTIME PAINTING

Saturday, Dec. 22, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (for children ages 5 to 7) and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (for children ages 8 and up). $15 material fee due at registration. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

KNITTING CIRCLE Thursday, Dec. 27, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

REIKI CIRCLE Thursday, Dec. 27, 6 p.m. in the library. $10 per person/per session. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

East Williston Library East Williston Public Library 2 Prospect St., East Williston (516) 741-1213; www.ewlibrary.org Hours: Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 10

a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Register at the library for all programs by phone at 516-741-1213, email to ewpl@ewlibrary.org, or via www.ewlibrary.org.

TODDLER STORY TIME WITH MISS DEE Fridays at 10:30 a.m. PRE-SCHOOL STORY TIME WITH MISS STEPH

Thursday, Dec. 27, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. MAGIC WITH GEORGIE PORGIE Thursday, Dec. 27, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

NOTARY PUBLIC Notary services are available. Call the library to confirm a notary is available.

Mineola Library Mineola Library 195 Marcellus Road, Mineola; 516-746-8488 www.mineolalibrary.info IN THE GALLERY During the month of December: Margaret Casella: Lighthouses

HEARTFULNESS MEDITATION CLASSES Saturday, Dec. 22 and 29; Jan. 12, 19 and 26, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In a few minutes you will learn how to relax and feel the lightness and joy of your true nature. Register at the Reference Desk or call 516-746-8488 ext. 2.

BROKE HOLIDAY CRAFTS FOR ADULTS Saturday, Dec. 22, 1:30 p.m. You’ve got limited time, funds and energy so instead of spending an entire day at the mall buying last-minute presetns for people you forgot about, come and make easy gifts ast no cost. Make Scrabble tile art, washi tape coasters and

custom mugs at no cost. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 516-746-8488 ext. 2. CHILDREN’S PROGRAM: MELTED CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM FRENCH TOAST Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2 p.m. Chef Rob will show children ages 2 years to grade 1 (with adult

caregiver) how to create delicious French toast by soaking challah bread in melted chocolate and topping with ice cream. $5 per child. CHILDREN’S MAGIC SHOW Thursday, Dec. 27, 2:30 p.m. Magician Al Garber will keep children of all ages laughing.

Shelter Rock Library Shelter Rock Library 165 Searingtown Road South, Albertson; 516-248-7363; www.srpl.org. ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP Thursday, Dec. 27, 1:30 to 3 p.m. The Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter offers a monthly support group on the fourth Thurs-

day of the month. The group is designed to provide emotional, educational and social support for caregivers through regularly scheduled meetings. Participants will be helped to develop methods and skills to solve problems. Caregivers are encouraged to maintain their own personal, physical and emotional health, as well as

optimally caring for the person with dementia. For additional information, call 1–800–272-3900. VALENTINE’S FOR VETS Friday, Jan. 4, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. Co-Sponsored by Shelter Rock Public Library and Assemblyman Tony D’Urso Registration begins Dec. 21. Teens will make homemade

Valentines for Veterans who have served our country and are currently hospitalized. This is a great time to show appreciation to service members who have fought to keep us safe. You may also donate a small item a veteran can use such as toiletries, hats, gloves or socks.

SENIOR RAP GROUP Monday, Jan. 7, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share. Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome. Topics vary and the conversation is lively and provocative. Registration is not required. This discussion group is led by facilitator, David Marx.

Williston Park Community Calendar VILLAGE OF WILLISTON PARK HISTORICAL COMMITTEE The Committee meets monthly at Village Hall to inventory Village data gathered from residents. Village residents are encouraged to share or donate

old photos and data to the committee. Resident collections of historical data are on display in in historical cabinets in the main Village Hall during office hours, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

HOMETOWN HERO BANNER PROGRAM If you are a member or a family member of someone presently serving active duty in the United States Armed Services and would like them to be considered for the

Hometown Hero Banner program, go to www.VillageofWillistonPark. org. to submit an application with an original 8x10 color photograph of member in full uniform.

IRISH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK AND QUEENS 297 Willis Ave., Mineola (516) 746-9392. For a full listing of monthly events, go to www. irishamericansoc.com.

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MedMen halts pursuit of Berkowitz to direct Manhasset dispensary ambulance services BY T E R I W EST After months of protests, MedMen, a cannabis company, said it will no longer seek to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset. Daniel Yi, MedMen’s senior vice president of corporate communications and investor relations, made the disclosure Monday evening in email to Blank Slate Media. “The opposition was obviously very vocal and they made it very clear they don’t want us there, so we’re moving on,” Yi said Tuesday. MedMen’s current dispensary in the town is in an oﬃce building in North New Hyde Park. It has four dispensaries in the state, the maximum allowed under New York’s medical marijuana program. It had planned to relocate from North New Hyde Park to Manhasset. It will continue operating out of North New Hyde Park as it reviews options for a new location internally and with the state Department of Health, Yi said. The action comes after the Town of North Hempstead passed a law in November banning medical marijuana dispensaries from operating as retail outlets. The vote was preceded by months of vocal opposition from Manhasset civic leaders and an October!protest! held by area parents and attended by local politicians.

Protesters harked on having marijuana in a visible location that is also down the street from Munsey Park Elementary School. They said they did not want it to influence youth, despite the fact that one must have a license from the state to access medical marijuana and regulated recreational marijuana is expected to only be legal for those 21 or older. On Tuesday night, the Town Board approved zoning regulations that limit where dispensaries can be located and how many there can be in the Town of North Hempstead. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his intention to legalize adult-use marijuana in New York in 2019. “We are 100 percent confident that we’re on the right side of history on this, and I hope that the folks in Manhasset will see it in the long run,” Yi said in an October interview. When the town began drafting legislation to regulate dispensaries in late October, MedMen said that it was “revisiting plans.” “We can’t be dependent on single outcomes,” Yi said. “I guarantee MedMen is going to be around five, 10 years from now.” Ever since an initial meeting with the company in early October, area civic leaders said they had suspicions that MedMen was seeking a more visible storefront in anticipation of marijuana legalization that would give it a broader customer base. Continued on Page 59

BY T E R I W EST Northwell has named Dr. Jonathan Berkowitz, formerly of Westchester Medical Center, as! medical director of its Center for Emergency Medical Services. The center is Northwell’s ambulance service based in Syosset. Transporting more than 120,000 patients from New York City and Long Island every year, it is one of the largest hospital ambulance services in the country, according to Northwell. The center also oversees a helicopter service called SkyHealth, which transports patients who are in critical condition between medical facilities throughout the Northeast. At Westchester Medical Center, Berkowitz has directed the Health Transfer Center and Health Regional Emergency Services since 2013. There, emergency services transport more than 2,500 Hudson Valley patients every year, according to Northwell.

Berkowitz led a project that lowered transfer response times and another that helped integrate a secure texting application throughout the hospital. He is on the New York State Emergency Medical Advisory Committee and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Berkowitz earned his medical degree at SUNY Downstate and began his career at California’s Long Beach Memorial Medical Center as an attending physician. “Dr. Berkowitz is a recognized leader in emergency medical services and will be a tremendous asset to our CEMS staﬀ and the patients we serve,” said Dr. John D’Angelo, executive director and senior vice president of the emergency medicine service line at Northwell Health. “With his exceptional clinical, research and innovation skills, Dr. Berkowitz will help us enhance operations while making a significant impact in the health of our communities and the region.”

