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Samuels, Fairgrieve win justice races Trustee races all unopposed in E. Williston, Williston Park, Mineola

BY E LL I OT W E L D Emil Samuels was elected as village justice in East Williston on Tuesday, defeating newcomer Mitchell Flachner by 202 to 83, and Scott Fairgrieve was declared the winner of the Mineola village justice race in “unofficial” results.

Samuels has served as the associate village justice and will assume the seat that has been held by Joseph Sperber, who did not seek reelection.

Flachner, an attorney at Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas in New York City, was running for the first time. He said it was not the result he was looking for but that it was a great experience for him and he congratulates Samuels and wishes him the best in the position.

“I am always willing to help the village out in any way I can,” Flachner said, adding that he plans on being involved in the community and hopes to run for another position one day.

Samuels is an attorney at Kelner and Kelner, also in New York City. He said that experience counts when it comes to this position.

“Experience that truly matters comes from those who have faithfully served our village. There is no time for a learning curve in local village justice. The most important experience comes from doing,” Samuels said.

Samuels commended Flachner for a well-run race and said he wanted to thank village residents for displaying confidence in him, adding that he will continue to be fair and impartial.

Trustee James Lark ran unopposed after he took over the vacant spot left by longtime Trustee and former Mayor Anthony Cassella in October. Lark retained his seat with 212 votes. Lark said Mayor Bonnie Parente appointed him because she knew him to be “a civic minded and reasonable person who would not take the role lightly.”

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Tony Lubrano hopes to one day reopen his restaurant, Piccola Bussola, but said it may take about a year and a half.

Piccola Bussola owner hopes to reopen after fire

BY E LL I OT W E L D Two weeks after his restaurant, Piccola Bussola, was destroyed in a fire, owner Tony Lubrano said he hopes to one day reopen the eatery the same

as he once had it, but has been told that could take about a year and a half.

Lubrano said the opening will depend on what the Village of Mineola will allow him to do with the building, adding that

the structure is “probably older than the building code.”

The county fire marshal informed Lubrano that it was an electrical fire that started somewhere above the first floor. Had Continued on Page 43

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Willistons, Mineola remember 9/11

Officials, residents honor those lost in attack

BY E LL I OT W E L D Nassau County and several villages gathered police officers, firefighters, religious leaders and survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 19 years ago to hold annual commemorations of those lost, with social distancing in place.

Billy McClean, a resident of East Williston, was working as an operating engineer at the time and said he remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, clearly. He spoke about his experiences that day at a village remembrance event held near the East Williston Village Hall Friday evening along with Mayor Bonnie Parente.

He described arriving to work on the subway and said it was a beautiful day. “Little did I know what was going to happen,” McClean said.

McClean was on the B4 level, four floors under the World Trade Center, working on machinery when he heard a loud explosion and felt the building shake.

He said ceilings began to come down and people began to run.

McClean’s friend, whom he was working with, suggested they take the stairs to get out of the building. McClean went to pick up his tools and fell over. As he was picking up the tools, an explosion came from the elevator, which he said threw him eight feet across the room and through two sets of metal doors.

“I woke up next to my friend who already had a head start on me and my clothes were shredded, I had blood all over the place,” McClean said.

McClean’s friend led him up two flights of stairs, where emergency responders were waiting.

He exited the building and asked a police officer what had happened. The officer responded, “a small plane had hit the building.”

A short time later, he saw a plane

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Sarah Hutchins holds a photo of her son who was lost in the Sept. 11 attacks 19 years ago. hit the second tower. He and 15 other people packed into an ambulance and drove to a hospital.

A medical worker called McClean’s house every hour until finally getting through to his wife in the late afternoon to tell her he was alive. McClean said in a way, getting injured saved him. Several of his colleagues who were not injured went back into the towers to help evacuate people and died.

McClean suffered extensive injuries but after rehabilitation was able to fully recover.

Parente said her three siblings were in the city on that day, and all three came home safely.

Parente said she was one of the lucky ones, but five people from the village died in the attacks and more have been lost due to cancers and diseases associated with the attacks.

Michael Leccese played taps and Kaileigh Fiorello sang “God Bless America” for the crowd, which held up glow sticks to close out the event.

Williston Park’s event had to be abbreviated because of COVID-19 but it was attended by

a few legislators such as state Assemblyman Ed Ra, state Sen. Anna Kaplan and Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Richard Nicollelo.

Mayor Paul Ehrbar said it was hard to believe that 19 years had passed since the attacks and that for those who are old enough to remember the visions of the attacks are “burned into our memories.”

To put the amount of time elapsed into perspective, Ehrbar pointed out that the average college freshman today was born in the year of the attacks and high school students were not yet born.

A crowd of about 40 people gathered outdoors at Kelleher Field to listen to speeches and prayers given by Ehrbar and others.

Mineola held its annual event at Mineola Memorial Park and featured a presentation of colors by the Mineola Fire Department Color Guard and the national anthem sung by Deborah DosSantos of Mineola High School.

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Parent leaders in the Great Neck school district outlined antiAsian incidents throughout the community dating back to January in a letter submitted to Blank Slate Media.

The letter, signed by nearly 40 parent leaders, said younger Asian students were asked if they eat bats and were called “COVID-19 spreaders” by other students.# The letter said the racial slurs and hateful comments have been directed primarily at “young, defenseless children ranging from elementary to high school age.”

“We stand united in our condemnation of hate speech, negative stereotypes, prejudicial and discriminatory comments of any kind, but especially at this moment in time when we are witnessing the steady rise of anti-Asian bias incidents fueled by rhetoric around the pandemic,” the letter said. “We are asking our entire community to be part of the solution and to not repeat prejudicial generalizations of any nature.”

Parent leaders touted the “cultural and spiritual diversity” that the Great Neck peninsula presents,

and encouraged everyone to aid in creating a tolerant and safe environment for themselves and their children.

“As a community, we are thankful of the overarching mission of a Great Neck education – to provide a safe environment for our children ‘to become life-long learners and compassionate productive members of a diverse, global society,’” the letter said.

In a statement on Wednesday, the school district said: “The Great Neck School District stands with our UPTC in denouncing all acts of bias and prejudice in our community. We have zero tolerance for discrimination in our schools. Our goal is to empower our students to be upstanders who show respect for all cultures. Our schools are committed to celebrating diversity and promoting acceptance, inclusion, and understanding through our curriculum and programs. We will continue to work cooperatively with our students, parents, and community partners to address specific concerns and to further strengthen our existing programs.”

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PHOTO FROM THE GREAT NECK UNITED PARENT-TEACHER COUNCIL

Parents throughout the Great Neck school district signed a letter that highlighted alleged instances of anti-Asian comments and racial slurs.

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Squire Cinemas in Great Neck closes

Ongoing trend of local movie theaters closing aggravated by COVID-19 pandemic

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z After 85 years of serving Great Neck, Squire Cinemas on Middle Neck Road has permanently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The theater’s marquee now reads “CLOSED” with “1935 2020” directly below, indicating how long the theater was in operation.

“We are closing due to the pandemic.

With no revenue for 6 months, and our rent and utilities piling up, there is no way to continue,” the Squire wrote, according to a Patch.com article.

Efforts to reach a representative from Squire Cinemas or MovieWorld, the theater’s ownership group, for comment were unavailing.

While the coronavirus pandemic led to the Squire’s shuttering, during the crisis the theater hosted online movie screenings and donated popcorn to people who worked at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.

“It is a shocking sight to see the last movie theater in town close their doors after 85 years in the community,” Great Neck Business Improvement District Vice President Jay Corn said. “The challenge now is going to be what fills this vacuum.”

The Squire had partnered with the Gold Coast Arts Center for sneak previews of inde-

Great Neck community, and said she hopes someone can step in and resurrect the entertainment the venue brought to countless amounts of people over the years.

The Squire was converted into a triplex in the early 1980s, according to the CinemaTreasures website. The theater had seven screens by 1998 when it was acquired by Clearview Cinemas.

After ownership was transferred to Bow Tie Cinemas, the Douglaston-based company MovieWorld gained ownership of the theater last year on April 1.

The Squire is the latest local movie theaters on the North Shore to close. Bow Tie Cinema in Port Washington closed two years ago due to poor attendance and low revenues.

Local theaters and entertainment venues still in business on the North Shore include PHOTO BY ROBERT PELAEZ Gold Coast, Roslyn Cinema, My Father’s Place, Manhasset Cinemas, Bow Tie Herricks Cinemas and Soundview Cinemas.

Squire Cinemas in Great Neck has permanently closed its doors to the Movie theaters throughout Long Island public after 85 years. have yet to reopen their doors to the public due to the pandemic. pendent and foreign films and Q & A sessions rible of a loss this is for our community until “Movie theaters, I think, are next [to they spend some time without it there. It is reopen],” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in late with filmmakers throughout the years.

Regina Gil, founder and executive direc- a loss for families with children. It is a loss August. “They’re congregate. They have a tor of the Gold Coast Arts Center, said “it is a for couples on date nights. It is a loss for the centralized ventilation system. People by entire downtown of Great Neck.” dark time for film presenters.” definition are not moving around. You’re in Gil touted the theater’s ability to draw close proximity to another person for a pro“The [marquee] reads like an obituary,” Gil said. “People won’t understand how ter- in crowds from beyond the immediate longed period of time.”

WILL THE ELECTION IMPACT MARKETS & INVESTMENTS?

As we approach Election Day, investors are understandably wondering – and maybe even anxious – about how the U.S. presidential election will affect the stock market. Election years often come with increased market uncertainty. And this year, COVID-19 and a fragile economy have added new dimensions to what may be a landmark U.S. election cycle.

Regardless of who ends up winning in November, the election will likely play a factor in the markets. Here are a few things investors should consider: DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY This year’s election season has been marked by unusual circumstances. Republican incumbent President Trump is running for a second term – after a surprise victory in 2016.

Whereas former Vice President Joe Biden began the campaign season competing against 25 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination before emerging as the party’s nominee after a rocky start.

There are many important issues at stake, including trade, healthcare, tax policies, social justice and our relationship with China. How well the economy is doing is also a significant influence on the election outcome, especially for an incumbent or incumbent party. But that calculus has suddenly become clouded by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. How long the virus will persist and how significant the impact on economic growth will be remains unclear at the moment.

Even without these usual circumstances created by the pandemic, it isn’t uncommon for the stock market to exhibit a degree of volatility in the run-up to an election. This can be particularly true in the final weeks leading up to the election and if the race is close. Investors should be prepared for circumstances where the “noise” generated by the campaign contributes to market fluctuations.

IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PRESIDENT It’s true that our president has tremendous influence in the direction our country takes.

However, it is important to keep in mind that regardless of who is successful in winning the White House, there is a significant difference between proposals and policy. How much any administration can accomplish is influenced quite heavily by the makeup of the House of Representatives, Senate, local and state legislatures, Federal regulators, as well as circumstances in the economy and the country at large.

In addition to electing a president this fall, voters will also be electing 35 senators, now occupied by 23 Republicans and 12 Democrats. Currently, the Republican party has a threeseat majority in the Senate. And as happens every two years, the entire House, where the Democratic party currently controls a 35-seat majority, is up for reelection.

IS HISTORY A GUIDE? While no two election years offer the same set of economic or political circumstances, it may be instructive to take a look back to see how markets have performed in the past as a means of providing some context for the present. ! Historically, market volatility begins to rise about 45 days ahead, or roughly three weeks into September, before peaking one week before the election. *1 ! In instances where control of the White House changes parties, stock market volatility tends to increase. *2 ! During an election year, U.S. stocks and bonds tend to perform better compared to the year after.*3 ! Interestingly, there has been very little difference in the performance of the economy under Democratic and Republican presidents since 1977. According to recent analysis by Deutsche Bank, “The average growth rate for a Democrat President is 2.9% compared to 2.7% for a Republican President *4 However, it is acknowledged that the economic performance during a president’s term isn’t necessarily a direct result of the actions of their administration, as president’s ultimately inherit an economy shaped by their predecessor’s actions, as well as other structural factors.

What may be a more important consideration for investors than who is elected president are the longer-term drivers of economic growth and corporate profits, which are shaped by policy, but also other factors outside Washington.

THE IMPACT ON SPECIFIC MARKET SECTORS Although it’s speculative to try and predict the outcome of the election and all of the policy implications each party would impose, the result of the election is likely to influence key industries. Among the sectors of the market that could be affected in different ways are healthcare, energy and technology depending on the results of the election.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOUR FINANCES While it’s natural to think about the impact of the election on your investments, it’s only one factor. Stay attuned to the bigger picture of your long-term goals. Review your portfolio diversification and risk tolerance with a financial advisor for an objective perspective on your financial situation. *1 – David Joy, Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist. Aug. 2020. *2 – Ameriprise Financial: “Committee Perspectives: U.S. Election Guide” Aug. 2020. Compiled by Ameriprise Global Asset Allocation Committee. *3 – “Report: Stock Market Performance By President”, Darrow Wealth Management: *4 – Deutsche Bank Economic Analysis, 2020

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How a salon Ex-Sands Pt. resident’s ties to Trump project focus in HBO doc does its (nu)Best in the pandemic

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Former Sands Point resident Felix Sater, whose efforts to help Donald Trump with a real estate development in Moscow during his run for president in 2016 were the subject of the investigation headed by Robert Mueller, was featured in recent days not only in the U.S. Senate intelligence committee’s report on the election, but also an HBO documentary set to air next week.

Sater is featured as an interviewee in the two-part documentary “Agents of Chaos,” directed by Emmy Award winner Alex Gibney (“Going Clear”), about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“There was a Herculean effort that was reminiscent of the cleaning of the Augean stables in terms of difficulty,” Gibney said in an interview with the trade magazine Variety. “While a lot has been written about certain aspects of this story, much of it was done in such a superficial way that it was hard for people to penetrate. We felt there was value in presenting this as one allencompassing narrative.”

The magazine says the documentary is expected to cover topics like Russian troll farms, where politically

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Former Sands Point resident Felix Sater in the trailer for the HBO documentary “Agents of Chaos.” incendiary Facebook posts and viral videos were created and disseminated in attempts to sway the election; an indepth account of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s secret communications with Russia during the campaign; the Steele “Dossier,” which contains memos claiming links between Trump and Russia that helped trigger a political firestorm; and Sater’s efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

In addition to Sater, interviewees for the documentary include lead prosecutor for the Mueller Investigation Andrew Weissmann; former FBI Deputy

Director Andrew McCabe; former CIA Director John Brennan; Trump campaign adviser Carter Page; and Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, among others.

Co-directing the film with Gibney is documentarian Javier Alberto Botero, and former “60 Minutes” producer Lowell Bergman, a key player in the story that inspired the movie “The Insider,” is credited as an executive producer.

Sater appears near the end of the film’s trailer, which premiered on YouTube on Aug. 24.

“Everyone wants to create a huge conspiracy,” Sater says in the trailer.

“Give me a break.”

The film will premiere in two parts on pay cable channel HBO, with the first half airing on Sept. 23 and the second on Sept. 24.

Sater, who was born in the thenSoviet Union and whose family emigrated to the United States as refugees when he was 7, sold his Sands Point home in February 2019 in order to relocate to waterfront property, said local real estate agent Kathy Levinson. He had purchased the home in 2004 and moved from another property within Port Washington.

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BY R O S E WELDON When nuBest Salon & Spa, the Manhasset business that Jamie Mazzei’s family had owned for decades, had to shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, he was shocked.

“We were all very confused as things started to slow down,” Mazzei said in an interview. “We started obviously doing a ton of research on what we should do, because we didn’t think we were going to close.”

Mazzei, who serves as co-creative director of nuBest, said staff members began making adjustments to their work environments and thought they could operate normally – until the state of New York

ordered salons and spas to close indefinitely to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

They were not allowed to open again until June 10.

As soon as the lockdown began, Mazzei turned to the rest of the family and staff that runs the business to figure out the best ways to tackle the still-distant reopening.

Mazzei’s father, Michael, founded the salon 47 years ago in the shell of a former Best & Co. department store on Northern Boulevard, christening it nuBest to honor its former tenant. Mazzei began working at the salon when he was 16, and his cousins Vincent Cascio, the salon’s co-creative director, and Christian Fleres, artistic director, began at 19 and 14, respectively.

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County announces early voting locations Voters to be permitted to go to 15 polling places from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Nov. 1

BY R O S E W E L D ON Nassau County’s Board of Elections has announced 15 locations for early voting, open to all registered voters in the county one week before the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

All early polling places will be open from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Nov. 1, with times varying by day and listed below.

