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Scramble on for COVID-19 vaccinations Cuomo broadly expands eligibility but says far too few doses available BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The state has broadly expanded the number of people eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said far too few doses are arriving to do the job. Cuomo announced last week that the “1b group,” which includes essential workers like teachers, firefighters and public safety officers, grocery store workers, corrections officers, child care providers, public transit employees, those working or living in homeless shelters, and people at least 75 years old, was eligible to obtain the vaccine beginning this week. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that states allow people ages 65 and older to receive the vaccine, and Cuomo said New York would do so. The state will also extend eligibility to people with compromised immune systems but exactly when has not been specified. Of the seven million people in New York who are now eligible to receive the vaccine, 870,000 are edu-

cation workers, 207,000 are first responders, 100,000 are public safety workers, 100,000 are public transit workers, and more than three million are people 65 and older. “After 10 long months, the expansion of eligibility for additional New Yorkers to begin making their COVID-19 vaccination plan is a light at the end of the tunnel,” Cuomo said on Monday. “The vaccine is the weapon that will end the war, and as we continue to prioritize health care workers as hospital capacity necessitates, New York is proud to have reached this milestone and we strongly encourage all who are newly eligible to schedule their free vaccination appointment as soon as possible.” At the current rate of 300,000 vaccine doses being supplied to the state each week, Cuomo said, patience will be required. “We receive 300,000 dosages per week; that has not changed,” Cuomo said. “The federal government didn’t give us an additional allocation. That’s 300,000 per week. How do you Continued on Page 28

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On Jan. 7, Wheatley seniors (from left) Anya Chabria, Lucy Zha, Manav Bansal and Victor Li were named scholars in the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search. See story on page 3.

Bosworth won’t seek re-election; Wink to run BY R O S E W E L D ON

A longtime colleague, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, said he After decades in public ser- would run for the post this fall. “The pandemic has been vice, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth has a time of deep reflection,” Boannounced she will not to run sworth, a Democrat, said in a statement released by the town for another term.

on Monday morning. “One of the lessons that has been reinforced for me is the importance of family and how essential the time is that we spend with our loved ones. Continued on Page 36

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Mineola, Willistons Northwell said to surpass 3,000 cases sue patients in ’20 More than 13,000 on North Shore COVID-19 positive Northwell rescinds suits after report BY R O S E W E L D ON

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More than 13,000 people throughout the North Shore of Nassau County had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to county Health Department figures.. BY R OB E RT PELAEZ More than 13,000 people on the North Shore have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began in mid-March, according to statistics provided by the Nassau County Department of Health 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 3,037 cases as of Wednesday, the most of all analyzed areas and the only area to eclipse 3,000 cases. The Village of Mineola saw one of the highest increase of cases over the one-week period with nearly 200 new cases. Mineola’s 1,306 cases and Garden City’s 1,160 cases accounted for 2,466 of the 3,037 cases in the area. The Great Neck peninsula saw an increase of 197 cases over the past week, after a one-week increase of 191 new cases the week before. The Village of Great Neck’s 797 coronavirus cases were the most throughout the peninsula, followed by the Village of Kings Point’s 512 and the Village of Great Neck Plaza’s 443.

The New Hyde Park area accounted for 2,833 of the North Shore’s cases, with North New Hyde Park having the third most confirmed positives, 1,034, out of any analyzed area. The villages of Floral Park, with 905 cases, and New Hyde Park, with 663 cases, were also among the top eight villages or unincorporated town areas in terms of positive tests and were for the entire month of December, according to Health Department statistics. The Port Washington area, with 1,485 cases, saw an increase of more than 200 cases over one week, according to the figures. The towngoverned area of Port Washington had 756 total cases as of Wednesday, leading the peninsula, almost doubling Manorhaven’s 390 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 1,758 cases, according to county statistics. The Village of Roslyn’s 223 cases appeared comparatively low, but the cases per 1,000 residents, 77.49, 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 100 new confirmed cases since Nov. 1, according to county statistics. The Village of Roslyn Heights had 443 total cases as of Wednesday, and the Village of East Hills had 313. Manhasset, which has remained comparatively low since the beginning of the pandemic, had 958 cases, with around half coming from town-governed areas. It is the only analyzed area with fewer than 1,000 cases. A total of 105,497 Nassau County residents had tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday, and 2,496 had died since the pandemic began. More than 760 Nassau residents remained hospitalized due to the virus, with 105 in intensive care units and 54 on ventilators, according to county figures. The county’s positivity rate was 7.5 percent as of Wednesday. Throughout New York, nearly 1.2 million people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures. Of that total, more than 39,000 people had died. In New York City, 499,000 people had contracted the virus, and 25,698 had died.

The New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health system sued 2,500 patients for unpaid medical bills in 2020, according to The New York Times. Describing an executive order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year that ordered state-run hospitals to stop suing patients over medical debt, and most major health systems in the state making the same decision, the Times story said Northwell, a registered nonprofit, continued with its suits last year. In the Times story, written by Brian Rosenthal, it is estimated that the Northwell suits sought an average of $1,700 in bills plus interest from patients. Rosenthal added that shortly after his story was published on Jan. 5, “Northwell abruptly announced it would stop suing patients during the pandemic and would rescind all legal claims it filed in 2020.” He also noted that while Northwell was not the only system in the state to continue pursuing lawsuits, it was most likely the largest. “About 50 hospitals in New York have sued a total of 5,000 pa-

tients since March, according to a search of filings in courts around the state,” Rosenthal wrote. “Most are small and located upstate. Northwell stood out because of the sheer number of its lawsuits — and because of its connections to Mr. Cuomo.” Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling, who served as state health director and deputy secretary to former Gov. Mario Cuomo, is referred to in the story as the younger Cuomo’s “closest ally in the hospital industry and his liaison to all of the state’s hospitals,” also appearing frequently in news briefings. Rosenthal said that neither a representative from Northwell nor a representative from the governor’s office would comment on whether Cuomo and Dowling had discussed the lawsuits. Richard Miller, who serves as Northwell’s chief business strategy officer, told Rosenthal in an interview prior to the rescinding of the lawsuits that Northwell “had the right to collect what it was owed,” mentioned a financial-assistance program for low-income patients “that is more generous than required by the government,” and Continued on Page 28

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Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. The New York Times reported that the system sued 2,500 of its patients for unpaid bills last year.

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4 Wheatley students in Regeneron semis Joins Manhasset as top schools on N. Shore in number contending in science talent search BY R O S E W E L D ON Fourteen students from school districts across the North Shore have been named semifinalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, with Manhasset Secondary School and the Wheatley School leading the pack. The competition, formerly sponsored by Westinghouse and then Intel before its current sponsor, pharmaceutical company Regeneron, is run each year by the Society for Science and the Public, with the goal of finding solutions to the world’s challenges from budding young scientists. From an initial 1,760 applications, 300 students across the country were named scholars in the 2021 contest, with 39 being from Long Island and 14 of those students representing the North Shore. The 300 scholars and their schools will be awarded $2,000 each. “The remarkable drive, creativity and intellectual curiosity that each one of these scholars possesses represents a hopeful

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Schreiber seniors Hope Lane, Noah Loewy and Zoya Unni were three of 14 students on the North Shore named semifinalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. outlook for our future and our collective wellbeing,” said Maya Ajmera, president and CEO of the Society for Science, publisher of Science News and a 1985 Science Talent Search alumna. “At a time when many students’ educational experiences are being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, I am incredibly humbled to see gifted young scientists and engineers eager to contribute fresh insights to solving the world’s most intractable

problems.” At Manhasset Secondary School, winning students and their projects include Mir Zayid Alam with “Identification of Genetic Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using an Automated Microarray-Based Pipeline and Pathway Enrichment,” Emily Ma with “Optimizing the Efficiency of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells,” Emma Wang with “Investigating Potential Agro-Economic Benefits of Solar

Pollinator Habitats” and Julius Yoh with “The Optimization of Desalination and Ion-Removal Rate Through the Engineering of Novel Turbulent Modular Designs in an Electrodialysis System.” “On behalf of our entire school district, we extend our congratulations to Emily, Emma, Julius and Mir on their outstanding achievement,” Superintendent Vincent Butera said in a statement. “We are extremely

proud of their hard work and dedication and wish them much success as they continue on in the competition.” Tying with Manhasset Secondary is the Wheatley School in Old Westbury, part of the East Williston school district, with four students. Students and their projects include Lucy Zha with “Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Curcumin and Capsaicin: A Comparative Study on Neuroblastoma and Hypothalamic Cells,” Anya Chabria with “A New Look at Writing: Using Fractal Geometry to Evaluate Whether SLV Affects the Readability of Written Works,” Victor Li with “Acoustic Analysis of Laser-Induced Graphene: Development of Quantitative Indicators for Direct Determination of Quality and Microstructure Morphology,” and Manav Bansal with “Metformin and Mannose Inhibit Human Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation and Proliferation: Implications for Anti-Fibrotic Therapies in Patients with MPI Deficiency and Chronic Liver Disease.” Continued on Page 36

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E. Williston trustees discuss Inappropriate proposed zoning changes touching alleged BY J OH N N U G E N T In recognition of increased numbers of people working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, the Village of East Williston Board of Trustees discussed proposed amendments to its zoning code regarding the definition of a “home occupation” at a meeting on Monday. The new amendments define a home occupation as an accessory use of a dwelling by the residents

only, with “no display of goods or advertising visible from any street.” The intent of the new legislation is to clarify that any commercial activity on a residential property is strictly incidental and secondary to its use for dwelling purposes. The board, concerned about maintaining the character of its neighborhoods, seeks to prohibit certain types of business activity in residential zones. Some examples of such businesses that are named in the amendment as not deemed

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The East Williston Board of Trustees discussed proposed changes to zoning on Monday night.

to be a home occupation are clinics, barber shops, fitness centers and any enterprise that involves the keeping of a stock in trade. John Lekstutis, chairman of the village Planning Board, commented that proposed changes to the code would specify that “anyone working from home would not perform a function of the type of work that would create hazardous materials or waste materials.” Also, “no waste will be disposed of other than what is normally permitted in residential areas,” added village Attorney Jeffrey Blinkoff. The board will consider the code revisions at its work session on Jan. 25. In an unrelated matter, Mayor Bonnie Parente said that “we have had a graffiti issue in the village in the last couple of weeks.” “We do have video,” the mayor said, adding, “Our Police Department is working diligently to find the culprits.” The meeting was the first time the board reconvened in public since the coronavirus pandemic began, with a 20-person limit in Village Hall.

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ A New Hyde Park man was arrested for forcibly and inappropriately touching a female at a Garden City spa, according to detectives from the Garden City Police Department. Detectives said the victim, a 48-year-old woman scheduled an appointment for a massage at O Spa, located at 927 Franklin Ave. in Garden City on Jan. 2. The woman entered the room and began to receive a neck and shoulder massage from

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Sut-ho Leung, a 59-year-old man who resides at 66 Country Village Lane in New Hyde Park, according to officials. While she was lying in the room, officials said, Leung began to inappropriately touch the victim. The female left the spa and notified the police later. Officials conducted an investigation which led them to identify Leung as the person who administered the massage, only to find out that he did not have a license to give massages, according to officials. Officials said Leung was arrested last Wednesday and was charged with forcible touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, unauthorized practice of the profession, and assault in the third degree. Leung was reportedly scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, but information on the arraignment was not available. Efforts to reach law enforcement officials, Leung’s legal representative and O Spa employees for comment were unavailing. Garden City Police Department officials said anyone who may have been a victim of a similar incident should contact officials at 516-465-4150.

