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Vol. 69, No. 9

HEALTH & BEAUTY

MINEOLA LIBRARY TRUSTEE VEZZI DIES

COUNTY OFFICIALS PRESS REVISIONS TO BAIL REFORM

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W.P. trustees eyes federal grant money Seek to aid in residential rehabilitation projects

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Williston Park trustees said they may push for more funding for community development projects at a board meeting Monday night, in hopes of building off of a successful project geared toward helping residents renovate their homes.

The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federally funded program administered through Nassau County intended to help urban communities and low-and-moderate-income individuals in par-

ticular, according to the Nassau County website.

Mayor Paul Ehrbar said the village’s options are limited due to the per capita income of residents, but that they are eligible for some funding for residential rehabilitation projects. The money would be available for individuals with limited incomes that need to repair their homes.

“Last year we ended up having $30,000, we spent it all, so I would like as part of this hearing to raise that up to 50[000],” Ehrbar said, later noting it has helped many people stay in the village and bring their houses up

to date. “I don’t know if they’ll go for it, but at least [I will] make that recommendation to our board.”

Deputy Mayor Kevin Rynne said he thought it would be a “great idea” for anyone who fits the requirements.

“It’s a great opportunity and we should take full advantage of it,” Ehrbar said.

“I couldn’t agree more,” Trustee William Carr said. “I hope they give us the 50,000, so anyone in need has the opportunity and access to these improvements to their homes.”

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Hanover Bank CEO gets shareholder backing Mineola-based exec survives activists’ accusations PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS WRESTLING

Herricks’ wrestler Joe Manfredi is the school’s first county champion since 2011. See story on page 62.

BY E M M A J ON ES The preliminary results of a vote by Hanover Bancorp. shareholders on Friday show overwhelmingly support for Michael Puorro, president, chairman and CEO of the bank, despite accusations of mismanagement and nepotism from an

activist stockholder, according to Hanover officials.

Puorro, Dr. Michael Katz and John Sorrenti were “overwhelmingly supported to threeyear terms on the bank’s board of directors, according to a press released by Hanover on Tuesday.

On Feb. 10, activist shareholder Brian Pun sent an open

letter to shareholders alleging that Michael Puorro took an excessive salary and bonus this past year.

Hanover does not release its CEO’s compensation, but Pun said he believes Puorro receives a cash salary and bonus totaling over $1 million.

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Michael Vezzi, library Mineola law backs first responders trustee, dies at 81 Strauss cites his extensive service to communty Protects identities at crime scenes

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Michael Vezzi spent eight years as a member of the Mineola Library Board of Trustees before his death.

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ A longtime member of the Mineola Library’s Board of Trustees Michael Vezzi died on Feb. 16 at the age of 81.

Vezzi was born on Sept. 6, 1938, and was an active member of the Mineola community, serving as a member of the Mineola Salvation Army, a board member for the Sagamore Hill Advisory, a member of the Mineola Corpus Christi Choir, a member of the North Hempstead Town Project Independence, and an honorary life member of the Knights of Columbus.

“Heartbreaking” was the first word Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss described Vezzi’s death as on Tuesday evening. “Michael

was a great part of the community for many many years and for the last eight years he was an active [Mineola] library trustee. He served the community well, he served the library well, and it’s going to be a loss for all of us.”

Strauss, who as village mayor appoints the library’s trustees to their respective positions, said, he has not given any immediate thought to who Vezzi’s successor may be.

“It’s too early for that right now,” Strauss said. “Let the rest of the library board and the family go through a bit of a grieving process before we make that decision.”

Mineola Library Director Charles Sleefe confirmed that no action would be taken by the board at this time, and noted

that the next board of trustees meeting is on Monday, Feb. 24.

Sleefe said Vezzi was an advocate of many libraries throughout the area, not just Mineola’s.

The Corpus Christi Choir group wrote, “We will miss not having you at choir rehearsals and singing at the choir mass on Sunday mornings. Our group will not be the same without you. Thanks for all the years of dedicated service to the choir, and for all your thoughtfulness & generosity,” in a message on the Newsday obituary page.

Vezzi leaves behind his sister Maryanne, his children Rosanne, Theresa, and Michael, and his grandchildren Amanda, Thomas, Daniel, and Nicholas.

The Village of Mineola Board of Trustees voted last Wednesday to adopt a resolution that protects the identities of first responders and other emergency personnel who may also respond to a crime scene.

The local law — the first of its kind on Long Island — piggybacks on the discovery reform efforts made by state lawmakers, which only protect the identities of police officers responding to a crime and their families from threats or retaliation.

“I don’t think that goes far enough,” said Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss, a former NYPD officer and firefighter, during a work session on Feb. 19. “We want to protect all of our first responders to the extent that we can. Just like our police officers, our first responders may also be present at crime scenes and like our police officers they too have privacy rights and families they need to protect.”

The state’s automatic discovery laws, which were adopted as part of the state budget, look to speed up the process of providing information related to a prosecution.

Strauss said part of the laws require that prosecutors disclose all of the names, addresses, and contact information of anyone present at a crime scene except for law enforcement officials.

“To that point, I’ve asked our village attorney to draft a resolution providing our first responders the same protection afforded our law enforcement personnel,” Strauss said. “I’m not sure this will hold up but at the end of the day, we need to make sure we have done everything we can to protect our first responders and this is worth fighting.”

Efforts to reach the state department of homeland security and emergency services, the state defenders association, and the state bar association were unavailing.

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The Village of Mineola Board of Trustees voted to adopt a resolution that protects identities of emergency personnel present at a crime scene.

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Dems ‘radical’: Suozzi challenger Queens resident George Santos picked by Republicans to oppose incumbent in 3rd District

BY R O S E W E L D ON

George Santos, a Queens resident and financial professional, is challenging what he calls “a radical regime” in his campaign for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

The district includes Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington, Great Neck and Floral Park, among other areas. It is currently represented

by U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), the former mayor of Glen Cove and former Nassau County executive who was first elected to the seat in 2016, won re-election in 2018 and is seeking another term this year.

Santos, who was confirmed as the Republican nominee for the seat last week, was born in Jackson Heights and raised in various neighborhoods in the borough by his parents, both emigrants from Brazil.

“I’m in the district by a couple of blocks,” Santos said in a phone interview conducted Monday. “I’m a lifelong New Yorker and a firstgeneration American, I love our country and our state, and I do not plan on ever leaving the state of

New York.”

The candidate says the current “regime” representing New York State is “radicalized,” including Suozzi.

“I think the solution is fixing the state from radical regimes,” Santos said. “I’m running toward it, to fix the problem.”

Santos also said that Suozzi was “historically bad at money management.”

“He has poorly managed his budget,” Santos said. “I’m the antidote to all the wasteful spending. I don’t see why a congressman from Long Island should have to hop on a first-class airplane flight when you could take the train to Washington.”

A representative from the Suozzi campaign told Blank Slate Media that they were “not inclined to comment,” but said the government was prohibited from paying for first class seats.

A graduate of Baruch College with a degree in economics and finance, Santos began his professional career at Citigroup in its real assets division, then moved to Turkey-based hospitality firm Metglobal. He briefly worked at Gold-

said. “We train new generation in nuclear power management, let this generation work to retirement, and we phish them into teaching nuclear tech, without destroying coal completely.”

Santos also objects to the changes made to the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions imposed on the tax changes approved by Republicans in Congress and signed by President Trump.

“I support the president, but I don’t think the cuts were taken into consideration too well with areas like the 3rd district in mind,” Santos said.

Another of Santos’ main issues is immigration, which he says PHOTO COURTESY OF GEORGE SANTOS FOR CONGRESS “should be 100 percent based on merit.”

Republican George Santos of Queens is challenging U.S. “If we’re going to allow people to come into this country, we need Rep. Tom Suozzi (R-Glen Cove) for his 3rd District seat. to vet them,” Santos said. “I’m the man Sachs before joining Link- their retirement; let’s get the same son of immigrants who did evBridge Investors, and now serves thing done through legislation.” erything by the book, and we see Among Santos’ core issues are these people nowadays bypassing as the regional director of Harbor City Capital, an alternative invest- the eventual phasing-out of coal, that. It’s a slap in the face to genwhich he hopes will coincide with erations who came in here properment group.

“My passions lie in building the eventual phase-in of nuclear ly. I want to make sure we double bridges and bettering the lives of power. down on border security, build a “Instead of destroying coal wall twice as tall.” people,” Santos said. “The same way I’m helping people secure outright, we phase it out,” Santos Continued on Page 51

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The Nassau County Committee on Criminal Justice Reform has proposed changes to New York’s criminal justice reform legislation.

The legislation passed in April 2019 and went into effect on Jan. 1. It eliminates pretrial detention and monetary bail conditions in an estimated 90 percent of nonviolent criminal cases.

The criminal justice reform panel, commissioned by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, consists of eight members of law enforcement working in various capacities.

They spent the past month writing a series of recommended amendments to the new legislation.

On February 14, Curran said that the committee had completed its final report.

Her office confirmed that she sent the report to lawmakers in Albany.

The panel alleged that the new laws remove bail for crimes that the “average person” would consider violent. While they acknowledged that people should not be jailed because they are unable to afford bail, they claimed that removing bail for nonviolent crimes presents issues for both law enforcement and community members.

Justin Harrison, policy counsel for the New York Civil Liberties Union, reported that his organization overall believes the reforms have had positive effects so far.

“More attention should be paid to the people who have been charged with minor and low-level offenses who are not a risk and who are being released and sent home to go back to their jobs and back to their families, as opposed to being held in jail because they can’t afford to pay,” Harrison said.

In the introduction of their report, the committee claimed that the legislation makes it more difficult for those in law enforcement to do their jobs.

They went on to argue that the current nonviolent bail conditions are not always

easily surveilled and enforced and that the existing ramifications for violating non-monetary bail conditions are not harsh enough.

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said that the new laws have already impeded law enforcement. According to Ryder, major crime has increased by 5 percent since cashless bail reform laws went into effect.

Todd Kaminsky, a Democratic state senator and former federal prosecutor from Nassau County, sees law enforcement’s relation to the legislation differently.

“We’ve talked to the people on the front lines, in law enforcement, and we want to give them the tools to do their jobs,” Kaminsky said. “And we believe when you take the wealth out of the system, which this does, you create a fairer system where that can occur.”

The new legislation limits the factors that the court can consider when evaluating bail applications, eliminating factors such as the defendant’s family and community ties.

The panel urged the reversal of this check on the court’s power and suggested that the court should additionally be permitted to consider factors such as the defendant’s character, the defendant’s employment history and the defendant’s physical and mental condition.

They further object to the limitations on judges’ ability to determine bail on a caseby-case basis. The committee argued that judges should have the option to set monetary bail for nonviolent crimes at any level.

The document submitted by the committee also addressed the legislative changes pertaining to discovery.

The committee urged lawmakers to expand the period of time that the police are granted to turn over witness and victim information to defense attorneys.

They also voiced their support for limiting the identifying information of witnesses and victims included in the automatic discovery category.

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Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.

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Legislators OK quarterly crime report bill Will require county law enforcement to submit data on effects of criminal justice reform

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Nassau County Legislature has unanimously passed a bill that requires the Nassau County Police Department to produce quarterly crime reports on the effects of criminal justice and cashless bail reforms.

“The law that passed unanimously this evening will provide lawmakers and residents with quantifiable data regarding those released in Nassau,” Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said in a release. “We can then use this information to urge state lawmakers to repeal and replace this so-called reform.”

According to county officials, the quarterly review that will be submitted by county law enforcement officials will include the total number of defendants released on cashless bail, a brief overview of the crimes they committed, the number of bench warrants issued for a defendant’s failure to attend a proceeding, and the number of crimes and charges against defendants since they have been released without bail.

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Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park).

The bill was passed on Monday night and is expected to be signed by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran in the near future, according to a release sent out by the county on Tuesday.

Curran has voiced her opinion on criminal justice reform through press conferences, press releases, and op-ed pieces since January.

“My administration has been

very open with proactively providing statistics to any resident, reporter or lawmaker that requests them and will happily organize the data into a format for our County Legislators to easily understand,” Curran said in an email statement.

“While I don’t believe an entirely new law has to be created in order to facilitate this practice, I will sign the bill with the safety and security

of our communities as my number one focus.”

“With daily news stories of crimes being committed by those released under this ‘reform,’ it is important for Legislators to gather as much information as possible about the effects of cashless bail in Nassau,” Nicolello said in a statement.

According to Nassau County

Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, major crime has increased by 5 percent in Nassau County since cashless bail took effect.

County officials have said suspects charged with serious crimes have been released and in some cases, committing more crimes while they are out.

Ryder has been one of the more vocal county officials on the subject and cited the arrests of three Chileans who allegedly burglarized homes in areas such as Great Neck, Saddle Rock and Hewlett.

Ryder said the new bail reform laws allowed two members of the alleged Chilean crew to flee the country and not appear for their schedule prosecution.

The new laws, passed in April, eliminated pretrial detention and optional cash bail in an estimated 90 percent of cases.

According to county officials, more than 175 people accused of misdemeanors and “nonviolent felonies” were initially released without bail as they await trial.

Officials said Curran now has 30 days to either sign or veto the bill.

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Mineola trustees okay new biz plans

BY DA N OFF N E R SoBol will be opening a new location in the Village of Mineola.

The village board voted unanimously, on Feb. 19, to approve a special-use permit for the Açaí blueberry bowl/smoothie franchise to open a new location downtown at 150 Mineola Blvd.

“Açaí is becoming more popular now.

We really dedicate ourselves to the quality of it,” said Diane Pietroforte, the applicant and owner of the New Hyde Park location.

“It’s very refreshing and it’s one of those things that after you eat you’re not tired.

It gives you more energy than before you ate, which normally when you eat a lot it’s going to probably drag you down.”

Pietroforte said that prior to choosing their New Hyde Park location they had initially searched for a spot in Mineola, but were unable to find one.

Two-and-a-half years later, she said, they’re doing well enough that the franchise was very grateful when they told them they were looking to open up another one in Mineola.

“We always said that we love our nurses and doctors who come to our store. Our court people. It’s just something different to eat for those long days,” Pietroforte explained.

“I didn’t know that SoBol was coming to town but I am a big açaí bowl fan,” said Mineola resident Theo Rabinowitz. “I’ve actually been to a few SoBol locations and

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Special-use permits for the SoBol franchise to open a store in Mineola were approved by the village’s board of trustees.

I think they would do very well here.”

Village Trustee Paul Cusato said that after doing some research on the company, he realized there was a location nearby in New Hyde Park and decided to stop by to see what they were all about.

“So, I walked in with nothing and I walked out and paid for ‘The SB’ smoothie.

Absolutely great. And I went there this morning as well,” Cusato said. “I think they will be an asset to our community, so, best of luck.”

SoBol is a cafe franchise that was founded in 2014 as a healthy and all-natural alternative to all the junk food and high cholesterol options out there.

“Hopefully you can help us be successful in our downtown revitalization,” Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss said, welcoming Petroforte and her associates to the community. “We need places just like yours there, so thank you again.”

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and fivetime World Champion Matheus Lutes was

also in attendance for a public hearing on Feb. 19, to approve designated space at 105 Jericho Turnpike for a martial arts studio.

Lutes said that while he has never owned his own business, he has been working as an instructor for the last five years.

“In America today, the health and fitness business is growing 8 percent a year and 25 percent of Americans today are anti-Depressant pills,” Lutes said. “I strongly believe Jiu-Jitsu or any kind of physical activity can help you become a better person, a satisfied person and also a very happy person through any kind of health or fitness workout.”

According to Lutes, it will mainly consist of group and private classes with an early morning session for anyone who didn’t have time after work to train.

His wife, Alicia Santandreu-Lutes, a former UFC employee and Brazilian JiuJitsu instructor, also said she will be working primarily with the children’s programming.

“It gives them self confidence. It teaches them structure,” she said. “Especially nowadays they’re very demanding with all the technology and instant gratification.

Teaching them patience. Working up to a goal.”

The village board would vote unanimously to approve a special-use permit for the martial arts studio.

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Suspect Hair Club prez, client Sperling dies smokes cigars

BY R O S E W E L D ON

BY E M M A J ON ES Police are investigating a robbery on Tuesday at the BP gas station located at 91 East Jericho Turnpike in Mineola in which cigars were stolen.

The Nassau County Police Department’s Third Squad was called to the station after an employee arrived for work at 6 a.m. and noticed several cigars missing from their boxes.

After reviewing the surveillance footage, it was determined that a suspect, described as a black male wearing black jeans, a white shirt and possibly a white bandana over his face, was seen entering the gas station.

He then removed the cigars from their boxes and exited the gas station, fleeing on foot in an unknown direction.

The Nassau County Police Department confirmed on Monday that they are still investigating the incident, and there have been no new developments.

Seymour “Sy” Sperling, a businessman and philanthropist best known for founding and representing the Hair Club in its commercials, has died. He was 78.

Sperling, a native of the South Bronx who lived in Manhasset for some of his life, had served in the Air Force and graduated from C.W. Post College, now LIU Post, in Brookville, before losing most of his hair by the time he turned 25, according to a 1993 New York Times profile.

“I was really unhappy with my appearance,” Sperling told the Times. “And it was destroying my self-confidence. My father had gone bald at a very young age, but I didn’t think it would happen to me. All of a sudden there I was, trying to establish myself in sales, trying to date again. And I was quickly going bald at age 26. It was impossible.”

Sperling, then a pool salesman, sought ways to prevent his thinning hair from falling out before hitting upon a technique that worked.

“The process is a hair-fusion method,” the Times said. “A fine nylon mesh is fitted to the scalp. The mesh allows the scalp to breathe and existing hair to grow through it. Next, strands of hair from India are colored and textured to match the customer.

They are attached to the mesh with a polymer that acts as an adhesive. The mesh is

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HAIR CLUB

Sy Sperling, founder of the Hair Club, in one of his famed late-night commercials. Sperling, a former Manhasset resident, died on Wednesday at age 78. similarly fused to the existing side hair. Customers have to have some hair to anchor the system.”

Inspired, Sperling learned the technique himself and teamed up with his second wife, a hairdresser, to open the first Hair Club for Men. They opened their first salon in Manhattan, with one of the first outside of the five boroughs being placed in Garden City.

While successful at first, the business later stalled with the only publicity came from word of mouth and, according to Sperling, customers were loath to discuss their time at the salons.

He decided to create a commercial to air on late-night TV, but the first concept, which showed a product user running and doing strenuous activities, failed to generate any buzz.

An advertising agency suggested that the “painfully shy” Sperling himself speak to the camera, and the resulting commercial, which showed him hold up a “before” picture of his bald head, resulted in an instantly quotable catchphrase: “I’m not only the Hair Club president, I’m also a client.”

Yearly business boomed from the commercials, eventually reaching $100 million in 1993, and Sperling made appearances on mainstream TV like “Saturday Night Live” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

In time, “for men” would be dropped from the business’ name as they began catering to women who had lost their hair.