Locations in the Town of North Hempstead include the Gayle Community Center at 53 Orchard St. in Roslyn Heights, the Floral Park Recreation Center at 124 Stewart St., the Yes We Can Center at 141 Garden St. in Westbury and the Nassau County Board of Elections at 240 Old Country Road in Mineola.

Locations in the Town of Hempstead include Brierley Park at 65 Dartmouth St. in Hempstead, the Elmont Public Library at 700 Hempstead Turnpike, the Freeport Recreation Center at 130 East Merrick Road, the Recreation Complex at St. Paul’s Field House at 295 Stewart Ave. in Garden City, the Lawrence

Registered voters can cast ballots at any early voting location, but on Nov. 3 will be required to go to their regularly assigned polling spot.

Early polling places will be open on the following days at these times: Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Friday, Oct. 30, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOGLE IMAGES Saturday, Oct. 31, from 9 to 6 p.m.

The Gayle Community Center in Roslyn Heights is one of a number of early voting locations a.m.Sunday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. named by Nassau County for the general election in November. to 3 p.m.

The Mineola location will Country Club at 101 Causeway, and North Merrick Public Library Mid-Island Y JCC at 45 Manetto have differing times on Monday, St. Markella Greek Orthodox at 1691 Meadowbrook Road.

Hill Road in Plainview and Town Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Church at 1960 Jones Ave. in The other three, located Hall South 977 Hicksville Road and Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 6 Wantagh, the West Hempstead in Levittown Hall at 201 Lev- in Massapequa, are in the Town a.m. to 8 p.m.

Library at 500 Hempstead Ave. ittown Parkway in Hicksville, of Oyster Bay.

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Local reps ask for more federal funding State and local governments need more financial help, Senate proposal insufficient: Suozzi

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) met with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran last Thursday to call upon the federal government to provide financial relief to communities throughout Long Island and the nation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Senate Democrats blocked a coronavirus relief bill that came with a price tag around $500 billion last Thursday, 52-47.

The proposed legislation, according to Suozzi, did not provide sufficient financial aid to states, counties, localities and schools.

“Everyday folks need help,” Suozzi said at a news conference. “The Senate’s current proposal is laughable as it contains zero relief for state and local governments. That is a nonstarter. We need to get beyond partisanship and work together to find some common ground. This is about real people’s lives.”

Rice praised Curran’s efforts to steer Nassau County through the pandemic but said it was “completely outrageous” for her to do it with the financial amount that was allocated to the county.

“Mayors in the county have also made it very clear: without federal aid, they will be forced to cut back programs and ser-

nesses closing, and gutting of essential services needed more than ever,” Curran said. “We did our part throughout this crisis. Our frontline responders made enormous sacrifices. Hear us now.”

Lorraine Deller, executive director for the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association, said it is imperative for schools to receive federal aid so budgets and resources do not have to be slashed even more than they already have been.

“As Long Island schools tackle the challenges of reopening in a safe, secure, and educationally sound environment this week, they are doing so under an additional burden and that is the withholding of their state aid payments,” Deller said.

The news conference was held nearly four months after the House of RepresenPHOTO COURTESY OF BETSY DAVIDSON tatives passed the Heroes Act, which includes a special fund of $49 billion provided to states based on a “rate of infection.”

U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) Suozzi said he estimates the legislation joined with County Executive Laura Curran and called upon the federal would generate $10 billion to $12 billion government to provide financial aid to localities throughout the nation due to for New York residents. the coronavirus pandemic.

“New York state would get about $22 billion overall based on population and vices in education, transportation, infra- McConnell and Senate Republicans failed unemployment rates, but $12 billion is structure and other vital areas,” Rice said. to act and are still proposing no new fed- just from this special fund for $49 billion “It is shameful that it has come to this eral aid despite the urgency of this crisis.” that I helped to advocate for,” Suozzi said “Refusing to fund state and local gov- in a May interview with Blank Slate Mepoint. The House passed the HEROES Act back in May to provide nearly $1 trillion ernments during a historic crisis will hurt dia. for state and local governments, yet Mitch Long Island with more job losses, busiContinued on Page 32

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‘Bad Education’ gets 2 Emmy nominations Hugh Jackman, alumnus turned writer up for awards for film based on Roslyn school scandal

BY R O S E W E L D ON The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, which recognize excellence in television, will be announced on Sunday, with “Bad Education,” the film based on the embezzlement scandal that plagued the Roslyn school district in the early 2000s, nominated for two awards.

Hugh Jackman, who portrayed former Roslyn School Superintendent Frank Tassone, is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie, while the film as a whole is nominated for outstanding television movie, with writer, producer and Roslyn alumnus Mike Makowsky listed as a nominee in that area.

In a statement to Blank Slate Media upon the announcement of the nominations in July, Makowsky expressed excitement at the news, calling it “surreal.”

“The film was intended in part as a love letter to Roslyn and my upbringing there,” Makowsky said. “I’m beyond thrilled to share this recognition with the town, and with the teachers who first encouraged me to pursue a career in cre-

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“Bad Education,” the film based off the 2004 embezzlement scandal in the Roslyn School District, is nominated at Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor for Hugh Jackman, center, and Outstanding Television Movie. ative writing.”

The film, which premiered on pay-cable network HBO on April 25 following a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, is based on Tassone, who headed the Roslyn school district for 12 years, beginning in 1990, and took it to a ranking of No. 4 in the country.

After the quiet dismissal of Assistant Superintendent Pamela Gluckin, played in the movie by Allison Janney, a story on the dismissal was written by then-senior Rebekah Rombom and published in the school newspaper, The Hilltop Beacon, leading to parents finding out and Tassone’s subsequent resig-

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Both Tassone and Gluckin pleaded guilty to larceny charges and served prison sentences. Tassone said after the film premiered on TV that he had repaid the $2.2

million he owed. HBO later said that Gluckin died in 2017.

Tassone was critical of the film when it premiered, contending that “about 40 to 50 percent” of the movie was accurate but praising Jackman for his performance, saying he did “a very good job portraying me.”

Jackman is the only person in his category nominated for a movie, and will be competing against Jeremy Pope from Netflix’s “Hollywood,” Paul Mescall from Hulu’s “Normal People,” Jeremy Irons from HBO’s “Watchmen,” and Mark Ruffalo from HBO’s “I Know This Much Is True.”

In the outstanding television movie category, “Bad Education” will go up against four Netflix productions: “American Son,” “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend,” and “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.”

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by late-night personality Jimmy Kimmel, will take place in a socially distant fashion on Sunday and will be broadcast on ABC at 8 p.m.

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Ex-Hofstra prof, feminist leader Howe dies

BY R O S E W E L D ON Florence Howe, a key figure in the women’s studies movement, a former professor at SUNY Old Westbury and Hofstra University, and founder of a long-standing nonprofit publishing house known as the Feminist Press, has died.

Howe, who was receiving hospice care for Parkinson’s disease in a facility on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, was 91.

Born in Brooklyn in 1929, Howe was the only daughter of Samuel and Frances Rosenfeld.

The family moved frequently throughout her childhood, staying at varying times in the Bronx; Hoboken, New Jersey; and in neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

She graduated early from Hunter College High School and completed her undergraduate work in English at Hunter College, where she served as student body president and helped found an interracial and interfaith sorority. Howe then received a master’s degree in English from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

After studying for a doctorate for three years at the University of Wisconsin and taking the name of her then-husband, Ed Howe,

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Florence Howe, founder of the Feminist Press and a former professor at SUNY Old Westbury and Hofstra University, has died at age 91.

Howe went to work at Hofstra College, later Hofstra University, in Hempstead in 1954, while at the same time lecturing at Queens College.

She left Hofstra in 1957 to serve on the faculty of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.

It was here while living and working with her third husband, academic Paul Lauter, that Howe found a lack of published work by

women for her classes to cover, and sought to find a way to make the works of women writers available and accessible.

“There weren’t enough materials,” Howe told The New York Times in 1972. “The publishers I spoke to all said, ‘Wonderful idea, but there’s no money in it.’”

Lauter then suggested publishing the books themselves and came up with the name Feminist

Press. The nonprofit publishing house’s first few meetings took place in the couple’s living room, and its first printed work, published in 1971, was Barbara Danish’s “The Dragon and the Doctor,” a children’s book about a female doctor and a male nurse working together to help an injured dragon.

Howe laid out her vision for the Feminist Press in a letter to the editors of the New York Review of Books published in 1971, writing that the Press sought “to help reconstruct the history of women and to provide some alternatives to the kinds of books available for children.”

“The Feminist Press will publish a series of biographical pamphlets about women or groups of women — feminists, workers, writers, revolutionaries, artists: Constance de Markievicz, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emma Goldman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, Marianne Weber, and others,” Howe wrote. “We are also planning a series of reprints of forgotten but important works by such women writers as Rebecca Harding Davis, C.P. Gilman, and Agnes Smedley. And we will issue a series of children’s books designed to counteract the sexual

stereotyping to which American children are subject.”

Under Howe’s tutelage, the Feminist Press would publish works by authors like future Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker, O. Henry Award winner Grace Paley, and Ghanian Education Minister Ama Ata Aidoo. The Press would also take interest in republishing stories by women in the last two centuries, including “Life in the Iron Mills” by Rebecca Harding Davis, who died in 1910; “I Love Myself When I Am Laughing,” a collection of works by Harlem Renaissance poet Zora Neale Hurston; and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a short story about women’s mental health written by 18th-century author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which would become the Press’ best-selling work.

In 1971 Howe brought the Press to the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, now SUNY Old Westbury.

The school agreed to house the publisher, and the Feminist Press was based at the institution for 14 years before Howe moved it to the City University of New York in 1985, where it remains today. Efforts to reach SUNY Old Westbury for comment were unavailing.

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Queens woman dies in E. Williston schools say N. Hills auto accident return smooth so far

BY R O S E WELDON A 76-year-old woman from Queens was killed when the car she was riding in hit a pole in North

Hills on Saturday, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

Detectives said an unnamed 53-year-old woman was operating a 2017 Mercedes-Benz south-

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A Mercedes-Benz crashed into a telephone pole near the intersection of Diana’s Trail and Searingtown Road in North Hills, just outside the village limits of Roslyn Estates.

bound on Searingtown Road around 5:10 p.m. when she struck a telephone pole near the intersection of Diana’s Trail, just outside the village limits of Roslyn Estates.

“Passenger Nadejda Skokova, 76, of Rego Park suffered multiple injuries and was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced deceased by a staff physician,” detectives said in a statement.

Police say that the driver and her son, 4, who was also in the back seat, were not injured. They were transported to a local hospital for evaluation.

The vehicle was impounded for a brake and safety test, and the incident is under investigation, according to detectives.

BY E LL I OT W E L D Principals in the East Williston school district last Wednesday reported a smooth transition back to in-person classes after two days of observing the schools operating under COVID-19 protocols.

North Side Elementary Principal James Bloomgarden said grades one through four began school last Tuesday.

East Williston School Superintendent Elaine Kanas said the district is still adjusting to the new pandemic protocols.

At a meeting of the school board held in the Wheatley School auditorium, he showed slides of students in class practicing physical distancing. He said the classrooms were “bright and vibrant.”

The students were given time outside, including the school librarian holding several sessions of reading in a shady area outside the school. Hand sanitizer stations have been placed outside each school entrance and students are to use them as they come in and out of the building.

Thursday was the first day of school for kindergarten students. Each kindergarten teacher made a video in the classroom to be sent to the families of each student. Bloomgarden showed one as an example featuring a kindergarten teacher introducing herself to the students.

“When you see me tomorrow I’m going to look like this,” the teacher said, putting a mask on. “I’ll have my mask on and I’m sure you’re going to have yours on too. We will get to take plenty of mask breaks and we’re going to do plenty of learning together.”

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G. Neck native Herricks trustees adopt rules purchases Mets of road for remote learning

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Hedge fund billionaire and Great Neck native Steve Cohen has purchased a majority ownership stake in the New York Mets, he and the team said Monday.

The deal, which will remain tentative until at least 23 Major League Baseball owners approve the purchase, would value the Mets at $2.475 billion, according to multiple news reports, and Cohen would hold a 95 percent stake.

The earliest Cohen would take over control of the team after a vote from other MLB owners would be November. The deal would break the record for the most money paid for a Major League Baseball franchise.

“I am excited to have reached an agreement with the Wilpon and Katz families to purchase the New York Mets,” Cohen

said in a statement.

The Mets also sent out a news release confirming the purchase and included Cohen’s previous statement.

Cohen is the CEO of Point72 Asset Management and has an estimated net worth of $14.6 billion, according to Forbes. In 2012, Cohen bought an 8 percent partnership stake in the team for $40 million.

Cohen was one of several interested parties, including one consisting of Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez, who submitted bids to purchase a majority stake in the franchise in July.

Cohen’s initial proposal of $2.6 billion in December was rejected by team ownership in February. The proposed deal would have increased Cohen’s ownership of the team from 8 percent to 80 percent.

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BY E LL I OT W E L D The Herricks Board of Education approved a ban last Thursday on students recording remote classes or using other technology while participating in a virtual class.

Superintendent Fino Celano said it was important that all students understand the “etiquette” that should be followed during online classes.

“Recording, taking photographs or taking screenshots of a video conference, video recording or live stream is prohibited. Also prohibited is altering the video conference or any content presented during remote learning,” Celano said.

Other things that are banned under the policy are redistributing, sharing or posting any portion of remote classes. Celano urged those participating in classes to be cautious with sharing links or passwords.

He said students taking classes remotely must behave as if they were in a regular class “because remote learning is an extension of school.” Violations include using a cellphone or playing video games during a remote class.

“We just want to make sure that this is handled by our students in an educationally sound way,” Celano said.

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Herricks Superintendent Fino Celano, right, said the start to this unusual school year has gone smoothly so far.

“For the instructional time to be used well and not screen-shotting, sending it to friends and sort of horsing around with the material.”

Celano said the district will be relying on parents and teachers to help with the enforcement of these policies.

Herricks began the school year on Sept. 3 with elementary schools on a fully in-person model and secondary schools on a hybrid learning model, splitting its student body into cohorts which alternate days in school and in

remote classes. Celano said so far this has gone “very smoothly.”

“We’ve gotten a great deal of positive feedback from our parents and from students and faculty,” Celano said. “Generally the remote students have been very happy in that environment and the students that are coming back are very happy to be back.”

The board did hear comments, provided remotely from the public, some of which praised the board for its work during the pandemic and others voicing concerns about a school.

One parent said that on a visit with a child to a school playground after school several children and some adults were not wearing masks.

“This comes down to what I said earlier about parental responsibility,” Celano responded. “We cannot, obviously, control what happens after school or happens off of school grounds. The only solution to what you’re describing is if we close off the playground for public use and that we can if this becomes a problem.”

Celano said the district is not currently allowing students to use the playground during school hours because of the pandemic and it was disappointing to hear of parents not following COVID-19 protocols.

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Census undercount would be costly

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ast week a federal court blocked a memorandum signed by President Trump seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 Census, saying such an action would violate the statute governing congressional apportionment.

The week before a federal judge temporarily blocked an administration order to wrap up the census count a month ahead of schedule — despite census officials saying this would result in an inaccurate count.

This followed the Supreme Court’s ruling in June that Trump could not include a citizenship question in the 2020 census that census officials warnedwould result in an undercount.

Anyone see a pattern out there? There are actually three.

The first is that the Trump administration doesn’t want a complete count in the 2020 census, as the law requires.

The second is that those most likely not to be counted just so happen to be minorities.

And the third is that federal courts have prevented this from happening. Up to now.

The federal court’s ruling on excluding undocumented immigrants is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court. And the temporary halt to the administration’s bid to finalize the count a month early is subject to a court hearing.

For all of the above reasons, we welcome efforts by U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, County Executive Laura Curran and other local leaders last week to get Nassau residents to complete the census before the Sept. 30 deadline.

Failing to do so will have major consequences for Nassau Coun-

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ty, among other places, for the next 10 years.

“I cannot stress enough how critical it is that we get a complete and accurate count in the 2020 Census for Long Island,” Rice said. “From hospitals and fire departments to Head Start and the National School Lunch Program, there are countless services and programs that have their funding levels set by Census data. Even just a small undercount will cost Long Island much-needed funding.”

“When it comes to the Census, the stakes have never been higher for Nassau,” added Curran, referencing the impact of COVID-19 on the county. “Let’s keep pushing to encourage every resident who calls Nassau home to complete the count. This census is about more than just ensuring we finally get our fair share of federal government dollars when we need it most. This year’s census is a oncein-a-decade opportunity for us to directly combat the inequities this crisis has laid bare.”