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Suozzi, Rice endure Capitol assault Report they, staffers ducked beneath chairs in House chamber, donned masks in escape BY ROSE WELDON AND ROBERT PELAEZ

Local Congress members were caught in the middle when a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday, bringing a sudden halt to the arguments concerning the electoral votes in President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), who were present in the Capitol at the time, reported that they and their staff members were safe. Suozzi said on a press call from an undisclosed location last Wednesday afternoon that during the counting, when he and his staffers were in the gallery above the chamber, members of the House and their staffs were notified that the Capitol had been breached. “We were told to go under our chairs and get the gas masks that were under our chairs because gas had been used on the door in Statuary Hall already,” he said, referring to the room outside the House chamber. “People were told to be prepared to duck underneath the chairs, and there started to be some banging on the doors.” As they were in the gallery, Suozzi said he and his staff were among the last people

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U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) both said they were safe after protesters stormed into the Capitol building Wednesday afternoon. to evacuate, and they heard a “pop-pop-pop” noise as they tried to decide how to exit the House chamber. He clarified that he did not know if the noises were gunshots or tear gas. “As I left the chambers, I saw several protesters on the floor surrounded by Capitol police,” he said. “We went downstairs, through some of the labyrinths of the Capitol complex. And I can’t really tell you where I am now.” From where he was, he said he could see

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representatives and staffers huddled in corners, attempting to call their families or others. He tweeted a video once representatives began returning to their chambers. Rice tweeted shortly after 4 p.m. last Wednesday: “For those asking, my staff and I are safe. Thank you.” Earlier in the day, she had declared over Twitter that the election that saw Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris win would be certified. Once representatives re-

turned to their chambers, they overwhelmingly voted to certify Biden’s victory. Suozzi said that Trump was “absolutely responsible” for the chaos, and called his actions “morally reprehensible.” “I disagree very strongly with my colleagues who are objecting to this,” Suozzi said. “But it was a debate on the floor. And that’s what we do in our country. There was protest and protest is OK, too, but not violent protests. And this violence we’re seeing is completely unacceptable.” Regarding the actions of members of the House and Senate attempting to overturn the election results, Suozzi said that his “colleagues on the other side of the aisle that implemented these objections have said that they never thought it would succeed.” “Yet they continue to go through this farce. that’s completely irresponsible and no basis in law whatsoever,” Suozzi said. In a statement last Wednesday afternoon, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said: “For hundreds of years, the peaceful transition of power has been a foundation of our Country. It doesn’t matter who you voted for – violence like what we are seeing in Washington today should never be accepted in a free society. This is not about politics, this is about safety, freedom and decency. I am lending my voice in support of law enforcement who are keeping everyone safe.” Continued on Page 34

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Top Dems on L.I. demand Trump’s removal BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Democratic officials across Long Island and New York have called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment. Officials including U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jay Jacobs, Democratic chairman for the state and Nassau County, assailed the president after the Capitol was invaded by Trump supporters last Wednesday afternoon. A violent mob assaulted the Capitol after a rally at which Trump called for the crowd to march there, repeating his false claims that the election was fraudulent and saying, “You have to show strength.” Rice and Suozzi were present in the Capitol during the attacks as Congress gathered to certify the election results from November. Both reported that they and their staff members were safe despite the protesters breaking into the building. A Capitol police officer was killed, one of five deaths during the riot. “The President incited a domestic terror attack on the Capitol,” Rice tweeted last Thursday. “He is an imminent threat to our democ-

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Some Democratic officials from Long Island called for President Trump to be removed from office after protesters invaded the Capitol building last Wednesday afternoon. racy and he needs to be removed from office immediately. The Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment.” The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and a majority vote of the cabinet to deem the President “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” If enacted, the vice president then takes over for the president. “President Trump, who must leave office on January 20th, 2021, cannot leave soon enough,” Suozzi said. “I will support any action against him that will hold him ac-

countable for his irresponsible and reprehensible behavior. Whether it is the removal from office by his Cabinet utilizing the 25th Amendment, expedited impeachment, censure, or prosecution after he leaves office.” On Monday, House Democrats introduced an impeachment resolution accusing Trump of “inciting violence against the Government.” Rice and Suozzi voted to impeach Trump in December 2019 over his attempt to pressure Ukraine into helping his re-election bid by investigating his political rival Joe Biden and his son. As protesters stormed into the Capitol, two Democratic candidates from Georgia won their runoff elections, giving Democrats control of the Senate. The two elections resulted in Schumer becoming the Senate majority leader. The Senate is split 50-50 and the Democrats hold control because Vice President-elect Kamala Harris can vote in case of a tie. After the insurrection in the Capitol, Schumer implored Vice President Mike Pence or Congress to get involved. “The quickest and most effective way — it can be done today — to remove this president from office would be for the vice president to immediately invoke the 25th amendment,” Schumer said. “If the vice president and the Cabinet

refuse to stand up, Congress must reconvene to impeach President Trump.” Jacobs called the invasion of the Capitol a “failed coup attempt,” and criticized Trump’s efforts to challenge the Electoral College results. “We cannot forget that four people died yesterday in an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that can only be described as a failed coup attempt,” Jacobs said. “Their deaths, the embarrassment of our whole nation, and the threat to our 244-year-old democracy can only be laid at the feet of President Trump and those who aided and abetted his seditious attempt to undo the results of the 2020 Presidential Election.” Jacobs called out Republican senators, representatives and members of Trump’s legal team, aside from the President. Jacobs said Trump’s “call to action” last Wednesday was “nothing other than to stop the certification of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris.” Jacobs singled out U.S. Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), Elise Stefanik (R-Schuylerville), Nicole Malliotakis (R, C-Brooklyn, Staten Island), and Chris Jacobs (R-Orchard Park) as being complicit in Trump’s call to action, and demanded all four resign. “I call on all four to resign today,” Jacobs said. “There are four

dead bodies that are testament to how serious those consequences can be. After doing what they did to support that lie and the narcissistic authoritarian in the White House who wanted to cling to power, none of those Senators or Representatives should ever again have the audacity to place hand over heart and recite the words “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands.” Republican officials in Nassau County did not advocate Trump’s impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment but criticized the actions of the president’s supporters. “I categorically condemn the rioting, violence and vandalism at the U.S. Capitol today,” Nassau County Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said. “The individuals who ‘stormed’ the Capitol should be ashamed of themselves; the ones who committed criminal acts should be prosecuted. Citizens who love America do not act this way.” “We can debate, discuss and disagree but once the votes are counted whether at the ballot box or in our legislative chambers we must respect one another and move forward as Americans,” Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Garden City) said. “People who resort to violence and vandalism undercut the core of our democracy.”

Nassau County Assessor Moog steps down BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Nassau County Assessor David Moog will leave his post and be moved to another department, officials said Tuesday. Officials said Moog, who was hired by the county in June 2018, will take on a new advisory role in the county’s budget office for health reasons.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran appointed Robin Laveman, chairperson of the county’s Assessment Review Commission, to replace Moog, making her the first woman to hold the position in the department’s history. “Ms. Laveman is extremely qualified to take on this new role, having overhauled the Assessment Review Commis-

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sion’s outdated operations and streamlining processes and procedures,” Curran said. “She also ensured transparency and accessibility for residents by implementing various outreach and education opportunities.” Curran thanked Moog for his service despite the criticism he and the Department of Assessment had received from residents over property reassess-

ments conducted by the county over the past two years. “I am grateful to him and his team for taking on the challenge of the first reassessment in nearly a decade and his commitment to ensuring fairness and accuracy for homeowners,” Curran said. Laveman has served as chairperson for the review commission, which considers

challenges to the values set by the Department of Assessment, since 2015. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in management from Binghamton University before attending law school at Hofstra University. Laveman’s appointment must be approved by the Republican-controlled County Legislature. Continued on Page 22

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Isaias a ‘management failure’: PSEG CEO BY R O S E W E L D ON PSEG Long Island’s botched handling of Tropical Storm Isaias in August was due to management failures, the utility’s CEO said at an online forum Tuesday held as part of an investigation into the response. PSEG CEO Thomas Falcone was among the first to speak and said the utility’s failures in the storm were those of management. “The failures were not I.T. or vendor failures, they weren’t Verizon failures, they were management failures,” Falcone said. “Every failure that occurred during this storm could have been prevented by competent management. I want to share with you an internal email from a PSEG employee from mid-July, just three weeks before the storm. The employee stated to his boss that the outage management system, the key system that failed during the storm, was quote, ‘not even managing on a day to day basis, and we are definitely not prepared for a weather event.’ That was three weeks before the storm.” Rory Lancman, statewide special counsel for ratepayer protection, presided over the meeting,

State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), left, addresses a forum on PSEG’s response to Tropical Storm Isaias, presided over by Rory Lancman, statewide special counsel for ratepayer protection. (Screencap) where over 30 speakers made comments. “We seek comments on the following questions,” Lancman said at the forum’s start. “How were you affected by the outages including, but not limited to concrete and measurable economic and material impact and physical, emotional, and social impacts? Did you receive timely, accurate, and adequate information from your utility company about what was happening before, during, and after the service outages? Did you attempt to contact your utility for information or assistance immediately before, during, or after the outages? And did you get the response that you were requesting?” The comments made were part of the official record and may

be used by the special counsel as part of direct testimony in an investigation into statewide utilities’ preparations for and response to the August storm and its resulting power failures. 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. Glen Cove Mayor Timothy Tenke, also present on the call, said that 70 to 80 percent of his

city’s population had lost power, though he praised the abilities of the employees on the ground. “There were a lot of complaints that were coming from the residents, not just because they couldn’t get through to PSEG, but the information that they were receiving was incorrect,” Tenke said. “They were being told that the power was back on in their houses when they were standing in them, and saying that they were there and there was no power. It was also very difficult to get certain things, they said that certain things would be back on this date. And yet it wasn’t until several days later, before they were able to restore power in these areas. Now we have, you know, a lot of trees down. And we were like a

Heights podcaster gives regards to Broadway BY R O S E W E L D ON For Roslyn Heights native Adam Rothenberg, the best part of his job is chatting with people he grew up admiring on the Broadway stage. “I get to talk to all of these artists, so many of whom I grew up admiring, and in my adulthood have become fans of,” Rothenberg said. “I get to have a moment with them that most people don’t get to have.” On his podcast “Baring It All with Call Me Adam,” Rothenberg interviews artists from the world of theater, film, TV and music. His second season, which launched Jan. 7, focuses on the theme of legacy. “This season, in particular, I’m focusing on my guests’ legacies and lessons learned,” Rothenberg said. “So I want to talk to them about, in X amount of years from now, if somebody mentioned their name, what do they want people to think about them or remember about them? And then, of course, I want to know what lessons have they learned throughout the years.” The idea for the season came to him in light of the pandemic, he says. “I’ve been thinking a lot about how precious life is,” Rothenberg said. “And I

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he sacking of the nation’s Capitol by an angry mob incited by President Trump has offered revealing insight, however tragically obtained, into elected officials from Washington to Long Island and what should be done going forward. Trump is a clear and present danger to this country and if he had any honor, he would resign immediately. He incited an insurrection against the U.S. House and Senate intended to overturn the 2020 presidential election that claimed the lives of five, including a police officer. Enough said. But we know Trump has no honor and the chance that he will step down is less than zero. So others must act quickly. Social media, led by Twitter, finally removed Trump and his constant falsehoods from their platforms. In Twitter’s case, it cited not only the violent rampage of his supporters but what the company said was a looming “secondary attack” on the U.S. Capitol and state government facilities. The FBI released a bulletin Monday that armed assaults by domestic terrorists in Trump’s thrall are planned for the Capitol, where President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in Jan. 20, as well as the nation’s 50 statehouses. Democrats in Congress asked Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows the removal of a president unfit for office. Members of the mob Trump had stoked with false claims that the election was stolen from him targeted Pence as well as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with assassination threats – in Pence’s case, by hanging.

