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Legislature to form aircraft noise panel Nassau legislators also announce plans to hire consultant to study issue BY T E R I W EST

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Nassau County Legislator C. William Gaylor III (R-Lynbrook) speaks at a news conference announcing new county initiatives to address airplane noise.

The Nassau County Legislature is creating a new committee on aircraft noise, an issue that county and village oﬃcials said has been worsening in recent years. The Legislature also plans to introduce a resolution for the county to hire a consultant to study the problem, Nassau County Legislature Presiding Oﬃcer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) told a news conference last Thursday. The consultant would review reports from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the local airports,

and advocate for the county, he said. The bipartisan aircraft noise committee will have its first hearing near the end of June, Nicolello said, to provide residents with a chance to hear from oﬃcials and voice concerns. “I’ve lived in the New Hyde Park community my entire life and there has been airplane noise all that time, but in the last several years it has become exponentially worse,” he said. “Planes are coming in lower. They are larger planes. They are louder. They wake you up at night as if you hear thunder.” Continued on Page 57

L.I.’s 1st liver transplant program OK’d BY T E R I W EST

has been approved by the New York State Department of Health, Manhasset will be the first and the network plans to begin location on Long Island to host operations at North Shore University Hospital’s Sandra Atlas liver transplants. Northwell Health’s program Bass Center for Liver Diseases,

according to the health network. It will list its first patients later this month. “Nearly five people die each day in the United States waiting for a liver that will never come,” Northwell President and CEO Michael Dowling said in a news release. “By establishing an adult liver transplant program on Long Island, we’re changing the

narrative for thousands of New Yorkers living with this fatal disease.” Northwell opened a new surgical and transplant intensive care unit in March designed to host the liver transplant program. The space has 20 rooms and was a nearly $26 million investment. Northwell also hired 50 new employees to work in the liver

transplant program, according to the health network. Without a liver transplant program, Long Islanders have had to travel back and forth from New York City for the operations, said Dr. Lewis Teperman, Northwell’s director of transplant services who is leading the new liver transplant program, after the unit’s opening. Continued on Page 57

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Brookfield, Macy’s to Case against N.S. submit project plans oncologist dropped

Proposal for Manhasset location in next 30 days Charges of sexual abuse dismissed BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

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A rendering of a mixed-use development that Brookfield Properties and Macy’s are planning for Manhasset. BY T E R I W EST Brookfield Properties and Macy’s expect to submit their plans for a mixed-use development on the Manhasset Macy’s property to the Town of North Hempstead within the next 30 days, Aanen Olsen, vice president of mixed-use development for Brookfield, said in an email. The companies described the plans for what they are calling Manhasset Square to the Greater Council of Manhasset Civic Associations on May 8 and have also met with local school district oﬃcials, the state Department of Transportation, the county Department of Public Works and the Manhasset Park District, he said. The submission to the town will be classified as a Planned Unit Development because it requires variances, Olsen said. The project, which will cost more than $400 million, would introduce three apartment build-

ings, a hotel, an oﬃce building and retail and dining outlets to the Macy’s property, which currently has a vast parking lot surrounding the department store. “The site has been a productive center of commerce for more than 50 years,” Olsen said when asked why he thinks the application will be approved. “With the changing landscape of retail real estate, the proposed project will ensure its success for the next 50 years.” The 355 rental apartments are intended for young professionals and older adults, the vice president said. There are few such opportunities available in Manhasset, and Olsen said young adults will enjoy the existing local downtown, restaurants and retail stores. “We believe the project will serve as an entry into the community for younger adults to establish Manhasset as their home and eventually purchase a home and raise a family,” he said. The full-service hotel would

have 200 rooms, the oﬃce building would be 72,000 square feet and retail and dining would be 73,400 square feet. Much of the 2,271 parking spaces would be in an underground lot. The developers are evaluating the possibility of oﬀering shuttle buses to run between Manhasset Square and the Manhasset Long Island Rail Road station. The Macy’s store itself would not move or grow. “We’ve got a very robust online presence that we’re looking to strengthen over time, but it’s never going to overtake our brick-andmortar business,” Chris Erb, vice president for real estate at Macy’s, said at the May 8 meeting. “We recognize we have work to do to continue to strengthen our brickand-mortar presence and part of that is enlivening the environments around our stores.” The store is on 28.3 acres that Macy’s owns.

A Nassau County judge last Friday dismissed charges against a Great Neck oncologist accused by a patient of forcible touching and sexual abuse, ending a nearly yearlong case. In her decision in the case against Dr. Dwight De Risi, Nassau District Court Judge Valerie Alexander said “no inference may be drawn from the allegations that the touching was done for the purpose of sexual gratification or degradation.” Alexander also wrote that the “only reasonable inference that can be drawn from the circumstances is that, seeing the complainant in pain, the defendant sought to comfort” her, but the judge did not give

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a conclusion on whether the conduct was appropriate. Alexander previously wrote in a January ruling that police had no probable cause to arrest De Risi, a breast surgeon in private practice at Long Island Breast Care in Great Neck. She said it was “incumbent upon the detective to determine that the alleged touching was done with an ulterior motive” and said a conversation about “the appropriateness of the defendant’s actions” was not “memorialized by a detective.” De Risi, when confronted about the alleged kissing incident by a detective, allegedly said he “hugs and kisses all of his patients, that he is Italian, had been doing it for 37 years,” according to court documents. The unnamed victim had alleged De Risi kissed her on the mouth, rubbed her inner leg and stomach and told her that she “did good,” according to court documents. Alexander also denied a motion by prosecutors to reargue the case. Prosecutors were not immediately available to comment. “Dr. De Risi has always maintained that the charges were unwarranted,” Joseph Conway, an attorney representing De Risi, said Friday afternoon. “Today’s decision affirms that. We are grateful that he has been exonerated.” John Carman, another lawyer representing De Risi, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but told Newsday that the defense was “grateful for the court’s wellreasoned decision which returns Dr. De Risi to his patients and restores his good name.”

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Pool contract blamed for overruns

Clinton Martin contractor says details missing, condition of pool not correctly represented BY T E R I W EST The Clinton G. Martin Park pool renovation contract did not correctly represent conditions of the pool, which resulted in increased costs and delays, said Gramercy Group, the contractor that completed the repairs. Discrepancies between what was presented in the contract and what was present on site repeatedly arose as Gramercy moved to execute the repairs, company President Vincent Parziale wrote in a letter to the public works commissioner dated May 15. From underrepresenting the amount of asbestos to not providing steel needed for the bathhouse, errors by the town caused weekslong delays that made it diﬃcult to complete the project by the contractually agreed upon date of April 24, 2018, he wrote. The May 15 letter came in response to one from Public Works Commissioner Paul DiMaria informing Gramercy Group, which declared bankruptcy May 17, that the Town of North Hempstead was planning to hold it in default for not completing the project in New Hyde Park by April 24 and having outstanding work to do. “It is true that the Project was not opened until mid-June, 2018,” Parziale replied. “However, your letter does not

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Residents enter the renovated pool on opening day of 2018. even attempt to present a fair picture of why that happened. Candidly, given all of the Town’s issues. It is amazing that the Pool even opened at that time.” One issue was asbestos. The original contract called for a “limited amount of asbestos removal,”

Parziale wrote. When Gramercy Group evaluated the space it discovered an additional 5,500 square feet that had asbestos, the letter says. “It not only impacted cost, but it took about three weeks to perform, thereby

delaying Gramercy’s progress,” it says. A similar issue arose with electrical work, according to the letter. Work assigned in the contract conflicted with the electrical code, it says. Additionally, the conditions Gramercy Group found at the pool did not match those outlined in the contract. To resolve the issue, lighting decks had to move, which required a redesign, Parziale wrote. “Upon receipt of the redesign, Gramercy performed the additional work,” he wrote. “This led to additional cost as well as a time impact of four weeks.” On Jan. 30, 2018, the Town Board unanimously voted to increase Gramercy Group’s contract by $110,447.30 to accommodate the additional work required for the asbestos and electrical work as well as for additional air monitoring services. The public works commissioner had made a recommendation to do so, according to the resolution. The change increased the contract from $20.731 million to more than $20.84 million. Faults in the contractual renovation plan were one reason that the town ended up issuing so many change orders, Parziale wrote. Continued on Page 57

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New Northwell Health board chair Sands Point’s Michael Epstein, a lawyer, takes place of Mark Claster at 31-member group

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Michael A. Epstein, a resident of Sands Point, was elected last week as the new chair of the Northwell Health Board of Trustees. He has served as a Northwell Health trustee for 14 years, and before that filled the role of an associate trustee on the board since December 2002. The 24-year resident of Sands Point has also been a board member of Northwell’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research since 2002. Epstein said that he has always had an interest in health care and when the time came where he could think about giving back to his community, he decided to give his time to Northwell Health. He said his primary goal as board chairman is to work with management to maintain and enhance Northwell’s position as the premier health care provider of the region. Epstein is a senior partner at Manhattan-based law firm Weil,

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Michael A. Epstein (left) succeeds Mark L. Claster as chair of the Northwell Health Board of Trustees. Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he focuses on intellectual property law, a topic on which he has published over 60 articles. He chairs the firm’s Technology and Intellectual Property Transactions Practice Group and is a member of the American Bar

Association’s intellectual property law and business law sections. Other boards Epstein has been a member of include the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, the Jonas Salk Foundation, Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Arts

at Lehigh University and advisory panels to Congress and the National Academy of Sciences’ National Academy of Medicine on intellectual property matters. “Michael Epstein has been a good friend and strong supporter of the health system for

17 years,” said Northwell Health President and CEO Michael J. Dowling. “He is a communityminded, mission-driven individual who has been very active with numerous other philanthropic endeavors.” Epstein said he looks forward to helping everyone in the region by providing great health care services. He succeeds Mark L. Claster, who served as chair of the 31-member board for five years. Northwell announced the creation of the Mark L. Claster Annual Lecture in Neurosurgical Leadership to honor the former chair, who served on the Northwell Board of Trustees for 25 years. The lecture will be held each year at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Epstein said Claster served as a role model to him and set a great example as chairman of the board. “What I learned from him was really to spend time listening to all points of view,” Epstein said.

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Pool project gives us a sinking feeling

e are beginning to get a sinking feeling about the Town of North Hempstead’s renovation of the Clinton G. Martin pool in New Hyde Park. Town officials reopened the pool in June 2018 with much fanfare, expressing pride that the much-needed renovation was completed on time. “We are elated that the newly renovated pool is completed in time for the 2018 summer season,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a news release at the time. “I believe that the residents of the park district will be very pleased with their new facility.” But that wasn’t exactly true. When town officials unveiled a new water slide, kiddie pool and diving boards last year, the pool was made available to the public, but the project was not complete. Last year, we learned, a fire alarm and fire sprinkler system had yet to be installed at the time of the pool’s opening. That prompted the Nassau County fire marshal’s office to issue a violation the day before the June 30 opening and recommend that the pool not open. The pool opened anyway with additional manpower assigned to provide a “fire watch.” A month later, Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro reported that while progress had been made, the systems were still not complete and ready for approval. “Being over a month into the pool operating and this issue still isn’t resolved, that’s a little bit surprising,” Uttaro said.

Now a year later we have learned that work on the project may still not be complete. And that the cost of the project, which the town at first had said would be $15 million, may have risen to $23 million or more. How do we know this? On May 8, Public Works Commissioner Paul DiMaria sent a letter to the project contractor, Wantagh-based Gramercy Group, informing the company that the town planned to declare it in default because the project was not completed on time and work still had to be done. Town spokeswoman Carole Troterre said the town was withholding $1.97 million from the contractor because of these claims. Gramercy lawyer Michael McKenna said the town’s claim was a “ruse” intended to avoid paying oﬀ changes the town made as the project was winding up last spring because of “funding issues.” McKenna said the town has yet to pay Gramercy Group $1.5 million for 25 change orders it issued to the company once the project was complete. Gregg Jenkinson, Gramercy’s vice president, said the changes were the result of poor work by the project’s designer and mismanagement of the project by the town. Jenkinson also alleged in a letter that DiMaria had said he would only pay Gramercy an “arbitrary” number – $950,000 – for the changes to avoid “political repercussions” to him and Bosworth. The allegations raise several

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questions. Was Bosworth aware of the change orders? Were town council members also aware of the change orders? Is all the work completed? And more importantly, why weren’t all town residents made aware of the issues surrounding the project? Town oﬃcials said information about construction issues was limited to a park advisory committee since only members of the New Hyde Park Special Park District used and paid for the pool. The district is made up of roughly 13,000 residents and covers North New Hyde Park, the Village of New Hyde Park, Garden City Park and Searington. We think all town residents should have been made aware of the work undone and theproject’s rising cost. When the project was presented to residents served by the pool in the spring of 2017, town

oﬃcials said the work would cost $15 million, which they picked over a $9 million plan to revamp the aging infrastructure. The $15 million renovation of the aging facility grew when the town accepted a $19.4 million bid from Gramercy Group to do the work. Which later grew to a $21 million contract and a total cost of $23 million. It is unclear if the $1.5 million claimed by Gramercy is part of the $23 million price tag. At a minimum, all town residents deserve answers on the project’s costs, overall management of the project and apparent lack of transparency once construction began. That transparency might now be provided in bankruptcy court. Gramercy filed for bankruptcy shortly after the town announced it was withholding the $1.97 million. McKenna said the bankruptcy filing was a result of the town’s

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withholding of money and an “adverse judgment” in a lawsuit Gramercy has been involved in since 2016. But he said the company is not liquidating. Instead, it is operating as a debtor in possession – meaning it can still keep some of its contracts and collect debt with the assistance of an appointed bankruptcy trustee. There is no question Gramercy Group will seek to regain the full debt the Town of North Hempstead owes the company, he said. And, he said, Gramercy’s claim is closer to $2.7 million rather than the $1.97 million being withheld by the town because of the changes the contractor was ordered to complete beyond the contract. In the meantime, work on the pool appears to remain undone. Not exactly something for town oﬃcials to celebrate but much for residents to question.