Sperling would also set up the Hair Club for Kids, which sought to provide similar treatment for children who had undergone chemotherapy at no charge, and which he worked on until his death.

The year 2000 saw Sperling sell the Hair Club to a private equity firm for $45 million, and he went into semi-retirement for the rest of his life.

Sperling, who the Times said resided in Hillsboro Beach, Fla. at the time of his death, is survived by his third wife, Susan Sperling; his daughter, Shari Sperling; his son, Andrew; and his sister, Rosalie Slute.

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Suozzi called on to rescind letter Congressman congratulated Council on American-Islamic Relations for anniversary gala

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Primary challenger Michael Weinstock has accused U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) of supporting an Islamic relations group designated as an unindicted co-conspirator in terrorist activities by the federal government.

In an op-ed piece published

by Jewishpress.com, Weinstock called for Suozzi to rescind a letter of support the congressman sent to the Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR, in November.

“I was shocked to learn that Suozzi recently sent a beautiful letter of support to CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, congratulating them on their gala fundraiser,” Weinstock, a Great Neck native, wrote in the piece.

The FBI cut ties with CAIR in the summer of 2008, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism.

This was in response to the organization being named an

The letter commends the organization on “bringing together community leaders, scholars, and activists to celebrate CAIR’s work defending civil liberties,” according to the letter.

Suozzi touted the organization’s legal efforts “to uphold and defend the constitutional and civil rights of American Muslims,” the letter reads.

Weinstock wrote in his piece that U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has previously addressed the organization’s “ties to terrorism” and cutting off contact with the organization “should be a governmentwide policy” as stated in two separate federal documents.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, the FBI wrote, PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN “Until we resolve whether there continues to be a connection U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) sent a letter to the Council on American-Islamic Rela- between CAIR or its executives and Hamas, the FBI does not tions in November. view CAIR as an appropriate liunindicted co-conspirator in tion, according to the U.S. De- ment of Justice. aison partner,” in an April 2009 the provision of material sup- partment of Justice.

Suozzi’s letter sent to CAIR letter to the U.S. Subcommittee plies to Hamas, which is classiNo criminal charges were headquarters was in regard to on Terrorism, Technology, and fied by the federal government handed down to the organiza- the organization’s 25th Anni- Homeland Security. as a foreign terrorist organiza- tion according to the Depart- versary Gala on Nov. 9, 2019.

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Anthropologist Kyrkostas dies at 90

BY R O S E W E L D ON Margaret “Marge” C. TellalianKyrkostas, an anthropologist, professor, museum curator and prominent figure in the Armenian-American community in the State of New York, has died. She was 90.

Tellalian-Kyrkostas died on Feb. 15 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset due to complications from cancer, according to her family.

Born in 1929 to Garabed and Haiganoush Tellalian, both survivors of the Armenian genocide who fled Anatolia, Turkey for the United States, TellalianKyrkostas and her brother were raised in Astoria, Queens, and she would live in the borough for the rest of her life.

After raising a family in Little Neck, at 43 Tellalian-Kyrkostasearned her undergraduate degree at Queens College, as well as a master’s degree in physical anthropology at New York University.

Not long after graduating from NYU, Tellalian-Kyrkostas met anthropologist Margaret Mead.

She told the Rev. Nareg Terterian in a 2015 interview that she discussed the idea of a museum with Mead before she died in 1978.

“I said to her, there are no ethnic museums. It’s all Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece — I said, we should have a museum that services contemporary ethnic groups in the city. And she said, ‘I’ll help

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Anthropologist Margaret “Marge” C. Tellalian-Kyrkostas, died at 90. you,’ and she did,” Tellalian-Kyrkostas said.

With Mead’s assistance, in 1977 Tellalian-Kyrkostas founded the nonprofit Anthropology Museum of the People of New York and Armenian Cultural Education Resource Center in 1979. She, along with staff from universities like Harvard and NYU, used offices in Queens College

for meetings. Their first creation was a folding exhibit that they placed in hospitals, banks and libraries.

“We’d leave it there for a month to introduce people to anthropology,” Tellalian-Kyrkostas said.

Tellalian-Kyrkostas also gained attention after creating a display called “Armenia: Memories from My Home” for the Immigration Museum at Ellis Island in 1997.

The display, which frankly discussed the 1915-17 Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire, was censored by the National Park Service after displaying “gory and gruesome” pictures of hanging bodies and soldiers holding decapitated heads. Tellalian-Kyrkostas later said thatrepresentatives from Turkey, which disputes that a systematic eradication took place, took offense to the words “massacre” and “genocide” being included in the exhibit.

The photos were reinstated when, according to Tellalian-Kyrkostas, New York City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. came to her defense “like a charging knight,” and told the museum to open the exhibit.

In 2003, the museum received its current home at Queens College, with one section dedicated to anthropology and another dedicated to Armenian history, funded by money raised through the Armenian community in New York State.

Tellalian-Kyrkostas was seen as one of

the country’s foremost experts on early 20th century Armenia, writing an oral history on the subject for the Library of Congress.

She would also serve as a professor at Queens College for 15 years, and served as the museum’s executive director until her death.

Upon the death of her son Mark, a celebrated composer and pianist, from complications relating to AIDS in 1990, Tellalian-Kyrkostas championed his music, hosting yearly “Remember Me With Music” memorial concerts in his name.

Tellalian-Kyrkostas had a second career as an actress, starring in the short film “After Water, There is Sand,” which was shot in Armenia. Her family says she was in the process of writing both a screenplay, “Bad Good Men,” and a memoir at the time she died.

A funeral was held Wednesday at the Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs in Flushing.

Kyrkostas is survived by two children: Theo W. Kyrkostas, Jr. (Ann) of Sea Cliff, and Peggy O’Hanlon (Liam) of Port Washington. She is also survived by four grandchildren: Samantha Mills (Billy) and Calvin Kyrkostas (Isabella Gambuto), Tim and Ani O’Hanlon; and one great-granddaughter, Nellie Day Mills.

She was predeceased by her second son, Mark Kyrkostas, her brother, Jack Tellalian, and her husband, Ted Kyrkostas, Sr., who died in 2011.

Lipinsky again breaks Polar Plunge record

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

PHOTO BY ROBERT PELAEZ

Erin Lipinsky (right) stands with Alert Fire Company member Michael Green (left) after breaking the fundraising record for the Town of North Hempstead’s Polar Plunge.

After raising more than $12,000 last year, Great Neck resident Erin Lipinsky has already broken his own fundraising record for the Town of North Hempstead’s Polar Plunge to take place on March 7.

The event, now in its 16th year of existence in North Hempstead, raises money for the athletes of Special Olympics New York.

“I do it for the kids,” Lipinsky said during a sit down interview with Blank Slate Media. “Every year I want to do more to help out kids around the area.”

Lipinsky began raising money in 2016 when he got $4,000 in donations and has increased his fundraising totals each year since.

He has already raised nearly $15,000 for this year’s event, which takes place at North Hempstead Beach Park.

Lipinsky was a Special Olympics athlete as a member of the Great Neck Spirits basketball team in prior years.

Though the team will not compete in this year’s competition, Lipinsky and Alert Fire Company’s Board of Directors Chairman Michael Green spoke on the importance of physical activity

with special needs individuals.

“These kids need activities like sports and other physical activities to be incorporated in their lives,” Green said. “It makes their lives feel more normal and routine.”

Lipinsky said he has been expanding his outreach efforts beyond Great Neck to include Manhasset and Port Washington among other areas.

Green said there are very few stores that won’t display Lipinsky’s flyers and fundraising information.

“I’ve been a firefighter for more than 40 years and I know a lot of people,” Green said. “Whenever I’m at an event with Erin, he knows even more people than I do. He goes out and makes relations with members of communities throughout the town. It’s amazing to see how much he does for this cause.”

Lipinsky said utilizing local newspapers, public access television, and social media has aided in his fundraising efforts since his start five years ago.

With just over two weeks to go until the event, Lipinsky said he is making his final in-person rounds to local businesses and schools to try and surpass $15,000.

“I go around to schools, talk to the kids, and let them know about the

event,” Lipinsky said.

“Erin was interviewed by North Shore TV, and he’s made more of an online presence this year compared to others,” Green said. “[Alert] members are pretty confident he’s going to get that $15,000 goal.”

In 2019, more than 6,000 plungers took part in the event throughout the New York area, raising over $1.5 million.

At the North Hempstead event, 350 participated last year, raising more than $50,000.

All funds raised at the event support Special Olympics New York’s programs and promote awareness of people living with intellectual disabilities in New York.

“So many people look forward to attending this event each year,” Town of North Hempstead Judi Bosworth said. “Not only does it support the services and outstanding programs provided by Special Olympics New York, but also allows everyone to have a little fun while doing so.”

Registration for the Polar Plunge runs from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The plunge takes place at noon.

For more information on the event and ways to donate, visit https:// www.specialolympics-ny.org/.

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Northwell names Boyd chief sci officer

BY R O S E W E L D ON Jeff Boyd has been hired to serve as vice president and chief scientific officer and director of the Center for Genomic Medicine at Northwell Health System’s Cancer Institute in Lake Success. He will also hold an appointment as professor and member of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center.

Boyd, who began in his position on Feb. 10, was working at the Miami Cancer Institute when he received the offer from Northwell.

“It sounded like a great opportunity,” Boyd said. “Part of it involved being director of the Center for Genomic Medicine, being chief of science for the cancer institute, working at the Cold Spring Harbor lab, strengthening that relationship, providing them access to oncologists here, as well as tissue specimens and such that they need in a cancer research lab.”

Part of the doctor’s job will involve the creation of a clinical laboratory and molecular diagnostic lab certified by the Department of Health, where researchers can obtain tumor specimens from cancer patients, isolate DNA and use a stateof-the-art technology known as “nextgeneration DNA sequencing” to define genetic architecture of a specific tumor in an individual.

“Every breast cancer is different, liver cancer is different, colon cancer is different by the person,” Boyd said.

The institute is also looking into the mutations that cause normal cells to turn cancerous, matching certain mutations to specific drugs in a way that Boyd likens to a lock and key.

“We’re at a point now in our understanding of cancer genetics in drugs being developed that we can match specific drugs — precision cancer medicine — match a drug to a mutation in that patient’s tumor, and it stops what it’s doing to make a normal cell a cancer cell,” Boyd said. “That’s what’s looking to replace chemotherapy. Most of the therapy is nontoxic, it would describe mutations in tumor and any drugs available for that mutation, and that’s the future of cancer treatment.”

Another operational unit has to do with banking cancer specimens and fluids like blood and urine from cancer patients, where a state-of-the-art specimen vial depository that will take samples ranging from tumor tissue, blood, and urine, all connected to electronic med record.

“The days of taking small bits of tumor or vials of blood and putting them in freezer are gone,” Boyd said.

These specimens will be available to any researchers in the Northwell system, as well as those in the Cold Spring Harbor laboratory.

“Our colleagues at Cold Spring Harbor are important to the success of our work,” Boyd said.

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Jeff Boyd Dr. Richard Barakat, physicianin-chief and director of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and senior vice president of cancer services at Northwell Health, had worked with Boyd at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

“Genomics has become an important piece to helping us understand the genetic roots of the various forms of cancer, which is why it has become an important area of investment for Northwell Health,” Barakat said. “We are extremely fortunate to have such an esteemed cancer researcher and internationally-known genomics expert such as Boyd to join the

Cancer Institute’s leadership team.”

Boyd has over 30 years of cancer research experience, most recently serving on the executive leadership team of the Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida as associate deputy director of translational research and genomic medicine.

He also served as a professor and chair of the department of human and molecular genetics, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and associate dean for basic research and graduate programs at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University.

Prior to joining the Miami Cancer Institute in 2015, Boyd held senior leadership positions at prominent cancer centers across the country, serving as the first executive officer of the Cancer Genome Institute at the Fox Chase Center in Philadelphia, Penn.

He also held numerous senior positions at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and served as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and the National Institutes of Health.

Boyd says he and his wife are in the process of moving and hope to live in Lloyd Harbor, close to the Cold Spring Harbor laboratories.

“I like to build things,” Boyd said.

“I’ve been in this cancer research and clinical care space for decades, and there is unparalleled opportunity here.”

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What’s fairness got to do with property tax?

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he challenges to Nassau’s countywide reassessment of property continues.

A state Supreme Court judge recently rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Nassau County’s new assessment system and ruled that it could move forward as a class-action suit.

The plaintiffs allege that the reassessment violated federal due process and equal protection clauses, and did not use accurate factors and market values.

As a result, the plaintiffs claim the reassessment yielded inaccurate results that could potentially lead to higher taxes for hundreds of thousands of county homeowners.

This takes place at the same time that Nassau Republican legislators have continued to gum up and politically exploit Nassau County Executive Laura Curran’s efforts to reassess all property in the county.

This has included a call to fire the county assessor, passage of legislation vetoed by Curran to hold a referendum asking for the assessor position to be made an elective position, a demand to see the formula used by the assessor to establish property values and a proposed “Assessment Bill of Rights” in which the assessor would be required to live in Nassau County.

Okay, guess where County Assessor David Moog lives. Surprise: Queens.

Now guess what county department requires its head to live in Nassau. If you answered none, you are correct.

You might think that the county’s assessment system was in great shape until Curran came along. But if you did you would be wrong.

Under Curran’s predecessor,

Republican Edward Mangano, the county conducted no reassessments and didn’t hire a certified assessor for eight years.

Both Republican and Democratic officials acknowledged the inaccuracy of county assessments and encouraged property owners to challenge them in court.

During this time, $2.2 billion was shifted from generally more affluent, older people who challenged their property taxes to those who didn’t – who just so happened to be younger, less affluent and more likely to be a member of a minority, according to a Newsday study.

And the county was left with a $70 million bill each year payable to the people who successfully challenged their proper taxes.

Most of that bill was due to the so-called “county guarantee,” which requires Nassau to cover the cost of successful challenges to taxes that pay for school districts and special districts as well as the county.

Interestingly enough, no lawsuits were filed against the county’s dysfunctional assessment system under Mangano.

A Newsday analysis of Nassau County’s property reassessment recently found that the assessments under the new system are “well within every major professional standard of accuracy and fairness.”

The analysis was supported by the New York State Office of Real Property Tax Services, which concluded that the reassessment eliminated the inaccurate and widely unfair disparities among home values.

This raises the question of why the lawsuit against the county?

Why not do what more than half of county property owners did during the Mangano Administration

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— challenge their assessments?

The reassessment does not take away property owners’ rights to challenge the value given to their home. It just makes it harder to win. Because the assessments are more accurate.

So why try to upend the entire new assessment system and delay the updating of the property values another year or two?

Did we mention that the beneficiaries of the old system were generally more affluent, older people and the victims of the system were younger, less affluent and more likely to be a member of a minority?

We hate to cast aspersions but a recent Newsday series revealed that black home buyers have been treated differently than whites.

They are steered to black neighborhoods and they are more closely scrutinized by brokers — helping make Nassau County was one of the most segregated suburban counties in the country.

Both Curran and Republican county legislators are expected to extend the unfairness of the old REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez

a ward of the state.

In truth, no matter how good the assessment system there are always going to be errors – unless the county is prepared to hire enough people to inspect every property every year. And even then assessments would be challenged. In some cases, with good reason.

Homes get improvements or they don’t. Neighborhoods get better or they get worse. School districts, which play a major factor in real estate values, get better or they get worse. Demographics change.

Federal tax policy changes.

And even when all county properties are assessed for what they are worth, the system would still be unfair because property taxes are unfair, measuring the value of a person’s property — not their ability to pay.

There is a form of taxation that is based on someone’s ability to pay.

It is called the income tax. And it is used at least in part by the federal government, the State of New York and — locally — New York City.

As we have said asked in the past, why not Nassau?

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system with a five-year phase-in of the reassessed property values.

Which would mean that those overpaying the past eight years would continue to overpay for the next five years — just by smaller amounts. And those underpaying their property taxes would continue to underpay their property taxes.

Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello has said that to make people who are underpaying their taxes pay their fair share immediately would impose such a financial hardship that some homeowners would have to sell their homes.

Nicolello has yet to explain why the previous system and the five-year phase-in is not a financial hardship for those who have been overpaying their taxes.

Some property owners who have been overpaying their taxes filed a lawsuit calling for the county refund them the money they overpaid.

If that lawsuit were to prevail, Nassau County would face a $2.2 billion bill and probably end up as New York City’s sixth borough if not

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Gov. Cuomo’s huge budget deficit

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hen running for governor in 2010, Andrew Cuomo conceded that “New Yorkers already bear a heavy tax burden because of government overspending.” He argued that taxes were too high and that the government “refused to say ‘no’ to any powerful special interest group and used financial gimmicks to hide problems or kick them down the road.”

Well, nine years later, Cuomo presides over a state that still has the highest combined state and local tax burden in the nation, he still refuses to say no to “powerful special interest groups,” and still kicks fiscal problems down the road.

As a result, Cuomo’s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 projects a deficit of six billion dollars.

While the State budget projects operating funds spending to increase by only 1.9 percent to $105.8 billion, and total spending to be $178 billion, up 1.2 percent, the devil, as always, is in the details.

And those details are analyzed in a report state Comptrol-

ler Thomas P. DiNapoli released earlier this month.

Thanks to giveaways to the powerful health-care unions, the most significant budgetary problem is soaring Medicaid spending.

Deferring for another fiscal year $1.7 billion in Medicaid costs, this gimmick, the Comptroller’s report points out, is a troubling reminder “of certain historical practices that resulted in large accumulated deficits and, ultimately, the borrowing of billions of dollars to pay these down.”

The budget also “relies on unspecified actions to generate $2.5 billion in Medicaid savings during the state fiscal year 202021.”

Don’t be surprised if the governor’s new Medicaid redesign team come up with cost containment solutions that include sticking local county governments with a greater share of Medicaid costs. If this comes to pass, expect homeowners to pay for it via higher property taxes.

Another budgeting gimmick the governor utilized—oneshot revenues. It is projected that there will be $4.4 billion in

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right “Non-Recurring and Temporary Resources.” Some examples: the Mortgage Insurance Fund will be raided to the tune of $82 million and the sale of CUNY assets is projected to bring in $60 million.

But, the big number — $2.5 billion — will come from another extension of the temporary millionaires tax. This is the tax candidate Cuomo in June 2010 said he was opposed to extending because it hurts the state’s economic competitiveness.

Cuomo’s exact words: “I was against it at the time, and I still

am. It’s a new tax. It was supposed to sunset. If it doesn’t sunset, it’s a tax.”

However, to get by, Cuomo could care less that the extension of the millionaires tax is driving out many of the top 1 percent— who pay approximately 40 percent of the State’s income tax—to low tax states like Florida, and that over time this phenomena will wreck the state’s tax base.

Then there is the issue of accountability. The Comptroller’s report notes “certain elements of the budget fall short with respect to high standards of transparency, accountability, and oversight.

Several of these would undermine the State’s basic responsibility to ensure that its budgets and financial reporting provide accountability and promote an accurate understanding of how public resources are generated and spent.”

