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LIRR crossing on Main Street eliminated Eighth, final location where cars crossed tracks in third track project BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Main Street railroad crossing in Mineola was closed on Saturday, the eighth and final one as part of the Long Island Rail Road expansion project. The crossing, like others throughout the area, is being rebuilt as a pedestrian overpass with elevators and is scheduled to open sometime this spring. The elimination of the crossing was the latest on the LIRR’s Main Line as part of the project to add a third track from Floral Park to Hicksville. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of the Main Street crossing and said that it brought excessive train horn sounds into the homes of nearby residents and traﬃc backups. Safety has also been a concern with railroad crossings in general. Cuomo referred to an incident in 1982 when nine teenagers died when their van and a train collided at the former Herricks Road crossing in Mineola.

“New York’s economic growth depends on a modern and reliable transportation network to support the safe flow of people and goods across our state,” Cuomo said. “This marks a total of eight grade crossings removed on time and on budget since 2019 and is emblematic of our commitment to enhancing public safety, while also improving the quality of life for Long Islanders by reducing noise, air and traﬃc pollution.” The closing of the Main Street crossing follows the closure of two other crossings at Willis Avenue on Nov. 30, 2020. The two Willis Avenue crossings are being rebuilt as an underpass and are scheduled to reopen in the fall, according to officials. In New Hyde Park, the Covert Avenue crossing closed and reopened as a pedestrian underpass in 2019. The New Hyde Park crossing took just over six months to transform into a pedestrian underpass. Continued on Page 35

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Mineola freshmen Michaela Palumbo (left) and Kelsey Morrison (right) placed in the top five in the county’s individual bowling championships last week. Story on page 2.

Russell to run for town clerk, Troiano council BY R O S E W E L D ON North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana L. Russell (D-New Cassel) has oﬃcially announced her bid for North Hempstead town clerk in the

November election, and the Nassau County Democratic Party has announced that former Councilman Robert Troiano, whom she replaced in the role, will run for her council seat. The councilwoman seeks

to succeed Town Clerk Wayne Wink, who is running for town supervisor in the wake of sitting Supervisor Judi Bosworth’s announcement that she would not try for a fourth term of oﬃce. Continued on Page 36

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Mineola frosh, boys $33M bond OK’d team bowling champs for Roslyn district Win top spots in Nassau County competition

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The Mineola boys’ bowling team captured the Nassau County championship on Feb. 20. BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Michaela Palumbo, a freshman on Mineola High School’s girls bowling team, won Nassau County’s individual bowling championship last week following the school’s boys team capturing the team title. The 15-year-old rolled her way to a 1,236-point total in a six-game series at AMF Garden City Lanes on Feb. 23. Palumbo told Newsday she sought vengeance after the girls team lost in a bowl-oﬀ to Bellmore-Merrick in the county’s team championship three days before. “Saturday was very upsetting,” Palumbo told Newsday. “We thought we had it. But when I saw that we came in second for the second year in a row I thought, ‘I’m going to do this [win an individual title] for my team, and for my coach, and I also wanted to do it

for myself.’” Last year, as an eighth-grader, Palumbo finished second in the individual championship, falling to Great Neck South High School’s Katie Presvelis by just 32 pins. This year, Palumbo said, winning the individual title after the team lost a few days before became even more of a priority, especially for team coach Mark Miller. “We really wanted to come out on top because [coach] Mr. [Mark] Miller has never been with a team like this before, but now that I won this, it’s kind of redemption,” Palumbo told Newsday. Miller, who graduated from Mineola in 1976, touted the performance of Palumbo, along with fellow freshman Kelsey Morrison, who finished fourth overall with a score of 1,106. “To have two freshmen go first and fourth in the county? I’m psyched,” Miller told Newsday. “I’ll

tell you something — I’m going to coach the girls team until these two graduate.” On the boys’ end, Mineola captured the county championship on Feb. 20, scoring a total of 5,983 points over a six-games series at AMF Garden City Lanes. The boys’ championship is the first in the school’s history. The Mustangs, who edged out Wantagh and Sewanhaka by more than 300 points, were led by junior Phil Macchietto, who bowled a high game of 255 in the fourth of six games. AJ Henriques, the only Mineola senior bowler, rolled a 205 in the second game of a six-game series. “I have made the state all-star team as an individual every year since seventh grade, so I know what that’s like,” Macchietto told Newsday. “But it feels even better to accomplish this with my teammates.”