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ON THE RIGHT

Yet more Nassau County GOP felons

t has been another bad year for the decrepit Nassau Republican political machine. First, there was the conviction of former County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, Linda Mangano, in March. Elected by a fluke in 1999, Mangano was unfit for the job. He had no understanding of municipal finance and thought governing meant attending ribboncutting ceremonies and grinding out self-congratulatory press releases. Worse, he was corrupt. Believing he was entitled to a lifestyle above his pay grade, he convinced a vendor to pay for vacations and home repairs, and to give his wife a no-show job for which she was paid over $400,000. And, instead of cutting a plea deal that would have let his wife oﬀ with a slap on the wrist, the delusional Mangano put her on trial with him and now she will have to do hard time with him. Next, in April, Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Am-

brosino, who was indicted on March 31, 2017, pleaded guilty to income tax evasion. This leading GOP operative and former special counsel to Ed Mangano was ordered by Eastern District Court Judge Joanna Seybert, to pay $275,000 in back taxes, $370,000 in legal penalties and $700,000 to his former law firm — that convicted felon Dean Skelos was once a partner — Ruskin, Moscou and Faltischek. In the original indictment, the U.S. Attorney contended that Ambrosino willfully attempted to evade paying federal taxes by filing fraudulent individual and corporate income tax returns and phony expense deductions that included “rental payments for a Manhattan apartment paid by Ambrosino on behalf of a third party.” Unfortunately, because Ambrosino copped a guilty plea we will never know the name of the “third party,” nor will we learn the purpose of the apartment and who stayed in it. (The Jack Lemmon movie, “The Apartment,”

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right comes to mind.) Then, on May 29, the first deputy county executive during the Mangano years, Rob Walker, pleaded guilty to an act of obstruction of justice. Walker was indicted in February 2018 by the feds for obstruction of justice, for lying to the FBI, and for accepting and then trying to hide $5,000 in cash he accepted from a county contractor. Walker, who during his time

as a county oﬃcial, appeared to spend most of his time raising funds for the Mangano Campaign Committee and the Hicksville Republican Committee, told the federal judge, “I knowingly and unfortunately … met with an informant working with the government and I asked him not to disclose the $5,000 he gave me.” Responding, U.S. Attorney Richard Donohue said, “While holding public oﬃce, Walker attempted to conceal his corrupt conduct by urging a witness to lie to the grand jury… Those who swear an oath to serve the public are expected to promote transparency, not obstruct justice.” Like the Ambrosino case, Walker copping a guilty plea prevents the public from knowing the full story. Just who the contractor was that handed Walker $5,000 at a University of Notre Dame football game in South Bend, Ind. remains a mystery. What’s next? Well, last September a state judge refused to dismiss the Nassau district attorney’s corruption

charges against former GOP Oyster Bay town supervisor, John Venditto. That trial should be coming up soon. Vendittto was indicted by the DA on charges of “bribery, money laundering, and crooked multimillion-dollar property deal.” With the Democrats on the ascendency in Nassau, will they too succumb to similar temptations that brought down so many Republicans? Remember, the Dems had their own scandal, involving the one-time, all-powerful North Hempstead Democratic political operative, Gerard Terry. He had compiled as much as $1.4 million in tax debt, pleaded guilty to criminal tax fraud, and was sentenced to jail terms by both federal and state judges. So, as you stay tuned to Nassau’s political antics, reflect on the French maxim “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (The more things change, the more they stay the same).

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Did Einstein’s mom understand his work?

y older boy is a graduate student in theoretical physics. I save scrap paper for him because, whenever he comes home for a visit, he covers every piece with incomprehensible diagrams and equations. “What is that?” I ask him. “Math,” he replies. But it doesn’t look like any math I’ve ever seen. There are no numerals, no letters… I don’t even recognize the symbols he is using. This does not surprise anybody, as I was a philosophy major. But not even his father, the electrical engineer, who is used to equations with sigmas and matrices, has ever before seen most of this stuﬀ. “So… what are you proving?” his father asks him. “Driving a conventional superconductor with an appropriately tuned classical electromagnetic field can lead to an enhancement of superconductivity,” our son tells him. “I’m so proud of him!” his dad and I say, together, as we tiptoe out of the room.

“So — did you understand any of that?” I ask my husband. “Not one word!” he replies. “Isn’t it wonderful?” It made me wonder whether other parents understood their children’s work any better. So I asked around. It was hard to get Stephen Hawking’s late mother to focus on his achievements. “It was such a shame about that terrible disease,” she kept saying. “He only outlived me by five years — so unfair!” “Yes, absolutely,” I agree. “But even so, he managed to accomplish so much! What I’m wondering is, were you ever able to get a firm grasp of what he was doing?” “Well, it was a bit diﬃcult, now that you mention it — even just to wrap my mind around that book of his.” “You mean, his first popular success, ‘A Brief History of Time.’ ” “Yes, that one,” she said. “Now, I love irony as much as the next person, but really…!” She lowered her voice to a whisper to add, “It was a bit of a slog.”

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A Look on the Lighter Side “It was a best-seller though,” I pointed out. “Indeed it was!” And she walked away, beaming from ear to ear. Next, I had a question for Annie Wecklein, mother of Werner Heisenberg. “Congratulations on your son’s Nobel Prize in 1932,” I began. “Thank you, I’m very proud,” she replied. “But I have a question. When he talked about quantum mechanics with you, could you un-

derstand it?” “No, of course not,” she replied. “I’m not sure anybody does, really. It’s enough for me that the Nobel Committee thought they did and gave him that prize.” “And his ‘Uncertainty Principle’ — was he ever able to make that clear, for you?” “It’s funny you should mention that,” she said. “He used to say, ‘Mother, it’s like this. I can either tell you what the time is, at the end of my day, or elsewhere I will be — but never both.’ He said it was a matter of principle.” “Physicists will be physicists,” I said, and we both had a little laugh. My final stop was Erwin Schrödinger’s mom, Georgine Emilia. “I studied your son’s work, when I was in college,” I told her. “And why wouldn’t you?” she replied. “He was a genius!” “Yes, he was. But I wanted to ask you — were you able to understand that ‘thought experiment’ of his — with the cat in the box? You know, how there’s an equal chance it’s alive or it’s dead…so he said it’s actually half

of each? Did that make any sense to you?” “Ach, the cat!” she laughed. “Everyone asks me about that. Here’s what really happened. He was an only child, you know, so he spent a lot of time playing with the family cat. And we always joked about that cat that, whatever side of the door it was on, it always mewled and cried because it wanted to be on the other. “So Erwin, he got tired of this, and found a box, and put the little cat inside, and put it in the middle of the doorway. ‘There you go!’ he said to the cat. ‘Now you must be happy, for you are both in and out at the same time!’ ” “And was it? Happy, I mean?” “Of course not!” She chuckled. “But I was always grateful that at least I could understand that one experiment of his, because everything else was impossible! Even here in the afterlife, there isn’t enough time for understanding quantum theory!” After that, I felt a little better about my own inability. At least, I’m in good company.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Recognize older Americans every month

n case you did not notice it, May was Older Americans’ month. Not to worry, however, it is easy to make the case that every month should be Older Americans’ month. Theodore Roszak, in his bouquet to aging, entitled his book, “America the Wise.” He contended that as Americans got older, they, and society, would get better. Adam Gopnik addressed this and other key themes in his May 20 New Yorker article: “Younger Longer: can the infirmities of aging be postponed?” The short answer is definitely. So, as we have elders living longer (“the aging of the aged”) and being in better mental and physical health, they can expect more of themselves. And, society can benefit every month from their experiences, wisdom, and empathy. As the acclaimed Cornell sociologist Urie Bronfrenbrenner emphasized: “The quintessential test of any society is the extent to which one generation cares about the well-being of other generations.” Is it not reasonable to expect elders to care deeply about their legacies, not only for their families but also for society and for human-

ity? Fortunately for all of us, elders now have more quality time to foster social and public good because they are no longer employed fulltime. Life-expectancy in the U.S. is nearly 80 (it was only 42 in 1900). Although more folks now remain gainfully employed after they pass “oﬃcial” elder year of 65, those who stop paid work at that age now have 15 years to invest. From the 1900 data, our rising elders today have 38 years (nearly a second lifetime by past demographics). Projected demographics are even better. According to this month’s U.S. Social Security report, the typical 65-year-old today will live to 83; one in four will live to age 90, and one in 10 will live to age 95. It may seem ironic to speak of older Americans having lots of time when the end of life gets nearer. But, as Gopnik and others show, elders may have more free and flex time than any other group in our society, including Millennials and Gen Z youth. How will they use that time each month? During this year’s oﬃcial Older Americans month, I personally had three experiences that augur

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field well for elders and our society. I was the guest speaker at the Great Neck REAP program, where the sparkling coordinator, Milton Rosen, is 99. The group ranged in age to a 102-year-old woman. Most impressive was their attentiveness, probing questions, passion for knowledge and social understanding. After two hours of discussion, I noted to a few folks that more women were participants than in past years. This was confirmed, and I was informed that REAP still kept its acronym, but changed it from Retired Executives and Professionals to Refocused, Energetic, Active, People.

This gender inclusive and spirited designation illustrates a resource for good in our community. My friend, Tom Benson, former college president and a speaker on aging at this summer’s Chautauqua program, told me how impressed he was by a similar name change for Hofstra’s PEIR group. For decades, it stood for Professionals and Executives In Retirement. Now, that same acronym indicates Personal Enrichment In Retirement, and, like the Great Neck group, it is gender inclusive with lots of folks attentive to local and global maters and willing to strive to make a diﬀerence. One of those PEIR folks is Don Parker of Port Washington, who, in his mid-90s, continues to give public library programs although he has given up driving a car. Don has also ambitiously been working on a project comparing the immigration xenophobia horrors of the 1920s with contemporary actions. I was honored this May to be the keynote speaker at Nassau County’s 45th Annual Older Americans’ Conference and Luncheon. More than 450 folks gathered at the Uniondale Marriott. In their numbers, and, espe-

cially, their thoughtful discourse, these folks show the potential of elders on Long Island and elsewhere. We at Hofstra have been especially pleased, for more than two decades, to have been striving to connect generations and, in so doing, to foster deeper ties between campus and communities. (Please see Hofstra’s chapter, “From ‘Youth Ghettoes’ to Intergenerational Civic Engagement: Connecting the Campus and the Larger Community” in Deliberation & the Work of Higher Education (2008).) We will continue to do this in our associations with the Kettering Foundation and The National Issues Forums Institute. From Hofstra’s Center for Civic Engagement and new Institute for Peace Studies, Hofstra’s Civic Discourse Fellows and Peace Fellows will guide our elder connections. In addition to programs on our campus, we are also willing to take these inter-generational initiatives to public libraries and community groups. Please be in touch if you want more information to attend or to schedule programs for your group: michael.dinnocenzo@hofstra.edu.

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Anti-abortion tactics offers lessons

hy is it that a woman who is seeking an abortion is presumed to be an irrational, selfish, hysterical Jezebel incapable of making her own judgments or life decisions, but anyone looking to buy a gun is presumed to be “a law abiding good guy” with an inviolable right to possess a weapon of mass destruction? Gun rights fanatics claim the Second Amendment gives them a right to bear arms unequivocally “infringed,” conveniently skipping over the qualifiers that bearing arms should be in the context of “well-regulated” (the only place in the Constitution that uses “wellregulated”) and “militia” (for defense of the nation in the absence of a standing army). They ignore the fact that the Founding Fathers, whose concept of “arms” was a single-ball musket, could not fathom the assault weapons capable of killing dozens in a seconds. The Supreme Court has declared that a woman has a con-

stitutional right to abortion but that hasn’t deterred states from imposing obstacles that all but ban a woman from exercising her constitutional right to autonomy. So those gun violence prevention activists who have been constantly frustrated by this country’s willingness to accept a terrorist scourge that takes 33,000 lives a year and injures 100,000 more (more have been killed by guns since 1973, when Roe v. Wade giving women the right to abortion was decided, than in all the wars America has fought since 1776), and who have been forced to live as though they were in prison and allocate resources that should be spent on teachers, roads and research to more and more security in order to allow the freedom of others to wield guns and put everyone in fear for their lives, should use the same techniques as the those who would deny women their freedom: • Require national background check – a real one that

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doesn’t limit to three days when the records are expunged and the seller automatically gets to buy a gun • Require certificate of training, licensing, registration (as for voting) and re-licensing (like driver’s licenses) every five years; create a national registry • Require a mental health examination before buying a gun and after any major life crisis, like losing a job. • Require health insurance com-

panies cover mental health counseling on par with medical conditions; increase access to mental health (since those who claim “guns don’t kill people, people do” and that the epidemic of gun violence that occurs at rates far in excess over every other industrialized country despite no diﬀerence in the rates of mental illness, is the fault of mental imbalance). • Require every gun purchaser for each purchase to undergo counseling on the dangers and horrors of gun violence, requiring the gun purchaser to return multiple times over a 72-hour period to sit through videos and lectures on the likelihood a loved one will be shot in the home with their own gun • Outlaw online and private purchases; all gun, ammunition and accessory purchases must be through licensed, regulated gun shops, which are required to report every sale meticulously and be required to buy back guns • Tax the purchase of guns and ammunition for the money to

establish a Victim’s Fund, and to repay municipalities for providing security to schools, houses of worship, shopping malls, concert venues; public meetings • Require any gun purchaser to have insurance like a car, covering health care for victims and self, property damage • Enact a Red Flag law enabling family members or law enforcement to petition a court to intervene and temporarily suspend someone’s access to guns if there’s evidence that person poses a serious threat to themselves or others. Bar anyone found to have committed domestic violence to possess a gun. • Restore the ban on assault weapons, bump stocks, ban high-capacity ammo clips • Require proper security of guns in the home; make parents or guardians liable for criminal prosecution, including negligent homicide, if a minor gets access and uses the gun to commit a crime Continued on Page 54

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Commoner warned us about waste

ome of you may remember Barry Commoner, a distinguished biology professor and a founder of the modern environmental movement. Among his many accomplishments as a scientist, he is credited with doing the research that led to the 1963 international treaty banning atmospheric nuclear testing. He even ran for president of the United States, using the campaign slogan, “Put a Commoner in the White House.” How can you forget that? But Commoner is perhaps best known for his four “laws of ecology,” which he outlined in his 1971 book, “The Closing Circle.” These are: 1. Everything is connected to everything else. There is one ecosphere for all living organisms and what aﬀects one, affects all. 2. Everything must go somewhere. There is no “waste” in nature and there is no “away” to which things can be thrown. 3. Nature knows best. Humankind has fashioned technology to improve upon nature, but such change in a natural system is likely to be detrimental to that system.

4. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Exploitation of nature will inevitably involve the conversion of resources from useful to useless forms. Since each one of these thought-provoking ideas could fill volumes, I’d like to focus on Law No. 2 (everything must go somewhere) from a local perspective. Do you have any idea where that thing you are throwing away is going? How long will it take to break down and decompose back into the earth? Is it made of materials that will never decompose? Is it made from toxic chemicals? What animals will try to eat it? Are we one of the animals that will eventually consume it in our food or water? Did any of these thoughts occur to you when you took it oﬀ the shelf and brought it to the check out? We live in a very diﬀerent world from our grandparents, or great grandparents. Today, nearly everything we use or fill our homes with is in some way derived from industrial chemicals. It is estimated that chemicals are used in 96 percent of manufactured materials and products we use, and these

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chemicals are finding their way into every living thing on land and in water as well as our earth’s atmosphere, creating problems as diverse as contamination of our food supplies and the warming of our planet. Sitting at the top of the food chain, humans now carry around hundreds of synthetic chemicals in their bodies. In the United States alone there are approximately 80,000 chemicals that have been registered for use, with a small number of these belonging to a class of long-lasting synthetic chemicals, or persistent organic pollutants. These POPs, such as DDT, PCBs, brominated flame

retardants, PFCs and dioxins, can travel through the environment by air, water, or a combination of the two, moving to distant places on the planet with the cyclical patterns of evaporation and condensation. Chemical pesticides used here on Long Island on our lawns, golf courses and farms, as well as those used around our homes for control of other pests, are regularly detected in our groundwater and in other places where they contaminate fragile ecosystems and can kill or harm important species. In Long Island’s water we also detect varying amounts of industrial solvents, dry cleaning chemicals, petroleum products, chemicals used in fire-fighting foam, flame retardants and chemicals from household and personal care products that go down our drains. Will there be a tipping point when our water purveyors cannot filter or remove these chemicals with existing water treatment processes, as is the case with 1,4-dioxane? Clearly, removing them at the source is the only answer. In meetings and in casual conversations I’ve had with experts about specific chemical

contaminants on Long Island, many good ideas were proffered. For instance, fire-fighting training sites should use nontoxic alternatives, leaving the toxic chemical-based foam containing PFCs only for real fires. Dry cleaners should be required by New York state law to use only water-based or liquid carbon dioxide processes to clean clothes, as required in other countries. (Note: New York did have an incentive program for dry cleaners to convert to less polluting methods, but few chose to participate.) Flame retardant standards for furniture should not require toxic chemicals whose benefits are questionable and when safe alternatives are available and eﬀective. And finally consumers need to be made aware of the ingredients in the products they purchase, so they can choose those that are primarily biobased and come in packaging that is friendly to our earth. Whatever we throw “away” goes somewhere, and to protect our health and earth’s resources that provide us and other living things with life-giving air, water and food, we need to be more mindful of our consumption.