One beauty in the budget is the proposal to amend the state Finance law to require the Office of the state Comptroller to bless Cuomo’s fiscal gimmicks. If this comes to pass, the Comptroller’s report concluded it would

“cloud the picture of true spending growth” and would “result in significant expenditures beyond the amounts referenced in the appropriations by the Legislature.”

And as the governor cries the fiscal blues, he proposes an additional $826 million in school aid for a total of $25.5 billion.

And the budget calls for three billion dollars for the MTA capital program—“although funding sources are not identified.”

Cuomo also wants to issue more long-term bonded debt. His budget would authorize various public authorities to issue $10.3 billion in state-supported debt.

Outstanding state-supported and state-funded debt is now projected to hit an incredible $72.2 billion in 2020.

Alarming deficits, higher taxes, and fees, fiscal gimmicks, more debt—all during an economic boom.

One can only imagine how bad it will get when the next recession hits the Empire State.

But one thing is certain when the economic downturn does arrive, taxpayers will get stuck with the tab to clean up Cuomo’s mess.

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Salt vs. Sugar: ultimate sweetstakes!

Sugar and Salt were having an argument. “You know I’m better,” said Sugar. “Everyone wants me. Everyone loves me! When did anyone ever send a Valentine with a box of saltines?”

“What about that Valentine treat Judy’s husband just sent her?” retorted Salt. “A box of pretzels! She certainly enjoyed those.”

“That’s only because they were covered in dark chocolate, as you very well know,” replied Sugar.

“Well, I’m a basic necessity,” said Salt. “So basic that “salt” is the root of the word “salary” — because that’s how the Roman Empire paid their soldiers: with me!”

Oh yeah?” retorted Sugar.

“Well, Wikipedia has its doubts about that whole story.”

“And what does Wikipedia say about nursery rhymes? Like the one about ‘What little girls are made of? Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of.” Sugar — not salt.

“And is there a rhyme about boys?”

Sugar smirked a bit as she continued reciting: “ ‘Snips and

snails and puppy dog tails, that’s what little boys are made of.’ Ugh, ugh, and double ugh — but still, no salt!”

“Well, who bases their selfworth on a nursery rhyme, anyway?” replied Salt.

“Stop this bickering!” I said.

“Can’t you two get along?” But there was only one thing they could both agree on — that I would have to referee their debate.

The thing was, whichever of them I decided against would probably sulk and refuse to let me use them as a seasoning, all year.

The stakes were high.

This could, in fact, be the ultimate “sweetstakes.” I mean sweepstakes.

“So how am I supposed to decide between you?” I asked them.

“You’re both so important to me!”

“Yeah, but I’m the one that’s essential,” said Salt. “What do we say when somebody is real, and authentic? We say they’re ‘the salt of the earth.’ Whereas sweets are merely a frill.”

“I guess that decides it, then, I said, reluctantly. “It’s true, the doctors always say keep up the flu-

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side ids and electrolytes like salt when you’re sick. They don’t say the same about sugar.”

“So maybe Salt will save your life,” said Sugar. “But without me, will it be worth living?”

“The only way to have peace,” I told them, “is to keep each of you to your appointed part of the menu. Like the two strictly segregated sides of a black and white cookie. Salt, you get the main course; sugar, you get dessert. And never the twain shall meet!”

“But wait!” they said, together, as I prepared to leave the table where we had all been sitting.

“There’s surely more to this whole matter than that?”

“Like what?” I said.

“Like, what about your favorite Thai foods, like Pad Thai noodles, or chicken satay? They both have that delicious peanut sauce that’s both sweet and salty; you don’t have any problem with that.”

“That’s foreign food — it doesn’t change the domestic rules.”

“Okay, what about your friends who put salt on watermelon?”

“That’s just wrong,” I said.

“Yeah, we gotta agree there,” Salt and Sugar said, together.

There was an extended silence until I started to clear the table.

“Hey,” said Sugar. “What’s that you’ve got in your hand?”

“It’s vinegar, for the salad.”

“But not just any vinegar,” said Salt, in a follow-up question. “It’s balsamic, isn’t it?”

“So?” “The one your kids started using because they

said it was ‘the sweet one’?”

“Well, yes.”

“So you’re violating our agreement yourself? Unless salad is suddenly a dessert entry?”

They had me there.

There was a triumph in Salt’s voice as he asked one final question: “What about that Salted Caramel drink your son bought you at Starbucks? Was that a ‘category error?’ An ‘abomination?’ or was it…”

“Delicious! Yes, you win,” I told them. “BOTH of you. I’ll just have to hand you the victory, together.”

Because as it turns out, life is not like a black and white cookie, after all. It’s more like a cookie with a Yin and Yang design on the top, with a little dot of the opposite, in the middle of each flavor.

Sweet things sometimes need a dash of salt, and vice versa, to bring out the best of each.

“There!” I said, to my spices.

“Was that so hard?”

“Not really.” And they joined hands and jumped together into the marinade for that night’s teriyaki.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Celebrating Hofstra’s Zenia DaSilva

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uring the past few weeks, two females have boosted the joys of my life. My granddaughter Beatrice Sargeant was born on Jan. 18. It is dazzling to hold a newborn in your lap eight hours after she arrived; then to note how much she advances and changes over the period of a short month.

During the past week, I joined friends and her relatives for a celebration of the 95th birthday of my long-time pal and Hofstra colleague, Zenia DaSilva.

I can hope that the arc of Beatrice’s life will resemble Zenia’s.

I first met Zenia when I arrived at Hofstra in 1960. When she retired near her 90th birthday, she had become the longestserving member of the University in its history. It was a particular honor for me to be paired with Zenia as bearers of Hofstra’s symbols when the University celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010.

But Zenia was a standout

before I knew her personally.

At faculty meetings, her distinctive large hats and colorful dresses caught everyone’s attention. I soon appreciated what colleagues also affirmed, that beyond her stylish fashion, her mind and speech always elevated discourse at those sessions.

She resembled another famous North Shore Long Islander, William Cullen Bryant. He lived in Roslyn Harbor until 1876. His home is worth visiting, especially his library. It was said of Bryant that “he had the wisdom of age in his youth and the fire of youth in his age.”

Like our 19th century Bryant model, Zenia is also a most engaging writer, a person who keeps her sights on the heavens as she navigates our terrain. A few years ago she wrote a memoir: “93 . . . and Counting.” In 2020, she’s been revising a very creative movie script “The Winners.”

I hope folks will have a chance to read the literature of

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field Zenia’s tenth decade (beyond the several publications she did earlier in her career). She displays wit and humor that is often laughout-loud-funny. She is a most engaging storyteller, perspicacious in depicting her times, her family and her friends, and with deft skills for building suspense and positivity.

How fortunate in recent years that I often spend time with Zenia at Great Neck’s Temple Emanuel. In addition to its spiri-

tual missions, Rabbi Robert Widom presides over a “spa” for the mind and cultural engagement.

There are magical dimensions at Emanuel in terms of the extraordinary elders who join Zenia and me at its many programs. These super elders, age 90 or above, also warrant celebration: Morty Zimmerman, always attuned to civic matters; Judge Jack Weinstein, who just stepped down as a Federal Judge at age 98, and announced that he planned to study for a history masters’ degree along with his doctor son who also recently retired.

We have Lester Wolff, former Congressman, now in his 101st year who is also writing a book.

With this coterie of cultured, civic-minded elders, how fortunate we all are to see and know Zenia in that exceptional setting.

In her memoir “93 . . . and Counting” Zenia Sacks’ ethnic youth is charming and replete with challenges that she meets with superior intelligence and

resiliency. People regarded her as a genius; a newspaper described her at a concert as a piano-playing prodigy when she was age five.

In 1940, at age 15, Zenia entered NYU where she met Al DaSilva, the love of her life.

Al was a senior, four years older, president of the student body and a national oratory winner.

Zenia gives a sparkling account of the war years as she and Al moved toward marriage in 1946 while resourcefully expanding graduate studies and exceptional careers. All of this is related with modesty and in a conversational fashion that draws a reader enthusiastically into Zenia’s world as it expanded beyond its Brooklyn origins.

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Fear in Trump’s handling of coronavirus

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he looming coronavirus pandemic isn’t the first crisis not of Trump’s own making. But it shows in stark horror just how incompetent, uncaring and corrupt Trump and his administration are.

What he has done to hollow out the CDC, to deprive it of funding, to leave important expert positions vacant for two years, should be added to the list of his criminal negligence.

Trump reportedly was furious that 14 people were infectious among the 328 Americans evacuated from the Diamond Princess, where 634 had contracted the infection and two had already died, but lumped together with the rest, even though Japanese officials had told American counterparts that laboratory tests for 14 passengers had come back positive.

So far 18 of the 34 people inside the United States who have the virus came from the Diamond Princess, and all 34 cases have been linked to overseas travel.

What if the coronavirus does take hold in the United States?

There are no systems in place to address an epidemic. Does anyone

believe that the Trump administration could build new hospital facilities and marshal the medical personnel to handle the sickness, in 10 days as China did, where the rate of new infections went up by hundreds per day, despite the extreme quarantine measures, killing two percent of its victims?

As of this week, 80,000 people in China and 34 other countries have been infected, killing at least 2600, with frightening rates of new infections in South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan, and Hong Kong.

Do you know what gets his attention? The 1,000-point drop in the Dow on February 24 – the worst single-day drop since Feb. 2018.

Trump tweeted on Feb. 24, with his typical eyes wide shut, “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC &amp; World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”

He formed a task force with his anti-poor immigrant czar, Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of Department of Home-

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land Security, who tweeted a plea for help to access Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 coronavirus map Monday because it seemed to be behind “a membership wall of some kind.”

Wow, that inspires confidence.

So now Trump is asking Congress for $2.5 billion — funding half by transferring $535 million from the Ebola preparedness account and shift money from other HHS accounts and agencies — which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a series of tweets, responded “is long overdue and completely

inadequate to the scale of this emergency.”

She accused the Trump administration of leaving vacant critical positions at the National Security Council and Department of Homeland Security. “And now, the president is compounding our vulnerabilities by seeking to ransack funds still needed to keep Ebola in check. The president should not be raiding money that Congress has appropriated for other life-or-death public health priorities,” she stated.

Pelosi suggested that the House would move forward with its own plan.

How does Trump propose to stop a pandemic? Well, it will simply die out in April when the weather gets warm, he said – a statement that stunned infectious disease experts.

And it is here, as well, that his sabotage of the Affordable Care Act, his administration’s assault on health care apparatus, on the social safety net, on global alliances, rebound.

Democratic candidates, offer a sharp contrast to Trump and his inept, ignorant corrupt administration, presenting their playbook to

protect Americans from pandemics like the coronavirus.

Here’s what Senator Amy Klobuchar proposed: Renew U.S. leadership and recommit to the Global Health Security Agenda, an initiative launched under the Obama administration to respond to the threat that infectious diseases pose to the global community.

Work with our allies and through multilateral organizations like the World Health Organization to improve local health infrastructure in at-risk countries and regions.

Fully fund U.S. departments, agencies, and programs that are on the front lines in preventing and responding to outbreaks, both at home and overseas, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, State Department, United States Agency for International Development, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

I’ll take the bus to get there again!

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ast month I was in a meeting and another attendee mentioned having just finished a book about the four things we need to do to address climate change. They are – stop flying, eat plant-based, go car-free and have one less child.

Seeing as how I don’t want to give back my youngest child, over the next few weeks I kept thinking about the no flying directive. I fly at least once a month to perform my duties as a U.S. Coast Guard reservist. I can’t drive because five hours is my driving limit. For the last five years, I’ve been traveling to Virginia which is a more than an eight-hour drive. I can’t take the train, because I couldn’t accommodate the once a day schedule and travel time with my civilian job.

Recently I was re-assigned to Detroit. Driving is still not an option, but suddenly I was confronted by the fact that a mode of transportation other than flying could work. I got online and lo and behold, both Greyhound Bus Lines and Amtrak go to Detroit several times a day. I decided I would walk the walk and forego

flying for one of these other options.

I decided to take the bus because it offered an overnight trip and I figured I could sleep and not lose time at home or in the office. Admittedly, I was pretty nervous about the whole endeavor.

I told just about everyone I saw that I was taking the bus to Cleveland and then on to Detroit and then home from Detroit. It has been years since I used to take Bonanza from New York to Providence to visit my parents.

My last bus experience was about four years ago when I took the bus to Philadelphia and swore I would never do it again because I got motion sickness and spent the whole ride praying I wouldn’t throw up. But, here I was, ready to take the bus again, and this time for an 8+ hour ride to Cleveland and then a 14-plus hour ride home a few days later.

I was ready with my Tylenol PM to help me get some sleep on the first leg so I could make it through the next work day productively. I also gave a lot of thought as to how to pack so I didn’t have to drag a lot with me

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters and could safely stow my belongings. And then it was Monday night and I was on the LIRR heading to Penn Station. The walk to Port Authority was easy enough and I got in line for the 10:15 p.m. bus to Cleveland.

I boarded and sat near the front to minimize any potential motion sickness. I took my sleep aid and settled in. A woman took the seat next to me and I worried I’d be cramped and not able to sleep. That didn’t last long as I was asleep before we got out of the tunnel.

I won’t try to tell you it was the best night’s sleep I’ve had recently, but it certainly wasn’t the worst. My neck pillow did its job and my down coat kept me cozy.

I don’t even remember when or where we made a stop. We got to Cleveland early and I headed to the office. The bathroom worked for cleaning up and getting changed and no one would have known I hadn’t just flown or driven in from home.

The return trip from Detroit was a little less smooth. We left late and were delayed by some weather slowdowns. We also had a stopover in Cleveland I didn’t expect. Luckily it was early enough so I was still able to get to sleep by 11 p.m. and slept reasonably well until we made a stop around 5 a.m.

According to a National Geographic comparison of modes of travel from New York to Toronto — comparable to New York to Detroit — flying is obviously the fastest, followed by car, then the bus, and lastly the train, being the slowest.

In terms of energy efficiency, the bus is the most energy-effi-

cient mode of travel on this route (excluding electric car) at 24 passenger miles per gallon compared to 75.3 for a plane, 80.7 for a car and 84.3 for the train in part because the route is determined by where the rail lines are.

Passenger miles per gallon are determined by multiplying energy intensity — the energy in gasoline-equivalent needed for the travel mode — by the average number of passengers transported by the mode. Efficiency is dependent on journey length and increases with distance traveled.

Occupancy and vehicle design also matter so one travel mode can fare better than another under different circumstances.

The bottom line, I’ll take the bus again. It was more comfortable and simpler than anything involved with flying. It was significantly cheaper. And, it is much less damaging to the environment. I still earn miles I can apply to future trips, but I don’t have to deal with getting to and from airports, checking in at airports, lack of leg room, and baggage claim.

And, I didn’t get motion sick at all.

F RO M T H E D ES K O F L AU R A C U R R A N

Nassau County is now climate smart

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lthough it is a global problem requiring large-scale solutions, we as Long Islanders cannot afford to ignore the climate crisis. We are blessed to live on a beautiful island, but it is up to us to ensure we preserve it as a sustainable community for generations to come.

That’s why I was proud to stand with Sen. Todd Kaminsky recently to announce that Nassau County has just joined New York’s Climate Smart Communities Program, which will help us adopt a series of “Climate Smart” goals and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our environment.

This is an opportunity for Nassau County. Supporting the green innovation economy won’t just help keep our water and air clean – it will save our taxpayers money while providing exciting and good-paying jobs for our residents.

The Climate Smart Communities program helps local

governments reduce greenhouse gas emissions through free technical assistance and grants for sustainability efforts, including rebates for electric vehicles. As a member of this program, we will now take an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions to establish concrete reduction goals for County government operations.

This will help us keep the momentum in our comprehensive effort to build a sustainable Long Island. Our pledge will result in reduced energy usage overall, which also means savings for taxpayers.

Efficiency is our goal, and so we will seek to meet or exceed LEED standards for new County facilities. My proposed 2020 Capital Plan includes a feasibility study to install solar generation on County properties and buildings to increase our use of renewable energy and wane our demand for fossil fuels.

We’re looking at ways to promote greener transportation options, including reducing

LAURA CURRAN

Nassau County Executive single-occupancy vehicle travel, supporting emerging technology and renewable fuel vehicles.

Nassau County’s Department of Public Works is working to provide electric vehicle charging stations at County buildings and properties for public use.

The 2020 Capital Plan will help us determine whether to convert several county fleets to electric vehicles in an effort to curb our emissions.

The County will also reevaluate our open spaces to ensure we’re doing everything possible to protect water quality and biodiversity. We will begin investing in green infrastructure, whether it’s for parks, pools, beaches, boating, bike paths or golf courses.

We need an all-of-the-above approach. The safety of our residents is my first priority, and after Sandy’s aftermath, Long Islanders don’t need another reminder of the danger extreme weather can cause.

We’re taking flood-risk mitigation seriously. Across the board, my Administration is working to increase coastal resiliency and improve key infrastructure in vulnerable areas. In support of this goal, the County’s Office of Emergency Management has kicked off a MultiJurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan five-year update to protect our most vulnerable areas.

We will continue promoting the efficiency of reuse and recy-

cling, as well as developing new ways to reduce solid waste generation. The county also plans to establish public awareness campaigns about its green initiatives and encourage residents to be more environmentally responsible.

Above all, we must see being “Climate Smart” as an opportunity for Nassau County.

We’re investing more than ever in the green innovation economy, as Long Island has become the epicenter of the research and development dedicated to solving pressing environmental challenges at home and abroad.

That means more good-paying jobs in sustainable industries for our residents, and cleaner water and cleaner air for generations to come. We will continue to strive towards this critical goal, and being “Climate Smart” will ensure we keep our momentum going.

Laura Curran Nassau County Executive

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READERS WRITE

Zantac, Lisinopril: what’s happening?

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hese are older drugs whose names many of you who are reading this article will recognize. The FDA has initiated recalls of generic Lisinopril and Zantac. The recalls from the FDA are both voluntary and mandatory for different drug manufacturers and the FDA does publish a list of these companies but most of us rely on the pharmacy that supplies our prescriptions to us for giving us products that are acceptable under the FDA guidelines.

What is a voluntary recall as opposed to a mandatory recall? A recall is a method of removing or correcting products that are in violation of laws administered by the Food and Drug Administration. The recall is a voluntary action that takes because manufacturers and distributors carry out their responsibility to protect the public health and wellbeing from products that present a risk of injury or gross deception.

However, there is sometimes confusion surrounding a “voluntary recall”. The term may create the impression that

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the problem is less serious, and that the company has simply decided to recall products as quality control measures.

Some customers even confuse the term “voluntary” with “optional”, assuming that they can safely make their own decisions about whether or not to use the product. Voluntary recalls should be taken just as seriously as a mandatory recall. I called the FDA and was told that the current recalls of prescription drugs over an impurity known as NDMA have both voluntary and mandatory in their listings on their websites. NDMA is an environmental contaminant found in water and foods including meats, dairy products, and vegetables.

