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Gillen calls for investigation of HR contract Hempstead supervisor alleges ‘corruption tax’ amounts to $886K BY TOM M CC A RT HY Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen is calling for an investigation into a contract signed by a former town commissioner and for a current commissioner to resign. “Our job is to protect the taxpayers of the town, not fill the pockets of the politically connected,” she said. At a news conference on Monday, Gillen said that the town corruption tax, which she described as taxpayer money diverted from helping the unemployed and given to “political patronage,” was a total of $886,000. The news conference came after a report by Newsday that in 2017 Ana-Maria Hurtado, then the commissioner of Hempstead’s Department of Occupational Resources, signed a two-year contract with Alcott HR. The contract provided for extra staﬀ, and Hurtado joined the company after retiring in July

2017. Hurtado and two other former town employees, Scott Surkis and Edward Kenny, now work at the company. Gillen is adamant about taking a stand against the contract, writing on Facebook on Monday, “My job is to protect the taxpayers of this Town and as long I’m in this office, that’s exactly what I’ll do.” Gillen’s office said that Gregory Becker, the current commissioner for the Department of Occupational Resources, extended the contract with Alcott in September 2018 until June 30, 2021. “Commissioner Becker has displayed gross mismanagement, ignoring my office’s multiple directives to bring the department in line with federal funding and failing to provide any tangible documentation relating to the procurement process surrounding the contract in question,” Gillen said at the news conference. She called on Becker to resign. Continued on Page 57

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The Village of Mineola held its sixth Portugal Day Parade on Sunday, the final day of this year’s Mineola Portuguese Feast and Carnival weekend.

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and beyond celebrated their heritage. The Village of Mineola held Floats decorated in red and its sixth Portugal Day Parade on green flooded the streets of the final day of this year’s MineMineola Sunday as Portuguese- ola Portuguese Feast and CarniAmericans from Long Island val weekend, which began last

Friday. Marchers in the parade gathered at Mineola Memorial Park, with the route beginning on the corner of Saville Road and Jericho Turnpike next to Chaminade High School. The Continued on Page 57

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North Hills residents head to polls Tuesday Four candidates seek re-election BY T E R I W EST

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John R. Durso of retail workers Local 338 advocates for marijuana reform along with other progressive organizations. BY TOM M CC A RT HY With the state Legislature’s session winding down, progressive leaders and labor oﬃcials on Long Island appealed to lawmakers on Monday to pass a bill legalizing recreational marijuana. They shared results from a Sienna poll showing that about 55 percent of all New Yorkers support the legislation, with 55 percent support in the suburbs and 59 percent upstate. Local 338 of the Retail, Wholesale and Chain Store Food Employees Union is one group backing the reform legislation. “As the labor union currently representing hundreds of workers in the New York medical cannabis industry, including here on Long Island, we have a unique perspective on the value that this crucially important program brings, not just to patients and their families, but also to the communities in which they operate,” said John Durso of Local 338. Durso said he believes the state is in need of “some real criminal justice reform” and that it is rare for

there to be an opportunity to start a new industry. The organizations at the news conference produced data from the New York Civil Liberties Union revealing that more than 900,000 New Yorkers have been arrested for marijuana violations since 2000. Statewide, black people are 10 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites even though their usage rates are similar. The bill, the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, says the intent of the act is to regulate, control and tax marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol and that doing so will generate millions of dollars in new revenue. The new law would prevent access to marijuana by those under the age of 21. Local 338 and progressive activist groups such as the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Women’s Diversity Network and the Long Island Progressive Coalition held the news conference at Local 338’s building in Mineola to argue for the benefits of marijuana legalization. “For far too long, communities of color and some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers among us

have been disproportionately hurt by our state’s arcane cannabis policies,” said state Assemblywoman Kimberly Jean-Pierre (D-Wheatley Heights). She strongly supports the act, is critical of the current criminal justice system and said she believes in the potential of the bill to bring about criminal justice reform in the state. “We’re dealing with major systems of oppression in New York state and Nassau County,” the assemblywoman said. In addition to activists and legislators, doctors and growers also spoke at the news conference about the benefits of the legislation. Dr. Richard Carlton of Port Washington shared his experience with prescribing medicinal cannabis, saying, “This legislation would be a major victory in the fight against the opioid crisis as every state that has legalized cannabis has seen an astounding drop in opioid deaths. “I’ve prescribed cannabis to wounded combat veterans suﬀering from PTSD, and I’ve seen these individuals end their dependency on opioids and alcohol and turn their lives around.”

North Hills residents will head to Village Hall Tuesday to vote in a village election in which the mayor, deputy mayor, a trustee and the village justice are seeking four more years in oﬃce. All four races are uncontested, and three of the candidates have served at least two terms in their current positions. The ballot is as follows: •Marvin Natiss – mayor, four-year term Natiss has been mayor of North Hills for 16 years. He is an attorney at Natiss & Gordon in Roslyn Heights, a general practice law firm of which he is a founding partner. •Dennis Sgambati – deputy mayor, four-year term Sgambati has been a trustee for 18 years. He owns Island Taping Inc., a taping and spackling company that he said employs more than 150 people in New York City. •Gail Cohen – trustee, fouryear term Cohen has been a trustee for eight years. She is an advertising production cost consultant and owned Storage 1-2-3, Inc. in New Hyde Park. •Jerome Reisman – village justice, four-year term Reisman became village justice in December upon the retirement of Sigmund Semon. He is a founding partner of the firm Reisman Peirez Reisman & Capobianco. Natiss, Sgambati and Cohen cited the creation of a shuttle to the train station as a point of pride and said they are looking forward to improving the village park in their upcoming term. The shuttle to the Manhasset train station is popular among commuters who travel

to Manhattan, and the village is looking into the possibility of getting larger shuttles, Natiss said. “We know it’s a successful endeavor and we want to continue it,” he said. Sgambati and Cohen recently helped create a park committee to work toward enhancing Lowell H. Kane Park, a facility only available for village residents. Sgambati said the committee plans to propose several new components for the park: a fence surrounding the pond, a fence bordering I.U. Willets Road and new playground equipment. The committee is also seeking to refurbish the basketball court and dismantle the handball court, a part of the park where people tend to smoke and drink, the deputy mayor said. “Hopefully this will be a terrific upgrade for the village to Lowell Kane Park,” Cohen said. Cohen was appointed to the board upon the death of her husband, Gerry Cohen, who was a trustee and died the day after he was re-elected in 2011. The couple had lived in the village since 1999. “I had said to the mayor, ‘I know how much my husband loved the village and the people on the board and being able to contribute,’” Cohen said. “In their infinite wisdom they oﬀered me the ability to be appointed and of course I accepted.” Cohen said that since then, she feels she’s been an asset to the village board. “Everybody works very hard and everyone’s just a pleasure, and it’s a well-oiled machine led by a mayor who’s been just fantastic,” Cohen said. Continued on Page 71

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Clavin wants tax formula explained Hempstead receiver of taxes gets access to documents, but seeks formula used to compute BY TOM M CC A RT HY

After months of fighting to obtain the “secret mathematical formula” behind Nassau County’s reassessment of properties, the Town of Hempstead receiver of taxes finally has access to the documents. He has a new question, however. How does a person read the formula? Donald Clavin, the town’s receiver of taxes, is not happy with the release of documents showcasing the mathematical formula behind the reassessment. He believes it is “not in spirit of true disclosure.” He said that the documents can only be interpreted by a person with a “doctorate degree in computer statistics and programming.” The algorithm is available for the public to read, but with no explanation as to what it means. “It took a taxpayer’s lawsuit following his numerous Freedom of Information requests, appeals, and public announcements for the county’s administration to finally release what appears to be the formula to its much-maligned reassessment project,” Clavin said in a statement. Clavin, a Republican, is running for town supervisor. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat, called for a reassessment of all homes in 2018, which would aﬀect what owners pay in property taxes. Her predecessor, Edward Mangano, a Republican, froze

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Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Donald X. Clavin and Nassau County Legislator Bill Gaylor made a mess of Clavin’s office with tax formula documents. the rolls in 2008. But Newsday reported that many property owners who filed grievances over the years won reductions in their assessments, which shifted the tax burden to those who had not filed grievances.

Curran’s move to correct this problem by reassessing homes led to lawsuits and complaints about a lack of transparency. The reassement was completed in less than six months even though a 2003 reassessment took three years to complete. This

was due to the fact that the latest reassessment was the first to utilize computer or estimation modeling as the primary basis to calculate residential market values. The county executive’s office has said 55 percent of Nassau County homeowners would see a decrease in their property taxes due to the reassessment, exemptions and a five-year phase-in plan. One major criticism of the reassessment was the lack of access to the computer algorithm used to develop property tax values. The reassessment was a major source of anger for Lynbrook homeowner Dennis Duffy, who went on a crusade for months to get access to the “secret formula.” Duffy’s initial Freedom of Information Law request for the documents was denied, citing the formula as “inter-agency or intra-agency materials.” After Duffy appealed, the formula was described as a trade secret. Duffy then met Clavin at one of Clavin’s taxpayer seminars and inspired him to call on the county to honor the Freedom of Information act. This public call was not answered by the county but was answered by the state’s Committee on Open Government. In a letter, the committee said Nassau County “should not be permitted to claim trade secret status over the algorithm” because it calculates residential property values. Continued on Page 57

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National Grid halts gas permits in E.W. Utility says state must OK Northeast Supply Enhancement project before ban lifted BY TOM M CC A RT HY National Grid has told East Williston oﬃcials that gas service requests will no longer be processed in the village until the rejected Northeast Supply Enhancement project is approved, the village board was told at a meeting Monday. The project, meant to provide additional capacity to customers in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, is described by the Department of Environmental Conservation as a pipeline proposed by Transco that would deliver natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, then underwater through Raritan Bay and Lower New York Bay to about three miles oﬀshore the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. The transportation system involves 23.5 miles of underwater pipeline, of which some 17.4 miles would be in New York state waters. The project proposal states that it would connect to the existing Rockaway Delivery Lateral in Queens to provide natural gas for National Grid customers. On May 15, the state DEC re-

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Village of East Williston trustees stressed they have no control over National Grid’s denying new permits. said about the issue. The village board reported that no new plumbing permits would be issued unless a customer provided documentation that the application had been completed before May 15. All gas permit applications must now include current gas load notifications, all new or replace-

jected the project due to Transco’s “inability to demonstrate the project’s compliance with all applicable water quality standards.” This decision immediately had an impact on the village of East Williston. “National Grid said there’s not enough supply to meet the demand,” Mayor Bonnie L.S. Parente

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it will be the responsibility of the plumber to rectify the issue as National Grid will not be upgrading the service or the gas meter. The village board told the public that it does not have control over the situation. Mayor Parente said, “If you want to switch to gas, it’s not us stopping it.” The mayor said National Grid told her that “it is a mechanical issue, not a shortage.” Robert Wood, of the environmental activist group 350Brooklyn, criticized National Grid and the need for the project. Wood said in an email, “The residents of Long Island are essentially being held hostage by National Grid, who is fighting for the pipeline because it will lose market share if renewable alternatives are used in its place, and because the pipeline would allow NG to pass costs along to ratepayers, which would then become higher profits.” If residents have any questions about National Grid’s suspension of processing, the Village of East Williston urges them to call 800930-5003.

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Dems demand reassessment phase-in Nassau County legislators blast Republican majority for not bringing legislation to a vote BY J E S S I C A PA R K S

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The Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building is seen in Mineola.

County legislators of the Democratic minority caucus took to the steps of the Legislature building in Mineola last Wednesday demanding the ratification of the state-approved property tax phase-in. No vote has occurred on the Taxpayer Protection Plan, which spreads property tax increases and decreases for Nassau County taxpayers over a five-year period, despite state legislators’ inclusion of the legislation when passing the state budget in early April. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran submitted local legislation to the County Legislature in early April to ratify the phase-in, which is expected to ease the shock from increased property taxes as a result of the countywide reassessment. A statement from the Republican majority caucus said that while Republican legislators have every intention of passing the Taxpayer Protection Plan, they won’t until they are able to tell their constituents that their

assessments are correct and came from a fair and accurate process. “The Democrats should be doing the same to protect their constituents,” said the majority’s deputy director of communications, Chris Boyle. Meanwhile, the county executive said the home values are fair and accurate and points to an independent analysis conducted earlier in the year which concluded that the wide disparities among home values had been eliminated. To further illustrate the majority’s concerns, the caucus’ statement also said that the 2020-21 tax notices that Curran and county Democrats said would be posted online have yet to appear. Under the five-year phasein, taxpayers would see an additional 20 percent of their total expected tax increase or decrease each year for five years. The county Legislature has until November 2020 to vote to implement the phase-in for it to go into eﬀect for the 2020-21 tax season.

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Northwell raises $1M in 3 walks

More than 3,000 participate in weekend events aimed at different health system locations BY T E R I W EST Northwell Health raised $1 million with three fundraising walks on Sunday in New York, two of which were on Long Island, according to the health network. The money raised from the annual Northwell Health walk was a record for Northwell. More than 6,000 walkers participated in Jones Beach, East End Long Island and Staten Island combined, according to Northwell. Each walk donated funds to a diﬀerent Northwell institution: Jones Beach toward the Katz Institute for Women’s Health and Cohen Children’s Medical Center, East End Long Island toward Peconic Bay Medical Center and Staten Island toward Staten Island University Hospital’s family, women and newborn center. The Jones Beach walkers also supported a cancer research grant. PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH “The Northwell Health Walk is an inspiring day Northwell patients Kathleen and Clementine at Jones Beach for the Northwell Health Walk. where you see community

members come together and fundraise to help us outpace the impossible – all with the common goal to advance care for the patients we serve,” Brian Lally, senior vice president and chief development oﬃcer for Northwell Health, said in a news release. A 4-year-old named Clementine who was born at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and soon after had open-heart surgery at Cohen Children’s Medical Center attended the walk with her parents. Her mother, Kathleen, whose last name Northwell did not provide, went to Katz Institute during her pregnancy. It was there that she learned her child would have Down syndrome and a heart defect. “You’re giving these babies and these children, bright futures to look forward to, and you’re giving the parents so much peace of mind,” she said. “It’s a priceless gift.”

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L.I. IDAs lead state in job creation

DiNapoli’s report finds Nassau IDA provides more tax breaks for fewer jobs than Suffolk IDA BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency provided businesses with tax exemptions in 2017 that were five times higher per job than those provided by neighboring Suffolk County’s IDA. A report from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on the performance of industrial development agencies across the state disclosed that Nassau’s IDA is estimated to have created 11,828 jobs. Nassau effectively offered $4,159 in tax exemptions for each job created, while Suffolk County offered $758 per job. Nassau recorded $49.2 million in net tax exemptions while Suffolk County provided less than $12 million in tax breaks. Long Island as a whole is the state leader in net job gains, accounting for about 24 percent of the statewide total, according to the report. Nassau County’s IDA provided a total of $92.8 million in tax exemptions in 2017, but $43.6 million, or 46.9 percent, was offset by payments in lieu of taxes, which are made by companies to compensate the government for the loss in tax revenue resulting from tax exemptions. Meanwhile, Suffolk County recouped 61.98 percent, or $19.4 million, of its

While Westchester allowed fewer exemptions per project than Nassau, it provided more exemptions per job, offering $5,038 per job for each of the 3,136 jobs created. The Westchester IDA also spent significantly more in expenses than Nassau’s industrial development agency with $2.9 million. The expenses break down to $42,028 for each project and equate to $924 per job. According to DiNapoli’s report, Long Island’s industrial development agencies created 47,000 jobs and also had the second-highest tax exemptions in the state with a total of $153 million. The Mid-Hudson region recorded the highest dollar amount in tax exemptions at $175 million. Within the Long Island statistics are State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli various town-operated industrial develtotal tax exemptions through such pay- $1.7 million in expenses in 2017, ef- opment agencies. fectively spending $144 per job and ments. The report also said that Long Island A total of 170 projects were complet- $10,000 per project. had the largest number of projects in the In Suffolk County, the IDA’s expenses state for the second year in a row, recorded by the Nassau County IDA in 2017, the lowest number of projects the county were comparable to those of Nassau, at ing a total of 809 projects. “The need for close scrutiny of eco$1.3 million, which amounts to $82 per recorded since 2011. nomic development efforts has never Per project, Nassau County provided job created and $9,848 per project. Meanwhile, in Westchester County, been higher,” DiNapoli said. “My office a net tax exemption of $289,412, which is over three times more than what Suf- the industrial development agency pro- releases IDA data so New Yorkers can folk County provided for each of its 132 vided $15.8 million in net tax exemp- examine if incentives given out to create tions, which breaks down to $228,985 and retain jobs in their communities are projects in 2017. worth it.” The Nassau County IDA recorded for each of its 69 projects.