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he $300 million Penn Station West End Concourse, $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall and now $600 million new 33rd Street entrance, plus widening of the connecting 7th Avenue to 8th Avenue concourse may improve pedestrian circulation access, but fail in other critical areaswhich would provide real vs. cosmetic improvements for LIRR riders. All three of these investments costing over $2.5 billion add no additional platform and track capacity for LIRR, New Jersey Transit or Amtrak riders. All fail to deal with bringing the more than 110-yearold East River Tunnels, two of which suﬀered significant damage from 2012 Super Storm Sandy, up to a state of good repair. They do nothing to end the periodic cancellation and combination of LIRR trains due to signal, power, derailments and other East River tunnel problems. Gov. Mario Cuomo is clearly unaware of the original $200 mil-

lion Penn Station Improvement project in the early 1990s. Funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration (today’s Federal Transit Administration). These funds were used to upgrade the 7th Avenue ticket office, open a new entrance on 34th Street just west of 7th Avenue and renovate the main concourse connecting 7th and 8th avenues. Work was completed in 1994. All FTA capital improvements have a useful life requirement contained in the master grant agreements with the MTA. Failure to do so could result in the FTA requesting reimbursement by the MTA based upon straight line depreciation for the remaining value, which was never achieved. Cuomo wants to widen the corridor 27 feet plus raise the ceiling by several feet. Sounds great, but remember that the useful life for similar prior investments to both the corridor and ceiling went into beneficial use in 1994. They would only be 26 years

old in 2020. The MTA could be on the hook for reimbursing FTA millions. Also missing is a key, low-cost option that could be of real benefit for tens of thousands of riders.Until the early 1980s, both LIRR and New Jersey Transit riders exiting east at Penn Station had a direct underground passageway known as the Hilton Corridor. It was also known as the Gimbel’s passageway. Gimbel’s was Macy’s chief competitor at Herald Square. This provided a simple indoor connection to the 34th Street Herald Square IND and BMT subway, along with Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) station complex. Further, there was an underground passageway along 6th Avenue, which went as far north as 42nd Street. As a teenager, I remember avoiding the rain and snow by using this indoor path. It would provide easy access to both the New York Public Library main branch and Stern’s 42nd Street department store.

Both passageways were closed many decades ago by NYC Transit and the LIRR, due to security issues. If reopened today, commuters would have easy connections to the Broadway N, R, Q & W and 6th Avenue B, D, F & M subway lines, along with the PATH system,rather than walking outside on the street exposed to both inclement weather and heavy traﬃc.By using either the subway or walking, riders would have direct East Side Midtown access via these subway lines to Manhattan Midtown and the East Side, along withthe Broadway, 6th Avenue, 42nd, 53rd, 59th or 63rd Street corridors, served by numerous subway lines and stations. It could be rebuilt in several years for $150 million vs. $11.2 billion plus $600 million in financing costs (perhaps up to $12 billion based upon the amended 2016Federal Transit Administration Full Funding Grant Agreement with the MTA)for MTA LIRR Eastside Access to Grand Central Terminal. Reopening this passageway

would provide improved access to Midtown East several years prior to MTA LIRR Eastside Access. Current project schedule calls for service to begin in December 2022 (new FFGA date). Don’t be surprised when MTA announces yet another round of delays and new recovery schedule. This could result in LIRR service to Grand Central Terminal starting in 2023 or later. Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian, writer andadvocate who previously worked 31 years for the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Oﬃce. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programsfor the MTA, NYC Transit,Long Island Rail Road,Metro North Rail Road and MTA Busalong with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ).

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Warren court opinion supported abortion “If women are to be excluded without having a voice from a participation of the natural rights of mankind, prove first, to work oﬀ the charge of injustice and inconsistency, that they want reason-else this flaw in your new constitution will ever show that men must, in some shape, act like a tyrant, and tyranny, in whatever part of society it rears, its brazen front, will ever undermine morality.” – Mary Wollstonecraft. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States approved the decision to legalize abortion. This landmark decision

was written to guarantee the individual’s right to make private and intimate decisions secure in the belief and knowledge that women will have the highest level of protection to make life choices consistent with their own moral and conscientious beliefs, and that no government will have the power to force a woman to continue or to end her pregnancy against her will. Abortion is a deeply personal issue. Should a woman have the right to have an abortion? How should this question be decided?

Is it a legal question, a constitutional question, a medical question, a philosophical question or a religious question? There are certain rights that are retained by the people. Although the right to privacy is not specifically mentioned within the Constitution, the Ninth Amendment implies its existence. The argument was expanded to include all amendments in which the right to privacy is implied, including the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth. In a concurring opinion, Justice Arthur Goldberg, Chief Justice

Earl Warren, and Justice William Brennan cited former Justice Louis Brandeis’s analysis of the principles underlying the Constitution’s guarantee of privacy – aspects of family life in which the government could not interfere. It was considered to be “the most comprehensive of rights and the right mostly valued by civilized man.” It was this premise that guaranteed the woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy by her constitutional right to privacy. In 1972, I was employed as a nurse by a physician who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.

With the introduction of ultrasound, fetal anomalies could be detected within the first few months of gestation. But the decision to abort was always made with the woman, her partner, and her doctor, not the politician. Although an unborn fetus is to be protected, the health of the mother is paramount, placing a higher value on existing life than on potential life (Exodus 21-2223). I remained in that practice for 17 years. Myra Feder Great Neck

Will quail combat ticks in North Hempstead?

n open letter to North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, I read with great interest a story in Newsday about North Hempstead using quail to cut down on ticks. I applaud you, again, for employing quail as an eco-friendly way to combat the deer ticks that may be present in our town parks, instead of spraying the parks with an insecticide. However, I

do have a question or two concerning this quail program and I would very much appreciate it if you would answer my questions. First, when insecticide is sprayed in a park, the entire park is sprayed (every foot of it) and hopefully, any deer ticks that are present, anywhere in the park, will be eliminated. When Northern Bobwhite Quail are released in a town park, what guarantee do you have that the quail will

hunt and eat ticks in every part of the park? I have no idea what the eating habits of quail are, but isn’t it possible that the quail may opt not to hunt and eat in large sections of a park? Or does the town have ways to induce the quail to hunt and eat in all areas of a park? Next, the 36 quail that will be working for the Town of North Hempstead may still be unhatched in their eggs. Ac-

cording to the Newsday story, they may have started to hatch, June 1. The story mentions that the mature quail may not be released into our parks until early August. Isn’t that a bit late to start the tick eradication program? The Newsday story says that the ticks “are most active in warmer months.” I would include June, July and early August as warmer months. How is the town combating the ticks

in June, July and early August, before the quail arrive? There will be many visitors to our town parks during those warm months just mentioned. And lastly, will you be sure that the 36 quail soon to be working for the town register as Democrats as soon as they pick up their first town paychecks/ Joel Katz Port Washington

No place for bigotry Priest who aided in VGN mayoral race my recovery

knew that when I decided to run for mayor that it would be a tough race. I understood that I would have to work hard because change can be diﬃcult for people. I also anticipated that people would attempt to look for issues to discredit my ability to hold the oﬃce of mayor. I would not have gone down this path if I were not ready for all the challenges coming my way because I live from a place of integrity and honesty. That’s what I have on my side. I’m hearing that my opposition has been disparaging the idea of voting for an Asian man and a black woman. I’m saddened that people would say such things in our Great Neck community. That’s why it’s so important that I run for mayor because diversity in this community

should be embraced and celebrated. That’s why we chose the campaign message Village for Allbecause many of us in this community understand that everyone deserves the opportunity and the ability to thrive in our community. I’ve also heard rumors from my opposition that I have been arrested. Please know I have never been arrested in my life. Never. I was endorsed by the police and fire unions in NYC and I was on the Queen’s District Attorney Asian Advisory Board. I co-founded a Girl Scouts troop, which conducts criminal background checks. Overall, I want to participate in a fair campaign that is based on decency and facts. A fair campaign where we promote our vision, our ideas, and our proposals for our community. Not a campaign of hate and lies that attempts to destroy

each other’s character. The fact is I was U.S. Marine Corps and led a rally against racism. I received an award from the NYPD for helping out after 9/11. I am the local director for Camp Invention, a national summer STEM program for school-age children. There’s more that I could say about the work that I’ve done over the years. I have dedicated my life to service and I’m ready to continue this work as the next mayor of Great Neck. I call upon the incumbent village mayor and trustees to repudiate and denounce this intolerance, this campaign of hate, lies and deceit. Let us have civil discourse and an honest debate about the wellbeing of our community and future of our village. James Wu Village of Great Neck

am grand knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus council #5911 in Douglaston and would like to praise a good priest who I have gotten to know. I have most recently worked with Father Mark Bristol on a meeting where we brought many together to discuss ways to make our parish safer from those who would do us harm. At this time I would like to praise Father Bristol who I have felt his love of God and country. He is a most dedicated priest and is loved by all he has served. The Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, May 26, he was sworn in as the U.S. Navy’s newest chaplain, and on July 1, he will be stationed on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier. Father Bristol is also a member of the American Legion Post #103 in Douglaston

and a member of the Knights of Columbus. On a personal note, five years ago as a new priest, he bestowed upon me a healing and prayer blessing as I was about to be operated on a week later for an aggressive prostate cancer. Well, I survived and maybe because of Father Bristol’s loving pastoral concern for my wellbeing. In closing, as a fellow Navy veteran, bless you Father Mark Bristol for all you will be doing for our military men and women who also will need your loving care. You will be missed greatly at St. Anastasia and in the communities of Douglaston and Little Neck. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola Letters Continued on Page 53

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“You’re not educated enough and now knowing that it kills more than prostate cancer and breast cancer combined, the statistics are just overwhelming.” Top fundraiser Alyson Irom of Manhasset attended the kickoff with her mother, Carole Klein. Last year, Irom and her twin, Andrew Klein, raised more than $21,000, the most of any participating team. The effort was in honor of their father, Stanley Klein, who lives with Alzheimer’s. This year, Irom said she plans to ask for donations for her birthday. Though she doesn’t have a personal connection to the disease, Taylor said she sees it affect clients at her investment firm. “You’ll have one part of the family who takes care of all the expenses or all the finances and that gets diminished,” she said. “So financially, it’s devastating for them and mentally it’s devastating because it pulls the family apart.” Her company is on track to raise $12 million for the cause in less than five years, Taylor said. Like Taylor, walk chair Haley Mayer has a national team for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s with her company Prager Metis. Its goal this year is $250,000, she said. “So far we’re at 25k of the 250 but we will hit it,” she said. “I see it coming.”

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Bid for vote on elected assessor fails GOP county legislators fall short in effort to override Curran veto of referendum proposal

BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Nassau County assessor will remain an appointed position after the County Legislature failed to override the county executive’s veto on Monday. The 11 Republicans in the County Legislature proposed legislation in March to establish a public vote on whether the assessor should be an elected position. In April, the Legislature approved the bill 10-7 and in May, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran vetoed it. Monday’s attempt to override Curran’s veto failed when Republican legislators were unable to enlist the needed Democratic support – two votes – to achieve a supermajority of 13 votes. The override was defeated with an 11-8 vote. Presiding Oﬃcer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said the bill would have given the people “the right to decide whether the assessor should be elected and accountable to the residents of Nassau County or appointed and accountable to

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Hempstead Town Tax Receiver Donald Clavin testified in support of an override at the Nassau County Legislature. the county executive.” He said an elected assessor would be responsible, make herself available to the people and demand transparency from the Department of Assessment. Traits he said the appointed Nassau County Assessor David Moog has not maintained.

Nicolello said that Moog has not held one forum to answer questions in any majority-held district in the county and the assessment process has been riddled with errors. The errors that the presiding oﬃcer listed include the wrong assessment roll being posted

in January with 18,400 errors in property tax assessments, 60,000 tax impact notices requiring correction in November 2018 because the assessor used preliminary home values instead of final values and 20,000 assessment disclosure notices being recalculated because the property

tax assessments exceeded the state property tax cap. “We can go on and on but no one has been held accountable for any of this,” Nicolello said. Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) said the two previous elected assessors in the county did not have the credentials for the position. He said the bill before the Legislature did not require the elected assessor to have any credentials or prior experience in the position. Abrahams said that the people of Nassau County voted to no longer elect the assessor in 2009 because the office was being politicized. A job of this magnitude should be “done by somebody that has credentials and the background to do the job right,” he said. “Not someone who is going to make decisions based off how many votes they are going to get out of a particular area.” He said the accountability for an appointed assessor’s mistakes falls on the person who appointed the official. Continued on Page 46

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all expenses at the animal shelter. Contractual expenses were $1.01 million, surpassing the expected amount by $167,989, or 24 percent. The fees and structural expenses were over budget by $194,483, including $184,972 that was spent on legal fees. The comptroller’s report recommended that the town immediately undertake its own operational audit of the shelter, including a detailed internal review of staffing, purchasing and the care of animals. It also said the town should establish a registered 501(c)(3) charity to provide transparency and accountability with donated funds and adhere to the town’s collective bargaining agreement, among other recommendations. The report said the Town of Hempstead had thanked the county comptroller for making the comptroller office’s resources available to conduct a financial review and noted the findings offered the town an opportunity to take a “broader look” at its actions and make changes to “strengthen their internal controls.” Town Supervisor Laura Gillen thanked the comptroller for accepting her invitation to do the audit in a statement, saying, “I believe this audit is important now, just as I did last year when I requested it, in order to properly correct the mistakes of the past. I am pleased to report that many of the Comptroller’s recommendations, such as the need for greater restraints over spending, have already been embraced and implemented during my new administration.” In her statement, Gillen said that her administration has “aggressively moved to replace paper files, which have dominated Hempstead for centuries, with digital files.” Gillen announced that the town has moved all of its financial information online “for everyone to view” and has implemented a new digital financial and payroll records system.

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Williston Park water tower ready for testing BY TOM M CC A RT HY Williston Park’s new water tower is filled and ready for testing, Mayor Paul Ehrbar said, and the village has replaced a gazebo near Hillside Avenue. At a meeting on Monday, the village Board of Trustees also allocated funds for road restoration. Ehrbar said at the meeting that landscaping still needed to be done around the gazebo, which he said is popular for senior citizen concerts. Ehrbar said at meeting that Williston Park was able to get $3,705 toward the landscaping for the project from the Flushing Bank Community Enhancement Project. Ehrbar explained that the origi-

nal gazebo “needed to go” after standing for 30 years. When the board voted to approve the 2019-20 budget in April, Ehrbar said the new water tower on Syracuse Street was set to be done by June 1. In a brief interview on Wednesday, Ehrbar did not give a date when the tower will be completely done, but said that it is “filled and ready for testing in the next week and a half.” The board also voted to allocate $90,500 left over from the 2018-19 budget to repair roads throughout the village. The Williston Park Board of Trustees will hold its next public meeting at Village Hall on June 17 at 8 p.m.