Both Curran and Rice have a good point.

The population data collected by the Census Bureau is used by the federal government to distribute anywhere between $660 million and $1.5 trillion.

It also determines political representation, both on the federal and local levels. This includes how many electoral votes each state receives and the number of members of Congress.

In 2010 only 77 percent of Nassau County residents sent back their U.S. Census Bureau questionnaires, leaving an estimated 316,000 people out of the count.

That has resulted in a loss of money and services to Nassau County ever since.

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It turns out that Nassau is a difficult place to get an accurate population count.

The U.S. Census Bureau calculates Nassau is the fifth hardest-tocount county in the state — behind Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Bronx and Suffolk counties — because of its high proportion of typically undercounted groups. They include communities of color, immigrants, young children and renters.

This actually isn’t surprising.

Long Island has one of the 10 largest populations of undocumented immigrants from Central and South America, according to an op-ed by Congressmen Tom Suozzi and Peter King that appeared in The New York Times earlier this year.

About 23 percent of Nassau’s population live in “hard-to-count” communities such as Hempstead, Freeport, Uniondale, Lakeview, Elmont, Valley Stream, Long Beach, Glen Cove and Great Neck, according to a Newsday report.

Rice said in a press release that reporting data shows “low participation rates in several local communities, including in communities of color, which are historically undercounted in the Census.”

The resident response rate so far, she said, is only 49 percent in REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez, Elliot Weld

the Village of Hempstead, 53 percent in Elmont and Roosevelt, and 54 percent in Freeport.

As the coronavirus swept the country this spring, the bureau had to postpone key parts of its population count until August.

The Trump administration said at the time it would extend the deadline for completing the count to Oct. 31 to make up for the delay, and move the date for delivering population totals to the White House to April 2021 from its current Dec. 31 deadline.

But as census outreach prepared to resume in August, the administration reversed course, ordering the count wrapped up by Sept. 30 and the results delivered to the White House by Dec. 31.

Numerous experts, including former Census Bureau directors appointed by presidents of both parties, have warned that the earlier deadlines cannot be met without shortcuts that will lead to a drastically less accurate census. In particular, the census will miss the poor, the young and minority groups.

In other words, the errors will favor a whiter, more Republicanleaning population total for use in reapportionment and redistricting.

The earlier deadlines could also leave these decisions on what

to do with the data to a lame-duck Trump administration.

An accurate census count should not be a partisan issue in Nassau County. The funds distributed based on the census go directly to local schools, hospitals, fire departments, infrastructure, and other programs and services.

But Republican officials other than Rep. Peter King have been strangely quiet about the census — even though the communities cited by Curran and Rice as lagging in the count are located in the Republican-controlled Town of Hempstead.

We would hope that Nassau County Presiding Office Rich Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) and Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin, among others, will join the Democrats in urging people to complete the census by the end of September to avoid further attempts by the Trump administration to suppress the count.

In the meantime, we urge everyone living in Nassau County to complete the 2020 Census by mail, over the phone by calling 1-844-330-2020, or online at My2020Census.gov.

It’s time Nassau County got its fair share from the federal government.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Books are many, but not Trump’s friends

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he fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic has wrecked hundreds of thousands of businesses and caused millions of people to lose their jobs. Unless Congress passes another bailout bill, you can expect more businesses to shutter and innocent people to suffer even more. Yet one business that is doing great is the book publishing business thanks to Donald J. Trump.

A recent article in the New York Times spelled out how happy the book industry is thanks to the large volume of books being written about the president.

Based on volume, to date, there have been over 1,200 books about Mr. Trump, most of which have not made him very happy. Contrast that with President Barack Obama who has been the subject of only 500 books, the vast majority of which have been complimentary.

With an election less than 60 days away, if I were the president, I wouldn’t be very

thrilled with the avalanche of new books that will be and are making the bestseller list.

To add insult to injury many of the books have been written by either close family, former friends or very capable investigative writers. Every time a new book is announced it puts the president on the defensive at a time when any incumbent running for re-election wants to control the narrative.

The president can yell “hoax” every time a book is announced, but like a dripping faucet, each revelation is capable of causing political damage at the worst time in an election year.

You could imagine how happy the president was when his niece Mary Trump, authored her tell-all book called “Too Much and Never Enough.”

Ms. Trump is a psychologist and her book does more than tell stories. She spends lot of time analyzing the president’s character. Mary is convinced her uncle is a racist and talks about his many statements.

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That book sold one million copies.

Two of the newest books take aim at the president and his wife Melania. Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, has written “Disloyal” in which he recounts loads of possible Trump misconduct.

The worst of Cohen’s allegations deal with Trump’s remarks about blacks and other minorities. All of his recollections are not only unflattering but portray the president as a

very questionable character.

The new book by a former close friend of Mrs. Trump paints very much the same picture of her as others paint of the president. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was a longtime confidant of Melania Trump and in her book “Melania and Me,” she tells a very sad story of how her friend “threw her under the bus.”

When a controversy arose about expenditures on the president’s 2017 inauguration, Mrs. Trump blamed her friend for the misspent money. Ms. Wolkoff was the Chair of the Inauguration Committee.

Mrs. Trump’s staff dismissed the book as “untrue,” but I know Stephanie personally.

She is a sweet, capable and successful businesswoman. She was very much like a sister to the First Lady and any suggestion that Ms. Wolkoff misused those monies is an outright fabrication. A lot of the donated money was found to have been wasted, but the blame doesn’t

rest on Ms. Wolkoff ’s shoulders.

Is the barrage of Trump books over?

In the next few weeks, Bob Woodward will unveil his latest book “Rage.” The new inside look at Mr. Trump and the White House, promises to be an even greater headache, six weeks before Nov.3. Woodward is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose books are always filled with hundreds of interviews with people on the inside.

There is no doubt that there are countless people who no longer work for the president or are still there, who have told some pretty juicy stories about his work habits, comments and other dirt.

As we look ahead, the prospects for the survival of many small businesses are very grim.

But for the publishing business, books are selling like hotcakes.

The president can yell “liar, liar, pants on fire,” but the blows keep on coming and sooner or later a few of them could be politically fatal.

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A domestic fault-finding commission report

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ommunicating with other humans remains at least as difficult as ever. I was in a Zoom group the other day, one face in a large mosaic of boxes — in the middle of making some brilliant point or other — when suddenly everybody else’s box froze, and only mine carried on to finish the sentence.

I was about to congratulate myself on being so brilliant that everyone else had fallen silent in awe, when the audio came back and the group leader said, “You froze in mid-sentence, Judy. What were you saying?”

I wanted to tell her, “No, I didn’t freeze, YOU did. All of you! I’m the only one who DIDN’T freeze.”

Because that’s how it was for me.

Just then my computer felt obliged to send me a message: “Your internet connection is unstable.” Gee, thanks. Now my own computer is pointing fingers at me! But wait a minute — just whose internet con-

nection is this anyway? Isn’t that YOUR job, Mr. Computer?

Meanwhile, back at the Zoom meeting, I had to admit that even though it looked to me as if they had all frozen, what they saw was the exact opposite.

We were seeing different realities.

That’s when I began to think that, incredibly annoying as this Zoom glitch is, it might present us with the perfect way to think about a process that until now only happened invisibly inside our own heads.

Namely: Whenever we have a failure to communicate, whose fault is it? Yours or mine?

Don’t answer that. It’s obviously not mine!

My only problem is with all those pesky other people in the world who are equally sure that the problem isn’t them.

For example, just now my husband came to me with a box of frozen chicken cutlets and asked me if I thought it

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side would be all right to use it for supper since he had found it in the front?

“In front of the house?”

I thought, panic-stricken. If that’s so, then somehow I missed it and it’s been out there at least 24 hours, which was the last time we had any groceries delivered. Gosh, how is it the raccoons in this neighborhood left it alone?

“Just throw it away!” I shouted at him.

“Why are you shouting at

me?” he shouted back. “It’s probably two weeks newer than the ones at the back of the freezer, but I didn’t want to unpack the whole thing to get them. I think the sell-by date is still good.”

“The front of the FREEZER? I thought you meant in front of the HOUSE.” “That’s crazy! Why would I be asking you about that? If that’s what I meant, I’d just throw it away!”

“Exactly!” said I. And so we went on, shouting at each other for another hour, until we were both tired enough to calm down. That’s when we realized that we had been talking — or shouting — right past each other.

But by that time, we were both too exhausted to do anything but eat dinner… the aforesaid chicken cutlets.

“Well, it’s better than the raccoon getting them,” I muttered.

“What did you say?” my beloved asked me.

“Nothing.” I went to the

freezer, finally scrounging up enough ice cream for us to have as dessert.

“Let’s make a rule,” I finally said. “The rule is this: If I can’t understand what you have said, the fault is yours.”

“Ok,” said my life’s partner, “as long as I get to use the same rule.”

“Sounds fair.”

“What I mean is, whenever I can’t understand something YOU have said, Judy, it’s YOUR fault.”

Hmm. That didn’t exactly work out the way I had planned. I decided to clarify.

“No, when you can’t understand me, that’s YOUR fault.”

“So,” said my husband. “If you can’t understand me, it’s my fault; but if I can’t understand you, it’s also my fault?”

“That sounds about right.”

“So, no matter what happens, it’s always my fault?”

“Exactly!”

I’m glad we got that settled. Now if I could just teach it to that pesky computer!

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Tough environmental choices during pandemic

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iving through a pandemic is scary. Not knowing when it will be over, whether the precautions you take will matter, what risks you’re taking sending your kids to school or getting on a bus or train or how to understand the conflicting information you read; it’s all confusing and distressing.

Unfortunately, we have allowed our fear and uncertainty to translate into withdrawal from recent progress in environmental protection measures like single-use plastic bag bans, and have instead reinforced our disposable culture with rampant use of disposable masks and gloves and coffee cups and take out containers. And to make matters worse, these items are being dropped on our streets and in our parks and are making their way into our waterways.

This is not the time to relax our efforts to address climate change, reduce the use of dis-

posable plastic or to waste less.

If anything, we should be trying even harder given what issues this pandemic has underscored in terms of systemic and endemic inequalities in this country.

These include racial disparities in health care, access to housing, and criminal justice as well as how environmental health risks like asthma, diabetes and heart conditions have put people of color and lowincome people at greater risk for contracting and dying from coronavirus.

Now should be when we double down on efforts to address the things that are destroying our planet and ourselves. We cannot forsake all the progress that has been made at the first sign of a challenge.

Yes, life is harder right now, but is skipping the reusable bag to go grocery shopping and taking a single-use plastic bag instead really making your life easier right now? It

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters will unquestionably make your future life and your children’s lives and your grandchildren’s lives more difficult because that plastic bag will never go away and we will be paying for your decision to use it forever. Every day we make choices big and small and now there are even more choices about whether to leave the house and what protections to take if you do. Let’s

rise to the challenge and commit to preserving the positive steps we have taken and to taking the next ones.

We don’t need to wait for our elected officials to legislate our behavior. We need to acknowledge what we know to be true about the state of our environment and then recognize what matters to us – our families, our health, our livelihoods.

Imagine how successfully you will protect any of those things without clean water, without clean air and without food. Thousands of people are already facing that reality; they have been forced from their homes because climate change has destroyed their ability to grow food, has decimated water sources and has eliminated job opportunities.

Do we need to wait for this to happen in our communities or can we look ahead, see the writing on the wall and do something to change that fate?

Certainly, this pandemic has shown us what we can handle – quarantine, social distancing, mask-wearing, furloughs, homeschooling, not to mention the unknown risk of contracting a potentially fatal disease.

Are we really going to say it’s too hard to think about conserving water and reducing how much we send to the landfill after all we have managed to deal with in the last 8 months?

Instead, let’s remember how much we appreciated the warm weather that gave us the chance to get out of our houses and to see friends and family even if socially distanced.

How much have we relished our open spaces during this time? This is conceivably not the last pandemic we will face. Let’s learn from this experience how important a clean and available natural world is and do all we can to protect it.

Set an example for your friends, family and neighbors.

VIEW POINT

Nassau must be fully counted in census

P

ut bluntly, the census is money and power.

The census is used to determine how much of the $675 billion in federal spending a state or locality gets — including funding for hospitals, roads and bridges, public schools, disaster assistance, police, fire and EMS, food assistance (including SNAP and the National School Lunch Program), Section 8 Housing, Head Start, Medicare and Medicaid, and the Community Development Block Grants.

But census data also determines political representation in Congress and the number of electoral votes each state is allocated, as well as apportioning districts at the state and local level. Businesses also use census data to make investment, hiring, and re-location decisions.

“This census is about more than just ensuring we finally get our fair share of federal government dollars when we need it most,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said at a press conference earlier this month. “This year’s census is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for us to directly combat the inequities this [COVID-19] crisis has laid bare.”

I must admit, considering the political morass that Trump has

created – first trying to squeeze in a citizenship question and even now, trying to discount undocumented immigrants from the apportionment, despite clear, unambiguous language in the Constitution mandating a census of all persons residing in the United States, every 10 years.

It’s the kind of shenanigans that we are seeing in undermining the U.S. Postal Service and mailin voting – service disruptions in targeted areas designed to delay receipt of ballots so they are discounted.

Could there be similar targeting of communities, either for counting or undercounting? Just the fear that the data will be used to inform ICE where undocumented people live is enough to discourage participation.

Indeed, even with the extraordinary conditions posed by COVID-19, economic upheavals and climate disasters, the Trump administration arbitrarily said it would halt the door-knock phase a month early by Sept. 30 regardless of whether a 100 percent count had been reached or not. (At this writing, litigation was continuing.)

And in July, Trump issued a memorandum that “illegal aliens” be excluded from the count for apportionment – something that you

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can’t even fathom since the census does not ask the citizenship question but is required to count “all persons” residing in the country as of April 1.

But the backdrop – and the skepticism over this administration’s fascistic tendency to terrorize undocumented people (there are an estimated 11 million) they call “criminal aliens” – means that there will be concern in immigrant households to participate, even when there are American citizen family members, and therefore produce an undercount, underrepresentation and under-allocation of resources.

This is despite the Census Bureau’s emphatic statement: “Your information is protected by law.

The law requires the Census Bureau to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics.

We cannot publicly release your responses in any way that could identify you. We will never share your information with immigration enforcement agencies such as ICE, law enforcement agencies such as the FBI or police, or allow it to be used to determine your eligibility for government benefits.” (www.census.gov) This is significant for Nassau County, where the minority population reached 38 percent in 2016, up from 30 percent in 2005. The county has some 112,000 foreignborn nonresidents who account for 8.3 percent of the population.

I felt somewhat reassured after having a conversation with the regional director responsible not just for Long Island and New York City, but all of New York state, New England and New Jersey (one-eighth of the country). Jeff T. Behler has served in the Census Bureau since 1997, was the regional director for Dallas for the 2010 census and became the New York regional director in 2013.

The citizenship controversy, he told me, “helped and hurt in two different ways: it created fear of new citizens, maybe one person

or members who aren’t citizens – raised fear in communities in our area, but educated our partners about Title 13 – what data can be used for and that we cannot give information collected out to anyone at any time for any reason.”

But, he said, “trusted partners” in local communities – locally elected leaders, local service agencies, churches, ethnic organizations — should be able to assure non-citizen residents.

In February 2019, Curran launched an aggressive initiative to get full participation in the census. She formed the Nassau County Complete County Committee, in partnership with Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, comprised of 30 nonprofit, labor and faith-based groups, to serve as “trusted partners” to increase awareness and motivate residents to complete the census, especially among hard-to-reach minority and immigrant neighborhoods.

The efforts have paid off to a degree, and Nassau County began September 2020 with a 71.7% response rate to the census – the highest in the state, according to Rossana V. Weitekamp, partnership specialist, for the Census Bureau’s New York Regional Office, Field Division.

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OUR TOWN

The art of aging gracefully as told by painter

O

ne wonders if there is any way to age with grace.

After all, old age brings wrinkles, loose skin, flabbiness, pains of all sorts, limps, doctor visits and the ever mounting fear of the Grim Reaper. These traits do not conjure up grace. And in this great culture of narcissism and image, aging is the great dread and youthful zeal is the only ideal state.

I have noticed that over the last 20 years, as I waltzed past the age of 50, I have become increasingly invisible to those of the opposite sex. It’s all very sad. And this abhorrence to the aged is extreme in America, a young nation without any sense of history at all and if there is no history to dwell upon, why bother listening to us older folks.