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Blank Slate receives 15 L.I. Press Club awards BY TOM M CC A RT HY Blank Slate Media received 15 awards for excellence in journalism at the Press Club of Long Island awards dinner in Smithtown last Thursday â€“ more than any other weekly group on Long Island. The company, which publishes six weekly newspapers covering the North

Shore in Nassau County, won first place for crime reporting, education reporting, nonlocal news/features, humor and headlines, second place for entertainment, environment, headlines, website home page designs and best website, and third for breaking news, cartoons, editorials, commentary, government/politics, headlines and humor. Continued on Page 68

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Preschool children ages 3 to 6 years old can experience a one-of-a-kind summer filled with art, music, dance and theater at the Gold Coast Arts Center. The center will be hosting exciting new themes each week to ignite children’s imaginations, including fantasy, travel, famous artists and more. Enrollment is flexible. Register by the day or by the week from July 8 to Aug. 23. Space is limited. You must register in advance by calling 516-829-2570.

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Senior project reaches El Salvador Mineola High School senior Miguel Velásquez spent time in El Salvador recently to visit with and share more than four suitcases full of donated art supplies to students at the Centro Escolar Caserio Upire. Miguel had previously visited the school in El Salvador because it is the one his own father had attended. Driven by the school’s lack of supplies to engage students creatively, Miguel decided to host a drive for supplies and to personally visit the school, shadowing the teachers there, as part of his senior project. “It was an eye-opening experience when I first visited the school. It was a wake-up call to really appreciate what

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Both sides wrong on reassessment

e’d like to think that the unwillingness of Nassau County Republican legislators to bring the socalled Taxpayer Protection Plan to a vote reflects a newfound opposition to a five-year phase-in of changes brought by the first reassessment of property in eight years. Perhaps, one might hope, the Republicans changed their minds and now believe that the half of the county property owners who have been overpaying their taxes the past eight years would no longer have to subsidize the other half of county property owners who have been underpaying their property taxes. But this is Nassau County. And the Republican majority in the Legislature sat in silence for eight years during Republican Ed Mangano’s reign as county executive when there was no reassessment and $2.7 billion in property taxes was shifted from people who challenged their property taxes to those who didn’t. They also just so happened to be generally younger, less aﬄuent and more likely to be members of a minority group And Republican legislators were the first to call for a five-year phase-in of the changes after County Executive Laura Curran actually did what she said she would during her successful election campaign and conducted a countywide reassessment. In an interview with Blank Slate Media, Legislature Presiding Oﬃcer Richard Nicolello said that to make people who have been underpaying their taxes begin paying their fair share immediately would impose such financial hardship that they would have to sell their homes. Unmentioned were the people

who had been overpaying their taxes — some for the past eight years — who under his plan would continue to overpay their taxes for the next five years, though a lesser amount with the phase-in. Curran backed the Republicans’ demand for the victims of the county’s dysfunctional system to continue to subsidize the beneficiaries by phasing in reassessment changes over five years. She was followed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature. The Republican legislators responded with a call for a referendum to make the county assessor an elected position – as it had been until 2008, when Nassau voters opted for the position to be appointed by the county executive. These same Republican legislators said nothing when Mangano failed to appoint a certified county assessor and watched an exodus of staﬀers from the oﬃce. Now, the Republican legislators point to assessment errors that took place after Curran appointed David Moog as Nassau County assessor. These included 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. The Republicans’ position did not change after Newsday published an analysisof Nassau County’s property reassessment and found “that the new assessments are well within every major professional standard of accuracy and fairness.” Nor did it change after the

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New York State Oﬃce of Real Property Tax Services concluded that the reassessment eliminated the inaccurate and unfair wide disparities among home values. Instead, the Republican legislators unsuccessfully sought to override a Curran veto of a referendum vote that passed along party lines with a Republican majority made possible by the Legislature’s gerrymandered district lines. Nicolello said the referendum 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 the county executive.” With studies showing that Moog had made the county’s assessments accurate and fair this seemed like an odd time to seek a change. If anything, a call for accountability would better argue for a redistricting commission to determine the legislative districts after the 2020 census. After the last census, a 10-9 Republican majority in the Legislature created 12 districts with a majority of Republican voters and seven with Democratic voters – even though there are more registered Democrats in Nassau County. And then there is the timing.

The Legislature’s latest vote came a week after Rob Walker, Mangano’s chief deputy and a onetime top GOP fund-raiser, pleaded guilty last Wednesday to obstruction of justice following a federal investigation of political corruption. And not long after Mangano and his wife, Linda, were found guilty of political corruption. And not long after Republican Town of Hempstead Councilman Edward Ambrosino pleaded guilty to tax evasion in federal court. And not long after former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre was found guilty of political corruption — for a second time. One might argue that these convictions and guilty pleas were a good reason to seek an electable and accountable county assessor – not appointed by the county executive. Or that this is a good reason not to vote for Republicans countywide seats. More of a mystery is why Curran and Democratic county legislators are so intent in delaying an assessment system in which everyone would pay their fair share. Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (DFreeport) and members of the Minority Legislative Caucus demanded

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last week that Republican lawmakers “end their politically motivated stall tactics” and implement the phase-in plan. “It’s time for the Republican Majority to stop playing politics with assessment and instead focus their energies on protecting taxpayers from the consequences of a mess the previous administration and its enablers chose to create,” Abrahams added. “They can take a step in that direction by enacting County Executive Curran’s Taxpayer Protection Plan without delay.” Huh? How is it fair to require the half of county property owners who have been overpaying their taxes for the past eight years to continue to subsidize the half of county property owners who have been underpaying their property taxes? How is the Democrats’ demand not a “politically motivated” attempt to appeal to party voters who challenged their assessments, while hoping that those who have been overpaying are happy with what they get? Historically, Democrats presented themselves as the party of the little guy. What happened? The answer to that question goes a long way in explaining why Donald Trump is president.

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KREMER’S CORNER

It’s now or never for the Democrats

have always admired the Republican Party when it comes to their policy issues. They are trained to stick together on their priorities and there is no better example than the chokehold that President Trump has on them. They follow him like the Pied Piper and except for their current groaning about imposing more tariffs on Mexico, they are prepared to follow him, even if he jumps off a cliff. The Democrats often brag that they have a “big tent” and everyone is welcome to come in. In addition, after criticizing Republicans for using litmus tests, Democrats have been quick to impose their own litmus tests on a variety of issues, especially now, as we await the upcoming presidential primaries. There is no doubt that every potential Democratic candidate for this high office is determined to beat President Trump in 2020. But that’s all they can agree upon. Later this month, there will be two days of debates that

will showcase the talents of the candidates who have collected enough individual donations or have suﬃcient poll numbers to qualify. That event will be revealing as to whether the 2019 version of the Democratic Party really wants to win the next election or just wants to get national air time and go back into obscurity. The early signs from some of the front-runners is that they have no patience for other people’s thinking and believe that they are the anointed ones. As an example, there is currently a resolution before both houses of Congress calling for a socalled Green New Deal. It isn’t a proposed law, just a statement of how we should tackle the challenges of global warming. A number of the candidates have signed on to the resolution and others have said they have their own approach to solving this crisis. Regrettably, the Green New Deal proponents take the position that you are not pure enough on this subject unless you embrace their views.

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner

You can be sure that a number of the debaters will single out former Vice President Joe Biden for most of their scorn on a variety of subjects. Their biggest complaint to date is that Biden is too establishment and only they can bring anything new to the table. The too old argument has faded, considering that Bernie Sanders is older than Biden. But for many of the other candidates, they reject or re-

sent the idea that Biden may be the most electable and are convinced that only they can make dramatic changes in the White House. Does the Democratic Party really have a big tent where everybody is welcome? In a few short weeks, we will learn the answer to that question. There are at least six announced candidates who occupy the socalled middle lane of politics and there is no doubt that their ideas will be challenged by the progressive wings who have no patience for diﬀerent thinking. How they handle this clash of ideas will give the public a tip-oﬀ as to what the 2020 race will be like. Another place to take the temperature of today’s Democratic Party is in the House of Representatives. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proven in a short time that no one can run the House better than she does. On issue after issue she has kept the Democrats in lockstep, but in the weeks ahead she may face her first serious revolt over the issue of impeachment

of Trump. There are probably 50 current members who would like to start an impeachment process, but Pelosi maintains that the issue isn’t ready for action. Having lived through past impeachment efforts, Pelosi knows that once you start that process, if it gets out of hand, it could embarrass the party and cause it to lose the effort to oust Donald Trump from office. She has tried hard to explain to the outside world to be careful what you wish for. But over the next few weeks the cries for the president’s scalp will grow louder. The Republican Party has proven that it has no soul and very much looks like a party from the 1900s. The current version of the Democratic Party will have a chance to show the voting public whether it is capable of running the country and welcome different thinkers with open arms. Time will tell which party deserves the right to represent the voters of America.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Join peeve parade for frustrated LIers

was at a diner, sipping Irish coffee while I listened to two friends complaining about the world. “You know what bugs me?” said the wife. “We’re just back from a doctor’s office and I want to know, why is it that they always put their offices in buildings with doors you can hardly open?” She’s a rather tiny little person. She continued, “Are they making a point about how weak we are? Do they want us to pile up, exhausted at the doorstep, like salmon who died attempting a waterfall?” “It might have gone better,” said her husband, “if you had noticed the little sign that said ‘Use other door.’” “Or if you had simply opened the door, for me!” “You asked me to park the car, remember?” “Oh. That’s right. Which reminds me — coming home, when I was in the passenger seat waiting for you, it wouldn’t

let me turn on the radio or the air conditioning. Your greatestthing-since-melted-cheese electronic key insisted that I get out, run around, sit in the driver’s seat, and turn on the engine, just to have some music while I waited for you. Our old car never bossed me around like that — I could just lean over and turn the key. Those electronic keys are highly annoying.” “You know what bugs me about my doctor’s oﬃce?” I joined the discussion. “I really hate how they have this enormous voice mail menu, but they say, ‘Listen carefully, as our choices have changed.’ Those choices have never changed! They haven’t changed since the Year One. And what if they have, would it really matter? So why do they say that? It’s one of my Top Ten peeves.” “Peeves! I love that word,” said my friend. “I’m feeling peevish myself.” “So OK,” I say. “Let’s list a few more.”

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side “What about those voice mail systems that make you speak the number you want — say, to get a bank statement or for your credit card — and then say they can’t understand what you’ve said?” “Yup — a quality Peeve.” We each got another drink. I took a break to use the restroom. “You know another thing I hate?” I said when I got back.

“How your sleeves always get so wet when you wash your hands.” “And how the front of your shirt gets so wet,” my friend said, eyeing mine. “There’s almost always a little puddle of water waiting to get you.” “I hate those stalls — they’re so narrow sometimes, you can hardly turn around to shut the door. Who designs those things, anyway?” My friend and I both looked pointedly at her husband. “Don’t blame me,” he said. “I’m not an architect — I’m a software guy.” We kept glaring at him. “I don’t do voicemail either, if that’s what you’re thinking.” “You know, you haven’t helped us very much with our Top Ten list.” “Oh, is that what we’re doing here? OK,” he said, “Here’s one: I hate it when meetings have whiteboards, but they’re already covered with notes from somebody else’s session, years

ago.” “Well, you know why that is,” said his wife. “No, why?” “It’s because all the whiteboard markers are always all dried up. So what are you supposed to do? You’ve got a meeting to run, so you use a regular marker, and become that guy whose notes are up for all time. A plain old chalkboard would be much more useful.” “Good one,” I said. “I think we’re done.” “Nope,” said the software guy. “By my count, we’ve only got nine.” “Nitpickers!” I answered. “My biggest peeve! And that makes 10. Thank you and goodnight.” Then we all paid up, and my friends gave me a ride home in their wacky new electronickeyed car. If you have some pet peeves to share, please let Judy know at JudyEpstein411@gmail.com. Perhaps she’ll have enough to publish another list.

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VIEW POINT

VGN needs Wu, Citron, Shields and Steer

’m willing to bet the upcoming Village of Great Neck election is the most diverse slate ever on Long Island. That is a good reason but not the main reason the slate of James Wu for Mayor and Harold Citron and Julia Shields for trustee should defeat incumbents Mayor Pedram Bral (going for his third term) and Trustees Steven Hope and Anne Mendelson. But they won’t get a fair hearing. I think it is immediately disqualifying and suspicious when candidates do not accept an invitation to debate. Instead, Bral’s backers are waging an insidious campaign to slander Wu. I would prefer to get a definitive answer about how several properties were designated “Properties of Interest” in the mayor’s proposal to rezone Middle Neck Road Corridor, and separately, why he said the existing incentive zoning wasn’t bringing applications when he also said that his board had rejected applications under the existing incentive zoning. I also question how the most recent application for an auto body painting facility on East Shore Road even made it on his Board of Trustees agenda, based on “similar to permitted use,” when prior boards had specifically banned such use (current auto body shops are grandfathered) with an aim toward redeveloping East Shore

Road and using its waterfront as an asset. The use would also seem to contradict even Bral’s own vision to revitalize the corridor, especially with the alleged violations that the village seemed uninterested in seeing resolved by the applicant. Now, all challengers charge incumbents with being out of touch, nonresponsive (and worse) and promise to bring unity and consensus. But there is reason to believe that Wu, Citron and Shields will in fact bring a diﬀerent approach based on their career and life experience. Wu, who has a law degree (that would seem a welcome change), is in commercial real estate brokerage; Citron is an analyst for the retail industry, and Shields has spent her life protecting tenants rights (not developing aﬀordable housing, so no need to worry). Wu, a resident of the village for the past 10 years, recognizes that overdevelopment is not the answer to the village need for revitalization: “We will work to bring in experiential retail, diversify commerce, and restore the vitality of our once vibrant downtown,” he writes. “We will listen to the needs of the community, not dictate them; work with our neighboring villages and the Town, especially as it considers the massive expansion at Macy’s. We will cooperate with

KAREN RUBIN View Point

our colleagues, not battle them. We will have an open government, not secret agendas. We will respect our residents, men and women alike. Foremost, we will protect the suburban character of our village and our quality of life. Measure me for my actions.” In all of this, Wu is the opposite of Mayor Bral, who, despite serving as mayor since 2015, demonstrates an astonishing ignorance of village government, municipal law, open government procedure, or any curiosity about the opportunities for downtown revitalization and redevelopment, examples of which can be seen across Long Island. Yes, we understand he is an important doctor, who drives early morning down East Shore Road to his practice in Brooklyn. He

has told us many times over. That doesn’t excuse the fact he brings absolutely nothing to the imperative for the village, which looks derelict and decrepit, to revitalize. Yes, over and over and over, we hear about the one victory, Marie Blachére French bakery, but that is hardly a master plan. It is telling that the village is never represented at the Complete Streets workshops or the Smart Growth conferences that just about every other village on Long Island sees fit to attend. Bral would see the proper role for village government to play, which isn’t rewarding this developer or that developer with a fourth or fifth story so that over 20 years time, they might lower residential property taxes (that won’t happen because every single development will be structured in order to get a tax abatement), but in the meantime overtax the village’s infrastructure while contributing nothing to quality of life. All three challengers have a resume of community engagement: which also are revealing about a governing philosophy: Wu, a Great Neck resident for 10 years, served in the Marines, helped first responders after 9/11, founded a Girl Scout troop, served on the School District’s Financial Advisory Board in 2017 and designed the website for American Gathering of Jewish

Holocaust Survivors. Citron, a Great Neck resident for 20 years, has been a board member and president of his coop board; and engaged in committees at Temple Israel, and active in his children’s PAL teams. His career as a Retail industry analyst could be very beneficial for the village, which like so many communities, is seeing its Main Street being hollowed out. “If we are going to have plan for the village and look not toward 1950 but 2050 and beyond, you need people with answers, who can come up with ideas to benefit all the community, understand the limitations and restrictions and what we are looking for as a whole.” Julia Shields, a Great Neck resident since 1965, has spent decades fighting for tenants rights, helping tenants throughout the county form tenants associations and coalitions to protect themselves from predatory landlords. Village residents have given Bral, Hope and Mendelson sufficient time to get up to speed, to come up with a real plan for revitalization in concert with residents. It’s time to give a new team a shot. The Village of Great Neck is the only contested election among three village elections taking place on Tuesday, June 18, noon to 9 pm. Elections also are being held in Lake Success and Kings Point.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Manhattanites walk, bike more than LIers

here are many ways in which living in the suburbs diﬀers from living in a big city. One of the striking differences is that suburbanites drive everywhere. A good friend recently moved from Long Island to Manhattan. Last weekend when he came for a visit his wife dropped him at his favorite deli and instead of calling us for a ride he decided to walk to our house. It took him 12 minutes. He arrived with the comment that while living here he would never have walked this distance. Living in the city taught him to walk again. And guess what, he really enjoys it while at the same time getting all the health benefits that walking has to oﬀer. Manhattan residents always walked a lot and over the past couple of years, encouraged by bike sharing programs and newly added bike lanes, they also started to bike a lot. Very similar to what can be observed in European cities, bikes are everywhere. Now you see people of all ages, shapes, sizes, and professions

choosing this mode of transportation for their daily commute to run errands, or simply to get around. They wear exercise clothing, jeans, shorts, but also suits, skirts and dresses. They ride in good and bad weather. A 2018 report from the European Cyclists’ Federation states: “Already at current levels, cycling produces global benefits of 150 billion euros per year. More than 90 billion euros of these are positive externalities for the environment, public health and the mobility system. In comparison, a recent study by the European Commission estimated the negative externalities, i.e. the costs for the environment, health and mobility, of motorized road transport at 800 billion euros per year.” (Source: https://ecf. com/resources/cycling-facts-andfigures). From the 10 benefits that the ECF measures, one is especially compelling: Longer and healthier lives. Estimated annual benefit = 73 billion euros ($81 billion). That’s a lot of money. Unfortunately in the United