LIU receives grant to digitize Moses archives BY T E R I W EST Long Island University’s project digitizing Robert Moses’ archives got a $695,000 grant, according to the university. The Robert Moses Archival Project is digitizing a collection of photographs, letters and architectural drawings and is a partnership between the university and the New York State Archives and the state Department of Parks. The grant is from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation based in Hampton Bays. “From Huntington to the Hamptons, from Fire Island to Gardiners Island, the history of Long Island is rich and varied,” said Kimberly R. Cline, president of Long Island University. “By working to preserve Robert Moses’s archival heritage, we’re bringing another part of that history to life.” Moses shaped Long Island through engineering parks and highways, beginning in the 1920s. Early in his career, as Long Island state park commissioner, he created Jones Beach State Park. Continued on Page 59

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Robert Moses with a model of the Brooklyn Battery Bridge, which he intended to construct until the federal War Department blocked the project.

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Dr. Jonathan Berkowitz was named medical director of Northwell’s Center for Emergency Medical Services.

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Trial of Mangano’s County awards millions ex deputy delayed in tax breaks to Altice BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The trial of former Chief Deputy Nassau County Executive Rob Walker has been rescheduled to start on April 29. This is the trial’s second delay. U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack is to preside over Walker’s trial, as well as the retrial of Walker’s former boss," Edward Mangano, who was" Nassau County executive. Walker has been charged with obstruction of justice and lying to FBI agents. The case, being tried in the Eastern

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Former Chief Deputy Nassau County Executive Rob Walker’s trial was delayed until April.

District of New York at the Central Islip courthouse, was originally scheduled to start on Sept. 17. In July, Azrack said her calendar was too full to conduct Walker’s and Mangano’s cases so close to one another and rescheduled Walker’s trial for Jan. 7 according to Newsday. At the time, the"retrial of Mangano and his wife, Linda Mangano, had been scheduled for Oct. 9, but it has now been postponed to Jan. 22 due to the discovery of new evidence. Walker’s case centers on his alleged acceptance of $5,000 from a Nassau County contractor at a Notre Dame football game in 2014. Prosecutors say that once Walker learned that federal investigators were looking into acts of corruption by Nassau County officials in 2017, he reached out to the unnamed contractor a number of times in order to convince the contractor to hide the payoff from the grand jury. Walker then met with the contractor at a park in Hicksville to return the $5,000 not knowing that the meeting was being watched by the FBI. According to prosecutors, the contractor turned the money over to law enforcement officers there after Walker left. Once confronted by the FBI, prosecutors say, Walker made a number of false statements “including denying that he received any cash payments from the contractor.” Walker pleaded not guilty to both charges in February. Reach reporter Jessica Parks by email at jparks@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 214, or follow her on Twitter @_JessicaParks

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Board of Directors of Nassau County’s Industrial Development Agency voted last Wednesday to grant millions in tax breaks to Altice USA Inc. The Optimum cable, internet and telephone service company" is planning renovations to half of the company’s office in Bethpage, which in its application for financial assistance the company projected to cost up to $60 million. The county awarded Altice exemptions of up to $2.5 million on sales taxes when purchasing the project’s construction materials. Altice was also approved for a 10year PILOT plan that would restrict property tax increases. The company will see no tax increases for the first year, and then increases will be capped at 1.84 percent for the next nine years.

In return for the tax breaks, Altice has vowed to keep 1,800 jobs in Nassau County, according to Newsday. The company said in its IDA application that to carry out its renovation plans it will need the agency’s assistance so it can “attract high-quality employees to the county.” The company recently moved its headquarters from Bethpage to Long Island City, Queens, but has kept some operations in Bethpage. The studio for News 12 Long Island is expected to move from Woodbury to the Bethpage site. When moving main operations out of Bethpage, a report from Newsday said, the company laid oﬀ some local employees. The company has yet to release the number"of employees. Altice USA bought Cablevision Systems Corp. of Bethpage in 2016 for $17.7 billion.

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Altice USA will renovate half of its office space in Bethpage.

Regents ask for $2.1B more in school aid BY T E R I W EST New York’s Board of Regents has requested a $2.1 billion increase in school aid for the coming academic year, according to the state’s Education Department. Most of that funding would be devoted to foundation aid, which is intended to prioritize higher-need districts. “The Board of Regents and I believe that all children should have access to a high-quality education regardless of their race, where they live or where they go to school,” said Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa. Last year, the state increased school aid by about $1 billion after the regents requested $1.6 billion. That provided $26.7 billion in aid for this school year, a state record, according to New York’s budget division. Beyond a $1.66 billion increase in foundation aid, this year’s proposal includes $410 million more for reimbursement-based aid, which supports eﬀorts such as building and transportation, as well as $25 million more for career and technical programs and $26 million more for expanding universal pre-kindergarten. The pre-kindergarten funding is over five times more than what the board requested last year.

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The Board of Regents requested a $1.66 million increase in foundation aid. The state is continuing to phase in a new foundation aid formula, and the Board of Regents is calling for it to be fully administered by the 2021-22 academic year. Its proposal, which it released last week, “would put the state on a committed path” to fully phasing it in, the Education Department said in a news release." “Equity remains one of the pillars of the Board of

Regents priorities,” said Regent Nan Eileen Mead, cochair of the state aid subcommittee. “I am confident that the State Aid proposal announced today will benefit the districts with the most need and open doors to otherwise unavailable opportunities to give all young New Yorkers a chance to thrive.” The $2.1 billion regents proposal is slightly lower than a $2.2 billion increase that the New York State Educational Conference Board called for in a report five days earlier. The conference board cited a 15 percent increase in New York students qualifying for free and reduced lunch between the 2006-07 and 2016-17 school years as well as an 18 percent increase in English language learners. “Absent the necessary resources, school leaders will increasingly have diminished ability to meet demonstrated needs while also continuing proven programs,” the report says. “Enacting the recommendations in this paper would bridge the gap between current levels of funding and the programs and services that New York’s students need to be prepared for the future.” The educational conference board includes teachers unions and individuals who have worked in New York education or health care.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Project Independence hosts holiday party

Town of North Hempstead Dupervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Members Angelo Ferrara and Lee Seeman, along with Town Clerk Wayne Wink attended the 6th Annual

Project Independence Holiday Party at Clinton G. Martin Park on Dec. 12.! Residents enjoyed an afternoon filled with music, dancing, delicious food and holiday cheer.

Leonard Cohen tribute in Glen Cove This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can… reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that’s what I mean by ‘Hallelujah.’ — Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen, the legendary Canadian poet and singer-songwriter, will be celebrated at a musical Shabbat service at Congregation Tifereth Israel in Glen Cove on Friday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. The service and program are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Steeped in Jewish theology and stories of the Old Testament, Cohen (1934-2016) straddled the worlds of literature, mythology, poetry and song. Cohen’s 1961 publication, “The SpiceBox of the Earth,” became a critical and commercial success that established him as an important literary voice. His novels include “The Favorite Game”

(1963) and “Beautiful Losers” (1966). As a result of his debut performance at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival, Co-

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hen garnered widespread interest and a recording contract. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, soon attract-

ed a devoted fan base that greatly expanded when his music was featured on the soundtrack of Robert Altman’s 1971 western, McCabe & Mrs. Miller. “Hallelujah,” perhaps Cohen’s most treasured song, was first heard on his 1984 album, Various Positions. It has since been covered in several languages by more than 200 artists and been described in The New York Times as one of the most “oft-performed songs in American musical history.” Admission to Congregation Tifereth Israel’s Tribute to the Music and Poetry of Leonard Cohen is free and open to the public. Reservations are not needed. For further information, call the Congregation Tifereth Israel at (516) 676-5080 or email oﬃce@ctionline. org. CTI is located in Glen Cove at 40 Hill Street, at the intersection with Landing Road.