There are different classification by FDA recalls when issued by the FDA from Class 1 to Class III, 1 being a situation when there is a reasonable probability that the use of the products will cause serious adverse health consequences or death to the Class III in which use of the product of exposure to it is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

The offending agent in this

current recall of so many older drugs used to treat high blood pressure and certain gastrointestinal illness is called NDMA for short. It is currently classified as a probable human carcinogen, at low levels.

In September 2019, the FDA learned that some ranitidine medicines, including some products sold under the brand name Zantac, contained NDMA. This was the beginning of the recall that has caused many patients to be put on different medications for their gastrointestinal problems that were being treated with both OTC and prescription drugs In October 2019, the FDA observed that a third party laboratory was using higher temperatures in its test to look for NDMA. The NDMA was being generated by the added heat but the higher temperatures were recommended for using certain equipment in valsartan and other drugs. The FDA recommended using another method for its testing for NDMA. In November 2019, the FDA stated that their tests have found levels of NDMA in ranitidine and nizatidine that

are similars4 to the levels you would expect to be exposed to if you ate common foods like grilled or smoked meats.

Teva pharmaceutical Industries voluntarily recalled some of its blood pressure medicines in the U.S. due to an impurity in the drug that could cause cancer. The impurity detected is in an active pharmaceutical ingredient in the drug that was manufactured by Mylan in India. The impurity, NDMA, has been classified as a possible human carcinogen.

The FDA advises patients taking Amlodipine/Valsaretan or combinations of the two drugs to continue taking their medication and to contact their pharmacist or physician for advice on alternative treatment.

Everyone seems to agree on the seriousness of consuming too much NDMA, whether by the foods we eat or the pills we take. The blood pressure pill recall was again how much or how little it takes to cause serious health issues.

How serious is this problem of NDMA? It seems to be very unclear how serious or dangerous

this situation is. Pharmacists can recommend OTC medications for their stomach issues while the facts get sorted out.

Drugs that can be used until that happens are famotidine, cimetidine, esomeprazole or omeprazole./ You should check with your own physician to see which of the above he/ she would prefer for your particular problem.

The World Health Organization has reported several case-control studies, in humans, and none of them can be used to derive a quantitative risk of cancer.The results are supportive of the assumption that NDMA consumption is positively associated with either gastric or colorectal cancer. However, none of the studies focused on drinking water as the route of exposure, instead, they used estimates of total dietary intake of NDMA. Again, the FDA advises all patients taking the above drugs should continue taking their medications and to contact their pharmacist or physician on alternative treatments.

Bertram Drachtman Great Neck

Story of ‘A Dead Man’s Dream’

thought readers would enjoy the superb poem “A dead man’s dream,” by the black poet and former Kentucky legislator Carl Wendell Hines Jr. Mr. Hines had become concerned about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was being portrayed after his death. He felt Dr. King’s legacy defined more than a bold progressive movement, that it was a radical revolutionary movement that sought to change the underlying values of not just southern culture, of society as a whole, in a way not

seen since the Civil War and Reconstruction, yet was being sacrificed for a kind of populist domestication. That the major struggles of class, race, economic exploitation, poverty, unemployment, voting rights, and freedom championed by Dr. King had been largely watered down and forgotten. That the major social and institutional structures that create and sustain the major problems and struggles of individuals, of the poor and middle class regardless of race, had been sidelined and ignored. As we

know, after Dr. King was murdered by a white supremacist, much remains unfinished.

Apart from Columbus, Dr. King is the only celebrated civilian commemorated by a federal holiday and is the only American civilian so honored.

Mr. Hines believed our views should not default to an incomplete, inadequate, incorrect view of Dr. King’s radical stance and achievements, and we must not forget what remains unfinished. We must acknowledge that everything depends on “we the people,” where everyone participates.

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I hope readers will enjoy Mr. Hines’ exceptional poem.

“A Dead Man’s Dream”

by Carl Wendell Hines Jr. “Now that he is safely dead, Let us praise him.

Build monuments to his glory.

Sing Hosannas to his name.

Dead men make such convenient heroes.

For they cannot rise to challenge the images That we might fashion from their lives.

It is easier to build monu-

ments Than to build a better world.

So now that he is safely dead, We, with eased consciences will Teach our children that he was a great man, Knowing that the cause for which he Lived is still a cause And the dream for which he died is still a dream.

A dead man’s dream.”

Stephen Cipot Garden City Park Letter Continued on Page 46

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GOP picks Srivastava for D’Urso seat

BY R O S E W E L D ON Ragini Srivastava, a businesswoman from Manhasset Hills, has been selected as the Republican nominee for the16th State Assembly District being vacated by Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (D-Port Washington), according to the Nassau County Republican Party.

D’Urso, 80, whose district includes Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn Heights, North Hills, Flower Hill, Lake Success, Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Sands Point, had announced last month that he would retire after two terms.

Last year, Srivastava was named the party’s nominee for the Town of North Hempstead’s 2nd District and ran on a platform of “putting taxpayers first,” combatting reassessment and ensuring better opportunities for all small business owners. She lost the election with 37.10 percent of the vote to incumbent Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman’s 61.74.

Srivastava owns two foodservice businesses, according to her Facebook page, and is an appointee to the Nassau County Comptroller’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Council.

The candidate will compete against Democratic nominee Gina Sillitti, a resident of Manorhaven and a 20-year veteran of government work, for the seat.

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Ragini Srivastava of Manhasset Hills has been named the Republican nominee for the 16th Assembly District seat being vacated by Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (D-Port Washington).

COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

Happening at Grant benefits musicians the W.P. Library New Titles Added: Little Bookshop on the Seine—Rebecca Raisin Almost Just Friends—Jill Shalvis Into the Fire—Gregg Hurwitz Grace is Gone—Emily Elgar Vineyards of Champagne—Juliet Blackwell Orphan Sisters—Shirley Dickson Adult Programs: Knitting Circle: Thursdays, March 5 &amp; 19; April 2 &amp; 16; May 7 &amp; 21; June 4 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Empire Safety Defensive Driving Course: Tuesday, March from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall for drivers of any age. $28 p/person, payable to Empire Safety Council.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

AARP Smart Driver Tech: Thursday, March 12 from 2:003:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Get smart about new vehicle technology. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Reiki: Thursdays, March 5 &amp; 19—6 p.m. in the Library. $10 p/p, p/session. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Adult Ceramic Pickup Truck: Tuesday, March 24—6 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $20 material fee due at registration. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Book Discussion: April 1-7 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Copies of the Power will be available at the Circulation Desk.

Children’s Programs: Winter Reading Club 2020: Feb. 1-29 for children 3+. Be a Superhero Reader! Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Tiny Tykes: Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 25; April 1, from 8:00-10:30 a.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall for children 1 ½-5 years old. There is a $45 registration fee. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Story Time for Tots: Thursdays, March 12, 19, 26; April 2, 9, 16 at 10:30 a.m. in the Library for children ages 1-4 years old.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Please do not put donations or items from a previous book sale in the return bins. We appreciate your cooperation.

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Mr. Toomey is pictured leading them in a practice drill to break in the new equipment.

Christopher Toomey, band director at Mineola High School, was awarded a $500 Funding Your Ideas Teacher Grant through Jovia Financial Credit Union.

The grant was used to purchase advanced mouthpieces, ligatures, and reeds for members of the eighth-grade band.

This is Mr. Toomey’s fourth year receiving this grant to benefit the students of Mineola. Eighthgrade clarinet, saxophone, and tuba players received their new equipment on Feb. 13.

Submitted by the Mineola Union Free School District

School breakfast survey The Herricks School District will be conducting a survey of parents and guardians of students in Kindergarten through sixth grade who attend the Center Street, Denton Avenue, and Searingtown Elementary Schools and the Herricks Middle School to determine if there is any interest in a school breakfast program.

If insufficient interest is determined, an exemption to participate in the program will be requested by the Herricks Board of Education

to the New York State Education Department.

Parents and taxpayers are asked to share their concerns regarding the district’s survey and exemption by contacting Shakia Hall, district food service director at Herricks High School, 100 Shelter Rock Road, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 or by calling 516-305-8751.

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COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

Luncheon for Mineola teacher recognized heart association The AmericanHeart Association’s 19th Annual Go Red For Women Luncheonwill be held on Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The goal of the luncheon is to improve women’s awareness about heart disease &amp; stroke, provide Long Island women with resources, information, hope, and to teach them when it comes to beating heart disease and stroke, change can be the cure.

Combining an extensive networking portion, silent auction, elegant lunch and educational program featuring renowned health presenters and moving Long Island female survivor stories, the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Luncheon will be held to focus attention on the number one health threat facing women today – cardiovascular disease – and to

urge women to take charge of their cardiovascular health to live longer, stronger lives.

The event will feature two heart health workshops and panel discussions between 9:45 — 10:45 a.m. “Gender Matters,” will feature Dr. Pilar Stevens-Haynes and Dr. Sherry Megalla from Mount Sinai South Nassau, and “Heart Teams: An approach to novel female cardiac risk factors,” will feature Dr. Evelina Grayver, Dr. Caroline Pessel, Dr. Sonia Henry, Dr. Ruby Sharma, and nurse practitioner Reva Gajer from Northwell Health.

This year’s honorees include: Nicole Penn, president of the EGC group; Barbara Liguori, senior market sales executive with CapitalOne Bank; the nurses of Mount Sinai South Nassau; and heart survivor Santina Guarcello-Hunt.

Mineola Union Free School District’s library media specialist Diane Nodell was recognized as a 2020 ASSET Bright Light Award recipient.

Each year, ASSET celebrates the accomplishments of educators, administrators, and other district personnel who help make integrating Submitted by the American technology into the classroom Heart Association a smooth process and an ex-

cellent learning experience for students.

Ms. Nodell was nominated for the honor by Hampton Street School Principal Margarita Maravel for her implementation and integration of technology such as green screens, coding and virtual reality into their library and across their classrooms. In her eighth year with the district, Ms. Nodell

was also integral in the school’s designation as an Apple Distinguished School and Digital Citizenship certification.

She was formally recognized during the Bright Lights’ luncheon on Jan. 9.

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Adventures in wine tasting

Liz and Bill Collard Calling all party-goers. Are you weary and tired of these overcast rainy February days? Are you ready to party? Get that energy going and come to Adventures in Learning’s Wine Tasting Soirée, celebrating its 52nd Anniversary on Friday, March 6 at Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, 455 Main Street in Port Washington. Cocktails will commence at 7:30 p.m., followed by a fabulous dinner buffet with selected wines, raffles, and entertainment.

Carson Daly, host of “The Voice” and “Today” shows, and a Manhasset resident, praised Adventures. After visiting, he said, “I have seen firsthand the incredible work done there. The students are thriving. You can see it in their smiles when you walk in.

Just as important are the faculty, volunteers and students work-

ing closely together, resulting in impressive outcomes. It says a lot about the supportive environment created at Adventures under the exceptional leadership of Diana Holden, executive director.

We are very lucky to have such a magnificent organization here in Manhasset.”

The 2020 honorees are local residents, Bill and Liz Collard, and Father Damian Halligan.

Bill and Liz Collard have a long family association with Adventures. In 2004, their wedding was coordinated by Maggie Grundman, Adventures’ founder.

Bill was inspired by his first visit to Adventures in the mid-70s when his mother, Julia Collard, volunteered there. Today, their oldest child, Kate is an Adventures volunteer. They have raised their three children – Kate, Tom-

my, and Julianne – in Manhasset.

Bill is a former board president of Adventures and served on its board for six years. About 10 years ago, he started painting and refurbishing their classrooms, also assisting with annual holiday parties where he appears as Santa.

A dedicated community activist, Bill is a Plandome Fire Department volunteer. He was a former president of the Plandome Association and Plandome planning board member. He also plays Santa at the Village of Plandome’s annual holiday party. Bill is a principal at Collard &amp; Roe, PC an intellectual property law firm and is the former chair of the intellectual property law committee of the Nassau Bar Association.

Liz Collard, formerly with AT&amp;T, works in IT at IBM. She is a Girl Scout Troop Leader and Service Unit chair. She has been a Shelter Rock classroom representative for six years and is also a Shelter Rock parent ambassador. Collard is also a Junior League executive board member and teaches Sunday School at the Congregational Church where she is also a Christian Education board member.

Father Damian Halligan was an Adventures volunteer for many years where he also began a chess club for the kids. In June 1967,

he was ordained a Jesuit priest at Fordham University. He then served in Nigeria for a year during their civil war. Returning to the United States, he ministered at St. Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset for six years and then ministered in the Bronx for three years for province administration.

Afterward, Father Halligan was a pastor at St. Peter’s Parish in downtown Jersey City, followed by a return to St. Ignatius until it closed when he tended his seriously ill sister, Sr. Jane Halligan. Afterward, he ministered at St. Aidan’s and then St. Anthony’s Parish in Oceanside. Halligan retired to Fordham University for health reasons where he continues his retreat and parish ministry.

The ever-popular Sirius XM Radio DJ Liquid Todd will provide the music for this very hot ticket event, while the very generous and talented Westhampton floral interior designers Debbie and Steve Boehl of Honeysuckle & Roses will again design the event space.

Soirée tickets are $175 per person and $100 for young adults ages 21-30. Kash for Kids raffle tickets are $100 each with three prizes of $3,000, $1,500 and $500. A maximum of 250 tickets will be sold.

Underwriting opportunities are as follows: Wine &amp; Food:

$5,000, Printing: $2,500, Entertainment: $1,000 and Raffles: $500. Underwriters will be prominently recognized.

To purchase tickets, raffles, and underwriting or to make a donation, please visit http:// adventures-in-learning.org. The Digital Journal will be on display during the event. Ad prices are $500 for a full-page, $250 for a half-page and $100 for a quarter page. Donors will have access to a digital copy of the journal.

For those interested in reservations/tickets to the event, go to the website at http://adventuresin-learning.org/event-ticketform, or contact Diana Holden, executive director, at diana@ adventures-in-learning.org or call 516-365-7131.

Adventures’ Executive Director Diana Holden notes that “the support of Adventures made by this year’s honorees has been extraordinary. Their love of and for the Adventures family has been a gift to the children. On behalf of the Board and everyone at Adventures, we thank our honorees for their kindness, devotion, and generosity. Our honorees, donors, staff, and volunteers have been an example of neighborly altruism, friendship, and dedication. We so appreciate all of you.”

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING

PETER AND JEREMY

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Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde to perform at My Father’s Place in Roslyn.

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nce upon a time, in the long-ago age of the British Invasion, there were two British duos, one called Peter and Gordon and the other called Chad and Jeremy.

And the years rolled by, and Gordon Waller passed away and Chad Stuart retired from public

singing.

This left Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde without singing partners. And they were sad because they loved to sing.

So they began to sing with each other. Fifty-six years after Peter and Gordon sang “World Without Love” and Chad and Jeremy scored with “Summer Song,” it’s time for Peter and Jeremy.

Peter and Jeremy will

be playing on March 8 at My Father’s Place in Roslyn, singing familiar songs like “A World Without Love,” “Summer Song,” “Yesterday’s Gone,” “Lady Godiva” and Buddy Holly’s “True Love Ways.”

Says Asher with a laugh, “We even sound vaguely like we used to.”

Back in the 1960s, Peter and Gordon and Chad and Jeremy “were mistaken for each other all

the time anyway,” Asher adds. “So in a sense this was probably inevitable.”

While there were more than a few rivalries among the British Invasion groups, Asher says Chad and Jeremy and Peter and Gordon coexisted in harmony.

“We were friends forever,” he says. “We bonded because we were quite different from the other British Invasion bands,

even beyond there only being two of us.

“We weren’t from Liverpool. We didn’t play the same rock ‘n roll style.

Both of us had one tall handsome guy and one shorter nerdy-looking guy.

And something people don’t always remember, in both cases, the lead singer was the second name.”

The two groups even shared a stage for one show.

“I think just one,” says Asher. “Probably to show people we both actually existed.”

Both groups also stopped playing together in the late ‘60s. “Gordon and I didn’t actually break up,” says Asher. “We just wanted to do other things, so we went on hiatus. And then 30 years passed.”

Asher managed to keep busy. He became head of A&amp;R for the Beatles’ Apple label, where he recorded James Taylor. While Taylor’s Apple album tanked, Asher was so convinced Taylor would become a star that he quit Apple and moved to America to become Taylor’s manager.

Good gamble. Asher then went on to produce almost all of Linda Ronstadt’s albums, for which he won two Grammys, as well as Neil Diamond, Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, Morrissey, Cher, 10,000 Maniacs and numerous others.

While he sometimes pitched in with background singing, he admits that “there were times when I never thought I’d play the [Peter and Gordon] songs again.”

Then he and Waller were asked to do a benefit, and after some hesitation, they agreed.

“We were asking ourselves, is it really cool to play these ancient songs?”

Asher says. “Does anyone want to hear them? So we did it and we found the answer is they absolutely do. These songs are part of their memory of another time – good or bad. We had people crying in the audience.”

They kept the reunion going until Waller died in 2008, at which point Asher again contemplated leaving the songs behind.

“But then Chad retired in 2018 and Jeremy had a similar decision to make,” says Asher. “We looked at each other and said, ‘What the hell?’ “ It helps, Asher says, that he and Clyde – who had a long acting career that took him to shows like Downton Abbey – already knew each other’s songs.

It also helps that their songs were durable.

“World Without Love,” for instance, was written by Paul McCartney, who at the time was dating Asher’s sister Jane.

“I love ‘World Without Love’,” says Asher, which is a good thing when no audience will let him leave the stage without singing it.

“Everyone who’s ever had a hit knows that feeling,” he says. “It’s like James Taylor and ‘You’ve Got a Friend.’ You record it without realizing you’ll have to sing it every day for the rest of your life.

“When we do ‘World Without Love,’ there’s a sense of yeah, I’ve done this before. But it’s never exactly the same. Over the years I’ve done it acoustic, electric, solo, with a band.

Every live performance is a little different.”

In fact, he suggests, songs themselves are constantly changing – even songs he recorded or produced decades ago.

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THE TOP SEVEN EVENTS Reel Big Fish Friday, March 6, 8 p.m.

Ska-punk band Reel Big Fish will be taking their tour to Long Island. The group may be best-known for the song “Sell Out,” from their second studio album, “Turn the Radio Off,” released in 1996. That album ended up reaching gold status. However, the group began making names for themselves with the release of their first studio album, “Everything Sucks.” in 1995. That record became very popular among ska-punk fans and college students. Ticket prices range from $20 to $80.

Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington, NY 11743 Info: 631-673-7300 or paramountny.com

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St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl Saturday, March 7, 1 p.m.

Long Island Social Events will be holding its fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl. Among the Patchogue bars listed as participating in the event are Fultons Gate, Meatball Place, Village Idiot Pub, Tap Room, The Clifton and Gallo. Select beers for the event are $3, while select shots and specialty drinks are $4 each. Standard tickets for the event are $25 while early bird tickets and purchases of 10 or more tickets at a time are $20 each.

