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1st COVID-19 vaccine distribution center Opens at Nassau Community College BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The first coronavirus vaccine distribution center in Nassau County opened on Tuesday at Nassau Community College. Nassau County’s Medical Reserve Corps will distribute the vaccinations to residents with aid from Northwell Health, which was designated by the state as Long Island’s vaccination coordinator. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said the center would distribute 115 vaccine doses on Tuesday, but the goal

of the center is to distribute 400 daily doses. “We are ready, set, go with the County’s first vaccination center,” Curran said in a written statement. “This is the beginning of our local effort to join New York State and Nassau’s hospital networks to roll out the vaccine. This is how Nassau County can lead the way to a healthy New Year with our schools and businesses open.” Northwell CEO Michael Dowling said on Monday his goal is to have no vaccine doses left over at the end of each week. As of Sunday, Dowling said, roughly

25,000 Northwell Health employees had been vaccinated. Dowling said his goal for the end of the week was to have about 40,000 to 50,000 employees vaccinated. “Our goal is to distribute the vaccine safely, equitably and as quickly as possible, but because supply is limited, we encourage everyone to be patient,” Dowling said. “As part of this effort and at Governor Cuomo’s request, we have also convened a Health Equity Task that will be working with local clinicians and community leaders to ensure the Continued on Page 27

Roslyn, N. Shore, Mineola sued by bus companies Say districts forced them into bankruptcy PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MINEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Two Mineola snowmen stay warm (and safe) going into 2021.

BY R O S E W E L D ON Eight school districts on the North Shore have been sued by bus companies who claim the districts ceased paying them last year when schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing them into bankruptcy. The Sea Cliff-based North Shore school district, the East

Williston school district, the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district, the Mineola school district, the Roslyn school district, the Herricks school district, the Sewanhaka school district and the Port Washington school district are among 47 Long Island districts that have been named in breach-of-contract suits by Baumann & Sons Buses Inc. and

ACME Bus Corp., both based in Ronkonkoma. All eight districts have been sued by Baumann, with East Williston, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park, Sewanhaka and Port Washington additionally being sued by ACME. Each suit was filed in federal Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of New York. Continued on Page 28

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New virus variant Hildebrandt’s on comes to New York borrowed time More than 12K on N. Shore positive for COVID-19

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More than 12,000 people throughout the North Shore had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to county figures. BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the new variant of the coronavirus, first found in the United Kingdom, has made its way to New York. Cuomo said on Monday that a man in his 60s who is affiliated with a Saratoga County jewelry store had tested positive for the new variant. Cuomo urged anyone who was in the N. Fox Jewelers store in Saratoga County from Dec. 18 to 24 to get tested immediately. The variant is reportedly 70 percent more contagious than the normal coronavirus, health officials said. “We want to make sure we’re doing everything we can to do effective contact tracing on this case,” Cuomo said. “And we’re going through the employees of the jewelry store, but as it was a retail establishment we need the cooperation of the public.” As of Wednesday, the variant has made its way from the United Kingdom to California, Colorado and Florida, along with 33 other countries, before New York, according to Cuomo. Cuomo announced on Tuesday

that international travelers will continue to require testing when traveling to New York. He announced before the holidays in December that Virgin, Delta and British Airways agreed that they will test people before they get on a flight in the U.K. en route to New York. “While these efforts are underway, the U.K. strain of the virus remains highly problematic – it is here and it could complicate matters further, as it is much more transmissible,” Cuomo said Tuesday. “Despite all of this, the federal government continues its refusal to test all international travelers entering the country.” The governor said that more than 300,000 New Yorkers had received their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. As of Wednesday, more than 1,000 people on the North Shore tested positive for the coronavirus over the past week, bringing the total to nearly 12,377 since the pandemic hit in March. The figures were the most upto-date ones that the Nassau County Department of Health provided on Wednesday. After trailing the Great Neck peninsula, the only North Shore

area to be deemed a “yellow zone” by the state, the area that incorporates the Willistons and Mineola had 2,664 cases as of Wednesday, the most of all analyzed areas. The Village of Mineola saw one of the highest increases of cases over the one-week period with more than 160 new cases. Mineola’s 1,155 cases and Garden City’s 1,031 cases accounted for 2,186 of the 2,664 cases in the area. The Great Neck peninsula saw an increase of 191 cases over the past week. The Village of Great Neck’s 733 coronavirus cases were the most throughout the peninsula, followed by the Village of Kings Point’s 476 and the Village of Great Neck Plaza’s 418. The New Hyde Park area accounted for 2,576 of the North Shore’s cases, with North New Hyde Park having the third most confirmed positives, 936, out of any analyzed area. The villages of Floral Park, with 828 cases, and New Hyde Park, with 605 cases, were also among the top seven villages or unincorporated town areas in terms of positive tests and were for the entire month of December, according to Health Department statistics. Continued on Page 27

The iconic Hildebrandt’s Restaurant in Williston Park will be open for a few more months before it closes for good, the shop’s management said last week. “We will stay open for at least a couple more months,” a Jan. 31 post on the restaurant’s Facebook page said. “We are staying open until we announce the official date of closing.” Management also responded to a comment suggesting that the business seek help from Barstool Sports’ small business fund by writing, “it’s not COVID related” and the landlord “wants us out.” The update is the latest in a roller coaster saga that first saw the restaurant announce its closure six months ago. In July, the owners said in a now-removed post on its Facebook page that it would “no longer be in business within the next few months.” The closing was said to be due to the building’s landlords deciding to sell it, and the new owners “creating something different.” It said the closure was “unrelated to COVID-19.” Management said in a later Facebook post that it was looking at

ways to have the building named a landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. “With whatever time we may have we are working to make Hildebrandt’s a landmark so even when the building is sold, it will ALWAYS remain our beloved place,” the Facebook post read. The news led to a movement among fans and patrons to have the building declared a landmark, with a Change.org petition for the cause which over 13,000 people have signed. Not long afterward, the shop reported in another Facebook post in August that the original buyer, who intended to close the store, had “backed out of the deal,” though the building remained for sale. Management then wrote in a comment on the same post that “to get [landmark] status the owner of the building has to want it to be a landmark. And he doesn’t. We haven’t heard anything back about it.” Another post in October said that “the new landlords cannot evict us till the end of the year.” A comment on that replying to a customer’s inquiry if the store would be able to move stated that moving Continued on Page 36

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Management of Hildebrandt’s in Williston Park says the restaurant will stay open “for a couple more months.”

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The jurist, the artist, a life in Roslyn Six-decade residents Milly and Jack Zilko on memories in, around their Heights home BY R O S E W E L D ON

The walls and windows of Jack Zilko’s painting studio are wallpapered with faces of all kinds – an iconic portrait of King Henry VIII here, a cutout of climate activist Greta Thunberg there. From unnamed models to the world’s biggest stars, their images are taped or tacked in a creative, unintentional mosaic around his workspace, where he makes art at his easel. “They’re all people and things I’m interested in,” Zilko, 94, said on an afternoon late in December. Among all of the faces, there’s only one that appears repeatedly, in various images. Photo quality differs depending on the decade, but the subject of the pictures remains constant, her smile beaming forth in black-and-white and color alike. The woman is his wife of 66 years, Mildred “Milly” Zilko, 87. “Isn’t she beautiful?” he said, gesturing to her pictures, then to Milly herself, who’s within earshot in the living room. “She’s just gorgeous.” In the six decades they’ve lived in the Roslyn Heights area, the Zilkos have seen honors from the

local community, plus a major one from the federal government, as well as the births of four children and nine grandchildren. “There’s a lot of memories in this house,” Milly said. Much of their history may have taken place in Roslyn, but it began at a Saturday night dance in Greenwich Village in 1954. New Jersey native Jack, then 27, had served in the U.S. Navy’s radio operations unit during World War II and was assigned to work on the development of airborne early warning and control units due to a lifelong interest and much experience in electronics after briefly studying physics at the University of Chicago. After his discharge in 1946, he attended the Art Students League of New York on the G.I. Bill, and began his first position, as a designer at RCA Marine. Brooklyn-born Milly, aged 20, had been a member of one of the first co-ed grades of the Bronx High School of Science, had graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in accounting and was attending New York University’s Law School when she attended an Ethical Culture Society event with friends, where the two first encountered each other.