JULIANE SAARY-LITTMAN Earth Matters States, less than a quarter of all people between the ages of 18 and 64 rode a bike in 2018. That means that three quarters of adults didn’t ride a bike at all; not even once. (Source: https://www.statista. com/statistics/227415/numberof-cyclists-and-bike-riders-usa/.) Can you imagine what Long Island would look like if we increased that number by building high-quality protected bike lanes instead of highways, which by the way is con-

siderably cheaper? Why am I talking about this? Well, transportation creates more greenhouse emissions than any other sector of the United States economy. The U.S. Department of Transportation found that in 2017 over a third of all vehicle trips in the United States were two miles or less, a distance that can easily be walked or cycled. Over half of all trips were four miles or less. (Source: https://nhts.ornl.gov/ vehicle-trips.) And there is no reason to think that this statistic will change in the near future, unless we are all proactive about it. When I first moved to Long Island I tried to walk or bike everywhere in reasonable distance. I had to concede and be a bit more restrictive. Many roads on Long Island are simply not built to accommodate a walker or biker and consequently not safe to use this way. But there are equally as many trips that can easily be handled without a car. Taking the car to an exercise or yoga class never made sense to me. And paying for a parking spot at the train station (or just

praying you find one) sounds silly if it’s less than two miles distance from home. Not everybody lives in walking distance from their exercise studio or the train station; consider biking and you’ll extend this radius substantially. We therefore need to ask our public oﬃcials to build more bike lanes and additional bike racks for our stations to encourage more biking while at the same time lessening the strain on available parking spots. Up to 12 bikes can be “parked” in a spot that can accommodate only a single car. That’s easy math. I will leave you with a quote from a recent New York Times Climate Fwd newsletter: “When you get into the car, the first question that you need to ask yourself is: Do I really need to drive there? If everyone was to cut just 10 percent of the car trips they take, that would lead to a pretty significant reduction in emissions.” (Source: “One thing you can do: Drive smarter” www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/climate/ climate-fwd-newsletter-nyt.html.)

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READERS WRITE

Abortion an evil act like slavery W

eekly columnist Karen Rubin wrote in the June 7 issue that gun violence takes 33,000 lives a year, and since 1973 (when Roe v. Wade made abortion legal), more lives have been taken by guns than were killed in all our wars fought since 1776. Sad, but true. But why did Rubin fail to also tell us that the number killed by guns every year is roughly the number

of babies killed by abortion every two weeks? In the same issue of the paper, a letter to the editor argues for a “woman’s right to have an abortion.” She calls the unborn baby a “potential life.” A “potential life” is one that does not yet exist. Every one of us spent the first nine months or so of our lives in our mother’s womb. And, yes, we were indeed “a human life”

living and growing in our mother’s body. Today, these are indisputable biological facts. Science tells us that human life begins at conception, and this new life first grows in the mother’s womb. That’s how nature and nature’s God designed it. To see so many today, including a nurse, claim every woman has the “right to decide whether to terminate the life of her unborn child” is as sad as it must

have been two centuries ago when many Americans defended the right to own a slave and treat that person as property. While we do not judge a woman who decides to kill her unborn child, we as a nation should judge the act of abortion as evil and deal with it as we finally did slavery. Elizabeth Russo Port Washington

Nassau Dems should do right thing twice

s the final days of this legislative session tick down, two very important bills are at risk of failing to pass the New York State Senate: the “Green Light” bill, which would allow all state residents to apply for driver’s licenses, regardless of immigration status, and a bill to legalize adultuse cannabis. Unfortunately, Long Island’s Democratic senators are so terrified of providing their next Republican challengers with damaging talking points, they’ve decided to oppose these bills.

My own senator, Anna Kaplan, told Newsday in an article posted to its website on June 7 that it’s diﬃcult for her to support the Green Light bill because of unresolved concerns raised by the lawenforcement community. As for cannabis legalization, a spokesman for Sen. Kaplan told the Democrat & Chronicle in an article posted to its website on June 5 that “there are still too many public health and safety concerns at this time.” Unresolved concerns seem to be a running theme with Sen. Kaplan. I would

remind her that she didn’t crush her wellfunded Republican opponent, Elaine Phillips, with the support of center-right constituents. Voting in favor of these bills is not as politically risky as Jay Jacobs and Andrew Cuomo paint it. Additionally, even if it were that politically risky, wouldn’t ending the racially biased war on cannabis in New York state once and for all be worth the risk? Wouldn’t bringing undocumented immigrants out of the shadows and making our roads safer be worth the risk? To Sen. Kaplan and her nearby Dem-

ocratic colleagues, I’ll leave it at this. Please do the right thing and stop taking advice from the other side (or from hacks within your own party) about who your constituents are and what they want. When you look back at your career decades from now, wouldn’t you rather have substantively improved the lives of generations of New Yorkers rather than merely done what was politically expedient? Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

Cuomo unrealistic on LGA airtrain

here is more to the June 6-7 Federal Aviation Administration public hearing for the Port Authority’s proposed LaGuardia Air Train Environmental Impact Statement. I previously wrote that the anticipated final potential cost for La Guardia Air Train could end up several hundred million dollars above Gov. Cuomo’s original 2014 estimated figure of $450 million. I also predicted that the promised completion date by 2019 was unrealistic. Both have proven to be true. The original Port Authority 20172026 capital budget plan lists this project at $1 billion. It was subsequently revised to $1.5 billion. Costs will be further refined as the project progresses through the environmental review process, preliminary and final design, award of construction contracts followed by change orders to the base contracts during construction due to last-minute changes in scope or unforeseen site conditions. Five years have passed with little progress to date.There are no completed environmental documents or any design and engineering eﬀorts to validate construction costs. Port Washington branch LIRR riders have good reason to be concerned about service changes which may be coming. More time will be needed to look at new concepts of building over the Flushing Bay Promenade or Flushing Bay.

Using one of these ideas vs. the original Grand Central Parkway median option could add several hundred million to construction costs. NYC is spending $200 million on a clean-up project to bring back wetlands on the shore and upgrade the Flushing Bay sewer system. Much of this work will be performed on the same waterfront shoreline as the proposed LaGuardia Air Train. How much of this environmental remediation work will have to be repeated due to LaGuardia Air Train construction? Are the two projects compatible? Will taxpayers be stuck paying twice for the same work? Cuomo’s belief that this will provide a one-seat ride to and from LaGuardia Airport isn’t born out by the facts. There will be significant conflicts at both the Mets Willets Point subway and LIRR stations. Why would travelers with luggage and those with children attempt to squeeze in on already packed rush hour No. 7 subway and Port Washington branch LIRR trains? Cuomo wants frequent direct LIRR service between Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal and Mets Willets Point station. This will require six trains per hour in each direction to support 10-minute head ways. It is needed to fulfill his promised 30-minute travel time from LaGuardia Airport to Midtown Manhat-

tan. Even with implementation of Positive Train Control, it may not be possible for the Port Washington LIRR branch to accommodate these additional rush hour trains. In 2014, he promised that service would be up and running within five years by 2019. Last year he said by 2021. This date is unrealistic as completion of the environmental review will not occur until 2020. This will be followed by preliminary and final design and engineering which may require several more years. Don’t be surprised if construction begins in 2023 and is completed by end of 2026. You may not reach Manhattan via the Air Train/LIRR or NYC Transit No. 7 subway connection until 2027. There is no room to run additional trains in or out of Penn Station during rush hours via the East River tunnels with connections via the Port Washington LIRR branch. This conflicts with Cuomo’s promise to provide frequent service between Penn Station and Mets Willets Point LIRR Station. What about service from Grand Central Terminal once LIRR East Side Access is achieved by 2023? There is no Penn Station platform capacity to accommodate any additional rush hour trains. If one of the four tunnels is temporarily out of service, the result is numerous delays and cancellation of trains.

Communication Based Train Control for the Flushing No. 7 subway starting in December 2018 (original completion date was October 2016) only resulted in increasing the number of trains per hour from 27 to 29 during peak periods. NYC Transit no longer has any other opportunity for increasing rush hour capacity. A one-seat ride could be accomplished by extending the N and W subway lines from the Astoria/Ditmars Boulevard station to LaGuardia Airport. This previously died due to local community opposition. To build a train to the plane within five years for $1.5 billion is a planner’s dream. It will be a nightmare for both taxpayers and riders. Count on cost overruns in the hundreds of millions and multi-year delays in construction before reaching beneficial use. Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who previously worked 31 years for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Oﬃce. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for grants supporting billions in capital projects and programs on behalf of the MTA, NYC Transit, LIRR, Metro North, NYC DOT and NICE bus.)

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READERS WRITE

Can James Wu be trusted as mayor of VGN?

an we really trust James Wu to be our future mayor and put him in charge of Village of Great Neck finances? This is the person who furnished false documentation and information to the NYC Campaign Finance Board. He was caught for 10 campaign violations. The NYC Campaign Finance Board issued to James Wu (current mayoral can-

didate for the Village of Great Neck) fines for 10 campaign violations after his unsuccessful campaign for a seat on the City Council of NYC in 2009. He was fined $18,000 for these violations, which he never paid (according to a recent article by Great Neck News). Count 10 of his violation was for: Intentionally furnishing false documentation and information.

Campaigns may not intentionally or knowingly furnish false documentation or information to the Board. [Code § 3-711(3)]. The campaign reported receiving a $20,030 loan from Thomas Wu on Sept. 2, 2009, and submitted a notarized loan agreement, dated Sept. 2, 2009. However, this amount was never deposited into the Campaign’s bank account. The Campaign

made subsequent payments to Thomas Wu, in 2009 and 2011, totaling $20,030.” While running as a candidate for mayor of Great Neck, recently, Mr. Wu blamed his accountant for an accounting mistake which is at odds with the findings of the NYC Campaign Finance Board. Dr. Joshua Ishal Great Neck

Judge me by my actions in VGN mayoral vote

’m James Wu, candidate for mayor, the father of two amazing girls, in Baker and North Middle Schools. We’ve lived here for 10 years. We moved here for a better suburban life, great schools and a harmonious and diverse community. When I stood up against his irresponsible overdevelopment plans, I saw a mayor who wouldn’t listen, fought with taxpayers and wouldn’t consider alternatives. This scheme was built on bad information and cost us nearly $110,000! Now we learn that instead of being dead, there’s a prospect of reviving it despite overwhelming opposition! The mayor has refused to debate me, despite a League of Women Voters invitation. He’s hiding his agenda and fails to answer taxpayer questions at Village Board meetings about public properties and plans for a new Village Hall. Why?

His agenda is one of overdevelopment, destruction of our community, opposing our schools and library, opposing our volunteer firefighters and paramedics and attacking our quality of life. My running mates, Julia Shields and Harold Citron, and I are campaigning for our wholecommunity, where we’ll work together to solve problems. We’ll bring in experiential retail, diversify commerce, and restore the vitality of our downtown. We’lllisten to the needs of the community, not dictate them; work with our neighboring villages and the town, especially as it considers the massive expansion at Macy’s. We’ll cooperate with our colleagues, not battle them. We’ll have open government, not secret agendas. We’ll respect our residents, men and women alike. Foremost, we’ll protect the suburban character of our village and quality

of life. Judge me for my actions. I volunteered to serve in wartime by joining the Marines and earning a National Defense Service Medal in 1991. I helped first responders after 9/11 and won an award from the NYPD. I founded a Girl Scout troop so my daughter could see role models of women in leadership in 2013 and became a member of the School District’s Financial Advisory Committee in 2017. I also designed the first website of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors for Benjamin Meed and was commended by Steven Spielberg. In 2009, I ran a failed campaign for New York City Council. Some accounting errors were made, which were infractions, not criminal matters. But the incumbents have smeared me for them,

By contrast, my opponent has failed to file all of the required filings for his campaigns – filing is mandatory! I earned a law degree from Hofstra Law School and specialize in commercial real estate brokerage in Manhattan. Previously, I managed the U.S. division of a multinational corporation. There are no blemishes on my record or character. Rather than debate issues, the incumbents prefer to smear me and my running mates. Why do they promote further polarization, rather than try to create a better suburban community? Vote for us on Row B on Tuesday, June 18, between noon and 9 p.m. at E.M. Baker School. Vote the Wu-Shields-Citronticket if you want a Village for All. James Wu Great Neck

Wu bangs table while Bral gets results in VGN

egal cases follow one of the three scenarios. When the law is in favor of the case, the attorney bangs on the table and cites the law. When the attorney has the evidence in his favor, he bangs on the table and brings the evidence. However, if the attorney doesn’t have the law nor the evidence in his favor he bangs on the table and screams something immaterial. I’ve seen numerous episodes of this concept in circumstances not relevant to the courtrooms. Recently I came across a scenario in local politics. Typically, prior to an election, individuals who are challenging the incum-

bents use their success stories from a previous political history as their main platform. However, if the challenger has no prior political experience she or he resorts to a campaign promise relevant to the position s/he is seeking to get if elected. I came across James Wu’s flyer who is running for mayoral election in the village of Great Neck, his chief agenda, in bold and flyer wide is “Support Our Schools.” One might wonder why he is resorting to this something so irrelevant to to the responsibilities of a mayor?

It prompted me to do some google searches “James Wu campaign.” I came across a Dec. 12, 2013 Daily News article by Celeste Katz entitled “NYC Campaign Finance Board Fines Ex-City Council Hopeful For Faked Records And More.” It was a bit of surprise to find that: “James Wu, a business consultant who ran in the 2009 Democratic primary for Council District 20 in Queens, got jammed up when his campaign submitted false documents” According to Daily News, James Wu was caught for committing 10 diﬀerent counts of campaign violations. For instance:

“Intentionally furnishing false documentation and information [James Wu’s] Campaign reported receiving a $20,030 loan from [his brother] Thomas Wu on Sept. 2, 2009, and submitted a notarized loan agreement, dated September 2, 2009. However, this amount was never deposited into the Campaign’s bank account. The Campaign made subsequent payments to Thomas Wu, in 2009 and 2011, totaling $20,030. In the online version of the article I was able to download the citation (list of 10 violations and the fines assessed for each violation Continued on Page 54

My identity stolen to send false, divisive letter

recent article was published in The Island Now challenging Mr. James Wu’s qualifications and accusing the Chinese Association of manipulating Great Neck voters. Apparently, this open letter was penned by Mandy Lee from Great Neck. I am Mandy Lee from Great Neck

and I did not write this letter. I am an active member of the Chinese community and the letter does not in any way reflect my political views. Someone has used my name and my community involvement without my authority to publish this despicable article. The purpose of the article is clearly try-

ing to divide our community by providing false information and persuade voters. I have contacted The Island Now to remove the article immediately. Thank you. The Real Mandy Lee Great Neck

Editors note: The original letter was pulled from our website and not published in this week’s print editions after the letter-writer did not respond to email requests to provide further documentation of their identity.

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Upcoming at Coming up at W.P. Library Mineola Library ADULT PROGRAMS Monday, June 17 1:30 p.m. Everything You Need to Know About Social Security Nilsa Henriquez, a Public Affairs Specialist with the Social Security Administration, will be here to lecture and answer your questions about retirement, disability, survivor benefits, and more. She will also walk you through the online tools that SSA has available. Whether you are already on Social Security or thinking about retirement, join us for this informative session. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 516-7468488 ext. 2. Wednesday, June 19 7 p.m. Motorcycle Safety Learn how to increase safety while riding your motorcycle. Topics include: proper cornering, braking, general riding skills, group riding, street strategies, road awareness, and more. Presented by Empire State Motorcycle Safety Education Program. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 516-746-8488 ext. 2. Saturday, June 22 1:30 p.m. Walt Whitman at 200 Darrel Blaine Ford will visit us as poet Walt Whitman. Learn about Whitman’s life on Long Island, his service during the Civil War and, of course, his

Darrel Blaine Ford as Walt Whitman. Photo courtesy of the Mineola Memorial Library. poetry. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 516746-8488 ext. 2. CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Tuesday, June 18 4:30 p.m. Grades 1 and up Poop Emoji Squishies Color in your own poop emoji squishy for fun and take it home with you. Please register in the Children’s Room or call 516-746-8488 ext. 1. Wednesday, June 19 4 p.m. All Ages The Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Bingo Night Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” turns 50 this year! Let’s celebrate with a Carle themed Bingo event. Please register in the Children’s Room or call 516-746-8488 ext. 1.