If one looks for older role models in order to learn a few things about aging, you will look long and hard before coming up with someone. George Clooney and Brad Pitt are too young to emulate. Peter O’Toole seemed to age gracefully, but I’m not sure if he’s dead or alive at this point.

And if you’re an older woman, Jennifer Aniston and Keira Knightly are too young to look up to and iconic beauties such as Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy have both passed away and seem to be from a different era. The days of Camelot are long gone and now women are left with the likes of Lady Gaga to aspire toward. Lordy

lordy what to do, what to do?

Well, for my money there is at least one older man who aged with grace, luminosity and radiance and he lived right here on Long Island. His name was Willem de Kooning. He was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter who became famous for painting those monstrous images of women in the 1950s and he was the guy who used Pepto Bismol pink in his paintings as well. He made his mark during the ’50s along with Jackson Pollack, Franz Kline and Mark Rothko as part of a group that put American art on the map.

He was young and reckless in his 50s and led a more or less decadent Bohemian life of boozing around, womanizing and painting up a storm. But as his contemporaries passed away, thanks to depression and alcohol abuse, somehow he wised up and fled to the East End of Long Island and sobered up. He began to lead a quieter life in East Hampton and as he entered his 70s a remarkable change occurred in his painting.

His explosive, chaotic and disturbing canvases of Women I, II and III painted when he was 50 gave way to a far simpler style described as “radiant, sensuous, calm, flowing, luminescent and astounding.”

Some art critics have said that no paintings exist that can compare to them. When one goes up for sale at Sotheby’s, it will often sell for about $20 million.

I can recall seeing one de

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Kooning show of these later works and I still remember the impact they had upon me. Absolute awesome beauty and lyricism. It was almost as if they were music and making sounds as you looked at them. And this was work from a man who was in his late 70s. Some said his memory was failing, but what I saw in those paintings was a man who was able to cut through all the noise and find out what is important to see. He may have already been in the early stages of Alzheimer’s when he painted these, but it was obvious he had lost none of his painterly skills.

This was one of the best examples I could find of a man who had figured out a way to age gracefully.

So, you see, all you need to do to find grace in old age is to become a painter, give up drinking and move to East Hampton.

Of course, the chances of us doing those three things is highly unlikely. However one can take

great solace in the fact that de Kooning’s late works offer proof positive that those past 50, 60 and even 70 are still able to produce works of beauty and lyricism. And you do not have to be a painter to produce beauty and goodness and truth. Maybe you are able to grow a perfect garden or cook perfect meals or tell a perfect story. I think that in some ways the older people get the more gifted they become.

As he grew older Willem de Kooning said: “There is a time where you just take a walk and you wind up walking in your own landscape…it all has an innocence that is kind of a grand feeling, maybe the feeling that old man Monet had when he walked through his gardens.”

De Kooning achieved what critics called a mature innocence

and an unselfconscious grandeur and grace. But if you ask me, I think many folks who get past the ripe old age of 70 share in this kind of mature innocence. The price you pay for aging is that you suffer with pain and loss and lots of anxiety, but I think nearly every older person has ownership of a deep wisdom which allows for an appreciation of what life has to offer. The older ones among us rarely waste a day or even an hour. We all know how limited life is.

And to see an example of a man who aged gracefully and told us secrets worth knowing make your way to MoMA in Manhattan, plunk yourself in front of one of de Kooning’s later works and gaze upon the product of a man who aged with lyrical grace.

“Untitled XXV 1982 by Willem de Kooning”

THE BACK ROAD

When thin blue line, blue wall of silence meet

T

he novel coronavirus has shared some of the biggest headlines in 2020 with the shootings and deaths of black men and women at the hands of white police officers.

Breanna Taylor was fatally shot, eight times, on March 13 after police executed a no-knock warrant at her residence in Louisville, Ky.; George Floyd was strangled to death on the street by a Minneapolis, Minn, police officer on May 25; and Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha County, WI police officer on Aug. 23.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, only a few of the most recent 2020 flashpoints that exemplify systemic racism in policing.

As a counterpoint to the Black Lives Matter movement,

the slogan Blue Lives Matter has been prominent on social media and in counter-protests; as have recent calls to condemn the August 9 killing of a five-year-old white child, Cannon Hinnant, at the hands of a black man in North Carolina.

The suggestion in the latter case is that when an innocent white child is killed by a black man it should get the same attention as a black man killed by a white police officer.

Police officers who put their lives on the line deserve our support. Because I stand against the rising tide of black men and women being killed by police, it does not suggest that I do not value quality policing or care less about the murder of a white child.

Thirty-five years ago, I had the privilege of meeting with a

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group then called POMC – Parents of Murdered Children. I was invited to their meetings as a mental health consultant.

The leaders of the group, a married couple whose young adult son was murdered, invited me into their home to join the

group and bear witness to their tragic stories.

After a few meetings, I offered the group the opportunity to move their meetings to the headquarters of the mental health agency – a house, where I worked.

I also offered a mental health professional to join them.

I thought that offering a safe, comfortable and neutral setting and providing them with someone who might nurture the development of their group could be helpful. They took me up on my offer and they have continued to meet ever since for the last 35 years.

I don’t feel the need to qualify my belief that black lives matter, although some would suggest that I don’t think others’ lives matter as much. This is a convenient charge by anyone who has never

lost a moment’s sleep worrying about their own loved ones being capriciously killed by police, as parents of color often do.

Although most police serve with distinction seven days a week without brutalizing or killing a black man or woman who pose no imminent threat to them, that is not what makes them good cops.

What makes a good cop is reporting a bad one. Advancing racial equity in policing requires a culture in which reporting brutality becomes the norm.

The thin blue line is only as strong as its ability to challenge the blue wall of silence, especially when equal justice hangs in the balance.

Andrew Malekoff is a New York State licensed clinical social worker.

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READERS WRITE

Great Neck is ‘No Rehab nightmares on Place for Hate’ North Shore revealed

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ear Members of Our Community, Our federal government officials have reported that there has been an uptick in bias incidents across the country. Unfortunately, Great Neck has not been immune to this trend. It has come to our attention that there have been numerous anti-Asian incidents within our community, starting in January and continuing as recently as this past week in Great Neck.

In all cases, racial slurs and hateful comments, mostly centering around the recent pandemic, have been directed at young, defenseless children ranging from elementary to high school age. These incidents have included asking our youngest students if they eat bats to calling them COVID-19 spreaders, with some even getting physically abused.

As parent leaders, we stand together to condemn these acts. An attack against one of our children is an attack against all of our children. An act of discrimination against one of our community members is a hateful act against our community as a whole. Prejudicial comments aimed at one of our children are felt by us all and cast a shadow on our entire neighborhood.

The hurt felt by just one of our students is felt by us all, and we are compelled to speak out against it.

We stand united in our condemnation of hate speech, negative stereotypes, prejudicial and discriminatory comments of any kind, but especially at this moment in time when we are witnessing the steady rise of anti-Asian bias incidents fueled by the rhetoric around the pandemic.

We are asking our entire community to be part of the solution and to not repeat prejudicial generalizations of any nature. As a community, we are thankful of the overarching mission of a Great Neck education – to provide a safe environment for our children ‘…to become life-long learners and compassionate productive members of a diverse, global society.’

We have volunteered countless hours, working side by side with our neighbors from different cultures, religions and backgrounds for the good of our schools and ALL of our children.

Getting to know one another through the years has been a light in our lives.

We respect our differences and have thoroughly enjoyed learning new things about each other. We love our community and celebrate the cultural and spiritual diversity in Great Neck, the town we call home, and we are united in our desire to create a safe and nurturing environment in which to raise our children.

Very truly yours, Great Neck Public School Parent Leaders Lori Beth Schwartz & Kevin Sun, UPTC Total Community Involvement, Co-Chairs Miriam Kobliner & Moji Pourmoradi, UPTC Co-Presidents Linda Cheung & Pargol Khadavi, UPTC Presidents’ Council, VPs Holly Damaghi & Kevin Sun, UPTC Executive VP Robin Fleishman, UPTC VP Grant Toch & Julie Lam-Leong, UPTC Communications VP Jason Gilbert, UPTC Treasurer Michelle Ahdoot, UPTC Member-at-Large Alicia Lev, Ofer Melamed & Carol Valic, William A. Shine South High School PTO, Co-Presidents Anulekha Ganguli, Jordana Levine & Maria Margiloff, John L. Miller North High School PTO Co-Presidents Korina Lau, South Middle School PTA, President Margareth Adams, Vanessa Tamari & Carey Ye, Richard S. Sherman North Middle School PTO, Co-Presidents Bettina Segal & Bill Groel, Elizabeth M. Baker Elementary School PTO, Co-Presidents Marjan Kashani, Carolyn Moezinia & Laleh Zar, John F. Kennedy Elementary School PTA, Co-Presidents Yvonne Wong Fein & Carol Peng, Lakeville Elementary School PTA, Co-Presidents Fan Jia, Debbie Kerendian & Lauren Yaghoubi, Saddle Rock Elementary School PTA, Co-Presidents Kam Lau & Shilpa Shah, Parkville School PTO, Co-Presidents Bita Hendizadeh, Ron Kosinski & Jessica Smooha, SEPTA, Co-Presidents

M

om still refers to it as that Hell Hole.

Flies in patient bathrooms.

Unwashed tables in the shared patient dining room. Medical refuse tossed onto patient floors remained on patient floors. Broken air conditioning sent temps soaring in patient’s rooms.

The stench of indifference so strong, spiritual leaders found it challenging to conduct a dignified family visit.

Why do residents of Long Island’s Gold Coast accept blatant indifference and indignities towards their loved ones at a time of extreme vulnerability? Is this the best the North Shore of Long Island has to offer?

Eighteen years ago, my 69-year-old father required simultaneous radiation and rehabilitation. To be clear, my family had no role in the selection of this Long Island rehabilitation institution. A social worker, in a New York City hospital, someone who may never have set foot in this Long Island rehab, selected it for us. One critical factor determined my father’s fate: an unoccupied patient bed in my zip code.

Six weeks of bearing witness to my father’s suffering in rehab stand out as my one regret — a wretched, traumatizing experience – in what was otherwise five months of excellent health care.

Let’s talk about today’s rehab. Last month, my 65-year-old neighbor spent three weeks in a highly regarded rehab facility on the North Shore.

Allison spoke to me through bone dry lips, struggling to speak and sounding as if she had cotton balls stuffed in her mouth. She had requested water and ice chips. Friends and family telephoned her daily, yet she failed to pick up her phone. For 14 days, I was unable to reach her. I feared over-medication to induce sleep day and night. I feared dehydration. She feared she was being held hostage.

When Allison’s family abruptly discharged her after a three-week stay, there was a notable five-pound weight loss documented. Five pounds lost by an individual weighing under 100 pounds, with complex health issues, is five pounds too many.

At another popular facility, incoming visitors’ calls are aggressively screened, suggesting an attempt to isolate the patient from the outside world.

Eighteen years or 18 days ago, inpatient rehabilitation seems, all too frequently, not to be the best the North Shore of Long Island has to offer. Social media, Yelp, reaffirms the nightmarish treatment taking place in area institutions you know.

Fear of retaliation has stopped many good sons and daughters from exposing apathy and indifference despite the worrisome warning signs. More importantly, fighting back requires energy that drained family members must conserve to face the next set of challenges.

For me, the callous attitude of the rehab floor physician, at my father’s facility, was my breaking point. The day before discharge, this doctor seemed to delight in lecturing me that my father was leaving in far worse shape than when he arrived, and it was probably foolish to have put him through radiation treatment.

On a purely visceral level, the doctor’s response seemed devoid of even a drop of human kindness. How did this soulless shell of a man come to be responsible for rehab patients?

On discharge day, Nurse Manager asked how quickly I could clear the stack of soiled laundry bags and Dad’s personal effects. Alone, with no family members to assist me, I was given the arduous task of hauling dirty laundry bags while single-handedly overseeing the transport of my father from rehab to hospice.

None of this seemed to matter to Nurse Manager. She offered zero help.

What did matter was how quickly this Long Island “Gold Coast” rehab, with littered floors and unwashed tables and flies in the bathrooms, could turn over an unoccupied bed for additional revenue.

I encourage readers to speak up about the dirty little secrets that are masquerading as quality rehabilitation on Long Island’s North Shore. If you are seeking compassion and responsiveness for your loved one, in many cases, you won’t find it there.

A new sofa or crystal chandelier in the family meeting room is a poor substitute for real patient care long after visiting hours are over. No one should feel forced to pay privately for an overnight aide to safeguard a loved one from widespread dangers of apathy and neglect.

The glossy patient literature you receive won’t reveal that unmitigated truth.

New York State Dept. of Health will investigate written complaints or call: 1-888-201-4563 (M-F 8:30 am – 4:45 pm.) To report a patient safety event or concern, contact The Joint Commission whose mission statement is to ensure quality healthcare for patients and prevent harm.

Judy Shore Rosenthal Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 36

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ELECTION RESULTS

VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK

VILLAGE OF SADDLE ROCK

(2 Trustees) Incumbent: Trustee Bart Sobel Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Nroman Namdar (not running) Challenger: Eli Kashi

Votes

Percent

85

41%

Incumbent: Mayor Jean Celender (not running) Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Deputy Mayor Ted Rosen Challenger: Leonard Katz Incumbent: Trustee Pam Marksheid Challenger: Marnie Ives Incumbent: Michael Deluccia Challenger: Robert Farajollah

122

59%

Votes

Percent

Incumbent: Trustee Howard Hershenhorn

312 258 310 234 306 238

55% 45% 28% 22% 28% 22%

Votes

Percent

171

100%

167

100%

Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Lanny Oppenheim

Percent

43

100%

43

100%

Votes

Percent

34

100%

33

100%

Incumbent: Trustee Kamran Barelli (not running) Challenger: Ronen Ben-Josef

VILLAGE OF RUSSELL GARDENS (2 Trustees)

VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK ESTATES (2 Trustees)

Votes

Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK PLAZA (Mayor, 2 Trustees)

(2 Trustees) Incumbent: Trustee Manny Alani

Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF KINGS POINT

Incumbent: Trustee Lawrence Chaleff Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Matthew Ellis Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF FLOWER HILL (Mayor, 3 Trustees)

Votes

Percent

Incumbent: Mayor Brian Herrington

596

72%

Challenger: Trustee Kate Hirsch

233

28%

Incumbent: Deputy Mayor Randall Rosenbaum

562

31%

Challenger: Jeffrey Greilsheimer

232

13%

Incumbent: Trustee Gary Lewandowski

577

32%

Challenger: Jay Silverman

225

12%

(Mayor, 2 Trustees)

Votes

Percent

Incumbent: (Trustee) Robert McNamara (deceased)

560

31%

Incumbent: Mayor Michael Kalnick Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee David Harounian Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Sheldon Kwiat Challenger: n/a

175

100%

Challenger: Diane Turner

240

13%

173

100%

167

100%

Votes

Percent

63

100%

66

100%

66

100%

Votes

Percent

139

100%

124

100%

129

100%

122

100%

Votes

Percent

20

100%

20

100%

VILLAGE OF PLANDOME (3 Trustees) Incumbent: Deputy Mayor Ray Herbert (not running) Challenger: Robert Broderick

VILLAGE OF LAKE SUCCESS (Mayor, 3 Trustees, Village Justice)

Votes

Percent

Incumbent: Mayor Adam Hoffman

82

100%

Incumbent: Trustee Robert Gal

78

100%

Challenger: Spyro Dimitratos (Village Party)

77

100%

Incumbent: Trustee Stephen Lam Challenger: Fred Handsman (Village Party)

73

100%

Incumbent: Trustee Andrew Bartels (not running) Challenger: James Corcoran Incumbent: Trustee Gregory Westfall (not running)

Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF PLANDOME HEIGHTS (Mayor, 3 Trustees)

Incumbent: Village Justice Howard Boris (not running) Challenger: Associate Village Justice Mark Mermel

Challenger: John Kurkjian

81

100%

Incumbent: Mayor Kenneth Riscica Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF THOMASTON (2 Trustees) Incumbent: Trustee To-On Pang Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee James Sharkey Challenger: n/a

Votes

Percent

26

100%

27

100%

Incumbent: Trustee Silva Ferman Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Alvin Solomon Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Dianne Sheehan Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF KENSINGTON * Votes

(Mayor, 2 Trustees) Incumbent: Mayor Susan Lopatkin Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Deputy Mayor Phillip Bornstein Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Jeffrey Greener Challenger: n/a