School. “She got it on the first try,” Jack said proudly. Jack’s time at Fairchild would result in his most famous creation, the panoramic reconnaissance camera, which he designed and patented in 1960. A combination of his artistic and engineering pursuits, the camera was placed in the Corona satellite and sent into space “to spy on the Soviets,” he said. Twenty-five years later, a model of the satellite and camera was put on permanent display in the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and Jack was recognized by the Central Intelligence Agency PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON for his work as a “Space Pioneer.” “They invited us to Washington Former Judge Mildred Zilko, left, and her husband, artist for a ceremony, but Milly and I were on vacation in Japan at the time,” and engineer Jack Zilko, with one of his paintings in their Jack said. “We didn’t get the notice Roslyn home. until after the event.” He wrote to the agency informThey arranged a date. By their an interfaith ceremony at the St. third dinner, they decided to get George Hotel, sharing an apartment ing it of what had happened, and asking who else had been honored. in the Village for the time being. married. The Zilkos moved to Roslyn A month later, a medal arrived, in “He was perfect,” Milly rein 1958, renting an apartment on addition to a typed letter signed by called. “And she was perfect,” Jack Warner Avenue, after Jack got a job then-CIA Director William J. Casey. “Your efforts were a very sigas a designer at Fairchild Camera added. And so, three months after they in Syosset and Milly passed the bar nificant ingredient in the success of Continued on Page 27 met, Jack and Milly got married in once she graduated from NYU Law

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Man struck by truck Woman arrested for crossing Jericho Tpke. N. Hills burglary BY R OB E RT PELAEZ A man was struck by a truck while crossing Jericho Turnpike in Mineola last Thursday evening, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Nassau detectives said a 29-year-old man, whose name was not disclosed, was crossing north to south on Jericho Turnpike in the

vicinity of Nassau Boulevard around 6 p.m. when he was hit by a 2020 Dodge pickup truck traveling eastbound. According to a Police Department news release, the 35-year-old male driver, whose name was also not disclosed, remained at the scene of the incident. The pedestrian suffered multiple trauma injuries and was transported to a

local hospital, according to the news release. Officials said the man was in critical condition. The pickup truck that struck the pedestrian went through a brake and safety check, and the investigation is ongoing, officials said. Efforts to reach law enforcement officials for an update on the incident and on the pedestrian who was struck were unavailing.

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BY R O S E WELDON A Mineola woman who tried to flee from a North Hills home she was attempting to burglarize last Wednesday morning has been arrested, according to the Nassau County Police Department. The 6th squad said in a statement that around 9 a.m. last Wednesday, a woman entered her Chestnut Hill home and found a woman inside, putting the victim’s property in a bag. “As the victim confronted the subject she attempted to flee and shoved the victim,” police said in a statement. “Another member of the residence heard the altercation and came downstairs. Both victims were able to keep the subject under control until police arrival.” Once officers arrived, they placed the subject, identified as Kimberly Ann

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A home in the Chestnut Hill area of North Hills was burglarized on Wednesday, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Reill, 27, of 38 Raff Ave. in Mineola, in custody. Police said an investigation found the defendant to be in possession of what was believed to be heroin. Reill has been charged with burglary in the second degree, robbery in the third degree, criminal mischief in the second degree and criminal possession of

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My Ideal Property, a real estate company where a Roslyn Heights man worked while allegedly taking part in a mortgage fraud scheme, was said to be headquartered at Suite 206 of 116-55 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills.

A Roslyn Heights man is one of several individuals named in a federal lawsuit that alleges they took part in a mortgage fraud scheme and filed millions of dollars in fraudulent claims to a program run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Michael Konstantinovskiy, of Roslyn Heights, is named in the suit, as are Iskyo Aronov of Middle Village, Queens, and Ron Borovinsky of Hollis Hills, Queens, along with 29 separate LLCs and incorporated businesses, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York announced Monday. The office said that the three men, operating as part of a realty business called My Ideal Property, took part in HUD’s Pre-Foreclosure Sale Program. Under the program, qualifying homeowners with defaulted Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages may sell their properties in a “short sale” for less than the balance of the mortgage if the sale is for the fair market value of the property. If a homeowner obtains approval for a short sale, the lender releases the mortgage after the short sale and submits an FHA inContinued on Page 28

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Vaccines seen as bridge to normalcy Public urged to get shots once they become available in ‘late spring, early summer’ BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

Nassau County health and political officials last Wednesday touted the importance of coronavirus vaccines as the bridge back to normalcy. The Jewish Alliance for Dialogue & Engagement along with the Marion & Aaron Gurial JCC hosted a virtual forum on information about the vaccines that featured U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Nassau County Health Commissioner Lawrence Eisenstein, Dr. Aaron Glatt, chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital, and others. Rice, who has long advocated bipartisanship when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, said she received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and encouraged the public to listen to the facts from health experts and to not worry about receiving the treatment. “I didn’t feel comfortable getting the shot, simply because there are many more people that are in far more vulnerable positions than myself, but I always listen to the guidance of the attending physicians and experts,” Rice said. The first week that the vaccine was rolled out, high-risk health care workers were the initial group to get it. Now, heading into week four, Eisenstein said virtually all health care providers and people in the health care industry that deal with the public face to face will be able to receive the vaccine.

about the vaccine’s benefits and misconceptions, most prominently the claim that the vaccine injects a person with the virus. While some diseases or viruses require a vaccine to be injected that possesses the virus, the shots for the coronavirus do not have the live or weakened virus. “There will be people that will develop COVID after getting the vaccines because of exposures to the coronavirus,” Glatt said. “We have seen this far too frequently because of the high incidence of the virus in populations in the United States among health care workers.” The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines inject people with what is known as messenger RNA, which has zero risk of changing a person’s geSCREENSHOT BY ROBERT PELAEZ netic makeup and cannot integrate into one’s DNA. The messenger RNA creates a spike proNassau County Health Commissioner Lawrence Eisenstein said he is optitein, which prompts development of antibodmistic the American public will be able to receive coronavirus vaccines by ies that can fight off spike proteins, such as the ones found in the coronavirus. late spring or early summer. With Northwell Health spearheading the With just the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines fight against the virus on Long Island, Curran Eisenstein said he is cautiously optimistic that all of the American public will be able to available in America to date, another key to said, the county has been in constant contact receive the vaccine by “late spring, early sum- recovery will be the status of other vaccines with Northwell officials and will be rolling out mer” and implored the general public that may throughout the world, health officials said. more initiatives on vaccine distribution on a Last Wednesday, the United Kingdom ap- more local scale. not be too high on the waiting list to “remain proved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, a big patient.” “It’s really important that we get the word “It is a reasonably hopeful target that by step on the global path to recovery. out in a very consistent way that the vaccine is Eisenstein said other companies such as the path to normalcy,” Curran said. “We want June everyone should be able to get vaccinated,” Eisenstein said. “To date, more than 2.5 Johnson & Johnson are also developing a vac- to keep our kids in schools and we want to million Americans, primarily health care work- cine that may only need one injection rather make sure our businesses can continue to funcers, have received a vaccine. For everyone else, than two like the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. tion. We’re not looking for more restrictions in Glatt reiterated what prominent health of- restaurants and businesses and we want to we just ask that you hang in there a little bit ficials throughout the nation have been saying keep the economy going.” longer.”

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Blank Slate to host town hall Forum on cost on disinformation, ‘fake news’ of PSEG-LI’s Isaias reponse BY R O S E W E L D ON

A panel of three experts will discuss disinformation, fake news and social media in a Blank Slate Media community forum next week, sponsored by Northwell Health. As part of a series of panels on cru-

cial community issues moderated by Blank Slate Media founder and editor Steven Blank, experts Susan J. Drucker, Howard Schneider and Craig M. Burnett will field questions in the chat from attendees on Thursday, Jan. 14. Drucker, who holds a J.D. from St. John’s University, is the Lawrence Stes-

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From left, Hofstra University journalism professor Susan J. Drucker, Stony Brook University Center for News Literacy Executive Director and former Newsday editor Howard Schneider, and Hofstra University Kalikow Poll Program Director Craig M. Burnett will be on hand at a Jan. 14 public forum on disinformation hosted by Blank Slate Media.