Where: Patchogue, NY 11772 Info: eventbrite.com

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Hofstra University’s 22nd Annual Irish Festival Sunday, March 8, 11 a.m.

Hofstra University will be holding its annual festival celebrating Irish culture. Irish-themed music and dance performances will be performed at the event.

There will also be Irish food and vendor stations.

Admission for the event is $6 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and free for kids 12 and under. All net proceeds from the event will benefit the Hofstra University Scholarship Fund.

Where: Mack Physical Education Center North Campus, Hofstra University, 230, Hempstead, NY 11549 Info: 516-463-6582 or hofstra.edu

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Dark Shadows: Out of the Crypt and onto the Screen Monday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.

Filmmaker and film historian Glenn Andreiev will be giving a one-night class about the popular 1960s television series “Dark Shadows.” In addition to learning about the show, attendees will also get to know more about series creator Dan Curtis and the lead actors.

There will also be a trivia contest with authentic “Dark Shadows” prizes. Tickets for the event are $17 per person.

Where: Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave., Huntington, NY 11743 Info: 631-423-7610 or allevents.in

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FOR THE COMING WEEK Esports Game Night Tuesday, March 10, 7 p.m.

Great South Bay Brewery will be holding gaming tournaments in Super Smash Bros. and FIFA 20.

Additionally, there will be casual free play available for Tekken 7 and Street Fighter. Registration for the tournaments are $10 each. Participants must be 21 or older to play. Tournament winners will receive a sponsored prize from the Great South Bay Brewery. Half of all tournament registration fees will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

Where: Great South Bay Brewery 25 Drexel Dr., Bay Shore, NY 11706 Info: 631-392-8472 or eventbrite.com

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Where: The Jazz Loft 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook, NY 11790 Info: 631-751-1895, info@thejazzloft.org, thejazzloft.org or patch.com

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The hit Broadway musical “Cabaret” will be coming to the Argyle Theatre. The story centers around a seedy nightclub and the relationship between an American writer and an English cabaret performer in 1931 Berlin, Germany. A subplot in the story is about the budding romance between a boarding house proprietor and a Jewish fruit salesman. The original 1967 production won eight Tony Awards. Tickets for the event range from $49 to $74.

Where: The Argyle Theatre at Babylon Village 34 W. Main St., Babylon, NY 11702 Info: 844-631-5483 or argyletheatre.com

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THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK Southampton Video Game Tournament Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m.

This upcoming tournament will be held by the Southampton Youth Bureau and Hampton Bays Library Teen Center. Among the games included in the tournament are Rocket League, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, Mortal Kombat XI, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 and Mario Kart 8.Pre-registration for the tournament is due the day prior to the event. Those who do pre-register will automatically be entered into a raffle giveaway. The tournament, intended for kids between fifth and 12th grade, will have brackets divided between middle school and high school students. Each bracket winners will receive a gift card as the grand prize. A permission slip signed by a parent or guardian is required for those who wish to play Mrated games. Pre-registration is $5, while registering at the door on the day of the event is $10.

Where: Hampton Bays Community Center, 25 Ponquogue Ave., Hampton Bays, NY 11946 1 Info: 631-702-2425 or southamptontownny.org

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Saturday, March 7, 2 p.m.

The Bayway Arts Center will be holding a play based on the popular Disney animated movie. The play will feature a high-spirited score and bring to life the lovable dogs and the evil Cruella De Vil. Advance tickets are on sale for $11 and are available until two hours prior to showtime. Once that window closes, normal tickets may be purchased for $13.

Where: Bayway Arts Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip, NY 11730 Info: 631-581-2700 or broadhollow.org

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Sunday, March 8, 10:30 a.m.

The Jewish Center of East Hampton will be holding a party in celebration of Purim at the Clubhouse bowling alley. Kids are encouraged to come dressed up in a costume, as there will be prizes awarded to the best costumed kids. Brunch will be served at the party and kids will have the opportunity to go bowling. The event is free for students from Gates of Jewish Learning and members of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons.

Others would need to pay $10 for admission. Parents or guardians are required to attend.

Where: The Clubhouse, 174 Daniels Hole Rd., East Hampton, NY 11937 4 Info: 631-537-2695 or jcoh.org

Jurassic World Live Tour Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m.

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The children working on their sections can use paint, markers and/or collages for their art. Kids will get to take home the sections they worked on at the end of the event. This event is targeted for kids between the ages of four and 13. Registration is $20 for the public.

Where: Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Ln., Southampton, NY 11968 Info: 631-283-0967 or southamptonartscenter.org

Nassau Coliseum takes the audience on a trip to Isla Nubar for an adventure. After the Indominus Rex escapes and begins creating havoc around the park, the attendees must work with a team of scientists to stop a corrupt plan and save a new dinosaur, nicknamed “Jeanie.” All along the way, see some of the amazing dinosaurs on the “island.” Ticket prices range from $15 to $250.

Where: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale, NY 11553 | Info: 516-231-4848 or nycblive.com

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Temple Beth-El hosts ADL’s Evan Bernstein The regional director of the AntiDefamation League (ADL) will speak at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck on Sunday, March 8. He will discuss “Fighting Hate for Good: The state of Anti-Semitism today” and how you can join the good fight.

Evan Bernstein, the New York/New Jersey regional director with the AntiDefamation League, will lead the discussion on contemporary trends of anti-Semitism in New York, the U.S. and around the globe. A Q&A will follow the talk.

All are welcome at the bagel breakfast at 9 a.m. and the discussion at 10 a.m. The suggested donation is $5. Register at www.tbegreatneck.org or with the main office at 516-487-0900. Temple Beth-El is located at 5 Old Mill Road.

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Evan Bernstein, ADL regional director, will discuss anti-Semitism at Temple Beth-El.

Temple Emanuel hosts Steven Waldman Steven Waldman will offer a talk at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck on Friday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The title of the talk is: “Sacred Liberty: America’s Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom” — the title of his recently published book.

Steven Waldman is president and co-founder of Report for America, a national service program that places emerging journalists into local newsrooms.

Previously he was senior advisor to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, serving out of the office of strategic planning.

Waldman is co-founder, CEO, and served as editor-in-chief of Beliefnet, the largest faith and spirituality website. He was the national editor of U.S. News &amp; World Report and a national correspondent for Newsweek.

His writings have also appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, The Washington Monthly, National Review, and elsewhere. He appears frequently on television and radio to discuss religion and politics. He is the author of “Founding Faith,” “The Bill,” a book about the creation of AmeriCorps, and most recently, “Sacred Liberty: America’s Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom.”

Jon Meacham writes, “We are lucky that Waldman has written this compelling study of the most essential breakthrough of modernity: the right to believe, or not, as one wishes. A great book about a monumental issue.”

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Steven Waldman will speak at Emanuel March 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Steven Waldman’s talk is preceded by a brief service. A Q&amp;A, book signing and refreshments will follow the talk. All members of the community are invited to attend.

Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane. For further information, please call 516-482-5701.

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works by the acclaimed Nassau County artist Tmima whose art has been shown in hundreds of exhibitions around the world.

Her work offers a window into the Holocaust’s long-lasting impact on Survivors and other family members.

Tmima was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and moved to Israel. At sixteen she was accepted on a full scholarship to Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem, Israel. After graduating, Tmima received the AmericanIsraeli Cultural Foundation Scholarship.

Tmima continued studying in Italy and Paris, initially focusing on drawings and paintings, but after moving to New York City, she started working on sculptures.

Later she moved to Long Island, where she currently has her studio.

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County will present an opening reception for the new exhibition “The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Survivor’s Daughter: Sculptures by Tmima,” at 1:00 p.m. at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove. $10 suggested donation to attend.

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t starts as something fairly innocuous, a small tingle or tickle in the back of the throat that occurs once in a while. After a few days, you may find yourself coughing and hacking when that tickle hits you at an inopportune moment. Soon that tickle is keeping you up at night with coughing attacks.

when extra mucus in the nose travels down into your throat. Normally, people do not notice the mucus that they swallow because it mixes with saliva. But when the body makes more mucus than usual, or if it’s thicker than normal, it can be noticeable and irritating. Decongestants, antihistamines or expectorants may help.

The common cold and allergies may be to blame for throat tickle. Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, also may be linked to chronic cough. The online medical resource Healthline. com defines a throat tickle as an irritation of the mucous membranes of the throat, which includes the trachea and esophagus. Some describe it as a feeling of an itch you can’t scratch or a tingling sensation. Coughing does not always remove whatever is causing the tickle, which can be uncomfortable and persistent. Medical News Today says that coughs are the most common symptom reported to primary care doctors.

· Identify allergies: If an allergy is causing the tickle, antihistamines may help. Avoiding substances that trigger allergies also is advised.

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How to incorporate D more heart-healthy foods into your diet

iet and heart health go hand in hand.

The American Heart Association notes that a healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons to fight cardiovascular diseases, which the World Health Organization says kill more people across the globe each year than any other disease.

Men and women do not need degrees in nutrition science to create heart-healthy diets for themselves and their families. In fact, the familiar calls to “eat your fruits and vegetables” many adults recall from childhood lessons or nights around the family dinner table still bear weight today. A diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables is a hallmark of a healthy lifestyle. And supplementing such a diet with other heart-healthy foods is a great way to reduce one’s risk for cardiovascular disease.

Fruits and vegetables The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notes that fruits and vegetables are healthy whether they’re fresh, frozen, canned, and/or dried.

The AHA advises eating fruits and vegetables with every

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meal and snack, and that may require a little creativity as you sneak them into favorite dishes. For example, the AHA suggests replacing half the ground meat in recipes for burgers, meatloaf or meatballs with cooked chopped mushrooms. The mushrooms can be finely chopped with a knife or food processor, and then sautéed in some olive oil until they’re soft. They can then be mixed in with the lean meat, and the meal can be cooked as it normally would. At the breakfast table, add fruit to a bowl of cereal to make for a more flavorful morning meal.

Dairy products When purchasing dairy products, the DHHS recommends sticking to fat-free or low-fat options. Replace whole milk with fat-free or 1 percent milk and buy only fatfree or low-fat cheese. When snacking, reach for fat-free or low-fat plain yogurt or cottage cheese. You can even add fruit or vegetables to such snacks to make snack time even more heart-healthy.

Proteins Healthy proteins are another way people can promote heart

health with their daily diets.

When choosing proteins at the grocery store, the AHA recommends choosing chicken and fish over red meats.

That’s because red meats, which include beef and lamb, have more saturated fat than chicken and fish. Saturated fats increase blood cholesterol levels and can worsen heart disease, while the unsaturated fats in fish like salmon can actually reduce the risk for cardiovascular issues like heart failure and ischemic stroke. When preparing poultry, remove the skin, as most of the saturated fat in poultry is found just beneath the skin.

Grains When buying grains, the DHHS recommends reading the ingredients list on the package before purchasing. Make sure whole wheat or another whole grain is the first item listed in the ingredients list, and choose only those products that say 100 percent whole grain.

Instead of preparing white rice as a side dish, serve brown or wild rice, quinoa or oats.

A heart-healthy diet is easy to design and just as flavorful as less healthy alternatives.

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Hydrate and refresh dry skin D ehydrated skin is among the many causes of facial wrinkling, which also can be caused by smoking, environmental factors and UV exposure. Aging skin doesn’t produce as much collagen and elastin, which allows skin to spring back into place, as it once did. Conditions like dry, dehydrated skin may make wrinkles appear worse.

Treating dehydration and dryness may reduce wrinkles and refresh dry skin, giving it a more youthful appearance.

Those who want to treat dry, dehydrated skin must understand the difference between hydration and moisturizing as it applies to skincare. According to Annemarie Gianni, a skincare aesthetician and creator of Annemarie Skin Care, hydrating skin means increasing its water content by increasing the amount of water contained in skin cells. This can result in a healthy, plump complexion. Skin that is properly hydrated will keep fine lines and wrinkles from being overly apparent.

Moisturizing skin involves applying a lubricant that mimics naturally produced lipids and oils in the skin that will protect and soothe.

Hydration and moisturizing often work hand-in-hand.

In addition to drinking plenty of water to hydrate the skin from the inside out, individuals can use products that contain hyaluronic acid, glycerin and sodium hyaluronate. These are known as humectants.

In addition, the National Center of Biotechnology Information says that aloe can improve water content in the skin. Once water is bound to the skin, a moisturizer will prevent the water from leaving it. Look

for moisturizers with natural oils and butters to help retain moisture, like cocoa butter.

The following are some additional methods to maximize hydration and moisturize skin.

· Take warm showers, as hot water can strip the natural lipids from skin and cause dryness. · Avoid too many alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic drinks are diuretics that can cause the body to lose water, advises WebMD. · Use a humidifier indoors to amp up the moisture level in the air. · Enjoy water-rich foods, like watermelon, cucumber, grapes, and other succulent fruits and vegetables. · Drink the recommended amount of water per day, and limit your consumption of caffeinated and sugary beverages. · Work out to improve blood flow and oxygenation in the skin. · Try a facial essence. Facial essences are a principle of Japanese beauty regimens and contain fermented ingredients that support skin penetration and hydration.

Anyone concerned about dehydrated or dry skin can get further advice about treating the problem by speaking with a qualified dermatologist or aesthetician.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notes that positive mental health and mental wellness can have a profoundly positive impact on a person’s life. Positive mental health can help people realize their full potential, cope with the stresses of life and make meaningful contributions to their communities.

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Understanding chronic kidney disease

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hronic kidney disease is a serious condition characterized by a gradual loss of kidney function over time.

People outside the medical profession may not understand the vital role their kidneys play, but loss of kidney function can have a dramatic effect on quality of life. That only underscores the importance of recognizing how certain conditions, including some that are preventable, can lead to chronic kidney disease.

What do the kidneys do?

The National Kidney Foundation® notes that the major role of the kidneys is to remove waste products and excess fluid from the body through the production of urine. In addition, the kidneys regulate the amount of salt, potassium and acid in the body. Kidneys also affect other organs by producing hormones that affect how well those organs run.

can increase a person’s risk of developing other conditions, including heart and blood vessel disease.

What causes CKD?

The NKF notes that diabetes and high blood pressure are the two main causes of CKD. Certain lifestyle choices, such as eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly, can reduce risk for CKD by reducing the likelihood that a person will develop both diabetes and high blood pressure.

Other conditions also can affect the kidneys, contributed to damage that can result in CKD.

· Glomerulonephritis: The Mayo Clinic notes that glomerulonephritis is inflammation of the tiny filters in the kidneys that remove excess fluid, electrolytes and waste from the bloodstream and pass it into urine.

Glomerulonephritis is a group of diseases that can occur on their own or as part of other diseases, including lupus or diabetes.

American Kidney Fund notes that people can’t change their genes, but can make healthy lifestyle choices that can help work against genes that increase risk for kidney disease.

· Inherited diseases: Some kidney diseases, such as polycystic kidney disease, may be inherited. Polycystic kidney disease is characterized by the presence of large cysts in the kidneys that damage surrounding tissue. The

The kidneys play a vital role in the human body. Understanding the threat posed by chronic kidney disease may encourage people to take steps to ensure their kidneys operate at peak capacity throughout their lives.

· Congenital issues: Malformations can develop while a baby is still in its mother’s womb, and these malformations can cause infections that can damage the kidneys.

When functioning at peak capacity, the kidneys are remarkably efficient and productive. For example, the NKF notes that the kidneys filter and return roughly 200 quarts of fluid to the bloodstream every 24 hours. Two of those quarts are removed through urine, but the remaining 198 are recovered.

What is chronic kidney disease?

Chronic kidney disease, or CKD, is an umbrella term that includes conditions that damage the kidneys, thereby reducing their ability to perform the many life-sustaining tasks the body needs them to perform. CKD

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Prevent common injuries while gaming G

aming is a popular activity across the globe. WePC, a custom computer-building company, says there are more than 2.5 billion video gamers around the world. Sixty percent of United States-based gamers play video games daily, according to the Entertainment Software Association, a trade association of the video game industry.

According to the 2019 report “The State of Online Gaming” from Limelight Networks, gamers are spending more time than ever before engaged in play. Gamers spend an average of seven hours and seven minutes each week playing games, which represents a 20 percent spike from last year.

Gamers between the ages of 26 and 35 are playing for more than eight hours a week. All that gaming can leave gamers vulnerable to injury.

Many individuals are now experiencing overuse injuries from extended gaming sessions.

Dominic King, D.O, a sports medicine physician at the Cleveland Clinic, says gaming athletes can be injured in similar

manners to traditional athletes.

Doctors have seen overuse injuries of the hand associated with eSports. Carpal tunnel syndrome, overuse in the elbow and shoulder, tendinitis, and even something called “gamer’s thumb” can occur. Gamer’s thumb is a nickname given to a condition called de Quervain’s tenosynovitis, which occurs when the tendons that move the thumb become inflamed, leading to limited movement. Gaming and even smartphone use can result in this condition.

Staying informed about the potential for injury can keep gamers in better health. Gamers also can take steps to prevent common conditions.

· Eye strain: Staring at a screen for hours while immersed in play can cause eye strain. Symptoms can include pain, redness, dryness, and blurry vision. Taking breaks and focusing on items at various distances can help rest the eyes. · Gamer’s thumb: Stretching the hand and thumb before playing

and during breaks can rest the tendons in the hand and reduce the risk of inflammation.

· Carpal tunnel syndrome: This occurs when there’s a pinched nerve in the wrist that causes hand or wrist pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness. Stretches that engage the palms, fists and thumbs can help. A chiropractor or physical therapist can help people learn stretches and find relief. · Hearing damage: Wearing headphones and listening to loud game play can damage hearing.

Keeping the volume low and avoiding earbuds that keep the noise close to the eardrum can help reduce risk. · Back and neck strain: Improper posture while playing may lead to pain in the neck and back. Rest, breaks and stretching can help reduce and alleviate pain. Look for ergonomic gaming chairs, which may help prevent injury.

Gaming is popular, but eSports players need to be smart about their health when engaging in play.

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Coping with age-related hair loss

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ttitude goes a long way in regard to self-esteem. With a positive spin, it’s possible to get through difficult situations and even have a favorable outlook on getting older. But even the most optimistic among us may at times worry about the physical signs of aging and wonder what can be done to make them feel and look their best.

Wrinkles and a little extra weight around the middle certainly garner attention, but hair loss is another age-related concern. As people age, their hair changes in several ways. Graying through loss of melanin pigment is the most apparent. MedlinePlus, the health information resource from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, says that strands of hair also can become less dense and smaller through the years. Many follicles also may stop producing new hairs.

Regardless of age, it is customary for a person to lose about 100 hairs a day. If those hairs are not replaced as readily as they once were, patches of thinning and balding hair may appear.

The rate at which hair falls out is largely determined by genetics, according to Headcovers Unlimited, a company that produces wigs, scarves and other headwraps. But nearly everyone will experience some sort of age-related hair loss. Hormonal changes during menopause can cause noticeable thinning and scalp

exposure that may be mistaken for actual hair loss.

