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Vol. 68, No. 15

THE WILLISTONS & MINEOLA GUIDE

ONLY WINNERS IN CUPCAKE WARS

SCHNIRMAN FINDS LAX COUNTY ETHICS BOARD

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Winthrop toughens security

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Hospital adds armed guards BY M AY L A N L . STUDART NYU Winthrop Hospital is hiring a firm to provide 24-hour armed security at the Mineola hospital, according to the hospital’s president. “After engaging with our own staﬀ, as well as consultation with our internal security team, Nassau County police, and the review of multiple options, NYU Winthrop Hospital has decided to retain the services of an outside security firm to provide an armed security detail on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week, throughout our main hospital,” said"John Collins, president and chief executive oﬃcer of"NYU Winthrop Hospital. NYU Winthrop joins Northwell Health and Stony Brook University Hospital in adding armed guards due to concerns over mass shootings. Armed guards will patrol NYU Winthrop in uniform continuously starting about Monday. The action was taken to supplement, Continued on Page 56

Chief Jay Janowitz and his Firematic Officers: 1st Assistant Chief Joel Melamed, 2nd Assistant Chief Timothy Farrell, Capt. Donald McMahon III, 1st Lt. Bryan O’Malley, 2nd Lt. Robert Steinmann, Captain of Rescue Jeannine Weiss, and Lieutenant of Rescue Julie Christodoulou were recently sworn in and honored for their distinguished service at the 109th Annual Albertson Fire Company installation dinner. Chief Janowitz is currently serving his second term as chief of the Albertson Fire Company.

Road closures begin for 3rd track Covert Ave. in NHP to be shut down to remove grade crossing, add upgrades BY MAYLAN L. STUDART chaos when Covert Avenue closes The project includes the elimina- tween 1st Avenue and 5th Avenue

on Monday to accommodate conNew Hyde Park residents and struction of a third track on the business owners are bracing for main line of the Long Island Rail Road. The LIRR Expansion Project will add a 9.8-mile track from Floral Park to Hicksville to reduce train and automobile congestion and delays.

tion of seven grade crossings like the one on Covert Avenue, new parking facilities, upgrades to railroad infrastructure and stations and other improvements. But ahead of the improvements comes the organized chaos. Covert Avenue will be closed for approximately six months be-

starting Monday, leaving local business owners and managers feeling resigned and ignored. “Of course we’re worried, but there isn’t something we can do,” said Jeﬀrey Chen, owner of a Carvel ice cream store at 80 Covert Ave. Covert will close half a Continued on Page 55

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Pilot study to treat Only winners in 1,4-dioxane at Morley Cupcake Wars Port water district seeks answers in park’s wells BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Port Washington Water District will run a pilot study to treat 1,4-dioxane in three drinking water wells in Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn. The contaminant 1,4-dioxane is a clear liquid that mixes easily in water. It is often used in the manufacturing of other chemicals and has been used as a stabilizer in solvents, paint strippers, greases and wax. The Environmental Protection Agency classifies the chemical as “likely to be carcinogenic to humans” through all routes of exposure.! David Brackett, the chairman of the water district’s board, said that while no federal maximum contamination level has been set for 1,4-dioxane, the members of the water district believes it is time to take action. In December, the state’s Drinking Water Quality Council recommended that the state Department of Health adopt a maximum contaminant level of 1 part per billion for 1,4-dioxane. Two of the wells are below what the water district expects the level to be set as, and the third well is slightly above, according to Brackett. He said the third well is used sparingly by the district. The purification technology currently being used on the district’s wells does not treat for 1,4-dioxane. The purification technology that the district will use for 1,4-dioxane is not particularly good at treating any other substance, Brackett said, so the district will see how well both systems run alongside one another. The district will then conduct an onsite test of the water after it is treated to make sure the 1,4-dioxane treatment does not adversely aﬀect the purification process for other contaminants. Brackett said the Port Wash-

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The Port Washington Water District will conduct a pilot treatment on its wells in Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn. ington Water District began exploring this project about a year ago “when 1,4-dioxane hit everyone’s radar screen.” He said the district tries to stay ahead of the curve and wanted to test the treatment before everyone is scrambling for the treatment system, which is available from a limited number of manufacturers. The Port Washington Water District contracted D&B Engineers and Architects, a New York-based environmental engineering and architectural company, for the work and will pay an amount that is not to exceed $74,100. Brackett said the testing is expected to be conducted in the summer or late spring. He said the water district is currently talking with the county

about acquiring the land where the equipment will be placed, as well as the equipment supplier to get the system in place. Christopher Morley Park is also home to a well owned by the Roslyn Water District, Brackett said. According to the Port Washington Water District’s website, the district drilled two wells in Christopher Morley Park in the late 1960s. The wells were built outside of the Cow Neck Peninsula, where Port Washington is located, to ensure that Port’s drinking supply isn’t aﬀected by saltwater intrusion. The website says the Christopher Morley Park wells now account for two-thirds of the district’s water supply.

A group of 80 Girl Scouts buzzed like honeybees working on their cupcake designs in the Cupcake Wars competition hosted by Junior Troop 1076 at the North Side Elementary School cafeteria Friday night. All hailing from East Williston’s North Side school, kindergartners through fourth-graders got down, dirty and colorful to design their pre-baked cupcakes and cakes in three themes: monsters, gardens and beaches. The kindergartners were judged in the monsters category, with googly eyes, sugar mustaches and sprinkles adorning the colorful frostings. First- and second-graders competed for two top prizes in the garden category, with many using candy worms, sugar butterflies and jelly rainbow candies to adorn their cupcakes. Third- and fourth-graders, the loudest and biggest group

of the bunch, competed for two top prizes in the beach category, building waves with blue frosting and using Ice Breakers as floats for their jelly Flintstonevitamin-looking surfers. Cocktail umbrellas hovered over candy beach chairs, while beige-colored sugar sprinkles adorned the sandy cupcake beaches. Three guest judges, including East Williston Mayor Bonnie Parente, decided who would take home the highest honors. Troop Leaders Patti McCauley, Nicole Germin, Lisa Hayes, Allison Breth and Karol Gismondi herded the children to their seats and commanded the awards ceremony. In addition to the top five winners, 11 Girl Scouts won prizes for honorable mention of their unique designs, such as best use of cake shape, most metaphysical and Scary Monster Amazement, among others. “The girls had a great time and can’t wait to do it again next year,” said McCauley.

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About 80 Girl Scouts from North Side Elementary School competed for prizes in a cupcake design contest sponsored by Troop 1076.

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Barnes & Noble site plan approved Northern Boulevard location could become medical office if bookstore does not renew lease BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

The Town of North Hempstead approved a site plan and valet parking plan for the parking lot of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Manhasset on Tuesday night, gearing the property for a possible medical use in the future. C&B Realty, the owner of 1542 Northern Blvd. in Manhasset, first considered converting the 30,483-square-foot retail space into a medical oﬃce in 2016 when the bookstore’s future looked unclear. The bookstore has renewed its lease until 2020. Kathleen Deegan Dickson, an attorney for C&B Realty, said the Business A district in which the property is located allows for both retail and medical uses. Most of the interest in the space has been for medical uses, Dickson said, although there is no slated tenant at this time. “Back in 2016, when this whole process began, it was looking like Barnes & Noble, their future might be a little uncertain,”" Dickson said Tuesday. “So in order

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The Barnes & Noble on Northern Boulevard. to get ahead of the market, my client wanted to make sure that the property would be ready to lease if, as, and when Barnes & Noble decided to leave.” In order to accommodate a possible medical use, the owners needed to expand the rear parking lot and receive approval from both the Village of North Hill and

the Town of North Hempstead. A valet parking plan was also required for site plan approval. “The fact is that with that valet parking plan … we would probably be able to park more cars there if necessary,” Dickson said. “It increases the parking spaces from 72 existing to 89 proposed … And with the valet

service, we’ll have parking for a minimum of 115 cars.” The meeting had been adjourned from March 19 to allow the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations and Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey to learn more about the issue and allow for correspondence. Richard Bentley, the presi-

dent of the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations, said there was a concern that a medical space would only exacerbate a bad parking situation. The group’s main request was for valet parking, he said. “There was no clear objection to that [plan] by the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations other than to have the town make sure … that they include a caveat it requires valet parking and that if the owner fails to provide valet parking, it would invalidate their variances,” Bentley said. Dickson said C&B obtained variances from" 2016 to 2018 from the zoning boards of North Hills, where the parking lot primarily sits, and the Town of North Hempstead for insuﬃcient parking, parking stall size and loading area. In other business, Town Board members approved an agreement with the Long Island Rail Road and Metropolitan Transportation Authority that would give the town access Continued on Page 55

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Schnirman finds lax ethics board Comptroller’s audit says county agency took limited steps to counter improper conduct BY J E S S I C A PA R K S

Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman released the first phase of his nepotism audit, which found that the county’s prior Board of Ethics did not educate employees on avoiding ethical missteps and took limited actions to enforce the Code of Ethics. The Nassau County Board of Ethics is tasked with reviewing potential conflicts of interests in the county government, educating officials and employees on the code of ethics, and preventing ethical missteps by advising county employees before a potential violation." The audit released Wednesday morning found that the Board of Ethics hadn’t conducted any investigations during the audit period, despite corruption allegations and arrests related to Nassau County’s contracting process. The comptroller’s office also found that the Board of Ethics failed to address nepotism broadly or provide advice on nepotism to employees or officials who reported nepotism or were the subject of a nepotism complaint. The board itself operated with less than the required five members, and also had more than the allowed number of county employees who can serve on the board and included political party officials as mem-

which creates potential conflicts of interest.” The Board of Ethics at the time did not fully review the financial disclosure statements of county employees and contractors, the audit found. Furthermore, the board failed to penalize employees or contractors who did not submit a financial disclosure statement. Policies and procedures on how an employee could file a complaint were not made available and neither was guidance pertaining to related employees for employees and oﬃcials. The prior Board of Ethics did little to promote the code of ethics, the audit found. The code was not posted in county buildings and the audit states that little was done to remind employees and oﬃcers of ethical laws and guidelines. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE The website maintained by the Board NASSAU COUNTY COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE of Ethics did not meet the requirements of the Code of Ethics, which calls for the Nassau County Comptroller website to provide guidance documents, inJack Schnirman structional and educational resources and the forms necessary to seek advisory opinbers, which is prohibited in the Code of ions or to file an ethics complaint. Ethics. The comptroller’s audit states that an The audit also noted that the longtime analysis by auditors who have evaluated counsel to the county’s Board of Ethics had other board of ethics websites said that Nas“various other contracts with Nassau Coun- sau County’s website was the second worst ty, and represents over 14 other board of of all reviewed. ethics and municipalities in Nassau County, The board did not make past advisory

opinions available for county employees to review in order to avoid ethical missteps. Neither did the board publish annual reports of the actions it took within the year, as required by an amendment to the code approved by the Nassau County Legislature in 2017. The audit also found that the county Board of Ethics did not properly observe the Open Meetings Law by suﬃciently publicizing meetings. The meetings were also not easily accessible, agendas were not provided, minutes were not approved and executive sessions did not convene properly. The comptroller’s oﬃce made a number of recommendations to the Board of Ethics and some have already been implemented, the audit states. It was recommended that the board hire a full-time executive director who can implement reforms and “accomplish the educational goals of the Board, fostering a culture of ethics in Nassau County.” Other recommendations suggest that the board make written procedures available to county employees, investigate possible violations and implement penalties when necessary, review financial disclosure forms, impose sanctions on employees who fail to file a financial disclosure form and provide advisory opinions to aid employees in avoiding ethical missteps. Continued on Page 57

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GOP legislators file new opt-out bill County lawmakers call on state representatives to vote against legalizing marijuana BY T E R I W EST Nassau County Republican legislators have filed their own marijuana opt-out bill that expands upon Legislator Josh Lafazan’s earlier bill by encouraging state senators and assembly representatives to vote against legalizing marijuana. The bill also adds clauses that outline what the legislators consider to be the implications of the sale of marijuana in Nassau County, including increased crime and suicides that the bill says would have a “devastating human and financial toll.” The final line urges Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is!in favor of marijuana legalization, to veto legislation that would legalize marijuana in New York. “If we opt out and the state permits [marijuana] and New York City permits it, then I think we’re going to be dealing with many of the same public health issues even if we opt out,” said Presiding Oﬃcer and Legislator Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde

most responsible path forward for Nassau County at this time,” said Lafazan, who is an independent but caucuses with the Democrats. Nicollelo said he anticipates the new bill passing in two weeks in the full Legislature. County Executive Laura Curran publicly announced her support for a county-wide opt-out in her State of the County address in March. Marijuana legalization was originally in Cuomo’s state budget proposal but did not make it into the final version. Legislation is expected to be up for a vote this session, which ends in June. Since state oﬃcials were unable to agree upon a marijuana program for the state budget, NiPHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN colello said he is no longer convinced that the state will end up passing one at all. Nassau County Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello “I would say it’s possible, Park). “In general, I think it’s of recreational marijuana. Nassau County’s marijuana task but I wouldn’t say it’s certain better for the rest of the county Lafazan said he supports the force seriously and for following anymore given the pushback if this doesn’t go forward at all.” new bill. our recommendation to opt out that’s apparently going on in the Both bills call for prohibiting “I thank my colleagues for of the local sale and cultivation state,” he said. the growth, sale and marketing taking the methodical work of of recreational cannabis as the

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G.N. News wins 2nd place for overall excllence; reporter gets rookie of the year honors BY T E R I W EST The Great Neck News was awarded second place for general excellence last weekend by the New York Press Association, an award that recognizes all aspects of the editorial product among its peers throughout the state. The award was one of eight that Blank Slate Media won across editorial and advertising categories in competition with New York weeklies and small dailies. Blank Slate cartoonist Matt Bodkin earned the top prize for his cartoon about former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s corruption charges and graphic designer Yvonne Farley won first place in the small space ad category. Farley also earned second place in the best advertising campaign category. “My goal has always been to produce high-quality, visually appealing ads and editorial layouts, so it is especially gratifying to be recognized amongst so many talented designers in this competition,” she said. Former Williston Times and New Hyde Park Herald Courier reporter Rebecca Klar earned third place in the “rookie reporter of the year” category. Judges gave accolades for a first-person story she wrote about donating a kidney to her father.

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From left, reporter Janelle Clausen, graphic designer Yvonne Farley, publisher Steven Blank and reporter Teri West. “It was a lot diﬀerent than usual because I’m used to asking other people really personal invasive questions about their life, and I was sort of doing the same thing to myself,” said Klar, who now reports for The York Dispatch in Pennsylvania. “I think it also helped me in reporting other stories. It sort of made me better able to ask sensitive questions.” Great Neck News reporter Janelle Clausen took third in “spot news” cover-

age for covering Fire Chief Ray Plakstis Jr.’s death. Former Manhasset Times reporter Amelia Camurati won honorable mention in the spot news photo category. Clausen and Teri West and past reporters Luke Torrance and Jed Hendrixson together won an honorable mention for coverage of elections and politics. The New York Press Association presented the annual awards in 65 categories

in Albany. There were a total of 2,743 entries from 163 newspapers. “I’m very proud of the staﬀ and pleased that they received the recognition that they so well deserved,” said publisher Steven Blank. Last December when Clausen learned that Plakstis had died, she called his family and colleagues to write an obituary. With those conversations, she painted a portrait of a selfless, active individual much loved by his community. The next week, she completed it by documenting the 9/11 responder’s funeral, which drew mourners by the hundreds. Clausen said she was happy to win an award for her reporting but was even happier when Plakstis’ family gave her positive feedback when her stories were published. As for the general excellence award her newspaper won, it is representative of the weeks full of phone calls, meetings and writing that she has dedicated to the Great Neck News over the past two years, she said. “I feel gratified to have won the award, considering how much time ends up going to the paper,” Clausen said. “But I’m also grateful to Great Neck for letting me into the community and try telling their stories.”