sin Distinguished Professor of Journalism in the Department of Journalism/ Media Studies at the Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University in Hempstead, as well as an attorney and treasurer of the Urban Communication Foundation. She is the author or editor of 13 books and over 150 articles and book chapters, including two volumes of the Urban Communication Reader, Regulating Convergence (Lang, 2010), “Voices in the Street: Gender, Media and Public Space,” and two editions of “Real Law @ Virtual Space: The Regulation of Cyberspace” (1999, 2005) and “Regulating Social Media: Legal and Ethical Consideration” (2013) with Gary Gumpert. Drucker also co-edited “Urban Communication Regulations: Communication Freedoms and Limits” (Lang, 2018). Her latest book is “Fake News: Real Issues in Modern Communication,” co-written with Russell Chun (Lang, 2020). Her work examines the relationship between media technology and human factors, particularly as viewed from a legal perspective. Schneider, the former editor of Newsday, is executive director of Stony Brook University’s Center for News LitContinued on Page 29

BY R O S E WELDON A public forum will be held next week in which customers of PSEG-LI whose electrical service was affected by Tropical Storm Isaias over the summer will have the chance to discuss potential damages and harm. They will be heard by the state Department of Public Service and the department’s special counsel for ratepayer protection. The comments will be part of the official record and may be used by the special counsel as part of direct testimony admitted into the record in an investigation into statewide utilities’ preparations for and response to the August storm and its resulting power outages. PSEG estimates that 420,000 of its customers across the island lost power

during or following the storm, with an estimated 15,528 customers having to wait more than a week for their service to return. Gov. Andrew Cuomo later opened an investigation into the utilities’ responses, and PSEG faced criticism from the Nassau County Legislature, the Town of North Hempstead and the Town of Hempstead. The forum is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Interested participants can go to www.webex.com, click “join a meeting” and enter event number 179 605 5191 and, if necessary, password Jan12-4pm to register. Registrants will also be asked if they expect to speak during the forum. Phoneonly access to the meeting will take place at the number 518-549-0500 by entering access code 179 605 5191.

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Rice calls for FBI investigation of Trump call BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal investigation of President Donald Trump after an hourlong phone call where the president asked Georgia’s secretary of state to “find 11,780 votes” that would overturn his election defeat in the state. Rice, along with fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of California, sent a letter to Wray on Monday asking for a formal investigation of Trump for his remarks to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in regard to the state’s election, which Trump lost by 11,779 votes to President-elect Joe Biden.

“As Members of Congress and former prosecutors, we believe Donald Trump engaged in solicitation of, or conspiracy to commit, a number of election crimes,” the letter said. During the hourlong call around 3 p.m. Saturday, a recording of which was obtained by The Washington Post, Trump insisted to Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel, Ryan Germany, that he “won Georgia by a lot,” despite the verified election results that showed Biden as the victor. Throughout the call, Trump made claims about election fraud including an alleged lack of security and poll watching, allegations that thousands of ballots were shred-

ded by state election officials, and allegations that votes were cast by deceased residents. State officials said the allegations are not supported by evidence. “We won very substantially in Georgia,” Trump said on the call. “You even see it by rally size, frankly. We’d be getting 25-30,000 people a rally, and the competition would get less than 100 people. And it never made sense.” The president told Raffensperger at one point, “I just want to find 11,780 votes.” In response, Raffensperger said: “We have to stand by our numbers. We believe our numbers are right.” He also said, “Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is

the data you have is wrong.” Rice’s and Lieu’s letter claims that Trump committed federal and state crimes in his conversation with Georgia officials. The letter accuses Trump of violating federal laws that make it a crime when a person in any election for federal office “knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by … the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held.” Continued on Page 29

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here’s nothing like a threat to basic freedoms to make one appreciate our democracy. And that’s just what scores of Republican U.S. senators and House members did Wednesday when they refused to certify the election of Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election in a failed effort to thwart the will of the people. Some have called this sedition. Others a failed coup. We’ll just call it an assault on democracy. Biden defeated Donald Trump by more than seven million votes and received 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. The votes have been counted and, in many cases, recounted and then certified in all 50 states. Courts from the state level to the U.S. Supreme Court and Attorney General William Barr have found no basis for the false claims of voter fraud raised by Trump and his minions. And yet these Republican senators and House members refused to perform their constitutional duty to certify Biden’s election. In doing so, they have disgraced their office, undermined the faith of many people in elections and diminished this country before the world. They have also created a rift in the Republican Party between officials who believe in democracy and those who don’t. “The egregious ploy to reject electors may enhance the political ambition of some, but dangerously threatens our democratic Republic,” said Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, echoing the comments of many other Republican senators who strongly opposed the refusal to certify the election. “The con-

gressional power to reject electors is reserved for the most extreme and unusual circumstances. These are far from it. More Americans participated in this election than ever before, and they made their choice.” So the question of a candidate’s support of voting rights and our election system is now one that needs to be asked at every level of government everywhere, including Long Island. Those who do not accept the will of voters should be defeated. So should candidates who try to suppress the vote with election laws that make it difficult to cast your ballot. Republicans have for years waged a campaign to suppress Black, brown and young voters who are less like to vote for them. But until Democrats won the state Senate in 2019, New York had some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. The New York Legislature voted last year for eight days of early voting before an election, synchronized federal and state primary elections, voter preregistration for teenagers, voter registration portability within the state, and the elimination of the so-called LLC loophole that allowed corporations to make virtually unlimited campaign contributions. Gov. Andrew Cuomo also signed into law measures to make it easier to vote during the pandemic and recently directed state agencies to allow people using their services to register at the same time. Cuomo and the Legislature should now make mail-in ballots available to anyone who wants one at any time, add drop boxes for people to submit their ballots

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and allow for same-day in-person registration. Nassau County should also ensure fair representation in the County Legislature by creating a redistricting commission to determine legislative boundaries after the completion of the 2020 census. In September, Nassau’s Democratic legislators proposed such a commission – just as the New York State Legislature had done several years before with support from both Republicans and Democrats. The Democratic legislators said their proposal, which included a timeline in which the process would take place and the appointment of a special master in case the commission missed its deadlines, was intended to create a fair and representative distribution of legislators. But as in the past, the Republican majority in the Nassau Legislature questioned the Democrats’ proposal, which was made following Tropical Storm Isaias in August. “It is difficult to understand why in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, fiscal crisis, and with REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez

thousands of residents still without power after the recent storm, the minority chooses to focus their energy on changing the county’s redistricting process,” Republican spokesman Christopher Boyle said at the time. We’ll set aside the efforts of the Trump campaign and Republicans in the Senate and House to overturn the vote of 81 million Americans at a time that the death toll from the coronavirus has passed 350,000 and that Russia has launched a cyberattack on the U.S. government and large corporations. Instead, we will ask Mr. Boyle and Republican county legislators a question: Is now a good time to focus on ensuring equal representation and fair elections in Nassau? Not if history is any guide. In April 2011, less than a month after the release of the 2010 census figures, Nassau Republicans unveiled a proposal that would move about 572,000 residents – 44 percent of the county total – to new districts, put four incumbent Democrats into two districts and split up recognizable communities.

At the time, Republicans held an 11-8 advantage in the Legislature despite Democrats having a 20,382 advantage among registered voters in the county. Two years later, after lawsuits and a deadlocked redistricting commission, the Republican legislators used a 10-9 advantage to approve a plan that gave them a 12-7 advantage among registered voters — even though there were then 37,732 more registered Democrats than Republicans in Nassau. But there is still hope. Republican legislators could accept a redistricting commission knowing that it would give Democrats an advantage in legislative districts. They could then adopt policy positions that appealed to more voters, find better candidates or both. They might then keep their majority and even increase the number of registered Republicans in Nassau. They would also demonstrate that they stood on the right side of the Republican divide between those who support democracy and those who don’t.

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A trio of local people for us to remember

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s we reach the end of a year, I am always saddened when the media reviews the names of the famous and not so famous people who are no longer with us. Long Island lost many prominent people, each of whom, in their own ways, contributed to the heritage of our region and enriched our lives. With no disrespect to all the people we lost, I am singling out the late Judge Arthur Spatt, Frank Castagna and Gerald Wolkoff. Judge Spatt, a senior federal judge, was one of the state’s most respected jurists. I met him in the 1970s when we were both campaigning for public office. We stood together on a number of freezing mornings at South Shore railroad stations. He was running for his first judicial spot and I was seeking re-election to the state Assembly. We continued to cross paths over the years as his wife Dee and his five daughters lived in my Assembly district. It is rare when a judge moves

quickly through the court system despite party enrollment. But after a short term as a State Supreme Court Justice, Spatt, a Democrat, was elevated to the federal court by a Republican president, George H.W. Bush. Over the years, people of all political stripes recognized his reputation for brilliance and competence. His zest for hard work and his judicial talents were the talk of the profession. Judge Spatt, who died at 94 on June 12, made history in numerous cases. Once upon a time Nassau County had a Board of Supervisors, which was an archaic form of government. The judge decided that it violated the one-person, one-vote standard and ruled against the board structure. It was replaced by the county Legislature. He approved the merger of Long Island Jewish Hospital and North Shore University Hospital, against the objections of the Justice Department. He was a stellar jurist. Frank Castagna was 91 when

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he passed away July 7. I met him frequently at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, which he and his wife Rita supported generously. Frank was a tall man, but even taller when you look at how he changed the island landscape. His company, Castagna Realty, was at the forefront of many significant real estate projects. The Americana Manhasset is a national model for luxury centers that are not massive shopping malls.