NEW TITLES ADDED “Neon Prey” by John Sandford “Summer Cottage” by Viola Shipmen “Murder on Trinity Place” by Victoria Thompson “Lost Castle” by Kristy Cambron “Pursuits of Lord Kit Cavanaugh” by Stephanie Laurens “Things I Should Have Told You” by Carmel Harrington “Last Time I Saw You” by Liv Constantine “Wunderland” by Jennifer Cody Epstein “Lake of the Ozarks” by Bill Geist “Call me Evie” by J. P. Pomare “Riding the Elephant” by Craig Ferguson ADULT PROGRAMS Reiki: Thursday, June 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 Baby Start: Wednesdays, June 19, 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., in

E.W. Library programs 2019 SUMMER READING PROGRAM! Calling all children to come out to the library the week of June 17-22 to sign up for this summer’s Universe-filled reading program! The program will run July 8th-August 16th with fun space crafts, games, programs, treats and out of this world fun! Summer Reading Week 1 Tuesday, July 9th @11am Craft & Storytime! Decorate some take home space cookies and the libraries very own spaceship! Thursday, July 11th @1pm

Kick oﬀ our space program by painting your own rocket ship bank $3.00 fee Please register and pay in the library (limited space) Join the 2019 Nassau Library Tour! Road trip to as many of Nassau’s public libraries as you can during July and August. Each one is your gateway into a new community – visit the library, then explore the attractions, restaurants, and parks nearby. Take the self-guided tour as a family, a team of friends, or go solo. In each library there’s a unique feature to hunt for, and

Rallye BMW Pet Albertson-Hgts. Adoption Event On June 8, Rallye BMW will be hosting its second adoption event in partnership with North Shore Animal League America — the world’s largest, most comprehensive no-kill rescue and adoption organization. Come out to support this great organization with us — you might even find a furry friend for Father’s Day! The first five approved adoptions are FREE, courtesy of The Rallye Motor Company.

the assembly room of Village Hall for children ages 6 to 17 months. $15 registration fee. Sign up at the circulation desk. Story Time for Tots: Thursdays, June 20; July 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8, 15, 11 a.m., in the library. Sign up at the circulation desk. 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.

GOP meeting

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at the VFW, Post 5253, 7:30PM. 155 Searingtown Rd., Albertson. Candidates Forum for both Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County. All Republicans welcome to join us at our meetings. Refreshments will be served.

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Congratulations to graduating seniors, Jamie Ryan and Kenton Wu, of The Wheatley School on attending the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents’ Annual Celebrating Excellence and the Legacy of Dr. James Tolle Breakfast. This annual event celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of graduating seniors from each Nassau County School District. Each year the top two students, the valedictorians and salutatorians from each high school in Nassau County, are honored at this awards ceremony. As Wheatley does not name a valedictorian and salutatorian, two Wheatley Honor Students are chosen to attend and be recognized at this prestigious event, based on their high academic and exceptional success throughout their high school careers. This year Jamie Ryan and Kenton Wu were selected by the Wheatley Scholarship Committee, and they are identified using the criteria of high academic achievement and outstanding ethical behavior. Both Jamie and Kenton have demonstrated outstanding academic performance PHOTO COURTESY OF during their years at Wheatley, both having PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ALBERTSON VFW POST 5253 EAST WILLISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT earned perfect grades on their transcripts through the end of their junior year all Albertson Post Quartermaster Washburn, NYS Cmdr. Eugene J. Ratigliani, Kenton Wu and Jamie Ryan at the while taking the most demanding courses, Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief William “Doc” Schmitz, and Post Com2019 Celebrating Excellence Nassau and maintaining an active extracurricular mander Incremona. County Superintendents’ Breakfast. life.

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NEW YORK AND THE STONES NEW BIO CHARTS THE RISE OF THE ROLLING STONES, WITH NEW YORK AS THE BACKDROP BY G R AC E M CQ UA D E

here’s been much written about the Rolling Stones over the years, but one Long Island writer’s take on the iconic rock band takes root in our own backyard. In “Can’t Give It Away on Seventh Avenue: The Rolling Stones and New York City,” to be published by Post Hill Press June 25, local author Christopher McKittrick explores how the rise and progression of the British rock group over the past 50 years closely parallels the evolution of New York City from the 1960s and beyond. A Port Jeﬀerson native and an entertainment writer who has interviewed industry luminaries, including M. Night Shyamalan, Nick Hornby, Richard Linklater, and Ed Burns, McKittrick took a phone break from his latest assignment in Los Angeles to discuss his book and fascination with the Rolling Stones. “I always noticed that probably since 1975, when the Stones did a huge tour announcement by rolling a flatbed truck down Fifth Avenue playing ‘Brown Sugar,’ that they have announced most of their tours with major publicity stunts in New York,” McKittrick said about the inspiration behind his book. He pointed out that the Stones have done some of their biggest concerts in the area, with two upcoming shows at Met Life Stadium on Aug. 1 and Aug. 5. “The Rolling Stones have this really strong connection to New York, and what’s even more apparent to me as someone who grew up here is how many references to New York are in the Rolling Stones’ songs,” McKittrick said, a fact that led to the title of his book. “The reference that’s in the title, ‘Can’t Give It Away on Seventh Avenue,’ is a line in the Rolling Stones’ song ‘Shattered,’ which is

about the ‘70s’ dirty, grimy New York City,” he said. “The entire album that song comes from, ‘Some Girls,’ has about five or six six songs on it that directly reference New York or Manhattan or Central Park or something New York-related.” This has always intrigued McKittrick about the Stones, so he decided to take a closer look at the band’s history, reading biographies and sorting through more than 50 years of interviews they gave to reveal how the group – and their second home, New York City – have changed since their very first visit. “When they came here in 1964, they were sort of like the dirty cousins of the Beatles,” McKittrick said, noting that this resembled New York City in the ‘60s and the ‘70s,

“having that element of danger, that element of rough around the edges.” “When the Beatles arrived in the early part of 1964, they were already world famous at that point. They arrived here with screaming people at the airport and they already had hit songs in America,” McKittrick said. “When the Stones first came here a few months later, they didn’t have a hit single. They didn’t even have an album out.” McKittrick said the Stones’ arrival was “anticlimactic” until they got to their tour’s final two shows at Carnegie Hall, which he described as “pandemonium” and “so crazy” that rock bands were banned from playing

there for a year and the Stones were never invited back. “So already they made an impression on New York right oﬀ the bat as kind of the bad boys of rock ‘n’ roll,” McKittrick said. “By the end of that decade, they were playing sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden multiple nights, which goes to show how much had changed for them in just five short years.” In the 1970s, the Rolling Stones’ relationship with New York would only grow stronger, landing them on Long Island in the summer of ’75 to rehearse for the Flatbed Truck tour. Continued on Page 48

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C)."4)<$>D0*0'&DD($0.$E4*."$ 7(88+$:4&).*<$:8&3 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.

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Schedule of the Dayâ€™s Events: Roadster Hill Climb: 9:30 AM - Noon

Place: Hempstead Harbor Beach Park 175 W. Shore Road, Port Washington Pre-1940 classic roadsters assemble and race up the hill one at a time getting timed while the public watches and cheers from sidewalks lining the route. Details: www.cowneck.org

Classic Car Show: Noon - 4 PM

Place: Sands-Willets House 336 Port Washington Blvd, Port Washington See classic cars up close & meet their owners. Over 30 cars on display. Docent-led tours of Sands-Willets House, live music, hot dogs, popcorn. Free admission to general public.

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Death Cab for Cutie Trace Adkins returns to play Forest Hills to The Paramount Towering baritone Trace Adkins has sold more than 11 million albums and charted more than 20 singles in his 25 years in Nashville, a remarkable run for one of country music’s most easily identifiable stars. The Louisiana native released his 12th studio album, Something’s Going On, on BBR Music Group/Wheelhouse Records. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Adkins has won three Academy of Country Music Awards, including the 2009 Single of the Year Award for “You’re Gonna Miss This,” and Vocal Event of the Year with Blake Shelton for “Hillbilly Bone” in 2010. The Grand Ole Opry member is also an author and spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Project and the American Red Cross, for whom he raised more than $1.5 million dollars as winner of NBC’s “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice.”

Death Cab for Cutie, the alternative rock band that formed in Bellingham, Wash. in 1997 and is comprised of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper, and Zac Rae, will take the stage at Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday, June 15 at 6 p.m. Death Cab for Cutie rose from being a side project to becoming one of the most exciting groups to emerge from the indie rock scene of the 2000s. They have been nominated for eight Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album for their 2015 release, Kintsugi. “For a band in its third decade… Death Cab hasn’t lost its gift for pairing Gibbard’s soft ruminations with propulsive arrangements that know just when to sparkle and sway. But even more importantly, Gibbard himself still sings with a sense of purpose, keenly articulating a distinct swirl of nostalgia, loss and hope for new beginnings,” said NPR Music. Death Cab for Cutie was originally a solo project by Gibbard. Upon getting a record deal, he expanded into a com-

plete band that released a debut album, Something About Airplanes, in 1998. The group’s fourth album, 2003’s Transatlanticism, broke into the mainstream both critically and commercially, with songs from the album featured in numerous TV series and films. The band’s major-label debut, 2005’s Plans, went platinum. Their ninth studio album, Thank You for Today, was released last summer. Death Cab for Cutie’s music is noted for its unconventional instrumentation and for Gibbard’s distinctive voice and lyrical style. In addition to its nine full-length studio albums, the band has released four EPs, two live EPs, one live album, and one demo album. The group’s name comes from the song “Death Cab for Cutie,” written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall, and performed by the group, the Bonzo Dog Band, in the Beatles’ film, “Magical Mystery Tour.” For tickets to see Death Cab for Cutie in concert, go to www.foresthillsstadium. com. Forest Hills Stadium is located at 1 Tennis Place in Forest Hills.

Currently on his “Don’t Stop Tour 2019,” Adkins will return to The Paramount for a live show on Thursday, June 20 at 8 p.m. “I’m excited to get back on the road,” said Adkins about his 39-city tour. “I am loading up the buses and bringing my band, a new set and new music to my Don’t Stop Tour 2019 and I’m looking forward to seeing the fans again this year and feeling the energy they bring to each and every show.” In his his 2007 autobiography, “A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck,” Adkins recounts his rise to fame, brushes with death, and battles with personal demons. Adkins has also acted in multiple films and television shows, playing a tough-as-nails biker in “The Lincoln Lawyer,” starring Matthew McConaughey, a desperate father in “Deepwater Horizon,” starring Mark Wahlberg, and a wise oracle of a tattoo artist in the family-friendly film, “Moms’ Night Out,” starring Patricia Heaton, Sean Astin and Sarah Drew. His most recent role was that of MercyMe’s real-life manager, Brickell, in the box office smash “I Can Only Imagine.” The film was the third biggest-selling movie on its opening weekend. For tickets to Adkins’ upcoming show, go to www.paramountny.com. The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington.

The Paramount to host eSports tourney Come one and come all to witness history in the making at a Smash tournament like none other. Head to The Paramount in Huntington on June 15 and be part of one of the best gaming communities around. Game On Fest – Smash @ The Paramount is a first-of-itskind, single day eSports tournament, bringing a multi-national professional stadium event locally and to the heart of the gaming community. The event will be filled with vendors, game demos, music and more, as well as plenty of activities throughout the day to keep gamers of all ages and skill levels engaged. The tri-state area is home to some of the best players in the world, and the reason they are best is because they are surrounded, challenged and supported by great gamers. It used to be that only the best pros in the world could get to a main stage and compete for a large money prizes, but not anymore. Game On Fest – Smash @ The Paramount gives everyone a chance to compete – newbie or pro. Visitors can go toe to toe with anyone and everyone. So don’t wait – grab a spectator pass

before they sell out and walk amongst the giants while you watch as 512 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players battle to take home the glory and be crowned the first ever Game On Fest – Smash @ The Paramount champion. Spectator passes are available at Ticketmaster.com or www.paramountny. com. Register to play at www.smash.gg/ tournament/smash-at-the-paramount. Participants must be 16 years and older. Those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

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Nominations open for top music educator The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Music Educator of Note Award, recognizing outstanding achievement in Long Island music education. The Music Educator of Note Award celebrates those that allow young people to explore their talents in music. The award recipient will be an individual who has worked with children in public, private or regional programs in Brooklyn, Nassau, Queens or Suﬀolk County. “We are delighted to continue acknowledging the amazing music teachers that bring their love for music and passion for education to the classroom and their districts every day,” said Ernie Canadeo, chairman of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Nominations must be received by

Sept. 30. All previous nominees are eligible for consideration, and past applications will be reviewed without resubmission. Successful nominees will receive a Certificate of Merit. Previous awardees of LIMHoF’s Music Educator of Note Award are Herbert Deutsch, 2007; John McNeur, 2008; Joseph Sugar, 2009; Laurence Ballereau, 2010; Robert Krueger, 2011; William Katz, 2012; Steven Schopp, 2013; Dr. David Fryling, 2014; Joseph Rutkowski, 2015; Frank Doyle, 2016; Abby Behr, 2017 and Lynette Carr-Hicks, 2018. The 2019 Music Educator of Note application can be found at www.limusichalloﬀame.org/scholarshipsgrants. For more information, contact LIMHoF’s board member for community outreach, Kelly Leung, at 516-938-1626 or kellyl@limusichalloﬀame.org.

County museum to host Frick lectures The Gold Coast of Long Island is getting a new and exciting addition to its rich cultural offerings with the start of the Frick Estate Lectures. The series, taught by leading experts in the field, will offer a selection of non-credit personal enrichment courses in art, history, literature, philosophy, music and current affairs. Among the courses for this coming fall are: “Musicals of the 1930s,” “The Secret of the Great Pyramid,” “Van Gogh’s Wheat Fields,” “Nietzche: A Philosophical Epitome,” “Classicism in Art through the Ages,” “Artists on Film,” “Dickens’ David Copperfield,” and “World Politics: America in a New World.” The full catalogue of courses will soon be available online at thefrickestatelectures.org or can be mailed to anyone who calls 516-415-1101 and leaves their contact information. The program, led by Dr. Kay Hutchins Sato, is designed to

oﬀer a rich and diverse learning experience for participants who savor the pleasures of the arts, humanities and current

events as well as the challenges of guided discussions. Sato, a lifelong educator, has worked in the field for over 25 years

and has received both national and local awards for her model adult programs. She will be honored at a special luncheon

at the Nassau County Museum of Art, where the courses will be taught this fall, on Thursday, June 26, from 12 to 2 p.m. Dr. Ralph Buultjens, internationally acclaimed commentator on world aﬀairs, will serve as the keynote speaker for this event, and will discuss some of his observations in a presentation entitled “Making a New World: America and Global Politics.” Tickets for this luncheon may be purchased by calling 516-415-1101. The Nassau County Museum of Art is located 20 miles east of New York City on the former Frick “Clayton” Estate, a 145-acre property in Roslyn Harbor in the heart of Long Island’s Gold Coast. The grounds include the museum, a sculpture park featuring many of the most important artists of the 20th century, and a formal garden and arboretum that include rare specimen trees and marked walking trails.

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The right foods can !ight in!lammation T he human body and its immune system excels at fighting foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses. Signaling chemicals called interleukins tell cells whether they are needed to fight illness or they should wait in the wings. While these immune defenders are doing their jobs, soreness, fatigue and swelling can occur — the natural side effects of an immune system response — but will soon dissipate. However, many people deal with immune systems that are consistently revved up, even when no invaders are present. This is the problem with many chronic diseases and immune system dysfunction. Unfortunately, the inflammation that is a hallmark of immune defense becomes a daily problem that may result in chronic pain and other complications. What many people may not realize is that the foods that they are putting into their bodies may exacerbate inflammatory responses, while others may help keep inflammation at bay. People with rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, Hashimoto’s, and other chronic illnesses may find

that turning to the right diet can tame inflammation and other symptoms. Recently, many health experts, including Dr. Barry Sears, founder of the Inflammation and Research Foundation and author of the “Zone Diet,” and Dr. Andrew Weil, who offers the Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid, have begun to tout certain foods that are purported to reduce inflammatory response over an extended period of time.