Percent

* The official results were not provided by the village

VILLAGE OF PLANDOME MANOR (2 Trustees) Incumbent: Trustee Antonio DeSousa Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Patricia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Challenger: n/a

ELECTION RESULTS VILLAGE OF MUNSEY PARK

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VILLAGE OF ROSLYN Votes

(2 Trustees)

Percent

Votes

Percent

29

100%

24

100%

Votes

Percent

12

100%

12

100%

Votes

Percent

162

100%

157

100%

Votes

Percent

Challenger: Trustee Edward Novick

98

100%

Incumbent: Deputy Mayor Marina Chimerine

98

100%

91

100%

Votes

Percent

(2 Trustees)

Incumbent: Trustee Anthony Sabino

101

24%

Incumbent: Deputy Mayor Marshall Bernstein

Challenger: Regina Im

102

25%

Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Craig Westergard

Incumbent: Trustee Jennifer Noone (not running) Challenger: Gregory LiCalzi

147

35%

Challenger: John Dellaquilla

66

16%

Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF ROSLYN ESTATES (2 Trustees)

VILLAGE OF FLORAL PARK (2 Trustees)

Votes

Percent

Incumbent: Trustee Kevin Fitzgerald

520

100%

Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Archie T. Cheng

525

100%

Incumbent: Trustee Brian Feingold Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Stephen Fox Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF EAST HILLS

Challenger: n/a

(2 Trustees)

VILLAGE OF BAXTER ESTATES (2 Trustees, Village Justice)

Votes

Percent

49

100%

Incumbent: Trustee Alice Peckleis Challenger: n/a

Incumbent: Trustee Clara Pomerantz Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Deputy Trustee Emanuel Zuckerman Challenger: n/a

Incumbent: Trustee G. Douglas Baldwin (withdrawn, still on ballot) Challenger: Brian Reardon (write in)

22

100%

Incumbent: Village Justice Elizabeth Kase

51

100%

VILLAGE OF OLD WESTBURY Incumbent: Mayor Fred Carillo (not running)

Challenger: n/a

VILLAGE OF MANORHAVEN Votes

Percent

Incumbent: Mayor Jim Avena (Manorhaven Residents Party)

421

52%

Challenger: Vincent M. Costa (Manorhaven Liberty Party)

384

48%

Incumbent: Deputy Mayor Priscilla von Roeschlub (Manorhaven Residents Party)

397

26%

Challenger: Harry S. Farina (Manorhaven Liberty Party)

395

26%

Challenger: Joseph Zimbardi (Manorhaven Residents Party)

375

25%

Challenger: Walter E. Peters (Manorhaven Liberty Party)

368

24%

(Mayor, 2 Trustees)

Incumbent: Trustee Ken Kraft (not running)

Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Edward Novick (running for mayor) Challenger: Andrew Weinberg

VILLAGE OF MINEOLA * (2 Trustees, Justice) Incumbent: Trustee Paul Periera Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Trustee Paul Custano Challenger: n/a Incumbent: Justice Steven Barnwell

VILLAGE OF PORT WASHINGTON NORTH * Votes

(2 Trustees)

Percent

Challenger: n/a

(2 Trustees, Justice)

Incumbent: Trustee Michael Malatino

Incumbent: Trustee James Lark * The official results were not provided by the village

(2 Two-Year Trustees, 1 One-Year Village Justice) Incumbent: Trustee Peter Foreman

212

100%

203

100%

Challenger: n/a

Percent

Incumbent: Justice Joseph Sperber (not running)

139

100%

Challenger: Emil Samuels

202

71%

Challenger: Mitchell Flachner

83

29%

Votes

Percent

94

100%

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$50 fine for nonmask wearing: MTA Cuomo, transit agency says penalties on patrons, employees needed to protect riders

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Gov. Andrew Cuomo and officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced regulations to ensure that people who use public transit keep themselves and others safe during the coronavirus pandemic with a $50 fine for those who refuse to wear a mask.

Cuomo announced last Thursday that the transit authority was required to develop a plan to increase mask compliance on buses, subways and railroad lines. The new measure, put into effect on Monday, is an extension of Cuomo’s April 17 executive order that required public transportation employees and patrons to wear a face covering while riding.

“While mask compliance in the MTA system remains very high, we want to make sure that people feel comfortable coming back to public transportation,” Cuomo said. “I have asked the MTA to come up with an enforcement regimen so people know that not only are the cars clean and the stations clean, but the riders will be acting appropriately. We have to be able to say to the riding public that everyone will be wearing masks — and if they refuse to wear a mask they will be penalized.”

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced mask-wearing regulations for MTA riders and employees on Thursday.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye said mask compliance has been better on buses throughout the state, 96 percent, compared with the Long Island Rail Road, 90 percent. Foye said he hoped the $50 fine will incentivize customers to wear face

officials said, the initial budget cuts will total $2.4 billion over the next two years.

Officials said expenses cannot be reduced quickly and significantly enough to offset a 40 percent revenue reduction the organization has experienced and will continue to expect.

“The MTA needs federal support to manage this crisis,” DiNapoli said in a statement. “The alternative is unthinkable. Without additional federal aid, the MTA is considering drastic cuts and fare hikes that won’t come near what it needs, and in fact will extend the problems we face, not solve them.”

Transit authority officials discussed potential measures that they would take if no federal aid was provided such as eliminating more than 800 Long Island Rail Road jobs, raising fares by 10 percent in three years, and delaying the East Side Access Project, which allows for a second railroad terminal in Manhattan.

The organization received $3.9 billion in federal aid in the CARES Act, but ran through the funding by July, officials said.

“We’re about to see the worst train wreck in the system’s history,” MTA board member Kevin Law said. “The potential cuts to the Long Island Rail Road are terrifying.”

coverings for maximum safety around other patrons and transit employees.

“Health experts agree that wearing a mask is the single best thing we can do to limit the spread of COVID-19,” Foye said.

“The $50 fine gives us another tool to help achieve our goal of universal mask usage on New York City Transit subways and buses, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.”

The transportation authority also launched an “Operation Respect” campaign, to aid in encouraging people to comply with coronavirus protocols. The agency made four million masks from the state and New York City available for no cost at bus, subway and railroad stations.

Additionally, the agency has placed vending machines containing personal protective equipment such as hand sanitizer, masks, gloves and sanitizing wipes at various transit stations throughout the state. Surgical mask dispensers have also been placed inside more than 350 buses throughout the state.

The announcement comes more than a week after a state audit conducted by the office of New York’s comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, outlined the transportation authority’s grim future if federal aid was not provided.

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State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) is searching for information about notes that were found on a few dozen doors in the Manhasset area.

State Sen. Anna Kaplan (DGreat Neck) denounced a misinformation campaign that was launched over the weekend in which notes were found on a few dozen doors in the Manhasset area that contained misleading information about vaccines and social programs.

The notes had “warning” written in large letters “in an effort to appear to be an official notice,” according to a news release from Kaplan.

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The notes then said “people have been reluctant to take the trial vaccine because many feel the process has been rushed for political purposes. If your child participates in the ‘Free Lunch’ program or benefits from any other social assisted programs you should be very alert!

You could be signing your child up for something that will be extremely harmful to them.”

An investigation into who produced and placed to notes is underway.

“I’m absolutely disgusted that

some coward would spend their time trying to scare parents with anonymous notes like this full of lies and conspiracy theories,” Kaplan said in a statement. Kaplan went on to say that those responsible will be found and that police have been notified. Residents with information are encouraged to contact the senator’s office.

According to Kaplan’s office, some residents were “extremely upset” by the “dangerous claims” made in the letter.

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How COVID-19 may affect your bond portfolio Many retirees position Municipal Bonds as a form of income and balance to their overall portfolio. Historically, muni bonds have experienced a very low default rate. In fact, over the past 100 years, there has been one state that went bankrupt, Arkansas. This was in 1933, which occurred during the Great Depression.

Today is very similar to 1933, our debt to GDP is greater than 1933, the US is running a $3trillion dollar deficit and the Federal Reserve is printing money to try and reflate the economy.

In the middle of all of this, states and cities across the nation are struggling financially due to the cost of COVID-19. Many states and cities had issues even prior to COVID. COVID, however, hits municipalities from several directions. Real estate delinquencies rise and sales tax revenue falls.

Toll road and mass transit revenue also decline significantly.

Meanwhile, the governmental cost of dealing with COVID is rising. Without some help from the Federal government, those municipalities that were already running deficits and/or had large

debt burdens can find themselves in more dire financial straits fairly quickly.

Those managed more conservatively may not have similar problems right away, and can last longer, but ultimately will confront the same fate despite those conservative fiscal policies without help or an economic rebound.

The size of a bail-out for state and local governments is a major sticking point to cutting a deal between the Democrats and the Republicans. Here is where the differences lie: The Democratic proposal (HEROES Act) includes about 1$ trillion to bail out strapped state and local governments burdened with COVID expenses and significant declines in revenue.The Republicans are of the opinion that $1 trillion is far more than is needed to offset COVID costs and lost revenue.

The issue here is that Republicans are determined to prevent COVID relief from being used to solve existing funding problems that have nothing to do with COVID, such as structural deficits and underfunded pensions.

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ing no new funding for state and local government but would expand the existing CRF (Coronavirus Relief Fund) availability for local governments through fiscal 2021. However, these funds cannot be used for replenishment of rainy-day funds or state pensions.

Reality likely lies somewhere in between. Our municipal market contacts indicate that any package in the $300 to $500 billion range would be well received by the market. In addition, Moody’s, a major bond rating agency, says: “Under baseline economic assumptions, we project that Congress and the White House will need to enact approximately $500 billion in additional flexible aid to states and local governments over the next two fiscal years to avoid major damage to the economy.”[1] In speaking to many large municipal bond money managers, they all seem to have the same tone; “Default will never happen”. A lot has occurred financially over the past twenty years that many said would never happen, and it did happen.

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Evaluate with your advisor if there is a risk of default on each bond you own if a stimulus deal is or is not passed. An additional step might be to consider diversifying your portfolio amongst some of the more financially healthy states versus being concentrated in one single state.

While you may lose the triple tax-exempt status on some bonds within your home state, protecting the principal from extreme volatility through diversifying the portfolio would be more important.

If you have a passive and/ or laddered strategy that you or a broker have been managing, where you just “set-it and forgot it”, you may want to take a more active approach going forward.

We are advising clients to work with us in conjunction with professional municipal bond

managers that oversee the credit and interest rate risk simultaneously. At the same time, we are updating our due diligence on these managers. In any event, we suggest reviewing your municipal holdings through your advisor to ensure that your retirement savings is protected over the longterm.

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Every day the list of companies offering special deals for people of a certain age continues to grow.

Individuals willing to do the research or simply ask retailers and other businesses about their senior discount policies can be well on their way to saving serious money.

Keep in mind that the starting points for age-based discounts vary, with some offering deals to those age 50 and up, and others kicking in at 55 or 60-plus.

The following is a list of some of the discounts that may be available.

Confirm eligibility as companies change their policies from time to time. Also, the editors of Consumer World say that the senior discount might not always be the lowest price, so comparison shopping is a must to find out which discount or coupon is the best deal.

Amtrak: Travelers age 65 and older can enjoy a 10 percent discount on rail fares on most Amtrak trains. For those who prefer ground travel but want to leave the car at home, this can be a great way to get around.

Fast-food/sit-down restaurants: Establishments like Wendy’s, Arby’s, Burker King, Denny’s, Applebees, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, and Friendly’s offer various senior discounts. Most are 10 to 15 percent off the meal. Others offer free beverages or an extra perk with purchase.

Kohl’s: This popular department store provides a 15 percent discount

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Marriott: Travelers age 62 and older are privy to a 15-percent discount on room rates at Marriott brand hotels, subject to availability.

Roto-Rooter: Plumbing problems can get expensive, but online sources cite a 10 to 15 percent discount depending on location for this drain cleaning service provider in North America.

National Parks: The U.S. National Parks Service offers steep discounts on the annual pass, which provides entry to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites.

Grocery store: Food shopping gets a little easier with discounts at Bi-Lo, Fred Meyer, Gristedes, Harris Teeter, Piggly-Wiggly, and Publix.

Be sure to check with local supermarkets about senior discounts, as they vary, particularly as to what day of the week and for what age they kick in.

AARP membership: It is important to note that many companies require enrollment in AARP for people to get senior discounts.

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T-Mobile: This carrier offers two lines with unlimited talk, text and LTE data for $35 with AutoPay for seniors age 55-plus. Only the primary account holder has to be 55.

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Local reps ask for more federal funding Continued from Page 8 Additionally, the act would eliminate the cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes, an action sought by Suozzi and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (DNew York).

“When it comes to SALT, if you think Long Islanders needed and deserved this money before the coronavirus took hold, the stakes are even higher now because the cap is costing this community tens of thousands of dollars they could be using amid the crisis,” Schumer said.

The Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, sponsored by Suozzi, would increase the tax deduction for state and local taxes in 2019 to $20,000 for individuals filing a joint tax return if the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer does not exceed $100 million.

The act would also eliminate the current $10,000 cap on the deduction in 2020 and 2021 except for taxpayers

whose adjusted gross income exceeds $100 million.

Also featured in the Heroes Act is $87.5 billion allocated to municipalities with more than 500,000 residents and $37.5 billion for municipalities with less than 50,000 residents.

“Today we are sounding an alarm,” Suozzi said. “The Senate’s four months of inaction will crush our schools, our law enforcement, our state and our local governments.”

On Tuesday, Suozzi and other members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus unveiled a “March to Common Ground” framework that is aimed at breaking the gridlock of passing a coronavirus relief package that prioritizes everyday people and essential services.

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L.I. Music Hall of Fame announces awards The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has announced the awarding of its 2020 student scholarships.

This year LIMHOF acknowledged five students with the Distinction in Music award and an additional five students with the Merit in Music award for their accomplishments. All ten students are from Long Island and plan to pursue music studies in college.

This year’s applications came from all four counties and the winners represent Bayside, Brooklyn, Elwood, Franklin Square, Half Hallow Hills, Hampton Bays, Huntington, North Babylon, Roslyn Heights, Sayville, and Smithtown.

Students in Brooklyn, Nassau, Queens and Suffolk counties are eligible to apply for the scholarships. This program is in addition to other education acknowledgements that the Long Island Music Hall of Fame sponsors, including the Music Educator of Note and the High School Recognition Awards.

LIMHOF is able to provide these scholarships thanks to supporting received from the Long Island music community and from Jill’s Dreams, a foundation established in the name of, and in memory of former LIMHOF Board member Jill Nees-Russell.

For 2020, an additional memorial scholarship in honor of Len Rothenberg, a longtime friend of LIMHOF has been awarded. The Distinction Scholarships are for $500 each. The Merit Scholarships are for $300 each and The Len Rothenberg scholarship is for an additional $500.

LIMHOF is honored to celebrate each recipient’s dedication to music and support their college plans. An outdoor reception was held this month where students were able to receive their awards, visit the Mobile Museum and celebrate their achievements.

“Long Island Music Hall of Fame is honored to have the opportunity to support and acknowledge accomplished high school seniors who are pursuing a future in music. There were many amazing candidates and our committee was honored to be able to recognize some additional students. The talent that exists on Long Island is something we at LIMHOF want to celebrate. In addition to following their own dreams, we believe these students will encourage and inspire others,” said LIMHOF Education Chairman, Tom Needham.

Please note: Student photos are available on request. Contact Kelly Leung at kellyl@limusi-

challoffame.org.

Our 2020 Distinction in Music Scholarship winners are: Allison Brook graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School this month and will attend Northwestern University in the fall. She plans to major in Vocal Performance and Economics.

Allison’s voice teacher Jennifer Grimaldi shared her thoughts on the musician. “I believe Allison to be a superb and unique talent. She has a full-bodied rich and beautiful sound. For a younger singer, she is intensely committed, intelligent, artistically responsible singer, with a kindness, integrity and humility that are noteworthy.”

Gabrielle Caine graduated from Hampton Bays High School this month and will attend the University of Pennsylvania in the fall. She plans to major in Music.

“I have known Gabby for the past four years and she has contributed a great deal to my vocal and instrumental music property as well as in the field program Gabby is a well-accomplished vocalist who also has tremendous skill on the cello and clarinet she is a mature accountable devoted warm and caring young woman who strives for perfection in any activities she’s involved with I have never met a student with a work ethic like Abby she is truly exceptional“ explained her Instrumental Music Director, Jennifer Halsey.

Esther Duclair graduated from North Babylon High School this month and will attend NYU’s Steinhardt School in the fall. She plans to major in Musical Performance and Education.