There are many ways to mitigate hair loss.

Here are some handy tips. · Try a new cut. Work with your stylist to determine a haircut that can suggest the appearance of thickness and camouflage the loss of density or bare spots. Graduated layers kept close to the face can help, as can pixie cuts. Men can choose to go entirely bald and bold. · Treat hair gently. Avoid harsh chemical processes and constant heat styling. Protect fragile hair from damage by pampering it. · Look for thickening formulas. Many shampoos, serums and conditioners tout volumizing or thickening properties. These can help plump up hair and make thinning less apparent. · Talk to your doctor. Hair loss may be a result of medication, a skin condition or aging. Doctors may suggest products, such as Minoxidil and Lipogaine formulas, that can be used on the scalp to reduce hair loss and help follicles produce new hair strands.

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Preplanning a funeral is undoubtedly one of the biggest and most important decisions you will make in your lifetime. Whether it is for you or a loved one, the first step is obtaining all the necessary information to make an informed decision. More and more people are choosing to preplan/prepay their funeral and burial expenses. In doing so, they recognize that it is smart financial planning and provides great emotional relief for themselves and their loved ones. Prepaying your funeral will allow you to make your own funeral plans, but, more importantly, preplanning will spare surviving relatives and loved ones from the emotional burden of having to make decisions at a time of great stress and grief. The most common questions people ask when they are considering preplanning their funeral arrangements are:

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• Allows individuals the opportunity to make personal and specific selections for the funeral service that most closely meets their needs.

• Spares loved ones from having to second-guess the wishes of the deceased at the time of need.

• Allows for time to research funeral homes, burial options, and financial considerations; • Provides an option to set aside funds for final expenses, relieving family members of an unexpected financial burden. #2. Why Pre Pay for my arrangements?

• Placing the cost of the funeral (at today's prices) in an investment vehicle, so that the interest earned will keep pace with inflation to cover the cost of the funeral (at future prices) when the death occurs.

• Prevents life insurance policies from being depleted at the time of a loved one's death.

• Allows individuals to consider options while they are better prepared to make sound, fiscally responsible decisions.

• Spares loved ones the unexpected cost of a funeral during a stressful time.

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Diabetes Education: Day-to-day knowledge of nutrition, exercise, monitoring, and medication helps you to lead a normal life even with diabetes.

Electrocardiogram: An electrocardiogram is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of our heart. With its help doctors can analyze whether the walls of the heart chambers are too thick and the health of the heart when other diseases or conditions are present.

Insulin Pump Training: Insulin pumps are the devices that helps to manage our blood sugar.

Minor Trauma Care: Minor trauma care is a set of initial medical procedures that must be done, which helps one to come out of trauma or to rule out the possible occurrence of major trauma.

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Some surprising effects of insufficient sleep

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any people wish they could get more sleep. Whether they’re professionals facing the challenges of demanding careers or parents juggling the responsibilities of work and family, many men and women find it difficult to get a full night’s sleep.

A restless night here or there likely is not much to worry about. However, a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than onethird of adults in the United States were not getting enough sleep on a regular basis.

Routinely failing to get a good night’s rest can have a profound effect on a person’s overall well-being, including some surprising side effects.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, insufficient sleep will not make a person sick any more than getting enough sleep will prevent illness. However, the NSF notes that failing to get enough sleep can adversely affect a person’s immune system. That makes people more susceptible to cold or flu. That vulnerability is linked cytokines, a type of protein made by the body that targets infection and inflammation. Cytokines are produced and released during sleep, so without enough sleep, a person won’t produce or release enough cytokines. That can throw off the immune system response, rendering it

less effective when confronting colds and the flu.

The NSF also notes that vaccines might not be as effective if people are not getting enough sleep. That’s because chronic sleep loss, which refers to prolonged periods of inadequate sleep as opposed to random nights in which shut-eye proved elusive, reduces the body’s ability to respond to viruses like the flu. Even people who have been vaccinated against the flu need their immune systems to be operating at full strength to fight the flu.

Without adequate sleep, the immune system cannot perform at peak capacity.

A heightened risk for diabetes is another surprising side effect of prolonged periods of insufficient sleep. The online medical resource Healthline.com notes that lack of sleep affects the body’s release of insulin, a hormone responsible for lowering blood sugar levels. People who do not get enough sleep have high blood sugar levels, which increases their risk for type 2 diabetes.

Busy adults often sacrifice sleep to meet the demands of everyday life. But such sacrifices can produce some surprising side effects that may make men and women reconsider their daily sleep routines.

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L.I. Nets host ‘North Hempstead Night’ North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and members of the town board announced that “North Hempstead Night” will be celebrated atthe Long Island Nets game on Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. at NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Since the Nets were established in 2016, they have been committed partners of the Town of North Hempstead. Last year, the team purchased a new scoreboard and shot-clocks for the Yes We Can Community Center’s basketball court.

The Nets have also been generous throughout the year by providing giveaways at town events and provided a permanent live Christmas tree outside the community center for holiday celebrations. Previously, the town partnered with the Nets for a back-to-school “Stuff-A-Bus” campaign in collaboration with United Way of Long Island to collect back to school supplies for low-income families throughout Nassau County. Additionally, the Nets have donated items for North Hempstead’s annual Veterans Donation Drive, which collects items for veterans at the Northport VA Hospital.

During the game, the Nets will recognize Sharon Earley Davis, a Fort Totten native, as the “Veteran of the Game.” A veteran of the Gulf Wars, Sgt. First Class Davis served in the United States Reserves for upwards of 20 years as a supply specialist. She retired from service in 2004 but remains active in the military as a member of the Elmont American Legion where she currently holds the position of financial officer.

Residents of North Hempstead will receive two free ticket vouchers in the mail from the Long Island Nets that can be redeemed online or at the NYCB LIVE box office.

For more information, please call 311.

Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD

Pictured from left: Town Clerk Wayne Wink; Alton Byrd, public relations vice president for the L.I. Nets; Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth; Town Council Member Viviana Russell; Town Council Member Peter Zuckerman; and Matt Riccardi, Nets general manager of the Long Island Nets with the team’s trophy for the 2018-2019 season.

Suozzi announces 2020 art competition Today, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D – Long Island, Queens) announced the 2020 Congressional Art Competition, a nation-wide high school art competition open to all high school students living in the third congressional district. The winning artwork will be put on display in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

The top three runners-up will have their submissions displayed in Rep. Suozzi’s offices in Washington D.C., Hungtington, and Queens.

The theme for this year’s competition is: “People and Places: What Makes New York’s Third Congressional District

Special?” This is a wonderful opportunity for young artists to highlight the natural landscapes, seascapes, history, and beauty of the district.

Last year’s winner was Aqsa Ansari of Hicksville High School, whose portrait of her father, “Past, Present, Future,” was displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol, along with winners from congressional districts across the country.

The runners-up were Ariel Yeh, from Hicksville High School, Reyha Mete from Walt Whitman High School, and Isabelle Lin from Manhasset High School.

All entries must be submitted to Congressman Suozzi’s Huntington office no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1st. Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges and announced at a reception with Rep. Suozzi on Monday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Ave. in Manhasset.

For specific rules, guidelines, and the 2020 Student Release Form for the competition can be found online at https://suozzi.house.gov/services/artcompetition.

Rep. Suozzi is a strong supporter of the arts and serves as the chairman of

the Morgan Park Summer Music Festival, and included artwork as part of the historic renovations of the Glen Cove City Hall and the Nassau County Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative buildings. In addition, he commissioned a painting by American artist, Mort Künstler, known for his illustrative paintings of historical events, depicting George Washington’s 1776 Crossing of the Delaware River. The painting is on display at Mount Vernon.

Submitted by the Office of U.S. Congressman Thomas Suozzi

Asher to perform at My Father’s Place Continued from Page 21 “When you listen again to the old records, you always notice little things you’d change or improve,” he says.

“Nothing ever feels entirely finished. You could go on tweaking endlessly. At some point, you just have to close the door.”

That could be slightly less of an issue if he had today’s production technology back in the day.

“I definitely would have used it,” he says. “In the old days, you had to settle for your best take, even if the drum and bass were slightly out of synch. Today,

you can fix that.”

But when it comes to the music itself, he likes the fact there are endless nuances – and that also applies to duet singing.

“Some duets are back and forth, like ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’,” he says. “Others, like ours, are harmony, combining two voices into one thing.

“For singing harmony, everyone looks to the Everly Brothers. They’re the archetype and nobody ever did it better.“ As this suggests, Asher says that for all the famous artists he has produced, he also remains a fan.

“The first time I worked with Diana Ross, I was in awe,” he says. “When she stepped up to the microphone, it sounded exactly like those Supremes records that I played 20 million times in my youth.”

He likes new artists, too.

“I love Brandy Carlile,” he says. “I’m a big fan of Billie Eilish. I would enjoy producing her. But she doesn’t need me, because she’s doing fantastic work already. The records she and her brother make are totally brilliant.”

So Asher keeps busy tuning up for another round of “World Without Love”

and “Yesterday’s Gone.”

“As you would expect, most of the people in our audiences are our age,” he says. “But there are a surprising number of younger people. They seem to like this music they probably first heard while looking through their father’s or, God help us, their grandfather’s record collection.”

(Peter and Jeremy, a/k/a Asher and Clyde, at My Father’s Place, 1221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, March 8 at 3 p.m.

Tickets $40. Call 516-413-3535 or go to www.myfathersplace.com.)

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

League seeks to promote civility The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government, will be hosting its first in-house training workshop on Wednesday, March 11 at the Community Chest of Port Washington, 382 Main St. in Port Washington, from 7 — 10 p.m.

The workshop will be coordinated by the group, Better Angels — a citizens’ movement that brings together liberals and conservatives at a grassroots level —

which has arranged to send two moderators to run a “Depolarizing From Within” workshop next month.

The strategic goal for the League, this year, is “Promoting Civil Discourse.” In the works are talking circles, skills building and a large event in the Spring. This is possible thanks to the League’s active and diverse steering committee, whose efforts have been driving the process.

Submitted by the Port WashingtonManhasset League of Women Voters

Gold Coast to host L.I. premiere of ‘The Truth’ Gold Coast Arts Cinema Series presents the Long Island premiere of “The Truth” on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. at the Great Neck Cinemas at the Squire, 115 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck.

“The Truth” features legends of French cinema Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, who play a motherdaughter duo in this charming and wise tale of a family dynamic, which co-stars Ethan Hawke.

The film offers a relatable look at human relationships, featuring performances from its all-star cast. “The Truth,” tells the story of a stormy reunion between script-writer Lumir — who is played by Binoche — with her famous mother and actress, Fabienne — played by Deneuve — against the backdrop of Fabienne’s au-

tobiographic book and her latest role in a Sci-Fi picture as a mother who never grows old.

Directed by masterful filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda, “The Truth” was well received at Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.

According to Owen Gleiberman of Variety Magazine, “Catherine Deneuve gives a magnificent performance: grand, subtle, lacerating and fearless.”

Tickets for “The Truth” are $15 Adults/Seniors and $10 for members when purchased in advance. All tickets at the door are $20. Tickets can be ordered online at www.goldcoastarts.org or by phone at 516-829-2570. ter

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Catherine Deneuve &amp; Juliette Binoche in a scene from “The Truth” premiering in Great Neck on Wednesday, March 18.

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Cat videos hit the big Talk, movie screening to screen at Cinema Arts promote 5G awareness “CatVideoFest,” a compilation film of the year’s cutest viral cat videos, returns to the Cinema Arts Centre in Hungtington for a one-day-only screening on Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Before the film, at 6:30 p.m., the Golden Paw Society will have a play area set-up with some cute kittens and a raffle that will benefit local cats in need.

“CatVideoFest,” is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and, of course, classic internet powerhouses. “CatVideoFest” is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations,

and shelters to best serve cats in the area.

Port Washington residents are invit- Grassroots Environmental Education will “CatVideoFest” is committed to raising ed to attend a free event on 5G Aware- speak, followed by a screening of the awareness and money for cats in need ness on Thurs. March 12, 7 p.m. at the documentary “Generation Zapped.” around the world.

Port Washington Library. Patti Wood of Submitted by Lorraine Miller Ticket sales will go to benefit local animal shelter Golden Paw Society, Inc., an exclusively charitable all-volunteer Blank Slate Media welcomes your submissions. run organization dedicated to the rescue of cats who have been in a municipal Please e-mail them to news@theislandnow.com shelter for an extended period of time and/or who exhibit a dire need of removal from the shelter setting.

Program Event Fees: $12 for Cinema Arts Centre Members and $17 for the general public.

For more information on the Cinema Arts Centre visit www.cinemaartscentre. org.

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OUR TOWN

Is CBD a hoax or a healer for athletes?

Readers may wonder where writers get their ideas. I assure you the ideas do not come from a ticker tape which spews out one good idea after another.

Nor do they come from a magic lamp that the writer rubs as he or she whispers a magical incantation. As for unimaginative types like myself, I will often be prompted to write a piece when I receive a call from a leading sportswriter or TV commentator who has a query about the psychological side of a national sports story.

I’ve been lucky enough to have

solid relationships with Bruce Beck, Brian Kilmeade, C.J. Papa and the inimitable Ann Liguori of WFAN fame.

This week I got a call from Ann who asked me about CBD oil and its impact on golfers. CBD stands for cannabidiol which is a compound found in the cannabis plant.

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It is said to do what all CBD does which is to reduce pain and inflammation, alleviate stress and anxiety and promote sleep hygiene.

All I can say is that if this substance does half of what it claims to do I may be out of business.

But how could I find out more about this new formula drug so that I would have something worthwhile to say to Ann Liguori?

Well, I did mention already that there is a store in town called Hope Floats, which provides floatation therapy for the anxious and the stressed.

They were selling CBD so I moseyed on down Main Street, walked into the place and asked the owner Kimberly Boone to explain the uses of CBD oil.

She referenced exactly what the ad had promoted. She said, “CBD helps with pain, inflammation, sleep and anxiety.”

She emphasized that the products she sold were made by Noetic Nutraceuticals which guaranteed that all traces of THC or euphoric aspects of CBD were removed.

Too bad CBD is approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency which states that it has no performing enhancement effects and thus has permitted its use in the Olympics.

In the back of my mind, I thought that this drug is having an impact because of its placebo effects. If a patient believes a drug will work, it will work.

I mentioned this to Kimberly who quickly said: “Why not try some for yourself and see?”

I was seized with a quick panic thinking that this oil will do one of two things. I will either be hooked forever which is bad enough or it will be put into slumberland, which will prevent me from writing the piece and that is equally bad.

But bravely I decided to give it a try.

I suspect I was prompted because, just like you, I can never resist getting something for free. Now came the decision to pick my poison. Should I take a CBD gummy bear with the interesting name “Nanoburst.” Or how about as nasal spray with the not so interesting name “Nasospray.”

I decided on something called “Freeze Ease” which athletes use to ease muscle pain and induce relaxation.

Kimberly sprayed it on the right side of my neck and said: “This may feel a little cold at first.”

Anytime I hear a health care professional say “this may feel a little …” it’s a sure sign it will feel a lot more than a little. And I was right. It felt a lot like heat , not cold but no wanting to appear like a wimp I bravely smiled at her and said nothing. I just grimaced a little.

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READERS WRITE

Vote Leonard Katz for Time for change mayor of Great Neck Plaza in G.N. Plaza

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was happy to hear that Leonard Katz will be running for mayor in the upcoming Great Neck Plaza mayoral election. I hope he will be elected so that residents will finally have a leader who will address the needs of his constituents and his community rather than ignoring them, as the current administration has done for the past 25 years.

I have lived in Great Neck Plaza for over a decade. One of the main reasons that I moved here was that the Plaza was a safe,beautiful, clean place to live.During my past ten years in residency, general public safety concerns have increased. I have witnessed unwanted behavior with groups hanging around and harassing pedestrians and

making many uncomfortable while out with family.This behavior gives people the message that the Plaza is not a safe environment.

In addition, I have noticed that many of the sidewalks in town are not being cared for.

Commercial businesses are responsible for keeping the sidewalks adjacent to their businesses clean and safe, especially when it snows. The public space and sidewalks that have been bricked throughout the Village

by Jean Celender’s administration have become a danger to pedestrian safety. The bricks remain in a dangerous state of disrepair. The elements have caused many of the bricks to become elevated, presenting hazards to baby strollers, pedes-

trians, and especially the very large population of seniors in the Plaza who enjoy walking in the Village.

The current administration is known for its lack of concern for the people in the Plaza. When Leonard Katz is elected mayor, he will work for the entire community tobring Great Neck Plaza back to the high standards that we remember and deserve. My goal is to begin a narrative with Leonard Katz when he is elected, to resolve and prevent dangerous outcomes to my community.

Please come out and vote for Leonard Katz and his team on March 18th.

Sarah Ullmann Great Neck Plaza

Change overdue in Plaza

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ust a short note about the dire parking problem in the Village of Great Neck Plaza. The outgoing administration—Ted Rosen, deputy mayor—has failed miserably to address that problem.

We asked for adequate parking in the Village, and we got a leaflet. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to park my car in a leaflet.

We asked for more parking for the residents of the Welwyn/

Shoreward area, and we got a park and “faux” bicycle lanes, which the residents need like we need poison ivy.

We asked for more parking in the downtown area, but the “Jean Machine Regime”—Ted Rosen, deputy mayor—figured that with the attrition rate of businesses in the Plaza, who needs more parking.

If Ted Rosen is elected Mayor of Great Neck Plaza, he will do twice as much for us as the

outgoing administration. And twice as much of nothing is— you guessed it!

It’s time for the “Jean Machine Regime” to go. Please stand with me. Vote for CHANGE. Vote for PROGRESS. Vote for LEONARD KATZ and his team for Mayor and Trustees on March 18th. They will do right by us.

Leo Pfeifer Great Neck Plaza

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s a resident of Great Neck Plaza, I am very interested in the current mayoral election.

I have been quite concerned about the downgrade of our once beautiful and thriving Middle Neck Road.

There has been much degradation in our declining business area, which was always a large draw for our surrounding community and bustling in the past. Now there are so many vacant storefronts, and I have

not seen any revitalization efforts for quite some time.

Now is the time to change our stale governing party, starting with the mayoral race. It is time to appoint a different member as chairperson to institute a new more progressive approach to community,commerce, and climate support initiatives.

Joy Perla Great Neck

Plaza needs Katz as its next mayor

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egarding Michael Glickman’s letter that appeared in Feb. 21 issue of Great Neck News, it occurred to me that, over time, I and many other residents, just became accustomed to the “new normal” of the eroding quality of life and the terrible fatigue that has overtaken the Village of Great Neck Plaza.

When I read Mr. Glickman’s letter, I immediately realized the severity of the deterioration and the lack of progress that Great Neck Plaza has suffered. Our Village is the heart of the business community where families gather and where cultural interconnec-

tions happen. I simply can’t imagine another term with a carryover from the same administration that has been governing our Village for the past 25 years.