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Wilson, Bush to share Huntington stage

ristian Bush has been making the impossible happen his whole life. He has conjured his musical dreams into reality three times – first with his rock duo Billy Pilgrim, then with his Grammywinning country duo Sugarland, and most recently as a solo artist. Now Bush is undergoing yet another reinvention and chasing another horizon. That horizon includes his latest album with the new single, “Sing Along,” a brand new record label, his first-ever publishing deal, and a foray into musical theater. All of this hope, determination and contagious compassion have led this country original to come into his own. “I feel like a new artist,” Bush says about the journey ahead. “And it’s exciting.” Bush is no newcomer. Sugarland cemented his status as a captivating stage presence and multi-platinumselling songwriter, earning him fans and friends around the world. In many ways, his solo debut, “Trailer Hitch,” in 2014 made this new chapter possible. Built on the strength of grooving melodies, catchy hooks, and feelgood wisdom, the song was a runaway country music success, giving fans the first taste of him as a distinct artist. “‘Trailer Hitch’ really helped validate what I sound like as a singer,” Bush says of his solo debut. “But also my belief system of putting a message into my music. That’s always been my game. Whether it was Sugarland or Billy Pilgrim or whatever, my wish was that it gets stuck in your head somehow, and then you can detangle the message as time goes by.” Now signed to Wheelhouse Records as an artist, songwriter and producer, Bush will have plenty of opportunity to spread his message. He’s producing rising star Lindsey Ell’s new project, he stepped into the

unknown to write original tunes for the new musical, “Troubadour,” opening Jan. 25 at Atlanta’s Alliance Theater, and he’s written meaningful new songs beyond “Sing Along.” Bush will showcase his solo musical accomplishments at an upcoming show at The Paramount on Friday, June 14 at 8 p.m., where he will share the stage withmulti-talented actress, producer, singer, and writer Rita Wilson. Wilson first donned her producer’s cap for the record-breaking, box-oﬃce hit, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (2002). She returned as a producer and appeared in its sequel, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,” released in 2016. Wilson co-wrote and performs “Even More Mine,” the song which plays over the film’s credits. Wilson’s instincts proved solid once again when she saw the theatrical production of “Mamma Mia!” in London shortly after it opened. Her love of ABBA music led her to secure the rights and develop the motion picture, which was filmed on location in Greece. She served as a producer on the 2008 Universal hit that starred Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, and as executive producer for its sequel, “Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!,” released last summer. Wilson starred in the independent film, “Emmett,” for which she contributed an original song, and in the recent feature film, “Gloria Bell,” along with Julianne Moore and Jon Turturro. Her past film credits include “Sleepless in Seattle,” “It’s Complicated,” “That Thing You Do!,” “Runaway Bride,” “The Story of Us,” “Beautiful, Ohio,” and “My Life in Ruins.” Wilson’s first love, however, is music. In May 2012, she realized a lifelong dream with the debut of her solo album, AM/FM, an intimate and elegantly sung collec-

tion of covers of her favorite songs from the 1960s and ’70s. Since then, Wilson has been focusing on a new component of her musical career as a songwriter. In March 2016, she released her self-titled second album, Rita Wilson, which showcases her skill for creating insightful pop music that is etched with stunning honesty. Wilson has toured around the country, opening for the band Chicago in the summer of 2016, and performing multiple times at the Geﬀen Playhouse in Los Angeles, as well as at the famed Bluebird Café in Nashville and Café Carlyle in New York City. Writing about one of her recent Carlyle performances, the New York Times said, “Ms. Wilson has a catch in her voice that conveys yearning and potential heartbreak behind a façade of cheer. As a stage performer, she is gregarious and forthright; a natural entertainer.” Wilson’s new album, Bigger Picture, will be released on Sept. 28. Bigger Picture reunites her with producer Fred Mollin (Johnny Mathis, Jimmy Webb, Kris Kristofferson), expanding on her gifts as a storyteller and vocalist. With her third album, she has crafted a revelatory set of songs co-written with some of the most accomplished songwriters in Nashville and beyond, including the Warren Brothers (Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, and Toby Keith), Darrell Brown (LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, Ariana Grande), and her show partner Bush. In addition to Bigger Picture, Wilson also co-wrote and sang “Heart Unknown” for the upcoming film “Simple Wedding,” making its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Sept. 21. For tickets to Bush and Wilson’s upcoming show, go to www.paramountny.com. The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington.

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The top seven events BE DIFFERENT!

106.1 BLI Summer Jam 2019 and 103.5 KTUphoria 2019

Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m.

WBLI will bring the Jonas Brothers, Ellie Goulding, Bebe Rexha, Bryce Vine, Mark Ronson, Ally Brooke, Fletcher, Bazzi, Why Don’t We and Jake Miller to Jones Beach Theater on Friday night, and KTUphoria will showcase several of these performers, along with The Chainsmokers, Ava Max, Loud Luxury and more, on Saturday night. Where: Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 895 Bay Parkway, Wantaugh Info & Tickets: 866-558-8468 or 516-785-1600 • jonesbeach.com

Kristian Bush of Sugarland & Rita Wilson

Friday, June 14 at 8 p.m.

The Space at Westbury, Long Island’s newest state of the art concert hall and special event center, is the perfect place to see your favorite stars and to stage your next special event.

Kristian Bush, one half of the platinum-selling country duo Sugarland, will perform music from his latest album that includes the new single, “Sing Along,” while sharing the stage with actress, producer and singer Rita Wilson, whose new album, Bigger Picture, is slated for release in September. Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: 631-673-7300 • paramountny.com

Balance in Nature: Sculptures by Jerzy Jotka Kedziora

From Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, engagements, weddings to corporate meetings, holiday parties and product launches we welcome you to make The Space your space, the venue of your dreams. To make an appointment please call 516.283.5569 or email info@thespaceatwestbury.com • www.LIconcert.com

Saturday, June 15 through Oct. 13 (check venue website for daily hours)

Upcoming Attractions at The Space at Westbury Theater

For more than half a century, the life-sized public sculptures by Polish artist Jerzy Jotka Kędziora have expressed his conviction that “art must get out of museums and reach the people.” Balance in Nature features Kędziora’s world-acclaimed series of gravity-defying sculptures. Where: Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury Info: 516-333-0048 • oldwestburygardens.org

Josh Groban & Jennifer Nettles Saturday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Multi-platinum-selling and Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Josh Groban, who has inspired music lovers across the globe with his soaring voice and uplifting songs like “You Raise Me Up,” is currently on his Bridges album tour with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles. Where: NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale Info & Tickets: 516-231-4848 or 800-745-3000 • nycblive.com

250 Post Avenue Westbury, NY 11590 Attraction tickets available online at Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone: 800-745-3000. Tickets can be purchased for all shows at The Space box office Fridays from 12pm-6pm and show nights from 5-9pm.

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for the coming week

Chicago Live in Concert

Monday, June 17 and Tuesday, June 18 at 8 p.m. What’s better than one night of the rock band that hails from the Windy City? Two nights at the Theatre at Westbury, where Chicago will bring all their favorite hits, including “If You Leave Me Now,” “25 or 6 to 4,” “You’re the Inspiration,” “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day,” and “Saturday in the Park.”

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Summer Solstice Celebration Thursday, June 20, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Spend the longest day of the year outdoors on the beautiful grounds of the Sands Point Preserve, where there will be guided walks, nature-based art projects, lawn games, pleinair watercolor painting and more. Members: $10 per car; non-members: $20 per car. Pay at the Gatehouse; tickets include parking. Where: Sands Point Preserve Conservancy The Great Lawn, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point Info: 516-571-7901 • sandspointpreserveconservancy.org

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THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK

Up! EatSpices

Saturday, June 15, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Children of all ages can discover tasty delights growing in these beautiful garden beds and concoct a simple recipe full of delicious seasonal flavors. The event is free with museum admission. Where: Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury Info: 516-333-0048 or oldwestburygardens.org

tars, Stripes and Signal Flags

Saturday, June 15, 1 to 2 p.m.

Did you know ships use signal flags to communicate with one another? Kids of all ages can celebrate Flag Day by exploring the meaning behind signal flags and creating a personalized one to take home. $12 per participant. Where: The Whaling Museum & Education Center, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor | Info: 631-637-3418 or cshwhalingmuseum.org

appy Father’s Day! Sunday, June 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On Father’s Day, the educational center dedicated to teaching visitors about the freshwater ecosystems of New York will be free admission for dads when accompanied by their children.

Gold Coast International Film Festival

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Where: Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor Info & Tickets: 516-692-6768 or cshfishhatchery.org

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Sunday, June 16, 1 p.m.

It’s a “tie” for the best dad this Father’s Day. Little ones can decorate a “tie” with colorful markers and foam for their special dad to wear. The event is free with museum admission.

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

amily Yoga

Thursday, June 20, 7 to 7:45 p.m.

Yesterday, everyone knew The Beatles. Today, only Jack remembers their songs. He’s about to become a very big deal… Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie (Lily James). Then, after a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed… and he finds himself with a very complicated problem, indeed. From Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Richard Curtis, comes a rock-n-roll comedy about music, dreams, friendship, and the long and winding road that leads to the love of your life.

Visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org or call 516-829-2570 for tickets. Tickets $15/$10 for members when purchased in advance, $20 at the door.

Parents and kids can experience the wonderful benefits of yoga, which aligns naturally with children’s imaginations as they stretch, bend, reach, and balance to become trees, turtles and more. Bring a mat for each person. Members: $5 per car; non-members: $15 per car. Pay at the Gatehouse. Where: Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point | Info: 516-571-7901 or sandspointpreserveconservancy.org

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CHARITY GOLF OUTING TO BENEFIT IGAN/DDI Thursday, July 18, 2019 • 1pm Shotgun Start at: The Muttontown Club

Registration cost prior to May 15th $325 per golfer - 4some $1200 Registration cost after May 15th $375 per golfer - 4some $1400 Dinner only - $150 • Registration closes June 15th

Organization Benefitting: The IGA Nephropathy Foundation & Developmental Disabilities Institute For more information go to: http://www.ddiny.org and http://igan.org

Mail checks to: John Marsala at: 174 Hillside Ave., Williston Park, NY 11756 - Payable to: IGA Foundation or Pay by CC at www.xpress.pay.com (New Jersey - IGA Foundation)

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Historian pays visit to Aviation museum Roslyn Landmark Society

2019 GALA

Delano & Aldrich Architects, ca. 1913

Friday, June 14, 2019 6:00 - 8:00pm At the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio & Gardens Old Westbury, NY Hosted by John LeBoutillier Mrs. Whitney’s Great-Grandson and Former NY Congressman Silent Auction ▪ A Selection of Fine Wines & Beer ▪ Hors d'oeuvres Live Music ▪ Private Guided Tours of The Studio ▪ Valet Parking Due to venue policy, Gala tickets cannot be purchased at the door. To attend the Gala or become a Gala sponsor, please contact Jennifer Lister at (516) 625-4363 or rlsinfo@optonline.net

The Cradle of Aviation Museum & Education Center in Garden City welcomed award-winning science journalist, bestselling author, and critically-acclaimed space historian Andrew Chaikin on May 23. Chaikin, a former Great Neck resident, was happy to be back on Long Island to see the museum’s actual lunar module and meet with guests for this private event. After the lecture, guests were treated to a screening of “Apollo 11: First Steps Edition” in IMAX format in the museum’s giant-screen, immersive Dome Theater. Chaikin is most famous as the author of “A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of Apollo Astronauts,” the basis for HBO’s “The Earth to the Moon” series. Throughout his lecture, Chaikin shared many wonderful stories about how the Apollo program inspired him and led him to a career as a space historian and author. He told insightful tales of things he learned from interviewing the Apollo astronauts and the work involved in putting together a historical record of their journeys. He also acknowledged the Grumman engineers who were in the audience for their contributions, including Alan Contessa Jr, who was a thermal insulation engineer on the lunar module and is now a volunteer at the museum. July 20, 1969 marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing and first steps on the moon. It was Long’s Island’s Grumman engineers who designed, built and tested all the lunar modules that enabled astronauts to visit the Moon and return to Earth safely. For one moment in time, the world watched and rejoiced together at one of the greatest human and technological achievements of our time. The Cradle of Aviation Museum oﬀers the world’s greatest collection of lunar modules like the LM-13 and LTA-1, lunar module parts, artifacts, documentation,

and images. Visitors can experience the lunar module, the mission simulator and the Clean Room, as well as see a moon rock, an artifact from each mission to the moon, an Apollo astronaut suit and more. They also have the unique opportunity to hear stories from former Grumman engineers who worked on the lunar module and now support the museum as volunteer docents. Additionally, two upcoming events include an Apollo at 50 anniversary dinner honoring Apollo astronauts and flight directors on June 6, as well as a Community Countdown Celebration on July 20. The museum invites all to join together and be part of this historic anniversary for Long Islanders and the world. Details can be found at www.cradleofaviation.org/ apollo. The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center is home to more than 75 planes and spacecraft representing over 100 years of aviation history and Long Island’s only Giant Screen Dome Theater. Currently, the museum is celebrating Countdown to Apollo at 50 sponsored by the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation, showcasing Long Island and Grumman’s significant role in the Apollo program. Additional sponsors of the 50th anniversary events include Northrop Grumman ASME, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Jet Blue Airways, PSEG Long Island, Merrill Lynch Riedy-Marano Group, Newsday, AppDynamics, News12, Terminal One, Lufthansa, Air France, Japan Airlines and Korean Air. The museum was recently recognized and listed on New York State’s National Register of Historic Places as a significant part of American history. The museum is located on Museum Row, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., in East Garden City. For more information, call 516-572-4111 or visit www.cradleofaviation.org.

Cradle of Aviation President Andrew Parton with bestselling author and space historian Andrew Chaikin

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Annual Indian Powwow at Queens Farm The Queens County Farm Museum has a number of fun and educational events scheduled for this summer and into the fall as follows: Watercolors on the Farm Four sessions: Thursday, June 6, 13, 20, and 27, 1 to 4 p.m Experiment in the medium of watercolor with the farm landscape as your backdrop. Local Queens artist Denis Ponsot will provide instruction and demo all the “shop tricks” in watercolor painting. Beginning and experienced students are welcome and will explore a variety of techniques with an emphasis on developing one’s own style. Demonstrations of color and design, wet-on-wet, and dry brush techniques will be included. Individual attention will be given. Note: A supply list will be distributed upon registration for the course. Fee: $160 per person; $155 per member. Herbs for Your Daily Life Saturday, June 22, 11 a.m. Queens County Farm Museum cultivates 30 varieties of annual and perennial herbs. Their farmer and resident herbalist, Phoebe Greenberg, will discuss growing and using herbs for their medicinal benefits. The class will explore some of the properties of specific herbs

grown on the farm and provide a variety of simple ways you can harness their healthful benefits in your very own kitchen. A walk around the farm will allow you to see the range of herbs that can be grown in this region. A hands-on activity is included, and all participants will take home a sample of herbs with fun recipes to try after class. Fee: $45 per person; $40 per member. The 41st Annual Thunderbird Indian Powwow Friday, July 26, 7 to 10 p.m.,

Saturday, July 27, 12 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m., and Sunday, July 28, 12 to 5 p.m. New York City’s largest and most dynamic Powwow will feature three days of intertribal Native American dance competitions, with more than 40 Indian nations represented. Performances will include hoop dancers and sunset lightings of the bonfire, weather permitting. A large selection of authentic Native American art, crafts, jewelry and food will be available for sale.