Esther’s Orchestra Director, Ms. Nicole Verderosa believes strongly in her talent and dedication.“In addition to her orchestral studies on violin, Esther is an accomplished pianist and vocalist, attending NYSSMA at level 6A, level 6, and level 6A respectively. Esther maintains a rigorous home practice schedule, attends weekly private lessons on violin, piano and voice and has already performed at several professional engagements as a soloist all while balancing the other aspects of a high achieving high school senior. Esther is grateful for all of her experiences as a musician. Participating in various ensembles gave her the opportunity to be challenged by the difficult repertoire and enabled her to reach her potential as a string player.

In addition to the Distinction in Music award, Ms. Duclair has been awarded the 2020 Len

Winners of 2020 LIMHOF Music Scholarships Rothenberg Memorial Scholarship. Len was an avid music and arts lover and believed in supporting education and the Long Island community. Ms. Duclair’s strong work ethic, humility and dedication to her craft make her the worthy recipient of this memorial scholarship.

Michael Golub graduated Smithtown High School West this month and will attend either NYU or The New School in the fall. He will major in music performance.

“Michael is an exceptional music student who is challenging himself and succeeding at every opportunity. He is highly committed as a musician and works diligently to achieve the upmost results. In my 25 year career, Michael is among the best music students I’ve heard. His excellence is marked by his high-quality coursework dedication community into compassion for his peers. Michael will certainly succeed at the next level and dominate in his musical career path” shared Smithtown High School West Chorus Teacher, Timothy Cassera.

Melissa Mandel graduated from Elwood-John Glenn High School in Elwood this month and will attend Berklee School of Music in the fall. She plans to major in Music Performance and Music Management.

Rachel Nagle, Melissa’s Choir Director shared her thoughts about Melissa, “She is a talented and intelligent young woman, who is highly involved in our school’s music community. I have had the pleasure of having Melissa as a student for four years, and the unique experience of getting to know her in her most natural element; music. She has worked collaboratively with other musicians in the department while displaying leadership and a high level of personal responsibility

for each project. As a performer, she is always looking to better not only herself but the choir. She is a perfectionist and a team player. Melissa looks for constructive criticism, applies, and adapts.

She can do this as a musician, and as a student in general. Melissa is responsible, communicative and reliable.”

Our 2020 Merit in Music Scholarship winners are: Samuel Abramson graduates from Half Hollow Hills High School this month and will attend Ithaca College in the fall. He plans to major in Music Education.

Choral Director Dr. Danielle McRoy shared “Sam’s commitment to music and theater are a testament to the kind of dedication he possesses in everything in which he chooses to take part. He has become a true leader within the department, holding leadership roles in multiple organizations. What has impressed me most is his quiet dedication to grow and learn. His musical and vocal growth has been incredible.

Shaun Gibbons graduated from Sayville High School this month and will attend The University of Delaware in the fall. He plans to major in Music Education.

Karen DiMartino, Shaun’s Chorus Director at Sayville High School shared some insight with us. “Shaun has been a dream to teach. He’s the hardest working student I have taught in my 10 years at Sayville High School.

To call him a leader would be an understatement. He is confident enough to lead the group by example and equally approachable to never intimidate. His vocal abilities are exceptional for a student his age. He has often been a soloist in my groups. Sean’s hard work and dedication has lead to him getting lead roles in our school musicals and excelling at

NYSSMA. Jessica Ringston graduated from Carey High School in Franklin Square this month and will attend Purchase College in the fall. She will major in Music performance and management.

Dr. Susan Deaver, her flute teacher shared that “Jessica is currently the principal flute for the Long island Youth Orchestra and is part of Nassau-Suffolk Performing Arts. Her dedication and commitment to her craft has led to many opportunities for her to perform as an orchestral, chamber, pit orchestra musician, and as a soloist, where she has excelled. She will be an amazing asset to Purchase when she attends in the Fall.”

Rachel Schlesinger graduated from North Shore Hebrew Academy this month and will attend The University of Michigan in the fall. She plans to major in Vocal Performance.

Rachel’s vocal instructor Jennifer Toohey says “Rachel works diligently on her craft and takes instruction very well. She has strong worth work ethic paired with a generous and warm personality that makes her homework with her feel comfortable and proud. She has a mature full bodied rich and beautiful sound and I have had the pleasure of observing her perform numerous operatic areas art songs and scenes with elegance, focus and precise dramatic interpretation.

José Suarez graduated from Huntington High School this month and will attend Syracuse University in the fall. He plans to major in Music Education.

José is not only a very talented musician, but his work ethic is second to none. Most days you will find him in the band room after school, practicing for one ensemble or another. He’s always prepared, self-motivated and always goes above and beyond. He is a mature performer with great technical proficiency expression and tone quality. In my AP music theory class, Jose was a leader and he developed a deep interest in music theory. José is incredibly passionate about and dedicated to music and will be quite successful explained his Band Director, Jason Giachetti.

For more information about these awards, the winners or education scholarships and grants offered by LIMHOF please visit www.limusichalloffame. org/scholarshipsgrants/ or contact LIMHOF’s Board Member for Community Outreach, Kelly Leung at kellyl@limusichalloffame.org.

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Join the fight to defeat breast cancer

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ctober is Breast Cancer awareness month and is soon upon us in a few weeks and it is a reminder for all of us to do something. Throughout the month of October, women are encouraged to make mammography appointments.

In rare cases, men can also come down with breast cancer as well.

Some may wonder why a man is writing about breast cancer, which is more common in women, but it affects us all. All the women we love — our mothers, sisters, aunts,

wives, daughters, friends — can be affected by this insidious disease. We are their caregivers and try to care for the ones we love.

My wife of 33 years, Eva, goes often for the test, and I know it scares her because breast cancer runs in her family. She has friends and relatives who have had this disease and some have passed away. Each time she goes for the test, I’m afraid to hear the worst and maybe lose the most important person in my life. But we must remember early detection is the answer. I know that

for a fact because I had come down with an aggressive prostate cancer, but due to early detection and an aggressive surgery I am in remission five years later.

Now, with new treatment options, mammography screenings do improve a women’s chance of survival. Many years ago, I had an aunt who had breast cancer in the 1960s and had passed away at age 62. But more can be done today and the cure rate is much better today. We all need to to get involved and do what we can to fight this insidious

disease. Like donating to the American Cancer Society, hospitals that care for breast cancer patients and other organizations that run fund-raisers and can be found on the Internet. I fully understand it is hard for some to volunteer during this COVID-19 pandemic but maybe donate what we can to fight this disease. Let’s end this disease that has affected many women and their families.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Bellerose

Truth is Trump scores big on trade deals

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y old friend, Donald Davrett, criticized President Trump for “tirade[s],” “simplistic and hateful characterization,” “bluster and name-calling” (“Trump notches another economic failure,” Roslyn Times, Sept. 11).

Then he proceeds to show us how such is done in his simplistic argument ad hominem; long on heat and short on light.

In discussing trade and tariffs Davrett omitted the premise of Trump’s March 2018 tweet. More completely it read: “When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good and easy to win.” From 2000 to 2017 our balance of trade varied between negative $361 billion and negative $761 billion.

In human terms our manufacturing base in many industries, from clothing to computers, virtually disappeared. Davrett’s opinion, that the factory is archaic and not needed, is suburban elitist typical of today’s “progressives.”

Davrett relied on his 20 years in manufacturing for his “wisdom” that “manufacturing seeks low production costs.” But what he failed to tell us is that China unfairly lowers its export costs by subsidizing otherwise failing industries to eliminate foreign competition.

A second major unethical Chinese practice is stealing our technology through forced technology transfers. China forces foreign businesses to share their technology in exchange for market access. When a company wants to enter the Chinese market,

China compels the firm to share its technology with Chinese companies. That “market access” lasts till the Chinese company displaces the foreign one with the stolen technology combined with the subsidized pricing.

Not satisfied with subsidies and forced technology transfers China sponsored Chinese “students” and industrial interns to steal our technology at the source. China also bribes American tech and science professors to facilitate large-scale technology transfers from U.S. companies and universities to Chinese entities. China conducts and supports cyber intrusions into U.S. companies to access their sensitive commercial information, such as trade secrets.

Many of these spies have recently been discovered, some were arrested, and others fled back home. One such female medical intern claimed to have been a nurse in China. A photo of her in a Chinese army officer’s uniform was discovered.

In connection with these depredations, the Trump administration shut down the Chinese Houston embassy, which was evidently coordinating the spying activities.

Workers could be seen burning their files in the back yard.

Far from failure Trump should be credited with many trade and other economic accomplishments. He has kept his promise to crack down on trade cheaters and to promote fair and equal trade.

The United States and China have reached an historic and enforceable agreement on a Phase-One trade deal that re-

quires structural reforms and other changes to China’s economic and trade regime in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture, financial services, and currency and foreign exchange. Shortly thereafter the China virus hit, causing bad feelings between us and delaying Phase-Two negotiations. China’s hope for Biden’s election will likely freeze progress till after the election. I’m not even getting into Hunter Biden’s lucrative deals with China and the Ukraine.

With the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), the Trump administration successfully fulfilled the president’s promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. It halted the loss of many thousands of jobs to Mexico, opened new markets for U.S. farmers and manufacturers, encouraged increased manufacturing in the U.S. allowing workers and small businesses to flourish.

We also concluded a lobster trade agreement with the EU that eliminated tariffs and opened markets for our fisherman.

Davrett also lists as “economic failures” job growth, GDP, and “near total obliteration of our defenses against pandemic outbreaks,” and asserts that Trump “could never match the record of [Obama] even if the pandemic had never happened.”

Till the pandemic hit Trump’s progrowth policies generated 6 million new jobs, the unemployment rate fell to its lowest point in 50 years, and wages grew at over 3 percent for 10 months in a row. The manufacturing industry created nearly half a

million new jobs. A total 625,000 new construction jobs were created since President Trump took office. Hispanic, Asian and African American unemployment rates have all reached record lows. There were more than a million more job openings than unemployed persons in the U.S. In President Obama’s final year, 2016, GDP growth was 1.6 percent. In President Trump’s first three years it was 2.4, 2.9 and 2.3 percent. PresidentTrump faulted the Obama administration, and rivalJoe Biden for leaving the U.S. unprepared for the coronavirus crisis, as he took executive action to replenish federal stockpiles of medical supplies. “Never again will another president inherit empty shelves or expired products,” Mr.Trumpsaid on a visit to a medical supply distribution company near Allentown, Pennsylvania. “I’m determined that America will be fully prepared for any of the future outbreaks.”

I’m also not getting into President Trump’s Middle East successes for which he has so far received two nominations for the Peace Nobel Prize; except to note that VP Biden opposed the mission to kill bin Laden.

Evidently Donald Davrett has been living on Mars.

Len Mansky Roslyn The writer is a former Democrat committeeman and president of the Greater Roslyn Democratic Club.

Swirsky: Emperor’s new clothes, anyone?

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illions of e-mails, millions of Tweets, and multi-thousands of Letters to the Editors of newspapers across the country–– both in print and online––and find not one message of objection or disgust or fear from a leftist about this escalating domestic-terrorism crime wave.

The only conclusion any sentient person can draw is that these Biden supporters approve of this behavior, somehow believing that if enough chaos and crime takes place, Americans will vote for the guy who promises to end it, ole

basement Joe himself.

Of course, the liberal (ahem) grown-ups who are supporting this illegal and criminal behavior have children and grandchildren themselves.

Who would blame any of their offspring from concluding that if they don’t like someone’s opinion or style or philosophy, it’s perfectly acceptable to light that person’s car on fire, punch that woman in the face and knock out her teeth and then throw her to the ground, smash the windows of this guy’s homegrown business and steal all his goods, blind that

offender with a laser beam, or shoot him or her dead?

This is what leftists are teaching their children and grandchildren, a crime for which all of them should be indicted.

President Trump has offered immediate help to all the mayors of the Democrat-run cities in which this violence is taking place, but following orders from the moneybags funding this mayhem, they refuse his offers, leaving the citizens they’ve taken an oath to protect in abject fear.

What a preview of our country if a Democrat is even voted for dogcatcher, much less president!

Joan Swirsky Great Neck Editor’s Note: A recent U.S. intelligence assessment reviewed by the Reuters news agency said most of the violence at domestic protests appears to have been driven by opportunists. But the assessment also said there was some evidence that organized extremists from both the left and the right were tied to the violence or promoting it online

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Brooklyn-Queens streetcar connector DOA

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t is no surprise that due to the financial crises as a result of COVID-19 on the municipal budget, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has abandoned his $2.7 billion Brooklyn Queens Streetcar Connector project known as BQX. There was never a guarantee that the Federal Transit Administration would pay for 50 percent of the cost. Dreams of Amazon doing the same have come and gone, since they canceled coming to Long Island City. There is no funding for this project in the MTA $51 billion 2020 — 2024 Five Year Capital Plan. There is no commitment to use future Manhattan congestion pricing toll revenues that may start in 2022 to help fund this project. It remains to be seen if this project will be included within the pending long range MTA 2020 — 2040 Capital Needs Assessment Plan document.

There is no proposed funding to advance this project in either the city or state budgets. No one knows if the next mayor will support this project and make it a

priority.

De Blasio never asked NYCDOT Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to request approval to enter the FTA New Starts process for future funding. The project was not included within the February 2020 FTA New Starts report for federal fiscal year 2021. Don’t count on seeing it in the next FTA New Starts report for federal fiscal year 2022. Successful completion of this process averages five years before there is an approved Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement in place.

The project always had a fatal flaw. It was missing $1.4 billion in federal funding. This has been overlooked for years by those who champion the project.

After five years, there has been no progress in securing federal funding. In 2015, the Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector claimed it could be built for $1.7 billion. In 2016, the NYC Economic Development Corporation said $2.5 billion. Today the estimated cost is $2.7 billion. How much more might it cost upon completion? It takes more than a simple

planning feasibility study to turn it into a viable capital transportation improvement project. There have been no completed environmental documents or design and engineering efforts to validate the $2.7 billion construction costs.

Awarding a $7.25 million consultant contract to perform environmental work supplemented the previous $7 million feasibility study for a total of $14.25 million.

This leaves the project $2.685 billion short of funding needed for completion. The original completion date slipped five years from 2024 to 2029.

Claims that construction would start in 2019 and service begin by 2024 have come and gone. The environmental review process has been underway since 2017. Final design and engineering would require several more years.

The mayor’s plan to finance this project by taking a percentage of property taxes (value capture) on new development was always robbing Peter to pay Paul.

This would reduce the amount of money available for police, fire,

sanitation and other essential municipal services. The city DOT and Economic Development Corporation have no experience in design, construction or operations of street car systems. Mayor de Blasio never asked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to serve as a project sponsor and future system operator. The MTA, not wanting to use its own funding, would have to enter the project into the FTA New Starts program.

MTA, NYC DOT, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit and Amtrak are all attempting to qualify other projects for the same federal New Starts program.

Completion of a planning study is just the first step of any potential capital transportation project improvement. The journey for a project of this scope can easily take 10 to 20 years before becoming a reality. Given the uncertainties of project financing and growing costs for utility, sewer lines and water main relocation, a new limited stop bus route along this corridor makes more sense.

Reducing headways and adding equipment to the Brooklyn/ Queens Crosstown NYC Transit subway G line, which runs in close proximity along the same corridor, could quickly be implemented. Without a billion or more from Washington, don’t count on riding the Brooklyn Queens Connector in your lifetime. Instead, try running simple limited stop bus service on the same route.

The MTA NYC Transit Queens Bus Network Redesign Draft Plan currently on hold proposed creation of the new QT 1 bus route. It would cross the Pulaski Bridge to connect Astoria, Long Island City, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and downtown Brooklyn. This might make for a low-cost, easy-to-implement improvement rather than the $2.7 billion Brooklyn/Queens Street Car Connector.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office

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Nassau must be fully counted in census Continued from Page 16 But certain areas, notably with high minority populations, are significantly under-represented so far: Elmont, 52.5 percent; Hempstead, 48.8 percent; New Cassel, 50.3 percent; Roosevelt, 53.8 percent. (To see how your community is faring, see Census Response Rate Map, which is updated daily.)

But the fact it is illegal for the Census Bureau to share household information with anyone (specific information that genealogists use is sealed for 72 years) may do little to allay concerns of skeptical immigrant communities since the Trump administration has so often been caught ignoring or breaking the law.

This year’s collection efforts also have been hampered by COVID – the libraries, churches and

other areas where Census might set up laptop stations to have people send in their material – have been closed, posing additional challenge, and many people have evacuated.