Ted Rosen has not executed or proven his worth as a trustee, and so he certainly should not be elected to the mayoral seat.

Friends and residents, the writing is on the wall. Please vote for Leonard Katz and his team on March 18th. They will give our community a fresh new start and revive Great Neck Plaza once again.

Dr. Mitchell Wolfson Village of Great Neck Plaza

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n two previous letters, I expressed my dissatisfaction with Mayor Jean Celender. I based this on the congestion around the main Post Office, and the removal of six mailboxes necessitating persons get out of their cars, walk up several steps, and, physically, enter the post office.

This inconvenience is particularly burdensome for senior citizens. I also did not see the need for bicycle lanes and wondered why the mayor didn’t do an Environmental Impact Study to determine whether there were many bike-riders who would use these lanes. I pointed

out that in the two decades I have lived in Great Neck, I have never seen a bike-rider in the area around the post office. I wasn’t certain how many people read these letters until I heard from the Katz campaign which enlisted my support.

I have attended several meetings and learned much.

The acknowledged experts on this subject are my friends Muriel and Leo Pfeifer whose excellent letter appeared in the Feb. 21 edition of the Great Neck News.

When I learned that Mayor Celender was not seeking reelection, I was ecstatic. Then

I learned that Ted Rosen, her deputy mayor for the past two decades was running to fill that post. Rosen has his own baggage as was pointed out by the Pfeifers.

Leonard Katz will do what is necessary to revitalize Great Neck Plaza. He has the intellect, the will, and the desire to hear from his constituents. I urge all Great Neckers to get out and vote on March 18th. Good government begins at the local level.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

Zenia DaSilva

Continued from Page 16 shared ability to appreciate the comedic and ironic aspects of life and societies.

When Zenia’s father was in the last phase of his life in 1976 he asked her “to tell him the good things that were happening in the world.” Zenia’s commentaries to her dad reveal a great deal about both of them. Indeed, her memoir is a most engaging ethnic journey, portraying her friends

and exceptional family from the 1930s to the present. She also includes some dazzling illustrations that vividly portray the 20th century.

Zenia’s new humor film “The Winners” displays her wit, her continuing ability to explore complex relationships, and the twists and turns in most lives. Reading it will put many smiles on your face.

Thanks for the all joys Zenia.

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Michael Bloomberg’s exploding cigar

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atching the course of the Democratic primaries has been instructive, but perhaps for none other than those who considered themselves seasoned “experts” in the field.

Mayor Bloomberg’s entry, we were assured, was a calming wind, one that that would bring some practicality and good old common sense to the campaign, instead of these crazy “progressive” ideas about a just system of taxation, or obliterating a health care system based on mass extortion.

Except it backfired, and badly. Thanks to Mr. Bloomberg’s relentless media assault, all he did was suck the oxygen out of the rest of the field of so-called “moderates,” who were turned into a single

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non-descript entity and their campaigns shriveled into near obscurity. That left Bernie Sanders as the last man standing. Mr. Bloomberg’s performance in the debate further cemented that outcome.

Judging from the responses I see from the establishment wing of the Democratic Party on my Twitter timeline, you would think Leon Blum was leading in the primaries. And they want to stop Sanders as badly as they want to ditch Trump, it seems.

The reason given for this is “electability,” but this rings hollow.

The old-timers just don’t get how modern politics works. They also couldn’t care less if all the Democratic Party offers is just another competing oligarchy, if a somewhat more benevolent one. Unfortunately,

it’s just not benevolent enough, and not enough to knock these pukka sahibs off their comfortable perches. The “moderates” aren’t really “moderates.” These guys just want their jobs and influence back.

Sanders and Trump have one thing in common: Like the old saw about the fox who knows many things and the hedgehog who knows one important thing, Trump only knows one thing, and that is how to manipulate his adoring crowds into thinking he made things better for them, even if he hasn’t.

Sanders knows one thing, too: he’s promising things that might actually be meaningful to voters in a way that has some impact, instead of imagining that our manufacturing jobs are returning

from China, or that a 0.6 percent increase in a wage earner’s buying power is a victory after decades of emasculation. Warren knows this as well, but the Old Guard saw her as a bigger threat initially, and so, her campaign has faltered, which is a shame.

I think she is the better of the two candidates.

And now the corporate wing of the Party, a lot of the Long Island Democrats who are about as “progressive” as Bull Connor, may have to reckon with the unthinkable — A Democratic party that is true its core principles. It’s just too much to process for them. What a pity.

Donald Davret Roslyn

Eradicating sexual exploitation

he Trafficking Solution: Educate & Train Healthcare Practitioners, Provide K-12 Curriculum Instruction for Prevention, and a Public PSA Campaign Human trafficking is a $99 billion national epidemic that affects every state in America, including in Long Island as your article on Feb. 18 highlights “A Human Trafficking Victim’s Message Speaks Heightened Training for Northwell Staff.”

The announcement of the new Islandwide healthcare initiative is the result of a collaborative partnership between two high-level teams of multi-interdisciplinary, multi-professional human trafficking organizations called Global Strategic Operatives and The Selah Way Foundation, the nation’s largest anti-sex trafficking service organization.

Recognizing that Long Island is among the top 20 human trafficking jurisdictions in the country, Global Strategic Operatives has provided the funding to train thousands of healthcare employees to identify, triage and support victims of human trafficking, including Northwell Health and other integrated delivery healthcare systems throughout the country, with the help from the Selah Way Foundations’s protection initiative that leads the GSO educational efforts for this

pilot program.

This marks a milestone leap forward in the healthcare industry to address the human trafficking crisis within our own borders where statistics tell us that one out of 10 children are sexually abused in America and two million children are sold each year in our country. Within 48 hours of running away from abuse at home, one out of three children is solicited for sex.

Survivors served by Selah Freedom and The Selah Way Foundation report that they are being sold 15-40 times every 24 hours. 92 percent of survivors are sexually abused as a child but at Selah Freedom, 100 percent of the thousands of survivors who have gone through our programs since inception, are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. This is the root cause that leads to sex trafficking from what we have witnessed and experienced across the country.

The healthcare initiative underway with GSO is but one component of a larger picture to help eradicate sex trafficking. The SWF provides prevention, protection and provision in the sex trafficking prevention arena and our provision initiative educates and empowers children and interveners through customized, cutting edge curriculum so that they can recognize the signs of exploitation

and discover the power of their own voice to speak up against abuse.

At the Federal level, the Selah Way Foundation is helping to create a “Child Trafficking Free Zone” (H.R. 4388) that will amend the nation’s Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of curricula for training students, teachers, and school personnel to recognize prevent and respond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and youth.

The bill is currently pending passage of both houses of Congress. Last Spring, the Selah Way Foundation was instrumental in the passage of the Florida State Education Department’s Rule 6A1.094123 that now mandates that every school in Florida be a “Child Trafficking Free Zone,” and School districts must annually provide instruction to students in grades K-12 related to child abuse prevention and sex trafficking recruitment.

In April of this year, to coincide with National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Selah Way Foundation will launch a nationwide series of Public Service Announcements that will warn children and young adults about the warning signs of sex traffic recruitment. The PSA’s are called “Once Upon a Crime” and is a dark spin of the traditional fairytale series. The

PSA’s are a partnership between the Selah Way Foundation and New York’s Seiden Advertising. We hope to solicit help from the MTA, and New York print &amp; TV media to launch these posters, digital displays, and print advertisements.

We live in a very different world.

When growing up in the Port Washington School District in the ’60s we witnessed the controversial implementation of “Sex Education” that mandated teaching students about the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and safe sex.

Fast forward a half-century and we are facing a potential new curriculum that will teach K-12 students to speak out about sexual abuse and exploitation and becoming aware of traffickers who are now soliciting potential trafficking victims at their middle and high schools right here in Long Island.

In our own backyards. Sexual exploitation is here. And it is 100 percent PREVENTABLE. We can expose it. We can disarm it. Together, we can eradicate it.

Andrea Mastrocinque Martone Port Washington Director of Communication, The Selah Way Foundation

MTA 5-year capital plan predictions

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riday, Feb. 21st was the last day at work for outgoing NYC Transit Authority President Andy Byford.

It will be interesting to see if the next NYC Transit Authority President will be successful in preserving both funding and implementation of projects and programs championed by Byford’s Fast Forward: The Plan to Modernize NYC Transit subway and bus system.

Let’s hope that $19 billion worth of

funding support in the current $51 billion MTA 2020 — 2024 five-year capital plan remains in place. We will have to wait and see if the $19 billion balance of funding needed to complete this plan will be approved in the next MTA 2025 — 2029 fiveyear capital plan.

There will be some clues of what the future holds when the MTA releases the updated MTA 2020 — 2040 twenty-yearlong range capital needs plan. It was sup-

posed to be released in December 2019.

Why has the MTA delayed-release for two months? Are they waiting for it to be approved by Governor Cuomo before making it public?

What is the current status for the MTA funding plan to support the $51 billion 2020 — 2024 five-year capital plan? Have the various anticipated funding sources been secured? What progress has the MTA made in convincing the Federal Transit Ad-

ministration to provide up to $3.5 billion in New Starts funding for the Second Avenue Subway Phase II under a full funding grant agreement in 2020?

According to the Federal Transit Administration February 2020 New Starts report for the federal fiscal year 2021 (Oct. 1, 2020 — Sept. 30, 2021), the MTA anticipates approval to enter final design and engineering.

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You’ve got to read bail reform to see

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oes this ring a familiar bell? This was the now infamous statement from Speaker Pelosi regarding the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. That bill was over 2,000 pages long, and practically nobody knew an inkling of what the bill contained.

Fast-forward to April 2019, and with all expected transparency we’ve come to expect from our New York State Legislature, about twenty pages of our 266 page NYS Budget for 2020 contain all of the changes to New York’s Criminal Procedure Law (CPL). The problem is that those twenty pages begin around page 112.

Should you want to take the time to locate this information and read it for yourself, you can find it online at https:// www.nysenate.gov/legisla-

tion/bills/2019/s1509. Personally, this is the first time I have downloaded the entire pdf file of the NYS Budget, but I wanted to see for myself how this debacle we call bail reform could have happened without public knowledge. I believe I now have a little more insight into the process after consulting and conversing with several people who are closer to the issue, and this list includes judges, elected officials whom I trust, and law enforcement officers entrusted with carrying out the terms of these laws.

After seeing many reports in print and other media, I am appalled that the public safety has been compromised so completely that I’m not so sure that we can use the statement rule of law in good conscience. Under the guise of humanity and fair-

ness, our liberal lawmakers are following in the footsteps of the likes of AOC, that ‘brilliant’ new voice for the people, and erasing all of the progress we have made since our Constitution was ratified and destroying our legal system and the protections it provides the general population.

One of the most blatant violations concerns an MS-13 gang member who was arrested for murder. Because the requirements of the law allowed his attorney to get the personal information about his accusers, one of the witnesses was killed, and the other two refuse to testify after drive-by shootings. And this is only one example. Many of those who have been released in their own recognizance have gone out and committed the same crime one or more times

immediately upon their release.

Some of them have even said they cannot believe that they were released. This cannot continue.

Senator James Tedisco (R,C,I, REF-Glenville) has proposed NYS Senate Bill S6861 to reform the new bail reform law and CPL. There is an identical bill in the Assembly. He represents the 49th SD just northwest of Albany.

While I applaud his efforts, my considered opinion is that this is simply a band-aid placed on a festering wound. The correct solution is to return our CPL to its prior status, and then do a risk v. benefit analysis to determine the collateral effects of any changes. Our first responders are on the front lines protecting us from criminals, and our courts are charged

with enforcing our penal codes.

I stand with law enforcement on this issue and believe it is high time to untie their hands and return public interest and public safety to our streets and villages. I also hope that my fellow voters will take the time to follow the paper trail and elect representatives to replace those who hid this bill in the middle of the budget and gave us only danger in return for their election.

Let’s let our representatives know exactly where we stand.

Like the line from the movie Network says, “I’m mad as Hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” When will you be as angry as I? The time is now!

Eric Spinner New Hyde Park

MTA 5-year capital plan predictions Continued from Page 47 This would be followed before the end of 2020 with a full funding grant agreement from FTA. This would provide between two and three-and-a-half billion in federal dollars toward the $6.9 billion total cost for Second Avenue Subway Phase II. Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bill deBlasio are each responsible for contributing $3.5 billion. What is the current status of their respective contributions? Are these dollars included in the upcoming proposed New York State (April 1, 2020 — March 30, 2021) and New York City (July 1, 2020 —

June 30, 2021) budgets?

Is the implementation of congestion pricing still on schedule with nine-months left to go for the start date of Jan. 1, 2021?

We recently learned that the MTA needs the Federal Highway Administration to complete an environmental review before this can go forward. The MTA still hasn’t received approval from the federal government on its congestion pricing plan.

If approved, NYC would become the first major city in the U.S. to implement a congestion toll to help reduce traffic, cut pollution, and support mass

transit. It will not happen without the Federal Highway Administration making a determination that the plan complies with the National Environmental Policy Act. The highway administration is still awaiting some outstanding information needed from the MTA to complete the review and future approval process.

Details of who will pay have yet to be made public. Elected officials behind the scene continue lobbying for exemptions. Issuing more exemptions will clearly result in less revenue for the MTA. Why will the MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board, which

decides tolling costs for congestion pricing, be meeting behind closed doors to work out these critical details?This is inconsistent with Gov. Cuomo’s promise to conduct the most open and transparent administration in the history of state government.

The MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board is supposed to be made up of one chairperson and five members. Both de Blasio and Cuomo have yet to announce their respective members to the commission. Why are they stalling in making these critical appointments?The final recommendations for tolling need to

be announced before the end of 2020.

Without all of the above being successfully completed, the MTA $51 billion 2020 — 2024 five-year capital plan could end up with a shortfall in the billions. This could result in either reduction in the scope of work or postponement of some capital projects and programs into the next MTA 2025 — 2029 five-year capital plan. Time will tell.

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Trump’s inept handling of coronavirus Continued from Page 16 Strengthen early-warning systems to detect and respond to outbreaks on the ground before they spread into full-fledged pandemics.

Develop the global rapidresponse system for deploying international medical teams to respond to outbreaks at the source.

Increase the stockpiles of existing vaccines and treatments

and streamline delivery systems for rapid deployment during outbreaks.

Invest in capabilities for accelerating the production of new vaccines and treatments when new pathogens emerge.

Leverage public-private partnerships that can unlock new investments and innovations.

Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed much the same but added:

Move to Medicare for All. When people can’t access basic health care, infectious diseases are more likely to spread and cause severe, lasting health effects. Under Medicare for All, everyone will have high-quality health care they can afford, removing financial barriers for patients who may be contagious and need to seek care. We all benefit when we stop the spread of infectious diseases faster.

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changing climate means infectious diseases will spread to new places Our health depends on fighting climate change.

Recognize the inter-connectedness of human, animal, and environmental health.

When it comes to pandemics, we must think about how an animal, a human, and environmental factors interact. Last year the Trump administration shut down the Predict program to test animals for dangerous

pathogens that could cross over to humans. As President, I would restore this essential work. And I will support new scientific research to help understand and predict the impact of warmer temperatures on disease emergence and transmission.

Anyone of the Democrats would address public health in a more serious, competent, focused manner than Trump and his hacks. How many will die needlessly, prematurely?

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Will coronavirus effect our real estate?

Well, I am quite sure you have seen the current effects of the coronavirus (unless your head is in the sand and you don’t watch TV or read, which I wouldn’t be surprised as to how many are clueless as what is really going on!) from China and its spread throughout other countries and its slow creep around the globe to our shores.

This is obviously an extremely serious and dangerous calamity the most serious of events in recent memory and the spread appears to be occurring and hasn’t slowed down. Hopefully, it will not have as great effect on the U.S. population going forward, but the present situation looks quite dire and challenging, due to the fact there is no vaccine, therefore no cure at this point in time.

However, at 3:49pm Tuesday, Feb 25 a report came over the newswires from CNBC and I quote: “The coronavirus outbreak that’s shuttered commerce across China will likely become a global pandemic, a top U.S. health official said, adding that it’s just a matter of time before the outbreak starts spreading in the U.S. “Current global circumstances suggest it’s likely this virus will cause a pandemic,” Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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told reporters at a news briefing.”

“It’s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of when this will happen and how many people in this country will become infected and how many of those will develop the severe or more complicated disease,” she added.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar added: “We can’t hermetically seal off the United States.” Azar confirmed four new cases of the virus from repatriated cruise ship passengers, bringing the total in the U.S. to 57.

This is much more troubling since China has shut down so many manufacturing businesses that have a direct correlation to the U.S. economy as well as the global economy.

As I have read and heard in the past, when China sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold which comes from the widely used saying dating back to Austrian politician Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) who, at the time of Napoleon, penned the phrase “When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.”

Economists and politicians have amended Metternich’s words to reflect America’s dominant role in global economics since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Now it is used in relation

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to China and its’ global economy.

Our stock market has lost several thousand points in just the last two days from its high of 29,557 on Feb. 15, 2020. If this continues, what will the effect be on real estate?

As the Chinese economy falters, having a direct and indirect effect on the U.S and other economies, real estate will be affected too! All products and manufactured goods from China have been reduced to a standstill and most sectors of the global economy have been affected.

So if this continues without a usable vaccine, when will the layoffs begin and multiply and have a tremendous impact on our economy as the business continues to slow due to lack of materi-

als, products, and manufactured goods from China?

Real estate is an integral and major component to our productivity because some many items are purchased abroad, especially from our major partner, China with relation to the sale, investment, purchase, rental and leasing of residential and commercial properties. Stoves, washers, dryers, microwaves, air conditioners, building materials, and so many other commodities are related to real estate transactions, building, and development, renovations, repairs, etc. and when those items are not available, things slow down and worst could cause a beginning of a recession, but hopefully not, if a vaccine can be created and immediately be dispersed to all countries, especially where this potential pandemic began in Wuhan, China.

Many open-air seafood markets were selling live and freshly slaughtered animals that were sold to the public, whereby easily transferring the virus to humans who had worked there and the public at large. However, a study published in The Lancet on Jan. 30, 2020, suspects that some scientists believe it originally had been transferred from bats.

An antidote vaccine is being worked on and possibly in six

weeks, it will be produced.

But in the meantime, no one really can predict the exact amount of time it will take and the viruses’ day to day effects on the global economy which is somewhat predictable and very apparent. It is wide-reaching and is currently hurting business and will continue for the foreseeable future and no one knows when things will actually improve.

One thing for sure, the impact on real estate will be detrimental, but hopefully not, but we will see what transpires over the next month or two and I will let you know what the statistics show over the near term.

Maybe it’s time to sell and not wait to try to anticipate and determine the effect on the value of your property. We shall see what the future holds for all of us!

Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist.

He can be reached by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com, or by cell: (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions, concerns or suggestions for his weekly column.