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need to be replaced with bigger seats, which will automatically reduce your capacity,” Levinson said. “What you hope for when you do For Russell Levinson, a managthe seats like that is you get more ing partner of MovieWorld Cinepeople coming in to more shows, mas in Douglaston, the shows must so you sell out your 5 o’clock, your go on – and in this case, they’ll be 7 o’clock, your 9 o’clock, just create in the Great Neck movie theater on more demand.” Middle Neck Road. The company is also working MovieWorld took over Great on expanding the menu to include Neck’s Squire Theatre in Great items like pretzels, Dip N’ Dots, Neck Plaza on April 1, the company new candies and coﬀee, Levinson announced on Facebook last week, said, and decreased the prices for a space once operated by Bow Tie food and tickets. Cinemas. MovieWorld had been According to the Facebook searching for a location since July, post, tickets will be $10 for adults when a Lowes home improvement and $8 for seniors and children. store took over the Douglaston loPHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN Ticket prices will be $7 before 4 cation. p.m. daily and tickets will be $6 for Levinson said Bow Tie Cineveryone on Tuesdays. Great Neck’s hometown movie theater is under new manemas seemed eager to get out, Further down the line, Levinand MovieWorld has forged a new agement as of April 1. son said he hopes to install digital lease with the building owner. Now, screens showing movie times and Levinson said his goal is to attract son said. theater will be the installation of menu items and possibly put in people back to the Great Neck theThe development follows news comfortable recliner seats in each more arcade games for children. ater. late last year that the Bow Tie of the seven screening areas, LevinAsked if he feels the theater “Our vision is we need to bring theaters in Manhasset and Roslyn son said, which could take a few could help revitalize the downmore people in, we need to get were sold to Cinemas GMC LCC, a months. town, Levinson said once people more people to come, we need to single-use company formed just for This could reduce the seating bring people who used to come but the purchase of the theaters. Their from its current 925 seats to some- see the theater’s oﬀerings, it could be a huge hit with locals and other don’t come anymore to come back, future is unclear. where in the 300s, Levinson noted, people – especially considering and we realize there needs to be Among the most important but the seats aren’t filled as is. Douglaston’s theater is closed and some improvements here,” Levin- improvements to the Great Neck “These are old seats and they there aren’t big theaters nearby.

“I think once these seats come in, we put up our digital menus, people see the new products, the new prices, it should be a big hit,” Levinson said. Levinson said he hopes to continue and expand the theater’s relationship with the Gold Coast Arts Center and the Gold Coast International Film Festival. He also said he hopes to to work “with anyone in the community that has anything going on,” whether it’s nonprofits, charities, events, schools, camps or businesses. The Gold Coast Arts Center has been hosting film series at the Bow Tie theaters since 1995 and the film festival since 2011. Caroline Sorokoﬀ, the festival director of the Gold Coast International Film Festival, said she has “not reason to be anything but optimistic” because the new owners of the Great Neck theater seem “great and very excited about getting involved in the community.” “We’ll have to see how everything moves going forward after they do the renovations for the theater, but we have no reason to believe it would be anything other than positive at this point,” she said.

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Fix rigged county election system

epublican legislators had at least part of a good idea when they recently proposed a referendum this fall to replace a county assessor picked by the county executive with one chosen by voters. No, the good idea was not the part that would make the county assessor an elected oﬃcial. That, as we have said, is a terrible idea seemingly intended by Republican county legislators to retain a dysfunctional property assessment system in which half the property owners underpay their taxes and half overpay their taxes. We mean the good part about holding a county referendum this fall, one that would give all voters an equal say in how we choose our county legislators. Instead of a referendum on the county assessor, how about a referendum on an independent redistricting commission to determine the boundaries of county legislative districts after the 2020 census? Yes, we know the bad name that referendums have gotten since the British people voted to leave the European Union. But consider the alternative for Nassau County. In 2011, Republicans used a narrow 10-9 vote in the county Legislature to approve a redistricting map that would have squeezed four Democratic incumbents into two districts. After a court challenge and a failed eﬀort to draw a fair map by an independent advisory commission with 10 members split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, the GOP majority in the county Legislature approved a revised map.

It had 12 GOP majority districts and seven districts in which Democratic voters are the majority – in a county in which Democratic voters outnumber Republican voters. That margin currently stands at nearly 70,000 voters. Little or no eﬀort was made by Republicans to follow the contours of communities. Roslyn, for instance, was divided into four districts,# one of which includes Nicolello and another that stretches all the way to Hicksville. This is known as gerrymandering, a practice used by both parties across the county that have come under increasing criticism for thwarting the will of voters and pushing elective oﬃcials to political extremes. In other words, rigging the system. Gerrymandering is the main reason why Republicans have controlled the Nassau County Legislature since the beginning of the decade and, short of an election earthquake in 2020, will be the reason they control the Legislature in the next decade —# despite the growing advantage Democratic voters now have over Republicans. And if an undemocratic system was not bad enough, consider the results for the county. Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican, was recently convicted of political corruption during a period in which the GOP legislators did little or nothing to oversee an administration marked by greed and incompetence. Rob Walker, Mangano’s deputy, currently faces a trial on separate political corruption charges. Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Rockville Centre Republican, was convicted

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not once but twice of political corruption, in part, for his eﬀorts to get a county contract for a company for which his son worked. The finances of the county, one of the wealthiest in New York, remained under state supervision as the Legislature and Mangano struggled to balance Nassau’s budget year after year. Hundreds of contractors were allowed to skirt oversight for many years with a ridiculously high threshold on contracts of $25,000 for which Legislature review was required. And then there was the assessment mess in which county property was not assessed for eight years and an uncertified assessor was allowed to oversee the system. Laura Curran, a Democrat, rode this mess to a victory in the race for county executive in 2018 and appointed a certified county assessor. But thanks, at least in part to the gerrymandering that took place in 2013, Republicans were able to

maintain an 11-8 advantage in the county Legislature. Unsurprisingly, Nassau County’s presiding oﬃcer, Republican Richard Nicolello, sees nothing wrong with the current system. That is the one in which Nassau’s map was drawn up by Mangano’s county attorney, John Ciampoli, an expert in state Republican election and districting issues and an associate of Skelos. In an interview in February with Blank Slate Media, Nicolello said he prefers this system to a redistricting commission in which Gov. Andrew Cuomo could pick someone like Kevin Law, president and CEO of the Long Island Association. We understand Nicolello’s concern. If Law or any independent redistricting commission merely followed a rational system that kept communities together, he would probably no longer be the presiding oﬃcer. But do we really want to leave the redistricting of legislative dis-

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tricts to those who have a vested interest? The state of New York has already said no. In 2012, the state Legislature approved a constitutional amendment to establish new redistricting procedures for congressional and state legislative districts. It was approved by Republicans and Democrats. As required by the state Constitution, the Legislature voted on the amendment for a second time the next year. They again approved the measure. And in 2014, the amendment went to state voters in a referendum. Voters also approved the measure and beginning in 2020 New York’s congressional and state legislative districts will be drawn by a 10-member commission. It is time to give Nassau voters the same chance to end rigged legislative districts and let honesty, competence and integrity be the reason people get elected to the county Legislature.

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ON THE RIGHT

Dem legislators, Cuomo’s taxing spree

or decades, New Yorkers have paid the highest combined state and local taxes in the nation. And thanks to Democratic control of the state’s executive and legislative branches, their tax burden will be more onerous. The most egregious new tax is “congestion pricing,” whose aim is not to relieve traﬃc, as Cuomo claims, but to raise tax revenue. The MTA hopes to reap a billion dollars annually from the congestion tax and under the current low interest rate environment, that revenue stream could be leveraged to borrow up to $15 billion for capital projects. But to borrow that much, annual tax collections must be recurring to meet principal and interest payments on bonded debt for up to 30 years. Consequently, the MTA must hope that traﬃc does not decrease. In other words, the assertion congestion will diminish is a ruse to pick the pockets of many struggling taxpayers.

As GOP Sen. Andrew Lanza has said, “congestion pricing” is simply “a target tax on people who have nothing but the gall to travel within their own city.” To obtain legislative approval, Cuomo disclosed few specifics, promised exemptions, and agreed that the tax would not be imposed until after the 2020 elections. Naive freshman Democratic legislators from Long Island and Westchester were bought off with the pledge that their suburban rail systems would receive $2 billion from the projected $15 billion borrowing. The governor gave them “sleeves off his vest.” That’s because the LIRR and Metro North will be getting that much and more from the existing MTA capital projects plan. In return, the Legislature handed over absolute taxing power to a “traffic mobility review” board that will be controlled by Cuomo. To quell recent complaints, it appears the governor and the MTA are making up responses as they go along.

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right For instance, an MTA spokesman recently said Manhattanites living in the congestion pricing zone earning less than $60,000 will be able to apply for credit on their state income tax returns for any paid congestion taxes. Huh? Working-class folks living in the pricing zone south of 60th Street probably live paycheck to paycheck and can’t aﬀord to wait a year for a tax credit. Meanwhile, Cuomo dismissed complaints about the

impact of the congestion tax on working class folks, claiming most drivers won’t be aﬀected because “only very rich people can drive into Manhattan.” Huh? Reacting, Queens Assemblyman David Weprin appropriately reminded the governor, “A lot of people, they have no choice but to drive.” MTA bureaucrats have two years to design and implement tax collecting technology chock full of exemptions and loopholes. Good luck with that one. As for the other new Cuomo taxes: Paper Bag Tax: Shoppers will have to pay a 5-cent tax on each bag used to pack their purchases. Online Shopping Tax: Buyers of products from out-of-state vendors will now have to pay New York sales taxes on those purchases. Cuomo expects those taxes to cost consumers $540 million annually. Millionaires Income Tax: This “temporary” tax that Cuomo pledged to eliminate in

2010 has been renewed for another five years. Real Estate Transfer Tax: The 1 percent “Mansion Tax” will increase. “The new law increases this tax on a sliding scale for transfers where the consideration is in excess of $2 million, up to the highest rate of 3.9 percent on transfers with consideration in excess of $25 million.” Interestingly, Cuomo dropped his annual “pied-àterre” property tax on homes worth $5 million or more in favor of the transfer tax. Why? First, real estate moguls complained that the tax would cause a drop in property values. Second, city oﬃcials realized that declining values mean less tax revenues in their coﬀers. These two powerful forces killed the governor’s proposal. However, replacing the transfer tax for the “pied-àterre” tax creates a problem. The recurring pied-à-terre property tax, which city Comptroller Scott Stringer projected Continued on Page 51

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Water, water everywhere… sadly!

t seems that every time you turn around, people are pushing water at you. You audit a panel discussion; you go to a picnic; you’re at a reunion. At every conceivable venue, someone is sure to say, “Hey, you forgot your water.” “That’s okay,” you say. “I’m good.” “No, take it — it’s free!” “I’m fine. Really! I promise I won’t pass out before I get to my car!” Usually, the water’s in plastic bottles, too — which means that nowadays, I’m thinking about my exposure to plastics with every sip I take. That part might be changing, at least. I went to a recent panel about water quality, and there wasn’t a plastic bottle in sight… only pitchers and cups at the refreshment table. But they still expected us all to come with our tongues hanging out for some H20. I have nothing against water. Sometimes, I actually drink it. But I just can’t believe we have to drink a fire hydrant’s-

worth, daily — 8-ounce glasses, 8 times a day — or we’ll shrivel up and die. Where did this idea come from? The Centers for Disease Control say it wasn’t them; they insist, “There is no recommendation for how much water adults should drink daily.” Not even the internet can pin down the source of this rumor. And yet — someone started it. Probably the same person who started the myth that you must wait 20 minutes after eating, before going swimming, or you’ll get cramps and die. Also that if you dream you are dying, you will actually die. Oh, wait — that was just something the meanest girl at my summer camp told me, the night we were both stuck in the infirmary. It kept me up all night, terrified. I noticed she slept like a baby. So I don’t know what to believe about water. But there is one immutable rule I know I can’t fight, namely: What goes in, must come out. Especially when I sneeze.

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side And in case you haven’t noticed, the world was not designed with a woman’s needs or comfort in mind. It was designed by people who can pee just about anywhere, any time — and who all too frequently, do. (I say this with all the authority vested in me by years of living in a groundfloor front apartment in Greenwich Village. I quickly learned to keep the windows shut, all year round.) Yes, water is a dangerous

substance whose intake must be strictly regulated. The only time I succumbed to the modern gospel on water was while I was pregnant. My ob/gyn read me the riot act, saying that my body was trying to double the amount of blood I had in circulation, so in addition to the enormous pre-natal vitamins I was choking down, I had to drink tremendous quantities of water. My problem was that I had just landed a brand new job, at a brand new company, with colleagues who were only just meeting me for the first time. Suddenly, all anyone was going to know of me was that I never seemed to stop pacing the hall — first to the water fountain to refill my water bottle, and back to my oﬃce; then down the hall (a little faster) to get rid of all the water; then back to the water fountain, to start it all over again. This was a “water cycle” that no one had mentioned in any of my science classes. After that experience… well, let’s just say that, unlike the im-

mune system, your bladder does not get stronger with every challenge. Basically, what it does is pack it in. I don’t have the capacity for Broadway shows, any more. But at least they have intermissions — although those were never long enough for buildings that put the ladies’ rooms two floors away. Movies, however, run straight through, with no intermission, after selling you salted popcorn and showing you ads for enormous cups of soda. What are they thinking? I have to keep my legs crossed, and flinch at every scene with running water. You know how “Black Panther” had those elaborate fight scenes, stationed right inside a waterfall? Probably more enjoyable if you aren’t running for the ladies’ room! So spare me all the lectures, and all the water. And please, do us both a favor, and remember this: the most dangerous place to stand, in a movie theater, is anywhere between me and the Ladies’ Room door!

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Composting an answer to waste problem

ompost — to convert a material, such as plant debris, to compost — a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land Growing up in Europe with a German mom and Hungarian dad influenced many of my beliefs. Both my parents lived through the Second World War and endured hardships that shaped their lives and habits. Having little means making the most out of everything you’ve got. And composting is an integral part of that. Why throw away something that can help you grow food or beauty? It isn’t and wasn’t even a matter of money, but a matter of principle. I grew up collecting fruit and vegetable peels in small containers on our kitchen counter and dumping them regularly in a bin erected in a corner of our property where collected kitchen scraps would turn — over time — into compost. And, naturally, I continued this

habit after I moved out from home wherever I went. Only much later I learned about the incredible benefits of composting your kitchen and garden waste: — About 30 percent of what we throw away could instead be composted. Doing so would reduce landfill volume dramatically — a great incentive for our always strained municipal budgets. — Compostable materials that are rotting in our landfills produce methane gas, which is formed when organic material decomposes without oxygen being present. That’s bad, since methane gas is about 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide and therefore contributes, if we believe our scientists, significantly to climate change. Yes, like everything, we also can make composting diﬃcult and expensive. But that’s not the way my parents taught me. You don’t need a worm farm (yuck) or backbreaking turning of the compost or a special composter made from

JULIANE SAARY-LITTMAN Earth Matters plastic. Don’t be scared. Start slowly. Pick a couple of items from the list below and start collecting them first in a small container, preferably with a lid, on your counter and then in a corner of your yard. Once you get comfortable with the idea and process, pick a couple more items from the list. It will soon become second nature. What to compost: — Fruit peels. A favorite are

banana peels. — Vegetable peels. Think potatoes and carrots. — The parsley that we forgot in the back of the fridge. — Coﬀee grounds. Yes, filter and all. But not those little plastic pods – I bet you knew that. — Tea bags and loose leave tea. No need to remove those small staples from the bags. — Eggshells. Yes! — Leaves, dry or green. Don’t add sticks or even branches.# They take a long time to break down. You will be amazed how fast all turns into compost. Did you know that banana peels and coffee grounds are great fertilizers? And eggshells keep the slugs out of your garden and away from your flowers and basil plants. Once the compost is ready (you will know), spread it on your vegetable or flower beds to fertilize and mulch. A provision in the New York state budget requires large generators of food waste to recycle inedible food scraps at compost facilities and anaerobic digesters, which

produce energy and a nutrient rich soil amendment (compost), instead of dumping them in landfills where they release methane — a potent and dangerous greenhouse gas, as mentioned above. So, if the law will require large generators to compost kitchen scraps, why not adopt the same practice voluntarily at home. Inspired? Go ahead and build a compost bin, no great skills required as my husband will readily attest. There are a lot of interesting and easy DIY compost bin designs available on the internet or you can design your own. And remember, everything you compost will no longer add to Long Island’s waste problem. A very good feeling. P.S. I am sad to see so many of you still allowing and paying to have outdated two-stroke engine leaf blowers used on your properties. Rakes would be faster and benefit all of us, especially the landscapers who can’t escape the toxic fumes from the engines strapped to their backs.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Building global generational groups

re you an audacious person? The first definition of audacity depicts “a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.” Synonyms amplify this approach: I particularly like the characterization “exceptionally original without restriction to prior ideas, highly inventive, bold in defiance of convention.” You might be legitimately concerned that folks embracing audacity could become arrogant, and could recklessly involve others in unrealistic ventures. However, with genuine humanitarian values and respect for individuals, we have an urgent need for audacious people around the globe to address existential challenges that literally affect the fate of the earth, as well as our immediate quality of life, and our ability to shape better decades in the future. I am encouraging faculty and student leaders at Hofstra to draw on effective experiences from our past to explore pathways for Building Global Generational Groups. You are enthusiastically invited to join the journeys. To connect people anywhere is a challenge, even on one’s own campus, to say nothing of national and international affiliations. To

foster connections that span age separations in societies is something that has rarely been attempted, truly an audacious endeavor. At Hofstra, we have excellent platforms that help us in striving to build GGGs, going from local and regional to national and global. A quarter of a century ago, sociology Professor Cynthia Bogard launched Day of Dialogue. Each year since then we sponsor forums (reflecting a wide range of views) concerning issues facing our nation. These concurrent sessions from morning into evening have given our students and community folks a chance to expand awareness on important topics and to consider their related roles as citizens. In 2007, building on Day of Dialogue and on our Public Policy Institute (established with Kettering Foundation support and a continuing research association), Hofstra initiated its Center for Civic Engagement (Bogard was the first executive director and I was chairperson of the Advisory Board). Our CCE expanded to include an Institute for Peace Studies in 2015; these key sectors can lead our GGG explorations. I am confident that there are excellent opportunities to build on Hofstra’s leadership experiences with: 1.)