He built numerous hospital facilities, courthouses, police headquarters, and many multifamily and office projects. But Frank stood out because of his expansive philanthropy, which improved the quality of life for countless people in this region. In remembering Frank, I like to recall that he was always humble and gracious when you spoke to him. He always made the conversation about you and steered away from his many achievements. He was truly a unique person. Gerald Wolkoff, a Long Island pioneer, was 83 at his death July 17. He built hundreds of homes, but made his mark with industrial parks. The Heartland Industrial Park in Hauppauge and the 400-acre Heartland Business Center in Edgewood are home to thousands of jobs. Combined, it is estimated that he created roughly 10 million square feet of real estate. He became well-known on Long Island because of his de-

termination to build a planned community known as Heartland Town Square. It was to be located on the site of the former Pilgrim State property, which he had purchased in 2001. He envisioned housing for young families, office space and entertainment, with its own internal transportation system. It was meant to be a national model when completed. “Gerry,” as he was known, was determined and at times feisty, when it came to advancing his visionary project. He was dedicated to the task of building his Town Square, a challenge now in the hands of his son, David. I like to remember the Gerry I knew. He always had a gigantic smile when he spotted you. He would leave a crowd of friends just to give you a hug and to ask for your family. He had the ability to disarm his opponents with a charming and sincere hello. Knowing these three wonderful people surely enriched my life and gave so many people so many wonderful memories.

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stronomers around the world were very excited this past December over the celestial conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, but at Casa Judy something much more miraculous transpired: Both our boys managed to be home, visiting their dad and me at the same time. One of them has been able to visit a few times, with lots of help and planning. But it was the first time in 12 months that we were able to actually hug the other one, and congratulate him in person on obtaining his Ph.D. And then we were able to enjoy all being together. Of course, this meant that I had to clear out all the boxes and other junk from both boys’ bedrooms at the same time — no small feat! But at least I had two workers with strong young backs to do the heavy lifting. And for just a few days, I could stop jumping every time a text buzzed across my phone, because I knew the people I worried about the most were safe under my roof. I could stop panicking. Except I had forgotten how. It was a strange feeling. It reminded me of a family reunion many years ago when my nieces

and nephews were small (and before I had any kids of my own). I remember being surprised to see my dad sitting on the cabin porch, just watching the children playing while the other adults sat and chatted — and his face was completely at rest. I had never seen my father at a loss for something to say. I looked closer. “Is anything wrong?” I whispered to my sister-in-law. “Why is Dad so quiet?” “I think he’s just — happy!” she whispered back. I decided she was right. But it was strange. I felt like that last week with my family at home. It was as if I were in some weird kind of withdrawal, coming down from some kind of “high.” Then I realized that’s exactly what was going on. I had just been through four — no, make that five — years of increasingly bad news, with text alerts coming multiple times a day, usually with content guaranteed to set my hair on fire. Were we at war with a nuclear power? An enemy? Or maybe even an ally, for heaven’s sake? What NOW? But all of that has died down recently and I don’t actually know

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A Look on the Lighter Side what to do with myself. It leaves me wondering whether our entire nation might soon be going through somewhat the same thing. In fact, I am thinking that President-elect Biden, or his team, might need to put out some kind of communication every day to help

us through the transition. They’ve already announced lots of cabinetlevel appointments. But when they run out of those, I’m thinking they could go with various aphorisms — like the ones I used to collect from Salada tea bags or from smashedopen Chinese fortune cookies. Sayings like “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today” or “Think of each day as a new slate to write on.” Maybe, “Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” OK, not that one. If you need some direction on how to proceed, you can take this piece of advice from country music star Garth Brooks: “Always do what it is that God put you down here to do.” And if you’ve hit rock bottom, there’s this from Winston Churchill: “If you’re going through Hell … keep going!” Now there’s a man who knew a thing or two

about Hell. These little messages could work the way nicotine chewing gum does for smokers. Let’s say you’ve stopped smoking the main drug, but you can’t quit cold turkey, so you pop a few sticks of “Chaos Gum.” Chew them until all the juice is gone, then spit them out into the trash. Or throw them under a bus somewhere. Whatever it takes to help us return to a slower, saner pace of life. Of course, we are not going anywhere like back to “normal.” Thanks to this pandemic, and the things we have seen and learned in the past year, we clearly have a lifetime’s worth of challenges ahead and problems to solve. But first, we need to take a few calming breaths, reset our body clocks and re-learn how to put one foot in front of the other. As soon as we’re allowed out of the house, that is. I can’t get there soon enough.

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utdoor enthusiast and author of “Land Ethics” Aldo Leopold wrote that ”there are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” Whether you think you can or cannot, you must learn to live with the Eastern Coyote. A group of wildlife biologists and naturalists invited me to join in tracking the whereabouts of the Eastern Coyote in Nassau County. As expected, we didn’t see coyotes in the flesh, but instead discovered their footprints and scat quite easily in December snowfall. You’ll rarely meet a coyote in broad daylight. Healthy, wild coyotes are cunning, clever and resourceful and will do whatever it takes to avoid you. In the midst of an unprecedented number of species going extinct due to human activity, coyotes are an exception — they’re thriving. Human development and the subsequent removal of coyote predators have allowed them to expand to almost all of North America. It’s therefore not surprising that they’ve finally established home territories here. How do you feel about coyote colonization on Long Island? My goal is to put your mind at ease if

you’re feeling nervous. While our domesticated and trusted companions bring out the best in us, their wild relatives provoke deep-rooted, almost always unfounded fears and even paranoia. Why are we so triggered by their wildness? From folklore to fables and fairy tales, wild dogs are typically featured as frightening beasts. In Norse mythology the wolf Fenrir even dares to swallow the sun and eat one of their chief gods. Spanning from Aesop’s “Boy Who Cried Wolf” to Grimms’ “Big Bad Wolf,” wild dogs get cast today in Disney movies as the tricksters and villains. An obvious explanation for vilifying wild dogs could be that they have throughout human history provided fierce competition for our food, often attacking domesticated livestock. Or perhaps it is the wild longing in their howl that’s unsettling to some? In the case of coyotes, the perceived risk is much greater than the actual danger. Coyotes are responsible for only two reported deaths since the Sixties, according to Gotham Coyote founder Dr. Chris Nagy in his speech at the 2015 Long Island Natural History Conference. With an average of three reported coyote attacks per

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year (non-lethal), you’re more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a wild canine. Flying golf balls and champagne corks are far more lethal than coyotes, not to mention texting while driving and falling out of bed. As a top carnivore and keystone species they serve an important ecological role and improve environmental health with their managerial role, supporting biodiversity in the process. Coyotes are omnivores and their diet includes vegetation (fruits, berries, seeds), in addition to captured and scavenged meat. The Eastern Coyote isn’t a picky eater and will snack on

Canada Geese, mice, rats, racoons, skunks and foxes and often feasts on white-tailed deer carcasses. We have every reason to be hopeful that they’ll offer positive ecological impact with their colonization on Long Island. As with any functional relationship, we must set clear boundaries from the start. It may feel counterintuitive to many animal lovers, but we must remain on unfriendly terms with coyotes. We must ”keep the wild in wildlife” by not habituating them. A coyote that has been fed and is not afraid of humans is unpredictable and can become dangerous. The good news here is that a habituated coyote can be hazed back into wildness and there are simple protocols to follow with detailed instructions found here on the website of the Human Societyhttps://www.humanesociety.org/resources/coyote-hazing If you’d like to help in tracking, please visit Seatuck Environmental Association here https:// seatuck.org/coyotes/ and click on “Think you’ve seen a coyote?” to help scientists at The Long Island Coyote Study Group document the colonization of coyotes. In summary, here’s what you

can do to co-exist peacefully with coyotes:Don’t feed wild coyotes. Keep your food waste safe (straps on garbage, seal compost). Feed your pets inside.Keep your pets on a leash. Bring a bell or whistle with you on walks. They don’t like noises.Coyote-proof your fences if you’re letting pets free in the backyard and know of coyotes nearby. Movement triggered lights will scare coyotes.Hazing is encouraged if coyotes are not afraid of you. Follow protocols. Mr. Frank Vincenti, founder of the Wild Dog Foundation, whose tireless mission is to ensure the right relationship with wildlife and “alleviate anxiety or misconceptions” stresses the fact that conflict can be resolved with common sense. He offers free educational talks on this topic. If you notice a coyote that has lost its wildness and acts too friendly, please reach out to Vincenti (email savewilddogs@yahoo.com). He is an expert at hazing and rewilding habituated coyotes. Prof. Lisa Filippi of Hofstra University clarifies that “negative interactions between humans and coyotes are rare, and when they do happen, it is usually because of careless human behavior.”