As beneficial as some foods can be, it’s important to note that individuals are unique and certain foods may produce a particular response in some but not in others. Systematically isolating certain foods can help paint a picture of foods that can be problematic. But generally speaking, refined carbohydrates, sugarsweetened beverages, fried foods, and processed meats may increase inflammation, advises Harvard Health Publishing. Conversely, certain foods and beverages that have been identified as reducing inflammation for many people.

Including these foods in one’s daily diet may help to relieve the pain, bloating and fatigue associated with inflammation:

• tomatoes • olive oil • green leafy vegetables and cruciferous vegetables • nuts, like almonds and walnuts

• fatty fish • berries • avocados • green tea • peppers • grapes • turmeric • dark chocolate

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Permits a steep hurdle for businesses BY T E R I W EST When the owners of a bakery left a Greenvale shopping center, an antiques seller took over the lease. He had no plans to modify the structure, just to move in his mosaics and candelabra and start business. But after signing the lease, there was about half a year of back and forth between the landlord and the Town of North Hempstead before the store was given all its permits. To this day, leaseholder Scott Defrin said, he does not have permission to put up a second exterior sign. Business owners and brokers on Long Island say one thing makes this area a uniquely diﬃcult place to open a business: bureaucracy. Between the number of distinct municipalities one can find in a 10-mile radius and the procedures for legally opening a brick and mortar business, making it to the ribbon cutting can be a nightmare, business owners say. Opening in Greenvale was an endlessly frustrating process, said Defrin, who moved his antique store from Manhattan. There were three diﬀerent safety inspections, aspects that kept coming back as noncompliant and periods of waiting. “I was losing patience,” he said. “I wanted to open up, I wanted to be legal and it just seemed like they were sort of stretching the rubber band to the point where it was sort of unnecessary.” To open a business, entrepreneurs need building department approval, either from a village if the area is incorporated or the local town if it isn’t. Should the project require an exception to be made, it heads to the planning department in search of variances. About 5 percent of projects in the Town of North Hempstead do, said town Planning Commissioner Michael Levine. In total, the town budgeted $4.375 mil-

lion in building permit revenue for 2019, which helps fund the department itself, Levine said. Aggregate fees for businesses going through the permitting process typically run from $3,000 to $5,000, Levine said. But the need for architects and other contractors can bring simple projects up to tens of thousands of dollars, said broker Bradley Diamond, a principal at Great Neck’s Lee & Associates oﬃce. Defrin’s application required plans demonstrating that the physical space would remain the same, in turn requiring an architect. The architect essentially drew what already existed, Defrin said. The system can be a deterrent for business owners to venture into the area in the first place, Diamond said. “People have to have the money and the financial stamina to wait six to eight months to up to a year for the permitting process,” he said. The number of local jurisdictions provides an extra challenge for chains seeking

to open more than one location on Long Island, Levine said. “You want to go through identical processes, but every zoning jurisdiction has a completely diﬀerent way of doing essentially the same thing,” he said. Many of the permits local towns and village require are for safety measures regulated by the state. New York determines requirements for sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers, for example, which municipalities then enforce. “The Building Department does not make decisions as to if something’s a smart idea or are they personally in favor,” Levine said. “They are purely code-compliant, so if you comply with the code, you get the permit.” Code compliance came into Roslyn Village Veterinarian owner Dr. Mario Vezza’s life after a car crashed into his building. While he shifted his operation to a temporary trailer, he began planning to repair and expand the building, but not his client capacity.

His business had seven parking spaces. It only hosts up to three clients at a time, Daniel Winkelman of VHB Engineering told the Roslyn Zoning Board of Appeals at a January hearing, according to the minutes. With an expansion that would approximately double its square footage, village code required it to have 22. Though Vezza planned to expand parking to 12 spaces, the remaining 10-space diﬀerence required a variance. As per village code, he was charged $2,000 for each of the 10 missing spaces. One solution for the business community, Diamond and Levine said, would be to have a single zoning code for Long Island similar to how New York City operates. That, however, is a very distant and unlikely goal, they both said. Perhaps building departments could start by prioritizing new developments, or village boards could meet more frequently than once a month if they’re receiving applications, Diamond said. Levine said that over the course of his 24 years as planning commissioner he has gained the ability to influence the Town Board when he sees a need for a change in code. The board annually revises the code to modernize outdated requirements, he said. “The process is streamlined where you can, but if something’s taking a while because of a heavy backload that’s not really a legislative fix,” Levine said. In a time where physical establishments are competing with internet-based operations, extra hurdles in opening are the opposite of what is needed, Diamond said. “It’s very frustrating and frustrating because it’s so hard to find somebody who actually wants to open up a business in today’s climate,” Diamond said. “Then they have to wait for months and months and months. Who wants to do it?”

Stores fight to survive in Amazon era BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N It is a sight Francesca Carlow, president of the Nassau County Council of Chambers of Commerce, sees often. Someone comes into Trio Hardware, her family’s hardware store in Plainview in business for 50 years, and asks what the best product for a certain job is. The person looks at the price. Then he whips out a phone, Carlow said, and finds it a few dollars cheaper on Amazon. “Our older customers still, I would have to say 80 to 90 percent, come to the store because they want to know they’re going to have the right product for the right job,” Carlow said, “but you do look around now and there are fewer and fewer retail [outlets]. Even clothing stores are closing because people are shopping online.” Carlow is one of many retailers that have been adjusting to the changing nature of retail as they seek to survive in the era of e-commerce behemoths like Amazon.

And while business has gone up and the overall vacancy rate appears to have gone down in the Long Island retail market, according to NAI Long Island, a commercial real estate firm that studies the Long Island and Queens real estate markets, some areas have not fared as well. The firm found that in the fourth quarter of 2018, western Nassau had a retail vacancy rate of 4.4% and northern Nassau had a rate of 6.4%. At the same time in 2017, the rates were 2.8% and 4.2%, respectively. Jay Corn, a founder of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District, said the stores that are succeeding right now are national retailers with name power and more user-friendly policies. Additionally, Corn said, retailers have made a shift toward something Amazon cannot bring: an experience. “The nature of retail is changing drastically and it appears that the businesses that are replacing the retailers are service-oriented,” Corn said. “There’s

certain things you can’t just get from Amazon. That’s the direction we’re going in.” Hooshang Nematzadeh, the former Chamber of Commerce president in Great Neck and head of Nemat Development Group, said there are unique challenges when it comes to doing business in Nassau County. There are high taxes that make up to half of the rents, he said. There is also little room for error in doing business, considering small businesses are trying to compete with Amazon and online shopping in general. Nematzadeh said the continued loss of retailers requires major action and cooperation among entities, new programs and possible tax abatements to spur development. “I believe that the problem of this magnitude requires input and cooperation from the county, town and villages together,” Nematzadeh said. “This is a multi-pronged problem.” Bradley Diamond, a real estate bro-

ker who does retail work on Long Island and Queens, said he’s come to know first hand how difficult it is for businesses to open in the first place. For some entrepreneurs, simple applications could run into the tens of thousands of dollars because of a combination of fees, needing to hire attorneys and architects, and the differing requirements of municipalities, Diamond said. “People have to have the money and the financial stamina to wait six to eight months to up to a year for the permitting process,” Diamond said, adding that the “lack of streamlining” is acting as a deterrent. Harold Citron, a retail analyst from Great Neck, which is trying to revitalize its downtown, said there is considerable talk about taxes and a lack of foot traffic being the issue. But, Citron said the bigger factor is that people are either going to a mall like Roosevelt Field or the Americana Shopping Center or going online. Continued on Page 37

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Turn to transit-oriented development BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Nassau County, one of the nation’s first suburbs, is experiencing an aging population as younger people are moving away in search of more affordable homes. To address this problem, many villages and local communities are implementing a transit-oriented development approach, with housing and commerce centered on a railroad station. A December report from Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman disclosed that since 2000, Nassau County’s population has experienced an 18 percent decline in 25-to-44-year-olds. Furthermore, 71 percent of Long Islanders between the ages of 18 to 35 have indicated plans to leave the island as a result of property taxes and housing costs. “This has major impacts on the economy and the ability for government to provide necessary services to residents,” Schnirman said. “We must work to make our neighborhoods and the whole deal of living on Long Island attractive to young professionals seeking affordable housing options in centrally located downtowns to remain competitive with other regions.” “That means creating affordable, transit-oriented housing, supporting our local economy, and modernizing government so that it is able to serve the needs of the people who live here now, not the 1950s,” he said. The Transit Oriented Development Institute, a Washington D.C.-based project spearheaded by the U.S. High Speed Rail Association, identified the key components of transit-oriented development as an area with a walkable design that prioritizes pedestrians. Also, a train station must be incorporated into the town’s center with a mixture of commerce in close proximity.

“Our young people want a different neighborhood vibe,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said in her 2019 State of the County address. “They are attracted to walkable downtowns with apartments, restaurants and entertainment.” Andy Kunz, president and chief executive officer of the Transit Oriented Development Institute, described the development approach as “a New York City lifestyle on a town scale.” He said it creates a community of people and raises demand for commerce because people are spending more time in one place. In her State of the County address, Curran commended several village mayors who have recognized that “the suburbs of the past don’t adequately address the needs of our future generations” and “have focused on developing transitoriented development housing and retail options in vibrant walkable downtowns.” Among the several village mayors that Curran recognized were Scott Strauss of Mineola and Jean Celender of Great Neck Plaza. Over the past few years, Mineola’s vacant buildings have been transformed into luxury apartment buildings that have attracted retail stores and restaurants. And to support the incoming apartment-dwellers, within walking distance of the Mineola train station one can find an artisanal coffee shop, Urban Brew, and the Roman-style pizza parlor Taglio Pizza. In an interview, Taglio Pizza owner Robert Cervoni, 36, said he was attracted to open the shop in Mineola because he recognized the increasing development and popularity of the area. Another village on a similar course is New Hyde Park, which is expected to conduct a complete downtown revital-

ization in conjunction with the MTA’s third track expansion project, in which a third electrified rail will be constructed between Floral Park and Hicksville. While aiming to stay away from Mineola’s high rises, New Hyde Park Mayor Lawrence Montreuil said at a past board meeting that the goal is to develop a pedestrian-friendly downtown environment while maintaining the village’s suburban feel. Currently, the area surrounding New Hyde Park’s LIRR station is predominantly industrial. Late last year, the village board modified its zoning law to allow for mixed-use development around the train station. Originally, the code allowed only commercial and industrial uses. The adjustment derived from negotiations with the governor’s oﬃce and 3TC, the firm building the third track, as a condition for the village securing a $5 million grant from the state. At an April 30 village meeting, however, residents piled into Village Hall with concerns over the zoning law and how it will transform the area. Kunz said he always sees resistance to development in the areas he works with and “rightfully so.” For the past 50 years with car-oriented development, he said, surrounding residents’ lives were made worse every time something opened because there was increased traﬃc with cars heading to a location with only one use. “Transit-oriented development is the reverse of that,” Kunz said. “It is the solution.” He said by concentrating development in one area with a train station at its center, it is actually eliminating cars from the road. Instead, people are traveling on foot from place to place to complete their errands instead of having to drive from one location to another.

Kunz said the key is to increase density in the hub area around the train station while not aﬀecting the low-density housing nearby. Kunz pointed to a development in Arlington County, Virginia, that boasts 30 years of economic success as a case study for the benefits of transit-oriented development. The Rosslyn Ballston Corridor is a development that stretches over five Metro stops and inhabits a formerly aging commercial strip. A “bull’s-eye zoning” method was implemented for the project, where density gradually decreases as it moves further away from the center. The highest density buildings are situated close to the train, while low-density housing sits just outside the bull’s-eye. Kunz said “that did two things: it concentrated the development and tapered it down to the neighborhood level by the time it got down to the edge.” He said the neighborhoods surrounding the developed area have seen their property values double because of their walkable distance to a bustling downtown. Kunz said a study on the area found that 70 percent of its public transportation riders are commuting to the train by foot. Additionally, Kunz said that Arlington County has had no need to increase property taxes following the creation of the corridor due to increased tax revenue from businesses. The decrease in motor vehicle use has also reduced the need for tax revenue to be allocated toward expenses such as the widening of roads to accommodate more traﬃc. Kunz added that transit-oriented development is not a new approach but in fact a return to a pre-suburban age that ended in the 1950s when many sought a nonurban lifestyle.

Stores fight to survive in Amazon era Continued from Page 36 “It’s a mix and match these days,” Citron said. “Young people are more comfortable with online purchases. They’re more comfortable with the blind transaction rather than developing the relationship you would have with a local shop.” Still, Citron said the shift doesn’t mean the end of communities or downtowns. Horses and carriages were replaced by cars, for example, and the idea of being a programmer or video game maker was unimaginable just a few decades ago. “There is still a market demand for businesses, for services, and the question is what comes next,” Citron said. “There’s always something that’s going to come next.” Carlow said the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce has been work-

ing hard to try and even the playing field, lobbying for the taxation of third party internet sales to keep money local. Developers and landlords are also starting to see the problem, she said. “Developers and landlords are finally getting the picture that you cannot be charging $45 per square foot and be expecting someone to pay,” Carlow said. Despite the challenges, Carlow said she believes the smaller stores can pull through and encouraged people to shop local because the money would support the community. “I think there will always be a place for mom and pops, but you also have to adapt and make a strategy,” Carlow said. “When I go to a diﬀerent city or a diﬀerent anyplace, I like to go to a ‘greasy spoon.’ I like to go to a local establishment so you can get a flavor of where you are.”

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Rolling Stones’ long love affair with N.Y. Continued from Page 23 “That summer they rehearsed for the tour in Montauk… There’s a great Rolling Stones’ track on their ‘76 album ‘Black and Blue’ that’s titled ‘Memory Motel’… they took the title of that song from the Memory Motel in Montauk, which is still there.” McKittrick said that one of the interesting things he uncovered from all of his digging into the Stones’ history was just how many myths there are about the group that are either untrue or embellished. “The story about the Memory Motel is that the Stones went there every night and played pool and they wrote the song ‘Wild Horses’ in the bar, but you start looking at the dates and it doesn’t make any sense,” he says. “’Wild Horses’ came out several years before, so it was impossible for them to write the song there.” McKittrick also revealed that while the Stones were out in Montauk, they didn’t actually stay at the Memory Motel, but were guests at Andy Warhol’s estate instead. But, he admits, “Memory Motel” is still “a great name for a song.” By 1978, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were living in apartments in New York City, where they were often spotted at the poplar nightclub, Studio 54, and closely involved in the music scene of that era. “So that’s why if you listen to the ‘Some Girls’ album, it’s got songs like ‘When the Whip Comes Down,’ which is so punk-influenced it could have been a Ramones song, and then you listen to the song ‘Miss You,’ which is so disco-orientated … that’s a Studio 54 song… and you can see them really tap into the diﬀerent cultures of music in the city at that time.” In the 1980s, McKittrick said there was a lot of infighting within the band, but they came back together in 1989 to do the Steel Wheels tour, which they announced at Grand Central Station and rehearsed for at Nassau Coliseum. “Involved on that tour were six sold-out shows at Shea Stadium,” the same stage where the Beatles performed a concert in 1965, McKittrick said, “but the Stones did it six times in one tour. I’m sure they had a little bit of pride about that.” Going into the ’90s, McKittrick said the Stones would keep doing their big publicity stunts in the Big Apple. They announced their Voodoo Lounge tour by arriving in a yacht at Chelsea Piers, the Bridges of Babylon tour in a vintage Cadillac under the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Licks tour by

landing a blimp with their tongue logo on it in the Bronx. “So there was always this idea that if they wanted to make a splash in terms of an announcement, New York was the place to do it,” McKittrick said, calling it the “media capital of the world.” Today, McKittrick says the Stones are pretty much a corporation in terms of merchandising and ticket sales, comparing their transformation to New York City’s gentrification, particularly in Times Square, which is now often referred to as Disneyland East. “When I was growing up, Times Square was not the place you’d want to go to and now it’s a No. 1 tourist destination when people come to New York,” he said, further illustrating the Stones’ and New York City’s parallel universes, going from gritty to glittery. McKittrick’s own connection to the Rolling Stones began when he was a student at Gelinas Junior High School in Setauket and the Stones had filmed their Steel Wheels tour for the Imax movie, “Stones Live at the Max.” “I went on a school field trip to the Museum of Natural History and we went to the Imax Theater to see some nature documentary,” McKittrick said. “They played the trailer for the Stones movie and it just blew me away… that’s where I got the bug and was like, ‘I need to know more about them.’” McKittrick said he’s still into the Rolling Stones and all of their pageantry. “It’s really exciting to see that kind of stuﬀ as a New Yorker,” he says about the one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time that hails from the other side of the ocean, “because they’re doing all this in New York.” To celebrate the launch of his book, McKittrick will participate in two local events “to cover both sides of geographic Long Island,” he says. The first is a traditional bookstore appearance at Burton’s Bookstore, owned by one of his Hofstra University buddies, in Greenport Saturday, June 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. On Sunday, June 30, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., McKittrick will shake things up at SingleCut Beersmiths, a brewery in Astoria that serves rock ‘n’ roll-themed beers and is named after a guitar reference. The events are open to the public and books will be sold. For more information about Chris McKittrick and “Can’t Give It Away on Seventh Avenue,” go to chrismckitt.com, posthillpress.com or amazon.com.