Pence did refuse Trump’s demand to exceed his ceremonial role in confirming the Electoral College’s results to overturn the election. But he rejected a House motion that he invoke the 25th Amendment to force Trump’s immediate removal. That has left it to Congress to hold Trump accountable. The House was expected to fulfill its constitutional obligation by impeaching Trump for “incitement of insurrection” on Wednesday. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who was reported to believe Trump had committed an impeachable offense, has said he would not convene the Senate until Jan. 19, the day before Biden’s inauguration. But so what? Congress must show the American public, the rest of the world and future occupants of the White House that the president is not above the law and that breaking the law has real consequences. Congressman Tom Suozzi (DGlen Cove) had it right the day after he was forced to take cover during the attack on the Capitol. He said he would support “any action that will hold [Trump] accountable for his irresponsible and reprehensible behavior. Whether it is the removal from office by his cabinet utilizing the 25th Amendment, expediting impeachment, censure or prosecution.” Suozzi was joined by Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) in demanding Trump’s immediate removal. Jay Jacobs, chairman of the Nassau County and New York State Democratic Party, went even further by rightfully demanding punishment for Trump’s enablers

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in Congress. Jacobs called for the resignation of Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and four New York congressmen, including Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), for refusing to certify the results of the Electoral College based on Trump’s false claims. “Supporting a lie that you know to be false has consequences, as we see today,” Jacobs said following the mob’s assault. Incredibly, Hawley, Cruz, six other senators, the four New York congressional members and 135 other House members voted against accepting the results of the Electoral College. After the assault on the Capitol. All should resign and if they do not, their leaders – Hawley, Cruz and House Minority Speaker Kevin McCarthy among others – should be expelled from Congress. And the others should be ousted at the ballot box. The response of other elected officials on Long Island fell shockingly short of recognizing the threat posed by the actions of Trump and the mob of neo-fascists, Nazis, white supremacists, anti-Semites and other enemies of democracy the president controls. Republican Congressman AnREPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez

drew Garbarino, who recently was elected to take the seat vacated by Peter King and voted to accept Biden’s victory, strangely went on about “unelected bureaucrats” disenfranchising “our legislative system, both at the state and federal level” in response to the assault on the Capitol. This sounded like he was questioning states where voting laws were relaxed due to COVID-19, decisions that state and federal courts repeatedly found was within the law. But Gambarino at least went on to correctly state that “it is not the role of Congress to overturn the election or take actions that silence voters.” Nassau Republicans failed to point a finger at Trump and instead offered tepid condemnations of violence – as if any condemnation was actually needed. Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (RNew Hyde Park) said that “the individuals who ‘stormed’ the Capitol should be ashamed of themselves; the ones who committed criminal acts should be prosecuted.” Two problems with this. Is there any question in Nicolello’s mind that domestic terrorists “stormed” the Capitol? If not, why

the quote marks? Second, everyone who stormed the Capitol broke the law and should be prosecuted. We would expect a lawmaker to know this. No? State Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) also offered little more than platitudes in a very short message. “People who resort to violence and vandalism undercut the core of our democracy,” Ra said. Yes, and ? In the past, Ra has had far harsher things to say about people who supported bail reform in New York and police reforms that he has falsely implied amounted to “defund the police,” a favorite talking point of Trump. Even more disappointing was the statement from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat. While the attack was taking place, Curran said she supported the peaceful transition of power and that violence should never be accepted as if that were in question. But then said she is “lending my voice in support of law enforcement who are keeping everyone safe.” How about your concern for the senators, congressmen and women, staff members and vice Continued on Page 29

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Goodbye, good riddance Donald Trump

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ear President Trump: In 2016, I did not vote for you even though you were the nominee of my party, The Conservative Party of New York. I could not bring myself to pull the lever because of the bad impressions you made after meetings we had in the 1970s and in the 1990s. In the 1970s, I was a guest of your father at several East Side Conservative Club dinners. During those events, I realized you had nothing to say about politics or government affairs. But when I was running the Port Authority in the 1990s, I got a real measure of you. You came up to my office at the World Trade Center to meet with the New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation to discuss with him the proposed expansion of the Atlantic City Highway that you opposed. You arrived 20 minutes early and the Commissioner arrived 40 minutes late. That left you and me together for an hour. Frankly, it was the longest

hour of my life. It was obvious you had no interest in the restructuring policies that were being implemented at the Port Authority. From the few comments you did make, I concluded you were an ignoramus. I remember wondering if you had ever read a book. After you became president, your obnoxious behavior confirmed my 1990s impressions. Yet, despite your incredible character flaws, I supported many of your administration’s policies. I was very pleased with the regulatory reforms, tax cuts, and foreign policy initiatives—particularly the withdrawal from the Iranian deal. And then there were the courts. The 200-plus judges you nominated were excellent. But every time you had a policy success, you had a need to self-destruct. Instead of letting, for example, the tax cuts be the focus of news stories, you would have to say something outrageous, and those comments would dominate the news, not the tax cuts.

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right At the outset of the COVID pandemic, you forfeited the opportunity for your administration to shine. Instead of Vice President Pence and the professionals being the public voices, you insisted on being that voice. And you blew it big time. Your daily rambling sessions and endless fights with national reporters were embarrassing and quickly wore thin with the American public. You proved that you were a narcissist who could not share the limelight with your knowledge-

able COVID team. I don’t know how they kept straight faces during those press conferences. Despite your constant screwups, you still could have won in November. I, for one, voted for you in 2020 because I feared the radical leftists that dominate the Democratic Party. Instead of making the election about their radical agenda, you made the election about you. As a result, suburbanites, many of whom liked your accomplishments, voted for Biden because they couldn’t stand four more years of your persona. That voting shift cancelled out the gains you made in Mexican, Cuban, and Venezuelan communities and cost you the election. Since you lost, you have been a public embarrassment. Your election lawyers were a bunch of knuckleheads. Your false charges about stolen votes, and your calls for Georgia’s governor and secretary of state—both Republicans—to resign, were ludicrous. As for the Georgia U.S. Sen-

ate runoffs, you are responsible for the Republican losses on January 5. By lecturing your most loyal supporters that the election process was a fraud, many in the reddest parts of the state stayed home. Those two losses will cost you your legacy. The Democrats will now have the power to repeal your legislative victories. But worst of all was your behavior on Wednesday, January 6. You egged on a bunch of lunatic fringe supporters to disrupt the Capitol Building. Their behavior was criminal and cost innocent lives. And in the eyes of the world, we looked like a banana republic. In a week from now, your political career will be over. There will be no comebacks. My guess is you will be the worst ex-president in the nation’s history. You will constantly rant and rave. But before long, the public will grow weary of your antics and you will be written off as an old crank. Good-bye Mr. President, and good riddance!

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The wolves at democracy’s door

ast Wednesday, it felt like 9/11 all over again. I was watching a huge crowd of Trump supporters surrounding the Capitol Building, swarming all over it like ants on an opened jelly jar when suddenly what I was watching became utterly unbelievable. First, I saw the crowd running past police and into the building. Then I froze in shock as rioters banged on what was surely bulletproof glass in a Capitol window and it gave way, letting more of the crowd pour into the building. I was back in 2001 again, watching that North Tower crumple with its TV antenna straight down into dust. But on 9/11, we were attacked by foreign terrorists operating from foreign soil. Within days, we had gone to war with them. On this day, the attack on the very heart of our Democracy came from our fellow Americans. How do we fight that? The rest was a kaleidoscope: A still photo of men in gray

defending a door that had little to keep it closed beyond some piece of furniture that had been dragged across it. “The danger must be real,” I said to myself. Guns drawn in the People’s House. Another photo: Welldressed people crouching on the floor between rows of seats in the House or Senate balcony because — thanks to COVID precautions — they had had to watch proceedings from there. A middle-aged lady in a red blazer, flat on her back with her hand to her chest. I knew that would have been me. Then I thought of all the people who were in that building — 435 representatives and 99 senators that day, many elderly, plus staff — to perform one of their most solemn duties: finalizing the decision of the Electoral College, which of course is why President Trump chose Jan. 6for his mob to attack. I recalled the news story last year about the self-appointed militia group in Michigan. Their plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was foiled. But appar-

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A Look on the Lighter Side ently their back-up plan was to take the entire state Legislature hostage; release the Republicans; and then execute the Democrats, one by one. This must have been in the minds of every senator and representative as security hustled them down the stairs and through the tunnels to a secure location. But I’ve taken a few tours through that building, and every single staircase is made of marble. I couldn’t help thinking how slippery shoes are on marble and how lucky we were

that apparently nobody fell and broke a leg or a hip or worse. Then there was a long wait for back-up. Too long. Where’s Bill Barr, and his alphabet soup of government agencies “expanding the perimeter,” when you need him? President Trump has been lying about the results of this election since before it was even held. But he’s not alone. A large part of his Republican Party has gone right along with him, including a shocking number of politicians who thought to burnish their own reputations by “objecting” to this day’s purely ceremonial electoral count. Most surprisingly, I found myself agreeing completely with two Republicans. First, Sen. Mitch McConnell: “We cannot simply declare ourselves a national Board of Elections on steroids. … If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral. We’d never see the whole nation accept an election again. … And I will not pretend such a vote would be a harmless protest gesture while relying on others

to do the right thing.” Then Sen. Mitt Romney: “We gather due to a selfish man’s injured pride and the outrage of supporters whom he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months and stirred to action this very morning. What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.” People speak often in metaphor of the “body politic.” And when a body’s cells go rogue and attack it, we call it cancer and use radiation to kill it or scalpels to cut it out. What are we to do when the rogues are our fellow citizens? The only good thing about this attack on Democracy is that now everyone can see what some of us have been saying about Donald Trump all along. He is no patriot, he does not believe in Democracy, he is a cancer on this nation. We were not crying “Wolf!” — you can see the Wolf, and his handiwork, for yourself. He will disappear shortly. What to do about his supporters, alas, is a different question entirely.

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Equal access to Long Island’s outdoors

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any have written about, commented on and discussed with friends all the unusual, troubling, difficult and upsetting aspects of this past year. Often the increased importance of the outdoors and specifically outdoor spaces for eating, meeting friends and getting a moment’s peace is highlighted. This is no surprise, when for many the alternative became looking at the same four walls you had already been looking at for months. And even if you did go to work or somehow had the ability or need to get outside your home, you were still significantly limited in where you could go, what you could do and whom you could see. Overlaying all of that were the stresses related to the election, the administration, the fear of COVID-19, of possibly having lost your job or coming down with some other illness or disease, plus, of course, the regular stresses of day-to-day life.

Thank goodness we had and have the outdoors. Many of us cannot imagine how we could have held it together as well as we did if we didn’t have the escape of the outdoors. We are lucky on Long Island and especially on the North Shore of Long Island that we have so many amazing opportunities for outdoor enjoyment. We have a number of preserves thanks to organizations like the North Shore Land Alliance and the Nature Conservancy. We also have gardens and arboreta thanks to a history of wealthy residents whose estates bequeathed their former homes and grounds for use by the public. And most apparent perhaps is the natural outdoors available to us because of being an island, our beaches and many waterfront areas. We can and should be thankful for what is available to many of us as a consequence of living in less

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters developed suburbs than our neighbors to the west. We have yards to enjoy, sidewalks shaded by trees and often quiet streets to walk on. While a neighborhood walk is not the same as a hike through the woods or even a stroll in one of the many landscaped gardens at a former oil baron’s or railroad magnate’s estate, it is still an opportu-

nity to breathe fresh air, marvel at the trees and listen to the sounds of the birds and insects. And we have choices when the neighborhood walk isn’t enough; we can take advantage of one of the many other options available across the island. It seems simple enough, but the truth is, not everyone living on Long Island has access to all these amazing outdoor havens. A Long Island Index/USGS map of development on Long Island shows that people living south of the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County are surrounded by medium intensity development whereas those on the North Shore live in areas with notable sections of low intensity development and even sizable areas of barren and forest land (especially in the Town of Oyster Bay). This means that those of us living on the North Shore can expect to see trees and even occasional open, undeveloped space with relative ease. After this last year, the impor-

tance of that should be apparent. While high population density has its merits from an environmental perspective (certain efficiencies can be achieved, resource consumption can be moderated, emissions can be reduced, and it can allow for leaving other areas undeveloped), it should not come at the cost of eliminating the outdoors. This is particularly significant since typically people living in higher population density and more developed areas in Nassau County (and many other places in the country) are lower income and people of color. So much has come glaringly to light in this last year with respect to racial and economic inequities in this country. Access to the outdoors is something we need to prioritize for all people’s health, well-being and sanity. This means that when questions regarding funding for public transportation come up for vote, Continued on Page 34

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Three votes away from Trump victory

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fter every presidential election there is typically a post mortem. This time it is literally a post mortem, with two Capitol police officers dead plus four others who died in the course of an attempted coup at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6. The predicate to the insurrection was the Big Lie – espoused by Trump before he set the marauders on their way to the Capitol – that he won the presidency in a “landslide” but the election was stolen from him (not just rigged). Why was Trump in such disbelief he could lose that he mounted this horrendous campaign to spread the Big Lie of voter fraud – that is, despite being a narcissist sociopath? Because he assumed the fix was in. Trump never cared about losing the popular vote – not by 3 million as in 2016 or by 6 million (as I predicted) or by 7 million in 2020, when he lost by 81 million to 74 million votes. All along, the plan was simply to edge out enough votes in three battleground states to win the Electoral College, just as he did in 2016. And he didn’t care how he did it. As Trump told the Georgia secretary of state in that totally illegal phone call: Just find me 11,780 votes – one more than Biden. According to Trump, then he only needed one extra vote in three battleground states – say Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia to give him 279 electoral votes– to counter 7 million votes for Biden. And he did his damnedest – including calling

Republican legislators to seat Trump electors over Biden’s. Think of it: three votes would have had more power than 7 million. Russia, are you listening? The Trump campaign manager, Bill Stepien, even held up charts to show the precise precincts where he needed to squeeze out a few extra votes in order to win the state, hoping Vladimir Putin would reprise his highly successful 2016 disinformation campaign (when Paul Manafort handed Russian agents the map). The insurrection on the Capitol Building by extremists instigated by Trump was the culmination of an escalating years-long effort to subvert the 2020 election and democracy by a wannabe dictator. Let’s review all the ways Trump attempted to steal the election, which would have succeeded but for the extraordinary outpouring of opposition that gave Biden-Harris the win: Extorting Ukraine (“But do me a favor, though”), to announce an investigation of Biden in order for Ukraine to get crucial military aid. Enlisting the Department of Justice to prosecute the Bidens. Turning COVID-19 into the ultimate weapon for voter suppression. Promoting violent reprisal of peaceful protesters for equal justice, police reform by federal forces in Democratic-controlled cities, testing the waters to impose martial law. Provoking war with Iran (because war has proved such an effec-