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field UCAM; 2.) Our Democracy Fellows’ 107 Issues Forums during the 2012 Presidential campaign; and 3.) Our Constitution Day Intergenerational Roundtable Forums. You are invited: 4.) On Wednesday, April 10 at 11:15 to the 10th floor of the Hofstra Axinn Library to hear co-director of our Center for Civic Engagement, Professor Linda Longmire, discuss her creative international work: “Odyssey Model of Study Abroad.” These four building block projects deserve more detail than column space permits, including our International Scene project for decades. Here are goals and activities to build Global Generation Groups. 1. Prepare student and faculty leaders who will make long term

commitments to the GGG project. 2. Ongoing research and study of key issues to be considered with other groups: our two existential threats – nuclear war and climate/ environmental security, as well as how to make democracy work more eﬀectively. 3. Students will need to learn how to pass leadership torches to peers; the faculty is sustained on campus for shared leadership. 4. Connecting generations from high school students to elders on these key issues (we already demonstrated some of this on Long island). 5. Our Hofstra leaders need to guide deliberative interactions where folks will commit to “deep listening,” and to responding respectfully to each other. The quests for reliable knowledge as the basis for informed public judgment are major challenges of our times. 6. We will apply conflict resolution strategies learned from Public Agenda’s Daniel Yankelovich and, especially, from the late Hal Saunders, who had visited our campus to discuss his book, “A Public Peace Process: Sustained Dialogue to Transform Racial and Ethnic Conflicts.” 7. As our Hofstra and community groups become more adept at group interactions, we will help to form similar groups on

campuses around the U.S. and indeed around the globe. That is, indeed, an audacious goal, but we know from United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War, which Hofstra led during the 1980s, that we were able to actively engage 600 campuses. 8. Then, a truly distinctive feature, reaching out to engage folks of all ages to come together in ways that overcome generational separations. This has not been significantly attempted, but we have done it on our campus, and in public libraries. We are confident that we can model generational collaborations for others. 9. Hofstra has 30 years of experience of working with the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums Institute to bring people of all ages together for deliberative forums that oﬀer the prospect of sustained civic engagement. 10. A key objective will be to demonstrate that our Hofstra and Long Island groups can find common purposes and shared actions across age spectra. Linking eﬀorts of our three largest population cohorts (Boomers, Millennials and Gen Z) can provide numbers that move governments and societies from transactional to transformational endeavors. Please stay tuned.

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VIEW POINT

Suozzi-King immigration plan spot on

ongressman Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau) during a recent town hall held at Temple Beth-el of Great Neck spoke most eloquently and empathetically about the need for immigration reform, and just a few days later, announced he was crafting just such a bill with fellow Congressman Peter King (R-Suﬀolk). A sign of how entrenched this problem is that he has been dealing with the issues of immigration for the past 25 years, dating from when he was mayor of Glen Cove. " “These are our kids, our community,” Suozzi said. “The guys who used to stand on street corners waiting to be picked up for a day job now have their own business – contractors, landscapers – they own their houses, their kids went to school with my kids.” He explained his rationale: “We are looking at diﬃcult problems, but there are some basic fundamental principles: all men and women are created equal, not just those with a green card or a passport, and deserve to be treated with respect and human dignity… “The federal government has dropped the ball for 40 years. There are people here for 30 years – some may be bad people but statistics prove that immigrants have lower commissions of crime than native-born… I’m all for securing the border, spending money to finally stop illegal immigration, but most are not coming from the

southern border but overstay visas. We should spend money to secure the border, but I want something in return.” And in a March 24 op-ed in The New York Times co-written with King, the two congressmen, one a Democrat, the other a Republican, noted how they arrived at their reform policy from diﬀerent perspectives: Suozzi from the humanitarian/American values side, reminding that all but native Americans came as immigrants to this New World and immigrants have built this country; King from a border protection/national security point of view. And both are correct. They propose a path to citizenship for the 1.9 million immigrants brought by their parents, without documentation when they were 18 or younger, the so-called Dreamers. To be eligible, they must have graduated from high school; have no record of criminal activity; and be either in the military, working full time for at least three years or attending college. The 400,000 people who were invited to America and given temporary protective status after facing natural disasters, violence and extreme poverty in their home countries would also have a path to citizenship. Relatives of Dreamers, TPS recipients and others who are undocumented —2.7 million more people — would be eligible for three years of protective status,

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renewable indefinitely, if they have been in the United States for a significant number of years and have no record of criminal activity. Altogether, this accounts for 5 million people. To qualify for protection, an undocumented person would be required to pay a $2,000 fee, which if all 5 million of those eligible paid would generate $10 billion. Of the $10 billion, $1.4 billion would go to administrating the program; $4.3 billion would pay for additional physical structures along the United States-Mexico border; and $4.3 billion would go to aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to help prevent further out-migration from those countries, as well as to radar technology, improved ports of entry, immigration judges, border patrol personnel and humanitarian assistance along the border.

“For far too long, many people living in our country have been living in fear, and many others have grown frustrated by the inaction of our elected oﬃcials,” they write in the op-ed. “The undocumented have lived in the shadows, facing the daily anxiety of potential deportation, even as they try to participate in our American communities…. We must stand together and pass legislation that will help secure our borders while giving undocumented immigrants a path to permanent residency without the fear that at any moment they may be deported.” This is a very rational, commonsense approach and avoids the poison pill of insisting on citizenship for all 11 million undocumented individuals and the bogus charge of “amnesty”. But the reality is that immigration reform is not that complicated. But like so many issues, it has become weaponized in power politics. In the face of the obvious failure of Trump’s illegal, inhumane and ineﬀective policies, as demonstrated by the largest number of migrants in a decade, he is doubling down. Instead of increasing aid to alleviate those conditions, which are driving desperate people to seek asylum, Trump has ordered cuts of the $500 million in USAID funding to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, which will only exacerbate the desperation forcing people to escape. President Obama

initiated the aid in 2016, which had success in stemming the tide after a similar tsunami of asylumseekers. And the paper tyrant threatened to shut down the southern border for “as long as it takes” unless Mexico stops the flow, which would cut oﬀ $1.7 billion a day in commerce, harming the economies of both countries. Imagine firing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw caging children and separating families, because she wasn’t cruel or criminal enough. She has resigned under apparent pressure. The solution is not complicated: appoint actual judges to adjudicate asylum claims, provide the technology necessary to do background checks, send social workers and medical personnel to assess the health of migrants and provide appropriate services (as was done for the millions who entered through Ellis Island), provide appropriate housing and release people as soon as possible, with ankle bracelets if necessary, with some kind of work permit. Want to cut down on illegal drugs? Invest in technology in the U.S. mail system and ports of entry. What do you think about immigration? Blank Slate Media is hosting a town hall on “The Politics of Immigration,” on Thursday, April 18, 7:30 p.m., at Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset.

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echnology is everywhere, so it is no surprise that the process of hiring new employees has become automated. For example, New York Times’ columnist Phyllis Korkki reported that almost every company now screens their resumes using software that searches for certain keywords before an actual person looks at it. By using an algorithm to select candidates and even conduct interviews, the recruiting process has undoubtedly become more eﬃcient for employers. For potential employees though, this new process is hurting their chances at landing the job. With this new procedure, according to Adam Vaccaro from Inc.com, applicants’ resumes are ranked based oﬀ of the presence of

certain keywords. In order to beat the algorithm, their resume must out-match the resumes of other candidates. Although this method may seem ideal, as it can be beneficial when certain skills are required for a job, it has changed the way employees must market themselves while also dehumanizing the candidates along the way. Liz Ryan, a writer for Forbes, states that automated recruiting is an “outright failure” since searching for keywords is now useless. Terms that applicants think will be searched for are thrown into resumes just in hopes of beating the algorithms. Vaccaro agrees, adding that this new technique is better at choosing individuals who are good at using the right keywords than at

choosing individuals who would be good for the job. Since there is no human interpretation in resume reviews, automated recruiting can miss out on the brightest prospects if they did not throw in enough keywords to make their resume pass the screening. When it comes to entry-level positions and internships, oftentimes certain skills can only be obtained through real experience, and machines cannot interpret whether or not a candidate is genuine or not. Instead of a candidate’s overall resume being considered, a candidate becomes just another piece of paper, and only the specific details of their resume are looked at. In order to come up with the keywords to look for, it is not un-

common for organizations to use the resumes of their current employees. This initially seems like a good idea, since a company knows that their current employees meet their standards, however, this can lead to biased decisions and discrimination. When Amazon decided to use their automated recruiting process for their software engineer job posting, they created their algorithm based oﬀ of their current employees. Since software engineering jobs are notorious for being male dominant – and at Amazon all of their employees in this position were males — their algorithms deprioritized the females who applied. There was no intent to discriminate, but the computer system that scanned the resumes only looked for things that matched the

current male employees. It neglected applications containing the word “woman” as in “women’s soccer team member” and prioritized those containing the word “man,” an aspect of the application that in no way reflects job abilities. Although technology has altered the way we perform numerous tasks, we cannot always place all of our trust in computers. With tasks that require looking at the overall picture, and determining a person’s abilities and authentication, like recruiting, sometimes humans can do a better job than computers. Kayla Pollock Adelphi University Undergraduate Student

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he increased use of Add to Cart bots on online shopping sites is reportedly gaining the attention of major retailers worldwide. When online releases are announced, thousands will line up in an attempt to purchase merchandise of a limited quantity. Most of the time, if not always, they will come up short after websites crash or either product sells out. Marketing strategy and celebrity endorsements typically surround the most sought-after releases, therefore; drops such as Kanye West’s’ “Yeezy” have the highest social media presence and response rate. Sneaker politics may even make the argument that these hyped releases are potentially inside jobs. Nevertheless, bot technology is responsible for dominating the urban market and shifting the culture of sneakers and fashion.

What are Add to Cart bots and where do they come from? It’s a collection of algorithms, a sequence of automated computational steps that transforms input into output. In this case, the preferred site of purchase, time of purchase and desired payment method are all examples of inputs, providing variety for the user. The output is successfully checked out merchandise at retail price, which in turn gets flipped for profit. A 2017 Complex report claims server-based bots can simulate the actions of hundreds of customers in a matter of seconds. It’s no surprise as to how the man behind RSVP Sniper netted $250,000 from just one Supreme box-logo tee drop. Bot technology is constantly evolving. Most of the action taking place from the safety of one’s home makes it even easier for developers to capitalize. With rationalization as the goal

and platforms like Instagram allowing for instant promotion, tech-savvy sneakerheads are now becoming young entrepreneurs of the world. Computer science Professor Thomas Cormen writes, knowledge of how the computer works, and what algorithms are operating behind each application can improve the eﬃciency of computer use. Applications now are user-friendly, meaning we can use them without understanding how they work, just as we can drive a car without knowing how the engine works. Today, retailers such as Nike and Adidas market their products with defense as the priority, utilizing anti-bot systems. Bot prevention tactics such as online raﬄes, cell phone app and old school in person releases are traditional yet still flawed. Furthermore, retailers argue that the practice of botting is unethical as typical mar-

keting strategies are no longer determining the value of limited supply merchandise. Instead, bots are acting as both merchandising and marketing tools, which essentially manipulate and shape its own market. On the other hand, bot advocates will argue that since bot technology, the lives of many are being preserved as in the late 2000s when innocent people were at risk due to the overwhelming number of robberies that would take place during first come first serve releases. Let’s say we do give the developers freedom. Will they be aware of the broader risks? The call for regulation is at an alltime high. Repercussions that could ascend from greater anonymity and price inflation could potentially aﬀect E-commerce and internet rights as a whole. Going against the values the internets were based upon (free

speech and free internet) could potentially arise from bots, as we have the power to determine what lawful decisions will be made for the internet. Today, the U.S. Congress lacks the knowledge and awareness to ideally regulate, leaving accountability in the hands of the developers themselves. Whether or not this practice gets abused or used for individual commerce will decide how we shape our future. Unfortunately, bots are currently in the gray area of regulation, for lawmakers and bot developers are too caught up in the benefits to notice the risks. Proxies and IP cloaks also make it hard to identify and defeat them. Needless to say, time will only tell whether the common man stands a chance against our superior robotic overlords. John Gapour Adelphi University

Anti-Semitism rally was inclusive

fter an incredibly successful and gratifying show of unity on Sunday, March 31 in Great Neck at a rally against hate and anti-Semitism, it was with dismay I was greeted by a harsh and critical opinion from Steven Walk, stating that the rally was in fact “non-inclusive.” Nothing could be further from the truth. If I may address each of Mr. Walk’s points: He says from the outset, “Many of us worried and talked about how non-inclusive the invitation seemed to be.” I don’t know who the “us” is, but all of our posters, ads and invitations mentioned no individuals or organizations at all. That was done purposely so all would feel welcome and not say, “I won’t go because I don’t like this or that person, or this or that group.” Therefore, Walk’s question of “why were Islamic, Afro-American (sic), Asian communities not

listed?” makes no sense, since no communities or organizations were listed. Furthermore, I personally reached out to every synagogue and church group I could, multiple times. We are delighted that we had representation from all the streams of Judaism (including Walk’s), all of whom spoke about the need for unity, especially in the Jewish community. Unfortunately, church leaders could not make it, given the fact that the rally was Sunday morning, but we are pleased that two representatives of the Chinese Association came, one of whom David Chiang addressed the crowd, emphasizing the Chinese community’s solidarity with the Jewish community in fighting anti-Semitism. Walk describes the solidarity conference at the Hillside Islamic Center in New Hyde Park “an incredible experience of love, hope… and peace.” That’s

all well and good. Everything has its time and place. But what Walk doesn’t seem to or doesn’t want to realize, is that we are confronted with an evil — antiSemitic, anti-Israel and, ultimately, anti-American rhetoric by both the right and left. David Duke and Ilhan Omar truck in the same vicious Jew hatred and no amount of song or handholding will stop that horrible and escalating hate speech and behavior. I don’t know what he’s talking about “play the victim,” “calling forth the Holocaust as a prop.” Besides being personally insulting to me and to countless others who are children of Holocaust survivors, this was not done at our rally. We were anything but victims. We stood in the rain with prominent oﬃcials as proud Americans, supporters of Israel, Jew and non-Jew alike. Tom Suozzi, Cong, Kathleen Rice,

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Comptroller Tom Dinapoli, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and many others. Are these right wing extremists? Ultra conservatives? What nonsense! The real story is Walk was upset because, in his opinion, there was an “ultra-conservative organization” (the Zionist Organization of America)that had a table of literature for anyone interested. First of all, the ZOA, of which I am a proud member, is a member organization of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American Organizations. But if its message is not to Walk’s liking, he can disagree and recommend any group to set up shop on their own. As I stated before, we at the rally we’re very careful not to have anyone representing any group, right or left, speak publicly about their group or representative of their group, so as not to have anyone feel excluded. But certainly, anyone is free to set up in a public park, a table to promote their own message. Finally, to prove that we went out of our way to be inclusive (and was commended by many individuals who I’ve often had heated disagreements with)

after I saw his critique, I called Walk and invited him to join me for a cup of coffee at Starbucks here in Great Neck, to discuss our differences and what we may share in common. To my amazement he became defensive and angry, engaged in a monologue, and when I trie to explain myself and again invite him to share a cup of coffee, he began to engage in stereotyping me as a right-wing bigot, because I disagreed with him. At that point, I said, “that is the problem with those of you on the left. You believe in freedom of speech for yourselves but for no one else. You’re not interested in anyone else’s opinion.”$ And still, as a Jew worried about my fellow Jews, and the spectre of growing anti-Semitism, I still would invite Walk out for that cup of coffee. Dr. Alan A. Mazurek Great Neck Grassroots Committee to Fight Hate and Anti-Semitism Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurology Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC Letters Continued on Page 50