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Celebrating film classic on Father’s Day On Father’s Day, the Cinema Arts Centre will celebrate the 25th anniversary of an American film classic, “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), a gripping story of hope and courage that has become one of the most beloved films of all time. This is a rare, big-screen showing of director Frank Darabont’s legendary adaptation of Stephen King’s moving tale of friendship and redemption. Tim Robbins stars as young banker Andy Dufresne, who is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover and faces unthinkable brutality as an

inmate of the Shawshank State Prison. Dufresne’s accounting skills and his friendship with a more experienced prisoner, Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), helps keep him alive in the hostile setting. However, an unforgivable betrayal leads him to plot an impossible escape. For his directing debut, Darabont assembled a top-notch supporting cast with a memorable performance by the great James Whitmore as a longtime convict. Roger Deakins’ stark cinematography, Richard Francis-Bruce’s tense editing,

and Thomas Newman’s emotional score, all earned Oscar nominations. Get out of the heat on Father’s Day by taking in this cherished film back on the big screen. The screening will take place at 12 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, giving moviegoers the rest of the afternoon to enjoy the many shops and restaurants in scenic downtown Huntington. Tickets, $7 for CAC members and $12 for the general public, may be purchased by going to www.cinemaartscentre. org. The Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave. in Huntington.

Butler Sahai joins GCAC Tara Butler Sahai, a resident of Locust Valley, has joined the Gold Coast Arts Center as director of events and public relations according to an announcement by Regina Gil, founder and executive director of the Great Neck-based nonprofit arts and cultural organization. In her new role, she is responsible for planning and executing special events, including the Gold Coast Arts Center’s upcoming 25th-anniversary gala, scheduled for November. Additional duties include media, community, general administration, government relations, and fostering mutually beneficial relationships among the region’s business leaders. Before joining the Gold Coast Arts Center, Butler Sahai served as chief of staff for New York state Assemblyman Charles Lavine, where she was responsible for overseeing staff in the local district and Albany offices, communications and con-

Tara Butler Sahai stituent services. Prior to working in government, she was public aﬀairs producer for WLIW21 PBS where she produced weekly programs, including “Face Oﬀ ” and “Metro Guide,” and was also responsible for producing special programming, including political debates and town hall-style meetings. She worked on several documentaries that aired nationally on PBS and, more recently, was an associate

producer on a documentary titled “Power Over Parkinson’s 2,” which is currently airing on PBS stations across the country. Butler Sahai earned her degree in communications from New York University. “Tara’s knowledge of the local business, civic, and political landscape, coupled with her keen organization skills, experience in government and media, will be an asset to the Gold Coast Arts Center in our mission to bring the arts to a diverse population here on Long Island,” said Gil. “We look forward to her fresh ideas and energetic approach to getting things done.” “I’m happy to join the staﬀ of the Gold Coast Arts Center and to becoming a part of its incredibly creative, talented and dedicated staﬀ,” said Butler Sahai. “I truly believe in the organization’s mission and hope to enhance its already stellar reputation as a world-class arts center.”

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Curran signs Styrofoam ban into law BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Nassau County Executive Laura Curran signed into law on Tuesday a ban on the sale or distribution of polystyrene foam containers, commonly known by the brand name Styrofoam, within the county. Styrofoam is often used for take-out containers and coffee cups and is a common packaging material. “Today, Nassau County is taking a big step towards the future,” Curran said when signing the bill into law at Jeremy’s Ale House in Freeport. Polystyrene has been classified as a carcinogen, and its nonbiodegradable material has led to large quantities of hazardous waste and environmental pollutants. “While that coffee may be finished, the Styrofoam cup that was holding it won’t be,” she said. “It will break down into small pieces – clogging our waterways, polluting our environment, hurting our wildlife and even damaging local industries like fishing and tourism.” The ban is to go into effect Jan. 1, which gives business owners about six months to deplete their stock of the foam containers before they will be fined up to $2,500 for their use. The money obtained from fines will be allocated toward environmental investigation and cleanup of Nassau County properties.

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran signed the Styrofoam ban into law on Tuesday in Freeport. The measure passed the County Legislature unanimously last month and was sponsored by legislators from both sides of the aisle, including Laura Schaefer (R-

Garden City), Debra Mule (D-Freeport) and Denise Ford (R-Long Beach). Ford said that the ban will not only reduce the waste stream in the county

and provide reductions in waste disposal costs, “it will also help unclog our waterways and better protect our natural environment.”

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New Port schools head must prove worth

ur current superintendent of schools, Dr. Kathleen Mooney, will be retiring very soon, because of health reasons. The president of our school board, Karen Sloan, recently described Mooney as being “just wonderful.” Mooney has been our superintendent since 2013, when she oﬃcially replaced Dr. Geoffrey Gordon, who had been our superintendent of schools for 10 years, beginning in 2002. Gordon was an assertive superintendent. He was not shy about expressing his thoughts and his ideas to our school board, which caused him and our board to sometimes have an uneasy relationship. Mooney, his replacement, proved to be a quiescent superintendent, almost passive in the eyes of some in our community. Our school board appeared to appreciate Mooney’s lack of assertiveness, and perhaps that was one of the reasons that she was

appointed superintendent. Our school board retained an executive search firm to find candidates to replace Mooney. I suspect that’s when Dr. Michael Hynes, the five-year superintendent of schools at the PatchogueMedford school district, gave surprise notice to the school board there that he was resigning. The Patchogue-Medford school district is one of the largest school districts in Suﬀolk County and just about half of its 7,513 students are minority students (43 percent Hispanic/Latino, 5 percent black). I believe that if Dr. Hynes was a great success at PatchogueMedford, or even a moderate success there, that the school board there would have rushed to find another $50,000, or so, in its $196 million budget, to give to Hynes to persuade him to stay on. The school board there, though, didn’t do that. I believe that there was a

mismatch at Patchogue-Medford between that district’s educational goals and Hynes’ educational agenda. I believe that the great majority of parents and guardians of Patchogue-Medford students want their children to achieve the great American dream of success in life. Achieving that dream requires a sound academic education and often acquiring specialized knowledge or skills and sometimes technical skills. That is not what Dr. Hynes emphasizes his educational agenda is all about and that is not what he has become so well known for educationally. His educational agenda appears to be more concerned with the emotional well-being of children, who should not be burdened at school with tasks that lead to stress and anxiety. I believe that when the very comfortable, radical/progressive mothers in Port Washington, heard Dr. Hynes’ agenda and

watched his compelling video, they then determined that they just had to hire Hynes. He sang the radical/progressive educational songs that they wanted to hear. After all, those mothers, especially the ones now serving on our school board, have all achieved the American dream. They believe that they will pass on their successes to their children by osmosis, or by family planning, or by inheritance, so why should their children have to experience stress and anxiety at school at all? Barbara Cohen, in her June 7 letter in the Times, said: “Dr. Hynes stood out as a candidate because of his robust educational leadership career.” I believe that is pure “puﬀ,” coming from one of the very comfortable, radical/progressive mothers in Port Washington, who I’ve just mentioned. I would like Cohen to detail for us the “robust educational

leadership career” that Hynes has had, during his very short years as a superintendent of schools on L.I. Dr. Jonathan Geisler is correct when he states in his June 7 letter that “we should welcome Dr. Hynes and give him the opportunity to succeed.” Our community has no option but to do that now. How we measure success is a matter to be determined, however. If Dr. Hynes can move Port Washington up from being just an average school district in Nassau County to being a high achieving school district in the county, then I will call that an outstanding success. I will not be impressed with Hynes, however, if all he accomplishes is to increase student play time, recess time, meditation time and the opt-out rate in our school district. Joel Katz Port Washington

SAT ‘Adversity Score’ insults students

s our hardworking students prepare for college, many of our high school students will be taking the SAT college admissions test. The SAT, administered by the College Board, has been an annual ritual for almost 100 years. However, the SAT is in trouble. In recent years, the ACT, a competing college admissions test, has increased in popularity. In addition, a large and increasing list of colleges have changed their rules on college admissions exams. Currently, there are over

850 schools that have waived the tests entirely or allow alternatives, such as AP exams. These recent developments have the College Board terrified. After decades of milking test prep and test exam fees from hundreds of thousands of students, they are at a crossroads. The College Board is desperate to keep the gravy train going. The College Board, in a pathetic attempt to stay relevant, recently announced it will be assigning an “Adversity Score” to all SAT test-takers. This score, which will be kept secret from the student, will be a reflection

of the neighborhood and school of the test-taker. The goal is to identify students who have supposedly achieved more than their environment would normally allow. The score has nothing to do with individual student circumstances. It is based solely on generalized statistics about the student’s neighborhood – things like median income, percentage of single-parent families, average education level of the area, etc. In other words, given Long Island’s commitment to education and quality of life, almost every Long Island student will

be assigned an adversity score of zero or near-zero. To be clear, the College Board will send along each of our students’ scores along with the message that whatever score the child has achieved, it is the product of a pampered, spoiled, student who faced little or no “adversity”. This is an insult to every resident of our beautiful and diverse suburban landscape. The College Board knows nothing about our students or their circumstances. How dare The SAT judge us based on our zip code. It is time to tell the Col-

lege Board to abandon this disrespectful idea immediately. All Long Island school districts should immediately stop offering the SAT and only offer the ACT. We should make every parent aware of this misguided new Adversity Score and how our children will be negatively affected. We should not participate in a system that diminishes our success and disparages our hardworking students. Neal Picker Great Neck

BDS advocates can face prosecution

n 2015, President Obama and Congress passed a law making it illegal to boycott Israeli products or Israeli professors, which is encouraged by the BDS movement. In 2017, President Trump made this law even stron-

ger by allowing prosecution of organizations or companies that adhere to the BDS movement (Boycott, Divest, Sanction). This past week, Germany’s legislature passed the strongest law in Europe, making the BDS

movement equivalent to antiSemitism. It stated, as I have said in a past letter, that “boycotting Israel, the only Jewish state in the world, is certainly antiSemitic,” and “boycotting Israel to try to destroy the Jewish state

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is very reminiscent of the Nazi government boycotting Jewish businesses, to destroy the Jewish people.” Germany also said it will prosecute any organization or individual who advocates the BDS movement. Other European countries are soon to follow Germany’s lead. Since President Trump strengthened the anti-BDS law, we are now able to prosecute any organizations or individuals who advocate for the BDS movement. All of the Southern Baptist churches are vociferously against

the BDS movement because they know and have said that it is an anti-Semitic movement. If a religious institution advocates for the BDS movement to destroy Israel, it should lose its tax-exempt status if not prosecuted. Advocating for the BDS movement is not an opinion, guaranteed by free speech, it is anti-Semitic and against the law and should be prosecuted as it is in Germany. Marshall Hubsher Port Washington

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Opt-out backers support achievement

e write in response to Letters to the Editor which contend that BOE members who support the opt-out movement and Port’s incoming School Superintendent Dr. Michael Hynes lack commitment to student achievement. Just the opposite is true. Given that one letter writer mentioned her Harvard degree, we share evidence-based research and information recognized by Harvard (and other well-regarded institutions) in response.* A plethora of research shows" play-based learning enhances children’s" life-long academic and developmental learning outcomes. According to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, “[P]lay is central to how children learn: the way they make sense of their world; the way they form and explore friendships; the way they shape and test hypotheses about their intellectual, social, emotional, and physical environments. Much is known about the importance of play in children’s development.” Dr. David Elkind, internationally renowned early childhood development and education expert from Tufts University (and published by Harvard University Press), was a pioneer in the importance of play-based learning to children’s social and cognitive development. Similarly, Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige, nationally known for her study of evidence-based pedagogy in early childhood education, promotes the importance of play-based learning. Dr. Carlsson-Paige has been a keynote speaker at the Harvard University Center on the Developing Child and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. (She presented at Conversations on Main in Port, which we attended). Based on her expertise, Dr. Carls-

son-Paige criticized the K-3 Common Core standards and standardized testing in those grades. In the United States there is a widespread belief that teaching all kindergarteners to read will help them become better readers. Dr. Carlsson-Paige is among many education experts who understand scientific evidence does not support this; indeed, a recent Harvard Medical School study suggests the push for early academic achievement might actually harm children. A plethora of research supports the many cognitive and physical benefits of recess. The American Academy of Pediatrics has a recent position paper on its importance and benefits, and the Harvard Medical School also reports on the subject. The bottom line? “[N]o research supports the notion that test scores go up by keeping children in the classroom longer, but there is plenty of evidence that recess benefits children in cognitive, socialemotional, and physical ways.” Similarly, a “growing body of research has already shown that yoga can improve focus," memory, self-esteem, academic performance, and" classroom behavior," and can even" reduce anxiety and stress"in children.” Nevertheless, when No Child Left Behind ushered in test-based accountability in 2002, administrators pushed aside “non-tested” subjects, and play and recess, for test prep. Alarmed, early childhood education experts urged a return to play-based learning and recess. As a result of the overwhelming evidence, the “Pedagogy of Play” is returning as an important classroom component. The Harvard University Center on the Developing Child is at the forefront of this movement. Dr. Daniel Koretz is a current professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

who studied educational assessment and testing policy and the consequences of test-based accountability. In his new book The Testing Charade (University of Chicago Press), Dr. Koretz asserts that test-based accountability has failed -- that high-stakes standardized testing undermines the goals of instruction and meaningful learning, fails to improve academic performance, doesn’t improve practices it purports to measure, harms schools and students, and wastes money. He further asserts excessive test prep artificially inflates scores and skews results. Dr. Koretz’s work follows that of Dr. Diane Ravitch -- the first education policy expert to call test-based accountability a failure. Dr. Ravitch is a former USDOE assistant secretary who once championed test-based accountability but reversed course after witnessing NCLB’s damage to students and schools. Dr. Ravitch now staunchly rejects test-based accountability and has been featured at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Helen Ladd is an education policy expert who earned her Ph.D. from Harvard, is on the faculty of Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, and has repeatedly been named one of Education Week’s top 100 most influential education scholars. Dr. Ladd researched the harmful impacts of high-stakes standardized testing and found an inherent flaw in standardized test-based accountability, which does not benefit (and even harms) disadvantaged children (overwhelmingly African American and Hispanic). Dr. Ladd similarly deems test-based accountability a failure. Finally, the opt-out movement. Youth anxiety in the United States has increased to nearepidemic levels. In New York 76 percent of school psychologists

reported students experienced greater anxiety over the grades 3-8 state tests than local assessments. Although there is growing awareness in Port of the harmful impact these tests have, especially on English Language Learners and children with special needs, statistics show these tests also negatively affect general education children. Moreover, the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented reports a negative impact also applies to gifted learners, as they may spend a disproportionate amount of class time in test prep and become frustrated by the focus on repetition of basic concepts. The opt-out movement – comprised of parents who want the best educational opportunities for their children -- formed primarily as a reaction to this anxiety and harm, and to the narrowing of curriculum and classroom instruction, including the loss of literary fiction, the humanities, and the arts, which harms all children. Testing done right is valuable and not harmful. Parents who refuse the state tests understand this, and that is precisely why they opt out: because they demand academic excellence and understand these tests are flawed and lack validity and therefore lack academic value. These parents understand – and education experts, New York state teachers and our Port administration have pointed out -- the tests are developmentally inappropriate, are misused to rank and sort children and schools, narrow the curriculum, reduce the ability of teachers to challenge students appropriately, and decrease opportunities for authentic student learning and achievement and therefore harm students. Not to mention, the millions of taxpayer dollars that are wasted, lining the pockets of testing corporations that profit

from our children without academically benefitting our children. Research shows a strong relationship between parent engagement and educational outcomes. The opt-out movement is a parent-engagement movement. Indeed, it is when parents understand the curriculum and support their schools that achievement soars. Dr. Hynes knows well the research, and has consulted with and learned from education policy and childhood education experts world over. Based on evidence, Dr. Hynes introduced yoga/mindfulness into Pat-Med classrooms, extended recess from 20 to 40 minutes, and introduced play-based learning in elementary classrooms. Port residents with grown children may be unaware that Port school children currently enjoy 30 minutes of recess, are being taught mindfulness, and that the district is purposefully reviving and reinstituting play-based learning. Our current BOE conducted a diligent search and voted unanimously to bring Dr. Hynes to Port. One of the stated reasons Dr. Hynes was chosen is because his whole child education practices are already valued here in Port. We, too, want Port to oﬀer the finest education possible. Research shows that whole child education practices already in place here, espoused by Dr. Hynes and the opt-out movement, will set our children on that path toward life-long achievement, and fulfillment. Co-founders, PW Advocates for Public Education Deborah Brooks Diane Livingston Nanette Melkonian Allison White *Please see our online version for citations.