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tive ticket to re-election). Sabotaging the US Postal Service, then promoting the myth of fraudulent, counterfeit mail-in-ballots as people were forced to wait on long lines to vote in-person during the COVID-19 pandemic. Enlisting Republican governors, secretaries of state in voter suppression (Texas shutting ballot boxes so there was only one per county; North Carolina changing rules for mail-in-ballots mid-stream). Trump expected absentee ballots from Democratic neighborhoods to be rejected based on signature-matching or postmark deficiencies. Mounting dozens of lawsuits to stop counting or reject mail-in ballots after Election Night. Calling out supporters to intimidate voters at the polls. Mounting more than 60 lawsuits charging voter fraud without a shred of evidence. Egging on Stop the Steal pro-

tests by elevating, promulgating fantastical conspiracies. Expediting and installing Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, to secure a 6-3 “friendly” majority, where Trump expected he would be declared the president, just as in 2000. When that didn’t work, he persisted after the election: Bribing, extorting Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania lawmakers to seat Trump electors instead of Biden; attempting to extortthe GA secretary of state to “recalibrate” vote in order to get just one extra to win Georgia from Biden. Advocating martial law to take over state houses to nullify the election. But even after that failed and all 50 states certified the vote and Biden received 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, Trump only accelerated efforts to overturn the election: He called the Georgia secretary of state to demand his cooperation to “find” 11,780 votes and “recalibrate” the total so he would win by one vote. At the same time, he replaced the U.S. attorney in Georgia with a loyalist to initiate an investigation into voter fraud to challenge the results. Now desperate, Trump incited insurrection to stop Congress’ constitutionally mandated certification of Biden as president, Kamala Harris as vice president. The assault is expected to be just the opening salvo in a civil war unleashed in capital cities

in all 50 states which was promised if Trump did not win the election. Trump’s base – most certainly deserving the label “deplorables” – has from the beginning consisted not of those poor, neglected white working-class people, but militia, White Supremacists, Christo-Fascists, the Proud Boys and Boogaloo, who thrive on violence and look for an excuse to commit mayhem. It was a symbiotic relationship – Trump could count on their violent support and they could count on Trump giving them a veneer of “legitimacy,” taking them out of the shadows into the mainstream. Trump is still unapologetic, now issuing a veiled threat that if the Democrats don’t cease renewed efforts to impeach and remove him, it will fuel more violence. At the same time, complicit Republicans, emulating the technique of PLO Chairman Arafat in calling for peace to prevent Israel’s reprisal for terrorism, are now appealing for “healing” and “unity,” when they have spent decades nurturing and widening partisan divides. If this isn’t sedition and treason, which fall under the category of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” what is? Why bother with administering an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic”? This cannot stand. Trump is the greatest threat to national security, to democracy this country has ever faced.

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Hofstra tackles pandemic’s impact on students

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his month I am looking forward to the new semester at Hofstra, which will complete my 61st year at the university. For me and for students everywhere (at all levels) these times have been far from normal. Now, as an emeritus professor, I only teach one or two courses a term (I am also pleased to be scheduled for fall 2021 when I will present one of my favorite offerings, “History and Media.”) For that continuing interest, I will certainly be tuning in to the Blank Slate Town Hall on disinformation, “fake news,” on Jan. 14. My past research and publications have focused mostly on newspapers, including the role as co-editor of a book on a prominent Long Islander (William Cullen Bryant). I compared Bryant’s 50 years as an editor to the extraordinary newspaper career of Benjamin Franklin. I always loved a tribute paid to Bryant when he died: “He had the wisdom of age in his youth and the fire of youth in his age.” Now, with the horrors of the pandemic and “The Lost Year of 2020,” teachers and parents worry not only about how today’s youth will advance to older ages, but whether their futures are already diminished —

whether, indeed, stresses for the Gen Z generation will leave them permanently disadvantaged emotionally as well as in their careers. Like my colleagues and students and teachers elsewhere, we return mostly to “virtual,” distance learning. On college campuses everywhere, the distresses for young men and women are more extensive than you might imagine (Oh, to have Bryant’s “wisdom of age” in (these) youth!). At Hofstra, under the auspices of the university’s Center for Civic Engagement, investigations are underway to assist students in their travails and to help them be self-reliantly resourceful as well as developing strengths, collaborating more closely with their peers and with faculty and staff. Using the Kettering Foundation National Issues Forums as a guide, we are looking into preparing a brief publication, tentatively entitled: “How Can Gen Z College Students Most Effectively Deal NOW with Challenges of the Pandemic?” The project is being coordinated by an outstanding member of the CCE Advisory Board, Dr. Alicia A. Bosley. Professor Bosley brings special attributes to this endeavor as a licensed New York state therapist, and as a professor whose field

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field of teaching and research focuses on relationships, families and communities. On Bosley’s project team are CCE Advisory Board faculty and administrators as well as outstanding students who have been selected as CCE Fellows. So far, the Bosley team has taken the key early step for “Issue Framing” by gathering pandemic stress concerns from student surveys and focus groups. The array of concerns that exist right now on all campuses (and many pre-collegiate schools) range from daunting to alarming. Here is a list of several that have been repeatedly indicated:1.) Health Safety – Self, Family and Friends2.) Isolation3.) Loneliness4.) Anxieties5.) Future pros-

pects for careers and standard of living6.) Future prospects for marriage, home ownership, able to afford to have children7.) Racial and ethnic tensions8.) Soaring unemployment9.) Food shortages (even among college students!)10.) Strains from ravages of nature – wild fires in West; record-setting storms in the South11.) Bizarre and bitter 2020 presidential campaign12.) Holiday deprivations – unable to spend time with families13.) Numbing rate of coronavirus infections14.) Darkening hours of winter (especially toward Dec. 21, shortest day (SAD; seasonal affective disorder)15.) Fatigue, denial, exhaustion of patience16.) Disruption (elimination) of campus norms for learning and activities (rare in-person classes; far fewer social gatherings with other students)17.) CDC and other surveys show mental health strains increased throughout 202018.) 1 in 4 young adults (18-24) said they had thought about suicide during recent months19.) More people tire of complying with rules – consider them an assault on personal freedoms Jonathan Singer, president of “American Association of Suicidology,” says mental health worsens the longer a crisis persists.Nicholas Christakis (director of Human

Nature Lab at Yale), author of “Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live,” agrees with Singer. “Epidemics produce fear and grief that can themselves be contagious, forming a kind of parallel epidemic,” he says.Christakis cites Thucydides, who wrote that during the plague of 5th century BC “the most terrible feature in the malady was ‘public despair’.” He adds that the 2020 “simultaneous health, social, natural, and political crises” coming together produced unprecedented psychological strains. Hofstra’s CCE “Socratic Circles” have begun to propose some approaches (options) for dealing with Gen Z Mental Health. These are obviously preliminary and will need to be checked after more extensive “concern gathering” and then “clustering” the concerns to discern what they point to as best approaches for “actions.” These need to be examined in terms of how, why, with what costs and likely results. Here is a partial sampling of the tentative framing by the Bosley team (the guide for deliberation and actions will be available to other colleges and students when it is completed). Continued on Page 24

THE BACK ROAD

Science cannot save us from ourselves

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lthough I’m not a reporter, I take notes when I read, watch TV or listen to the radio; or even after a casual conversation. I scribble down quotes and reflections, and I underline sentences and write in the margins of books. I tear out pages from magazines (yeah, I’m that guy) and rip out paragraphs from newspapers. If I don’t have a pen or pencil and scrap of paper nearby, I use the “Notes” app on my Android. I have organized my notes in a file on my desktop with limited success. The notes I write on scraps of paper often get mixed in with random papers on my desk or dresser. If I’m in the kitchen, I stick them on top of the refrigerator. I try to avoid pants or shirt pockets as they inevitably end up in the wash. Months or even years may go by before I stumble upon one or another of my notes. It’s always a pleasant surprise. I welcome a wayward note like an old T-shirt

that I thought I had lost until I find it in the drawer with my “nicer” shirts. Does all this qualify me as a hoarder? I’ve wondered. Oxford Dictionary says that “a compulsive hoarder is a person whose hoarding instinct has gotten out of control, leaving them psychologically unable to get rid of anything.” It’s a close call. The notes take up little space and they don’t attract vermin. Nonetheless, it is true that I can’t get rid of them, which is why organizing them in one place is my best bet. I thought I’d share two of my many notes from the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year 2020, to borrow from a children’s book by Judith Viorst. I typed the first note into my Notes app on Christmas morning, when I was out for my daily predawn walk on the Long Beach, NY boardwalk. I was listening to a recording of the latest vaccine news on my Sirius app. Medical correspondent Dr.

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Sanjay Gupta was commenting on the juxtaposition of the remarkably rapid-paced vaccine developments and the refusal of a critical mass of Americans to follow public health guidelines such as wearing masks and social distancing. What he said that stopped me in my tracks long enough to type in the note on my phone was: “Science cannot save us from ourselves. Simple and profound – Americans are at a life and death

stalemate with one another. Not quite as profound but certainly as simple a statement came via President Trump in March, when the pandemic was just starting to pick up a head of steam. He said, “this pandemic, this disease, this whatever you want to call it. You can call it a germ, you can call it a flu, you can call it a virus. You can call it many different names. I’m not sure anybody really knows what it is.” I’m not wild about Trump’s tweets, but I was intrigued the innocence of his observation. Although he is clearly empathychallenged, I thought that many Americans could readily relate to the raw and uninhibited confusion inherent in his reflection. After I wrote it down and read it over, I was instantly reminded of a comedy act, a monologue, by Bill Saluga dating back to the 1970s. Saluga’s alter ego was Raymond Johnson Jr. I googled the bit and jotted it down underneath the Presi-

dent’s quote. Was our theatrical President channeling Raymond Johnson Jr? When he was in character, Saluga donned a thick mustache, had a big cigar in hand and wore a wide-brimmed fedora and oversized suit, as he animatedly launched in to this bit, which went like this: “My name is Raymond J. Johnson Jr. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Junior; now you can call me Ray J, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ, or you can call me RJJ Jr. . . . But you doesn’t hasta call me Johnson!” You can call it a germ, you can call it a flu, you can call it a virus, you can call it many different names . . . . but you can’t call it over. Not just yet. And, I’m afraid, not until we can get it together as a nation, because, as Dr. Gupta warned us, science cannot save us from ourselves.