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Horses, dogs to share top billing BY M AY L A N L . S T U D A R T The world-renowned!Longines Masters equine competition is joining forces with the!American Kennel Club for the first time in an event where horses and dogs will vie for nearly $1 million in prize money in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. People of all ages can expect to see horses flying through obstacles, dogs weaving through courses and celebrities like Team USA’s three-time Olympic medalist and New York native McLain Ward, Olympic silver medalist Lucy Davis, and elite!equestrians Georgina Bloomberg and Jennifer Gates. The world’s best equine and canine athletes will be ready to rumble Thursday, April 25, at 4 p.m. through Sunday’s grand finale, the Longines Grand Prix show jumping competition. “Both sports test an animal’s speed and agility as they maneuver a course in their respective sports,” said!Brandi Hunter, vice! president of public! relations and communications for the American Kennel Club.!“These sports also show an unbreakable bond between human and animal, whether it be dog or horse.” The Longines Masters of New York is an elite sporting event that attracts the world’s best equestrian athletes and a large international audience of horse enthusiasts. It is the third leg of one of the most prestigious equestrian competitions in the world that occurs annually in New York, Paris and Hong Kong. As such, it is a must-attend event for those who want to catch a glimpse of some of high society’s celebrity artists, fashionistas and business moguls. Thursday begins with an abridged first day from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. featuring the American Kennel Club Agility Premier!Cup hosted by EEM, founder of the Longines Masters of New York, and the AKC.!Although it’s oﬃcially a four-day event, Thursday’s Longines Masters equine competitions are closed to the public. The AKC Agility Premier Cup is invitation only for the select top 60 canine agility competitors and their handlers from around the country.!Invitees were chosen from among the finalists in AKC’s 2018 National Agility Championship, Preferred National Agility Championship, and Agility Invitational along with AKC’s 2018 World Agility Team, AKC European Open Team, and AKC European Open Junior Team along with the Westminster Kennel Club 2019 finalists. “There are so many fascinating similarities between the dog and equine sports,” said Carrie DeYoung, director of agility for the American Kennel Club. “Through this event, the public can learn about agility and cheer on the dogs while learning how it relates to equestrian competitions.” Twelve dogs will be entered in five competitions of varying jump heights starting from 8 inches to 24 inches for $10,000 in cash prizes. The winner will also have its name engraved on the AKC Agility Premier Cup trophy that will

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Olympian McLain Ward winning the 2018 Longines Grand Prix on Clinta. be displayed in the AKC New York headquarters. The Longines Masters Series’ team says its latest programming is making show jumping more accessible and exciting for families and children, with the addition of!face-painting and petting sessions with the award-winning breeds of the AKC Dog Show. “We’re excited to be returning to!NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the second edition of!the Longines Masters of New York bringing our iconic show jumping series to America, after Europe and Asia,” said Christophe Ameeuw, chief executive oﬃcer of EEM. “We strive to oﬀer audiences a unique experience combining the exciting sporting action, hospitality and fun for the family.” Highlights of the weekend are Thursday’s Agility Premier Cup and Friday’s!Longines Speed Challenge, a

one-of-a-kind speed competition considered the fastest show jumping competition in the world. Saturday’s Family Day features the Canines and Equines!event for those who want an up-close experience with the award-winning breeds of the AKC Dog Show and the Lamborghini Masters Power, where!riders compete in a high jump competition where jumps become continuously higher, honoring the winner who can break the over-6-feet barrier. For those who can’t take the height, there’s also a Hobby Horse jump competition among other family-friendly events. The grand finale is on Sunday with the Longines Grand Prix seeing riders compete for the weekend’s largest purse of $400,000. In addition to the competitions, the event will feature live music, luxury shopping, dining and more attractions.

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The top seven events

38 Special

Friday, April 19 at 8 p.m.

After more than four decades together, 38 Special continues to bring their signature blend of Southern rock and timeless hits to audiences everywhere — from the songs “Hold On Loosely” and “Caught Up in You,” to “If I’d Been the One” and “Back Where You Belong,” Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: 631-673-7300 • paramountny.com

One Night of Queen Performed by Gary Mullen & The Works

Friday, April 19 at 8 p.m.

Tired of Queen music yet? Not a chance. Relive the rock anthems “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” at this live concert, where Gary Mullen & The Works recreate the look, sound, pomp and showmanship of Freddie Mercury and arguably the greatest rock band of all time.

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Monday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m.

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

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Tuesday, April 23 through Sunday, April 28 (check venue website for daily show times) This fresh, fast-paced comedy follows Lysistrata, an Athenian housewife, who calls for the women of Greece to help end the Peloponnesian War by proposing a radical plan: all Greek women must refuse to engage in lovemaking until the men see reason, lay down their arms, and come home to lay down with their wives in peace.

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Where: Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City Info & Tickets: 516-877-4000 • pac.adelphi.edu

2019 John Gable Lecture Series: ‘Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands’ with Roger DiSilvestro

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Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m.

Roger Di Silvestro will discuss his book, “Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands: A Young Politician’s Quest for Recovery in the American West,” the story of Roosevelt’s ranching years, how they helped him become president of the United States, and how he evolved into a lasting political influence. Where: Christ Church Parish Hall, 61 East Main Street, Oyster Bay Info: 516-922-4788 • nps.gov

Meet the author of ‘A Maritime History of Long Island’

Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. Ralph Brady will discuss “A Maritime History of Long Island,” a handsome volume that takes readers on a trip into the Long Island history of ships, lighthouses, ports, shipbuilders, shipwrecks and more. Where: Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine, 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre Info: 516-764-6000 • turnofthecorkscrew.com

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amily Theatre Musical: ‘The Lion King Jr.’

Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 28 (every day except Easter Sunday, April 21), 11 a.m. The African savannah comes to life with Simba, Rafiki, and an unforgettable cast of characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle and back again. This production is performed by the talented students in Plaza’s Performing Arts Academy. Reserved seating tickets: $12. Where: The Showplace at the Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore Info & Tickets: 516-599-6870 or plazatheatrical.com

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Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Little ones should bring their baskets to the farm where they will meet Whiskers the Bunny, try their luck at egg tossing and egg rolling games, visit the farm animals, and take a hayride. Food vendors will be on the farm all day selling treats. Advance tickets only: $10 for all ages. Where: Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park | Info & Tickets: 718-347-3276 or queensfarm.org

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Join Us For Holy Week Worship SUNDAY OF THE PASSION

April 14th 9:45am – Procession of the Palms 10:00am – Worship with Holy Communion

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April 18th 7:00pm Worship of Holy Communion

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April 19th 12:00pm and 7:00pm Services

EASTER VIGIL

April 20th 7:39pm Worship

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April 21st 10:00am Worship with Holy Communion

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tars on Ice

Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.

The whole family will enjoy the best of American figure skating past, present, and future as World Champions and Olympians present a red, white and blue celebration on ice. Where: NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale Info & Tickets: 516-231-4848 or 800-745-3000 or nycblive.com

pril Break Family Make & Take Activities

Monday, April 22 through Friday, April 26, 12 to 4 p.m.

Children with chaperones can create their own puzzles of the lunar and command modules that went to the moon, make a star wheel to help locate the constellations in the night sky, trace the stars and see what stargazers saw centuries ago, and put together a book of Latin American constellations. Where: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City Info & Reservations: 516-572-4111 or cradleofaviation.org

pring Break for Art

Tuesday, April 23 through Thursday, April 25, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Families can participate in three days of art making inspired by the art on view in the museum’s current exhibition, That ‘80s Show. A diﬀerent project will be featured each day. Where: Nassau County Museum of Art, One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor Info: 516-484-9337 or nassaumuseum.org

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Cradle of Aviation make, take Dim the lights for Children with accompanying adults can head to the Cradle of Aviation Museum for April school break “Family Make & Take Activities” from April 22 to 26, 12 to 4 p.m. These activities will take place in the museum’s atrium and are free with museum admission. Kids can create puzzles of the lunar and command modules that went to the moon, create a star wheel to help them locate the constellations in the night sky, trace the stars and find out if you see what stargazers saw centuries ago, and put together a book of Latin American constellations. Other events for kids that the museum is hosting that week include: an! Earth Day Hands-On Science Zone on Monday, April 22, 12 to 4 p.m.; the!17th Annual Astronomy & Space Day on Wednesday, April 24, 12 to 4 p.m.; and “Awesome Allie: First Kid Astronaut — Live Onstage” in the Dome Theater on April 24 at 1 and 3 p.m. The! 17th Annual Astronomy & Space Day on the 24th includes the following special activities:! Astronomy and Telescopes (12 to 4 p.m.):! The Amateur Observer’s Society and other local Astronomy Clubs will be here to celebrate with solar telescopes,

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digitarium programs (star lab) and demos. Hands-On Science Zones (12 to 4 p.m.): There will also be three hands-on science activities that will grow children’s understanding of the expanding universe; a Space Guess Quest where they can test their knowledge of celestial objects; Static Electricity — Build an Electroscope and test for invisible forces; and Expanding Universe — See how the universe is ever expanding. Space: A Journey to Our Future & Apollo Artifacts Exhibit (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.): This immersive exhibit takes you from the dawn of man’s earliest visions of space exploration to the heroic achievements of the past, the unfolding discoveries of today, and the frontiers of the universe that lie

ahead. Paired with the museum’s large collection of Apollo artifacts, it will be on exhibit through August 2019. Plaza Theatrical Productions presents “Awesome Allie: First Kid Astronaut — Live Onstage” Grab your space suit and get ready for an adventure in space as live musical theater with audience participation comes to the Cradle. While at the museum, visitors can also explore it’s more than 150,000 square feet, over 75 air and spacecraft,! a dozen cockpits and 30 hands-on exhibits. The Cradle of Aviation is located at! Charles Lindbergh Blvd. in Garden City. For more information about these and other events, call the museum at 516-572-4111 or go to www.cradleofaviation.org.

The Dimmer Twins will perform as part of Landmark on Main Street’s Roots Rock series on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, a.k.a. the Dimmer Twins, formed the Drive-By Truckers in Athens, Ga. in 1996, though their musical collaboration began in the ’80s with the fledgling band, Adam’s House Cat. The name Dimmer Twins is a nod to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who are sometimes known as the Glimmer Twins. This strippeddown duo setting features original solo and duo material penned by both Hood and Cooley, and also some Drive-By Truckers songs that they’ve written. Boasting a mix of southern pride and erudite lyrics, Drive-By Truckers became one of the most well-respected alternative country-

rock acts of the 2000s. The band has long held a progressive fire in their belly having always been outspoken, telling a distinctly American story via craft, character, and concept, all backed by sonic ambition and social conscience. History, folklore, politics, and character studies all shared equal space in the Drive-By! Truckers’!catalog, which offered up its first blast of gutsy, twangy rock with 1998’s!Gangstabilly. However, it was the band’s ambitious double-disc concept album,! The Southern Rock Opera, that became its unlikely magnum opus. A two-act affair, the album explored! Hood’s fascination with ’70s southern rock while tackling the cultural contradictions of the region, and it helped lay the groundwork for much of the band’s later work. Tickets for The Dimmer Twins are available through Landmark’s box office, by calling 516-7676444 and online at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org. The Roots Rock series is sponsored by the Tepper Family Foundation and WFUV Public Radio.

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HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY

Children’s Palm Procession

10:00 AM

Sunrise Service

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Family Service

Community Brunch

10:00 AM

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MAUNDY THURSDAY Passover/Last Supper

6:30 PM

EASTER SUNDAY

Easter Egg Hunt

11:30 AM

GOOD FRIDAY Tenebrae Service

7:30 PM

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Stan Brodsky art “Lo, the earth awakes again ... show must go on Alleluia! ”

An exhibition originally planned in tribute to Stan Brodsky will go on as planned, and serves as a poignant remembrance and appreciation for the late artist, who passed away on March 30 at age 94.! “Stan Brodsky and Friends” pays homage to the man who inspired the 27 artists whose works are also in this exhibit. Brodsky will be sorely missed, but his legacy carries on in the artwork of those he mentored. Brodsky has influenced the lives of several generations of artists, first as a professor of art in his 31-year tenure at C.W. Post, LIU, as an instructor at the Art League of Long Island, and as a celebrated artist whose works have been shown throughout the United States.! The “Stan Brodsky Papers,” a collection of his notes and sketches from 1951 to 2004, can be found at the Smithsonian Institute.! Originally born in Greenwich Village, Brodsky!became a Long Islander

with his move to Huntington in 1965. Artists participating in the exhibit are: Ennid Berger, Susan Bird, Stan Brodsky, Susan Canin, Denise DiGiovanna, Simon Fenster, Stuart Friedman, Peter Galasso, Lenore Ann Hanson, Ginger Balizer-Hendler, Caroline Isacsson, Vincent Joseph, Deborah Katz, Marceil Kazickas, Denise Kramer, Barbara Miller, Catherine Morris, Pamela Long Nolan, Dianne Parker, Alicia R Peterson, Doug Reina, Fran Roberts, Susan M. Rostan, Ellen Hallie Schiﬀ, Laura Powers-Swiggett, Janice Sztabnik, Lois Walker and Hiroko Yoshida. The exhibit is on view in the Art League of Long Island’s Jeanie Tenglesen Gallery from April 13 through April 28.! The opening reception is on Sunday, April 14, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.! The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills.! For information about classes, exhibits, and events, call 631-462-5400 or visit www. artleagueli.org.

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Audubon talk on the ‘A Midsummer Night’s birds of South Florida Dream’ at Five Towns The North Shore Audubon Society will host a presentation by Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner on “Birding South Florida” on Tuesday, April 23, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Ave. in Manhasset. From its sandy beaches and cypress swamps, to its city parks and the magnificent grassy river of the Everglades, south Florida continues to be a major destina-

tion for birds and birders. Hawks, songbirds, and waterfowl abound, not to be outdone by a wonderful array of wading and shore birds. Join the talk as the Stoners explore some of the hottest of south Florida’s birding hotspots. For more information about the presentation, go to www.northshoreaudubon.org.

The award-winning Five Towns College Theatre Company is presenting “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 28 at 3 p.m. Tickets for the general public are $15 for adults, and $12 for students and seniors. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a Shakespearean comedy that focuses on the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. Most of the play takes place in a forest that is inhabited by the fairies who control six amateur actors. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is all about the very amus-

ing events that lead up to the wedding, including adventures of four young Athenian lovers. The audience will watch Five Towns College students sing, dance and act on stage; the triple threat combination of skills and abilities that they learn in the school’s Theatre Arts program. Also, the musical will give the local community a look at the creative set on stage that the theatrical design and technology students have built and insight into the behind-the-scenes education that takes place on campus. For more information or tickets, go to ftc.edu/ftcpac/ or call 631-656-2148.

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‘EGGstravaganza’at children’s museum Hop on over to the Long Island Children’s Museum for a Spring EGGstravaganza on Saturday, April 13. Peter Cottontail will open the doors after hours, 6 to 9 p.m., for a night of fun activities that celebrate iconic symbols of the season — eggs, bunnies and chicks. The evening will also showcase the “egg-cellent” puppetry skills of Nappy’s

Puppets. Families can start their evening by making a carrot-themed bag to hold all the crafts they’ll make during the night. Activities will include the opportunity to make a bird’s nest hat, a chick puppet and egg necklace, spring tulips and a tasty treat. Additionally, visitors will be able to test their skills in egg relay races, get their face painted, and

make an edible Bunny Tail at Spring EGGstravaganza.! Eggs are hidden throughout the museum’s galleries for keen-eyed children to find. Families can add a Nappy’s Puppet show to their Spring EGGstravaganza schedule.! Shadow puppeteer Jim (Nappy) Napolitano will bring favorite, spring–themed stories and songs to life in the LICM Theater. Children will meet Little Bunny Foo-Foo, along with the Wizard, the Fairy and the Magic Chicken, during an “eggcellent” performance the whole family will enjoy. Showtimes are 6:15, 7 and 7:45 p.m. There is an additional $4 fee for the performance with EGGstravaganza admission; $3 for LICM members with EGGstravaganza admission.! Tickets for “Spring EGGstravaganza” are priced at $12 per person, $10 for LICM members, and can be purchased online at www.licm.org/ eggs. The Long Island Children’s Museum is located at 11 Davis Ave. in Garden City.