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Defensive driving Guidance Center co-hosts classes in NHP event at Brooks Brothers Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have announced AARP defensive driving courses at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park for 2019. “The Town is happy to once again partner with AARP to host aﬀordable defensive driving classes at a Clinton G. Martin Park,” said Bosworth. “These classes enable our residents to reduce their insurance costs and increase their knowledge of driving safety.” The classes, open to drivers age 50 and older, will be held on Feb. 9, March 16, April 13, May 11, June 15, Sept. 7, Oct. 5, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7. All classes will take place from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. To register for an AARP de-

fensive driving class, make your check payable to AARP. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. All participants must be 50 and older. Please be sure that your check contains your name, address, phone number and the date of the class you wish to attend. Seating for each class is limited." You can also call 311 or (516) 869-6311 from outside of the Town to register. Make checks out to “AARP” and mail checks to: Defensive Driving Coordinator, Department of Community Services, 1601 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Once checks are received, a seat will be reserved in your name and a letter confirming your registration will be mailed to your address.

$1.68M grant to study sepsis therapy Feinstein Institute for Medical Research" assistant professor" Monowar Aziz" received a five-year, $1.68 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine a protein’s role in increasing inflammation and injury in sepsis to develop new therapies." Sepsis is a body-wide immune system reaction to an infection that is responsible for more than 300,000 deaths in the United States each year and leaves many survivors profoundly disabled. Part of the reaction is inflammation which can lead to severe lung injury. Currently there is no treatment for sepsis – only management of symptoms. Aziz believes the key to a new treatment may be the mechanisms of inflammatory protein called cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (CIRP). “Our previous research found that CIRP increases the number of damaging white blood cells called NET-forming ICAM-1+" neutrophils, which cause inflammation and injury during sepsis,” said Aziz. “With the support of the NIH, we plan to better understand the mechanisms that cause CIRP to increase the production of these cells and investigate a CIRP in-

hibitor as a new treatment for patients with sepsis and severe lung injury.” Identifying ways to combat sepsis is a major research priority for the Feinstein Institute and Northwell Health. They formed the Sepsis Task Force, which is headed by Dr." Martin Doerfler, Northwell Health senior vice president of clinical strategy and development and associate chief medical oﬃcer, and includes Feinstein Institute researchers. To help shorten the diagnosis time – a crucial element to preventing loss of life –the Sepsis Task Force reviewed previous cases to identify the key signs for sepsis. Through this work, they identified a protocol, which includes early administration of fluids and antibiotics, to implement across Northwell Health’s 23 hospitals. As a result, sepsisrelated mortalities at those facilities were reduced by almost 70 percent. “Sepsis is a lethal and common syndrome, and available treatments are inadequate,” said Dr." Kevin J. Tracey," president and CEO of the Feinstein Institute. “Aziz’s research provides new insights into possible answers for new therapy for future sepsis patients.”

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Cathy and Frank Castagna, Andrew Malekoff, Lauren McGowan, Rita Castagna and Ernie Lagoja enjoy the festivities at Brooks Brothers. On Nov. 29, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center partnered with Americana Manhasset’s Brooks Brothers store to co-host an opening night celebration of Champions For Charity. The gathering featured cocktails, hor d’oeuvres and lots of conversation and camaraderie as shoppers took advantage of the opportunity to buy items while contributing to causes. Twenty-five percent of the pretax price on items sold was donated to support the Guidance Center’s mission and that of other charities. Jo-Ellen Hazan was among several Guidance Center Board Members and friends who attended the festive evening. “It was fun to see such a wonderful turn out of friends supporting the kickoﬀ event at Brooks Brothers,” said Hazan. “We are grateful to Champions For Charity for including us each year!” Other Guidance Center board members who enjoyed the hospitality of Brooks Brothers

included Charles Chan, Rita Castagna, Tracey Kupferberg and Nancy Lane, as well as executive director Andrew Malekoff. “All of the people at Champions For Charity, along with the employees who work for the participating stores, make a real difference in our communities,” said Malekoff. “This October, at our 65th Sapphire Anniversary Gala, the Guidance Center honored Champions For Charity for the amazing contribution they have made to support our mission. We look forward to working with these dedicated community partners for many years to come.” Americana Manhasset’s Champions For Charity has been a leading philanthropic initiative for over 20 years, and the Guidance Center has been a part of the event since its beginning. Every holiday season, more than 100 not-forprofit organizations benefit from this impressive holiday shopping program. Since its inception in 1996, Champions For Charity has raised nearly $12 million for local charities.

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MTA’s 3rd track plans for G.C. Park area

n October, the Garden City Park Civics Association and Town of North Hempstead Councilman Angelo Ferrara, hosted a meeting with representatives of the MTA’s Architectural and Engineering construction contractor that will be managing the third rail work. The meeting covered general information and timelines for projected work between the Denton Avenue overpass up to about Herricks Road, including the Merillon station and Nassau Boulevard reconstructions. It is important to note that the design is not final and approved, information was presented with the caveat that plans are subject to change based on the final approved design. Work is anticipated to occur in stages, as follows: May 2019 to Sept 2019 rebuilding Merillon station and the Nassau Boulevard overpass. Nassau Boulevard and the Merillon station will remain open with a reduced parking lot. Traffic on Nassau Bouldevard will often be reduced to one lane flow with flagged opposing traffic movement. The Denton Avenue overpass will remain unaffected and open to traffic until December 2020, when traffic will be impacted due to construction. It should be noted that the MTA’s

Memorandum of Understanding with Garden City, limits total closure of these overpasses to no more than two weekends without the contractor incurring penalties. The third track will be constructed on the south side of the existing tracks, and permanent sound attenuation walls will be constructed along the entire south side, or Garden City side. In GCP, the only area to have a permanent sound barrier will be behind the houses on Atlantic Ave., extending from about 5th Avenue to Corbin Avenue. Let me repeat, at present, this is the only stretch to have permanent sound attenuation walls on the north GCP side the tracks. While the remaining stretch of track covers industrial areas, all GCP residential areas are located just a few blocks to the north. As it is, AM trains are sometimes startlingly heard in my area at 1.25 miles distance. This is a concern for residents living closer to the tracks. The reason provided for no sound barriers in the industrial stretch was that the south side attenuation wall would (allegedly) deaden and suppress much of the train noise directed to the north. This is counter-intuitive because the third track will result in greatly increased train traﬃc

traveling in both directions, hence more noise, and, importantly, sound is not unidirectional— it will not be focused solely to the south into the sound deadening wall. It will be projected north as well, as it is now. It seems more likely that the combination of increased train traffic plus incomplete sound barrier coverage is not a good solution for much of GCP, and will negatively impact the quality of life. We were, however, told that the MTA is looking to replace current trains with trains having quieter undercarriages. Well, that is absolutely fine, but we do hope the MTA will also be looking to preserve eardrums and sanity in our own lifetimes. As it was, in the mid-1960s, the MTA had so-called advanced plans to improve train traffic and flow along the line, with a second track to be constructed from Huntington to Port Jefferson. (There is still no second or electrified track from Huntington to Port Jefferson, it remains single track except at stations). We were informed that there is currently no staging area for the GCP/GC work, and that GC will apparently not allow a staging area on its side of the tracks, not even on MTA property. (While we were informed of this, I can-

not find this specific requirement spelled out in GC’s MOA with the MTA). A staging area is critical as a way station to accept construction materials, vehicles, worker parking, etc., and will help keep additional traﬃc oﬀ local streets (as much as possible). The MTA is said to be actively looking for an acceptable staging area, however, as of this letter none had been found. It is noted that workers, vehicles, and materials, will be transported each day from the MTA’s Hicksville depot, and will return via the same. This means there will be a lot of back and forth bussing going on. As noted, the process remains in the design phase; the MTA has not yet submitted its 35% Design Report to the Town of North Hempstead Building Department. We were advised that there will be an information session following submittal of the 35 percent Design Report to the town. Based on my professional work with large government A&E contracts, the 35 percent design is the next, and maybe last, good opportunity for changes to be made and for people to submit comments. This is standard practice. The 35 percent design will be followed by submittal of the 65

percent design, which addresses the comments made to the 35 percent, followed by the 90 percent design (pre-final design), than the final approved design. Everyone’s help is needed. It is important for people to be involved with their civics associations and with Town oﬃcials, to attend information sessions, and to provide timely comments and feedback on the MTA’s plans. Limited information can be obtained on the MTA’s website LIRRExpansion.com which will be updated as the schedule and design continues to develop. Andy Kraus is the Community Ambassador for the MTA’s A&E contractor; a message can be left at his answering service 516-2034955, and he will promptly call you back. In closing, I requested that the GCP portion of the website be updated with the information presented at the civics meeting, and must be continually updated as detailed plans develop. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park Cipot is a retired US EPA project manager, with extensive work with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and government A&E projects