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Long Red Trail tests a walker’s will

n the age of COVID, it’s impossible to plan trips to faraway places. But all is not lost. For those who crave adventure, go check out one of Long Island’s many state parks. That’s exactly what I did. I recalled hearing about the Connetquot River State Park Preserve in Oakdale when I was in grad school and so this weekend I ventured out to find it. The preserve is a mere 30-minute trip eastward from mid-Nassau County and before you know it, we were parked (free of charge) and

The long red trail is for finishers, not quitters.

off we went down the 3.5-mile Red Trail. The Connetquot preserve is a 3,473-acre sanctuary with a lake, a river and plenty of wildlife, including eagles, osprey, swans, geese and all manner of trees and trails. We walked past an impressive Colonial Revival style clubhouse, which was designed by Bradford Gilbert and once housed the Southside Sportsman Club. This club was established in 1870 and catered to the wealthy of Long island, including the Vanderbilts, William Bayard Cutting and Ulysses S. Grant. The preserve was established to protect and preserve game birds and fish and to provide a social outlet for the rich and famous. The club has since been disbanded but all the buildings on the grounds are now part of the National Register of Historic Places. The Red Trail runs along the side of the lake and then up along a gentle stream with swans gliding about. It was sunny and 45 degrees, yet there was virtually no one there but us and I began to understand what it must be like to be a Vanderbilt, all alone on my estate, communing with nature. As expected there were plenty of signs on Red Trail with the map of the trail to keep us oriented. The very first one we came across showed exactly where we were and exactly how much far-

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ther we would have to go to get to the end. I felt that after a full 10 minutes we ought to have been about halfway home, but to my great surprise it seemed to indicate that we had hardly made any progress at all and had more than 3 miles to go! This alarmed me quite a bit and got me thinking of something about the differences between those people who always finish what they begin and those who quit things fast. Clearly this is the primary difference between those who win in life and those who lose. Some people seem to have great focus, will power and pain tolerance and keep their eye on the prize. Yet others seem to quit things rather quickly due to laziness, fear, exhaustion or a failure to believe. And with this thought in the very front of my cerebrum, or is it cerebellum, I hesitated to suggest

to my trusted companion that we might want to turn around and head back, having already gone so very far. I recognized that if I suggested we turn around, I would be putting myself in the category of a lowly”quitter” and not a powerful and praiseworthy “finisher.” What to do? I decided to bide my time. As we got to mile two, I spotted my chance. The trail seemed to lead off in three directions, the one to the right led to the lake. The one straight ahead was probably Red Trail. The road to the right seemed to head back to the parking lot and was kind of ugly. I seized on this opportunity tout de suite, ignoring the very real possibility that I was about to become a “Quitter” not a “Finisher.” I wondered aloud: “Which way do you think we should go?” Of course, my partner is no fool and knows me like a book and sensed immediately that I was quitting this game of walking. She asked, “What do you want to do? You choose.” This threw me off for a moment and I walked backwards toward the ugly easy road back home all the while saying, “It’s hard to know which way to go. We have three choices.” In truth, it wasn’t hard to know which way to go. If you tend to take the easy way out, you go down the ugly road home with your head held down. If you

are stronger, focused, pain tolerant and have will power, you keep walking along the Red Trail with your head held high. As I often say to my patients, you can’t escape your nature until you figure out what’s driving it. In this case, I had a vague feeling of what my “never say win” attitude was about. It wasn’t laziness, fear, exhaustion or a failure to believe. It all goes back to those weekend touch football games as a young teen. My friend and I had to play against my older, faster, smarter brother and his friend, who was also older, faster and smarter. My friend and I were soon labeled “The Sore Losers” while my brother chose to label his team “The Good Guys.” All those lost football games during those fragile years as a young teen seemed to have instilled in me this “never say win” attitude which may explain why I chose the easy road home, slinking along with my head down pre-consciously muttering comments like “Yep, I lost again.” I do take consolation in the fact that I did not give up on my dissertation and I do not give up on my patients. And consolation in the fact that one can still learn all sorts of things just by taking a walk along a trail at a place called Connetquot River State park Preserve. Let’s call this my Red Trail experience. Go do it yourself and see what you can learn.

Nassau tax challenges a blood sport

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ome time ago, I wrote a piece about the current governor of Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo. Keep an eye on her, I said, because this is an accomplished person in politics who is going places. Magna cum laude in economics from Harvard. Rhodes scholar. Doctorate in Philosophy and MA from Oxford. Her career includes clerking for Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York and launching Rhode Island’s first venture capital fund, which wound up managing Rhode Island pensions, and has done a fine job of it. In 2010, the state’s finances were floundering. As treasurer at that time, she restructured the pension system, which was only 48 percent funded, and slashed benefits. The civil service never forgave her. I don’t know why. The Chapter 9 bankruptcies these small cities were facing would have allowed the pensions to be slashed anyway. But she

brought the state back from the brink with extraordinary strength and courage. When the economy was in recovery, she was elected governor. But when she took office in 2014, the state still had the highest unemployment rate in the nation. In three years, the state’s U-3 rate matched the national rate, outpacing the performance of dozens of other states. Every year of her governance saw a tax cut passed. She came. She saw. She fixed. President-Elect Biden nominated her to be the next secretary of Commerce. I have no doubt she will be extraordinary, and this could lead her ultimately to the presidency. This is a focused, educated and accomplished public servant, with the background and discipline to manage her challenges. I compared Rhode Island to Nassau County at that time because Nassau has a bigger population and an even bigger economy

than Rhode Island. So why has Nassau failed while others have flourished? This week I got a postcard from the county executive, gleefully announcing that it’s open season for tax challenges, so it’s time for all you homeowners to step right up and play Property Tax Bingo and see if you can win a prize. Yes, friends, it’s time to climb into that hamster wheel again, maintaining a decades-long tradition of ineptitude. Because not only are we the only ones in the nation who have turned tax challenges into a blood sport, we’re downright smug about it. We like our penchant for self-destruction. We like adding unnecessary administrative burdens to keep certain people happy. It’s tradition. In Nassau, no one gets the message: You’re not elected to take over a franchise, you’re here to structure things to be made to work, not perpetuate our failures and blithely blow them off as a fact

of life. But because of the quality of leadership we get, Nassau remains structured to fail. And it will remain so, as long as the most craven and self-serving people are chosen to run for office. Know what our leadership’s CV looks like? One term in that legendary deliberative body, the Nassau County Legislature. Nassau should have filed Chapter 9 when it got into a sling. But NIFA got it off the hook, and that cemented the county’s status as one big protection racket. No other municipality in the nation was given this gift. They all faced the music. Here the band plays on. Forever. So instead of rescuing Nassau from its incompetence, NIFA wound up perpetuating it. Funny how that works, right? You avoid the punishment, they keep committing the crime. You tax businesses out of the county, then they give your tax dollars to a privately held corporation to bribe them to

stay here at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars per job. The business owner lives in Lattingtown. You live in a co-op. Structuring the county to be competitive in the first place? What are you? Stupid? Well, maybe you are. I mean, everyone has their hair on fire over the curbing of their SALT deduction. You folks might want to entertain the thought that the system that puts you into stratospheric property taxes in the first place is the larger problem, not the deductibility, which only nets you 30 percent back anyway. Which is the bigger sum by far? And so, here endeth the lesson. When you show competence and execute properly, you get to go to Washington. Where do Nassau’s leaders go? Prison, usually. Donald Davret Roslyn Letters Continued on Page 23

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Catholic Schools Week 2021 – Faith, Excellence, Service The CSW 2021 theme is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.” Catholic schools have a specific purpose to form students to be good citizens of the world, love God and neighbor and enrich society with the leaven of the gospel and by the example of faith. As communities of faith, Catholic schools instill in students their destiny to become saints. Academic excellence is the hallmark of Catholic education intentionally directed to the growth of the whole person – mind, body and spirit. Finally, service is fundamental to Catholic education and the core of Catholic discipleship. Service is intended to help form people who are not only

witnesses to Catholic social teaching but also active participants through social learning. The CSW logo emphasizes that the Catholic school, like the Catholic Church, is not a building or an institution, but it is the people. As the people of God, we work together to bring the Kingdom of God to Earth and raise up the next generation to do the same. The image of teachers and students forming the foundation of the school shows that they are active people of faith who serve others and God. May we all strive to live in active service of Jesus and his mission as we nationally join together during Catholic Schools Week and always.

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County Assessor David Moog steps down Continued from Page 8 According to Newsday, Laveman won at least five reassessment challenges on her home in Oyster Bay Cove, which reportedly cut her assessment by 24 percent and saved thousands of dollars in property taxes. Efforts to reach Laveman for comment were unavailing. While Curran touted Laveman’s experience, Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) and the legislative majority claimed Laveman “does not have the necessary qualifications as determined by the County

Executive’s criticism of past assessors.” Republican officials said Laveman’s lack of certification from the International Institute of Assessing Officers was concerning. According to the county’s charter, an assessor has 36 months after beginning a term as county assessor to become certified. Other requirements for the county assessor include a degree from an accredited four-year college and one year of “satisfactory full-time paid experience in an occupation involving the valuation of real property.”

The majority also called for the county assessor to be elected rather than appointed by the county executive. Republican officials said the people should decide who should lead the charge in the ongoing reassessment, which has resulted in property tax increases to 65 percent of county homeowners. “It is clear from the county executive’s attempt to appoint someone who lacks assessing experience and certifications, that the only question is whether Nassau’s Assessor will be elected and responsive to the people

or a political appointee as the county executive wants,” Nicolello said on Tuesday. “We again call on the county executive to let the people decide.” The county previously held elections for assessors, but that was changed in a 2008 referendum, according to officials. “While the County Executive is focused on distributing vaccines to protect residents and bring our businesses back, the Republican Majority is focused on playing politics with Assessment,” a county spokesperson said in a statement.

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READERS WRITE

Evil thrives when good people do nothing

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he attack on our nation’s Capitol Building in Washington, by evil insurgents I found most appalling on

Jan. 6. These nefarious and egregious acts were treason in my

opinion. Furthermore, these attacks were an attack upon the very fiber of democracy upon which our great nation was founded upon. This truly was a day of infamy, a day that will never be

forgotten. These evil-doers did not win and freedom and democracy did prevail. As Sen. Chuck Schumer said these extremists must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Well, I totally agree. I myself

served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and am proud of what this country stands for and that is freedom for all. That includes the right to protest but not to engage in acts of violence. Democracy must be

defended against those who wish to destroy it. Remember this: Evil thrives when good people do nothing! Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Bellerose

The tale of the city and country that was

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rom hustle and bustle and all that was good, where once the golden door of opportunity stood. Now empty floors, boarded stores, which were once the envy of the world.From penthouses to tenthouses. The street is the modern latrine.From luxury to misery. Urine and feces remain, if not flushed away by the rain. A mayor who is hiding his real Aryan or German (Wilhelm) name.

Is it for shame?He supported Nicaragua and its Socialistas, who were very far from being Pacifistas.The mayor’s wife runs a charity organization with $800 million for mental health. She has a staff of 14, and gone is all the gelt. She probably added it to her and the mayor’s wealth.Meantime city employees by the thousands are fired quick as a flash because the city is strapped for cash. We must return to a city gov-

erned with honesty, truth, and pride, with fair rules we can all abide.My humble wish applies to our entire great nation, dealing with the repercussions of an election result confiscation. How do I know there was an election fix? When less becomes more and more becomes less. The real winner is now the loser, and the real loser is now the winner. Cleaning up this mess is so

very urgent. Will the Supreme Court act like a cleaner and detergent?It’s time to step to the plate and enforce the rule of law – rescind the illegal count which we all saw.We must demand the rebirth of the city and country that was. Start by draining the swamp and locking up the criminals, since we have probable cause. If we don’t, we will be left with a man who treats the office like a

revolving door, between China, Ukraine, and the U.S. his family keeps receiving more and more. What does the Biden name stand for? Bewildered. Incompetent. Deranged. Eerie. Nebbish.Please God – allow President Trump to save the country which we all love and cherish. Yitzchak M. Pipik Port Washington

Time for Congressman Lee Zeldin to resign It is well past time for the seditionist trumplican Congressman Lee Zeldin to re-

sign. He has violated his oath of office by demonstrating that

his fealty to the current occupant of the White House takes precedence over any fealty to

the Constitution of the United States. The blood of 1/6/21 is on his hands. Shame!

Eric Cashdan Sands Point

A call for our leaders to bring us together

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s leaders of community institutions representing many faiths, ethnicities and backgrounds, we come together united by mutual respect, cherishing diversity, love of country and commitment to equality, justice and concern for everyone. We have witnessed with horror and fear as our country’s public discourse has descended into angry, divisive darkness, often becoming violent, culminating in the tragic but not surprising violent insurrection in the Halls of Congress. When elected officials and public figures in the media with wide audiences spread lies and conspiracies, or when they fail to publicly confront and disavow them, they corrode our democracy, and they incite destruction and violence. We call on all entrusted with the privilege of leadership to act with maturity and decency. In our diverse society, your words and actions must model respect and a commitment to the truth, drawing us together in common purpose and responsibly shepherding the institutions of our democracy. It is not too late. In a world where there is no humanity, you must strive to act

with humanity. (Ethics of our Fathers 2:2) Torah “Justice, justice shall you pursue.” Al Quran (5:8) O believers! Stand firm for God and bear true testimony. Do not let the hatred of a people lead you to injustice. Be just! That is closer to righteousness. And be mindful of God. Surely God is All-Aware of what you do. Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Al Quran (2: 224) And do not make [your oath by] God an excuse against being righteous and fearing God and making peace among people. And God is Hearing and Knowing. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no screen between it and God. God the Exalted said: O my servants, I have forbidden oppression for myself and have made it forbidden among you, so do not oppress one another.