VacationArts for kids during recess The Gold Coast Arts Center School for the Arts is once again oﬀering its popular VacationArts program on non-school days for children in pre-K through seventh grade. This year’s spring program is April 22 through 26, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., with activities that include

art, music, chess, acting, and dance, all of which are taught by experienced instructors. Each day of VacationArts is full of artful activities in a professional and creative environment. Children leave the Arts Center each day happy, confident and proud of what they’ve accomplished in Vacation-

Arts. The program takes place at the Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck. The affordable tuition includes a nut-free snack and a full lunch while offering optimal flexibility for parents. The Arts Center offers sibling discounts for all camps and classes, and special pricing is available to members. For specific prices, or to learn more about the programs and activities offered through VacationArts, call 516-829-2570 or visit www. goldcoastarts.org/schoolfor-the-arts/vacationarts.

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Holy Week 2019 Palm Sunday - 10 am Distribution of Palms The Passion Holy Eucharist

6th Precinct reopens on Community Drive BY T E R I W EST Nassau County’s 6th Police Precinct oﬃcially reopened Tuesday in Manhasset, marking the end of a saga dating to 2012 when the county merged it with the 3rd. County Executive Laura Curran announced the reopening of the precinct at its Community Drive location last Thurs-

Holy Wednesday - 10 am Mary’s Way of the Cross Stations Prayer

Maundy Thursday - 7 pm Foot Washing Holy Eucharist Stripping of the Altar

day morning, surrounded by town, county and police oﬃcials and eager bulldozers. “To create a supersize 3rd Precinct, how was that ever a good idea?” Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) said last Thursday. “Policing should be community-oriented. Our residents, our taxpayers who pay high taxes deserve better, Continued on Page 56

Good Friday - 12 noon - 3 pm Solemn Liturgy Church remains open for personal devotion

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THE MINEOLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APRIL DINNER MEETING Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 at Piccola Bussola Restaurant

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159 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola 516-294-4620 Networking begins at 6pm…Meeting begins at 6:30pm

GUEST SPEAKER:

Theresa Tebbett Assistant District Attorney Executive Director Office of CORE Services CORE is charged with bringing NCDA’s family, victim, community and educational services to every corner of Nassau County, and centralizing NCDA’s victims’ services response office-wide. Created in November of 2018, the Office of CORE Services Centralizes NCDA’s various community and educational outreach functions, to ensure that every school district, senior center, neighborhood watch, group home, and faith-based institution receives access to NCDA’s rich variety of presentations and programming CORE also complements the vital quality assurance efforts of our offender-focused Phoenix Office by gauging and overseeing the programs and services provided by our victims and witnesses.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Mineola Library Getting musical at Jazz Day events ADULT PROGRAMS 1939 Film Festival Opening Lecture Speaker: Keith Crocker Monday, April 8 7 p.m. Join film historian Keith Crocker as he introduces Mineola Memorial Library’s series that highlights the cinematic achievements of the Hollywood output of 1939. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 516-746-8488 ext. 2. Nassau County Oﬃce for the Aging Information and Assistance Friday, April 12 10:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. An options counselor from Oﬃce for the Aging will be present to answer questions related to long term care, aging in place,senior centers, and varying needs of the residents of Nassau County. Table will be in the front vestibule. Heartfulness Meditation Fridays, April 12, 26, May 3, 10 and 17 2 to 3 p.m. In a few minutes, you will

On Saturday, March 30, Herricks Vocal Jazz!participated in Jazz Day at LIU!Post. The day included!a vocal jazz workshop with Dr. Jen Miceli and masterclass with! singers from the Swingles, learn how to relax and feel the lightness and joy of your true the internationally renowned a cappella ensemble nature. Please register at the based in London. The Swingles were founded by Ward Swingle in Reference Desk or call 516-7461968 and came to fame through their jazz interpre- Ludwig, worked with the Swingles on micro8488 ext. 2. phone! technique and non-verbal! communica1939 Film Festival Screen- tations of the music of J.S. Bach. The current mem- tion within an ensemble. Swingles member! Jon bers, based in London, are known internationally ing for their virtuosic a cappella arrangements of myr- Smith!said the group had a, “lovely sound and a!reSaturday, April 13 ally nice blend.” iad styles from!contemporary pop to modern jazz. 12 to 4:15 p.m. The day ended with a! performance by the Herricks Vocal Jazz, and their director James Join us for the first film in Swingles in Krasnoﬀ Theater at Tilles Center. our 1939 Film Festival. Please visit our website at www.mineolalibrary.info or call 516-7468488 ext. 2 to find out which film we are showing. CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Lego Builder Buddies Tuesdays, April 9, 16, 23 Pre-register and pay in the $10 per person. NICK THE BALLOONATIC and 30 Pre-register and pay in the library April 23 at 1 p.m. 4 to 5 p.m. CREATE A MOTHER’S DAY Come to the library for library. Children play with Legos some crazy educational balloon LEARN HOW TO REFIN- FAMILY TREE CAKE and build Lego structures with madness. May 9th at 7 p.m. ISH & RESTYLE FURNITURE the help of a buddy (teen volExpert baker Lisa Basini May 2nd at 7 p.m. Pre-register in the library. unteer). If there is time, they Join designer and crafts- will help you and your family MOTHER’S DAY BRACEmay also play board games to- LET DESIGN woman Carolyn DeCastri for an decorate a ¼ sheet cake with gether with their buddy (Legos introduction hands on furniture everyone’s name on it. Enjoy it May 2 at 4 p.m. and games belong to the library Design one for yourself, refinishing class. Learn to sand, on Mother’s Day. and are not to be taken home). mom, grandma, auntie or that chalk and wax finish pieces of $20 per family. Please register in the Children’s special someone. Pre-register and pay in the wood. Room or call 516-746-8488 ext. library. $10 per person. Ages 10-110. 1.

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Upcoming at Mineola Library ADULT PROGRAMS 1939 Film Festival Opening Lecture Speaker: Keith Crocker Monday, April 8 7 p.m. Join film historian Keith Crocker as he introduces Mineola Memorial Library’s series that highlights the cinematic achievements of the Hollywood output of 1939. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 516-746-8488 ext. 2. Nassau County Oﬃce for the Aging Information and Assistance Friday, April 12 10:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. An options counselor from Oﬃce for the Aging will be present to answer questions related to long term care, aging in place,senior centers, and varying needs of the residents of Nassau County. Table will be in the front vestibule. Heartfulness Meditation Fridays, April 12, 26, May 3, 10 and 17 2 to 3 p.m.

In a few minutes, you will learn how to relax and feel the lightness and joy of your true nature. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 516746-8488 ext. 2. 1939 Film Festival Screening Saturday, April 13 12 to 4:15 p.m. Join us for the first film in our 1939 Film Festival. Please visit our website at www.mineolalibrary.info or call 516-746-8488 ext. 2 to find out which film we are showing. CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Lego Builder Buddies Tuesdays, April 9, 16, 23 and 30 4 to 5 p.m. Children play with Legos and build Lego structures with the help of a buddy (teen volunteer). If there is time, they may also play board games together with their buddy (Legos and games belong to the library and are not to be taken home). Please register in the Children’s Room or call 516746-8488 ext. 1.

Monthly GOP meeting The Albertson-Roslyn Heights Republican Club’s monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 7:30 p.m., at the Albertson VFW, Post 5253, 155 Searingtown Rd., Albertson. The guest speaker will be John LeBoutillier. The for-

mer U.S. congressman and TV and radio commentator will speak about a variety of topics concerning the current political climate. Refreshments will be served.

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READERS WRITE

Details of congestion pricing matter The devil is in the missing details yet to be worked out concerning passage of Congestion Pricing. The MTA receives $1.4 billion in annual assistance from various Federal Transit Administration formula funding grant programs. For decades, the MTA has distributed these dollars from Washington via a formula to operating agencies. They have been split between New York City Transit (75 percent), Long Island Rail Road (12.5 percent) and Metro North Rail Road (12.5 percent). It is interesting that this formula for federal assistance has been accepted as fair. A similar formula of 80 percent for NYC Transit, 10 percent LIRR and 10 percent MNRR was adopted for distribution of future Congestion Pricing Revenue. (Perhaps a great way to obtain support of suburban State Assembly, State Senate and County Executives who use LIRR and Metro North). Remember a legal challenge to the NYC non-resident commuter tax resulted in its demise. Don’t be surprised when legal challenges are submitted against Congestion Pricing. Who knows if it will actually be implemented by 2021.! Is MTA Bus included under the 80percent for NYC Transit? In 2005, NYC transferred management of the seven private franchised bus operators (Command Bus, Green Lines, Jamaica Bus, Triboro Coach, Queens Surface, NY Bus and Liberty Lines Bronx Express) to the MTA.

The MTA subsequently created MTA Bus, which is a separate from NYC Transit Bus. Why wasn’t any future Congestion Pricing revenue shared with suburban bus operators such as Nassau Inter County Express, Suffolk County Transit, Westchester Bee Line, Dutchess County Loop and Putnam County bus systems? Distribution of this assistance to bus operators could follow the State Transportation Operating Assistance formula. Promised savings by consolidation of civil rights, engineering, legal, procurement and other LIRR/Metro North departments have been periodically discussed and promised for decades by different generations of MTA management and elected officials. This will never happen due to work rules, seniority and contracts between different labor unions representing employees at LIRR and Metro North. The same applies to anticipated savings by contracting out more work to the private sector. Similar promises were made when MTA Bus was created in 2005. The operational savings for taxpayers never appeared. Instead the $100 million per year NYC subsidy formerly provided to the private bus operators have grown to over $200 million for MTA Bus. The private bus company owners continue earning several million per year from MTA Bus for leasing their facilities. Potential operational savings by consolidation of duplicative routes between

NYC Transit Bus and MTA Bus never took place. The same was true for reducing deadheading costs by reassigning bus routes between MTA Bus and NYC Transit Bus to closer garages for reduction of operating costs. Work rules, seniority and contracts between different labor unions representing employees at NYC Transit Bus and MTA Bus have prevented any changes to the status quo.! Project cost containment along with fast tracking procurements and contract change orders for the MTA has been periodically discussed and promised for decades by different generations of MTA management and elected officials. It is easier said than done due to significant obstacles. MTA union work rules sometimes prevent contracting out work to the private sector. Third party private contractors require MTA NYC Transit, Long Island and Metro North Rail Roads agency Force Account (their own employees) to provide both supervision and protection. when they work on or adjacent to active right of way track. There sometimes are excessive numbers of MTA supervisory or employees assigned, adding to costs. Will Cuomo and the state Legislature use Congestion Pricing revenue as a back door method to reduce previously planned anticipated future contributions to the upcoming MTA 2020-2024 Five Year? Promised “forensic audit” of the MTA

is a waste of time and money. How many internal MTA, MTA Oﬃce of Inspector General, State Comptroller, City Comptroller, NYC Oﬃce of Management and Budget, Federal Transit Administration OIG and other audits have come and gone. What about numerous newspaper investigative reports on waste, fraud or abuse? Another audit will not result in any significant changes. No one will know the cost of congestion pricing until it is implemented starting in 2021.! Coincidence that members of the State Assembly and Senate will first be reelected in 2020 before the price becomes public? What happened to promised open transparent government? Is this what MTA customers have to look forward to? Taxpayers and riders deserve better. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2.! This included the development, review, approval and oversight for grants supporting billions in capital projects and programs on behalf of the MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road,! Metro North Rail Road, MTA Bus, New Jersey Transit,! NYC Department of Transportation and over thirty other transit operators in New York State)!.

It’s too soon to judge Leftist-Islamist alliance a real threat to Israel Trump as prez

he former socialist history professor, who considers that the verdict of history is against President Trump, wrote little about history (April 5). His letter is basically an ad hominem diatribe having nothing to do with policy, accomplishment or lack thereof or the “48 reasons for liking (the president)” that he disparages. A real historian, Victor Davis Hanson, has compared Trump with President Truman, who “left oﬃce in January 1953 widely hated. Indeed, his final approval ratings (32 percent) were the lowest of any departing president, except for those of Richard Nixon… When the novice Vice President Truman took oﬃce after Roosevelt’s death in April 1945, he knew little about the grand strategy of World War II – and nothing about the ongoing atomic bomb project. For the next sevenplus years, Truman shocked – and successfully led – the country.” (“The Case for Trump,” Basic Books 2019) Hanson adds: “Trump’s presidency is too brief to yet be judged absolutely.

His personal foibles are too embedded within current political and media hatred to be assessed dispassionately. Too many assessments too quickly have been made about Trump, without much historical context and usually with too much passion.” However, we already know that, notwithstanding his being harassed by Democrats, the deep state and the media during the two years since inauguration, Trump is keeping the campaign promises that got him elected. These include those on national security (like destroying ISIS, halting North Korea’s belligerent actions and thwarting Russia), energy production (we are now the biggest energy producer), leveling the playing field with China, Israel, taxes, regulation, the economy and, yes, the stock market. These include historical achievements in a very short time. Just imagine what the next six years will bring. Len Mansky Roslyn

he small-to-moderate size rallies currently demonstrating the frustration of Jews of conscience over the rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S., including those in which I have participated, is heartening, but ultimately of little practical eﬀect. Absent a major and coordinated national response by organized Jewry, it can be said that the “golden age” of American Jewry has peaked and will decline. While right-wing, neo-Nazi assailants must be outed and fought, it is the mainly politically liberal orientation of organized Jewry which prohibits them from recognizing and acting against the real threat to support for Israel and American Jewry: the leftist-Islamist alli-

ance. That alliance is poisoning all academic environments, promoting BDS and delegitimization, destroying support for Israel with false charges amongst academic elites and thus the next generation — and now electing leftist and Islamist extremists into all levels of government. This narrative is not what organized Jewry prefers to discuss. Yes, the neo-Nazis must be smashed, but they are not the threat to the presence of Jews in America, nor can they threaten Israel. First and foremost, the leftist-Islamist alliance’s design is the destruction of Israel.

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Anti-Semitism rally fuels more hatred

hank you to Steven Walk for pointing out that the so-called “rally against hate and anti-Semitism” held in Great Neck on March 31 was not the benign, all-inclusive event it was promoted as being. In fact, said event was nothing more than a flimsy excuse for members of Long Island’s far-right fringe to gather together and excoriate U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The right-wing literature being distributed and the “Jews for Trump” and “No Left Turn” protest signs made the organizers’ and attendees’ true motives

abundantly clear. Every elected oﬃcial who lent this event legitimacy should be ashamed, including Kathleen Rice, Tom Suozzi, Laura Curran, Judi Bosworth, Ellen Birnbaum, Veronica Lurvey and Tom DiNapoli. By playing along when badfaith accusations of anti-Semitism are wielded as a political cudgel, you make it all the more diﬃcult to actually work against, expose and deter antiSemitic discrimination, hate speech and violence. Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

Homeless vets need our help

t has just come to my attention about the many homeless veterans on Long Island and in the city. As reported, there are a number of reasons for homelessness of our veterans who have fought and served our country with honor and dedication to duty. The reasons some are living on the streets is because of extreme shortage of aﬀordable housing, lack of family and a livable income, and suﬀering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, substance abuse and depression. I feel more needs to be done, although there are programs out there helping veterans. I, for one, can feel their pain. I had served in the U.S Navy during the Vietnam era and upon release from my military service in 1975, I found

myself homeless and panhandling in the town of Hempstead where I once lived and asking for spare change for food. Due to the kindness of a stranger named Cyril who migrated from Nigeria, I was oﬀered a room and a chance to get on my feet. There are many veterans today who are not so lucky. Our government needs to do more nationally and locally. Remember these veterans have served the greater good preserving the freedoms we all enjoy today and deserve help for all they have done for America. Finally, may God bless our veterans who have given so much. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

Standing up to white nationalists

he command post for white nationalists is on Pennsylvania Avenue. It is the responsibility of each of us to condemn, in our own way, in our homes, in our schools, in our churches

and synagogues, in our places of employment, in our conscience and our sense of justice, to make every eﬀort to speak against the things we cannot accept. Myra Feder Great Neck

BDS is not a human rights movement

letter from James Ansel posits that the global movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the Jewish state is a “human rights movement.” Nothing could be further from the truth. By singling out the national homeland of the Jewish people, BDS is at its core an antiSemitic movement. Rather than rely on Ansel, I refer your readers to the words of Omar Barghouti, the founder of BDS.## He said, “A Jewish state in Palestine in any shape or form cannot but contravene the basic rights of the indigenous Palestinian population…Definitely, most definitely we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No Palestinian,

rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.” Saying the BDS movement rejects anti-Semitism is patently false. Zionism represents the ageold yearning of the Jewish people to return to their ancestral homeland. BDS openly targets the Jewish state for “eradication.”# The U.N. has repeatedly sanctioned Israel for alleged human rights abuses while ignoring the worlds’ worst oﬀenders, including the Palestinian Authority and Iran. Ansel admits in a passive voice that “killing by both sides has taken place” but reveals his own anti-Semitic attitude with his claim that Israel engages in “wars of ethnic cleansing.”# # This is simply a modern-day version of

the blood libel.## Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other groups in Gaza are militaries. They have indiscriminately fired thousands of missiles into Israeli communities and built a network of tunnels under hospitals, schools and homes.# The latest tool, incendiary kites, has resulted in the burning of 10,000 acres of farmland. Israel’s military has received praise from the US Defense Department for its highly ethical rules of engagement for operating in civilian areas. I don’t expect Ansel to accept the truth but his lies cannot be allowed to go unanswered. Robert Spitalnick Great Neck

Bail reform advances in N.Y. but more work needed

his week, New York took a major step toward creating a more fair and equitable justice system by reforming our pretrial laws. Starting in January 2020, most misdemeanors and low-level felonies will no longer be eligible for cash bail. This will mean pretrial liberty for thousands of New Yorkers. I applaud our New York state legislators who moved us forward to help address the impacts of a racist system of pre-trial imprisonment and coerced or misguided plea deals. This system

presumed guilt not innocence in violation of the rights guaranteed by the 14th Amendment — resulting in the poor and people of color being disproportionately victimized. As we celebrate these important gains, we recognize our work is not done yet until we fully eliminate cash bail and include robust due process protections in our pre-trial system. I implore my state senator, Anna Kaplan, to work toward these goals with the leadership of the Legislature and the governor who promised to end money bail.