“Our job is to count everyone, once and only once and in the right place, per the Constitution, everyone living in the U.S.,” Behler said. “We go to the furthest ends.

We find the partners who understand that and want to support us. We provide mobile assistance, set up tablets at food distribution sites, COVID testing sites, so as people wait in line, we ask if they have filled out the census, and ‘Let me tell you why it is important’.”

People may have been displaced by COVID, the economy, natural disaster, but they should still fill out the form based on where they normally, primarily re-

sided on April 1. If people have a vacation home, they should fill out the form but show zero number of inhabitants, so that the housing unit can be checked off the database. College students who were sent home from campuses should still fill out the census based on where they should have been on April 1, “reference day”. If a family had a baby after April 1, the child should not be included in the count.

“I‘m confident for the region

that we can get to 100 percent by the end of September [if the litigation does not succeed in extending the count for a month,” he said. “We have more than enough resources. There aren’t any communities we can’t get in because of COVID or wildfires or emergencies nationwide.”

“We know what’s at stake.

We are moving resources around where needed, getting people to where we need doorknockers the most. We have an amazing partner

network who talk up the importance of being counted, even if undocumented, and that the personal or household information can’t be released to anyone at any time.

“It’s important we get it right, that the people who make the important decisions have the best possible data,” Behler said.

For more information on the census and how to be counted, visit the county’s website, www. nassaucountyny.gov/4710/Census-2020.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Sid Jacobson JCC’s Stronger Than Cancer 5K Sid Jacobson JCC invites community members of all ages to walk or run either virtually or in-person* at its 2020 Stronger Than Cancer 5K taking place Sunday, Oct. 18. Virtual registrants can participate on their own 5K route while in-person registrants will walk or run the JCC’s USATF certified course in East Hills. Participants can register now for the 5K at sjjcc. org/5k.

“This is the biggest event of the year for the Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center,” explains Randy Hight, director of Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center, Sid Jacobson JCC. “While this year’s event will look different than years past, what won’t change is the support of our community, which can be felt virtually and in-person. We

invite people young and old, families, and friends to take part in the 5K and become aware of the cancer survivorship services we provide.”

Last year’s Stronger Than Cancer 5K was attended by more than 400 participants and surpassed its goal of raising $125,000. The annual

event benefits SJJCC’s Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center which provides much-needed programming, including exercise classes, discussion groups, counseling services, and more.

Programs are open to those living with cancer throughout all stages of treatment and survivorship while helping partici-

pants feel active, resilient, and empowered in body, mind, and spirit. Thanks to funding from the Stronger Than Cancer 5K and other events, 98% of these vital services are offered free of charge to participants.

SJJCC board member and 5K event chair Harvey Marx, whose wife Nancy passed in November 2013, saw the need to support a cancer wellness center after his late wife sought emotional support services after her last round of chemotherapy and radiation. “A lot of welldeserved money is raised towards cancer research but programs such as the ones offered at NMCWC are just as crucial.

Our programs help those with cancer find ‘solid ground’ again.

These programs are open to all who want and need assistance

and we will never turn anyone away for financial reasons,” says Marx.

For those participating inperson*, the race will begin on the grounds of Sid Jacobson JCC and travel through Country Estates. The $20 entry fee includes event swag and race awards.

For more information about the Stronger Than Cancer 5K, to register, or to make a donation, visit sjjcc.org/5k or contact the event team at 516.484.1545 ext. 116 or events@sjjcc.org. *In-person event is subject to change based on NYS and Village guidelines. Social distancing and other safety precautions may be enforced. The number of available in-person participants is subject to change based on NYS and Village guidelines.

Port Outdoors Dine & Shop rescheduled The Port Washington BID and Port Washington Chamber of Commerce, organizers of Port Outdoors Dine and Shop, have had to reschedule the Thursday events due to bad weather on two occasions. The event creates traffic-free pedestrian malls in two zones, allowing people to dine outside and shop outside while maintaining social distancing. One area is at Port

Commons and on upper Main Street from Port Washington Blvd. to Belleview Avenue. The second area is on middle and lower Main Street from Central Drive to Shore Road. Landmark on Main Street has organized entertainment on the street for all Port Outdoors events.

Both rain-outs were on the dates scheduled for the first zone. The organizers have

therefore shifted the dates for future events in order to provide equal opportunities for both zones. The new schedule is as follows: Upper Main Street/Port Commons (from Port Blvd to Belleview) on Sept. 17 & Oct. 1 Middle & Lower Main Street (from Central Drive to Shore Road) on Sept. 24 Oct. 8 will be on reserve for

a rain date if either zone needs one.

Even when the event is rained out, the organizers want everyone to be aware that while the street may not be closed off, businesses are still open. You can still order take out, shop at your favorite store, bring home flowers, schedule a massage/ hair cut/manicure. We can all still Lift Up Local.

Port Outdoors is also made possible by the Town of North Hempstead, Event Sponsor Precision Work, and Supporting Sponsor Residents Forward. For more information, you can contact either the BID at gpwbid@ optonline.net or the Chamber at office@pwcoc.org.

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Gold Coast film fest goes virtual, drive-in The 2020 Gold Coast International Film Festival, taking place on Oct. 13-20, is celebrating 10 years of bringing the best in new and independent films to audiences throughout the region.

For the first time ever, GCIFF will launch a digital platform for the Festival, which will host virtual screenings to engage with audiences within the community and beyond.

The Festival will also feature a great selection of drive-in events. This year’s lineup showcases more than 70 featurelength and short films with filmmaker Q&As including documentaries, foreign films, narratives, dramas, comedies,

and more.

GCIFF will kick off the Festival with its Opening Night Virtual Gala celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Gold Coast Arts on October 13, at 7:30 p.m. The gala, which is free to the public, will highlight some of Gold Coast’s most unforgettable moments from its 25-year history as well as spotlight its current innovative online and in-person programs.

The Gala will include special performances and appearances by the legendary Joel Grey, Broadway star Melissa Errico, award-winning violinist Colin Jacobsen, Grammyaward winning musician Vince Giordano, and many Holly-

wood notables; plus performances by Gold Coast Arts students, faculty, and friends from The Children’s Orchestra Society.

Over the past 9 years, GCIFF’s Festival and year-round film screening series has premiered over 900 feature-length and short films from over 30 countries, many of which have gone on to receive the film industry’s highest awards, including 2019’s The Two Popes, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, and Clemency, starring Alfre Woodard.

One of the hallmarks of Gold Coast’s film programs are

filmmaker and special guest Q&As. Some of their most unforgettable moments include an audience of several hundred film lovers singing happy birthday to Bruce Dern as he accepted the GCIFF 2011 Legend Award; hearing Baz Luhrmann discusses his extraordinary filmmaking process in a live introduction to the sold-out premiere of The Great Gatsby; listening to Hugh Grant joke about his favorite diner meals while filming in Nassau County.

In 2017, the Gold Coast International Film Festival introduced the first Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, named after a man who has represented and befriended

some of the greatest stars in Hollywood. The creation of this award, itself a genuine original work of art created by an internationally known sculptor, Edwina Sandys (granddaughter of Winston Churchill); preserves the legacy of the Golden Age of Hollywood and shines a spotlight on the stars who made it so great.

Information regarding film selection, drive-in screenings, and ticket sales will be available in the coming weeks at www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org.

To RSVP for the 25th Anniversary Gala and for ways to help sponsor or support this important event, please visit www. goldcoastarts.org/gala25.

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COVID’s impact on births, real estate I have been pondering for several months since the Covid-19 pandemic hit our shores, whether or not the birth rates will escalate or be reduced due to the pandemic.

What effect will it have on future real estate purchases and the housing market and our economy at that time?

I know that in my family we have a new one on the way in January 2021, so the pandemic didn’t stop them, and I am wondering how many more decided to finally take the plunge and not wait and just procreate and do it. But how many couples decided to hold off until the virus subsided or a safe and effective vaccine would be produced? Yes, there are surely many who are obviously concerned and rightly so and probably had plans to consider having children this year and next year. But with such uncertainties and the challenges in becoming pregnant in this precarious environment as well as predicting when and how will this most deadly virus just pass and go away by itself and vanish is the $64,000 question.

Will the vaccine that is supposedly coming out before the election or by the end of the year be fully tested and safe with the least amount of side effects? Who really knows and what will the ramifications be as people take the shot

and become inoculated? Will they need a repeat of the vaccination every year like the regular flu shot, which is barely effective due to the CDC not really knowing which flu strain will hit us the worst? They see what is happening in the Asian countries to try to determine which vaccine should be created and distributed, but less than 50 percent of people take the shot each year and the death rate as reported by the Centers for Disease Control had ranged from 12,000 to 61,000 since 2010.

During the 2018-2019 season, the CDC estimates 16.5 million people went to a health care provider for the flu and more than 34,000 people died in the United States. The prior season saw 61,000 deaths, according to U.S. News and World Report (Jan 30, 2020).

Now with the death rate of Covid heading toward 200,000 and far surpassing the death rate caused by the flu a few years ago and with both viruses coming on board over the next four to six months, what will the casualties be?

I will be taking my yearly flu shot toward the end of October as recommended by the CDC in their literature online because it will last longer than taking it in September.

Being healthy will surely assist in minimizing the effects of the flu, but now with the Covid pandemic,

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

many infectious practitioners are predicting higher than normal death rates, but we won’t find out the true number until the flu season has subsided sometime next year.

The information that I have provided was not to scare, worry or predict what will actually happen but only to provide a guesstimate based on current information and analysis to determine and try to figure out if the birth rate will increase or decrease and in turn affect our housing market in 2530 years. Will there be a sufficient number of purchasers when they will be of the age and have the required income to purchase or will there be a deficiency in demand to satisfy the current housing inventory at that time? How critical will

it be to our economy and jobs?

Many of us will still be alive, in their 80s and 90s, and even greater numbers of octogenarians whose group has been increasing every year. What effect will they have on our housing market, assisted living and nursing homes and, most crucial of all, Social Security? Only time will tell and determine the outcome, which could be extremely beneficial if we do something about it now or disastrous to our economy. What will we do now and in the very near future to not only think about it but plan, invest and be proactive to find common sense and logical solutions to stem the negative tide of what the results just might be? To be able to turn it around to produce a more positive and fortuitous outcome that will have a major effect on the U.S. population and our way of life?

Lastly, if birth rates are reduced to a much less than normal level, will there be enough individuals 25-30 years from now or even sooner for the jobs available, or if more jobs are needed will there be enough, based on artificial intelligence taking over more and more of our high paying manufacturing positions as well as a multitude of other everyday jobs?

I realize that having children is a huge responsibility and when bringing them into this chaotic, cra-

zy and somewhat uncertain world today can be extremely challenging financially and mentally. However, it is a necessity if we are to survive as a strong and productive nation.

The following link provides important pertinent information on Covid-19’s effect on low to middleincome families: https://www. guttmacher.org/infographic/2020/ covid-19-could-have-catastrophiceffect-sexual-and-reproductivehealth-low-and The Brookings Institute predicts a decrease in births by f anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 in 2021. The following link will provide additional information as to the catastrophic and major impact that this may potentially and possibly have on real estate and our economy in the future among other variables that too will affect how we do business!

Half a million fewer children?

The coming COVID baby bust So my suggestion is for everyone who was contemplating and thinking about putting off having children due to Covid-19 would be to think again and maybe not worry as much, since so many people are “worrywarts.” Just be prepared by staying safe, wearing your masks, using hand sanitizer often and staying as healthy as possible by eating quality foods, (much less meat!). Stay away from the constant ingesting of cookies, candy, and crap (fast food) that many eat (with the U.S. having a population with a 65 percent plus obesity and overweight rate!) and lastly, begin to exercise or do more and get off the couch, couch potatoes!. Those who are of the mindset and ability to have children can and will have a truly marked effect to increase births and change the story line of what is prognosticated and the the effect that Covid-19 will have on our population, real estate, and the U.S. economy in the future years to come.

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 (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas and suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back. For a consultation, he can be reached by Cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.

Com to answer any of your questions or concerns.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in the

Willistons

266 Brown Street, Mineola

353 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mineola

5 bd, 3 ba, 1,880 sqft, Sold on: 7/21/20, Sold Price: $775,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: East Williston

3 bd, 2 ba, 1,210 sqft, Sold on: 8/6/20, Sold Price: $619,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

24 Amherst Street, Williston Park

179 Glenmore Street, East Williston

3 bd, 3 ba, 1,827 sqft, Sold on: 7/21/20, Sold Price: $610,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

3 bd, 3 ba, 1,972 sqft, Sold on: 6/17/20, Sold Price: $770,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: East Williston

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Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas by a variety of real estate agencies.

This information about the home and the photos were obtained through the Zillow.com. The homes are presented solely based on the fact that they were recently sold in New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Willistons, Mineola honor those lost on Sept. 11 Continued from Page 2 The Town of North Hempstead hosted a virtual event in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was hosted by Town Clerk Wayne Wink and featured speeches from a number of elected officials and religious leaders. It was broadcast on the town’s television channel and on its website.

In the event, Wink referred to the physical distancing protocols that Americans are forced to adhere to and said the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks could

be considered “the first new normal.”

He said many similarities exist between the two crises, such as the way people gather in large numbers, if they do at all, being called into question. He also brought up the fear people feel in their own communities and the first responders who put their lives on the line during Sept. 11 and during COVID-19.

“Families across North Hempstead were forever changed by the heartless events of 9/11,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “The 56 victims from our

town were family members and loved ones, friends and co-workers and our neighbors.”

Nassau County held an event at Eisenhower Park in which the names of all those lost from the county were read by family members and friends.

“I know for those of you who lost loved ones on 9/11, life may have found a new normal but it feels a little off kilter,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said.

Curran said that in an era when

turning on the television or social media results in seeing hatred and division, it is important that communities come together to mourn and pray.

One woman, Sarah Hutchins, who lost her son in the attacks, brought a photo of him and when she was done reading her set of names, said that every day since then, the struggle has gotten harder.

“The loss of a child changes you,” Hutchins said. “Time doesn’t heal all wounds.”

G.N. parents allege anti-Asian incidents Continued from Page 2 the district’s nine schools.! The letter did not specify where these alleged incidents occurred.

“An attack against one of our children is an attack against all of our children,” the letter said. “An act of discrimination against one of our community members

is a hateful act against our community as a whole.! Prejudicial comments aimed at one of our children are felt by us all and cast a shadow on our entire neighborhood.”

According to the New York State Education Department, of the 6,564 students enrolled in the district in 2019,

2,555 were of Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander descent.

The news comes less than a year after Margaret Gough, the director of the Manhasset Public Library, was accused of making comments seen as racially insensitive about a group of students of Asian descent, including allegedly calling them

“foreigners.”

An independent investigation ordered by the library’s Board of Trustees found in February that “there was an insufficient basis upon which to conclude that racism and anti-Chinese bias motivated” any comments.

Feminist publisher Howe dies at age 91 Continued from Page 12 During her career, Howe also served as president of the Modern Language Association and consulted with numerous organizations, including the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In addition to her work at the Feminist Press, Howe authored or edited more than a dozen books and over 120 essays featured in publications such as the Harvard Educational Review, the

Nation, the New York Review of Books, and the Women’s Review of Books, as well as in a variety of anthologies.

She divorced Lautner, now a professor at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, in 1987. In blog posts on her website and her 2007 memoir “A Life in Motion,” she refers to Alice Jackson-Wright, who studied under her at Goucher, as her daughter. She is survived by Jackson-Wright, her two children, and four grandchildren.

The Feminist Press, which continues to be based in Manhattan, is led by Jamia Wilson, the executive director and publisher, and celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Regarding her work, Howe is quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education as saying she didn’t think of publishing “either as money-making for the moment or as noise making for the moment.”

“I don’t think there’s a lot of magic in

it. What matters is finding someone who thinks about publishing in a somewhat different way from traditional publishers, and I think I do that,” Howe said. “I really think about publishing in relation to learning and consciousness over the long haul, and what is needed to make something that represents more accurately the world we live in.”

No memorial services have yet been planned.

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Piccola Bussola owner hopes to reopen Continued from Page 1 it started in the kitchen, he said, the building likely could have been saved because the kitchen is built to contain fires.

Lubrano said as of now the view of the Building Department and an architect who looked at the building is that the entire structure will have to be torn down. He hopes the first floor can be salvaged since that would make rebuilding the restaurant easier.

Four apartment units were destroyed along with the restaurant, one of which was empty at the time.