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Recent Real Estate

Sales in the Williston Area Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $675,000 Demographics near Williston Park, NY City 10,647 7,995 44.6 2.8 96,336 50,814

Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

County 1,352,825 4,752 42.5 2.9 85,195 45,421

87 Devon Road, Albertson Sold Price: $725,000 Date: 01/03/2020 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $11,176 MLS# 3142889

377 Emory Road, Mineola Sold Price: $630,500 Date: 12/24/2019 4 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 44x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $10,404 MLS# 3163327

545 Watkins Drive, Mineola

19 Fish Avenue, Albertson

Sold Price: $535,000 Date: 12/20/2019 4 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $9,674 MLS# 3163192

Sold Price: $585,000 Date: 11/25/2019 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $9,073 MLS# 3143432

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W.P. eyes community development funds Continued from Page 1 The next hearing on the community development projects will take place on Monday, March 9 at village hall.

In other village business, trustees passed a law that would allow the village to breach the two percent tax cap.

Ehrbar said village officials are still working through the budget and the needs for the village, but that they were passing this law just in case they needed to increase the property tax levy by more than what the state allows.

“Hopefully we won’t have to do that, it’s still too early to know, but we want to get this inline in case we have to,” Ehrbar said.

In unrelated business, Ehrbar noted that there will be a community forum regarding bail reform legislation and how it will affect Nassau County on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the American Legion Hall on Willis

Avenue starting at 7 p.m.

Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Lt. Brian Sullivan, the president of the Nassau County Correction Officers Benevolent Association, will be co-hosting the town hall.

Ehrbar also announced that the village will open bids on March 5 for the repaving of Hillside Avenue from the Queens line to the railroad tracks in East Williston. He said he hopes it will be done this year before “Williston Day” in September.

In unrelated business, Ehrbar noted that Nassau Grid will be hosting a public forum on March 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hicksville Community Center. It will be able natural gas capacity and how the area will be supplied with natural gas going forward, he said.

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Williston Park trustees discussed community development funds and other topics on Monday night.

Dems ‘radical regime’: Suozzi challenger Continued from Page 3 Santos also wants to “reallocate resources” to the northern border, explaining that some emigres from South American fly to Canada and attempt to cross from there.

“Reinforce those borders just as well, call it 30 percent reinforcement,” Santos said. “After we have all these things in place, then we can explore granting of paths to green cards.”

Santos says he supports the depor-

tation of convicted felons or those who commit high misdemeanors, and that he wants to review the “fine lines” of the immigration issue with “experts in Congress.”

“As far as if there’s a family living in this country, I think felons and anyone convicted of any crime should immediately be deported,” Santos said. “I don’t care how many children you have, you’re no good to them.”

The candidate says he draws inspira-

tion from U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), and that he seeks to be as available to his constituents as Zeldin is to his.

“If not as hands on as Congressman Zeldin, then more so,” Santos said. “I will be walking around with petitioners, knocking on doors, and as I get elected and I go to Washington, you best bet that every county will have a field office. I will take it into DC and I will make it a mission to be more present in district and be available to the people who elected me.”

Santos says that he will bring a “fresh perspective” if elected, and that policy over party will be paramount in his campaign.

“I would like the public to know that let’s forget about R and D next to candidate’s names,” Santos said. “It’s the policy and not the party that affect our livelihoods. we need to start looking at policies and make sure the candidates will help and not hurt you in the long run.”

Mineola trustees OK plans for new businesses Continued from Page 8 “Hopefully you have a great successful business and you find a long home here,” Strauss added.

A third public hearing was held on Feb. 19, regarding a request by Alexander Joly Peres Dasilva for a special-use permit to open a commercial kitchen to

be used to make Brazilian Coxinha — meat-filled croquettes — which he hopes to serve as a made-to-order pick-up/delivery and catering business only.

“He is not proposing a single seat.

Not even a stool,” Thomas Abbate, the applicant’s attorney, said.

The company, which Abbate said

would be named Adriana’s Kitchen, after Dasilva’s daughter, will look to utilize a small space at the rear of 135 Mineola Blvd.

Although he presented a proposed concept, Desilva said his lease agreement would be contingent on the board’s decision.

“We have just discussed [it] verbally,” Desilva said regarding the execution of a lease.

Following the deliberation by the board, the village trustees voted to close the public hearing reserving their decision for a future date.

Weinstock calls on Suozzi to rescind letter Continued from Page 9 According to its website, CAIR is a nonprofit, grassroots civil rights and advocacy organization and America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with affiliate offices nationwide.

The organization was founded in 1994 and “has worked to promote a

positive image of Islam and Muslims in America”, according to the website.

Despite those efforts, CAIR has been tied to other organizations that promote and condone terrorism and anti-Semitic propaganda, according to the ADL. According to documents obtained

by the Washington Free Beacon, Suozzi was not the only representative to reach out to CAIR. The documents show more than 100 members of Congress sent letters of support to the organization ahead of their gala.

Efforts to reach Suozzi or representatives from his campaign for comment

were unavailing.

“Suozzi’s endorsement of this antiSemitic organization tells us that his support of the Jewish community is completely transactional,” Weinstock said. “When he supports us- it’s never heartfelt.”

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Hanover Bank shareholders back CEO Continued from Page 1 Pun, a Queens-based real estate investor, also claimed in the letter that Puorro hired his son as an accountant, despite the fact that he is not qualified for the job.

He further alleged that Puorro hired his daughter, who never once showed up to work. Pun also alleged Puorro forged timesheets for his daughter to cover up her absence and provided her with a salary and benefits.

Puorro responded to the accusations leveled against him in an open letter from the board of directors to shareholders on Feb. 12.

Puorro and the board asserted that the letter Pun sent to shareholders was “filled with false allegations, irrelevant assertions and blatant misstatements.”

Puorro stated in the letter, “Mr. Pun knows that the performance of the bank under my leadership has been stellar so instead he seeks to distract you with immaterial and false claims about my prior experience, my family and my compensation.”

The Hanover CEO went on to claim that Pun and his son owe Hanover millions of dollars in outstanding loans. He further alleged that Pun is colluding with First Central Savings Bank to stop Hanover from launch-

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Shareholders voted in support of Hanover Bank CEO, Michael Puorro in a meeting on Friday. ing an initial public offering.

According to the letter, First Central Savings Bank extended a loan to Pun that was first denied to him by Hanover.

Efforts to reach First Central Savings Bank officials were unavailing.

The tension between Hanover and First Central Savings extends beyond Puorro’s al-

legations against Pun. First Central Savings currently employs three former Hanover executives who left the bank in October 2019. Hanover filed a lawsuit with the Nassau County Supreme Court against all three former employees accusing them of stealing proprietary bank information.

The letter from the board preceded the annual meeting of shareholders held on Friday. In the letter, the board of directors urged shareholders to vote for the re-election of three directors, and the removal of one.

The shareholders overwhelmingly supported both of Hanover’s proposals on Friday which included a call to remove John Sapanski from the board.

John Sapanski is the father of Kenneth Sapanski, one of the three former Hanover executives who now works for First Central Savings. Sapanski had been Hanover’s chief credit officer.

Hanover Bank has expanded quickly in recent years.

The bank now operates branch locations in Garden City Park, Flushing, Forest Hills, and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Hanover also acquired Chinatown Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown last summer.

This is not the first time Puorro has faced criticism.

In June 2018, Paul Hagan, who was at the time the chief financial officer at Hanover Bank, publicly pushed for Hanover to separate the roles of chairman and CEO. Hagan is now the president and chief operating officer at First Central Savings Bank.

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Girl Scouts celebrate Adelphi president ‘Cookie Weekend’ elected as chair Girl Scouts of Nassau County is excited to announce it will be celebrating National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend from Friday, Feb. 28 to Sunday, March 1.

During the three-day event, Girl Scouts will launch a pop-up shop, courtesy of Hall Lane Moving and Storage in East Farmingdale.# The one-of-a-kind van will be easy to spot - it’s decorated with photos of the brand-new Girl Scout Lemon-Ups cookie to help cookie customers find it throughout Nassau County.

Designed by Girl Scouts of the USA, the National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend serves to encourage members throughout the country to take part in the largest entrepreneurial program Girl Scouting offers and reminds Nassau County residents to support local troops by purchasing Girl Scout Cookies.

“National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend is a big tradition in the Girl Scout community.

It reminds customers that Girl Scout Cookies are for sale but only for a limited time,” said Randell M. Bynum, chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County. “National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend is always an exciting time for our girls to work on achieving their cookie-selling goals for the season, and this year is extra exciting thanks to the generosity of Hall Lane!”

In addition to the mobile unit traveling throughout Nassau County and hosting popup booth sales at popular destinations, other Girl Scout troops will also host booth sales

throughout Nassau County and use their digital and social media skills to spread the word about where to buy Girl Scout Cookies.

To find the nearest Girl Scout Cookie booth sale or the mobile unit, visit www. gsnc.org and use the Cookie Booth Locator tool or download the Cookie Finder app.

“This is the first time we are launching a Girl Scouts of Nassau County mobile unit, and we think this will add to the fun weekend. We’ll be posting to our social media, so customers can follow along to find out where we’ll be next,” Bynum said.

National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend is a crucial time for Girl Scouts to get out and not only encourage neighbors, friends and family to purchase Girl Scout Cookies to support their sales goals, but to also gain the valuable hands-on entrepreneurial skills they will carry with them for years to come.

Over the past century, Girl Scouts have learned five valuable skills needed in both life and business through the Girl Scout Cookie Program: goal setting, decision making, money management, business ethics, and people skills.

Community members may also purchase Girl Scout Cookies from Girl Scouts in Nassau County to be donated to military heroes through Operation Cookie.

To learn more about the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, visit www.gsnc.org.

Submitted by the Girl Scouts of Nassau County

President Christine M. Riordan has been elected chair of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York.

Riordan joined the organization’s board of trustees in 2018 and became

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Adelphi University President Christine M. Riordan

a member of its executive committee in 2019. She was named vice-chair last year and will now fill a two-year term as chair, effective Feb. 25, 2020.

Founded in 1956, CICU represents the chief executives of New York’s 100plus private, not-for-profit colleges and universities on issues of public policy. Member colleges compose the largest private sector of higher education in the world and confer 50 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 73 percent of master’s degrees, and 79 percent of doctoral and first-professional degrees earned in New York state.

President Riordan succeeds past chair Father Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham University.

“It is a privilege to have been selected by my peers to serve as the next chair of CICU’s board of trustees,” President Riordan told the CICU board. “I’m proud to continue the important work of CICU to advance quality higher education and to champion the vital contributions that New York’s independent colleges and universities make to our entire state. I’m looking forward to the inspiring work ahead and want to thank Father McShane for his leadership and years of service to the organization.”

Submitted by Adelphi University

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The Town of North Hempstead now has pickleball courts at Clinton G.

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D’Urso delivers valentines to vets If it’s Valentine’s Day, New York state Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso is on the road delivering handmade Valentines and assorted toiletries to veterans at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook and the Northport VA Medical Center.

This long-standing tradition in the 16th Assembly District enlisted public and parochial schools, girl scouts and boy scouts, as well as businesses and private citizens, to create homemade valentines and contribute needed items such as personal care products, outerwear, electronics, and gift cards

to residents at both facilities.

“Residents in our community have shown their appreciation for the sacrifices that our veterans have made for us by sending valentines and donating items,” D’Urso, a member of the Assembly’s Veterans Affairs committee, said. “I thank the community for generously opening their hearts and showing our veterans that they have not been forgotten.”

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Ending a successful wrestling season Uniondale County Qualifier: The Herricks Highlanders competed in its county qualifier at Uniondale High School on Feb. 8. It was a very challenging qualifier which included Wantagh, Uniondale, Plainview JFK, North Shore, Lawrence, SouthSide/East Rockaway, and Jericho.

At the completion of the tournament, Herricks had the following 14 all-conference wrestlers, with top-five place-winners advancing to the county championship: 99 lbs. 1st: Joe Manfredi 106 lbs. 2nd: Michael Manfredi 106 lbs. 3rd: Kumel Arif 126 lbs. 1st: Sal Puliafico 126 lbs. 3rd: Aaron Cho 132 lbs. 1st: Joe Mattei 132 lbs. 5th: Kailen McCauley 145 lbs. 4th: Marcus Osieczkowski 152 lbs. 2nd: Cole LaRock 152 lbs. 4th: Georgious Tsoumpariotis 182 lbs. 3rd: Daniel Mattei 220 lbs. 2nd: Matt Polo 220 lbs. 4th: Nate Dowd 285 lbs. 6th: Ash Multani Joe Manfredi was also voted the most outstanding wrestler of the tournament.

Nassau County Championship: On Feb. 15 and 16, Herricks entered the Nassau County Wrestling Tournament Championship at Farmingdale State College. The top five Highlander place-winners from the previous week’s qualifier at Uniondale competed in the event. Each of the fifteen weight-classes had approximately 26 wrestlers seeded according to this season’s performance.

After the first day of very competitive wrestling, the following were the results: Joseph Manfredi, Grade 8 (99 lbs.)

– Top seed in his weight class. He was 3-0 on the day and advanced to the semifinals. Manfredi was the only Herricks wrestler to advance to the next day.

Kumel Arif, Grade 11 (106 lbs.) – Advanced to quarterfinals and was 2-2 with two tough losses, one of which placed second. Kumel was a top-twelve finisher in the county.

Michael Manfredi, Grade 9 (106 lbs.)

– He was 1-2, losing his first match to his teammate in the championship round.

Sal Puliafico, Grade 12 (126 lbs.) — Puliafico was 3-2 on the day. He won his first-round match and two wrestle-backs, with a loss to the eventual fifth-place fin-

isher. Sal was a top-twelve finisher in the county.

Aaron Cho, Grade 10 (126 lbs.) — Cho was 1-2, losing his final match to his teammate in the consolation round.

Joseph Mattei, Grade 9 (132 lbs.) — Mattei was 2-2 on the day with a bye in the first round. His consolation loss was to the eventual 6th place finisher. He was a top-twelve finisher in the county.

Kailen McCauley, Grade 10 (132 lbs.)

— McCauley was 0-2 losing to the eventual fourth-place finisher in the championship round.

Marcus Osieczkowski, Grade 11 (145 lbs.) — Osieczkowski was 0-2, losing to the eventual first-place finisher in the championship round.

Cole LaRock, Grade 12 (152 lbs.) — LaRock was 3-2 on the day with losses to the eventual third- and sixth-place finishers. He was a top-twelve finisher in the county.

Georgios Tsoumpariotis, Grade 10 (152 lbs.) – Tsoumpariotis lost both matches in the championship and consolation rounds.

Daniel Mattei, Grade 12 (182 lbs.) — He was 2-2 on the day with a bye in the

first round. His consolation loss was to the eventual sixth-place finisher. He was a top-twelve finisher in the county.

Nate Dowd, Grade 12 (220 lbs.) – Dowd lost both matches in the championship and consolation rounds.

Matt Polo, Grade 12 (220 lbs.) — Polo was 3-2 on the day. His championship round loss was to the eventual sixth-place finisher. He was a top-twelve finisher in the county.

On Sunday, Feb. 16, Joseph Manfredi (99 lbs.) went 2-0 and was crowned county champ — an accomplishment not done at Herricks since 2011. He did not have a single point scored on him during the entire tournament. He will represent Nassau in the state tournament on Feb. 28 and 29 in Albany.

The Herricks Highlanders ended up with 75 team points in the counties, placing 11th out of 42 teams. This is the highest finish by the team in the last 20 years.

Thanks to Coaches Eric Goldberg, Thomas LaMaida and Robert Bianco for a great season and to all those who came out and supported the team.

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Adelphi program celebrates 40 years As the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline &amp; Support Program celebrates its 40th anniversary, new leadership is at the helm.

Reyna Machado of Garden City, who was previously the assistant director, is now executive director. Moving into the assistant director position is Angela Papalia of Selden, who has been with the program for 13 years, working as a social worker. Both Machado and Papalia are bilingual.

Machado is motivated by her vision that the program support all New Yorkers in advocating for themselves and others in the breast cancer community.

“Our program has a rich history of advocating on behalf of and empowering breast cancer patients while promoting health and increased access to healthcare services. I am honored to serve as the new executive director and to continue to grow and expand the reach of our social work and public health services which are critical to the community here on Long Island and across New York State,” Machado said.

This is a particularly special year for the program as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, with a theme of “40 Years

New director Reyna Machado (right) with assistant director Angela Papalia.(Submitted by the Adelphi Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program) Strong: Changing Lives Together.”

During her time with the Adelphi Breast Cancer Hotline Program, Machado managed fiscal administration of grants and secured new funders for the program. In her new role, she assumes administrative oversight of program services including bilingual social work/patient navigation, community outreach, breast health education, monitoring and evaluation along with events, development, marketing and public relations.

Reyna Machado, a native Spanish speaker and New Yorker, brings two decades of experience in marketing and development, having worked at the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, HealthDay News and Georgetown University.

In her new role, Angela Papalia, a licensed master social worker with twenty years of experience, will oversee all clinical aspects of the Adelphi Breast Cancer Program. She will also support grant opportunities and fundraising efforts

including the program’s participation in Adelphi University’s annual online Giving Day. As a bilingual social worker, she has provided clinical counseling and support services to countless individuals and their families. She spearheaded the inception of the Nassau University Medical Center and Adelphi Breast Cancer Program collaboration, where the bilingual social workers offer weekly support services to breast cancer patients directly within the Breast and Oncology clinics at NUMC. Papalia was also instrumental in creating Cafecito, a Spanish-language support group for breast cancer patients in Nassau County and co-facilitates the group twice monthly. Her areas of clinical expertise include patient navigation, support, and advocacy to medically vulnerable and underserved communities.

In their new roles of leadership, both women look forward to expanding the services provided at the Adelphi Breast Cancer Program.

“It is truly a privilege to work with our dynamic team of both staff and volunteers. Our mission to ensure that no one has to go through breast cancer alone will continue, serv-

ing the diverse needs of our community,” Papalia said. “We are excited to be a part of this new chapter of the program’s history. Both Reyna and I are excited about the future.”

The Adelphi Breast Cancer Program is launching a fundraising campaign and special events to commemorate its 40th anniversary, hosting educational forums on sleep and planning for the future: advance directives and finances, as well as a fashion show at Lord and Taylor. Program activities will be punctuated by the annual Celebration of Survivorship in October.

Machado said, “there is tremendous enthusiasm from the team, volunteers and longtime supporters of the program as we move into a new decade of leadership and support for the breast cancer community.”

For more information about services and upcoming events, call the Adelphi Breast Cancer Hotline at 800.877.8077 or visit our website athttps:// breast-cancer.adelphi.edu/. All of the services and events are free and confidential. You are not alone.

Submitted by the Adelphi Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program

Assessment workshop program on NHTV Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman invites residents to view a Property Assessment Grievance Workshop program on NHTV, which covers the property assessment and grievance processes and explains how to fill out the grievance application in paper or online.

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You do not need to use an attorney to file a grievance; property owners may file on their own. The Application

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