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The big freeze blocks creative flow “Frozen” is the 2013 Disney blockbuster about the deadly power of ice. When Princess Elsa lost control of ice, it endangered her kingdom. But Disney is not the only group that worries about the big freeze. To be frozen is a common term used by athletes who “freeze” on the blocks in sprints or in swim meets or worse yet who “freeze up” mentally when they are competing in wrestling. When you freeze up while trying to execute any task requiring finesse, you will become slow and ineffectual. This column is not about princesses or athletes with anxiety. This is about writers who suffer an abomination referred to as “writer’s block.” If I were to suddenly contract this dreaded writing disease, it would mark the end of my writing career. I experienced writer’s block once in my career, but we’ll get to that later. My favorite quote about writer’s block was said by the great American writer Ernest Hemingway when he was asked how he wrote a novel. He quipped, “Well, the first thing I do when I’m about to start a new novel is to defrost the refrigerator.” This is humor at its best and refers to procrastination and also that there is a block

of ice that must be melted before creativity can flow. There are many failures in graduate school not because of course work but due to students’ failure to write their dissertations. These poor souls are forever stuck in the limbo called A.B.D. (All But Dissertation.) It took me a full 13 drafts to get my dissertation accepted. Such were the joys of grad school. There are numerous reasons for writer’s block. It might be a fear of judgment or a fear of failure. Perhaps one dreads making a mistake or is terrified of being laughed at or the thought of being called dull witted or worse, boring. Perhaps you are decidedly grandiose and thus expect that you ought to be writing a masterpiece each time you sit down at the desk. A plunge into temporary grandiosity happened to me a few years ago at an Easter party thrown by a friend of mine. A stranger came up to me at the party and with an exited voice and big smile asked, “Aren’t you Dr. Ferraro, the man that writes the ‘Our Town’ column in the newspaper?” I admitted to this fact and she went on to say: “Oh, I love those columns of yours. I look forward to reading them

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each week. Thank you so much for being who you are.” These comments of gratitude seemed to penetrate into the deepest parts of my mind, and I said to myself “Yes, indeed, I suspected it all along. I really am a great writer! Mother was right!” So far this seems like a benign, charming and pleasant enough little story about a casual chat at a party, but the next morning seemed to tell a different tale. You see, I am busy during the week seeing patients, so my writing is reserved for Saturdays and Sundays in order to meet deadlines for the following week. The process of writing a weekly column entails following a hunch about a topic of interest,

doing considerable research on it and then writing the first draft. All this takes some time and effort, but since I’ve been doing it for years, the process is now relatively straightforward and efficient. But not that Saturday morning. I sat down at my desk and began to think about the next brilliant piece I might write and for the life of me nothing was coming to mind. I seemed to be drawing blanks. Nothing seemed good enough or clever enough or smart enough to grab my attention. The minutes passed, the clock kept on ticking and nothing came up. I got some more coffee, had another donut, paced about. Nothing. This went on for a time and as I daydreamed about the week gone by, I thought back about the party of the night before and the compliment given to me by that stranger. And then it dawned on me. I actually took her words seriously. Way too seriously, in fact, and I was now busily attempting to write yet another indispensable, awe-inspiring, vital, witty , meaningful, even sublime piece of journalism to live up to those sweet comments that woman spoke to me. Her compliment plugged right

into my current grandiosity and inflated it to the point where now I had to produce a masterpiece or nothing at all. And when that happens, you get what is called writer’s block. When I realized this, I was able to come back to my senses, sit down and write something with ease and with flow. Granted it was not a masterpiece, but it was good enough. I learned that one ought to have a very tight rein on great expectations. Whether you are working on love, building a cabinet, playing a round of golf, writing a letter or trying to cook a good meal, it’s best to keep one’s great expectations in check. Grandiosity has a chilling effect on one’s mind and one’s body and if it gets out of hand, you will freeze and lock up. Great expectations are the primary contributor of mankind’s greatest psychological problem, procrastination. So if you find yourself endlessly procrastinating, it may be that your expectations have become too grand. Take it down a notch and see what happens. You may discover that the refrigerator is finally thawed out and you can finally find some flow. Letters Continued on Page 25

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In addition, the study found that numerous people feel completely lost in regard to having a solid plan with their money. Financial planning can be intimidating, but learning the basics of sound money management can help people secure their financial futures. According to the online learning resource WiseGeek, financial planning is a process of setting objectives, assessing assets and resources, estimating future financial needs, and making plans to achieve financial goals. Investing, risk management, retirement planning, tax requirements, and estate planning are key components of financial planning.

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Such widescale job loss left millions of people wondering how they were going to pay their bills while out of work. Though there’s no magical formula to help people make it through a recession unscathed, learning to prioritize bills can help people stay on the right financial track even after losing their jobs.

• Make sure the necessities come first. The credit reporting agency Experian notes that health and safety should always be a person’s top priority in a tough financial situation. Food and shelter should take precedence, so always pay for food and housing costs first. Change your eating habits to dine out less and make grocery lists before visiting the store so you’re less likely to make potentially costly impulse buys while shopping. A 2018 survey from Slickdeals.net found that 70 percent of consumers’ impulse buys are spent on food, so creating a grocery list can help people save substantial amounts of money. In regard

to housing, if you’re accustomed to paying additional principle on your mortgage each month, continue to do so only if you can still afford it. • Don’t cut costs in regard to medical care. Make sure you keep your medications up-to-date and continue to visit your health care provider. Medical debt is a substantial problem in the United States. A 2019 study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that roughly two-thirds of all bankruptcies in the United States were tied to medical issues. Unemployed professionals should keep in mind that medical issues may prevent them from reentering the workforce when the economy recovers from COVID-19, so it’s imperative that medical care and maintenance continue to remain a priority even in difficult financial times. • Eliminate high-interest debt if possible. High-interest debt such as credit cards can snowball if consumers miss payments or are only capable of making minimum monthly payments. If you have been laid off or are working on reduced wages but have a sizable amount of money in savings, consider eliminating your high-interest debt. Doing so can reduce the stress stemming from the pandemic-related financial uncertainty and it also greatly reduces the amount of interest you’ll pay on bills you can afford to pay off. Many people have been forced to prioritize their bills as they confront the economic fallout of COVID-19. Prioritizing necessities and personal health can help people overcome the financial challenges of the pandemic.