My Jewish values provide an excellent guide to protect the poor, the stranger; we learn from Zechariah (7:10): “Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor…” And from Leviticus, “You shall not render an unfair decision: do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your kinsman fairly” (Leviticus, 19:15). Jeanette Walowitz Great Neck Volunteer Leader, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action

Democratic legislators, Cuomo’s taxing spree Continued from Page 15 would have raised $650 million annually, might have been leveraged to borrow as much as $6 billion for the MTA. Revenues from the property transfer tax, however, are considered unpredictable “one-shots” — not “recurring” ones. Hence, it is often diﬃcult, if not impos-

sible, to leverage transfer taxes for borrowing purposes. Taxpayers should be pleased to know that the additional taxes they pay will be suﬃcient to fund big salary increases for the governor and members of the Legislature. Cuomo’s salary will increase from $179,000 a year to

$220,000 in 2019, to $225,000 in 2020 and to $250,000 in 2021. All in all, Cuomo’s taxing spree helps explain why a recent poll indicated that 40 percent of NYC residents say “they can’t afford to live anywhere in the state — much less the Big Apple.” Letters Continued on Page 57

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Revolutionary approach to winning In today’s world, professional athletes have become the new gods and goddesses. Players like Tiger Woods, Roger Federer and Serena Williams earn hundreds of millions per year, and are adored by fans in every nation in the world. Nearly every young boy and girl harbors secret fantasies of becoming their sports next superstar and to achieve fame, fortune and love. My day-to-day work as a sport psychologist is to treat many of these athletes in order to remove all obstacles getting in their way during their climb to the top. You may find it interesting to learn from where my most valuable techniques emerge from. The following are some of the key theorists that form the foundation of my work as a sport psychologist. The bulk of these techniques and theories, though well-known, have been largely ignored by the field of sport psychology. At this point, the field is trying desperately to help the athlete to suppress any undesirable emotion that gets in his way. But the problem with all those techniques is a that they just don’t seem to do much good. What does seem to work is the following: 1. Carl Rogers and the art of listening: Rogers was a professor

at the University of Chicago and founder of humanistic psychology. His technique is known as client-centered therapy and consists of attentive empathic listening without judgement. Whether wittingly or not, my guess is that the bulk of good that accrues in any sport psychologists oﬃce is based upon them having the good sense to shut up and let the athlete talk. Empathy, sympathy, ventilation and solace go a long way in obtaining mental health for the athlete. 2. Sigmund Freud and aggression: Freud is the founder of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy and is considered to be one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. He wrote over 60 books and his writings have suﬀused contemporary Western thought in philosophy, science, psychiatry literature and art. He believed man’s behavior was dictated by either the sexual or aggressive drives. Sport is primarily the sublimation of aggressive drives and so it is clear that the athlete that has free access to his or her aggressive drives without the encumbrance of guilt will be at an advantage. A good example of this is in TWoods, the wealthiest and one of the winning-est golfers in history. His father was

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a Green Beret, and as the youngest, before he left for a tournament his mom would look at him and say, “Go kill them all, Tiger. Go kill them all.” In other words, he got in touch with his aggression. And everyone is by now familiar with that aggressive Tiger fist pump. 3. Carl Jung and the shadow: Along with Alfred Adler and Freud, Jung was one of the founders of depth psychology. His notion of the shadow was that part of us that is disowned and unconscious. Many of us have been brought up to always be nice and friendly and to suppress our aggressive and more powerful side. But nice and friendly will not get you too far on the playing filed. Hence it is crucial that the athlete be given techniques which allow

him or her to get in touch with their shadow side. Robert Bly, the poet, author of Iron John and leader of the men’s movement in the 1970s amplified the idea of the Jung’s shadow and how men had lost touch with their masculine or aggressive nature. 4. Carl Jung and the zone: Jung pointed out that in order to grow one must go through a “liminal space” or a doorway to the next level. The image of liminal space is crucial for athletes if they want to enter the zone of calm since they must learn how to separate from others in order to do so. An athlete in the zone has gone through a liminal space and is functioning at a higher and transcendent level in order to win. 5. Alfred Adler and the desire to win: Although his work is now out of style, I am certain that his theory of inferiority as a source of motivation is central to winning in every field. The only way one is able to exert disciplined eﬀort year after year is if they feel they have something to prove. Every star athlete I have ever met suffered greatly as a child. Woods was tied to a tree in his neighborhood and had a racial epithet painted on his chest. Jimmy Connors and the Williams sisters grew up in poverty. In addition,

Adler’s seminal work on birth order revealed that the middle child syndrome of feeling neglect was a strong source of motivation. 6. Ram Dass and “Be Here Now”: The Harvard psychologist Richard Alpert changed his name to Ram Dass and wrote the famous Zen Buddhist best-seller, “Be Here Now,” which is a guide to staying in the present. I use his tips on Zen walking and Zen breathing to help my athletes to avoid getting ahead of themselves and as a way to stay centered and calm. You may recall the classic tune by Ann Murray about all this. It went like so: “Don’t throw the past away, You might need it some rainy day. All our dreams will come true again, When everything old is new again.” The field of sport psychology is a discipline assigned with the task of helping athlete’s reach full potential. The field is now slowly coming to realize that the best way to do that is to use all those tried and true techniques given to us by Freud, Adler, Jung and Rogers, the founding fathers of psychology.

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Renovating home to get biggest bang Ok, so you have decided not to build your dream home and stay in your current home and expand the living space. First oﬀ, as I explained last week, you will need a plan to figure out and to decide how large an expansion you would like to add, based again, on a budget; and to do your best to stay within it to the best of your “emotional ability.” For when one begins, and as we go along, one starts adding to the original plan and there goes our budget. Yes, we do get emotionally involved in our project and as we see our vision unfold; we get excited and figure, oh, it’s just money and we will always get it back when we sell. But what if you have to sell sooner than later for a number of reasons, divorce, a passing of a spouse, financial, etc., and all that extra money spent on your “wish list” becomes a greater benefit to the buyer, than to your family? That is why you need to be very careful in your budgeting and planning; unless you have extra rainy day money squirreled away and decide that your home is where you really want to invest it. Another consideration or idea is, based on

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your budget and how large of an increase in square footage you are adding; get some comparable sales in your current area from your local realtor (or me) to see what similar homes of the size or condition are current selling for so you will have a realistic idea as to the current “after construction” value of your home. You also want to consider your timeline of staying in your home after your expansion and upgrading. You should not consider an upgrade, unless you are staying at least five to seven years, in the event of a downturn in the market. However, an expansion of living area will provide an excellent return, because this will create a better price per square foot than your existing home. However, due to the fairly strong current real estate market, still lower than normal inventory (but that has increased 11.2 percent from 1/1/181/1/19 as per the National Association of Realtors) and stronger than normal demand (but that has softened slightly, since the four interest rate increases in 2018, by Fed Chair, Jerome Powell and the S.A.L.T. tax); I don’t believe the market is crashing, just going towards

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

a more normal market and I don’t see it changing much in the foreseeable future, as long as the demand is there. But one never can totally predict the market, due to local and global events, that occur on a regularly basis. Some volatility will always exists somewhere and this may or may not have a major eﬀect our local markets. No one has a crystal ball to predict accurately the future, unless you’re a magician or maybe the Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo. Besides adding living space, kitchens and bathrooms will always add value to one’s home. Again, how much you will budget for will have a di-

rect eﬀect on it’s value, comparable to similar homes in your local area or village. It’s always better to have a home that isn’t the largest one on the block, but a more moderate or smaller home will always benefit from those who build their McMansion down the street. Always try to think long term when adding substantial sums of money to your home; because you want to make money or at least break even or you just might lose dollars, if a properly and well thought out plan and strategy isn’t devised and laid out beforehand, again with a budge in mind. Although you have decided not to build a new home; what you may end of doing is gut renovating your current one and hiring a qualified, professional, experienced architect with credentials and reviews, (which you can derive online or call me). They should be responsible for applying for all required and necessary permits as well as your designated contractor doing the work. Who will be the subcontractor or the person in charge to hire those doing the work? Getting referrals from those who have had work completed satisfactorily is a fairly solid

path to take. However, there are times referrals don’t work, because the contractor today, may or may not have the same workers as he had, when his best work was done. It will be research and time, as well as money well spent so you can convey your vision to your architect and onto his/her drawings and sketches to end up with a solid and successful end result. Go slow and steady, like a turtle and you will end up with the results that you desire and paid for and have a smile from ear to ear and more important, if still married “a happy wife for a happier life.” 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, 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 $670,000 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

179 San Juan Avenue, Albertson Sold Price: $680,000 Date: 12/19/2018 3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Split # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $13,200 MLS# 3059196

37 Orchard Drive, E. Williston Sold Price: $860,000 Date: 12/27/2018 5 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 90x140 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $37,081 MLS# 3034619

69 Argyle Road, Albertson Sold Price: $1,339,000 Date: 03/28/2019 5 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 70x100 Schools: East Williston MLS# 3081552

103 Weeks Road, E. Williston Sold Price: $800,000 Date: 01/29/2019 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x106 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $14,291 MLS# 3083597

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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Road closures begin on 3rd track work Continued from Page 1 mile north of Chen’s business at a critical time for his seasonal ice cream business. “I’ve just got to dig in and hang in there,” he said. Marcus Christ Hall in New Hyde Park was decorated with posters, detour maps and construction plans for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s and 3rd Track Constructors’ latest informational meeting last Wednesday night. In the session, residents walked around the room talking to representatives to find out how Covert Avenue’s closure will affect them, their schools and their homes. Yvonne Marin, a New Hyde Park resident, said she is concerned how the detour plan will affect the safety of her two young children and others who attend Stewart Manor Elementary School. The school now finds itself inside the detour route one block east of Covert Avenue. She said the school already has problems with speeding cars. “I would hope that you guys did research on safety,” Marin said. “It’s going to be six months and there’s a playground there as well.” She wants temporary changes made to the traffic plan like a new crosswalk, a traffic light or guard during school hours. “As it stands, there are speed limit issues and now the traffic congestion, how are people going to be dropping off their kids?” she asked one of the project’s designers, who was not allowed to speak on the record. Dover Parkway North near the school turns into a one-way street during school hours, which leaves only one way for parents to drop off their children and there is no parking allowed nearby if parents want to walk their child to class. She showed the official the problem, pointing on the detour map, and he told her that despite

his limited responsibility as a designer, the traﬃc analysis team told him it had received feedback from the community. He said he doesn’t know if there will be any changes to the detour. “It’s already a sucky situation and it’s going to get tremendously worse,” Marin said. A major part of the project, building underpasses for the elimination of seven railroad grade crossings, is already underway. Construction crews are working outward to inward, from the most easterly grade crossing on Westbury’s Urban Avenue and the westernmost crossing on New Hyde Park’s Covert Avenue. Urban Avenue has been closed between Broadway and Main Street

since March 8. 3TC, the builder and designer of the project, has held several meetings to let people know significant construction on Covert Avenue will occur, but Carvel’s Chen says it’s a “waste of time.” “They have these meetings, it’s a waste of time, they’re going to do what they’re going to do,” said Chen. “I’m a nobody, just a one-store owner. It is what it is.” The owner of a nearby bagel store also said the information meetings are a waste of time because he went to one and said he got a nonanswer from project officials. “They completely ignored the business aspect of whoever has a store on this strip over here,”

said Eddie D’Amico, owner of My Three Songs Bagel Cafe at 88 Covert Ave. “It’s like talking to the wall. Their minds were already made.” D’Amico said project officials told him the same thing the project designer told Marin – that they had meetings with members of the community and they were going to do their best to do what they have to do. “It’s a nonanswer. They just wash you away and that’s it,” D’Amico said. In response to requests for comment, the MTA said it is working closely with communities to minimize the impact to businesses and residents during construction. “We’ve been working with businesses on Covert Avenue throughout the process and taking their input very seriously and incorporating that into our plans,” said an MTA spokesperson. 3TC’s Covert Avenue detour map given to residents during the meet-and-greet Wednesday and posted on its website asks cars and trucks to avoid Covert Avenue. Cars are allowed on part of Covert, but business owners are worried motorists will avoid the area altogether. Melissa Chagachbanian, a manager at Raindew Covert True Value, a variety store across from the bagel shop, said it will absolutely be affected by the road closure. “People will say, ‘Oh, forget it I’m not going to Covert because it’s closed,'” she said. “From a business perspective, it hurts us.” Chagachbanian is afraid shoppers will choose other businesses like hers to the north, because navigating Covert will become difficult. “They may go somewhere near New Hyde Park rather than coming this way,” Chagachbanian said. “For a small family-owned business, it affects us.” Starting Monday, a building at 115 New Hyde Park Rd. will

be demolished and Covert will be closed between 1st Avenue, one block south of Jericho Turnpike, and 5th Avenue. Crews will be working to install traffic control devices like barrels, barriers and cones, and drilling, pile driving, and pile installation will continue along with relocation of underground and overhead utilities. In addition to local traffic officers, 3TC has hired flaggers to help with the flow of traffic. Residents who have spoken to Blank Slate Media about the ongoing construction on Covert Avenue have complained about vibrations from the pile driving shaking their houses, cracks on their walls and concrete floors, large trucks zooming by and blocking residential streets and rats roaming nearby construction sites. The MTA said there is a variety of ways concerned residents can make their voices heard and receive project updates. 3TC has set up a hotline on 516-203-4955, email communications at CommunityOutreach@LIRRExpansion.com and detailed project websites at www.amodernLI. com# and www.LIRRexpansion. com where people can sign up to receive updates via email. In addition to ongoing community meetings, 3TC is showcasing some local businesses as part of its Open for Business program website and has community ambassadors doing door-to-door outreach. The MTA and 3TC are also working with the Village of Floral Park and Covert Avenue Chamber of Commerce to install banners along Covert Avenue that will encourage passing motorists and pedestrians to shop locally. Once Covert Avenue reopens toward the end of the year, New Hyde Park Road is next to be closed for the following 11 months for the elimination of a grade crossing.

Town OKs Barnes & Noble parking lot plan Continued from Page 3 to $4.03 million from a community benefit fund to assist with projects to mitigate the impact of the third track project. Deputy Town Attorney Michael Kelly said the memorandum of understanding, in addition to allowing access to more than $4 million, will grant the town greater reviewing powers and underscore enforcement of warranties from 3TC, the design-builder. The plan would also allow the town to use money from the fund for stepped up enforcement on illegal

parking in the Carle Place area, Kelly said, and secures various other commitments from the railroad. In exchange, the town will waive permit fees, have the town’s Department of Public Works and 3TC work more cooperatively, grant a license for the use of roads for construction activities and close a service drive road so a new one could eventually be constructed, Kelly said. “We believe that based on all these terms, especially our access to the community benefit fund, that this is a good deal for the town,” Kelly said.