Signatories: Rabbi Michael A. White, Temple Sinai of Roslyn rabbimawhite@gmail.com; Pastor Marcus Tillery, Community Church of East Williston marcus.tillery@gmail.com; Dr. Isma H Chaudhry, Islamic Center of Long Island isma.h.chaudhry@gmail.com; Dr. Arthur Dobrin, Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island; Rabbi Jaimee Shalhevet of North Shore Synagogue of Syosset; Pastor Rebecca Sheridan, Faith Lutheran Church Syosset; Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, President, North American Board of Rabbis; Sheikh Ammad, Founder the Halal Guide, President of South Asian Sports Network; Bishop Lionel Harvey, Presiding Prelate First Baptist Cathedral of Westbury; George Siberón, Board of Directors of the Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association; Hasan Sheikh, Founder & Director Muslims of Long Island; Tess Ma, Asian American Advisory Council; Pastors Danilo and Melissa Archbold, New Jerusalem Cathedral Inc. COGIC;

Dr. Douglas Segan, President Temple Israel Lawrence; Dr. Mufti Mohammad Farhan Executive Director Islamic Center of Long Island; John H. Bae, Senior Pastor New Creation Fellowship Church; Syed Wasim Quadri, Board of Trustees Children of Adam; Christine Liu, Asian American Advisory Council; Rabbi Art Vernon; Rev. Vicky L. Eastland, Pastor of Brookville Church; Ammad Sheikh, President High Traffic Marketing; Sue Huang, Herricks Chinese Association; Raza Dastgir, Founder & Director American Muslims of NY, General Secretary Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf NY; Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan, Chairperson Muslim Community of Nassau County (MCNC); Mindy Perlmutter, Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island; Paramjit Singh head priest Glen Cove Gurudwara; Ting Dai; The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach, St. John’s Episcopal Church; Juleigh Chin, Asian

American Advisory Council & Herricks Korean Community: Rabbi Judy Cohen-Rosenberg, Temple Or Elohim, A Community Reform Congregation, Jericho; Rev. Sung Hee Lee, Senior Pastor, New Church of NY; Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Congregation Simchat HaLev; Rabbi Jenn Weinstein, Congregation Simchat HaLev: Sheree Liu, Herricks Chinese Association: Ajung Sojwal, Rector St. George’s Episcopal Church 319 Front Street, Hempstead; Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter, Congregational Church of Patchogue; Rabbi Randy Sheinberg, Temple Tikvah New Hyde Park, NY; Bryant Lew, Asian American Advisory Council; V. Elaine Gross, President ERASE Racism Syosset, NY; Eric Post, American Jewish Committee Long Island Region; David Peng (Founder) Vanna Ye (Co-Founder) Youth Coding Innovation Club; Samiran Chakrovarty, head priest, NY Kali Mandir Baldwin; Leslie Davis, President, NAACP Westbury Branch #2184

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Republican Party has betrayed our country

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he Republican Party has practiced voter suppression for decades. But they are now taking it to a new level. Their ongoing support for Trump’s attempt to overturn the election results is equivalent to treason. Many Republican senators and representatives are objecting to certified results of the Electoral College. These results have been approved by Republican election officials. Republican judges, including some appointed by Trump, have

thrown out 60 lawsuits to overturn election results. At least 18 Republican state attorneys general and 126 Republican representatives signed a lawsuit to throw out the votes of states that voted for Joe Biden. They had no evidence of any voter fraud to support their lawsuit. The Supreme Court dismissed it. All of them are probably guilty of the federal crime of sedition. Sedition includes incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state.

Urging the courts and Congress to overturn the will of the people in our 2020 election appears to be both illegal and unconstitutional. All of these officials took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. They all need to be held responsible for their actions. A handful of GOP lawmakers in Congress have said that Biden is the president-elect and that their fellow Republicans should stop the anti-democratic actions. Unfortunately, these words are falling

on deaf ears. Despite Trump’s loss by over 7 million votes and the pending end of his presidency on Jan. 20, too many remain afraid of Trump. They fear his ability to attack them and possibly support primary opponents if they don’t properly bow down to the emperor with no clothes. The definition of treason includes betraying one’s country. Trying to overturn a legitimate election fits that definition. The Constitution defines treason as intentionally

betraying one’s allegiance by levying war against the government or giving aid or comfort to its enemies. Although their shameful actions may not meet the more rigorous requirements of treason under the Constitution, their actions clearly meet the spirit of the word. It does appear that they violated the law against sedition. We will all need to hold them accountable. Robert Kleinman Port Washington

Lee Zeldin example of treason and collegialism

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lubby collegialism has its place in political life. Republican democracy demands that our leaders engage with one another respectfully and seek common ground among vast differences of perspective. Everything within public life, however, has limits. The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol featured hundreds of traitors from across the country flaunting their contempt for the United States of America. In their shameless entitlement, they broadcast their desecration across a wide spectrum of media and the ap-

propriate law enforcement agencies will track them to their own property soon enough. For now, we need to attend to the 147 Republican lawmakers who went on record in support of these terrorist aims: 147 congressional Republicans who stuck with their plan to block the lawful election of Joe Biden to be the next president of the United States. For Long Islanders, one name jumps out among the seditionists. Congressman Lee Zeldin has played the Trump toadie for years now, bowing to every thuggish

outrage of the past four years. That’s his choice and his constituents have re-elected him. That’s on them. But the endorsement of the disinformation charade, deference to unconstitutional authoritarianism, and traitorous rejection of our entire democratic system is a crime so grave that it becomes a stain on our entire community. Lee Zeldin is a traitor. He proved this by persisting in the effort to block congressional acceptance of the results of the November election. This is nothing

but feeding the lie that spurned the attack in the first place. Zeldin did this before the terrorists stormed into the Capitol, and he failed to reconsider this grandstanding atrocity even after the consequences of his lies had left the halls of congress strewn with blood and shattered glass. He still tried to block the results of the election while the Nazis were celebrating across Washington. Being dumb is one thing, but the incapacity to learn makes you unfit for office. Zeldin went to congress at the request of his voters. Con-

gress should send him back. This should begin with the rest of the Long Island delegation standing up for decency in our community. Representatives Kathleen Rice, Tom Suozzi, and newcomer Andrew Garbarino must demand Zeldin’s expulsion. They should do so publicly and immediately. The stakes are too high to brush off Zeldin’s actions. There can be no common ground with treason. Rebecca Hughes Parker Douglas Parker Port Washington

Capitol protesters betrayed democracy, nation

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n open letter to the mob that assaulted the U.S. Capitol, and to those who applauded their ac-

tions: As (presumably) American citizens, you have the unequivocal right to your own opinions about who should be chosen as president and vice president to lead our country, as well as members of the Congress, governors and

other down-ballot positions. Furthermore, you are entitled to try to persuade others of the validity of those opinions as well as the merits of your preferred candidates. What you are absolutely NOT entitled to do, however, is to attempt to impose your choices on others by force, intimidation, threats or brutal exhibitionism. The very premise of democracy is that the majority of the voting

public determines the outcome of elections— whether or not you are happy about the outcomes— and that the performance of the winners, i.e., the integrity they bring to their office and the degree to which they fulfill their campaign commitments, should determine whether or not they deserve reelection. What took place in Washington last Wednesday is the very

antithesis of democracy. No matter how intensely you disapprove of the opposition’s policies and/ or the ability of the adversarial party to implement them, the only acceptable way for you to effect change would be either to persuade them of the merit of your own alternative ideas or to gain by legitimate means — not by physical attacks on persons or premises — the election of your preferred

candidate. What occurred in Washington, D.C., last week was no indication of your supposed patriotism. On the contrary, it was a shameful betrayal of the very basic principles on which our country was founded and comes closer to treason than to patriotism. Robert I. Adler Port Washington

Hofstra tackles pandemic’s impact on students Continued from Page 17 APPROACH 1: PUBLIC POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS:We are all Americans. In times of crisis the role of our national government has been critical. Still, with our system of federalism, the extreme challenges of the pandemic call for more effective collaboration and cooperation among the states, and with the national government. Government policies and financial assistance during times of crisis build public morale and assist folks (in this case, especially Gen Z) to invest time and efforts for a future that is likely to be

improved. This sense of furthering the public good will redound to the benefits of society by appreciative citizens who will be grateful for the boosts they received during difficult times. Some government aid to individuals has been negatively characterized as entitlements. That does not need to be regarded disparagingly, particularly if policies now have sunset clauses that stipulate review before post-crisis continuations. Also, as young people starting their careers and family lives advance with positivity, the entire

society is likely to feel affirmative effects. [Specific proposed actions are too extensive for this column. More detailed data on all three approaches can be requested from michael. dinnocenzo@hofstra.edu.] APPROACH 2: LIFE SKILLS SEMINARS: Progress and quality of life can be enhanced through individual initiatives and cooperative and collaborative efforts with others. [Here, too, actions for consideration exceed column space, but the working proposals can be obtained by an email request.] In this approach, there are fewer financial

needs and more initiatives from individuals working with peers and support groups. In effect, this option calls on Gen Z students to exercise more control over their lives (within the parameters of situations) and to develop self and peer group confidence that improvements can be made without huge outside guidance and financial support. APPROACH 3: COORDINATED GOOD HEALTH CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INITIATIVESOption 3 calls on individuals (with guidance from faculty, staff, alumni, community) to seek ways to enhance their personal

and cultural lives. Most of these endeavors do not involve high costs or government supervision. From these kinds of initiatives can be derived a sense of self-confidence and expanding the horizons of one’s cultural endeavors and appreciations. [information with D’Innocenzo email, above] The CCE team, led by Bosley, strives to empower Gen Z students in the spirit of their cultural Long Island ancestor, William Cullen Bryant. Letters Continued on Page 35

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Interest rates hold key to real estate market As we all know, interest rates are historically low, demand is exceptionally high (for those homes and properties that are priced correctly) and inventory is less than four months, the lowest on record. This has, for the most part, caused home prices in 2020 to increase between 9 percent and 13 percent, depending on the area even though inflation was less than 2 percent. This is a casebook example of a supply-and-demand economic scenario that some of us learned in school. However, it is an impossible and untenable situation for the long haul. But how many really remember how it all works, with supply, demand, inventory variables in the mix? The question is how long will price increases continue as interest rates stay low for the foreseeable future (maybe one to two years) adding to the current demand? Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all of a sudden sales had come to a sudden halt, then zoomed ahead starting in the late second to third quarters. With the loss of populations leaving major cities and states, (New York, Chicago, Miami, etc.), the slow rollout of the vaccines, and the increase in prices, the question

now arises: How much longer will the market sustain itself when demand really begins to cool off? I have spoken to numerous buyers and done a lot of reading and research and I am observing that slowly but surely there is an increase in those beginning to either stay put because prices are elevating to beyond what they can afford or feel comfortable paying. Hundreds of thousands have fled cities locally and across the U.S. to purchase homes in less densely populated areas. Those fortunate in not having to travel to work due to Covid-19 have assisted in fueling and bolstering our market and kept it buoyant and above water, except for office space and retail. But prior to Covid-19, I could see the cooling-off of our markets. As prices have continued to climb and sales become more sluggish (18 percent decrease as per One Key MLS), comparing 2020 to 2019 in Long Island, and due to lack of inventory, more and more families and individuals are leaving New York state for more reasonably priced cities and states. In the next few years, prices will become flat, level off, and will have to decrease as all cycles

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eventually reverse direction. With the continued printing of dollars for our next stimulus package, interest rates will have to remain low because the $27 trillionplus of national debt (separate from our international debt) would cost the U.S. government (and us) $2.9 trillion and probably much more over the next decade if the Fed Funds overnight rate to banks were to increase as opposed to staying the same near 0.25 percent. This is from a report in 2015 by the Congressional Budget Office and Dean Baker, a director at the Center for Economic

and Policy Research in Washington. Depending on the eventual increase in interest rates, this will have the greatest detrimental effect on our economy as well as the cost of our national and international debt. Over the the next four years the decisions that will be made may determine in huge part how our economy and democracy begin to mend and whether or not we will remain a dominant player in the world we live in. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris together can and will play a major role in healing our divided nation and be able to compromise and come to fair and equitable solutions and agreements between the Republicans and Democrats with the least amount of game playing and finagling. This will begin to heal our country and economy, but the big $64,000 question is whether or not they will step up to the plate and do whatever is necessary and beneficial for the majority of U.S. citizens to really and truly finally get it done. So we can then begin once again to feel they are working for us and not us working for them. The next four years will be a defining moment in how we all will

get along and in those times when we may agree to disagree but in a respectful and understanding way. Our survival and the potential for as many as possible to benefit from our prosperity and to excel through educating those most in need will totally depend on those who will voluntarily participate by having candid and honest intentions. This will make the most indelible and long-lasting impact to enable the process of keeping our democracy intact, viable, and healthy. 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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Recent Real Estate Sales in the

Willistons

95 Falmouth Place, Albertson

15 Campbell Parkway, Albertson

3 bd, 1 ba, 1,322 sqft, Sold on: 10/12/20, Sold Price: $695,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

3 bd, 3 ba, 1,877 sqft, Sold on: 11/1/20, Sold Price: $800,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: East Williston

66 Westbury Avenue, Mineola

90 Jerome Avenue, Mineola

3 bd, 2 ba,, Sold on: 11/24/20, Sold Price: $489,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