Honoring Raymond Wonderful versus not wonderful Plakstis Jr.

riday, Dec. 7# was National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to honor our men and women who gave so much to serve our country. It was also at St. Aloysius Church on Friday, Dec. 7,# 2018, that Great Neck honored a third generation Great Neck resident Raymond Plakstis, Jr. Like the men and women at Pearl Harbor, Raymond, while not at Pearl Harbor, served the Great Neck community. Some of you will have read in recent newspapers, but many of you will never know about his many, many good untold deeds. So I was greatly saddened after the services while following the funeral procession through Great Neck twice I saw my life being taken by inconsiderate, rude, impatient drivers who cut across, honking their horns, even rude finger gestures. The heavy police escort and flashing lights made no diﬀerence to them. Maybe

n ex-neighbor of mine, who fled from Port Washington to Great Neck, recently asked the president of our school board, (Karen) Sloan, to justify the salary and the direct perks that our school district has been paying to our superintendent of schools, Kathleen Mooney, who is about to retire. Mooney is paid a salary of $270,000 a year and she also directly receives perks (like an annual contribution to her private retirement account, private health insurance, etc.) amounting to $70,000 a year. Sloan’s response to my ex-neighbor’s question was (that) Mooney is paid all that because “she is wonderful.” There is an interesting article on Page A12 in today’s Newsday about a proposal to increase the salaries of our state governor, other state oﬃcials and our state legislators. Our governor, Andrew Cuomo, is now paid a salary of $179,000 a year. Under the proposal, his salary would rise to $250,000 a year, on Jean Pierce Jan. 1, 2021. Great Neck Salaries for the state comptroller, the

that few seconds they had to wait they could have realized how good it was to be alive instead of being so angry at being inconvenienced for a few minutes. Ray might not have been George H.W. Bush but Ray’s funeral procession deserved the same respect as the former president. I would like to say shame on you, but Ray would have said, “Jean forget it; it is as it is.” A part of our old Great Neck has left us in his passing. He leaves us his two sons, Tyler and Ryan, his wife Donna to continue. Maybe each year on Dec. 7#we have a day of goodwill, consideration and patience when driving in our villages of Great Neck, let someone pass, give a smile and a wave, remember one day you will be in a funeral procession.

state’s attorney general and the state’s lieutenant governor, would rise from about $155,000 each, now, to $220,000 each, on Jan. 1, 2021. The governor and his top oﬃcials certainly have much more responsible jobs than Mooney has, yet, if the proposed salary increases are approved of, none of them would be earning what Mooney is now earning. Why is that, do you think? The answer must be that Gov. Cuomo, one of the highest profile state governors in the country and his top oﬃcials just aren’t “wonderful,” and so they don’t deserve to earn what our retiring superintendent earns. Do you think that our school board will find a replacement for Mooney who is at least as “wonderful” as she is and that the replacement will not cost us more than $340,000 a year, in direct costs? My answers to that are, yes and no. “Wonderful” is the kind of nonintellectual response that you get from a mother, serving on the school board. Joel Katz Port Washington

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READERS WRITE

Limit increases in assessed values

he Nassau County Administration is proposing to revise assessed property values through computerbased estimates of current home values, coupled with tax rates calculated to keep total revenues unchanged. The stated purpose is to discourage property tax grievances and save the County from having to issue refunds. At a public hearing on Wednesday the 12th, hundreds of residents showed up at the county Legislature to protest and display their shock and anger at the drastic annual increases in property tax they would have to pay and the dislocations they faced. Various comments suggest there are significant errors in the Administration’s model, leading to erroneously high estimates of taxes due. In any case, it appears that the hardest hit would be long-term owners, including seniors, veterans and low-income

families. While many of these residents may have benefitted from filing grievances in the past, nonetheless, they have been paying property taxes at rising tax rates for many, many years. In my opinion, it would be to everyone’s advantage to consider a simpler proposal, as follows: Respect the present legal caps on increases in assessed valuations (6 percent in one year, 20 percent over five years). Discard the confusing arithmetic! adjustments being used to get around those caps. For those residents who do not file a grievance in over five years, grant a small tax discount. I hope the county will soon present a revised! approach for public comment.

Town marijuana policy based on ignorance

read with rising indignation the Dec. 4 letter from Matthew Zeidman of New Hyde Park, “Town Fails Moral Test on Medical Marijuana Use,” in the Port Washington Times. In it, Mr. Zeidman chastised you and your colleagues on the North Hempstead Town Board for passing an amendment to the town code that prohibits the sale of medical and recreational marijuana at the same location. He also condemned another code amendment that the board was set to consider on Dec. 18. This amendment would require, among other things, that a medical marijuana dispensary be located in a building that also had at least one medical oﬃce. Mr. Zeidman correctly points out that no such restriction on pharmacies’ locations exists, yet pharmacies sell highly Leon Korobow addictive substances that have led to adGreat Neck diction, despair and death—unlike mari-

juana. He writes: “We don’t insist that patients or caregivers filling opioid prescriptions do so in a ‘medical’ setting. They can walk into any CVS or Rite Aid and fill their prescriptions. Why should only medical marijuana patients or caregivers be singled out in this way?” This, along with several other carefully considered and well-expressed points, make clear that advocates for these regulations are operating out of fear rather than knowledge and compassion. I have written to Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and to my councilwoman, Dina De Giorgio, urging them to reject this unfair and poorly conceived code amendment. I hope that by the time this letter is published, the board will have acted honorably. Barbara Selvin Port Washington

A student’s life or 150 shekels? Continued from Page 17 The hospital made a valiant eﬀort to keep him alive but to no avail. The hospital’s medical report stated the cause of death was heat stroke and that, after multiple testing while still alive, Ariel’s heart was fine. In August 2017, we meet Natan Bozna, the police commander of the entire Negev Region. Looking at the circumstances of Ariel’s death, he made it clear he thought this was negligent homicide and told us the investigation up to that point was incomplete. One example is the Arad police never even attempted to interrogate Rothstein, the driver of the evacuation vehicle, and still have not to this day. Bozna created a new task force to uncover all relevant evidence and testimony in both the US and