Day passes are $10 for adults and $5 for children under the age of 12 in advance, and $15 for adults and $8 for children at the door. Weekend passes are $16 for adults and $7 for children ages 12 and under. Volunteer Days Tuesdays and Sundays through Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. From spring through fall, individuals ages 18 and older are invited to work in the growing fields at Queens Farm. Tasks are often physically strenuous, so

volunteers should wear proper outdoor work attire (hat, sunglasses, layers, rain gear, gloves, closed-toed shoes, etc.) and pack a water bottle. This is a great way to get some exercise, meet your neighbors, and enjoy the great outdoors. No advance registration is necessary. Note: The farm cannot accommodate groups on Volunteer Days at this time. Activities do not include hands-on work with their livestock. Seasonal Farmstand Wednesdays through Sundays until Nov. 3 Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy farm-fresh produce grown right here at Queens Farm from spring through fall. There are over 80 varieties of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs are featured throughout the season. Members always get 10 percent oﬀ and EBT & SNAP benefits are accepted. The farm encourages visitors to BYOB (bring your own bags). The Queens County Farm Museum is locate at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. For more information, call 718-3473276 or email info@queensfarm.org.

Exhibit showcases fish hatchery, aquarium A 50-year retrospective of paintings by local artist Diane Lundegaard, entitled Looking Back, Looking Ahead, will be on exhibition at the Cold Spring Harbor Library Environmental Center from July 1 through Sept. 11. The works on display will include early sketches of local flora and fauna, including a small gem of

horses grazing at the former Randall McIntyre estate in Dix Hills, and later works, including images of the aquatic life at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium. Lundegaard, who earned her BFA and MA at SUNY at Stony Brook, graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School

Diane Lundegaard with her painting of aquatic life at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium

in Dix Hills during the late 1960s. While in attendance, she took art classes with Lloyd Harbor sculptor Charles Reina, who then taught at the school. During this period, she also studied ballet with Iva Kitchell, a world-renowned dancer who resided in Dix Hills. Her husband, Stokely Webster, a distinguished impressionist painter, had his paintings displayed in Kitchell’s ballet studio. Seeing his work inspired Lundegaard to eventually spend a little more time painting than dancing. “The Websters were an amazing couple and both of them had a profound influence on my artistic endeavors. They were a creative well spring during an era when the arts on Long Island were still in their naissance,” said Lundegaard. After later spending time studying ballet and painting in Paris, Lundegaard made the decision to pursue painting. She studied with the New Realist painter Bill Beckman while she attended Staten Island College, and later had the opportunity to study Asian brush painting with May Wong Moy, also of Dix Hills. Around this time, Lundegaard began teaching art at East Woods School in Oyster Bay. After that, she joined the educational staﬀ at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium. “My work as a Hatchery educator

gave me a particular type of exposure to the nature of aquatic life, which I then wished to share visually with others. The materials of Asian brush painting, ink, rice paper and bamboo brush, lent itself very well to depicting the mysterious world of our waterways. Since I have always had great concern for protecting our natural resources, I felt that by painting aquatic life, for example, fish, turtles, salamanders and the plants that live in the water, I could sensitize the public to at least one dimension of the environment in need of our protection,” said Lundegaard, a former member of the Long Island Regional Planning Board’s Citizens Advisory Committee’s 208 Federal Ground Water Study. Lundegaard’s award-winning paintings have been exhibited throughout the greater metropolitan area, and she continues to paint at her Dix Hills studio. Like Grandma Moses, she says she looks forward to painting through her golden years. A percentage of any proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium’s new Turtle Pond exhibition. For further information, contact the Hatchery at 516-692-6768 or info@cshfishhatchery.org. The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium is on Rt. 25A in Cold Spring Harbor.

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1-man performance inspired by poet Levi The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County will present, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Primo Levi, But When We Started Singing… The performance will take place on Sunday, June 9 at 2 p.m at Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove. This one-man performance, conceived and performed by Bob Spiotto, is inspired by the life and poetry of Holocaust survivor and world renowned author and poet and ItalianJew, Primo Levi (1919-1987). Robert Spiotto is a creative, artistic and management professional who has worked in arts and entertainment for more than 30 years. He holds a BFA in theater performance from Hofstra University and a MFA in directing from the Catholic University of America. Spiotto is currently the director of programs and special events at New York’s famous Friar’s Club. Previously, he served as the first executive/artistic director of the historic Suﬀolk Theater. Prior to this, Spiotto worked at Hofstra University (1990-2012) as executive producer and artistic director for Hofstra Entertainment, artistic director of community arts programs for the Hofstra Cultural Center, and director and producer of special events. He served on the faculty of Hofstra’s School of Continuing Education, taught classes for Hofstra’s summer camps, and was an adjunct professor in their school of communication, as well as Hofstra’s New College. Spiotto has received awards from Hofstra University for his distinguished service and teaching accomplishments.

Spiotto has directed hundreds of theater productions at various regional and professional theaters, schools and universities, as well as for various organizations and companies. He has also created and appeared in numerous one-man shows exploring the lives of P.T Barnum, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Primo Levi Michaelangelo, Sholom Aleichem, and others. A trio of his critically acclaimed one-man musical tributes include “That’s Amore: A Tribute to Mr. Hollywood Musical Harry Warren,” “Shades of Grey: A Musical Tribute to Joel Grey,” and “Courting the Jester: A Salute to Danny Kaye,” which was re-worked and presented at Lincoln Center. Primo Levi was born in Turin, Italy in 1919 to a family of assimilated and fairly non-religious Jews with Spanish roots. In 1943, he joined a band of partisans devoted to fighting Germans and Italian fascists. Levi spent 10 months at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz and was liberated in 1945. In 1977, he retired from his position as manager of a chemical factory in Turin, devoting himself exclusively to writing until the time of his controversial death on April 11, 1987 in the apartment building where he was born and eventually took up residence. Levi is known for his novels and poetry collections such as “If This is a Man,” “The Periodic Table,” “If Not Now, When,” and “The Drowned and the Saved.” There is a $10 suggested donation to attend the event. Light refreshments will be served. Seats are limited; reservations are recommended. RSVP to 516-5718040 or info@hmtcli.org.

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Yanofsky takes reins at Kupferberg Center Following a nationwide search, Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College announced that Jon Yanofsky as its new director. His first day was May 6. Yanofsky is a performing arts and nonprofit professional with over 25 years of experience in the field. Before coming to Kupferberg, he served as the director of the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (2013-18), as well as the director of marketing for Jazz at Lincoln Center (2009-12). He also served as the executive direc-

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tor of the Paramount Center for the Arts (2003-09), where he led the organization through a successful rebuilding eﬀort as well as a capital renovation campaign. Yanofsky has also worked as a freelance consultant for clients such as BRIC/Celebrate Brooklyn and the Irish Arts Center, and served on various panels and workshops, including the Doris Duke-funded Jazz Audiences Initiative, Chamber Music America’s National Conference, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation grant review, NYSCA grant review, and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Emerging Leadership Institute. “I am thrilled to join the Kupferberg staﬀ and community at this exciting time in the organization’s trajectory,” Yanofsky said. “The Kupferberg’s role as a strong and visible leader in Queens, Western Long Island, and the larger New York City arts and cultural community is an incredibly compelling aspect of the job. I look forward to continuing the great tradition of the performing arts at Queens College, and to furthering our programs for artists and communities to connect in shared meaningful experiences around the performing arts.” He received his B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz, graduating with honors with a double major in Sociology and African American Studies.

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Upcoming at W.P. Library NEW TITLES ADDED “The Yankee Widow” by Linda Lael Miller “Such a Perfect Wife” by Kate White “The Silent Widow” by Tilly Bagshawe “Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense” by Dan Abrams “East End” by Jason Allen “Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher” by David Cone “The Overdue Life of Amy Byler” by Kelly Harms “The Pioneers” by David McCullough ADULT PROGRAMS Reiki:Thursdays, June 6 and 20, 6 p.m., in the library. $10 per person, per session. Sign up at the circulation desk. St. Francis Hospital Outreach Van: Thursday, June 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in front of the library. No registration or appointment necessary. Book Discussion:Wednesday, June 26, 7 p.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall. Copies of “The Marriage of Opposites” are available at the circulation desk. Author Appearance:Thursday, June 27, 7 p.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall. Join author Deborah Burns as she discusses her memoir, “Saturday’s Child,” about growing up with an unconventional mother. Sign up at the circulation desk. Ceramic Snail Lantern with Tea Light: Tuesday, July 16, 6 p.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall. $15 material fee due at registration.

Sign up at the circulation desk. CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Tiny Tykes: Wednesdays, June 5 and 12, 10:30 a.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall for children 1 ½ to 5 years old. $45 fee due at registration. Sign up at the circulation desk. Story Time for Tots: Thursdays, June 6, 13, 20; July 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8, 15, 11 a.m., in the library. Sign up at the circulation desk. Baby Start:Wednesdays, June 5, 12, 19, 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall for children ages 6 to 17 months. $15 registration fee. Sign up at the circulation desk. Father’s Day Special: Monday, June 10, 10:30 a.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall for children 18 months to 5 years old. Free. Sign up the circulation desk. Summer Reading Club Kickoﬀ: Wednesday, June 26, 1 to 3 p.m., in the library for children of all ages. Sign Language for Babies & Toddlers:Wednesdays, July 3, 31; Aug. 7, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall for children 3 months to 5 years old. Sign up at the circulation desk. Stuﬀ an Alien:Wednesday, July 10, 11:30 a.m., in the assembly room of Village Hall for children of all ages. $15 each. Sign up at the circulation desk.

Coming up at E.W. Library PUZZLE WEEK FOR FLAG DAY June 10 to 14 Come to the library anytime and help the library complete a 1,000 piece puzzle just in time for Flag Day that Friday. 2019 SUMMER READING PROGRAM Calling all children to come out to the library the week of June 17 to 22 to sign up for this summer’s universe-filled reading program. The program will run July 8 through Aug. 16 with fun space crafts, games, programs, treats and out of this world fun. THE LIBRARY IS YOUR FRIEND, BE A FRIEND TO YOUR LIBRARY Join the Friends. East Williston Library

Friends is a committee of people whose mission is “to support and encourage use of the East Williston Public Library and to help in the preservation of this library as the precious educational and cultural asset that it is.” East Williston Library Friends look for ways to enhance awareness of the programs, resources and services the East Williston Public Library provides for the community. The committee is looking for anyone who is interested in participating. If you would like to join this group, or would like more information, come to a meeting at the library on June 13 at 7 p.m. All are welcome.

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Herricks gymnast wins on the vault Madison Rizzo who is on the competitive gymnastics team at Cherry Lane Gymnastics and a seventh grader at Herricks Middle School is the 2019 New York State Level 6 Gymnastics vault champion. She competed up in Rochester at Rochester Institute of Technology on May 4. Submitted by Barbara Baur

Spring arrives at Noah’s Ark Spring has arrived at Noah’s Ark Preschool. Thechildren enjoyed learning about Easter and it’s true meaning with a service from Pastor Jurik of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour with all their friends. Here at Noah’s Ark, the children receive an introduction to faith and also academic learning and socialization throughout the year. Our children are ready and excited to be entering preschool soon with all their knowledge, kindness, and friendships made throughout the year. Noah’s Ark is accepting registrations for the fall (September 2019-May 2020) We are also accepting applications for Summer Fun (May 28-June 1 and June 3-7 (9-11:30 a.m.). Please feel free to reach out to us at (516) 746-3824 for information. Noah’s Ark has served the families of Mineola and the surrounding communities for 25 years.You may sign up for only one week or both weeks.

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proved by the Legislature, he or she could be fired by the county executive at any time and was also able to bypass term limits. Schnirman’s office suggests that county officials consider extending the assessor’s term to six years from three years to allow for more independence from the county executive. An elected county executive serves a four-year term. Hempstead Town Tax Receiver Don Clavin, who supported a veto override, said during the hearing, “Unfortunately, history over the past decade has shown that a system of appointed assessors has been disappointingly unsuccessful.” He said he longs for the days of Harvey Levinson, who is Nassau County’s last elected assessor, serving from 2004 to 2008. He was elected as a Democrat. “Maybe Harvey didn’t have the background credentials,” Clavin said. “Harvey was a very dedicated public servant who came out of the district attorney’s office and brought a very unique perspective to that office.” “Sometimes having credentials doesn’t get it done,” Clavin said.

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Port students learn of war from vets “Did you ever encounter a Viet Cong? Do you think we should have stayed in Vietnam as long as we did? Did you get drafted? What were the conditions like? Would you say the U.S. won or lost the war?” The students at Weber Middle School in Port Washington kept coming in groups of five to ask intelligent questions and take notes May 30 in an annual program with 15 military veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq. We vets were seated on library chairs at tables. The kids rotated among us every 10 minutes for two hours in the morning and an hour and a half in the afternoon. I told note takers about my 1971-72 tour in Vietnam, my work as a Stars and Stripes reporter and my 2015 memoir “Heroes to the End.” “The purpose of the day,” social studies teacher Holly Gober said, “is to make everything we’ve learned in class real. So they meet the people who went through it.” World War II vet David Marshall, 94, an infantryman in Belgium and France in 1944-45, said, “They asked me if I was scared, and did I run into any Holocaust

victims. I said ‘Yes, we liberated a camp’ and ‘Yes, I was scared. Why do you think we wore brown underwear?'” Korea veteran Buddy Epstein, 88, slogged through snow for four months in 1951. “They asked me about the conditions, did I miss home, did I meet General MacArthur, what did I think about him wanting to use the A-bomb?… The Korean War never (oﬃcially) ended but we were treated OK. The World War II vets got parades. Vietnam vets were treated terribly. I had friends whose sons were in Vietnam and they were told to take oﬀ their uniforms the minute they got home. But those guys were heroes, too.” I recalled enlisting to avoid being sent to Vietnam as an infantryman and being sent anyway as a clerk. After processing troops in and out for five months in Cam Ranh Bay, I worked seven months as a correspondent based in Saigon. I told them about living in a hotel, wearing civilian clothes and long hair, having an air-conditioned station wagon, and being able to use helicopters as taxis to fly from Can Tho in the Delta to Dong Ha near the DMZ – to write stories on American troops. I told them about the smell

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of dead VC trapped in concertina wire after a night assault on a South Vietnamese Army fire base in which a friend of mine was killed. I described being able to watch a B-52 strike go in a mile away from the safety of a swimming pool at a base camp, and being lucky enough to escape two rocket attacks without a scratch. But I told them how I put my uniform in a closet for four decades, blending back into society and a job as a Newsday sports reporter and editor. I told them how my wife and I worshipped with the Quakers for a while, how I joined Veterans for Peace (which disavows all war) and how I think our military

should be used for humanitarian purposes. I told them how I’ve been volunteering for 13 years with United Veterans Beacon House, a nonprofit that houses homeless veterans, and donated my book proceeds to it. I mentioned that it took 45 years before I joined Port Washington VFW Post 1819, where I am adjutant. I circulated among the other presenters. Stan Nadel, 86, a Korean War vet, told the kids about shrapnel wounds in his legs and arm suffered when he tripped a mine walking point. Cliff Cotton, 55, who did two tours in Iraq, spoke about body armor, strategy, topography and the history of the country. Maria Salazar, a Marine veteran of Iraq, used her cell phone to show photos of truck convoys such as those she guided through burning oil fields. When Army veteran Carl Lalena was asked what the most difficult part of serving in Vietnam was, he told the kids, “Just being there. You’re 12,000 miles away, you can be killed any time. You’re walking in a rice paddy. It’s either 95 degrees or there’s a monsoon…” Vietnam vet Bruce Darling said: “Nobody wins in a war; everybody loses.”