The eight tenants all escaped safely from the blaze but two families, a moth-

er and daughter and father with three young boys, are staying in hotels and with family while looking for a new place to live. Another tenant, a single man, is moving out of state.

Lubrano described the outpouring of support that came from the community after the fire for himself, his employees and the displaced tenants.

Two GoFundMe pages have been set up for the fire’s victims, one of which has raised over $14,000. Lubrano said he is giving the money from the fundraisers to his tenants and employees.

Restaurants were already struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pic-

cola Bussola had converted to a take-out business model, delivering pre-packaged meals to customers and donating them to first responders.

Lubrano said some of his employees have worked with him for decades. Five members of his wait staff have been at Piccola Bussola since it opened 18 years ago.

He said such longevity is unusual in the restaurant industry. He is trying to find work for his staff, and some have been given work at other North Shore restaurants owned by Lubrano’s brothers and others have found jobs elsewhere.

Lubrano is a former president of

the Mineola Chamber of Commerce and his restaurant was a frequent venue for its meetings. He said he was extremely grateful for the support the village offered. He said in the days after the fire, his phone was saturated with text messages of support.

“I would respond to one and three more would come in,” Lubrano said. “I didn’t even know I knew so many people.

One day I’ll try to personally thank everybody.”

He also wanted to thank the firefighters who responded to the scene and tried to save the building, spending hours battling the blaze.

E.W. schools report smooth return to classes Continued from Page 12 Willets Road School Principal Christine Dragone said her school had a strong first two days as well.

“Our students are acclimating so well to the protocols in place,” Dragone said. “While it’s going to take some time to adjust, they’ve been excellent about wearing masks, they’ve been excellent about social distancing.”

Each of the school’s classrooms has

been assigned an outdoor space for class use and Dragone said she likes to joke that it has become an outdoor school. She said the students appeared to be enjoying the time outside. She showed a video as an example of a classroom with students spaced six feet apart and working at their desks.

The Wheatley School staggered the return to classes by grade, bringing eighth-graders back to school last

Tuesday, ninth-graders Wednesday and the rest Thursday. Principal Sean Feeney gave credit to the custodial staff for cleaning and adjusting the building to fit protocols.

Feeney said the cleaning was a chance for much needed removal of clutter from certain classrooms. He reported that decades worth of files, even some magazines from the early 1990s, were removed from classrooms to make

space to keep students six feet apart.

“It’s a lighter school in many ways,” Feeney said.

Superintendent Elaine Kanas said students seem happy to be back in school and to be able to see friends again in person. She said the district is still learning its way around the new protocols, just as the general public is still learning how to deal with the pandemic’s effects.

Great Neck native now Mets majority owner Continued from Page 13 Sterling Partners, the company that runs the franchise, is headed by Fred Wilpon and Mets’ President Saul Katz, who is Wilpon’s brother-in-law. The company is a diversified, family-run group of companies, whose portfolio consists of real estate, sports and media in the New York area.

In 1980, Wilpon purchased a 1 percent stake in the Mets. He and Nelson Doubleday Jr. of the Doubleday publishing company agreed to purchase the team for $81 million in 1986, less than a month after it won the World Series. Sixteen years later, Wilpon bought out Doubleday’s 50 percent stake in the company for $391 million.

After the man behind the $64 billion Ponzi scheme, Bernard Madoff, was arrested in 2008, questions arose as to how close his connections were to the Mets and longtime associate Wilpon.

Wilpon and Katz founded their real-estate development company, Sterling Equities, in 1972. Thirteen years later, a year before splitting ownership in the Mets, Wilpon invested $3 million with Madoff.

According to The New York Times, more than 500 accounts that Madoff possessed could be tied to Wilpon and Katz.

While a majority of the fan base has rejoiced in talk of the Wilpons’ days being numbered with the organiza-

tion, Cohen’s track record is less than pristine.

In 2013, Cohen’s hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors pleaded guilty to insider trading charges after being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, eventually coming to terms with a $600 million settlement.

A Vanity Fair article in June 2013 portrayed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York as the Ahab to Cohen’s Moby Dick and described Cohen as the central figure of seven years of investigations that led to convictions or confessions from 71 people.

Michael Steinberg, a former top trader at SAC Capital, was charged with four counts of securities fraud and

one count of conspiracy in 2013.

The charges against Steinberg were subsequently dismissed after the case was abandoned in 2015 after U.S. prosecutors said the case was no longer consistent with the law. He and Cohen are both alumni of Great Neck North High School.

Since 2002, the Mets have been to the postseason three times and accumulated 50 more losses than wins, going 1,432-1,482. In 2015, the team made its first World Series appearance in over a decade, falling to the Kansas City Royals in five games.

After a wild card loss to the San Fransisco Giants the following year, the team has not made the playoffs since.

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Great Neck native and hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen purchased a 95 percent stake in the New York Mets on Monday.

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NYU Langone named a ‘100 Best OLD VILLAGE Company’ by Working Mother TREE

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NYU Langone Health announced that it has been named a Working Mother “100 Best Company” for its forward-thinking workplace programs including women’s advancement, parental leave, child care assistance, and work flexibility.

As part of the recognition, NYU Winthrop Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurse educator, Leticia Rios, RN, MSN, has been named NYU Langone Health’s 2020 Working Mother of the Year.

The honoree, a mother to a fiveyear-old daughter, works in NYU Winthrop’s NICU where she serves as a nurse educator for more than 120 nurses on current evidencebased practices to improve patient outcomes. She is also a volunteer for Birth Justice Warriors, a Long Island organization aimed at decreasing the disparity of maternal-infant health outcomes among minorities.

“As the daughter of immigrant parents, academics were not supported when I was a young child,” said Rios. “I recognized the need to take control of my future and am now very proud to have achieved considerable milestones in my nursing career while not losing sight of my motherhood and parenting responsibilities.”

Rios is currently pursuing a PhD at Adelphi University and utilizing NYU Langone’s tuition reimbursement program. She received a master’s degree in nursing education from Long Island University, where she previously obtained her nursing degree.

Rios juggled those milestones with being a mother to her daughter, Jordyn, which brought challenges to her as a woman of color. Rios experienced complications after her daughter’s delivery, along with difficulty receiving support to exclusively breastfeed.

Recognizing that breastfeeding has the power to reduce the incidence of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality, she became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and established a business to

NYU Winthrop NICU Nurse Educator Leticio Rios balances work, motherhood and community initiatives to improve maternal-child outocmes in women of color. increase the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in women of color.

She facilitates the “Brownsville Baby Café,” now conducted via Zoom due to the pandemic, to provide breastfeeding support—and address food insecurity and access—to women in underserved communities and shelters.

In addition, she educates staff in physician offices on how to become breastfeeding-friendly and has created networks to connect mothers with doulas, home-visiting programs, and midwives to reduce maternal and infant outcomes.

Rios balances the professional development of NICU nurses and her passion for supporting underserved women with raising her daughter, striving to influence Jordyn’s trajectory and success for the future by exposing her to early childhood education.

Jordyn this month began attending a “Gifted and Talented” school program, and excels at reading, gymnastics, swimming and ballet.

“The recognition from Working Mother speaks to the many benefits, policies and the inclusive workplace culture at NYU Langone Health that

supports our employees in their roles as parents, caregivers, and family members, as well as fostering their professional growth,” said Nancy Sanchez, the health system’s executive vice president and vice dean for Human Resources and Organization Development and Learning.

NYU Langone Health continues to expand its offering of family-friendly benefits to help working mothers, parents, caregivers and families. NYU Langone offers eligible employees access to a subsidized emergency backup childcare and eldercare benefit, and support programs for families with special needs. During the pandemic, a new benefit provided essential front-line employees a subsidy to offset the cost of in-home caregivers during the Covid-19 emergency.

Among recent educational initiatives that Rios initiated for NYU Winthrop NICU nurses was “therapeutic body cooling,” which benefits premature infants born with severe hypoxia or perinatal issues that reduce blood flow to the brain. It involves cooling the infant for 72 hours to reduce potential damage to brain tissue and improve neurological outcomes.

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Riley is a world-wide renowned author and lecturer. He has authored 32 books, the most recent of which is “Free as Gods: How the Jazz age Reinvented Modernism”.His wife, Dr. Keming Liu, a noted translator of Chinese poetry and a professor at CUNY held the camera as she followed Riley around the museum, adding to the charm and intimacy of the lecture.

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his past Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at 7:30 pm, Williston Park held a ceremony at Kelleher Field to remember our neighbors and friends who perished in the attack on the World Trade Center. This year, the event took place at the stage area of the field.

Due to COVID-19 it was an abbreviated program. However, attendance was good for this somber event. While all who perished on 911 were honored, the event was dedicated to those individuals who resided in or were connected to Williston Park.

This somber event, as always, was organized by a committee consisting of former Deputy Mayor Bill Darmstadt, John Hogan, Kevin Kelly, Mike Tavernite and Chris Paggi.

The evergreen tree at the Gazebo has been covered with gold lights for

Pediatric Cancer Awareness month.

This came about as a result of a request from a foundation, which was started after the death of a young 12-year-old young girl, Mary Ruchalski. While her parents live in Garden City, her grandmother lives in Mineola and there are family ties connected to Williston Park. Rockville Center, Garden City and Mineola are participating in this event.

On Monday, Labor Day, the Roger Fay Williston Park pool closed, as scheduled for the 2020 season.

Due to COVID-19, there were lengthy discussions, prior to opening, with me and the Board of Trustees.

Taking all facts into consideration that were available at the time, there was a unanimous decision to open the pool

PAUL EHRBAR

Williston Park Mayor this year.

Plans were put in place with major emphasis on social distancing, wearing of masks and sanitizing the facility on an ongoing basis. The season went well. Although membership was down, those who did sign up were very appreciative that the facility was available, with a number of members contacting the undersigned and board members complimenting the staff for maintaining a safe and enjoyable en-

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Thanks go out to Pool Manager Jack Sommesse, Assistant Manager Ryan Orlano, Head Lifeguard Emily Rogan and all the lifeguards and attendants, who worked extremely hard to ensure a safe pool season.

The Roger Fay Williston Park Pool was once again named Best Pool for 2020. Congrats to the full staff who were responsible to make this happen.

And a special thanks to all members for their cooperation with the guidelines put in place.

All residents should be aware of ongoing scams especially being directed towards seniors.

I was informed this week that a resident received a call from an individual who wanted to stop by the resident’s home to review work the homeowner had requested in the fall.

The homeowner denied ever making such a request, but the individual was insistent and was looking to come to the homeowner’s house.

After a lengthy discussion, the resident became suspicious and she asked for the caller’s phone number and business name. At this point, the caller hung up the phone. It is important not to allow unknown, uninvited individuals into your home and don’t give out personal information out to unknown callers.

I’d like to remind all that schools have reopened, with various schedules, and it is critical we all drive safely.

Also, continue to lock your car doors at all times, in order to avoid your r vehicle from being entered by unknow individuals who are looking to steal anything of value.

nuBest Salon coping with pandemic Continued from Page 4 “During that time we all spent a lot of time researching how we could create an environment when we come back that people would feel very safe coming into,” Mazzei said. “The one thing we really have was space. We knew that we had a large enough environment that we could, at the very least have all our chairs 6 to 8 feet apart, and we would be able to safely have clients come here.”

General manager Gloria Farley of Port Washington has spent 30 years with the business and said that the pandemic challenged nuBest in a way never faced before.

“The entire facility underwent an electrostatic sterilization process, and will again,” Farley said.

“Normally, everything gets sanitized, but we took it up for our clients.”

Cascio, who also works as a hair designer at the salon, said the first day back after four months away felt “a little awkward,” especially with some clients coming in after weeks without appointments.

“The whole scope of it was different,” Cascio said.

Measures were also taken to keep the staff safe and working, Farley said.

“We have over 100 people

PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON

From left, nuBest Salon & Spa general manager Gloria Farley, co-creative directors Jamie Mazzei and Vincent Cascio, and artistic director Christian Fleres outside their Northern Boulevard location. that work for us, and everyone that works here specializes, so the stylists just cut hair, colorists just color hair, spa employees work in the spa,” Farley said. “So once we reopened in June, we had to adjust everybody’s schedule in order to give everybody an opportunity to work.”

Farley said the salon extended

its hours and split its shifts to give employees time to work. Most of the salon and spa’s traditional services, including hair styling and trimming, massages, and facials, will continue to be offered, except for one.

“We get many requests for makeup, but it’s just not feasible to do it at this point,” Farley said.

In addition to requiring masks under the state mandate, nuBest is keeping equipment single-use, plastic glass and tempered glass have been strategically placed, and a table has been set up out front to perform temperature checks on customers, among other measures.

Mirroring his own beginning, Mazzei’s son Mark, 16, is starting his own career at nuBest. He said the advice he has given him so far is to be aware that “it’s a different time.”

“When hairdressers go to school, they go to school largely, in part, for hygiene,” Mazzei said.

“Keeping things clean and keeping things sanitized, we’re all licensed in that. And the future of this business will build upon that as science will dictate what the future of going into any space will be. We will stay, no matter what, as safe as we can possibly make it.”

“This is our home; we come here every day,” Cascio said. “It’s an extension of ourselves, and seeing so many of the clients leave happy is a good feeling.” nuBest Salon & Spa is located at 1482 Northern Blvd. in Manhasset.

Appointments can be made by phone at 516-627-9444, and a complete list of services and specials is available at nubestsalon.com.

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Samuels, Fairgrieve win justice races Continued from Page 1 Anthony Gallo ran unopposed for trustee after Deputy Mayor Christopher Siciliano informed the village he would not seek re-election. Gallo, who received 203 votes, said he ran so he could help the village by using his skills as an engineer and bring as much value to the board as Siciliano did.

East Williston passed a referendum on the ballot regarding the East Williston Fire Department’s Length of Service Award Program. This referendum will increase the annual share paid by each household in East Williston to $10. It also stated that it will “allow eligible program participants who continue in active service after reaching the entitlement age of 65 to accrue program points and receive a program contribution for a period not to exceed 40 years.” The referendum passed 221 to 53.

Mineola did not provide vote counts by Wednesday afternoon but released “unofficial” results that showed Paul Cusato and Paul Periera had won their uncontested village trustee races and that Fairgrieve had defeated Steve Barnwell for village justice.

Fairgrieve is a Nassau County District Court judge who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 in December. He has previously served as a village trustee and deputy mayor.

In Williston Park, two trustees were up for re-election. William Carr and Mike Uttaro both ran unopposed and retained their seats with 94 and 102 votes, respectively. Two write-in votes were cast.

Both candidates were first elected in 2012. Uttaro is a member of the Representative Party and Carr runs on the Integrity Pary line.

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Residents of Mineola went to the polls Tuesday.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Happening at the Williston Park Library WILLISTON PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS Carl Del Vecchio Memorial Library www.willistonparklibrary.org By: Donna McKennaDirector E-mail: wppubliclibrary@gmail.com The Williston Park Library is open for browsing!

Please refer to our website willistonparklibrary.org for upcoming virtual programs.

Our new daily hours are: Open for browsing: Monday-Friday: 10am-5:30pm Vestibule pick-up: MondayFriday: 10am-5:30pm “Open for browsing” means you can come inside, walk around the library, and look for books and other items. Please limit your time to 30 minutes. Only one family at a time will be permitted in the Children’s Room.

Items requested over the phone can be picked up in the library vestibule.

Please maintain social distancing practices while in the library. You will notice markers at the circulation and reference desks and directional markers on our floors.

All customers and staff are required to wear face coverings at all times while in the library, per Executive Order 202.17. Face coverings must cover both your mouth and nose.

Congregating is not permitted.

Please return items in the outside book drops. For safety reasons, we cannot accept items returned inside the library.

The computer center and OPAC are unavailable until further notice. Newspapers are unavailable until further notice.

Thank you for cooperating with the guidelines we have in place to keep us all safe.

Adult Programs Medicare Made Clear—Tuesday—September 22—10:30-11am via Zoom. Registration required at willistonpr@yahoo.com.

Link will be emailed upon registration.

Adult Book Discussion—September 30—7pm via Zoom – Beartown by Fredrik Backman – Copies are available at the Circulation Desk. https://adelphiuniversity.zoom. us/j/96944382963…Or go to zoom.us and click join meeting and enter this: Meeting ID: 969 4438 2963 Password: WPBookSept Breast Cancer Education: Early Detection Saves Lives. October 7—11am—Free Virtual Workshop via GoToMeeting with Maura A Calio, MA, RN, Community Health Educator, St. Francis Hospital. Registration required at willistonpr@yahoo.comUpon registration link will be emailed.

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