Israel. Are you ready for what happened next? The State Attorney’s Oﬃce then ordered Natan Bozna to stand down and conduct merely a few trivial tasks that would have no real bearing on the case. Compare Ariel’s death to an incident where ten Israeli kids on a formal Mechina pre-military program were negligently killed in April 2018. Those responsible were immediately arrested. If the prosecutors had carried out their job properly — they still can! — and prosecuted the two men responsible for our son’s death, it would have sent a powerful signal to all hike leaders to take safety much more seriously. And yet, even after those ten kids were killed, the prosecutors continue to do everything in their power to ensure

that there will never be justice in our case. What has Bagatz, the Israel Supreme Court, done since we filed our petition on May 1, 2018? Ignored everything. They automatically deferred to the prosecutors and absurdly claimed that the investigation was comprehensive and thorough. The facts as laid out above, and as so powerfully displayed in Channel 10 TV’s very recent ten-minute expose broadcast, reveal that the prosecutors have not performed their job in a professional unbiased manner. Bagatz has not yet issued their final ruling but their deference to the prosecutors, in this case, is highly questionable. Why are Ettinger and Shapira still being protected with all the might of the Israeli government? Bagatz still has time to look into this

and demand that justice be done. We have been grieving most terribly every day for over four years and believe Israel can and must do better to alleviate our suﬀering. “Justice, justice you shall pursue so you will live and take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you. (Deuteronomy 16:20)” Mark Newman Great Neck Mark is married to Ellen Newman and together they were blessed with raising Ariel Yitzchak a”h for 18 years in Great Neck to love Judaism and Israel. !Mark has worked professionally for almost three decades in the US Federal government as a civil law enforcement oﬃcer.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Immigration lessons from our history Continued from Page 16 Then, as now, much of the bigotry reflected rural residents’ hostilities toward the growing cities. Many rural places in New Jersey, privileged parts of Queens where Fred Trump lived, and still rural Nassau and Suﬀolk shared rising negative views of urban areas. It’s not hard to grasp why that occurred. The cities were gaining more power with population numbers, and that was because those new immigrants arriving since 1890 were living there.

In his brilliant book, “The Nervous Generation,” Roderick Nash shows that the 1920s involved a political and cultural battle by declining rural America against rising urban America (sounds like 2016 and 2018 elections with the geography of Trump’s white rural supporters contesting with urban folks who have much greater diversity). American eugenics societies had been advising White Anglo Saxon Protestants (WASPs) not to marry and procreate with inferior Southeastern European

ethnic groups. They would diminish the superior genetic stock, as well as the more desirable physical aesthetics that were claimed for people with Northwestern European heritage. It is particularly ironic that the revived Klan went on lynching sprees against blacks, including several still in uniform after serving in World War I (perhaps reflecting a Klan anxiety that people would try to deliver on Wilson’s slogan that this was a war to “make the

world safe for democracy”). FDR had more than the economy in mind when he asserted at his inauguration: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” He went on to warn about “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed eﬀorts to convert retreat into advance.” Is it only a coincidence that Bob Woodward (who led the Watergate exposure of Nixon) entitled his book about Donald Trump’s presidency “FEAR?”

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READERS WRITE

Apt. plan threatens Manorhaven’s waterfront

ort Washington is one of the few remaining areas with any public waterfront left and a natural beauty that is in and of itself a mandate to preserve. Importantly, the entire peninsula must be considered as a whole in this preservation. And what happens in one Port Village to its waterfront aﬀects all of Ports waterfront preservation The current fight for the waterfront and adjacent waterfront in Manorhaven is clear proof of this:

Residents have fought diligently to try to stop a few multimillionaire Builders like Peter Dejana from erecting massive, well beyond code height and density buildings, on over 50 percent of Manhassett Isle – much of it waterfront property and adjacent waterfront and creating massive overcrowding throughout Port. This massive building will impact all Port, and the fight to stop this should be all of Ports. Sadly, Manorhaven’s Mayor Avena and his Boards have turned a deaf ear and blind eye

Thanks for your support at ballot

want to thank everyone who helped, supported and took the time to vote for me this past week. I look forward to continuing to serve the residents of the district, and working with the district’s staﬀ and my co-commissioners#to keep the district

a model of economic and environmental sustainability. Thank you all for placing your faith in me once again.## Steve Reiter Commissioner,!Great Neck Water Pollution Control District

to resident’s demands for: 1. public hearings, 2. adherence to existing building codes 3. a comprehensive plan for preserving the waterfront and village character 4)a study of how massive development will aﬀect 7000 residents, further overcrowding, infrastructure and surrounding areas. Not one trustee or BZA member has spoken up to defend residents rights or preservation of the waterfront and villages seaside character. Instead at every

public meetings and in the press they only tout “ balancing the rights of big property owners” ..none of whom live here. That a handful of local politicians – a Builders Board – can forever ruin a waterfront community and its way of life and destroy an areas irreplaceable God-given natural beauty is a despicable crime against our current way of life but also against the future of all of Port peninsula. The importance of including and considering Port as a whole, joining all villages together in

this mandate and the involvement of all Port civic groups as a whole as well as holding all local oﬃcials responsible in the fight to preserve Port is the first order of business. A community divided cannot maintain the whole. The residents of all Port as well as Residents Forward need to take notice of what is happening in Manorhaven – that will be the blueprint for all of Port Lucretia Steele Port Washington

E A R T H M AT T E R S

A path to sustainability Continued from Page 16 Hawken. It’s an uplifting manual proposing an action plan for an enlightened society in recovery from climate change denial. Breakthrough your personal denial, address the issues you care about.

On behalf of life, I wish you a restorative and sustainable season of joy. May the words of Aldo Leopold, the father of wildlife management, bring forth the care and concern in you: “Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow. Invasions can be

arrested or modified in a manner to keep an area usable either for recreation, or for science, or for wildlife, but the creation of new wilderness in the full sense of the word is impossible” -Aldo Leopold Refuse, reduce, repair and restore!

LIRR to fail installation deadline for fixes

ecent news that the Long Island Rail Road will fail to meet the Federal Railroad Administration’s December 2018 deadline for complete 100 percent system-wide installation of Positive Train Control comes as no surprise to those of us who worked in the transit industry.## The Federal Railroad Administration originally mandated that Positive Train Control — #a system of signals and switches that could prevent potential train crashes — be installed and operable by 2015 to insure safety for the riding public.##Even with a time extension to December 2018, it was always doubtful that the LIRR would meet this new deadline.# Perhaps# the LIRR had insuﬃcient force account (track employees) including inadequate numbers of certified signal maintainers and other specialized trade employees to support installation of Positive Train Control, along with an-

nual routine state of good repair system wide projects, additional work in the East River Tunnels, $2.6 billion Main Line Third Track, $450 million Jamaica Capacity Improvements, $387 million Ronkonkoma Double Tracking, along with $11.8 billion MTA East Side Access.# It continues to be challenging for the LIRR to coordinate daily track outages and go slow work zones to support all of this work while at the same time providing the basic service customers pay for. #There is no guarantee that these issues will be resolved any time soon.# Now the LIRR requests another two year extension until Dec. 31, 2020 to actually finish Positive Train Control. The LIRR has known since 2010 of this need. Complete means Positive Train Control is up and running 24/7 on all LIRR branches and service areas. It should also include completion for thousands of contract(s) punch list items, delivery and acceptance of

all manufacture component maintenance plans, release of retainage and final payment to all third party construction contractors and vendors.# Needing another two-year extension to 2020 is an admission of failure. Positive Train Control should have been the number one priority for the LIRR over past years even if it meant diverting resources from other capital improvement projects.# Safety should be number one for commuters. But don’t# blame Washington when it comes to how the MTA and LIRR decided to use federal assistance for installing Positive Train Control since 2010.# Federal support for transportation has remained

consistent and is growing over past decades. When crises occurred — be it 9/11 or Superstorm Sandy in 2012 — Washington was there. Additional billions in assistance above and beyond yearly formula allocations from the Federal Transit Administration were provided. In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided billions more. In 2018, Washington made available $1.4 billion to the MTA.# The same if not more will be available in 2019. The LIRR averages a 15 percent share of all annual federal funding received by MTA.# For years, it has been their respective decisions to program virtu-

ally all of these funds to other capital projects and not to Positive Train Control.# The MTA is paying $550 million for LIRR Positive Train Control as part of a $1 billion federal loan. Will this loan be paid back plus any interest as part of the next $30 billion 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Program?# What is the cost for this loan? Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who previously worked 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Oﬃce.)