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Herricks Teachers’ Association Reaches Out With Holiday Spirit Herricks Teachers’ Association members coordinated outreach programs and supported our community throughout the year. As an organization, the HTA has helped our own Herricks community by supporting families in need this holiday season and beyond. The HTA has given over $4,500 to less fortunate families during the pandemic and the holiday season. •Marianne Marsigliano, RN, an HTA member, coordinated a school-wide Holiday Adopt-a- Child Program. This annual event started with contacting the Nassau County Department of Social Services and obtaining the names of 68 children from ages 18 months to 17 years old. The requests were made for items like coats, boots, toys, and books from their wish list. HTA members from the transportation department as well as teachers participated. “It was unbelievable how generous everyone was, each child received more than one gift this year,” said Marianne. “This is always a very rewarding experience.” •Danielle Gigante and other HTA members from the high school guidance department also showed the season’s generosity by coordinating a “Giving Tree” to help families in need during this holiday season. •HTA member Jodi Thompson, Middle School Librarian, coordinated the “Holiday Wishes” program at Herricks Middle School. Through the Nassau County Department of Social Services, this program con!"#$%&'()$*#*'(!$%&$+&,"-'&.--&#,*-/)"!0%&1*%,"%&(#)+%%&2(%%(3&4+3!$5&"(#,&5"()6&78"&()"&9*:"!&$,"&!(;"%& (!/&,+-*/(5&1*%,"%&+<&=>&#,*-/)"!&1,+&()"&*!&$,"&2(%%(3&4+3!$5&?+#*(-&?"):*#"&%5%$";&(!/&1"&.--&$,"*)& wish lists,” said Jodi. “The majority of the HTA members in the school take one, or even two lists and buy the children what they want for the holidays.” The gifts are wrapped “From Santa,” and are distributed by Nassau County. This year the HTA members and chairpersons, Kelly Scardina and Caitlin Breen, helped organize National Junior Honor Society members to load the trucks and donate dozens of gifts for the children on the list. &7@&1($#,&$,"&-*A)()5&A"#+;"&.--"/&1*$,&,3!/)"/%&+<&A"(3$*<3--5&1)(''"/&')"%"!$%BC&%(*/&D,+;'%+!6& 7D,"&E+5&*$&A)*!9%&3%&+!&4,)*%$;(%&;+)!*!9&.--%&+3)&,"()$%&(%&1"&F!+1&$,($&,3!/)"/%&+<&5+3!9%$")%&()"& waking up to a wonderful morning that may have otherwise not been possible for them. It keeps the true spirit of the holiday season alive here at Herricks Middle School, as we give back to children in a way different from our teaching.” •Denton Avenue’s Social Worker, Jaclyn Mirabile, also organized a Giving Tree at her school.

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U.S. democracy weakened by nonvoters Now that we are in a new year, how and what will change in people’s attitudes and the way they listen, communicate, accept, agree, and disagree in an appropriate manner going forward will have a huge impact on finding solutions leading to a successful U.S. economy and our democracy in the future. Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of the most successful and largest hedge fund, Bridge Water Associates, said in an interview a little over a month ago, “People are passionately attached to their opinions and are not able as well to go through the thoughtful disagreement of how to get past those agreement and disagreements and to do things well together.” My belief is that this is a major structural deficiency and mindset issue that is and will plague our country going forward unless our politicians learn to agree and disagree in an understanding and open-minded manner; otherwise we are doomed to mediocrity. Who is working for whom, they for us or us for them? In any corporation, if problems aren’t solved to keep the company profitable, heads roll and

people are fired, laid off and then hopefully more qualified individuals are hired to improve the bottom line and save the company. In the worst case scenario, a trustee is put in charge during bankruptcy to sell off the assets of the company. But how can this happen in our government to change the environment towards improving and advancing it for the good of the majority when 80 million U.S. citizens didn’t vote in the presidential election? Moreover, as a percentage, even fewer vote in state and local elections, because people think and believe that this is less critical and crucial to their everyday life. Do those who forego voting anticipate and expect that things will change without them, thinking it’s not important and why bother to be part of our system? Then they are the ones who bitch and moan when things don’t improve and then complain about how bad things are. I am quite sure Russia and China are watching everything that is going on in our country, hoping for the demise of our democracy and that is what may be occurring un-

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less something drastically changes and improves in the fashion and way we approach our problems to agree and disagree. Before the Covid-19 pandemic came to our shores, so many old established companies were already going by the wayside, (Sears, Woolworths, Borders, Blockbusters Video, Howard Johnson’s Restaurants, Toy R’ Us, Modell’s and so many others.) They obviously didn’t recognize the impact of the internet at the time or anticipating the future. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused

people to hunker down at home out of necessity to stay healthy and alive, purchasing more and more of their necessities online. However, due to this change in buying attitudes and behaviors, what companies will rise and be born, survive, and prosper, and which ones will die, and which jobs and positions will be 86ed next? But how can positive changes occur in our own government when 80 million U.S. citizens didn’t vote in the presidential election (even though the greatest number at 67 percent of eligible voters in history did) but as a percentage, much, much less voted in state and local elections. Maybe as a lesson, as sad and unfair as it might sound, those who don’t vote should be banished to countries that cont’t have free elections for one voting cycle. Obviously, that idea is totally unrealistic and unenforceable, but shouldn’t that or some other creative idea be considered to motivate more people to vote in every election? Isn’t it possible that more qualified people just might be voted into a position to make the changes that we all want? You

can be quite sure that our adversaries, Russia and China, are hoping for the eventual demise of our democracy and that is what may be occurring unless something drastically changes and improves in the ways and fashion that we approach and solve our problems. Our real estate, in many ways, may just determine our course of action. Part 2 next week. Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 39 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and 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). For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas or suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back.

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ike Lincoln who continued to build the Capitol dome and the Continental Railroad during the Civil War despite shortages of funding and manpower in order to give assurances that the Union would go on, Governor Andrew Cuomo has continued to build, even stepped up building during this historic, debilitating pandemic. And just in time for the winter holidays, he presented New York State with this gift: a grand, new Moynihan Station for Long Island Railroad commuters and Amtrak passengers, presenting an appropriately fabulous new gateway to one of the world’s great cities. Earlier this year, Cuomo cut the ribbons on the new LaGuardia Airport terminal and the new Mario Cuomo Bridge (replacing the Tappan Zee) with a walking/biking recreational path, and with Moynihan Station, the largest public transportation projects undertaken in the nation, each embodying a “Build Back Better” policy. The $1.6 billion 255,000 square-foot Moynihan Train Hall, transformed 100-year-old James A. Farley Building, an architectural gem and the first landmarked

building in the City (after the devastating destruction of the original Penn Station in 1963), underutilized as the US Post Office, into a world-class transportation hub. Rail travelers find greatly expanded concourse and scores of people-friendly, ergonomic, safety, accessibility and healthful improvements, not the least of which is better ventilation and sanitation, access to elevators, reduced congestion, and eased boarding (better enabling social distancing). “We built this as a statement of who we are, and who we aspire to be,” Gov. Cuomo said at the grand opening. “It is a testament and a monument to the public [that] they deserve the best and they can produce the best. We built this not for ourselves. We built this for our children and our children’s children and we built this as a statement of who we are, and who we believe we are and who we aspire to be. Is it grand? Yes. Is it bold? Yes, because that is the spirit of New York and that’s the statement we want to make to our visitors, to our children and to future generations.” Public works are essential for infrastructure that supports and invigorates the economy, but also has

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a role in invigorating the spirit and as well as contributing to health, safety and well-being both physical and emotional, especially when they incorporate “Build Back Better” strategies. Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer prize-winning architectural critic and an advisor on the project, said, “It is the first step to returning the busiest rail center in the United States [used by more than 700,000 passengers per day — more than LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark International Airports combined] into the best rail center in the United States. There’s still a long way to go but we’re moving in

the right direction, toward a recognition that great public space belongs to everyone, and a great city deserves a noble public realm, and that the government has a responsibility to help make that happen.” Indeed, much of New York’s great infrastructure was built during tough times – think Long Island’ parkways and Jones Beach State Park built during the Great Depression. “That is when the government needs to send a signal that it believes in the future, that we will have a better future, and we are investing in it because that very investment will help make a better future happen,” Goldberger said. “We travel every day across bridges and through tunnels and along subway tracks that were built in difficult times, because other generations invested for us, and Moynihan Train Hall is a symbol of our will to do the same thing today and invest in the future even as we are struggling to keep afloat in the present, because investing in the future is actually one of the best ways we have to keep afloat in the present, but that’s the test of a great government, that it can take the long view.”Such a project would be

an amazing accomplishment at any time, but extraordinary because of what is happening today. “We’re at a place where no one ever envisioned being. We saw the greatest country in the world fall prey to a microscopic virus and we have seen our world turned upside down and so many things we believe to be true — our ability to control, our ability to dominate — that all turned out to be false. We’re going through a traumatic period, individually and collectively. Society is going through a traumatic period and the question for us now is ‘What will this traumatic period cause us to be?.. “That’s what we’re going to decide in this New Year 2021 as we close this chapter on 2020. But we learn the lessons and we move forward to 2021 and what this hall says to me as we head toward the New Year is yes. Yes, we can. Yes, we can learn. Yes, we can grow. As dark as 2020 was, to me this hall brings the light literally and figuratively. It brings the light.” Moynihan Hall, Cuomo said, “reminds us who we are: We are New York We came from riskContinued on Page 34

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3 bd, 2 ba, 1,161 sqft, Sold on: 10/8/20, Sold Price: $620,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

41 Brown Street, Mineola

404 Wellington Road, Mineola

4 bd, 2 ba, 1,652 sqft, Sold on: 12/14/20, Sold Price: $817,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: East Williston

3 bd, 2 ba, 1,450 sqft, Sold on: 12/2/20, Sold Price: $496,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

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Fire breaks out at Virus variant comes to N.Y. Mineola residence BY R OB E RT PELAEZ A fire broke out in a two-story home in Mineola on Monday evening, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Officials said officers arrived at the scene before 7 p.m. Monday and saw flames coming out of the roof of the home at 176 Andrews Road. Fire departments that responded to the call included Mineola, East Williston, Williston Park, Garden City and Carle Place, according to social media posts.