The Town of North Hempstead has approved a $33 million bond project requested by the Roslyn Water District to refurbish its water wellheads, oil tanks and a generator to protect from contaminants including 1,4-dioxane, perflourooctanoic acid and perflourooctanesulfonic acid. The measure was introduced by Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman (D-East Hills) and was unanimously approved by the town council at its Feb. 26 meeting. Spanning 5.1 square miles, the Roslyn Water District’s service territory encompasses the villages of Roslyn, Roslyn Estates and East Hills, as well as portions of Roslyn Heights, Roslyn Harbor, Flower Hill, North Hills, Greenvale, Albertson, Glenwood Landing and Port Washington, with a customer base numbering over 5,780. A pair of information sessions were held by the district on Jan. 12, where the project’s lead engineer Jeﬀ Czajka, senior vice president at Melville-based H2M Architects + Engineers, discussed the project.

The project includes refurbishing wells to employ the advanced oxidation process to remove 1,4 dioxane and granular activated carbon adsorption to remove PFOA and PFOS. “To date, no Roslyn Water District well has had a detection [of 1,4 dioxane] over the state Department of Health’s maximum contaminant level, one part per billion,” Czajka said. “But we do have some that are approaching that limit.” He added that PFOA and PFOS were manmade chemicals that have entered the water supply due to “decades of abuse in industrial manufacturing and household goods,” and that while none of the district’s wells had detections above the Environmental Protection Agency’s lifetime health advisory level of 70 parts per trillion, they had seen low levels of both chemicals detected from wells throughout the district. According to the district, AOP treatments in wellheads at Plant No. 4 and Plant No. 8 will cost $8,148,480 and $3,816,200, respectively; and GAC treatment at Plant No. 5 will cost $4,974,500. Continued on Page 35

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The Town of North Hempstead has approved a bond for the Roslyn Water District.

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‘Law & Order’ comes to Port Organized crime spinoff starring Christopher Meloni filmed at Louie’s Grill & Liquors BY E T H A N MARSHALL The new “Law & Order” spinoﬀ series, “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” came to Port Washington to film at Louie’s Grill & Liquors. Filming took place at the seafood restaurant on Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. A location assistant with Universal Television and Wolf Films, which produce the show, said in a letter to nearby residents and business owners that the filming would take place at the restaurant, with the parking lot at the North Hempstead Town Dock used as a base camp. The scene filmed featured actor Dylan McDermott’s character having dinner with friends. McDermott, who may be most-known for his roles in four seasons of “American Horror Story” as well as his Golden Globe Award-winning performance as Bobby Donnell in “The Practice,” has been cast as one of the main characters for the latest spinoﬀ from series creator Dick Wolf.

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A production truck outside Louie’s as “Law & Order: Organized Crime” films scenes for its second episode. Louie’s was founded in 1905 by Louis Zwerlein and originally called Kare Killer. It began as a floating bar before moving to the town dock and transitioning to a seafood eatery after the advent of Prohibition in 1920. Eventually, the restaurant moved from the dock to Main Street, expanding in 1954 and undergoing renovation in 2002. In an email to Newsday, the

show’s series locations manager, Dennis Voskov, explained why Louie’s was chosen for an interior shoot. “Louie’s is a great looking space that made sense for our scene,” Voskov said. “It both has an upscale quality while retaining local hangout charm. I used Louie’s for a movie about 10 years ago and remembered it as being a great experience. The same was

true this time around.” Louie’s is no stranger to use as a filming location, having appeared in the 2000 comedy film “Meet the Parents,” starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. “Law & Order: Organized Crime” will see Christopher Meloni returning as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler, his character for the first 12 seasons of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