The Memorial Day parade was a huge success. More than 1,000 people lined the route from Campus Drive down Port Washington Boulevard and Main Street to Sunset Park for ceremonies at the band shell, where the crowd was about 350. I marched behind the colors with other vets, with help from spiﬀy cadence caller Rick Morales, 51, in crisp Army fatigues and spit-shined boots. We were joined by members of American Legion Post 509, the Port Washington Police and volunteer firefighters and their vehicles, the Sons of Italy, Knights of Columbus, Jewish War Veterans, Boy Scouts and other community organizations. Salazar was our post grand marshal. The legion’s grand marshal was Army veteran Arnold Klein. Bob Breslin led us in singing and the Schreiber High band played “The Star Spangled Banner,” “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America.” The legion’s Jim Ansel, speaking in memory of those killed in action, said, “Freedom and security do not come cheaply. They have a price… We remember them, we honor them, not for their sakes alone but for ourselves. They gave their tomorrow for our today.”

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The Herricks Teachers’ Association proudly acknowledges your countless achievements including: 11 named National Merit Semifinalists in 64th Annual National Merit Scholarship • Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program • National Merit Scholars • National Merit Finals • Two winners of National Merit Scholarships • National Merit Finalists •All-State Music Festival winners • Senior baseball player voted on to All-State Second Team by the New York State Sportswriters Association • 51st Berklee High School Jazz Festival - Blue Jazz Band (finished 3rd in their group) • 51st Berklee High School Jazz Festival - winners of top two individual awards: Superior Musicianship - First place and Outstanding Musician -second place • National Honor Society members • Walt Whitman Poetry Birthplace Award winner • National AP Scholars • President’s Volunteer Gold Award recipients • Member of the All-National Symphony Orchestra, Performed as a violinist at the All-National Festival sponsored by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) • Regional Finalist in the nationwide Coca-Cola Scholars Program • Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalist • Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar • National History Day Awards winners • Winner of the 2018 Nassau County Art Supervisors Association Senior Art Scholarship Award • Four Gold Key Awards in the 2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for the Northeast Writing Region-at-Large. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers • First place winner in the International Poetry of Resistance Contest, presented by the Social Justice Club • NYSSMA Majors Awards (15 awards including 9 with distinction) • Nassau County Shotput Champion winner and competitor in the New York State Qualifiers • Nassau County Discus Event - fourth place winner in Nassau County You also assisted in putting Herricks High School in the Top 2% of high schools in America, according to US News, as well as Ranked #6 on Long Island and #43 in New York State. You have all excelled in a variety of ways. As your teachers, advisors, mentors, and supporters, we proudly stand behind you. As we look back at your years at Herricks, we remember some of your struggles, which often yielded many successes, and we beam with pride. Thank you for the opportunity to make a difference in your lives and help you to reach your accomplishments. Remember all you’ve learned about perseverance. May your futures be filled with much happiness, successes and paths to making a difference.

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am writing this letter in support of Julia Shields, a candidate for trustee of the Village of Great Neck. Julia has lived in our community for over 40 years, and has been a board member of the Great Neck and Manhasset Equal Opportunity Council and the NAACP. She has frequently attended Village meetings over the years, advocating for the occupants of the Academy Gardens Apartment complex here in our Village, among other issues. She has long been a leader at her church the St. Paul AME Zion Church. Julia is an advocate and brings a vital perspective. She has been instrumental in objecting to the current administration’s proposed changes to the

zoning code, working to expose the concerns regarding expanding the incentive overlay district, which would have aﬀected the very building in which she lives. Her concerns were not addressed by the current administration. She was also clear in identifying one of the major faults in the petition put forward by the current administration in favor of the changes: the majority of the signatures on the petition did not belong to residents of our village. Any administration that would put forward a petition comprised of so many void signatures needs to be defeated. Notably, an opposing petition was put forward within a few days with legitimate signatures. It was Mayor Bral who pro-

posed that the Village’s zoning board of appeals’ power to approve special and conditionaluse permits, particularly those involving religious institutions, shift to the elected trustees, a power grab. This course of action eliminated input from neighbors and gutted the decisional process in place, which was guided by neutral principals of land use law. It is time for a change to a fresh set of candidates, who will not engage in shenanigans for political gain. We need to elect candidates James Wu, Harold Citron and Julia Shields to achieve a representative democracy in our Village. Lisa Mevorach Great Neck

Wu slate demonstrates right approach for VGN

e attended a Meet the Candidates forum held by the Village for All party at Great Neck House May 28. James Wu, who is a candidate for Village of Great Neck mayor, along with Julia Shields and Harold Citron, who are candidates for Village of Great Neck trustee positions, spoke about themselves and answered many questions from the audience. We were impressed with their knowledge of village issues and their depth of experience, but also impressed with their openness and enthusiasm for creating a village government that will be

transparent and include all residents in decision-making. The future they want to create will include all of us. We attended several Village of Great Neck revitalization hearings earlier this spring under the administration of Mayor Bral and the current trustees. The revitalization proposals put forth by the mayor were not realistic and based on an obviously faulty, secretive and expensive consultant’s report that was opposed by a large majority of residents at the hearings. Before presenting this plan to the residents the mayor never had any open hearings on the proposals to find out

what the residents wanted. This slate of candidates represents all of Great Neck. It is very diverse and has support from many ethnic and religious groups that make our village great. These candidates are in favor of a strong school district, keeping the suburban character of our village and giving a voice to all groups. We urge you to vote for James Wu, Julia Shields and Harold Citron in the upcoming Village of Great Neck elections on June 18 at the Baker Hill School. Chris and Fred Knauer Great Neck

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I am concerned by some declarations made by candidate James Wu. Something does not add up. Let me first recap some of my employment and non-profit roles prior to my current career (those which are relevant here) in private wealth management: I was an executive assistant to Gov. George Pataki, his regional director of the Empire State Development Corporation, his appointee to the board of CUNY and to the United Nations Development Corporation. I also, obviously,

worked on his campaigns under Ambassador Charles Gargano. I have also been involved in organizing the largest annual Holocaust survivors’ gathering in the US (at NYC’s Temple Emanu-El), since 1978, under the late Ben Meed. I have been for many years a Vice President of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. In these contexts, I have never met nor heard of Mr. Wu. If he performed any work for the American Continued on Page 59

Bral has right focus, best answers

rior to elections, individuals who challenge incumbents often use their personal or political success stories as their platform. With no prior political experience, a challenger will resort to campaign promises as his main platform – promises that he feels will be better than the incumbents. In a flyer that was sent out by mayoral candidate James Wu, he chose a platform irrelevant to the responsibilities of a mayor. His chosen campaign agenda is “Support Our Schools.” This is not what falls under the responsibilities of a mayor, nor is it about improving our village. Mayor Bral actively sup-

ports our schoolsandaccomplishes the job of running the village, fixing our roads, getting grants which have improved our village by installing eco-friendly lights, organizing safety talks such as the one provided by the Nassau County Police Department oﬃcers, all while keeping our tax rate flat. He works collaboratively with residents and holds welcoming village meetings. Of note, if you do a search for Mayor Bral you will find that he is an honest man who is serving his fellow citizens in many capacities. He has nothing in his past to hide. He, like the village he runs, is transparent. Joshua Ishal Great Neck

Wu backers misuse Memorial Day

attend the Great Neck Memorial Day Parade every year to show my support to our armed forces and respect and thanks to our country’s veterans. I was stunned to see people campaigning for James Wu at the Memorial Day tribute ceremony.Memorial Day is a solemn occasion.Wu’s campaign used it

opportunistically to turn attention to himself and away from those who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our freedom. That’s not what we do here in Great Neck. Daniel Rahmani Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 59

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READERS WRITE

Right process to pick right Port superintendent

s a Port resident, a former high school English teacher, and the parent of a recent Schreiber High School graduate, I found the process to select Dr. Michael J. Hynes as superintendent of schools transparent and participatory and recent school board election debates multi-issue focused. I disagree with the premise of letter writer Judith Sloan that the “success” of the school district will decline if education leaders do not uncritically embrace state testing mandates and national competitions. First, the writer assumes that

outcomes measured by the Next Gen (Common Core) examinations are an accurate reflection of student and school district success, defining success as elite college admissions and awards in national competitions including some based on PSAT scores, but she presents no evidence to support this view. Many prominent education leaders, including Dr. Hynes and Ms. Brooks, have presented evidence that the Common Core examinations as designed and implemented are not an accurate measure of student ability, are not always developmentally appropri-

ate and are not available to educators as results that can be used to inform instruction. Both Dr. Hynes and Ms. Brooks have also participated with other educators to improve the implementation. Does education research demonstrate that these tests correlate to the elite college admissions process or to awards presented in national competitions? Current university-based education research demonstrates that criteria such as success on standardized testing and awards in national competitions are heavily impacted by socio-economic status.

Many elite colleges have dropped the SAT as an admission criteria. Second, the writer implies that the hiring of Dr. Hynes was made in isolation by the school board, which is not accurate. The school board hired an executive search firm that held public meetings with community stakeholders, opened an online survey for those unable to attend those meetings, and conducted a search based on the criteria established by the stakeholders. The search firm presented multiple candidates to the hiring committee for recommendation to the school board for appointment.

Dr. Hynes stood out as a candidate because of his robust educational leadership career. Retiring Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Mooney consistently articulated a whole-child educational philosophy. As do Dr. Hynes, Ms. Abramson-Brooks and Ms. Beys. Rather than being pessimistic about the future of Port schools, I am optimistic that our present and in-coming leaders are poised to deliver best-practice vision to every student in the district. Barbara Cohen Port Washington

Mayor Bral has earned VGN voters’ support

am writing to express my endorsement and enthusiasm for Dr. Pedram Bral’s campaign for re-election as the mayor of our town. I have been a resident of Great Neck for 27 years, and as a long-time resi-

dent in the community I believe he is absolutely the strongest choice to continue to lead Great Neck into the future. In all of my years in Great Neck, I have never seen a mayor so involved in our well-being;

from the schools, to the roads and street-cleaning, to the infrastructure, Mayor Bral has done much to improve our well-being as a community. I admire his ability to run a balanced budget and not raise the tax burden

for long-time home owners like myself. I would hope The Island Now joins me in endorsing him as a leader for Great Neck, and I would encourage all young citizens of Great Neck who are of

voting age to come out on Election Day to ensure he continues to lead our town. Moshe Besalel Great Neck

Port ed board election results signal change

he past month was a busy one for the Port Washington School District, with Emily Beys re-elected to the Board of Education and Deborah Abramson-Brooks elected to her first term. I want to congratulate these two determined candidates for running strong, successful campaigns, and it is time for us to rally around all our board members as they take on the very important and diﬃcult task of overseeing our school district. As you probably know, I was also a candidate in this election. Although I am disappointed I lost, I remain an obstinate optimist and will now find other ways in which I can support our children’s education. Of course, every campaign is

much more than just one person, and I want to thank those of you who worked hard handing out fliers on my behalf, attended “meet the candidate events,” and encouraged friends and family to come out and vote. There are, of course, more changes underway in Port besides board elections — by July we will have a new superintendent, Dr. Michael Hynes. Hynes is currently the superintendent of the PatchogueMedford school district, is a strong proponent of whole child education, supports the opt-out movement, and is a critic of the Regents tests. Although Port is mainly an “opt-in” district, with about 75 percent of children taking standardized tests, there is an active group

of parents, including our soonto-be trustee Deborah AbramsonBrooks, advocating for whole child education and the rights of parents to opt-out of standardized exams. Not surprisingly, the supporters of whole child education and opt-out are very excited by the arrival of Hynes, and they clearly expect brighter skies ahead for our children’s education. Others, by contrast, see dark skies ahead and are concerned that a de-emphasis on standardized testing will result in poorer academic outcomes. The best example of this is a piece written by Judith Sloan, published in the May 31 issue of this paper. In my opinion, we should welcome Hynes and give him the opportunity to succeed. If his term

as superintendent goes poorly, we all lose, particularly our children. This, however, should not be interpreted as a blank check. I will form my opinion of him once he arrives in Port and has time to produce results, and in the meantime, I encourage all parents to speak up so that he can develop a vision that fits our needs and the needs of our children. What does worry me are the deepening divides within our community. The piece written by Sloan was also posted online, and although I should not be surprised in this age of online bullying, several readers posted comments that attacked her personally, and some of the most negative were from people who do not even live in our

town. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe we must strive to respect others who have diﬀerent opinions. The hiring of Hynes will almost certainly bring these disagreements even more out in the open, and we have to find a way to develop common ground. Hynes has a diﬃcult job ahead of him as he must lead these discussions to a fruitful consensus, but we all have a part to play. Now, more than ever, is the time to start attending Board of Education meetings to join a challenging discussion that will chart the path of our children’s education for years to come. Jonathan Geisler Port Washington

Anti-abortion tactics offer lessons on guns Continued from Page 16 • Require all guns to be manufactured as Smart Guns, which cannot be operated by anyone but the registered purchaser, much as an i-phone. • Impose restrictions on gun shops – licensing, inspection, reporting requirements, zoning, security – so that they are forced to close, or that buyers

have to travel great distances. • Make gun manufacturers and gun sellers liable for the misuse of the guns they sell and the marketing, as every other manufacturer and seller is; if a gun is sold for hunting or personal protection but used to commit mass murder, they should be held accountable. Surely those who claim to want to protect the sanctity of

life, as those who would overturn a woman’s reproductive rights claim they are, would advocate on behalf of this gun violence prevention agenda as strenuously as they advocate to strip women of their rights. The common denominator to all of these gun tragedies is the ease with which perpetrators get rapid-fire guns and high-capacity

ammo clips. Let’s abort guns. Friday, June 7, is National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the start of Wear Orange Weekend, honoring the lives of Americans affected by gun violence and elevating the cries of every American demanding an end to this public health epidemic of gun violence. On Wednesday, June 12, Reachout America is hosting Tren-

elle Gabay , whose husband, Carey Gabay, a lawyer for Governor Cuomo’s Empire State Development, was fatally shot attending a parade in Brooklyn. The luncheon, at 12:30 pm at Veatch House, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, is free to paid members (you can join at the door, $45).