The Town Board also postponed a public hearing to consider an application from Remica Property Group to alter a service station at 570 Port Washington Blvd. due to an issue with publishing the public notice. North Hempstead council members also voted to allow Atlantic Coast Dock Construction Corp. to construct a fixed pier and floating dock for Stepping Stones Lighthouse near Kings Point for $605,770, several months after the town hoped to have the dock completed. The dock is seen as pivotal for

landing equipment to repair the dilapidated lighthouse, whose origins can be traced to the 1870s. “This is a long time coming,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said of the bid award. Town Board members also approved a $500,000 bond resolution for heating, air, ventilation and air conditioning improvements for Michael J. Tully Park in New Hyde Park, as well as a $250,000 bond to go toward paving roads in the Beacon Hill and Bayview Colony areas in Port Washington.

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NYU Winthrop adds armed security

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NYU Winthrop joins Northwell Health and Stony Brook University Hospital in adding armed guards due to concerns over mass shootings.

Continued from Page 1 and not replace, the services of the hospital’s own security force. “The armed guards are highly trained professionals who will add an additional level of safety and security for our staﬀ, patients and visitors,” Collins said. Many Long Island hospitals have added armed security. Northwell Health has had armed guards outside its hospitals since 2018, with armed guards added to Manhasset’s North Shore University Hospital in March and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New

Hyde Park in July. The hospital has expanded armed security to patrol most of its 13 hospitals on Long Island. “We see the news, we all see what’s happening, whether it’s school or workplace shootings, active shooting situations are happening all around the country,” said Scott Strauss, Northwell’s assistant vice president of security who is also the mayor of Mineola. “We decided to be proactive.” Newsday reported that armed security guards could also come to Catholic Health Services’ six hospitals.

6th Police Precinct in Manhasset reopens Continued from Page 46 so this is a very proud moment when we can all stand here together.” Renovations to the building that dates back to 1973 will continue through October and will be completed entirely by Department of Public Works staﬀ, said Deputy County Executive for Parks and Public Works Brian Schneider. The upgrades, which will include new ceiling tiles, air conditioning and interior and exterior lighting, will total about $860,000, he said. “Overall it’s a really incredible face-lift in a relatively short period of time,” Schneider said. Prisoners will continue to be

processed at the 3rd Precinct in Williston Park until the work is done, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. Communities that the precinct will serve, including parts of Manhasset, Great Neck, North Hills and Manorhaven, can expect a precinct that is in touch and responsive, said the precinct’s deputy commanding officer, Daniel O’Connor. “I’m very happy for the community,” the former 3rd Precinct deputy commanding officer said. “We realize that there is a strong desire to have this precinct here and we’re also happy for the police officers that they have a place. They’re not just the

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subdivision of another precinct.” The 8th Precinct in Levittown was to reopen on Wednesday. Sue Auriemma, a longtime advocate for the reopening of the 6th Precinct, attended Curran’s announcement Thursday. “I’m thrilled with the bipartisan cooperation that pushed this across the finish line,” she said. “It was a very political issue from day one.” Advocacy in communities that the 6th Precinct formerly covered began even before it closed. Former County Executive Edward Mangano’s plan was to condense the county’s eight pre-

cincts to four, an eﬀort he said would save the county money. After eliminating the 6th and the 8th, the pushback was so strong that the rest of the mergers stalled. “Under the previous administration, I have to say that it sort of felt like out of sight out of mind,” Birnbaum said. “Every time I would mention the 6th Precinct, it fell on deaf ears.” Curran publicly supported the reopening of the 6th Precinct when running for oﬃce, but she did not include it in her county budget and nearly sued the Legislature when it voted to add it as an amendment. The county executive

changed her tone within a week, dropping the threat and announcing that she would approve the reopenings.# At last Thursday’s announcement, she pointed out Auriemma, whom she had met with about the precinct while campaigning for oﬃce. It was after that conversation that Curran publicly came out in support of the reopening, Auriemma told Blank Slate Media in October. “We had a conversation in Starbucks about the importance of getting this done,” Curran said. “I’m really happy that you’re here today and that we’ve come full circle.”

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King betrays values in immigration proposal

he bipartisan result they offer is amnesty. It is no surprise that U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi would come to this scheme. However," Congressman Peter King’s credentials would indicate otherwise, but alas he has surrendered to the siren call of amnesty as well. " It is unfortunate" that King did not think the answer for a secure border was to reintroduce, with Suozzi, the securing United States borders bill (The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005/ H.R. 4437) which King co-sponsored then." I urge everyone to look up this legislation since it has solid solutions that we need to fix today’s crisis. I would hope that they could at least agree on using Section 287 (g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to help immediately. This allows DHS to enter into an arrangement with state and local governments." The states then can secure training for law enforcement officers (which include training on immigration, civil rights laws and racial profiling issues), who then would become authorized to deal with immigration offenders and enforce immigration laws right here and now. " Also, both our member of Congress could fast track more action for Executive Order 13767 (Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements) signed by President Trump back on Jan. 25, 2017. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection department has begun doing replacement fencing but no new wall sections have been built yet. These are three simple solutions that could be quickly implemented to secure

the border and protect our local communities. These solutions do not need to involve rewarding 5 million people who broke out laws." Even the suggestion of using the mass amnesty (for an estimated 50,000 people each in Nassau and Suffolk County with another 750,000 more across New York state) as a way to create revenue for some illusionary border security in the future is insincere since they have stated half of total money will given away to unstable foreign countries. We should not give up any of the money. All the money should stay in the United States for hiring more border protection agents. " Nothing will be accomplished by surrendering with amnesty in any way, shape or form to DACA recipients, illegal immigrant adults on TPS, unaccompanied minors, as well as people whose visas expired and didn’t leave or crossed the borders unlawfully." These actions" will only be to the detriment of hardworking, legal, middle-class taxpayers of the USA." Removing the consequence of deportation is not fair to the people who came in the legal way. What deterrent would be left to stop more illegal immigration from happening? This immigration compromise is not needed. There is no reason to tie these two different issues together. " It is time for our legislators to uphold their oath of office to follow the Constitution, which means maintaining our country’s sovereignty by securing the border as its own priority. Chris Wales Mineola

County ethics board lax: Schnirman Continued from Page 6 The board should also immediately advise the county executive of any vacancies within the board so the position can be filled promptly, the audit suggested, adding that the county executive should seek to diversify the board in gender and ethnicity. Recommendations to update the county’s Board of Ethics website, hold publicly accessible board meetings and to implement an electronic financial disclo-

sure system have already been addressed by the Board of Ethics. A follow-up review by auditors of the new Nassau County Board of Ethics website elevated the site from second worst to second best. Two additional sections of the nepotism audit have been initiated. One is a review of the county’s hiring process and the other will evaluate the county’s internal controls regarding conflicts of interest and anti-nepotism policies. "

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1st place in state Herricks students science fair excel at History Day On April 1, Herricks High School Science Research student Carrie Hsu competed and won first place award in the New York State Science and Engineering Fair held at the New York Hall of Science. Carrie will now compete on the international level at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, to be held in Phoenix Arizona from May 11 to 17. The Intel ISEF is considered to be the “Olympics of science competitions” and brings more than 1,700 students from all 50 states and seventy nations together to compete for scholarships, grants, internships and a trip to attend the Nobel Prize ceremonies. Carrie won the first

place award in the Embedded Systems category with her research project entitled “Development of a Flexible Durometer Sensor for Improving Hardness Tactile Modality Using Piezoelectric Polymers.” She completed her research work under the mentorship of Dr. Ioannis Kymissis of the Columbia University Laboratory for Unconventional Electronics. Dr. Kymissis is a proud member of the Herricks High School Class of 1994. A member of the junior class, Carrie is a three-year participant in the Herricks High School Science Research program under the advisement of Mrs. Renée Barcia.

Herricks students excelled at the National History Day Regional Competition, held at Hofstra University on March 31, which featured 46 schools and more than 815 students from across Long Island. This year, Herricks High School and Middle School competed and won in many categories for work that they developed after thoroughly researching various historical topics. The high school and middle school both celebrate first-place groups, and high school students won prizes in nearly every category. The high school came home with eight total winners and two special awards. Seven of their projects, in addition to the one from the middle school, will now advance to the State Competition in Cooperstown on April 29. At the high school level, a firstplace win was achieved by Amisha Brahmbhatt, Prableen Kaur, Sarah Ninan and Roshni Patel for their group exhibit, titled “The Easter Rising of 1916: The Tragic Fight for an Independent Ireland.” They also received an Irish or Irish American Award sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. David Xiang, David Zhang, Gurvir Singh, Karan Kaknia placed first for their group website, “The India Partition: A Line Drawn in Blood.” Second place honors were earned by Selina Chiang, Maggie Lau, Grace Kim and Emily Wei for their group performance, “Scrubbing Away the Blackness: The Plight of the Stolen Aboriginal Generation.” Felisha Ma took second place as well, for her individual performance of “Cherokee vs. Georgia.” In the Group Documen-

tary category, Aarya Agarwal, Abhinav Goyal, Aditya Lodha, Prameet Shah placed second with the project, “The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Courage Knows No Number.” Emily Cho, Melissa Lau, Pranjal Jan, Prithula Simrin and Amber Wiqas took third place for their group exhibit, “Vietnam’s Inferno: Thich Quang Duc’s Self Immolation Sparked a Revolution.” Jane Chung, Madison Chu, Menaka Srinivasan, Stella Chu were named third place in group performance for their presentation, “Driving the Golden Spike of Progress through the Backs of the Yellow Man.” Riya Kapoor won a third-place award for an individual exhibit titled “The Manhattan Project: Triumph from Tragedy.” Rma Polce received the Maritime History Award Sponsored by Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum for the project, “The 1969 Union Oil Spill.” Middle school students Tiﬀany Leo, Sanjana Lodha, Dheyala Simrin and Celeste Zhang placed first in their group performance of “Lois Gibbs: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Mother on a Mission.” National History Day is a yearlong educational program sponsored in New York State by the New York State Historical Association that encourages students in grades 6-12 to explore local, state, national and world history. Herricks participants spend countless hours working on their research, for which they access major databases in the libraries, analyze their findings and develop meaningful and comprehensive projects.

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Woolforde named a Nurse of the Year Dr. Launette Woolforde, vice president of nursing education and professional development for Northwell Health and assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, has been named a 2019 American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) National Certified Nurse of the Year." Winning in the category of Nursing Professional Development, Woolforde is among 29 nurses honored by the ANCC in their respective specialty areas. The winners demonstrate ongoing contributions to the advancement of nursing in their specialties through innovation, collaboration, leadership and professional risk-taking and patient-centered care. The ANCC is a premier organization for board certification for nurses and provides Magnet designation, a widely recognized gold standard of nursing care excellence in hospitals." Woolforde works with other health system leaders to further Northwell’s goal to deliver superior patient care, quality and safety by developing and advancing nursing, especially at the frontline. She oversees a broad scope of strategic eﬀorts and educational programming that impacts the more than 17,000 nurses employed by Northwell at its 23 hospitals and 700-plus outpatient facilities. " “Dr. Woolforde’s commitment to excellence in nursing practice, education, and innovation as well as her engaging personality made her the clear choice for this recognition,”" said Maureen T. White,

executive vice president and chief nurse executive for Northwell Health." During her 15 years at Northwell, Woolforde has served in a variety of capacities including nurse educator, orientation coordinator, corporate director for nursing education, and senior administrative director for patient care services. She has contributed to the development of countless nurses, as well as aspiring nurses, within and outside the health system." For many years, Woolforde has created programs and pathways to enable Northwell’s 17,000 nurses to pursue and earn board certification. Northwell’s nurse certification rate among nurse leaders and frontline clinical nurses is higher than the national mean for Magnet hospitals. " ANCC certification allows nurses to demonstrate their specialty expertise. With a long career as a certified nurse, Woolforde led the development and launch of a unique oncology nursing clinical education program at Northwell. The cutting-edge program is framed around the patient’s journey, taking nurses through settings such as medical/surgical inpatient, radiation-oncology and home care to help them understand the patient and family experience, and prepare for complex care navigation and chronic care coordination needs. " To address the growing nationwide shortage of nurses in perioperative and ambulatory settings, she led the development of a program that allows nursing students to have an in-depth rotation in a specialized ambulatory and perioperative

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Dr. Launette Woolforde, vice president of nursing education and professional development for Northwell Health and assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, has been named a 2019 National Certified Nurse of the Year for Nursing Professional Development. The Dix Hills resident is among 29 nurses honored by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for their respective specialty areas.

program, preparing them for roles in these settings upon graduation – a transition that is unheard of in nursing. Woolforde’s work on addressing the competencies of nurse educators working in clinical settings paved the way for the National League for Nursing’s development of the Certified Nurse Educator-clinical CNE-cl exam. She also launched and leads a national diversity task force at the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) and co-authored the current Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing Professional Development, which set the guidelines for practice across the specialty nationwide. Her leadership helps to advance the health of patients across Northwell and in other critical forums where she shares her work, including the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. Having earned both a doctor of nursing practice from Case Western Reserve University and a doctor of education degree from Columbia University’s Teachers College, Woolforde became the first nurse in the health system to earn two doctoral degrees. She previously earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Pace University, a master’s degree in adult health as a clinical nurse specialist from Hunter College-CUNY, a post master’s certificate in nursing education from the College of New Rochelle." She is also a Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine.

Planting Fields Piano Battle at Landmark adds 2 to staff Planting Fields Foundation announced two new additions to the staﬀ, Winn Keaten, director of marketing and communications, and Kristina Pisciotta, programs and events manager. Following Gina Wouters’ recent arrival as the foundation’s executive director, the creation of these two new roles shores up key areas that are strategically important to the evolution, growth and identity of the organization as it enters its next phase under new leadership.

“As we enter the spring season and with the opening of Coe Hall for 2019, having strong talent in these two distinct positions will help us create engaging experiences for our visitors and celebrate the rich historical and natural beauty that Planting Fields has to oﬀer with a sense of purpose, vision and brand excellence,” said Wouters. “We’re looking forward to sharing some exciting programming plans for this summer and beyond.”

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Who says a classical music concert has to be sedate? Not Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis, the acclaimed pianists who are the masterminds behind Piano Battle. They are to perform at the Landmark on Main Street on April 13 at 8 p.m. In the Piano Battle the duo will go head-tohead on stage, charming and enchanting the audience with a variety of classical pieces. The show is divided into several rounds, each featuring a certain musical style. The two artists, good friends with distinctly diﬀerent performance techniques, will even go so far as to improvise on the tune you request. A competition wouldn’t be a competition without a jury and here the audience is the judge. All members of the audience are invited to vote on the pianists’ performances and eventually crown the winner. Of course, that might not be the limit of their participation. Part serious classical recital and part tonguein-cheek performance by classy pianists, Piano Battle" is a unique concert that pleases both the ear and the eye. Originally created for the Hong Kong City Festival," Piano Battle" has been performed for sold-out audiences in Europe, the United States and Asia, including Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Seoul Arts Center and an open air spectacle before 6,000 fans in Taiwan.

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The Landmark on Main Street will host Piano Battle on April 13 at 8 p.m. The show has also been well-received in the pianists’ home country where Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis have performed for enthusiastic audiences in concert halls and at festivals all over Germany- including the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, the Prinzregententheater Munich and the Philharmonie Berlin. Tickets for Piano Battle are available through Landmark’s Box Oﬃce, (516) 767-6444 and online at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org. Premium $55 (Friends $50), Select $45 (Friends $40), Standard $35 (Friends $30)

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No longer hiding from his autism Sean Culkin tried to ignore his autism for as long as possible. Diagnosed as a 2-year-old, it wasn’t until Culkin started college that he realized he had to face many of the symptoms from autism that he had never fully addressed. “The beginning of my college career was a low stage in my life,” said Culkin. “I didn’t want any support systems at school because I wasn’t comfortable with being autistic and I wasn’t comfortable with people knowing that I had it.”" Now Culkin, a research coordinator at Monter Cancer Center in Lake Success, speaks publicly about coming to terms

with autism. He addressed an audience on April 1, the start of World Autism Awareness Month, at the “Not Defined by

Autism” event hosted by the N-Able Business Employee Resource Group (BERG) at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens.

“I want to be able to help people so they aren’t ashamed of autism,” Culkin said, “so people don’t have to hide from it.” Culkin began working at Northwell as an intern through Adelphi University’s Bridges to" Adelphi program for students with a spectrum disorder He was able to provide structure for himself through the school’s resource programs, but his biggest concern was transitioning from college into the workforce. After completing a successful twomonth internship at Northwell Health, he was oﬀered full-time employment at Monter, where he has spent the past two years. “Northwell Health’s inclusion

internship recognizes the skills and strengths that these students bring." They just need the opportunity,” said Cheryl Davidson, Sr. Director, Workforce Readiness. “Sean is an inspiration because he’s going out to the public and telling people, there’s hope for you, there are opportunities for you, there are services for you,” said Carmine DeSena, director of psychiatric rehabilitation at Zucker Hillside. “It’s the goal of really connecting to people and knowing where to enter a doorway for services.”"