4 bd, 3 ba, Sold on: 11/26/20 Sold Price: $800,000, Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

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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Committee to review Port’s Soundview use of Indian mascot Marketplace sold BY R O S E W E L D ON The Manhasset school district will form a committee to further discuss its use of Native American symbols and its Indian team name, Superintendent Vincent Butera said. The announcement at the Jan. 7 Board of Trustees meeting is the latest development in a saga that began when a Change. org petition by an alumnus asking for the mascot, perceived as outdated and racist, to be changed started around the time the former Washington Redskins announced that they would be retiring their name and logo. The petition has received 3,400 signatures, and Sadanyah FlowingWater of the Montaukett tribe and Jeremy Dennis of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, both based on the East End, became the first Native figures to specifically request the mascot be changed. Representatives from the Montaukett and Shinnecock nations, as well as fellow Long Island-based nations, including the Ungechauk Nation, the Setalcott Nation and the Matinecock Nation, attended an Oct. 22 Board of Education meeting on the topic, voicing support for a change of mascot and suggesting other ways to educate the district’s students on Native American culture. Of the 29 Manhasset alumni, residents and students who spoke during the public hearing portion of that meeting, only five

were in favor of keeping the mascot. At that meeting, a committee of students, community members, and representatives of nearby nations was suggested by Sandi Brewster-Walker, executive director of the Montaukett nation, and Butera said at the January meeting that he had spoken to her recently. The superintendent added at the recent meeting that the matter of the mascot had been put on the back burner as the COVID-19 pandemic was dealt with. “We spoke about ‘the Indian,’ and we shared at the time,” Butera said. “And we put a hold on it because of the reopening, we said that we would revisit this issue and put together a group of folks that would examine the district’s use of Native American imagery and symbols. There’ll be a committee, a broad committee, to find specific charges, select members, have a timeline.” Butera said that Brewster-Walker was preparing a letter for the district with recommendations concerning the use of Native imagery and symbols, though he did not specify if it would be on behalf of the Montaukett Nation alone or others. “So I do look forward to working with Sandi working with a number of our respective groups to really be thoughtful about how we approach this issue, which again, we spent a lot of time talking about,” Butera said.

BY R O S E W E L D ON Popular Port Washington shopping center Soundview Marketplace has been sold. New York-based Sagamore Hill Partners and Florida-based PEBB Enterprises announced that they had closed on a purchase of the 188,109-square-foot shopping center from LBUBS 2007-C7 Shore Road LLC through commercial real estate company Transwestern. The deal coming to fruition on Dec. 18 for an undisclosed price, though a listing on Ten-X, a digital platform for commercial real estate, shows the starting bid as $3 million. Built in 1962 and 1977, Soundview Marketplace comprises four buildings on nearly 11 acres on Shore Road and has 11 tenants, including Target, TJ Maxx, Walgreens, West Marine, Ace Hardware, Carvel, Subway and Soundview Cinemas. According to the listing on Ten-X, Target and TJ Maxx recently signed long-term leases at the center, the former with a remaining term of eight years or more with 15 years of renewal options and the latter with 11 years or more remaining and 20 years of renewal

options. The purchase marks PEBB Enterprises’ first foray into the New York market. “Expanding into New York with this acquisition is an incredible way to close out the year,” PEBB Enterprises President and CEO Ian Weiner said in a statement. “This is a particularly exciting asset due to its location, strong anchor tenants and future lease-up potential. PEBB continues to pursue investment opportunities in New York and the broader Northeast market.” Mark Kaplan, partner and COO of Sagamore Hill Partners, added the new owners plan to implement site improvements with the goal of making the center a top shopping and dining destination. “With this acquisition, we have the opportunity to complete Soundview Marketplace’s transformation into the area’s top shopping and dining destination,” Kaplan said. “Through site improvements and a focus towards attracting best-in-class operators, we can achieve that goal.” Transwestern’s John Bell, Jon Kleinberg and Patrick Heeg of the firm’s Miami, Atlanta and New York offices, respectively, represented the seller.

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Scramble for COVID-19 vaccinations Continued from Page 1 effectively serve seven million people, all of whom are now eligible, without any priority?” The two vaccines that have been approved for use in the United States require two doses, either three or four weeks apart. Cuomo tweeted on Tuesday that 665,172 New Yorkers had been inoculated, with 570,556 connected to hospitals and 94,616

connected to long-term care facilities. In Nassau County, around 50,000 residents had been vaccinated as of Tuesday, according to Newsday. Northwell Health, which is spearheading the distribution efforts on Long Island, partnered with Nassau County and opened several vaccination centers over the last week. Aside from the county’s first center at the Nas-

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sau Community College campus in Garden City, other locations now include the Northwell Health Center for Advanced Medicine in Lake Success, Belmont Park in Elmont, a drive-thru center at Jones Beach, and the Town of North Hempstead Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury. According to Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, the county’s positivity rate was 7.5 percent as of Sunday, one of the highest rates the county has seen since last spring, but a decrease from last week’s rate of 8.6 percent. “The County has the infrastructure in place to administer COVID-19 vaccines as soon as we receive them from the state and federal government,” Curran said. “We ask residents to remain patient, as demand greatly exceeds supply at this time.” State health officials urged residents to use the Jones Beach center, which will be open every day over the coming weeks, over the smaller facilities such as local pharmacies. County Health Commissioner Lawrence Eisenstein said the county received a shipment of 500 doses on Monday, with

inoculation appointments being fully booked within 30 minutes. Nassau County residents have expressed frustrations about problems booking appointments online or over the phone, something Curran echoed in a statement on Tuesday. “I, along with our residents, am frustrated with NY State’s online vaccine registration system – which has been experiencing persistent crashes due to high demand from increased eligibility,” Curran said. “We are vaccinating as many residents as possible, but can only administer vaccines once we receive them and supply is extremely limited. Nassau County is committed to getting a vaccine into the arm of every eligible resident and we will continue to push the state for more doses and a system that works consistently.” Despite the expansion of eligibility, Cuomo said, keeping hospital staff members as a priority is a key element to getting everyone vaccinated. “The biggest capacity element in the hospital system is we’re losing staff,” Cuomo said. “We’re losing staff because the staff is getting sick from COVID. That’s why

continued prioritization of the hospital staff is key and in the webinar we said hospitals must continue to prioritize hospital staff.” Last week, Northwell CEO Michael Dowling said his goal is to have no vaccine doses left at the end of each week. “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 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.” County residents can visit https://www.nassaucountyny. gov/vaccine to check their eligibility for getting vaccinated, schedule an appointment to get vaccinated and learn more information on the vaccines. Appointments are required to get vaccinated.

Northwell drops lawsuits after report Continued from Page 2 said “the system sues only employed patients that it believes have the ability to pay and who do not respond to outreach attempts.” “We have no interest in pursing these

cases legally. It’s not what we want to do,” Miller told Rosenthal. “Unfortunately, in some cases, they’re not leaving us much of an option.” New York City hotel worker Carlos Cas-

tillo was cited as one patient who had been sued after a seizure hospitalizing him at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. Rosenthal writes that Castillo was sued for $4,043 and “was worried that the hospi-

tal would seize his paychecks and leave him unable to pay rent.” “My salary was cut in half. I’m now working only two days a week. And now I have to deal with this,” Castillo told Rosenthal.

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Our New Daily Hours Are: Open for Browsing: Monday-Friday: 10am-5:30pm Vestibule Pick-Up: Monday-Friday: 10am-5:30pm Browsing & Vestibule Pickup: Saturday: 10am-4pm “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

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Adult Programs Book Discussion—January 27—7pm via Zoom. Link details TBA. Copies of The Great Alone are available at the Circulation Desk. Valentine Cottage—Craft-toGo—$20 material fee. Registration ends on January 22. Craft pick-up date—January 25-29. Registration required at willistonpr@yahoo.com. Reiki—January 21—6pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $10 p/p. Please check our website, willistonparklibrary.org, for this week’s DIY story time.

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Suozzi, Rice endure attack on Capitol Continued from Page 6 Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman said his thoughts went out to all the elected officials, their staff members, press and law enforcement during the invasion of the Capitol. “The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is deeply disturbing,” Schnirman said in a statement. “We are a nation of laws and the peaceful transfer of power is one of the most critical values in our democracy. Being an American is about protecting democracy, regardless of politics.” U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) became the Senate majority leader last week when Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won seats in Georgia, regaining control of the Senate for the party. He released a joint tweet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last Wednesday, saying, “We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Grounds immediately.” State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli expressed the need to progress as a nation, rather than become more divided in a tweet. “Peaceful protests are one of the hallmarks of our democracy, but what is going on now in DC is just plain wrong,” DiNapoli

tweeted. “We are better than this. It is time to come together and move our country forward.” Biden called on Trump to command protesters to disperse from the Capitol and demanded “an end to this siege.” “An assault on the citadel of liberty, the Capitol itself,” Biden said. “An assault on the people’s representatives and the Capitol Hill police sworn to protect them, and the public servants who work at the heart of our republic.” Trump released a video urging protestors to disperse from the Capitol more than two hours after the breaking and entering began. Aside from mentioning that law and order should prevail, Trump repeated his debunked claims of a “rigged election” as a reason why protesters broke into and stormed the Capitol. “You have to go home now,” he said. “We have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don’t want anyone hurt. It’s a very tough period of time, there’s never been a time like this where such a thing happened, where they could take it away from all of us.” “We cannot allow thugs and violent people to try and change the way our country works,” Suozzi said.

Equal access to outdoors Continued from Page 16 you should emphatically say yes. Public transportation can get people to the outdoors when they don’t have a vehicle to take them there. It means that when considering whether or not to preserve open space, you should pause and really examine the value of the development versus the value of the open space. And if the balance tips in favor of development, make sure that it comes with requirements for na-

tive plants and other natural elements, not only for people to enjoy but to protect our groundwater and provide wildlife habitat as well. The outdoors doesn’t belong to the wealthy or privileged. We must take care not to treat it as if it does. We should all have somewhere to go outside for a change of scenery, a breath of fresh air and a chance to listen to the sounds of nature. Act to make that a reality.

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n Jan. 6, the unthinkable happened. Yet for many, it is what we have been trying to prevent since Donald Trump’s inaugura-

tion. The very idea that armed American citizens, fueled by conspiracy theories, could storm our Capitol in order to overturn a free and fair election in the name of fascism sounds like the beginning of a dystopian novel. Except it is not fiction. We are faced with the harsh reality that the elected officials who tried to break our democracy and the thousands of Americans who took part in the violent attack aren’t going away on Jan. 20. How we move forward from this moment matters. The last four years have been defined by Donald Trump’s desire to divide our country by race and class and make people suffer. He took office and swiftly issued a Muslim ban, signaling to the world that his administration would lead with xenophobia and racism. He quickly rolled back Environmental Protection Agency rules prioritizing corporate interests looking to continue destroying our planet for profit. He followed with massive tax cuts for the uber-wealthy and a pledge to take away healthcare from millions of people. He ripped children from their families and locked them in cages while beefing up the Enforcement & Removal ICE division accused of sterilizing brown women and abusing them, traumatizing generations to come. When a global pandemic hit, he not only shirked responsibility, but let people die for political gain. When cases and deaths skyrocketed, he called it a hoax while denying healthcare and financial protections, exacerbating the suffering and death toll. He gave away state secrets to our adversaries and agitated our allies. He lied and lied and lied, and was proud of it. And when the people had enough and voted him out of office, he threatened and tried to cheat his way back into power. When that didn’t work, he and his political allies incited an insurrection. But through it all and even up until today, there have been enablers and champions of this behavior. Sides have been chosen. And while there is often a political ideological divide, this is not red vs. blue. It is the top vs. the bottom. It is a power structure that favors the uber-wealthy and exploits working class people. One in which corporate donors and special interest groups spend billions to be given priority legislation over the good of the people. A power structure

that has brought racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, misogyny and anti-immigrant sentiment out into the open. This power structure has legislated inequities, inequality and minimized the influence of working class Americans in our democracy. Over the coming weeks we will hear a lot about healing our country by “working across the aisle.” And while we must heal our country, we must also understand how the word “bipartisanship” will be used to fit a convenient political narrative. Bipartisanship requires cooperation and agreement from two sides— both acting in good faith with the best interests of their constituents in mind. But what will “finding common ground” look like when one side supports and abets seditionists, neo-Nazis and white supremacists? What will the compromise be between protecting our democracy and destroying it by overturning free and fair elections? The answer to healing our country will not be found by reaching across the aisle and meeting those who enabled and campaigned on hate and violence halfway. The answer is relentlessly working on people-first solutions and not giving up until we achieve them. We will heal when our people don’t have to choose between paying rent or putting food on the table, when one bad diagnosis doesn’t put a family into generational medical debt and when everyone is treated equally and has the same opportunities. When our communities are put first instead of last, then healing will begin. We can no longer allow “bipartisanship,” to be just an empty platitude to push an agenda. Working together must be less about what we are trading away and more about how we are collectively reaching meaningful solutions through bold initiatives that quickly and pragmatically center the needs of all Americans. History will no doubt judge us unkindly. But this is not the end of our story. We have an opportunity in this moment to realize the American promise for all people, to begin to correct the mistakes of the past, to move forward with moral conviction and a value system our children can be proud of. This moment requires civic participation. It demands our leaders act in the interest of the American people. This moment needs all of us. Our democracy depends on it. Melanie D’Arrigo Port Washington