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Business&RealEstate

Insurance coverage on home, autos Watching the deluge of rainfall, lightning and thunder around 11 p.m. the other night made me think of my homeowner insurance policies and did I have enough to cover damages from the environment, eg. rain, water and floods, tornadoes, trees falling on my home and even someone tripping and hurting themselves on my property; or even a seller’s home that is on the market for sale. I recall 43 years ago, when I was selling my first home (my wife reminded me about it in the past) that a real estate agent broke her toe, on the bricks supporting my wood burning stove in our living room. The insurance company did cover whatever had to be paid. But it was a wakeup call to make sure our policies going forward had the necessary coverage and/or umbrella policy to keep us in a safe zone without paying for coverages that we didn’t need. I will not go in depth on specifics in this column about what may or may not be covered, since I am not a licensed insurance broker (but you can talk to my insurance agent for a consult, if looking for a new policy or if you have any questions about your current coverage). Coverages can vary from policy to policy and what may or may not be covered has many variables and exceptions. My thoughts have always been to have the proper coverages up to a certain point of what we and our insurance broker, deemed necessary and beneficial. Sometimes homeowner insurance might not been suﬃcient enough to cover those things that occur in todays’ crazy weather and with climate change, more frequent tornadoes and flooding, (mostly outside our immediate area), one must be cognizant of what their real needs might be; and to check and price policies once a year, just to see if there might be some savings. You might be paying more than necessary on certain insurance that you may or may not really require, under your specific circumstance and situation of homeownership. There obviously is diﬀerences in coverage if you have a single family, multifamily, condominium, home owner association or co-op. Even if you are a tenant, you should consider spending a few hun-

see if higher deductibles many buyers visit your home, is when dred dollars per year to would work for you, as- your exposure can be the greatest! cover your personal posSo check your policy before putting suming you feel comfortsessions in the event of able doing that and the your home on the market. Most imporloss or theft, since your tant, this is where your insurance broker savings can be excellent. landlord’s coverage will It all depends on should be contacted yearly to go over all not cover your stuff. your risk tolerance, your policies, whether it’s your primary I am amazed at the claims history and other residence or any investment properties, number of people who variables with respect to because tenants can sue you too; that is do not have the proper your homeowner’s poli- why you should always require all your coverage based on what cies. Auto insurance is tenants to have their own policies with my and other insurance not much different and you as a person of interest or your corbrokers have conveyed will depend on how poration as an additional insured with to me. Many older homePHILIP A. RAICES many moving viola- your corporate name; so in the event they owners are over insured, tion tickets and damage cause damage that can be proved, their because some policies Real Estate Watch claims you have over 1-3 insurance policy will most likely cover the have had a built-in peryears and how close to- damage. centage increase each However, always discuss with your year, besides other increases that may gether they were to have a minor or mainsurance broker for more details and jor effect your premiums. occur. You have to decide how much cov- information. Better to be safe than sorry! When you bought your home way back when, the price of a home was erage is needed and necessary based on Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of much, much less and the bank required your particular situations as well as the a certain amount of coverage. However, age of your children who are of driving Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite land will never burn, just your home will; age living at home. Lastly, homeowners 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations so you may have excess coverage, due to insurance is so critical to have the proper as a graduate of the Realtor Institute and a the increases, that you currently do not coverage and amounts; so if in the event certified international property specialist. someone sues you (as they did me years He can be reached by email, at:Phil@Turnneed. KeyRealEstate.Com, or by cell: (516) 647It’s the replacement cost of the struc- ago), you will be covered. Especially when selling and having 4289. ture that needs to be insured, beside liability and whatever other coverages you may need to protect you from being sued. Even your auto insurance can be excessive and you should know the amounts of coverage you have and need. I will not advise you on how much you really should have, again, since I am not licensed to provide that information. Every situation is different and what you have in assets and what your business or job might be, may have an integral effect on the coverage you will need to carry. However, my suggestion, as explained to me by insurance brokers, is to review your policies each and every year to make adjustments, as needed, to make has specialized in sport sure you are more than adequately covpsychology for 20 years and works in the fields of golf, ered on your home and auto insurance policies. tennis, soccer, baseball, football, wrestling, lacrosse, figure I personally happen to have high skating, gymnastics, softball, fencing and more. He has deductibility on my policies, to keep my policy premiums as low as possible withhelped professional teams, Olympians and elite young out sacrificing my necessary limits of liathletes learn how to manage the intense pressure of ability and replacement costs. I don’t say competitive sports. He appears on both TV and radio and this is for everyone; but if you have had no claims in the last three years, you has sport psychology columns in 5 different newspapers might want to check your policies and

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Recent Real Estate

Sales in the Williston Area Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $606,500 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 Center Street, Williston Park Sold Price: $660,000 Date: 01/04/2019 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 2 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $14,332 MLS# 3076753

389 Charles Street, E. Williston Sold Price: $973,000 Date: 04/26/2019 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 105x95 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $ 22,634 MLS# 3096015

198 Cushing Avenue, Williston Park Sold Price: $568,000 Date: 05/23/2019 4 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families 1: Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $12,718 MLS# 3111723

289 Brown Street, Mineola Sold Price: $1,170,000 Date: 11/20/2018 5 beds, 5 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $15,073 MLS# 3053652

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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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Legislature to form aircraft noise panel Continued from Page 1 He announced the initiatives on the front lawn of Floral Park Mayor Dominick Longobardi’s home, where planes often drowned out the speakers. They come every 60 to 90 seconds on their way to John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, Nicolello said. Residents have moved out of Floral Park because of airplane noise, Longobardi said. “I want to thank the county for taking up this initiative,” he said. “This is something that has been a problem for this community, the noise from airplanes, for many, many years. We have worked diligently trying to get the FAA and those who are in charge of the airports to understand what that plane noise means to all of our residents and that was to no avail.” The Federal Aviation Authority does not consider airplane noise to be an issue in particular areas unless it gets

direct complaints, said Legislator Vincent Muscarello (R-West Hempstead), encouraging residents to call the agency. Nicolello said he is in favor of more even distribution of air traﬃc throughout the region. “All these communities have had aircrafts flying over their neighborhoods, so it’s not something that’s going to be new, but there are some approaches to the airport that kind of minimize intrusion,” he said. The key is having Long Island’s congressional representatives pressure the Federal Aviation Administration, he said. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) introduced a bill a year ago to amend the FAA Reauthorization Act. In October, President Donald Trump signed the legislation, which requires the FAA to study airplane noise exposure, the possibility of phasing out aircraft categorized in the Stage 3 noise

level, alternative ways of measuring noise and the impact of aircraft noise on human health and the local economy. It also required airports to update noise exposure maps as part of the eﬀort to modify noise levels. “The people of Long Island and Queens deserve to live in peace and quiet,” Suozzi said in an October news release. East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz said he has been working on the issue of airplane noise for years and was unaware of the county’s new initiatives. “If they’re not including the people that are really involved, I don’t know what they’re talking about,” he said. “No one ever contacted us.” He circulated a petition in the village in 2013 that gained thousands of signatures and organized a letter-writing campaign in 2016. “I’ve wanted the county to be involved for the last eight years,” Koblenz said.

PHOTO BY TERI WEST

Floral Park Mayor Dominick Longobardi at his home, where Legislator Richard Nicolello announced county initiatives to combat airplane noise.

1st L.I. liver transplant program OK’d

PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH

From left, Drs. Elliot Grodstein, Lewis Teperman, Matthew Bank and Maria Sfakianos at the entrance of North Shore University Hospital’s recently opened Surgical and Transplant Intensive Care Unit.

Continued from Page 1 “It’s time that care for these patients be provided close to home with a minimum of disruption to their lives and that of their caregivers,” he said in the news release. The Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases opened in 2016 and has oﬀered services for patients before and after liver transplants. It also supports individuals with end-stage liver disease. The state Department of Health gave North Shore University Hospital contingent approval for the liver transplant program in February 2018. Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn helped develop the program. North Shore University Hospital was also home to Long Island’s first heart transplant, performed in 2018 at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital.

Pool repair contract was inexact: contractor Continued from Page 3 “The Town also fails to recognize the numerous and constant flow of Change Orders to the Work,” he wrote. “There was a systemic problem that the Contract Documents simply did not show all of the work that was required.” There were also 25 change orders issued in April 2018, requiring Gramercy Group to redo work that it had already completed right before the pool was scheduled to open, said attor-

ney Michael McKenna, who represents the company. “The e-mail that transmitted the changes labeled them as ‘new and clarified work scope provided by A/E,’” the May 15 letter says. “This is another way of saying, ‘these are things we should have had in the Contract Documents – but were not.’” The Town of North Hempstead is withholding $1.97 million from Gramercy Group for work it says is in-

complete, such as a gravity overflow at the main pool surge tank and sanitary drainage in the North Building. Gramercy Group addressed these issues in its letter. Some it says it is working on, some it says have been resolved and some it says it has never received notice about. The sanitary drainage in the North Building was resolved this year on May 10, it says. It was not given plans for the gravity overflow system until Feb. 13,

2019, it says. In mid-May, the contractor declared bankruptcy. Debts the Town of North Hempstead owes Gramercy Group contributed to the bankruptcy, McKenna said. While the town is oﬃcially withholding $1.97 million, the contractor is actually owed a total of closer to $2.7 million, the lawyer said. Much of those funds are for change orders Gramercy Group completed, he said.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Local students making college news King’s College King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. held its 70th commencement ceremony on May 19. Michael Taﬀner Connor of Williston Park received a BA in criminal justice. New York Institute of Technology Louie Patrizi, a BS student from New Hyde Park, and Seth Levine, an MS student from Great Neck, who are both studying computer science, completed the fifth ETIC Cybersecurity Hackathon at New York Institute of Technology’s Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center. The event posed encryption challenges for students working in teams. Patrizi was a member of Team Blank. Levine was a member of Team 50669. Both teams had to break the first code in order to unlock the next challenge, and the 15 problems became increasingly diﬃcult as the teams advanced in the competition. Time was called after six hours, and the winning teams were those who had correctly solved the most problems. On May 16, 56 nursing students, including Sheeba George and Lydia Thomas of New Hyde Park, were welcomed into the profession with a pinning ceremony.

Nursing school pinning ceremonies are a rite of passage celebrating the completion of a student’s training as he or she graduates and goes on to pursue a career as an RN. SUNY Potsdam The following local students were among nearly 900 graduates at the college’s commencement ceremony on May 18: Lauren Behan of Mineola, who graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in music education and Solomon Elyaho of Great Neck, who also received a Bachelor of Music degree in music business. Coastal Carolina University Recent graduates included Caroline DePietto from New Hyde Park, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in art studio, and Taylor Giallanza, also from New Hyde Park, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in communication. SUNY Oneonta Caitlyn Pereira of New Hyde Park is one of 19 peer tutors who earned National Tutor Association Level 1 Certification this academic year through SUNY Oneonta’s Student Learning Center. Pereira is studying early childhood education. Tutors have completed the courses

for which they are tutoring at SUNY Oneonta and have received a B+ or better in the course. All tutors complete a two-hour training workshop before working with tutees, and they complete additional training throughout the time they work at SLC. Emerson College The following students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester: Stephanie Bentz and Gemma Fasciano of Port Washington; Jonathan Goodman of East Williston; Sabrina Harris, Jacob Mariani and Elizabeth Zarb of Roslyn; and Nicole Rinaldi of Manhasset. The requirement to make the dean’s list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher that semester. New York National Guard 2nd Lt. Andrew McNulty from Manhasset, serving with the 88th Area Command, received the NY Guard Achievement Medal during recent unit training events. The New York Guard is a force of 500 uniformed volunteers, organized as a military unit, who augment the New York National Guard during state emergencies. They provide administrative and logistics support to the National Guard. Members

of the New York Guard have been involved in flood control eﬀorts along the Lake Ontario shoreline this summer. Belmont University Sydney Behar, from Mineola, qualified for the spring 2019 dean’s list. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a minimum grade point average of 3.5. Muhlenberg College Emma Parente of East Williston was a dancer in Muhlenberg’s innovative Dance Emerge, which showcases the ideas and talents of Muhlenberg’s student choreographers and dancers, presenting highly innovative, imaginative and explorative dance. This concert provides students the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of dance composition, as well as exploring themes of culture, society, and life through the medium of dance. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania KelliAnn Forero of Mineola was named to the spring 2019 dean’s list. To be eligible for the dean’s list, an undergraduate student must be registered for at least 12 credits and have a minimum grade point average of 3.6.

United Way of L.I. honors local leaders United Way of Long Island honored organizations, individuals and labor unions at its annual LIVE UNITED Celebration Luncheon held on Wednesday, May 8 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. This fundraiser is supported by generous sponsors, including Bethpage Federal Credit Union. This is the company’s tenth year as title sponsor. The event raised an unprecedented amount of $816,000, making this luncheon one of the largest yearly philanthropic events on Long Island. The LIVE UNITED Celebration Luncheon welcomed over 900 guests to honor those who share United Way’s vision in creating lasting positive change for current and future generations in Nassau and Suﬀolk Counties. Three awards were presented to honor leaders who have demonstrated continued generosity and commitment to advance the organization’s mission to fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community on Long Island. Theresa Regnante, president and CEO of United Way of Long Island, remarked on the impact that the 2019 award recipients have made: “We are grateful to partner with our honorees who are in a position to give generously, both their time and their funds, to support the initiatives and programs of United Way of Long Island. It is because their commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of their neighbors that our organization can directly impact the lives of over 325,000 Long Island resi-

dents each year.” In addition there was a special ceremony from Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, president of SUNY Old Westbury, who presented United Way of Long Island’s YouthBuild students with their TASC diplomas. Honorees included Robert Andrew Wild, chairman of Garfunkel Wild P.C. located in Great Neck, who was named the Anthony J. Stupore Memorial LIVE UNITED Volunteer Champion in honor of his selflessness and commitment to volunteer service. Wild is a founding member of the law firm Garfunkel Wild, P.C. and has served on United Way of Long Island’s Board of Directors since 2000. He was chair of the board from 2008 to 2011 and is a member of the executive committee. Wild is an invaluable asset to United Way of Long Island by sharing his legal expertise and supporting an array of programs and services throughout Long Island. GEICO was named the LIVE UNITED Corporate Champion in recognition of the company’s ability to mobilize and enhance the community. GEICO is United Way of Long Island’s leading corporate partner, and is especially generous through its workplace giving campaign; the company gives $1 million in funds annually through both associate donations and the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation’s matching program. For over 40 years, GEICO has been committed to volunteerism and community engagement on behalf of United Way of Long Island. Their associates’ philanthropic spirit is evident in their volunteer

United Way of Long Island 2019 LIVE UNITED Celebration Luncheon honoree Robert Wild of Garfunkel & Wild, P.C. (center) with Theresa A. Regnante, President & CEO of United Way of Long Island (left) and Alexander Bateman, Chair of the Board of United Way of Long Island (far right). campaigns, including organizing a supply drive that collected 2,000 pounds of necessities for veterans. GEICO continues to contribute to a range of programs including Mission United, Stuff-A-Bus and Project Warmth. The Building & Construction Trades Council of Nassau & Suffolk Counties was named the LIVE UNITED Labor Champion in recognition of their efforts to employ and promote union labor, thereby supporting the local economy. The organization works tirelessly with United Way of Long Island to offer career training and place-

ment opportunities to VetsBuild and YouthBuild graduates. The Building & Construction Trades Council of Nassau & Suﬀolk Counties’ apprenticeship opportunities provide veterans and young adults with the education and financial stability needed to foster a stable, regional workforce and thriving community on Long Island. To learn more about the LIVE UNITED Celebration Luncheon, and other ways to support United Way of Long Island, visit www.unitedwayli.org.