Officials said no injuries were reported from the fire, which was reportedly under control within 30 minutes. Efforts to reach officials from the Nassau County fire marshal’s office for information were unavailing.

PHOTO COURTESY OF PATRICK THEODORE, EAST WILLISTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

Continued from Page 2 The Port Washington area eclipsed 1,000 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, and the area saw an increase of nearly 200 cases over one week, according to the figures. The towngoverned area of Port Washington had 655 total cases as of Wednesday, leading the peninsula and more than double Manorhaven’s 297 cases. Municipalities and unincorporated areas that stretch into more than one North Shore area such as Flower Hill, Herricks, Albertson, Garden City Park, Searingtown and North Hills were counted separately and accounted for 1,576 cases, according to county statistics. The Village of Roslyn’s 211

cases may not seem high compared with other North Shore areas, but the cases per 1,000 residents, 70.48, is one of the highest rates in Nassau County, according to Health Department figures. Despite this, the village has seen one of the lowest two-month increases of any analyzed municipality, with fewer than 75 new confirmed cases since Nov. 1, according to county statistics. The Village of Roslyn Heights had 386 total cases as of Wednesday, and the Village of East Hills had 279. Manhasset, which has remained comparatively low since the beginning of the pandemic, had 838 cases, with around half coming from town-governed areas. It is the only analyzed area with

fewer than 900 cases. A total of 94,379 Nassau County residents had tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday, and 2,431 had died since the pandemic began. More than 700 Nassau residents remained hospitalized due to the virus, with 87 in intensive care units and 58 on ventilators, according to county figures. The county’s seven-day positivity rate was 6.16 percent as of Wednesday. Throughout New York, more than one million people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures. Of that total, more than 38,000 people had died. In New York City, 456,000 people had contracted the virus, and 25,309 had died.

Nassau opens 1st vaccine distribution center Continued from Page 1 vaccine is reaching people in areas where there is a history of health disparities and a high prevalence of chronic diseases that have made them more vulnerable to COVID-19.” Cuomo said high-risk hospital workers, EMS employees, medical examiners, coroners, funeral workers and staff, and residents of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and Office of Medical Health facilities will be prioritized in obtaining the vaccines this week. Curran said she believes one vaccine center will suffice for the time being since the vaccine has not been made available for the general public yet. If the county inoculated only 400 residents a day, it would take more than nine years for every one of the county’s 1.3 million residents to receive a vaccine. With the county’s Health

Department and the Medical Reserve Corps, along with Northwell, spearheading the local vaccination distributions, Curran called on first responders and emergency personnel to sign up and expand participation. “We have the first one hundred medical personnel signed up for Tuesday and we have opened registration for Wednesday,” Curran said. “I am calling on all emergency and first responders who qualify to sign up immediately.” Presiding Officer Rich Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said his fellow Republican legislators are eager to aid in the distribution of vaccines for county residents. “The Majority looks forward to the ramp up of vaccine distribution to help Nassau residents continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,” Nicolello said. According to statistics provided by the state, Nassau University

Medical Center was the third-lowest performing hospital system in the state, distributing just 19 percent of the allocated dosages. Curran said she was displeased with the lack of distribution progress the hospital was making, though the county has no jurisdiction over the hospital or its independent board of directors. “I want to make sure doses are administered as quickly as possible,” Curran said. “What’s happening right now does not meet my expectations for a plan of action.” Dr. Anthony Boutin, the president and chief executive of the Nassau University Medical Center, said the 19% figure provided by the state was incorrect, and that the hospital had actually distributed 34% of vaccines. Despite this, Boutin said, the hospital needs to increase its distribution of the vaccine.

“It is inexcusable for the Nassau University Medical Center to have distributed only 19% of the vaccine it has been provided,” Nicolello said. “By failing to distribute the vaccine, the hospital is failing as a safety net for those most

in need of medical care, including communities of color. The County Executive can try to distance herself from NUMC, but she needs to light a fire under the Chairman of the Board, whom she appointed to run NUMC.”

PHOTO BY ROBERT PELAEZ

Northwell CEO Michael Dowling joined with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran in announcing the establishment of the county’s first coronavirus vaccine distribution center.

The jurist, the artist, and a life in Roslyn Continued from Page 3 our programs,” Casey wrote. “Because of the nature of the activity, I cannot release a list of the pioneers as you requested.” “It was still top secret after 25 years, how ridiculous!” Jack said, laughing. “I never found out who the other guys were.” In the meantime, their first daughter, Jacqueline, was born in 1959, which led to their first house on Yale Street, and the births of their second daughter, Victoria, and first son, Evan, brought them to their current house, also on Yale Street. Lawrence, their youngest, was born in 1969. Milly raised their children throughout the decade as Jack worked, starting a new job at Inflight Motion Pictures, which converted films to be shown on airplanes, in 1970. “For the first number of years, she

stayed home took care of the kids,” Jack said. “And then when I started to teach, she started to work. So it worked out.” At about the same time that Jack began teaching painting for adult education at Roslyn High School, Milly received her first job, working in trademark protection for Weight Watchers. Jack’s mother, Antoinette, then living in the home behind the blossoming family, helped take care of the children. Following the end of the adult ed course, Jack’s students asked if there was a way to continue classes, leading to him leaving his job at Inflight Motion Pictures and opening a painting school in their basement, hosting 12 classes a week. In the meantime, Milly served on the local Democratic Committee, as a board member of Planned Parenthood and the

Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and as president of the South Park Civic Association. Shortly after she retired from a nearly 20-year career at Weight Watchers, Milly received an appointment to serve as an administrative law judge for the New York State Worker’s Compensation Board, and served in that position for 25 years at the county courthouse in Hempstead before she retired several years ago at age 83. With his 95th birthday around the corner in March, Jack continues to paint, though he says he’s slowly going blind. “Matter of fact, I don’t see too well, I’m a blind artist,” he says. His colorful, often surrealist creations are ever-present, adorning the walls of their living room where Milly loves to read, mainly focusing on nonfiction.

“I have no artistic bones in my body,” Milly said. “But I love going to the museums with him.” As a shared hobby, the two spent much time visiting museums in New York City, with their favorite being the Frick Collection on the Upper East Side, though Jack said he still remembers walking past the Metropolitan Museum of Art on his way to art school. Museum-hopping will have to wait, though, as the two said they have barely left their house since the start of the pandemic in March. But it helps that both enjoy the company they’ve been able to keep for 66 years. “You have to like them as a person,” Milly said. “That’s the best way to be happy when you’re married.”

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Roslyn, Mineola sued by bus companies Continued from Page 1 Suits from Baumann and ACME filed in December claim that the districts contracted them for the school year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020. “On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic,” the complaints filed in each suit read. “On March 16, 2020, the Governor of the State of New York issued an executive order requiring that schools State-wide be closed and students be educated via distance learning, no later than March 18, 2020.” The complaints said that “on or about March 16, 2020,” the districts suspended the companies’ provisions of transportation services, purportedly under the parties’ agreement, without any further compensation paid to Baumann or ACME. The bus companies claim that their agreements did not give the districts authority to suspend services without payment.

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Ronkonkoma-based school bus companies Baumann & Sons and Acme Bus Corp. are suing eight school districts on the North Shore. As a result of a lack of payment from the eight districts and 39 others across Long Island, Baumann and ACME said they were “unable to meet [their] ongoing financial obligations” and were

forced to file for bankruptcy in April. The damages being sought by Baumann and ACME include the districts’ remaining balances for that year, which they say would become the property of

their bankruptcy estates. Of the eight districts, only the Port Washington school district responded to a request for comment, with Superintendent Michael Hynes saying in an emailed statement that the district was aware of the legal action taken by the bus companies. “Given that this matter is currently in litigation, the district cannot discuss the specifics of this case,” Hynes said. The Mineola school district did not respond to a request for comment, but Superintendent Michael Nagler was quoted in Newsday as saying that the district did not pay Baumann because it never received an invoice. “Once they filed suit, we asked them for an invoice, which we received and paid,” he told the paper. The two other school districts on the North Shore, Manhasset and Great Neck, were not named in the suits, as neither uses Baumann or ACME for transportation.