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Bosworth nixes re-elex run, Wink in Continued from Page 1 “So often, I have thought about the many things I would like to do in the future, and I’ve come to the realization that the future is now. Therefore, I have made the decision that I will not be a candidate for re-election as Town Supervisor for the Town of North Hempstead.” At a Zoom meeting for the Roslyn Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Wink, a Democrat who has served two terms as clerk, announced his candidacy for town supervisor. “I’m going to run on my record, hopefully with the support of my party and with the support of the constituents that I wish to continue to serve,” Wink said in an interview on Tuesday. Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County and state Democratic chairman, said in an email that he anticipates a primary, but has not yet heard from other interested candidates. The Republican Party has not yet announced a candidate for the race. A Great Neck resident and former teacher in the New York City public schools, Bosworth began her career in public service by spending 16 years as a trustee on the Great Neck Board of Education. She was elected to the Nassau County Legislature to represent the 10th District in 2007 and spent six years in the Legislature. In 2013, Bosworth won her first election for North Hempstead supervisor over thenTown Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio of Port Washington and succeeded fellow Great Neck resident Jon Kaiman in the role. Over the course of her eight years as North Hempstead supervisor, Bosworth oversaw the passage of legislation prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to those under 21; led a redesign of North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, among

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North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth (DGreat Neck) announced her intention not to run for a fifth term, and Town Clerk Wayne Wink announced plans to run in her place. improvements to other town parks; lobbied for Hurricane Sandy recovery funds, resulting in the town obtaining $50 million in grants; established committees and agencies for veterans and those with disabilities; and scheduled votes on town budgets to take place before Election Day. Fiscally, under Bosworth’s tenure the town has received its first two Triple-A bond ratings from Moody’s, the highest rating a municipality can attain. She also won re-election three times, against Anthony Bulzomi in 2015, Stephen Nasta in 2017 and David Redmond in 2019. She added that she would not seek another term in order to spend more time with her family, including her husband, Dr. Jay Bosworth, two children and two grandchildren. “As many in Town Hall know, I often say ‘Family First.’ Now is the time for me to take my own advice,” Bosworth said. “When my term concludes, I look forward to spending more time with Jay, my children, and grandchildren. Change is

healthy and now is the right time for me to conclude my tenure in office.” In her statement Monday, Bosworth referred to the past year as a “profoundly challenging time for our Town residents and Town government.” “In fact, it might be the most demanding time in our Town’s history,” Bosworth said. “I have been so proud to serve as your town supervisor as we made the difficult decisions during this pandemic. We always put public health and safety first and will continue to do so.” Colleagues of Bosworth wished her well, with state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), who represented the town’s 4th District for two terms, saying it had been an honor to work with her. “I’ve been proud to call Judi Bosworth a friend and a role model for years, and it’s been an honor to work alongside her as a colleague in government since I first took office,” Kaplan said. “Judi is, above all else, a public servant who cares, who works hard, and who never

gives up. While I will certainly miss working with Judi to serve our shared constituents in the Town of North Hempstead, I congratulate her on a towering career in public service, and wish her all the best for some well-deserved time with her husband Jay, her children, and grandchildren.” In an emailed update to her constituents, Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte said she was experiencing “mixed emotions” about the news. “On the one hand, I am filled with joy for her, her husband Jay, and her family for the time they’ll be able to enjoy together,” Dalimonte said. “On the other, I am deeply saddened by the thought of the Town of North Hempstead without her warmhearted leadership, steady fiscal stewardship, and thoughtful ability to create consensus. I look forward to working with and learning from her for the remainder of this year, and I know that together we will accomplish great things for our constituents.”"" Supervisor Don Clavin of the neighboring Town of Hempstead praised Bosworth in a statement. “I have had the great pleasure of working with Judi Bosworth over the years, and can attest to her sincere devotion to the people and places she so passionately serves,” Clavin said. “Throughout her public service career, Supervisor Bosworth has remained a stalwart community advocate during her tenure as a school board trustee, county legislator and town supervisor. I wish Supervisor Bosworth well in her future endeavors, and hope she continues lending her voice and experience as an engaged member of civic life in the Town of North Hempstead after the conclusion of her term.” Nassau County Executive

Laura Curran thanked Bosworth for her service to the town and county in a statement. “Judi Bosworth has not only been a tireless public servant for three decades, she has become a dear friend, and it has been an honor to work alongside her,” Curran said. “Judi has led by example of how local government can work for the people – striving to increase ethics, transparency and public participation in North Hempstead.” Jacobs wished Bosworth well in a statement. “Judi Bosworth was a great Town Supervisor, a great representative and advocate for her community, a great political ally and she remains a great friend,” he said. Wink, who first worked with Bosworth as a fellow county legislator, said in an interview that he had the “good fortune” of working with her for over 13 years. “Judi has done a tremendous job as town supervisor and county legislator,” Wink said. “I’ve always enjoyed not only her company but her intellect, and working alongside her to solve the county and town’s issues. I wish her well on whatever she chooses to do in the future.” Bosworth concluded her comments by saying that it had been “an honor” to serve as town supervisor. “I have every confidence our Town elected officials and workforce will maintain the standards of transparency, accountability, and fiscal oversight that have been my guiding principles in government,” Bosworth said. “Public service is not defined by the office you hold. It is defined by the love you have for your community and neighbors, and by being there for them. By that standard, I will always be engaged in public service.”

4 Wheatley students in Regeneron semis Continued from Page 3 Following those schools is Schreiber High School in Port Washington with three semifinalists, with students and their projects including Hope Lane with “Optimizing the Interconnectivity of the Liver Allocation Network to Minimize Death and Inequality Using LivSim,” Noah Loewy with “Developing an Empirical Model to Forecast United States Presidential Elections: A Machine Learning Approach,”

and Zoya Unni with “Shelterin-Place, Connect Online: What Trending TikTok Content Reveals about Social Media use During the Early Days of the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic.” “It’s remarkable to witness the expertise and extensive knowledge of our students — Hope, Noah and Zoya — being recognized at a national level,” said Michael Hynes, superintendent of Port Washington district. “This is an incredible achieve-

ment that speaks directly to the commitment and talent we have in our district from our students and teachers alike. Together, we look forward to supporting our students as they move into the next round of the competition.” North Shore High School in Glen Head has two semifinalists, with students and their projects including Lucia Martin with “The Effect of Political Division on Compliance with COVID-19 Health Guidelines,” and

Kate Weseley-Jones with “Parenthood: Penalty or Premium? The Effect of Parental Status and Gender on Perceptions of Physicians.” Great Neck South High School and Herricks High School each had one semifinalist. South senior Mia Wang was named a semifinalist with her project “Assessing the Impacts of Social Determinants on Adult Obesity Rates in New York,” and Herricks student

Rhea Rasquinha was honored for her project “Identifying the Prognostic, Tumor-Suppressive and Immunologic Roles of IRF5 in Breast Cancer.” On Jan. 21, 40 of the 300 scholars will be named Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists, and from March 10 to March 17, all 40 finalists will compete for more than $1.8 million in awards provided by Regeneron.

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Heights podcaster gives regards to Broadway Continued from Page 11 Together with his parents and brother, he would attend a Broadway show once a year, ranging from megamusicals like the original runs of “Les Miserables” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” to British imports like “Me and My Girl” and the Off-Broadway oddity “Return to the Forbidden Planet.” Closer to home, Rothenberg says he also found inspiration in a local landmark, Hildebrandt’s Restaurant in Williston Park, adding that he is “heartbroken” about its closing. “I remember when I was a kid, and my dad took me there for the first time because he was excited about going to this 50s-style diner, and we went there, and we never stopped going back,” Rothenberg said. He has so many “wonderful memories” there as a child, he says, and even returned for his 40th birthday. “I even remember that Elizabeth Taylor poster they have in there,” Rothenberg said. “Every time I go in there, I just stare at it. It just represents that old-time Hollywood

feeling that I loved.” Despite his interest in entertainment and theater, once he entered Herricks High School, Rothenberg says he eschewed performance in favor of focusing on his studies and dealing with a learning disability called auditory processing disorder that made classroom learning difficult. “If somebody is talking to me, and then somebody is talking to somebody else next to me, it will take me a little bit longer to process what they’re saying, as opposed to somebody else [taking a shorter time],” Rothenberg said. “If I took on theater at Herricks, I think my studies would have suffered a little bit. So, unfortunately, as much as I wanted to, I didn’t in order to really focus, I just wasn’t able to participate in an extracurricular activity.” Eventually, though, inspiration would come via an unexpected source: the 1992 comedy film “Straight Talk,” starring Dolly Parton (a favorite singer of his and “a dream guest on the podcast,” Rothenberg says) as a radio personality dispensing advice under

the guise of being a clinical therapist. As a result, after graduating from Herricks and while attending Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts, Rothenberg got an internship in the promotions department of radio station WPLJ. “From there, I just wanted to try every aspect of entertainment,” Rothenberg said. “I also then interned at the American Repertory Theatre, in Cambridge, and it was really there that I started to fall in love with theater even more.” From there, Rothenberg says he worked “a few different theater jobs,” including at SpotCo, a premier advertising agency for Broadway shows. It was in 2008, while living in Great Neck and working for SpotCo, that he got an idea. “It was there that I actually got the idea to start interviewing actors,” Rothenberg said. He launched a website, Call Me Adam, where he began interviewing creatives in the theater and other entertainment areas, and eventually, he was recruited by other companies to interview celebrities for print and audio.

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Ra participates in successful toy drive State Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) participated in a local Holiday Toy Drive that proved to be very successful. Ra, along with others in the community, was able to fill two full ten-foot UHaul trucks with toy donations. The toys were given to the John Theissen Children’s Foundation and the Child Life program at NYU’s Langone Hospital. The donated toys brought a great sense of joy to these children during this difficult year. “Supporting our community’s youth is at the center of our mission in public ser-

vice, and being able to bring them a source of happiness this holiday season was well worth the effort,” said Ra. “It was incredible to see school districts from across our area get involved in the drive. Districts that participated included: Carle Place, Mineola, Franklin Square and New Hyde Park-Garden City Park. The families, students, faculties and staff are owed a large thank you for their charitable donations that brought smiles to the children of the John Theissen Foundation and NYU’s Langone Hospital.”

Rothenberg’s subjects over those years included Olivia Newton-John, Sutton Foster, Kathie Lee Gifford, George Takei, Chita Rivera and Mel B, among many others. In 2018, he brought his conversations to a live interview stage show entitled “Baring It All with Call Me Adam,” which the Broadway Podcast Network later hosted. Now Manhattan-based, before the pandemic Rothenberg estimates that he was seeing between two and three performances a week, including stage shows and cabaret concerts. “The last show I saw, literally, right before the pandemic shut things down, was ‘The Inheritance,'” Rothenberg remembers. “I saw it on Wednesday, March 11. And then Thursday, March 12 is when Broadway shut down.” In the meantime, while he misses going to theaters and cabarets, Rothenberg says he’s been getting through recent months by relistening to favorite musicians, like Parton, Newton-John and Kelly Clarkson. “Music has always helped

me in tough times, and has always helped me move forward,” Rothenberg said. “It’s just about looking towards the light and finding ways that allow you to move forward and not stay in the darkness.” He adds that when performance venues reopen, they will most likely take the necessary precautions. “I think that when Broadway comes back and all the cabaret rooms reopen,” Rothenberg said. “I do think they are going to be as safe as it possibly can get.” But for now, Rothenberg says he’s happy with the good company and conversation on his podcast. “I always learn something,” Rothenberg said. “And it’s always a satisfying feeling afterwards when the guest feels like, ‘Oh, this was a great conversation.'” Episodes of “Baring It All with Call Me Adam” release weekly exclusively from the Broadway Podcast Network and can be found on Thursdays on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and everywhere else podcasts can be heard.

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