Fly Old Glory on Flag Day - June 14

et me mention the fact that I live in Glen Oaks Village and on this past Memorial Day I was saddened that on my block, mine was the only American Flag flying, and there was one on the next block. Friday, June 14, is Flag

Day and I hope more people will be flying the American Flag. The American Flag was originally adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. Flag Day wasn’t oﬃcially recognized until proposed by Congress and signed into law by President Harry Truman in

1949. I urge the many to fly the American Flag from home, apartments, oﬃces and businesses. By doing this, we honor all that this flag represents and that is freedom, equality and justice for all. We are also honoring all our men and women

who are serving in the military and civilian life, like the police and firefighters who are protecting us from harm. Our American Flag is the fabric of our country and by flying the flag we can be reminded that we can prevail against any adversity. So please fly

the American Flag on June 14 and remember this, too: These colors of red, white and blue don’t run. Now may God bless America. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

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Immigrant licenses Manhasset Chamber needs make roads safer donations for baskets, planters

his is a call to state Sen. Anna Kaplan, a voice for reason, good sense legislation and the immigrant. She campaigned on these promises and now is the time to come out in support of the Green Light campaign to secure driver’s licenses for ALL New Yorkers regardless of documentation. Last week, amendments were added to the bill, as requested by our district attorneys, that make law enforcement more supportive. Police oﬃcers will be able to get the information they need about individual drivers to carry out traﬃc laws and ensure public safety. While many of our newly elected Long Island Democratic state senators continue to waver in their support, I’m calling on my state senator, Anna Kaplan,

to be a leader among her Senate colleagues on Long Island and come out in support of the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act. Good sense and reason must prevail. The New York state bill will keep undocumented folks safer from detainment and deportation, it will keep everyone on the road safer by making sure the majority of drivers are licensed and insured, and it will bring in millions of dollars of needed revenue to our state. If we don’t pass it by the time the New York legislative session ends June 19, communities that desperately need this legislation will have to wait at least another year. Jeanette Walowitz Great Neck Bend the Arc NY Chapter Leader

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he Manhasset Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Town of North Hempstead and many special people and organizations have now decorated Plandome Road with a bounty of beautiful plantings, baskets and planters. If you are not aware, the cost of each individual basket is $150 and each planter is $350. Each year, the Manhasset Chamber orders 80 baskets from Manhasset Florists & Greenhouse in the fall to prepare for the spring/ summer decoration and solicits individuals to support the beautification process that makes Plandome Road look like Hometown USA. This year we have met slightly more than half our goal with the baskets and are woefully under-funded for the planters. We ask that you consider donating to Adopt-A-Pole and sponsor a basket. Please visit www.manhassetny.org to donate or send a check to Manhasset Chamber, P.O. Box

753, Manhasset, NY 11030. No donation is too small. The Manhasset Chamber of Commerce is grateful for the wonderful working relationship we have established with the Town of North Hempstead, which has stepped up and assisted the Manhasset Chamber’s plight filling the planters with flowers as well as the manpower. The town also will water the baskets and planters throughout the summer. We are incredible grateful to the Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey, their dedicated staﬀ and the Highway Department. There are more unsung heroes who make our town beautiful. Tony DiStefano plants the beautiful flowers by the Manhasset sign at Mary Jane Davies and the Manhasset Park District who maintains the gardens during the summer and all the generous donors who make Manhasset a beautiful place to live. The decorations are seasonal and we

continue to need donations to continue our beautification process, so please be generous. As Presidents of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce, we are grateful for the working relationship we worked hard to establish and maintain to provide Manhasset residents and visitors with a beautiful downtown. We are always working to make Manhasset the premier address of the North Shore. Please tune into NHTV on Channel 18 to see the latest businesses that the Town of North Hempstead and the Manhasset Chamber are highlighting. We welcome you to join the Chamber and enjoy the many benefits that come from being a Manhasset Chamber member. Please visit www.manhassetny.org to join. Elizabeth Johnson Stephanie Solomon Co-presidents Manhasset Chamber of Commerce

Wu bangs table, Bral gets results in VGN Continued from Page 18 Obviously, “the bang and scream something” was no real surprise. Wu did not choose a relevant platform as apparently, he had no choice other than “banging the table and scream something immaterial.” A village municipality

deals with issues such as: road maintenance, buildings, new construction, garbage removal, street cleaning, permits for renovations, traﬃc signs, etc and the budget for supporting all of these activities while minimizing the tax burden in the constituents. The current administration

of VGN, i.e., the mayor and the board of trustees, has unprecedented success in the history of the village by providing better than ever services to the community with no increases in tax for three consecutive years. The current village administration has shown a responsible fiscal behavior protecting

the interests of its residents by getting rid of $1,000,000 structural deficit inherited from the previous administration and keeping a flat tax for the past three years. They are transparent. In fact, they are the only municipality that streams their hearings. We wish the other

municipalities which I am paying taxes to would follow suit. Wu has failed to provide anything to support his claim for running a better village other than banging on the table. Leon Manoucheri Great Neck

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Business&RealEstate

Determining whether to buy or rent Are you thinking of purchasing and contemplating whether to move to a home, condo or co-op or possibly a short or long-term rental, or possibly an independent, assisted living or nursing home facility? It really all depends on your financial constraints, lifestyle, health and specific needs and wants. You may have the money for the down payment. In some areas 3 percent will work and the sellers will be agreeable, whereas in other situations, it couldn’t possibly be considered and only 10 to 20 percent would be doable, depending on your financial picture. Applying for a mortgage is easy, but the approval process requires a considerable amount of paperwork to show and prove to the lending institution that you are capable of paying the money back based on your income, credit scores, debt-to-income ratio and length of employment. If self-employed, you will need to have been in business for at least two years to qualify for a mortgage, unless another person (husband, wife or significant other) is capable of borrowing the money or a guarantor is involved, but every situation is different. Just to explain when someone says “out of pocket,” it means all the money that you as the purchaser will be putting into your purchase and the bulk of the purchase price will be financed. So based on the latter variables, this will provide the type of choices you will have or only the specific one or maybe two possibilities of ownership, as to what you will be able to afford and what type of lifestyle you may have as a first-time buyer. A move-up buyer has a different profile and usually has built enough equity and has earned more and saved enough money over a certain time period to create a different lifestyle for his or her family. It truly is all about the money. A single person or a couple may find a co-op more amenable and affordable, with less risk than a condo or a home. However, depending on whether the market is going up, softening or declining and as well as your income, debt-to-income ratio and credit scores and what you qualify for as a mortgage, this will have an impact on your decision as to what to consider

purchasing. Also, the length of time you anticipate living in whatever you purchase will also add to your decision-making to help you in your final determination of what and where to call home. I had a couple, both doctors with one child, who had a long- term plan, whereby they would be moving to Texas in five years. I searched around for homes in various towns, at a certain price point and couldn’t find anything they were enamored with. But then I found them a perfect home in a town completely oﬀ the map, which worked for them, but where I would have never thought they would move but did! Since I have stayed in touch with them over the years and usually have lunch or dinner with them, I know in two more years they will be moving to Texas and will be able to buy a real mansion with the equity that they have built over the last three years. Had they rented in the beginning, which was one of their options, they would have lost a substantial sum of their wealth to their landlord, paying his or her mortgage, increasing his or her equity and having little say about the increase in rent or lastly the security of staying five years in the event a child

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

or relative of the landlord was moving back into the space. Maybe the end result as a short-term plan will be a rental for a year or two (but no more) to see if you like the town you have chosen or maybe at your stage of the game, your accountant advises you to stay liquid. Again, it all depends on where the market is heading since selling your home when the market is at a high point as it is currently and is obviously to your advantage. But it has softened a bit and in some areas has really declined due to the S.A.L.T tax and the decrease in your interest deduction on your taxes, which mostly aﬀects the larger jumbo mortgages. But timing is everything and no one can ever

really time the market. So if you’re considering downsizing, you must look at the current market, lifestyle, aﬀordability, as well as your age and health, then decide whether you want to be liquid or still be in an ownership position. It may end up that renting, whether a luxury doorman building or a basic apartment will satisfy what, how and where you should live. Even your health will also be a factor, as to why and where you live, possibly in an independent or assisted-living environment or a nursing home as the answer of last resort. Some of these crucial decisions may have to be made by your significant other or children. Many times your children want you to move closer to them so if situations arise, you will have the proper support as well as being near your grandchildren. On the other hand, you may prefer to own and not rent. I have read that this is the longest running bull market in history, but I beg to diﬀer. As the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has noted, the longest run belongs to the 12 1/2-year periods running from October 1987 through March 2000. The current bull market, which started in 2009, will need to run through 2021 to break that

record. So with interest rates still historically low (lower than December 2018) and if you are in it for the long run, then this is an excellent time to purchase your starter home, trade up or build, or sell and downsize. But there are plenty of choices for those who qualify. Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular “free” updates of sold homes in your area and a “free” Comparative Market Analysis” of what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW.LiRealEstate.Com If you would like to receive a digital copy or a printed copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality Or “Our Seller’s Guide for “Things to Consider When Selling Your Home” just email or snail me (regular mail) with your name, email and cell number. He can be reached by email, at:Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com, or by cell: (516) 6474289.

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Recent Real Estate

Sales in the Williston Area Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $645,000 Demographics near Williston Park, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

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

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

38 Walker Place, Albertson Sold Price: $625,000 Date: 12/14/2018 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 65x1100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $10,458 MLS# 3059161

53 Kenilworth Road, Mineola Sold Price: $732,500 Date: 11/06/2018 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Tudor # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 70x90 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $12,414 MLS# 3042066

76 Chaffee Avenue, Albertson Sold Price: $880,000 Date: 04/15/2019 5 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Exp Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 64x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $14,573 MLS# 3080952

53 Donald Street, E. Williston Sold Price: $780,000 Date: 01/03/2019 3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $17,247 MLS# 3075192

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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Gillen wants investigation of H.R. contract Continued from Page 1 In a vote on Tuesday, Town Board members voted not to extend the contract. When Gillen voted she did not make a comment, saying that the contract was now under investigation. Other council members voted no, but they also cited town code. Under Town of Hempstead code a town commissioner is responsible for all agreements for the expenditure of federally derived funds for all authorized employment, training services and other costs, and these agreements are eﬀective only where made and signed by the commissioner or his designee, subject to federal funding rules and regulations. Councilman Anthony

D’Esposito voted no on the extension and said, “The commissioner’s signature in law authorized a contract and the Town Board does not need to approve it.” Councilman Dennis Dunne, who also voted no, said, “The commissioner’s signature alone authorizes the contract. The Town Board does not need to authorize the contract.” When asked if the contract will last until 2021, Michael Fricchione of Gillen’s press oﬃce said via email, “Supervisor Laura Gillen says no and she will fight to end the contract. The Town Attorney and Town Council believe that the Commissioner has the right to extend the contract, not the Town Board.”

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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen will call for an outside investigation from the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office into a nearly $900,000 consulting contract.

Celebrating Portuguese pride at parade Continued from Page 1 parade route, which was more than a mile-and-a-half long, traveled east on Jericho Turnpike toward the finish line at Wilson Park on Union Street, where the carnival was being held. “Sixth year in a row … and it’s not going anywhere if I have anything to say about it,” said Paul Pereira, deputy mayor of the Village of Mineola and a teacher at Mineola High School, who was named Portugal Day Parade grand marshal last month. “It’s great to see our neighbors out from Mineola and surrounding communities just coming out, as they do for St. Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day or any other holiday to celebrate the richness of our community, which is diversity.” Pereira has served the Mineola community for nearly three decades, working as a teacher at Mineola High School for the last 26 years and coaching the school’s varsity boys soccer team for the last 22 – a position he retired

from following this past season. His family immigrated to the United States from Portugal 42 years ago, and the New York Portuguese American Leadership Conference named him the parade’s grand marshal. “It’s quite an honor to be distinguished in that way,”

said Pereira. “I’ve been working my entire life not just for the Portuguese-American community but the Mineola community at large. I bleed Mineola, I bleed PortugueseAmerican culture and I bleed American culture, so it’s nice to get that recognition, but at the end of the day it’s not

about me. It’s about seeing the kids on the side with the shirts and the jerseys and seeing the pride they have in being what they are.” Attendance at this year’s Portugal Day Parade was not limited to just Mineola and its neighboring communities. Portuguese-American groups

from other Long Island communities such as Brentwood and Farmingville took the trip west to Mineola to celebrate their culture, along with other groups from Rockland and Westchester counties and Connecticut. “It’s a tribute to the organizers of this parade to get those groups to come down here,” said Pereira. “It also says a lot about the Village of Mineola, about our ability to receive this many people and do it in an orderly and safe fashion … in a way that everybody enjoys themselves, but it’s safe and appropriate.” Coincidentally, this year’s Portugal Day Parade happened to land on the same day as the Portugal national team’s game against the Netherlands in the first-ever UEFA Nations League Final, a championship game that was won on home soil by Portugal, 1-0, giving Portuguese-Americans in Mineola more than just their culture to celebrate as the day continued.

Clavin wants explanation of tax formula Continued from Page 3 After six months, the assessor finally released the algorithm. Clavin is not happy with how diﬃcult it is to understand. Duﬀy was not able to make Clavin’s

news conference last Tuesday along with county Legislator Bill Gaylor where they commended Duﬀy’s work to get access to the formula. Clavin declared it a “partial victory” because now his fight is to have the documents simplified for all hom-

eowners “who deserves clear answers.” Clavin and Gaylor urged Curran to come forward or have a representative explain exactly how this formula works and how it calculates how much a homeowner’s taxes will be. Clavin, unhappy

with the inability to understand the formula, threw the 239-page document to the ground as Gaylor declared “the challenge is on” for Curran’s oﬃce to explain the formula as he slammed a $1 bill on the podium.

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Local students making college news The Citadel Katherine Keller of East Williston is one of the members of the class of 2019 who took their commissioning oaths on Friday, May 3 in Summerall Chapel. Every year, the commencement ceremony for the South Carolina Corps of Cadets is held the day after the commissioning ceremonies. Approximately 35 percent of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets Class of 2019 are now oﬃcers in all branches of the United States Armed Forces. New York Institute of Technology Semini Jayasinghe of Great Neck has been named to the executive board of New York Institute of Technology’s Student Government Association for the Long Island campus for the 2019-2020 academic year. Jayasinghe will serve as executive vice president. The role of SGA is to successfully increase the number of engaged students and student leaders who aspire to leave a legacy, facilitate NYIT pride, and serve to empower the student body through academics and co-curricular involvement. On May 17, Gayane Jamgotchian of New Hyde Park and Kyriaki Katrakazos of Manhasset were two of the 2019 graduates from NYIT’s physician assistant studies program who were welcomed into the profession with a white coat ceremony. White coat 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 a PA. In marking the transition into professional life, the event centers around the symbolic awarding of a new long white coat, to replace the short student white coat worn daily to class and clerkships. Celina Zapiti of Mineola was recognized with the Occupation-

al Therapy Community Service Award and was a member of the group that received the Occupational Therapy Research Award. She was also inducted into the Occupational Therapy Alpha Eta Honor Society, which recognizes graduating students with an overall grade point average of 3.8 or better. Ashli Pacheco of New Hyde Park was awarded the NYIT School of Management’s Anita Messinger Memorial Award. The award goes to the woman graduate in the MS program who has shown outstanding ability in leadership, promise of professional achievement, and willingness to serve the profession. Melanie Benyadi of Old Westbury, a management major earning an MBA at NYIT, was inducted into the Financial Management Association National Honor Society, which is dedicated to advancing academic excellence and high ethical standards among finance students and specialists. Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Vincent Steves of New Hyde Park and Sara Messenger of Mineola were initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective alldiscipline collegiate honor society. Steves was initiated at University of Florida; Messenger at University of Bridgeport. Hofstra University Hofstra University inducted 43 students into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this spring: Sabreen Bhuiya and Bhakti Patel of Albertson; Sukhjit Dhaliwal of Old Westbury; and Tyler Baron of New Hyde Park. Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. College of the Holy Cross The following local students received Bachelor of Arts degrees on May 24: Theodore Angelo Capsis of East Williston; Caroline Carey O’Connor of Manhasset; Mad-