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Business&RealEstate

Will interest rate hike affect home prices? Jerome Powell, our Fed chair will be raising the Fed rate a ¼ of a point to 2.50 on Wednesday, Dec. 19, which will have been the fourth increase in 2018. This is the overnight short term rate that banks charge each other for borrowing money amongst themselves. However, it just may have an eﬀect on long term rates, as well as other rates on lending instruments. However, due to the still historic low housing inventory in most major markets, and still strong buyer demand for homes, condos and co-ops the market will continue to be very active, only if you price your property where the market is! However, the softening has occurred much more on the higher end of the market than the lower end, due to interest rate hikes and the unfortunate $10,000 maximum S.A.L.T. deduction (State and local allowable tax deductions). If you are looking to purchase on the higher end and can do so, especially those looking to move up in this market, this winter and early spring might be an ideal time to be seriously searching and putting oﬀers in, homes are taking longer at the top of the market.

In fact, the lower priced homes have seen greater traffic and are being snatched up very quickly, since many purchasers have revised their expectations and requirements and have been buying down in the market. This increased demand especially in the 34 towns (from Old Westbury to Floral Park on the south side and most towns in between and Greenvale and towns to Great Neck on the north side, where this publication is read) has further reduced the number of homes to 86 up to $800,000 that are 3-4 bedrooms 2-2.5 baths as of 12/17/18 on the Multiple Listing of Long Island, not including exclusives. The number of homeowner associations, condos and co-ops within those same towns has also been reduced to 144 that are 1-3BR & 1-2.5 baths up to $1 million as of the same date! (even adding in office exclusives, it’s still historically a tight market). Even the rental market is tight, still due to the demand and the tight inventory at this time of the year. What I see happening are those that are being priced out of the market for what they can afford or want,

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

have the following about six choices: staying put where they are and saving more money, buying a lower-priced home, possibly a fixer-upper, buying an homeowner association, condo and co-ops, renting or moving out of the area or relocating out of state. I also see parents and relatives either chipping in or buying for cash, since many millennials and others are still not able to purchase with the escalation in prices over the last seven years (2011 was the bottom) or don’t have enough down payment. I would say to all parents if you have it, and your children are working hard and you love them and deserve it; give them

a tax free gift as much as you can within IRS rules and regulations; but always rely on your CPA and/or certified financial planner for professional and expert advice to guide you in this matter; and if you need a referral call me. Remember we are not taking anything with us when we go to the pearly gates except our good and bad memories, so why not add to your good memories and enjoyment, while your here, by helping out, that’s what we are here for, right? (I would be curious to know your thoughts on this matter?) Most importantly, I do not see prices crashing or coming down on the lower end due to the interest rate increases; in fact, because of the increasing demand on the lower end, I see housing prices increasing by at least 2-3% or more and holding fairly steady. However, one never knows what curve ball will come along in our world that could further have an eﬀect on the housing market; Just observe the correction that has occurred in our stock market, of late. There surely is no bubble, since housing inventory is still very, very low and as I have said, strong demand from cash buyers, as

well as all the qualified families and individuals, who are still searching for that, “place to call home.” Many of us can still remember in 1981, when housing prices were really, really low and interest rates were really, really high, (Oct 1981 18.45 percent), due to our run-away inflation. The key factor buying then was those who did buy paid such low prices (based on today’s’ prices); however, those that did and could aﬀord to hold out with those excessive interest rates, refinanced later at much, much lower rates. Rates came down over the years by half and then came down further the last 10 years. (in Nov 2012 30 year fixed rate mortgages were 3.35 percent and 15 year fixed were 2.66 percent). Don’t we all wish that we could have grabbed those rates? Those who bought did; but looking at rates now they are still historically low and hopefully will stay close to where they are. If somehow, Inflation raises its ugly head then rates would go up. However, with unemployment very, very low (lowest since 1969), oil and gas prices lowered over the last few months, I doubt it for the foreseeable future! Remember, snow is coming and take a look at your heating bills too! Sellers don’t you think it’s time to cash out and let more purchasers grab their American Dream? I would like to extend my wishes to all my readers a relaxing, enjoyable (maybe a little crazy) holiday season and a more healthy, happy and prosperous New Year in 2019 Philp A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular “free” updates of sold homes in your area and a “free” Comparative Market Analysis” of what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW.Li-RealEstate.Com He can be reached by email, at: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com, or by cell: (516) 6474289.

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Recent Real Estate

Sales in the Williston Area Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $615,000 Demographics near Williston Park, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 7,331 11,692 42.7 2.8 101,921 42,231

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

388 Titus Way, E. Williston Sold Price: $1,215,000 Date: 10/16/2018 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 105x97 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $20,371 MLS# 3041941

66 Sherman Avenue, Williston Park Sold Price: $615,000 Date: 12/03/2018 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x106 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $11,406 MLS# 3053806

71 Bengeyfield Drive, E. Williston Sold Price: $675,000 Date: 10/26/2018 3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Split # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 62x136 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $13,610 MLS# 3057452

430 Pennsylvania Avenue, Williston Park Sold Price: $830,000 Date: 11/01/2018 5 beds, 3 Full baths # of Families: 2 Lot Size: 80x109 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $11,001 MLS# 3020924

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

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E.W. boards set date to discuss fence Continued from Page 1 “After hours, weekends, holidays, all of our gates will be left wide open for public use,” he said.

Resident Richard Abbott said he understood why parents and others support the erection of a fence, but questioned the board on its feasibility and necessity. “They want the safety of their children

no matter what the age,” Abbott said. Abbott’s son works two blocks from London Bridge, where in June 2017 a terrorist deliberately drove into pedestrians, killing eight. “I am concerned and we are all

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East Williston School District architect John Grillo presenting plans for a retaining wall and fence at the North Side School Monday night.

concerned.” “But the question here is how many elementary school shootings are there here in America?” Abbott said. There are 3,564 elementary schools in the state, according to Abbott, and in 28 years there have been no shootings, he said. Abbott said he agreed with the erection of the retaining wall for protection against cars driving recklessly near the school, but did not find the fence necessary. “We certainly recognize there hasn’t been yet, but what we’re being recommended to do is to prevent what could be,” Kamberg said. Wheatley School Principal Sean Feeney, co-chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, also presented the district’s next five-year strategic plan at the meeting. The 13-member committee included district administrators, teachers and parents. The plan is the result of a yearlong process that engaged all members of the school community to identify and prioritize areas of focus for the five years beginning this year, Feeney said. Based on community response, four priority areas were identified among 15 different educational dimensions. The priority areas are science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, real-world learning, social and emotional learning, and facilities and security. Over the next five years, the district will assess the current status of the target fields in the curriculum and make adjustments to continue integrating and improving each priority area, Feeney said. The board’s next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 14.