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his open letter is in response to Mr. Katz’s open letter that appeared in last week’s Blank Slate papers: Dear Mr. Katz, Thank you for your keen interest in the town’s quail program. The town does not apply pesticides in any of its parks or along the Hempstead Harbor Trail. That is why we release our quail in these targeted areas. As for guarantees that the quail will hunt and eat ticks in every part of the park, obviously, there is no guarantee that a wild creature will behave the way you

hope. However, their nature is to eat insects, which includes ticks. We release the quail in two areas of the town that provide the acreage and cover necessary for an optimum habitat— along the Hempstead Harbor Trail and across the street at the Hempstead Harbor Woods (200 undeveloped acres). Again, there is no guarantee that the quail are going to hunt and peck across every inch of this terrain, but we are hopeful that they will explore their world! We do not have any methods to induce the quail to hunt in particular areas

of the woods. Your question is a great one regarding the timing of the quail hatching and the “late start” as you say to start our tick eradication program. The breeder that we get our eggs from doesn’t really start producing eggs for delivery until spring, so we are not able to order eggs in February even if we wanted to. The cycle of the quail also reflects that of nature. Most birds don’t start nesting and reproducing until the spring, giving their oﬀspring time to mature and get strong before going oﬀ on their own.

As for your last question about tick eradication prior to the release of the quails in late July, this is our third year with the quail program, so we are hopeful and optimistic that the quail released each year previously are on the job all year long. We plan to release our quail the last weeks in July and we hope you will attend the event. Watch our website, Facebook, and local papers for the day and time. Judi Bosworth North Hempstead Town Supervisor

Time for state action to protect environment

he time is now! New York State has an urgent and unique opportunity to take a leading role in reducing and eliminating emissions from fossil fuels, including natural gas, that are a recognized cause of climate change. It is time for the state Legislature and Gov. Cuomo to pass and sign into effect the Climate and Community Protection Act. The CCPA would develop renewable energy sources like wind and solar in our state and would eliminate 100 percent of fossil fuel emissions by 2050. It would support communities most aﬀected by

climate change and its eﬀect on the environment, health, homes, jobs, and economy. It would provide training and decentpaying jobs for workers in sustainable energy production and related industries. This development of this bill has involved environmental groups, unions, and legislators and has passed in the state Assembly for the past three years, but has failed until now to make it out of committee in the Senate. This year could and should be diﬀerent. Long Island’s Senator Todd Kaminsky, Chairperson of the Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee, and Speaker

of the Assembly Carl E. Heastie are the bill’s primary sponsors. Sen. Kaminsky has chaired several hearings on the CCPA around the state in recent months. Many recently elected state senators, including our senator, Anna Kaplan, and most members of the assembly, including our assemblyman, Tony D’Urso, have signed on to the CCPA as co-sponsors. Recent broadly recognized scientific studies of climate change have shown that the need for action is extremely urgent. We cannot wait for federal action. We owe it to our children and grandchildren,

all of the future generations, to do all we can to move our governments, at every level, to take action now to preserve the habitability of our communities, our country, our earth. This year’s session of the state Legislature will end in a few weeks. I urge all concerned New Yorkers to call Gov. Cuomo and urge him to do his part to see that the Climate and Community Protection Act is passed and signed this month, this year. There is no time to waste. We need to get started now! Kay Lustig Great Neck

Jim Hightower: Your quintessential liberal

hose addicted to Fox News may not be familiar with the name Jim Hightower. Some on the left may know him as a journalist, author and political activist. Here’s a thumbnail bio: he was the Texas Agricultural Commissioner from 1983 to 1991; In the late 1960s, he was the legislative assistant to Texas Democratic Senator Ralph Yarborough; and he managed the presidential campaign of Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris in 1976. Parenthetically, I met Fred Harris in Chautauqua, N.Y., after he’d retired from politics. He had taken a job teaching at a southwestern university. He tells the story that in his first meeting with students, he told them that he had run for president. At the end of class, a student approached the lectern and asked if he’d won. In the run for the presidency, Hightower supported Jesse Jackson in1998, Tom

Harkin 1992 and when Harkin dropped out Jerry Brown. As a super delegate to the Democratic Convention in the same year he supported Bill Clinton, but later became a critic of the 42nd president. In 2000, he joined talk show host Phil Donohue and actress Susan Sarandon as co-chairs of the Ralph Nader campaign and in 2016, he supported Bernie Sanders. From these endorsements, one can see that Hightower is a proud member of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. On radio, he did two-minute political commentaries which were carried by 130 aﬃliates. I know him best as the author of “The Hightower Lowdown” a monthly newsletter. Although he did graduate work at Columbia University in New York City, there is still a lot of Texas in his speech.

He writes about “Congress critters” and warns folks about being in the middle of the road where one finds nothing but “yellow stripes and dead armadillos.” He has summarized all of American history as follows: What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays’ Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists…the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies…Tough in your face people [like] Mother Jones, Woody, Guthrie, Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. He can be humorous – “Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one” and “the corporations don’t have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.” One of my favorite quotes is: “The only diﬀerence between a pigeon and the American farmer is that a pigeon can still

make a deposit on a John Deere.” He can also be sardonic as in “like NASCAR drivers and PGA golfers, why not require each of the presidential candidates to cover their clothing…with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?” Of course, there is no love lost between Hightower and Donald Trump. The president is described as the “charlatan-in-chief” who has “an agenda of plutocratic plunder.” But what I admire most about Jim Hightower is his undying belief that if we just take action, we can overcome. Or as the United Farmworkers’ slogan reminds us-si se puede! “yes we can!” Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

Questions candidate Wu needs to answer in run Gathering, with whom did he do so? If he was a senior campaign aide for Gov. Pataki, through whom did he report? And if the latter occurred, how did he then work for the Obama campaign – and with whom? This is also as philosophical-

ly challenging as Anna Kaplan, who was endorsed by Iran-Surrender-Plan-Obama, but she lost in her native Great Neck only to be rescued by those whose interests greatly diverge from Great Neck’s – but I digress.

Will anyone out there ask Mr. Wu to substantiate his claims as noted above? Also – is there any reason that he marched on Memorial Day with U.S. Marines – does anyone have any knowledge of that service?

All this does not add up. Reminds me of Sen. Blumenthal of Connecticut. Jeﬀrey S. Wiesenfeld Great Neck

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GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday June 8 10:00-3:00 29 Tremont St Every bargain hunter’s dream! Clothing, toys, furniture, household items. MOVING SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday, June 8 9am5pm 108 Garfield St EVERYTHING MUST GO! Furniture, Kitchen Gadgets, Tons of Kids Stuff and More!

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APARTMENT FOR RENT GARDEN CITY BORDER APARTMENT: Spacious, Bright 1 BR Apt $1635.00 + Electric. Gated Parking/Garage Available, Laundry Room, Air Conditioning, Hardwood Floors, LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www.gcbapts.com Voice or text: 516-524-6965

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CCFK Golf Outing Event Chairs, Rosemary Cinquemani of Garden City, and Michael Stroud of Franklin Square, welcome community members at the 14th Annual Cancer Center for Kids Golf Outing. The 15th Annual CCFK Golf Outing will take place on Monday, June 17, 2019, at the Wind Watch Golf and Country Club in Hauppauge. event co-chair Cinquemani. The co-chairs are seeking sponsors, golfers, and supporters. Sponsorships, reservations and donations of any amount may be made online at www.nyuwinthrop.org/events; click on 2019 CCFK Golf Outing. For more information about NYU Winthrop’s Cancer Center for Kids Golf Outing, visit www.nyuwinthrop.org or call 516-663-1565.

Railway helps Stamp Out Hunger A crew from New York & Atlantic Railway recently joined Island Harvest Food Bank and other Long Island companies in sorting food that was donated by generous Long Islanders as part of the recent Stamp Out Hunger food drive. The nation’s largest single-day food drive, Stamp Out Hunger is sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers, the United States Postal Service, and hunger-relief organizations across the U.S., and takes place every year on the second Saturday in May. In all, more than 400,000 pounds of nonperishable food was collected by letter carriers in Nassau and Suf-

folk counties on Saturday, May 11 to help the approximately 300,000 men, women, and children on Long Island who struggle with hunger and food insecurity every day. “We’re happy to be able to support communitybased organizations like Island Harvest Food Bank in its mission to end hunger and reduce food waste on Long Island,” said James Bonner, president, NYAR. “Community service and giving back to the communities we serve is an integral part of our corporate culture, and we enjoy the time spent helping out whenever we can.”

Pictured above (left to right) are Marlon Taylor, Vice President, NYAR; Amy Louk, Manager of Marketing Support, NYAR; Stacy Parsell, Vice President of Development, Island Harvest Food Bank; James Bonner, President, NYAR; Chuck Samul, Director of Sales & Marketing, NYAR; and James Nunes, Manager of Operations Support, NYAR.

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Shadow time for America In the face of the most recent mass shooting, this time in Virginia Beach, the question that emerges is exactly where is all this American rage coming from and exactly what can be done about it. Explosive rage, shame, simple-minded thinking and paranoia are running roughshod over human decency. We live in an age of political madness, over competitiveness, anomie, frantic activity and depletion. These are shadow times in America. It reminds me of the quote from the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland when she said, “My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to get anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.” It is no surprise that we see occasional explosions of

paranoid madness where the weakest and must unstable in society give vent to our great American emptiness, but how does one understand the root causes of this madness? There was one book, written back in 1851 by Herman Melville, that gives us some hint as to the roots of our problem. The book is “MobyDick,” and it’s about the madness of Captain Ahab who is on a greedy blood quest, seeking revenge on a great white sperm whale that bit off his leg at the knee on his last whaling excursion. At the beginning of this book, Ishmael, who is the book’s narrator, attends a sermon on a church in Nantucket before he and Queequeg set sail on the doomed Pequod. The sermon is delivered by Father Mapple and it’s the

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parable of Jonah who fails to follow God’s mandate and winds up being swallowed by a whale. “Moby-Dick” was a flatout failure for more than 70 years, selling a mere 3,200 copies, and Melville, like most authors, died poor. But D.H. Lawrence wrote a critical essay about “Moby-

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Dick” in 1923, describing it as the greatest seafaring adventure ever penned. Thanks to Lawrence, the book finally became popular throughout the world and is now considered the definitive American novel. Lawrence described “Moby-Dick” as a meditation on American democracy, power, greed, industrialization and exploitation of labor. He characterized Captain Ahab and the sinking of the Pequod as symbolizing the ultimate failure of the American soul. Melville somehow channeled America’s great white soul and revealed its nature as too mercenary, too aggressive, and too willing to sacrifice all in an effort to get rich and make money. Alexis de Tocqueville said America was too practical, too commercial, and lacking in aesthetics, but, according to Lawrence, Melville showed the world that our character had eventually led to the death of the American soul. Indeed, these are shadow times in America and the murderous rage that is devouring the American soul, our soul, is right in front of our noses. Back in Nantucket in 1851, Ahab led his crew of Quakers, Polynesians, blacks and Indians to their death out of greed, and they all got swallowed up in the belly of the whale. And 168 years later, we are still in the belly of the beast. Evidence is all around us. Look at our president and his group of functionaries which includes Kelly Ann Conway, Sarah Sanders, Robert Barr, Justice Cavanaugh and Steven Miller. Look at the num-

ber of mass shootings that keep happening. Turn on TV and tune in to another series about “The Walking Dead.” This is what rampant capitalism looks like and feels like as it devours everything in its wake. It reminds me of the great Joel Grey in “Cabaret,” when he sang, “Money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world go round.” And we all know how that story ended. And no one seems able to escape this darkly spinning merry-go-round. If you are a disgruntled government employee that has a gripe about something, if you are a middle-class homeowner trying to keep up with mortgage payments, or if you are the American president on a tweet rage, you are all feeling this anger and these shadow times. It is hard to fathom who will save us from this horror. Mighty Mouse is long gone, Superman is dead, and the idea of waiting for Godot didn’t work either. The sculpture by Jimmie Durham seems to point us in the right direction, and the answer is best hinted at by the Robert Frost poem, “The Secret Sits,” which reads as follows: “We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.” And if the Secret could speak I think it might say, “Hey America, slow down, be proud of yourself and what you‘ve achieved, there is nothing more to prove, take a breath, exhale, enjoy this life. You have done so well already.”

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Adelphi to host President’s Gala in June Long Island philanthropists and a child development professionals will be honored at the 19th annual Adelphi University President’s Gala on Saturday, June 15, at the Garden City Hotel from 6 to 11 p.m. At the President’s Gala, individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the university and the larger community are recognized. This event draws the region’s top civic, business, and community leaders, as well as Adelphi trustees, alumni and friends, students, administrators, faculty and staﬀ, to celebrate the honorees and the University. Each year, the university provides more than $70 million in scholarship assistance to its students, including more than 5,000 undergraduates from across the country. “Each year I am deeply moved by the generosity of Adelphi’s friends who help make the promise of an Adelphi education accessible to more and more deserving students,” said Adelphi President Christine

Michael and Christine Tiedemann, honorees at this year’s Adelphi President’s Gala Riordan. “The funds raised by the President’s Gala go to endowments that support the success of present and future Panthers, and I’m thrilled that we can continue paving paths for them to dream and succeed at Adelphi. I thank everyone who shares and supports our mis-

sion.” Paula Malone, a developmental psychologist, child development professional and president of the Wing’s Foundation, will be honored with the President’s Award for Philanthropic Leadership in Support of Adelphi University’s Alice

Brown Early Learning Center. Malone began her career at St. Christopher’s Hospital in Philadelphia, where she implemented a program for teenage parents and their infants within the public school district. She was later recruited by the duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., to establish their Child Development Center. Malone’s connection to Adelphi came through the first of her three grandchildren to attend the Alice Brown Early Learning Center. Upon visiting the facility, she was immediately impressed with the level of individual interaction the staﬀ provided. Since that first visit, she has been an enthusiastic supporter and generous donor of the Early Learning Center, and is personally committed to furthering the center’s bold mission to become an innovative leader in early child care and education best practices. The university will also honor Adelphi trustee and alumnus Michael Tiedemann, B.B.A. ‘89, and his wife, Christine, with

the President’s Award for Distinguished Service. Tiedemann, an investment banker at Wells Fargo Securities, and Christine, a New York state certified health coach, are committed to assisting their community through various organizations, including the Interfaith Nutrition Network, Child Abuse Prevention Services, Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund and the Garden City Service League of Boys. They are ardent supporters of Adelphi with hopes of sharing its mission to foster the academic success of current and future students. In addition to giving their time and generosity, the Tiedemanns have established an endowed scholarship at the university, to help make Adelphi’s world-class education even more aﬀordable and attainable for students. For more information, including honoree bios as well as ticket and sponsorship opportunities, see gala.adelphi.edu.

D’Urso honors Merit scholars Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso recently honored Yoel Hava, Isabella Mirro, and Joshua Rothbaum from Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington and Leah Taylor and Edward Samowitz from John L Miller-Great Neck North High School as the five students were selected as winners of National Merit $2,500 scholarships.

“I was happy to present citations to Yoel, Isabella, Joshua, Leah and Edward and congratulate them on all their hard work and achievements. I also wished them luck in college and in future endeavors. These five young men and woman are an example of the great hard working and energetic students that are in the 16th Assembly District,” said D’Urso.

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