Molloy prof keynote event Handling unused medications Unused and expired medication can be disposed of at 12 Northwell Health locations that will be participating in this year’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27. In partnership with local law enforcement and the DEA, the following Northwell hospitals will have secure receptacles at the hospitals for people to safely deposit these leftover medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 27: Huntington Hospital; Lenox Health Greenwich Village and Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan; Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park; Mather Hospital in Port Jeﬀerson; Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco; North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset; Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead; Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow; Southside Hospital in Bay Shore; and Staten Island University Hospital’s north and south campuses. “When these medications remain in people’s medicine cabinets, they create an avenue

of access, and can potentially be used for purposes other than their prescribed intent,” said Dr. Sandeep Kapoor," director of Northwell Health’s Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment. “We appreciate our community members partnering with us to safely remove these unneeded medications from their homes. Together, we can assist our communities as we all work to navigate the substance use crisis we are facing. ” More than 70,000 people died of a drug overdose in the United States in 2017, according to that National Institute on Drug Abuse. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration and happens twice a year. In October, Northwell Health collected about 330 pounds of unused prescriptions. For more information about National Drug Take Back Day, go to https://takebackday.dea.gov/.

Early childhood, elementary and middle school teachers across Long Island will receive more information, resources and new approaches for educating and engaging students using STEM-focused and projectbased learning at The Center for Science, Teaching & Learning’s special Teacher Resource Day on May 24, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its Rockville Centre headquarters at 1450 Tanglewood Road at the 17-acre Tanglewood Nature Preserve. "" Teachers attending will be among the first to preview CSTL’s new exhibit: Dinosaurs! and Animal Adventure sponsored by Peoples United Bank, which will be open to the public this summer. This is the only exhibit and learning center of its kind in the region." The day’s activities will be led by international STEM crusader and advocate Dr. Ray Ann Havasy, Founder of CSTL. A notfor-profit organization, CSTL’s mission is to encourage sciencebased learning and literacy through hands-on STEM-based programs. “CSTL’s Teacher Resource Day gives educators the opportunity to explore a wide variety of STEM education tools and resources made available to them by scientists and educators,” explains Dr. Ray Ann Havasy, Director of CSTL. “We encourage teachers from across Long Island and the entire New York region to get involved and participate in this program. They will meet and develop partnerships with organizations that

oﬀer free resources as well as have the opportunity to sharpen their skills and get a better understanding of project-based learning that assists in maximizing classroom engagement.” Featuring a keynote address by John T. Tanacredi, Ph.D., Director of Molloy College’s Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring, the day’s programs will provide teachers with insights on how to better leverage approaches for teaching in all science disciplines, including zoology, biology, geology and physiology, with special focus on STEM." The goal is to empower teachers with more tools and approaches for enhancing interest in STEM and student learning. Teachers will also have the opportunity to connect with organizations and agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). Taking place on its 17-acre nature preserve, teachers will

experience the many educational tools that CSTL has to oﬀer for assisting with their professional development and engage in content-driven workshops on topics including dinosaurs, animal adaptation, climate and weather and sustainability. Method driven workshops will concentrate on such subjects as Project-Based Learning, Inquiry STEM, and Kitchen Science." With a full- time teaching staﬀ and a paleontologist onsite, teachers will gain a true perspective of CSTL’s unique STEM-focused approach to scientific learning in a unique, fun and engaging learning environment – making it perfect place for teacher training retreats and student field trips. Admission is $50.00 per educator and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. For further information about CSTL’s Teacher Resource Day or to register to attend, call 516764-0045, email RayAnn@cstl. org, or visit https://www.cstl. org/teacher-resource-day/.

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Town honors 16 ‘Outstanding Women’ Supervisor Laura Gillen and members of the Hempstead Town Board honored sixteen extraordinary women who live or work in the Town of Hempstead for their outstanding contributions to the community in a variety of endeavors at the town’s annual Pathfinder Awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 27, 2019. “The 2019 Pathfinder Award honorees are truly deserving of the recognition for their outstanding contributions and indelible impact they each have on their communities,” noted Laura Gillen. “These women go above and beyond in their eﬀorts to improve the community and the lives of others,” said Gillen. “Each of our exceptional honorees help make our township a better place to live and work, and they continue to inspire future generations of women to lead by example and become pathfinders of their own,” said Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney. “It’s an honor to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of these women in the Town of Hempstead, and to acknowledge their commitment to helping others,” said Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby. “Congratulations to the Pathfinder Award honorees for their valuable contributions which help make our town so distinctive,” said Councilman Bruce

Blakeman. “All of the women celebrated at the Pathfinder Awards are the finest role models from our township, and we are thrilled to celebrate their great contributions to our community,” shared Councilman Anthony D’Esposito. “It is such a pleasure to recognize the distinguished women in our town for their admirable dedication and unwavering commitment to give back to others in their community,” said Councilman Dennis Dunne. The winners of the prestigious award are as follows: Arts & Entertainment: Elizabeth Calandra, a senior at Floral Park High School who has been a pivotal part of elevating the music and art departments at the high school while also making contributions to her community. Ms. Calandra mentors younger students interested in the arts, and her passion for theater and music is greatly appreciated by her peers and the faculty at the school. Business: Sandra McCarty, owner of Caribbean Business Connections in Freeport, has ensured that small businesses in the Caribbean business community have a forum that can help them strengthen their business and better serve their communities. Community Service: Christine

Mooney, owner of “Tender Tales Nursery School” a child care center in East Meadow, has implemented numerous charitable initiatives that have positively impacted numerous people in the community. Education: Kesha Bascombe is an Assistant Principal at Malverne High School, and has been an educator for the past twenty years. Ms. Bascombe champions for the success of each and every student and inspires the very best from all of the students of Malverne High School. Health Services: Kate Zummo, MS, RN, CEN, is currently the Director, Community Education at South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside. Ms. Zummo ensures that the community is provided with the latest health education and resources that encourage them to be proactive about their health. High School Seniors: These exceptional young women have shown outstanding leadership qualities, and serve as an inspiration to others: Jennifer Daly, Clarke High School in East Meadow; Gabriela Daza, Mepham High School, Bellmore; Madison Gillis, Division Avenue High School, Levittown; Leah Hochman, Freeport High School; Elizabeth Sardes, H. Frank Carey High

School, Franklin Square; Safiyyah Savage, Valley Stream High School; Isabel Schwagerl, South Side High School, Rockville Center, and Hallelyah Yisrael, Roosevelt High School. Humanitarian: Cathy Powell, is the president of the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce, and has continuously made an impact on her community through a variety of selfless volunteer activities over the last twenty years. Recently, she organized Wantagh’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade, which was attended by over 50,000 local residents. Volunteer: Robin Fitzpatrick is the president of the East Meadow PTA Council and an EMT with the East Meadow Volunteer Fire Department. Ms. Fitzpatrick has been volunteering in her community since 2002 and most recently initiated an emergency medical training to all staﬀ in the East Meadow School District. Angie Cullin Town Employee: Ramona Malloy has worked in the Town’s Building Department for the past thirtytwo years, and her dedication and consistent positive attitude is greatly appreciated by the residents of the Town of Hempstead as well as her peers.

Students making Northwell pledges $138M college news SUNY Morrisville SUNY Morrisville recently announced that Arianna Fernandez of New Hyde Park was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester. Arianna is a major in the health related studies program. SUNY Oneonta Karlo Vlahek of Port Washington has received the SUNY Oneonta 2016-2017 Susan Sutton Smith Award for academic excellence. To be eligible for the award, a student must be a freshman, sophomore or junior with a grade-point average of 3.9 or higher. On Thursday, March 28, and Friday, March 29, Elizabeth Caccavale of Mineola was one of 20 student members of WONY 90.9 FM, SUNY Oneonta’s student-run radio station, who took a Student Association-sponsored field trip to Boston to visit a few of the largest public media institutions in the United States. The students received private guided tours of WGBH and WBUR Radio,

and also visited the PRX Podcast Garage and WTBU, Boston University’s student-run radio station." Caccavale is studying music industry. The University of Alabama Nearly 500 students at the University of Alabama highlighted their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference on March 27. Among them was Sera Levy of Roslyn Heights, whose presentation was titled “Post-Traumatic Stress and Problem Drinking Among Young Adults: Diﬀerences by Trauma Type” in the social sciences category. Clark University Niklas Butchma of Manhasset and Nicole Turetsky of Roslyn Heights were named to second honors on the Dean’s List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the fall 2018 semester.

Nine Northwell Health facilities will receive low-cost power through New York State’s ReCharge NY program in exchange for pledges to make $138 million in capital improvements and retain 6,800 jobs. The low-cost power deal allows Northwell hospitals and sites to consume green, clean hydroelectric energy. The money saved will be allocated to job retention and facility improvements, including $95 million in building upgrades at five Long Island sites and another $43 million in capital improvements at four medical facilities in Queens and Manhattan. “Under the ReCharge NY program, we can purchase an allocation of lower cost power from the New York Power Authority in exchange for making a commitment to retain jobs in New York State,” said Frank Porretto, energy manager at Northwell Health. “Also, because most of the power is generated from hydroelectric sources, Northwell’s carbon footprint is reduced. So it’s a win for Northwell, the economy and the environment.”" “NYPA powers businesses

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Stern Center for Rehabilitation in Manhasset will receive low-cost power after pledging to retain more than 450 jobs and making nearly $5 million in capital improvements. all cross the state with the Governor Cuomo’s ReCharge NY program,” said Gil C. Quiniones, NYPA president and CEO. “As part of this impactful economic development engine, the Power Authority’s partnership with Northwell has been incredibly significant for the state, leading to the retention of thousands of jobs and the investment of more than $100 million.”" To receive a ReCharge NY seven-year power contract, companies and organizations

must apply. Northwell has participated in the past with other facilities in the health system receiving the power rate reduction. Sites receiving the discount this year include Glen Cove Hospital, Lenox Health Greenwich Village, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, Manhattan, Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, Plainview Hopsital, Stern Center for Rehabilitation, Syosset Hospital and Zucker Hillside Hospital.

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Pioneers sweep series against Aquinas LIU Post dominates in 25-5, 11-6, 9-4 victories, but pledges not to let up going forward with a line drive to left field by junior Zack Fritz. The Spartans scored their first run in the fifth but were quickly answered by a run batted in

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from senior Dave Brehm. The Pioneers walked away with the victory. “After such a successful weekend, we could have come out a little too relaxed, but we didn’t,” Gaffney said. “The team came out with the urgency of getting a sweep, not being content with just winning three out of four.” The Pioneers next took on Mercy College on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7. “We need to have the urgency we had this weekend offensively, have a good weekend on the mound, and I’m confident we’ll be successful,” Gaffney said before the Mercy series. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, LIU Post’s awardwinning student newspaper, www. liupostpioneer.com. The article is republished by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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St. Aidan’s Stallions win on opening day Under a clear blue sky and a spring like temperature, the St. Aidan’s Middle School Baseball team opened their 2019 Spring season on Thursday, April 4 at The Town of North Hempstead’s Michael J. Tully Park against Our Lady of Peace Middle School. Behind the dominant pitching performance of Michael D’Angelo, the Stallions of St Aidans’s won their opening games by a score of 14-2. D’Angelo struck out nine, allowing no runs and only one hit over 5.1 innings. Joe Panero came on in relief and struck out four batters, allowing no hits in 1.2 innings. The Stallions opened the

scoring in the first inning when lead-oﬀ hitter Sean Lanigan drew a walk, eventually reaching third on a stolen base. D’Angelo drove him in with a sharp grounder to the left side. The Stallions then scattered nine hits over six innings. Thomas Nutley, Sean Lanigan, Joe Panero, Eddie Olsen, Mike D’Angelo (2 hits), James Rosselon, Jake Grimm, Jon Anthony Panero all contributed to the oﬀensive explosion. The Stallions scored at least one run in every inning they batted. D’Angelo commented on his pitching; “It was my first game on a 90 foot baseball field but I felt great and had good command of my pitch-

es and threw strikes.” On defense, Matthew Forte earned the games “gold glove” when in the fourth inning he was responsible for all three outs in the field, highlighted with a sharp grab of a hard line-drive ball. Nikita Mullen and Jack Willoughby also contributed with fine defensive plays. Field manager Kenny Solosky was very pleased with the Stallions eﬀorts and said, “I felt we played well in all aspects of the game: pitching, fielding and hitting. It was a very balanced line-up with all players’s contributing. I was very happy to see us core at least one run in every in-

ning.” Third base coach Patrick Solosky was particularly pleased with the running game and the fielding. “We were aggressive on the base paths and that directly led to a few runs. We kept the pressure on Our Lady of Peace team forcing them to make mistakes and we capitalized. We also played an almost flawless game in the field, making the plays when we had to stop any OLP momentum.” The Stallions play in the Catholic Middle School Spirit league and play against the middle schools of Kellenberg, St Agnes, OLP, St. Mary’s, St.

Christopher and St. Raymond’s. The team is made of up of 6th, 7th and 8th grade boys from St. Aidan’s Middle School. The 2019 St Aidan’s Middle School team plays under General Manager Ken Solosky and field managers Kenny Solosky and Patrick Solosky and consists of the following players: Thomas Nutley, Jon Anthony Panero, Michael D’Angelo, Jake Grimm, Joe Panero, James Rosellon, Jack Willoughby, Eddie Olsen, Christian Murphy, CJ Galanga, Matthew Forte, Nikita Mullen, Sean Lanigan, Lucas Abrusci, Justin Meskill, Balian Fagan and Andrew Marotta.

Herricks students Herricks reps N.Y. at festival excel at fair Herricks High School Science Research students competed in the New York State Science and Engineering Fair (NYSSEF) on April 1, held at the New York Hall of Science. Four students were recognized with awards, including two first place distinctions. Junior Carrie Hsu received the first-place award in Embedded Systems category for her project, “Development of a Flexible Durometer Sensor for Improving Hardness Tactile Modality Using Piezoelectric Polymers.” Carrie will now compete on the international level at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Phoenix Arizona from May 11-17. Senior Eish Maheshwari received the first-place award in Translational Medicine for his project, “Design of a Red Blood

Cell-Based Drug-Delivery Platform for Improving Curcumin Pharmacokinetics and Bioavailability via Reengineered Silica Nanoparticles.” Eish will serve as an alternative in his category for Intel ISEF. Senior Ankit Jain received the third-place award in the Comparative Biology category with his project, “Classifying Metabolic States from Vagal Activity in BALB/C Mice.” Senior Sahith Vadada received the third-place award in Biomedical Engineering for his project, “Polylactic Acid/Graphene Composite for Neurogenic Diﬀerentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells.” All of the students were mentored by Science Research teacher, Mrs. Renée Barcia. Congratulations on these achievements!

On March 14, two small chamber ensembles from Herricks High School participated in the 2-day Music for All"National Chamber Music Festival, held in Indianapolis, Ind. Both ensembles were accepted to this prestigious national festival following a rigorous process in which a panel of renowned adjudicators evaluated their performance recordings. They selected 15 ensembles from across the country to attend, and the Herricks groups were"the only ones selected from the state of New York. The Herricks High School Clarinet Trio, comprised of seniors Julia Feldman (piano), Grace Kang (violin), and Ju Young Yi (clarinet), received high praise at the festival for their musical subtlety and mature level of" artistry." The Herricks High School Cello Quartet, comprised of sophomores Dara Bao, Justin Koe, Kyle Pinzon, and Justin Yang, wowed the audiences with their nuanced and impassioned performance of works by Popper," Villa-Lobos, and a piece that was commissioned especially for them by young composer Bryan Wysocki. At MFA, both ensembles were featured in performances at the Indiana Historical Society and received clinics and coaching sessions from renowned music pedagogues and members of the Indianapolis Symphony. They also had the oppor-

tunity to watch many other ensembles perform. “The joy in a festival like this comes from the preparation the students put into their performance before we even get there,” said their teacher and chamber music" coach, High School Orchestra Director Catherine Fish. “These students are able to put on world-class performances at national festivals" because of the wonderfully collaborative way in which" they work together on a daily basis at Herricks High School. I am so very proud to call these exceptional young people my students, and I look forward to watching them grow together even more in their musicianship throughout their lives.”

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