Mineola school board OKs full-day pre-K Continued from Page 2 Registration for half- or full-day preK will open Feb. 5 and run until May 3. Those interested in enrolling their child, who must be 4 years old by Dec. 31, 2019, can contact the district registrar for information. “I would hope parents would recognize the opportunity this is going to provide their children,” board President Christine Napolitano said. Also at the meeting,! Matthew Gaven, assistant superintendent for cur-

riculum, instruction, technology and assessment, presented an update on the district’s “Growth Mindset” initiative, a board goal for the year implemented at all schools. Growth mindset language can be found everywhere on doors and bulletin boards in the schools, Gaven said. Teachers have also provided explicit lessons on neural plasticity, the brain’s ability to change over the course of a lifetime and goal setting. Students have been encouraged to learn from their mistakes and re-

minded that growth is a process, Gaven said. He also announced that a documentary on the district, titled “The Process” is now complete and early reception as been exceedingly positive. The 121-minute documentary, compiled from over six terabytes and hundreds of hours of content, will premiere sometime in March. Clips and a trailer for the documentary are available on the district’s YouTube channel, Mineola Creative Content. The documentary also

has potential to serve as an educational resource, Gaven said. “We think that this is not just a good story for us in terms of Mineola and how it worked documenting our story, but we think this adds something to the overall educational conversation for educational professionals about how the brain science behind growth mindset can help you work with students in your classroom,” Gaven said. The board will meet again on Thursday, Jan. 24.

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Herricks teachers press ed board on contract Continued from Page 1 “The district and the Herricks Teachers’ Association have been engaged in collective bargaining for some time,” Hassan said. “Unfortunately, this eﬀort has not yet produced settlement of the demands of the Association and the proposals made by the District.” A mediator is currently working with the board and the association to continue negotiations into January. Hassan discussed assertions by the association that the teachers are working without a contract and why the negotiations were unresolved. “The labor contract with the Herricks Teachers’ Association expired on June 30, 2018,” Hassan said. “However, a provision of the New York state law that governs labor negotiations in the public sector, known as the Triborough Amendment, requires the school district to continue all the terms of an expired agreement until new terms and conditions of employment are negotiated.” The state also required the district to grant wage increases even after contract expiration, which the district did in September, amounting to approximately $2,000 to $3,000 salary increases for nearly 60 percent of teachers in the district, Hassan said. Other contract provisions that have remained in eﬀect after expiration include health and dental insurance, sick, personal and family leave and workday limitations, among others. As a result of labor contract negotia-

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Members of the Herricks Teachers’ Association at Thursday’s Board of Education meeting. This is the third occasion since September the staff have shown up in blue because of the contract negotiations. tions before the Great Recession in 2008 and a subsequent series of layoﬀs and settlements over the years, Herricks teachers’ salaries are among the highest in Nassau County, though “they are simply unsustainable by our district and its residents,” Hassan said. “In closing, the district remains ready, willing and able to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement with the teachers asso-

ciation,” Hassan said. “I am here this evening to express how disheartened I am that the Board of Education and the teachers union have not been able to come to an agreement regarding the teachers’ contract,” resident Donna Profeta, whose two sons attend Denton Avenue elementary school, said. Profeta described the extra eﬀorts and hours that many of the teachers in the dis-

trict contribute, like tutoring early before school. “The heart of our school district is educating our children,” Profeta said. “We need to remember that every decision that is made needs to impact students.” “As active and longtime partners in providing high caliber education for our students we have always been cognizant of the financial constraints, the 2 percent cap and other costs put on our district and the Herricks community,” Nidya Degliomini, president of the teachers association, said. “With this in mind, the HTA has offered several proposals that provide a fair solution. We continue to await the board’s counterproposal that moves all parties forward and not back.” Also at the meeting, Francesco Fratto, director of world languages, language Immersion and English as a new language," presented updates to the department’s curriculum review. The Herricks school district offers four choices for language classes: Chinese, French, Italian and Spanish. All four departments will soon have honors level classes, where previously only the Spanish department offered honors courses. The department will also partner with Stony Brook University’s Accelerated College Education Program, so that students in upper-level language classes can take courses for college credit while enrolled at Herricks. The number of students admitted to and enrolling in Stony Brook after graduating has risen consistently over the past four years.

MedMen halts pursuit of LIU receives grant to Manhasset dispensary digitize Moses archives Continued from Page 49 “We’re very pleased,” said" Richard Bentley, president of the" Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations, regarding MedMen’s decision to abandon its Manhasset plans. “It was in the wrong place, and our community is very happy that they have reevaluated their strategic plans and withdrawn their application.” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth wrote a letter to the New York health

commissioner expressing concern that Long Island’s dispensaries were “clustering” in the town." At the time there was one dispensary and a second with plans to open. The Manhasset location would be a replacement rather than an addition, keeping the town’s dispensary total at two. “I am pleased that MedMen is considering other more appropriate locations,” Bosworth said in a statement Tuesday.

Continued from Page 49 “The Power Broker,” a Pulitzer-winning biography about Moses written by Robert A. Caro, depicts how Moses shaped large swaths of New York, not always with pure intent. In a 2016 interview with Gothamist, Caro said Moses was “the most racist human being I had ever really encountered.” His book describes how Caro engineered bridges over the Southern State Parkway to be too low for buses to drive under, an attempt to restrict New York City African-Americans and Puerto Ricans from getting to Jones Beach. “The influence of Robert Moses on New York State is unparalleled,” Kathryn Curran, executive director of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, said in a statement. “Access to his archives will oﬀer researchers new insight not only to the man, but to the

social, political, economic and cultural influences surrounding his massive projects. We at the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation are carrying on the vision begun by Robert David Lion Gardiner in supporting organizations making a significant contribution to understanding our communities and their history and legacy.” The foundation previously supported “Digitizing Local History Sources,” a six-year project in the works in which Long Island University is digitizing materials from Long Island historical societies. The university’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science is taking on both projects. Gregory S. Hunter is directing them. He previously helped create electronic archives for the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington.

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MedMen had plans to relocate from an office building in North New Hyde Park to this location on Northern Boulevard.

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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

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Reassessment hearing draws overflow crowd Continued from Page 6 “I have not attended any yet,” Moog said. He added that officials thought that it would be more effective to set up satellite offices where people could sit down with senior assessment staff members one on one and have their questions answered. “From those satellite offices, we have met with over 4,000 taxpayers,” he said. Berliner said he went to one of the satellite offices “along with my next-door neighbor whose assessment went from $4 million to $10.5 million.” He said the assessor he met with at one of the satellite offices told him that his home’s assessment was based on home sales in Sands Point, but when Berliner looked at the pages that the assessor printed out for him, the highest sale price was $4.6 million in the last six years. When Berliner looked on the county website to see comparable sales for his home, he found his home was listed as a unique property. He said he asked the assessor what he could do besides having to hire a certiorari attorney at a great expense and said he was told that was about all he could do. Berliner said he grieved his taxes when he built his home in 2004 and received a tax reduction but “once they were reduced to the proper amount, I stopped grieving the taxes which has been over six years.” He has now retained an appraiser so

that he can begin the grievance process. “My house is worthless with this assessment…. and 50 other of my friends’ houses are worthless,” he said. Assessors were made available in the executive chamber of the Legislature building during the hearing for taxpayers to speak with. Giovanni Cerroni, a resident of Port Washington, said his county taxes will go up around $900 under the reassessment. His home has seven rooms and not the 11 rooms that it had been priced for. Moog said: “If we have the inventory of property wrong, we have the wrong number of rooms, you can go upstairs and get that corrected.” Not everyone at the hearing spoke out against the reassessment. Richard Fascianella of Bellmore had grieved his taxes after he renovated his mother’s home and he believed it was priced too high at around $900,000. Under the reassessment, his home is valued at about $660,000, which he said is the price he would list it for if he were to put it on the market. “So I just want to say that I support Laura Curran’s eﬀorts here to fix what was a very broken, messed up system,” he said. “It needs to get done, as quickly and as judiciously as possible.” He suggested to the assessor that he be more responsive and use more understandable language when explaining the new system to taxpayers.