eline DeBono of Port Washington; and Christopher John Higgins of Williston Park. Bucknell University The following local students graduated from Bucknell University on May 19: Matthew Sica from Port Washington; Olivia Braito from Williston Park; and Mike Cook, Andrew Gray and Kiara Romotzki from Manhasset. The University of Vermont The University of Vermont’s Fraternity & Sorority Life announces Kaila Carson of Albertson as 2019 Fraternity & Sorority Scholar of the Year award recipient. Each year the university’s Fraternity & Sorority Life Awards Night celebrates and honors the accomplishments of individual members of the fraternity and sorority communities at UVM, as well as chapters that exemplified commitment to the pillars of citizenship, friendship, leadership, lifelong learning, and justice. Lehigh University The following local students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester: Claudia Hanover and Jessica Hyland of Port Washington; Molly Hwang, Adam Krieger and Michelle Nissan of Great Neck; Kevin Keenan of New Hyde Park; Allison LaMonica of Old Westbury; Lindsay Slavit and Sally Solomon of Roslyn; and Bryant Born and Brent Tennenbaum of Manhasset. University of New Hampshire Mario DeBueriis of Manhasset graduated in May, earning a BA degree in economics. Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg student Allie Mirsky from Great Neck studied abroad in spring 2019. Between 250 and 300 students study abroad each year. Mirsky, a member of the class of 2020, studied in Denmark. Daniel Doreste of Great Neck was named to the spring academic

honor roll. Each student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing and carry at least a 3.4 cumulative grade-point average. Clarkson University Manoj Sharma of Port Washington received a master of science degree in engineering management in May. York College of Pennsylvania Thomas Moschitta of Manhasset graduated on May 18. Moschitta earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science. University of Scranton Peter Ganley of East Williston was among more than 850 bachelor’s and associate’s degree recipients at its undergraduate commencement on May 26. Ganley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. Patricia Gasiewski of Mineola was among more than 625 master’s and doctoral degree recipients at its graduate commencement ceremony on May 25. Gasiewski earned a Master of Science degree in occupational therapy. Siena College John Harvey and Jason Padilla of New Hyde Park were named to the president’s list for the spring 2019 semester. Adriana Guzzello of Mineola was named to the dean’s list for spring 2019 semester. To be named to the dean’s list, a student’s grade point average must be between 3.5 and 3.89. Coastal Carolina University Angelica Pizza from Albertson and Taylor Giallanza from New Hyde Park were named to the president’s list for the spring 2019 semester. SUNY Geneseo Great Neck native and Great Neck South High School graduate Isabel Owen won a 2019-20 U.S. Student Fulbright award for Brazil to serve as an english teaching assistant in a university or post-secondary institution. Owen

graduated in May with a double major in history and English and a double minor in Africana studies and Latin American studies. Union College Sarah Gottlieb and Marc Perlman of Roslyn were included in the college’s annual Prize Day celebration, honoring students’ achievements in academics, research, service and governance. SUNY Canton Christina Anderson of Roslyn was named to the president’s list at SUNY Canton during the spring 2019 semester. President’s list recognizes full-time students who achieve a GPA of between 3.75 and 4.0. Anderson is a veterinary technology major. William Trapp of Port Washington was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2019 semester. Dean’s list recognizes full-time students who have earned a GPA between 3.25 and 3.75. Bates College Jesse Sollinger of Port Washington was named to the dean’s list for the winter semester ending in April 2019. This is a distinction earned by students whose cumulative grade point average is 3.77 or higher. The College of William & Mary Alexander Anderson of Manhasset recently graduated, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Wesleyan University The following local students earned degrees at the university: Jennifer Aguiar of Port Washington earned a BA degree in sociology; Sophie Brett-Chin of Port Washington earned a BA degree in English and history; John Neil of Port Washington earned a BA degree in psychology; Kerry Brew of Williston Park earned a, MA degree in psychology; and Andrew Jacono of Manhasset earned a BA degree in English and French studies.

Guidance Center golf event raises $140,000 North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center once again hosted a joyful fundraising event filled with golf, tennis and an extraordinary dinner program at their 23rd annual Jonathan Krevat Memorial Golf & Tennis Classic. The event, which was held on June 3 at the beautiful North Hempstead Country Club in Port Washington, raised $140,000 to support the Guidance Center’s work to bring hope and healing to children and families dealing with mental health or substance use challenges.

This year, the event honored the amazing staﬀ of mental health professionals at the Guidance Center. “As they say, it takes a village, and the people who are at the heart of our work healing children and families are an incredible team,” said Andrew Malekoﬀ, executive director of the Guidance Center. “Whether they are social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, family advocates or others, they are devoted to providing the most compassionate care for every child, teen or family member who walks through

our doors.” This year’s speaker was Jennifer Pearlman, a licensed mental health counselor at the Guidance Center who received her B.A. in psychology from Queens College and her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Brooklyn College. Pearlman shared the inspiring story of one of her young clients who came to her depressed and anxious, but after completing treatment told her, “Miss Jen, you gave me my life back.” Pearlman described her expe-

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this year’s Krevat Cup were Michael Schnepper and board members Michael Mondiello and Troy Slade. In addition, Dan Donnelly, who was the outstanding emcee, and board member Andrew Marcell shared the auctioneer’s block. “It’s all about the kids,” said Donnelly, a longtime supporter of the Guidance Center. “I consider it a privilege to be here today to help raise money to support the incredible work that truly makes a difference in the lives of children and their families.”

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that matter to our readers. I think the judges recognized that.” Reporter Teri West won third place in the “Breaking News” division for an article in the Manhasset Times titled “Manhasset couple dies in plane crash.” It covered the deaths of Jodi Cohen and Dr. L Michael Graver in a Massachusetts plane crash. The plane crash was West’s 12th story for the paper. “To be honored for something I covered so early in my career is pretty special,” she said. She reflected on how packed their funeral was, symbolizing how important they were to the community, and how it drove her to take great care with the story. Blank won third place in the “Editorial/Commentary” division for his editorial “Library district says no to hate.” On what makes his publications special, Blank said, “It’s news that you can’t get anywhere else. It’s sort of a commitment. It’s providing coverage to local people.” Grace McQuade placed second in the “Entertainment” division for her pieces “A concert as sweet as cream,” “John Oates return to music roots” and “98 Degrees heats up the holidays again.” Patti Wood placed second in the “environment” division for her column “Water and politics don’t mix in N.Y. State.” For headlines, Blank Slate Media won all three places. The first was Klar’s headline in the New Hyde Park Herald Courier “Kinkajous and porcupines, oh my!” The second and third were Blank’s “False prophets, fake bomb at exec building” headline in the Williston Times and “Schools see big pressure, little help from state” headline in the New Hyde Park Herald Courier. Blank Slate Media columnist Judy Epstein won first place for her column “Making sure no leftovers left behind” and third for “The adventures of prince valium.” Klar also won first place for her feature “Dad needed a kidney. I had 1 to give.” The feature was a personal story of Klar’s decision to donate a kidney to her father. Blank Slate also won second place for both Best Website and Website Homepage Design, second only to Newsday and Long Island Weekly. To Blank, to be recognized for this work is important for a community newspaper in the digital age. On the changing media landscape, Blank said, “It’s a challenging job in a challenging time.”

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Northwell Health signs alliance with brand To build upon its existing health and wellness initiatives, Northwell Health has signed a strategic alliance with Canyon Ranch, the premiere integrative wellness brand. Aligned in a common goal of enhancing the lives and wellbeing of their clients, both mission-based organizations embark on this collaborative partnership to expand the reach of wellness, ensuring opportunities for individuals to live younger longer. Through the agreement, Northwell and Canyon Ranch plan on creating a cooperative culture for health and wellness across the New York metropolitan area. The alliance will initially include resiliency training for Northwell clinicians focused on various self-care topics, including wellness, prevention and lifestyle behavior changes, expertly designed by the Canyon Ranch Wellness Architects –

a collection of dynamic thought leaders and esteemed experts who share innovative ideas and integrative wellness insights focused on health, healing and achieving optimal wellness. Launching this year, the initiative will be the first of numerous collaborations between these two trailblazing brands. “Northwell’s goal is to become a wellness organization,” said Michael J. Dowling, Northwell’s president and chief executive officer. “Having a healthy organization enhances employee engagement, which results in better patient experiences. Having Canyon Ranch as a partner strengthens our services, and benefits our staff, patients and communities.” “As a trailblazer in integrative wellness for four decades, our affiliation with Northwell Health is testimony to our commitment to continue innovating

Curran attends aviation gala Nassau County Executive Laura Curran at the Cradle of Aviation Museum gala, June 6, honoring 50th anniversary of the first Apollo Moon Landing with Gerry Griﬃn (Apollo missions flight director), Milt Windler (Apollo flight director, including Apollo 13), Harrison “Jack” Schmitt (Apollo 17), Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9), Fred Haise (Apollo 13), Walt Cunningham (Apollo 7) and Charlie Duke (Apollo 16). The gala also paid tribute to the Grumman employees of Bethpage who designed, built and tested the lunar modules between 1961-1972 that successfully landed 12 men on

the moon between 1969-1972. Of the six lunar modules that Grumman built, three remain on the moon, and the rest are at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum in DC, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. The gala was one of the events at the museum taking place throughout the year to mark the anniversary, with the biggest event on July 20 when the lunar landing will be re-created with the descent of one of the museum’s lunar modules. © Karen Rubin/news-photosfeatures.com

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Northwell and Canyon Ranch plan on creating a cooperative culture for health and wellness across the New York metropolitan area. with trusted experts” said Susan E. Docherty, chief executive officer of Canyon Ranch. “We are honored to impart transforma-

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wellness in partnership New York state’s largest highly-respected health provider, an organization

that is equally committed to the well-being of their colleagues, as we collectively are to our guests and patients.” Northwell has implemented several employee-based health and wellness initiatives in recent years, including healthier food initiatives, the myWellness platform and walking challenges that have involved tens of thousands of employees, including the current “Walk to Rome” competition that includes more than 18,000 health system staﬀ competing on nearly 2,000 teams. The new strategic alliance is aimed at building on Northwell’s existing employee wellness strategy by providing access to resources focused on wellbeing, prevention, educational and lifestyle behavior change expertise from Canyon Ranch. Submitted by Northwell Health

Patients thank EMS providers Six patients who received life-saving care from the first responders of Northwell Health’s emergency medical services (EMS) came back during EMS Week to personally thank the medical professionals who helped save their lives. Sam Swartz, who was shocked back to life after his heart stopped while en route to Lenox Health Greenwich Village during a harrowing day in 2018, said during the Northwell Health Second Chance Luncheon on May 22 that he feels “very, very lucky to have had this crew that day” referring to paramedic Sonny Hodge and paramedic Christopher Foote. As he was being wheeled into the cardiac catheterization lab to have a procedure, Swartz said of the paramedics, “I felt like we were all on the same team that day – we were all on team ‘me’ that day.” Swartz has survived three cardiac events to date. “One day, I’ll figure out how I survived these events,” he said. “But I know I couldn’t have done it without you.” The six patients and their family and friends, as well as the emergency medical services providers, gathered at Northwell’s corporate headquarters in New Hyde Park. Twenty-four Northwell first responders were

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Lenox Health Greenwich Village patient Sam Swartz with his Northwell Health Center for Emergency Medical Services paramedics Sonny Hedge and Christopher Foote. recognized at the luncheon for their eﬀorts to save these patients’ lives. Northwell’s EMS is the largest hospital-based mobile health program in the New York City and Long Island region. More than 800 staﬀ are on this team who respond to more than 180,000 calls each year. “To save someone’s life is a feeling you can’t describe unless you’ve done it,” noted Alan Schwalberg, vice president of Northwell Health’s Center for Emergency Medical Services (CEMS). “This event is always my favorite one in the year be-

cause it allows us to connect with the people we have saved.” Northwell’s Second Chance Luncheon is named for Dr. Michael Guttenberg, former medical director of Northwell Health’s clinical preparedness and CEMS, who died in 2017 after a nearly five-year fight with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Guttenberg was a first responder who worked at Ground Zero in the weeks after the World Trade Center terror attacks on September 11, 2001. Submitted by Northwell Health

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OUR TOWN

Troy David: the golfer with a big heart would be a way of promoting and enhancing life on Long Island and that the Long Island Golf Association shared this same commitment to community life. He went on to say that a characteristic shared by many of his fellow members was to give back to the community in any way they could. Troy then brought up a subject I have been loath to think about for many years. He mentioned the worth tithe, which is where all members of your religious clan are expected to give back 10 percent of your yearly income to the church or synagogue you attend. I quickly calculated my own charitable giving this year to church and alas I may have fallen short of the 10 percent number. I did oﬀer $10 to the church in Washington, D.C., last week when my friends insisted I go with them. And in early spring I made a promise to donate $20 to St. Aidans if the Lord would intervene and allow me to qualify for this year’s Travis Invitational. But His intervention was not

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strong enough to overcome my swing flaws, I failed to qualify and so I was not forced to contribute in that regard. That, of course, means that thus far I have only contributed $10 to my church, woefully short of the 10 percent number Troy had mentioned. So I quickly changed the subject and asked him to explore with me the reasons some of us are charitable. He mentioned that it may be “generational” and explained that if there is charity, generosity or giving at home, the child will naturally adopt this characteristic for the remainder

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I’ve been looking for a reason to write about altruism for some time and finally found a good reason. Meet Troy David, CEO of Keystone Electronics, elite level amateur golfer and new title sponsor of the LIGA Richardson Memorial Golf Tournament held at Wheately Hills Golf Club in East Williston. Golf is a sport known for giving back to the community and Troy David is a perfect example of this kind of altruism. Perhaps golf brings out the best in people. I sat down with Troy this weekend following a round of golf at Glen Oaks Club to explore with him the motivation behind the concept of altruism. Altruism, according to Sigmund Freud, is one of only four highlevel defenses and a sign of adult maturity. The first question I asked Troy was why he decided to be title sponsor of the Richardson. He told me that he recently moved his company to New Hyde Park and thought that sponsoring a historic amateur golf event

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North Hills residents to head to polls Continued from Page 2 Natiss was the village justice for 10 years before becoming mayor. He is proud of having the lowest village tax in Nassau County, the shuttle service initiative and new developments like the Ritz-Carlton Residences. “I love giving back to the community, I love the village, I love the residents and what I enjoy the most is that we accomplish a lot and it stays a premier residential community,” Natiss said. Sgambati was on the Architectural Review Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board before being appointed as a trustee. He was an original owner

of a condominium in The Gates, the village’s first condominium community, he said. The mayor at the time, Lowell Kane, also lived in The Gates, and helped Sgambati become engaged with the village’s government. Sgambati developed an affinity for service through local government, and he became the president of the North Hills Country Club as well as Estates at North Hills II, a community he later moved to in the village. “I want to serve for the masses,” Sgambati said. “I want to serve all the people in the different communities. I just get an enjoyment out of doing that.” Voting will take place from noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.

SGAMBATI AND COHEN PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE SUBJECTS, NATISS PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI, REISMAN PHOTO BY TERI WEST

North Hills candidates, from left, Deputy Mayor Dennis Sgambati, Trustee Gail Cohen, Mayor Marvin Natiss and Village Justice Jerome Reisman.

COMMUNITY NEWS

NYU Winthrop to ‘Stop the Bleed’ Trauma staﬀ from NYU Winthrop Hospital, an ACS Level 1 Trauma Center, provided Stop the Bleed training to employees from LaGuardia Airport (LGA), educating them on techniques to stop life-threatening bleeding that can occur due to a range of trauma circumstances. NYU Winthrop has trained more than 1,000 Long Islanders in Stop the Bleed, including first responders, security officers, school faculties, and more, but this is the first training dedicated to airport employees. The training was conducted at Hangar 7, which was the former Seaplane Maintenance Hangar and was open to all workers at LGA. Stop the Bleed is a national program supported by the American College of Surgeons and Homeland Security and encourages everyday citizens to become empowered to assist in bleeding emergencies until professional medical help arrives. “Stop the Bleed training should be oﬀered to employees at every transportation hub in the U.S.,” said D’Andrea Joseph, Chief of NYU Winthrop’s Division of Trauma and Critical Care. “This is truly critical knowledge since

uncontrolled bleeding caused by traumatic injuries can lead to death within five minutes. Stop the Bleed training can empower workers to help keep our transportation centers well-prepared to assist in emergencies.” Dr. Joseph said she hopes this will be part of a wave of airport, railroad and bus depot training, with Stop the Bleed training becoming routine safety protocol just as CPR has been for decades. After a traumatic injury, hemorrhaging is responsible for over 35 percent of pre-hospital deaths, and most bystanders lack knowledge in how to respond. The Stop the Bleed program teaches tactics to recognize life-threatening bleeding and provide immediate response to control that bleeding including by direct pressure, the use of tourniquets, or packing (filling) a wound with gauze or clean cloth. The Stop the Bleed campaign also advocates for the placement of easily accessible bleeding control kits in public places. Organizations interested in more information on NYU Winthrop’s Stop the Bleed program can contact stopthebleed@nyulangone.org or phone 516-663-1571.

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