Heights man accused of mortgage fraud Continued from Page 4 surance claim to HUD to cover the outstanding mortgage balance less the short sale proceeds, plus approved costs and

interest. HUD, in turn, pays the lender’s claim from federal funds. The complaint claims that Aronov was recognized as the founder, CEO and

president of My Ideal Property Inc., My Ideal Property Group LLC and MIP Management Inc., and also controlled affiliated corporate entities that the court alleges he established to help him fraudulently acquire residential properties. A 2019 federal case claims that My Ideal Property was founded by Aronov in 2012 and was headquartered at Suite 206 of 116-55 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills, Queens. Borovinsky allegedly identified himself as a co-founder of the company, and Konstantinovskiy allegedly worked as an agent for My Ideal Property, where the complaint alleges he conspired with others to fraudulently obtain properties. According to the complaint, from at least 2013 through 2016, the defendants defrauded HUD by manipulating the short sale process to acquire residential properties from numerous distressed homeowners for below-fair market value prices in non-arm’s-length transactions. “The individual defendants used various corporate entities in furtherance of the fraudulent scheme,” the complaint reads. “In the process, defendants made a host of material misrepresentations in critical transaction documents. As a result, defendants not only acquired the properties for below-fair market value prices, but obtained broker fees in the transactions and induced lenders to release the FHA-insured mortgages at a loss. In turn, HUD paid the lenders’ claims for FHA insurance from federal funds. These payments by HUD were artificially inflated as a result of the defendants’ fraudulent conduct.” “As alleged, these defendants fraudulently obtained homes at depressed prices at the expense of a taxpayer-funded program designed to assist borrowers seeking the American Dream of homeownership,” said acting U.S. Attorney

Seth DuCharme. “This office is committed to protecting the integrity of the FHA insurance program from those who try to enrich themselves through predatory mortgage fraud schemes.” “The defendants allegedly engaged in a scheme of wholesale deception when they provided false, misleading, and incomplete information to lending institutions, homeowners, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) causing millions of dollars in damages to the FHA, which typically results in higher premiums being charged to future first-time homeowners. In addition, the artificial devaluation of residential properties will slow the recovery of market values at a time of economic challenge when affordable housing is at a premium,” said Christina Scaringi, special agent-in-charge for the HUD office of inspector general. The government’s complaint intervenes in a 2019 lawsuit originally brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. Under the act, private citizens with knowledge of fraud against the government can bring a lawsuit on behalf of the United States and share in the recovery, with the government permitted to intervene in such actions. The 2019 suit alleges that Konstantinovskiy and Aronov, among others, defrauded Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and smaller lenders by providing them with false, misleading and incomplete information to induce them to execute short sales at fraudulently depressed prices, a scheme similar to this one. The government’s case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Michael J. Castiglione, with assistance from Michael Gambrell, an auditor. Attorneys for the defendants have not yet been named.

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Blank Slate to host forum on disinformation Continued from Page 8 eracy and previously served as founding dean of the university’s School of Journalism. Under his tenure as managing editor and then editor of Newsday, the paper won eight Pulitzer Prizes. In 2007, Schneider developed the nation’s first undergraduate course in news literacy, designed to teach students how to identify reliable news and information. Since that time, the course has been taught to more than 11,000 Stony Brook students and the curriculum has been adopted by more than two dozen other U.S. universities and by academics in 15 countries. In 2018, Schneider and his colleagues, convinced that instruction had to begin much earlier, created the Institute for News Literacy Education to support the work of the region’s K-12 school districts. In 2012, Schneider received the DeWitt Carter Reddick Award for Public Communications and Journalism Education by the University of Texas. In 2003, he received the Outstanding Alumnus Award of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, from which he received his M.S. in 1967.

Rounding out the panel is Burnett, who is associate professor in the political science department at Hofstra University and director of the university’s Kalikow School Poll Program. Burnett received his B.A. in political science and history from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on state and local government, urban politics, political behavior and electoral institutions, and has appeared in several journals including the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Communication, Electoral Studies, Urban Affairs Review and the Minnesota Law Review. In addition to teaching courses on research methods and statistics, Burnett instructs in American government, urban politics, state and local government, public opinion, and political behavior. Blank Slate Media’s community forum on disinformation, fake news and social media will take place on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Interested parties can register for the free Zoom event at the link: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/89677135562.

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THE BACK ROAD

The high cost of the assault on the truth

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be back in their childhood home if not for stimulus checks and unemployment insurance, as well as relatively small “bridge” loans from the “Mom and Dad Payroll Protection Program” early on when the need for relief was greatest and the federal bureaucracy nearly impossible to navigate. Imagine the desperation felt by millions of unemployed Americans, and particularly those with young children, empty cupboards, no savings and little or no extended family support. It is no wonder that the lines at food banks have grown longer with each passing month. Paralleling the rising frustration for struggling families inside the homeland is the unfavorable perception of the U.S. by once staunch allies abroad. According to Pew, the share of people from countries with a favorable view of the U.S. fell to its lowest level in recorded history. The dramatic decline was attributed to a combination of factors including Donald Trump taking office and the widely-held perception of our mishandling the COVID-19 outbreak. The president hangs his hat on the early China flight ban and sub-

ANDREW MALEKOFF The Back Road

sequent launch of Operation Warp Speed which, respectively, aimed to prevent the early spread of the coronavirus and accelerate the development of a vaccine. Credit is due, as the benefit of these initiatives cannot be underestimated. At the same time, though, the Trump administration’s reluctance to consistently encourage and model the use of masks and social distancing are widely viewed as major contributing factors to the deepening divide among Americans and the mounting hospitalization and death toll that now stands at more than 330,000.

In reviewing Pew’s year-end findings, I am reminded from my undergraduate days of studying economics that statistics can be interpreted to justify conflicting viewpoints. Nevertheless, there is little debate that we are a more deeply divided nation than any time in recent memory; some historians have surmised not since the Civil War. One of the things that distinguish the divisions in 2020 as compared to the early 1860s, is that a majority of Americans today are poked and prodded by the pervasiveness of social media and the partisanship of conventional media on a daily basis. This seems so much so, that it has become difficult for millions of Americans to differentiate fact from fiction, evidence-driven data from disinformation, myth from reality and truth from falsehood. In their mission statement, Pew states that “Fact-based information is the fuel that democracies run on—the raw material from which societies identify problems and construct solutions.” Despite the nobility of this standard, I must agree with observers who have concluded that

we are living in a post-truth environment where appeals to emotion, repetitive talking points, deception and conspiracy theories rule the day. All of which begs the question, how can we find our way without truth? Yuval Noah Harari, lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, commented that scholars throughout history have grappled with a dilemma characterized by the following questions: “Do they serve power or truth? Should they aim to unite people by making sure everyone believes in the same story, or should they let people know the truth even at the price of disunity?” It is clear that in the United States the “unity above truth” principle has not worked despite the fact that it has been sown into the fabric of the nation with repeated exposure to four years of fractured fairy tales doled out by the outgoing administration and their media surrogates. As we advance into 2021, with 2020 hindsight, let’s give truth a chance. Andrew Malekoff is a New York State licensed clinical social worker.

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"This letter is to express my sincere thanks and appreciation for the two women in your company who sold my house, Jill Brown and Susan Hucke. Not only did they stage my home, but they even helped move furniture and contribute items to help show it to its best advantage. They are professional and dedicated and a credit to their craft. They were a pleasure to work with and always willing to go that extra step to make things run smoothly. They were always available to communicate with and I valued their suggestions. They accomplished in one month what two other brokers could not do in a year. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to sell their home." – Karen Rowan | Satisfied Client

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Glen Head, NY

Jill Brown

Susan Hucke

Associate Real Estate Broker

Associate Real Estate Broker

Silver Circle of Achievement

Silver Circle of Achievement

c.516.805.5277 jillbrown@danielgale.com

c.516.523.0587 susanhucke@danielgale.com

Wheatley Plaza Office | 342 Wheatley Plaza, Greenvale, NY | 516.626.7600 | danielgale.com

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Hicksville, NY

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Each office is independently owned and operated.