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Not very glad tidings this holiday season Continued from Page 17 Merry Christmas! Trump says as he cheerily greets the news of a federal judge ruling the Aﬀordable Care Act “unconstitutional,” reveling in the terror of millions of people living with cancer, a heart condition, diabetes, a child who will not be able to get life-saving treatment, facing the insecurity of losing access to health care, as his administration actively works to sabotage what health care there is, so more Americans can be impoverished, desperate and suﬀering and at the mercy of the rich and powerful. Merry Christmas! As he dooms the planet, the only home that can support humanity (there is no Planet B) by unleashing tons of carbon emissions into the

atmosphere, cheering the Yellow Vest protesters burning down Paris over a regressive gas tax, as his flunkies at the Climate Conference ally with Russia, Kuwait and (surprise!) Saudi Arabia, in obstructing a global alliance to transition to clean renewable energy to forestall a 2-degree increase in temperature and the dystopia he envisioned in his inaugural speech. Merry Christmas! As he ignores the plight of tens of thousands made homeless just this month in California’s wildfires (which spewed 68 million tons of carbon dioxide and toxins into the atmosphere), oﬀering them a rake as a defense. Merry Christmas! indeed, as Trump makes sure that every Christmas stocking is filled with coal and every heart with dread about dark days that lay ahead.

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BUYER’S GUIDE ▼ MOVING

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The food that athletes love to eat My first experience with big league athletes occurred when I was only twelve years old. One morning my father took me to eat at Wolfie’s Restaurant in Miami which was a favorite hangout for celebrities, mobsters and professional athletes back in the ’50s and ’60s. It was known for its oversized sandwiches and as I sat gobbling up a pastrami sandwich I noticed a group of mammoth sized men come sauntering through the front door and asked my dad who they were. He looked up at them as they passed and remarked: “Oh, that’s the Miami Dolphins.” Right then and there I realized two things. First I thought football is a really dangerous game for I couldn’t imagine being hit by one of these monsters. I watched them order

breakfast which consisted of a sirloin steak, four eggs and mounds of French fries and I thought that athletes like to eat in a big way. Man-sized appetites. So let us spend time in this column discussing the secret eating habits of professional athletes. I think you will find it interesting. I’ve been lucky to be connected to professional athletes ever since I was a kid because my family owned horses, played golf or trained professional boxers. The food for jockeys: Unfortunately jockeys must keep their weight below 110 lbs. which is not an easy task. The famed Laﬃt Pincay Jr. would often take the redeye from California to New York to race and would travel first class. His dinner would consist of two peanuts served to him on white china. He would break each

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peanut in two and then cut them in half giving him a grand total of eight tasty morsels which would be washed down with water. Needless to say the main reason jockeys retire young is because they can no longer tolerate the food restrictions. Food for football: An early

memory I have about professional football is sitting in the mezzanine at Yankee Stadium one snowy winter Sunday watching the New York Giants play. Sitting in front of me was Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence. I remember how black his hair was and that both he and my father both had cute looking silver flasks that they would occasionally drink from. Football in many ways is a brutal game played in severe weather and frequently players and spectators alike resort to numbing tactics to tolerate the pain and the cold. Food for basketball players and long-distance runners: Charles Villanueva, power forward for the Mavericks loves fettuccine alfredo with chicken at The Cheesecake Factory but he is certainly not alone. Almost all long-distance runners load up on carbs one to two days before a race because it allows glycogen to be stored in the muscles more readily and that helps performance. Baseball food: Every redblooded American knows that hot dogs and sauerkraut are a must at the ball game. But that is not so for other nationalities. Years ago I had a Japanese intern who researched the well-known Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu who was pitching for the Yankees at the time. She discovered that he was most concerned about his dietary intake and how he would find good Japanese food to sustain him as he pitched. Food for golfers: My favorite story about golf food is taken from the secret professional enclave Whisper Rock Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. This gorgeous layout is set amongst the huge boulders of

the Senora desert with two courses, one designed by Tom Fazio and the other by Phil Mickelson. They have over 30 tour players as members including Jon Rahm, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Fred Couples, Martin Kaymer, Chez Reavie and Kevin Streelman. When I played there my caddie was Andrew Buckle former tour player from Australia. In other words, this place is golf heaven. And what do these guys like to do after playing. Well they all retire to the grill room and are served a huge chocolate or vanilla milk shake. And they drink it without guilt. And you thought I was going to say they guzzle beer. Sorry, that’s an era that is long gone. What I have learned over the years is that all serious sports entails stress and fatigue and pain and anxiety. And it is inevitable and good that athletes manage to find ways to comfort themselves both before and after play. Food remains one of man’s finest way to find comfort and the ones I listed above are prime examples of how the pros do it. All these methods are not necessarily the pointers their nutritionists are giving them but everyone needs to relax and indulge. Tiger Woods may be the most disciplined athlete ever to grace a playing field. His workout and his nutritional program were unrivaled and he singlehandedly transformed golf. You may not know this but whenever he won an event on tour he would celebrate by returning to his yacht with six McDonald hamburgers and would eat them with gusto. And the next day he went right back to work. Such is the strange and lonely and curious life of the professional athlete.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Mineola’s vocalists soar

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The tops in phys ed at Herricks Herricks High School announced their 2018-2019 Outstanding Physical Education Students, Nicholas Capelle and Liana Marino. They were honored at the Nassau Zone of The New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’s annual awards dinner ceremony on Dec. 3 in Woodbury. NYS AHPERD" recognized one senior young woman and

one senior" young man from each Nassau County High School." Those selected met a variety of criteria, including exhibiting a physically active lifestyle, demonstrating responsible behavior and good sportsmanship, serving as a positive influence on peers, upholding a healthy lifestyle, earning excellent achievement in physical education class and attaining a high level of fitness on a test.

Honoring symbols of America

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Meadow Drive School students worked on several projects regarding the American symbols on PebbleGo. Pictured, from left, Caitlin Torres’ group recreated the American flag and Danny Driscoll’s group worked on the Washington Monument. First-grade students at Meadow Drive School in the Mineola Union Free School District recently spent time researching American symbols on PebbleGo. Working in groups, the students then chose a symbol, researched it, presented a historical fact sheet and then recreated it using Legos.

Three student-musicians from Mineola High School have been accepted to the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Honor Choir. The students will be performing with other elite student-musicians from Feb. 27 to March 2. The Mineola Union Free School District announced eighth-grader Matt Bischoﬀ will perform in the Middle School/ Junior High Honor Choir while junior Madeline Irish and senior Isabella Posada will perform in the SSAA Honor Choir. Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association is a nonprofit professional organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research and teaching.

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From left, Matt Bischoff, Isabella Posada and Madeline Irish have been accepted to the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Honor Choir. In addition, ACDA strives to elevate choral music’s position in

American society through arts advocacy.

Annual Bookies & Cookies celebration in East Williston On Dec. 12, East Williston families gathered at the Willets Road Media Center for the third annual Bookies and Cookies celebration hosted by district library media specialists, Jo Beth Roberts, Karen Homer, and Diane Ilkiw. The media center was filled with students, along with their families, from all three schools, celebrating reading and the hol-

iday season with a book swap and a cookie swap. The families of East Williston also enjoyed coloring, book trivia, creating bookmarks, reading books, playing book bingo, led by Homer and even participating in a game of Mad Libs, hosted by Roberts, all while feasting on delicious cookies. The students of Wheatley’s Book Club were also in atten-

dance and amazing with the younger children as they played and even performed an original script called “Bad Kitty Goes to Grandma’s.” At the end of the performance, children’s storybook character favorite Bad Kitty made a live appearance to take photos with the students. It was a wonderful and fun family night that highlighted literacy with lots of holiday cheer.

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