According to NBC, Stabler comes out of retirement to take on the most dangerous crime syndicate in New York City. “After a devastating loss that rocks him to his core, Stabler must rebuild his life and career in an evolving criminal justice system, facing his past and working to making things right,” NBC’s website says about the series. In addition to Meloni and McDermott, the main cast will also include Tamara Taylor, who previously played Dr. Camille Saroyan in 223 episodes of “Bones,” Danielle Moné Truitt and Ainsley Seiger. The series is set to premiere on April 1 as the second part of a crossover event with “Law & Order: SVU.” “Law & Order: Organized Crime” will be the seventh “Law & Order” spin-oﬀ series. Among the more popular series are the titular “Law & Order,” which aired from 1990 to 2010, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” which ran from 2001 to 2011 and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” which premiered in 1999 and continues to run.

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Northwell to receive first doses N. Shore nears of Johnson & Johnson vaccine 20,000 total BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The first shipment of Johnson & Johnson vaccines arrived on Long Island on Wednesday, a day after Nassau County Executive Laura Curran introduced a plan to help vaccinate the county’s 45,000 veterans. Health officials confirmed that the first shipment of the vaccine was being delivered to Northwell Health on Wednesday, with the first singledose shot being given to a patient discharged from South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore. Northwell, according to officials, is one of the first health entities in the nation to administer the newly approved vaccine. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the shot had a 72 percent effectiveness at preventing the coronavirus and an 86 percent effectiveness at preventing severe illness and death. The administration issued an emergency use authorization for the vaccine on Feb. 27, which allows the vaccine to be distributed for individuals 18 years or older. Studies have also shown that the vaccine was ap-

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Northwell Health is among the first health entities throughout the nation to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. proximately 77 percent effective in preventing severe or critical coronavirus occurring at least 14 days after the vaccination was administered and was 85 percent effective in preventing the contraction of the virus 28 days after vaccination. Officials have also noted that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the easiest to store of the three that have been federally approved.

Bruce Haber, the chief of infectious diseases at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, cited the simplicity of the vaccine’s storage to Newsday. “It’s ideal for mobile vans, senior citizen centers and pharmacies,” Haber told Newsday. “It can be stored in a refrigerator for months, and even after it’s open, it can be stored in a fridge for six hours and in room temperature for two hours.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state anticipated getting more than 164,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week, which will contribute to the roughly 878,080 doses of all three vaccines, which include the Pfizer and Moderna ones, the state was to receive for its Week 12 shipment. “The White House has made great progress securing additional Johnson & Johnson vaccines, and New York State will receive a large initial allocation of them to be administered over the next week,” Cuomo said. “There will then be a lag in Johnson & Johnson production until it ticks up again roughly two weeks later.” Continued on Page 36

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COVID-19 cases BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Nearly 20,000 people on the North Shore have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began a year ago, according to statistics provided by the Nassau County Department of Health on Wednesday. The county’s seven-day positivity rate decreased to 4.1 percent as of Wednesday, according to state Health Department figures. As coronavirus vaccinations continue to be rolled out throughout the county, the North Shore once again saw one of the lowest oneweek increases with fewer than 800 new cases in the past week, according to statistics. The area that incorporates the Willistons and Mineola had 4,493 cases as

of Wednesday, the most of all analyzed areas. Reflecting the overall decrease in new cases, the Village of Mineola saw its lowest increase in cases over the one-week period with fewer than 70 new cases. Mineola’s 1,895 cases and Garden City’s 1,745 cases accounted for more than 3,600 of the 4,493 total cases in the area. The New Hyde Park area accounted for 3,931 of the North Shore’s cases, with North New Hyde Park having the third-most confirmed positives, 1,411, out of any analyzed area. The villages of Floral Park, with 1,284 cases, and New Hyde Park, with 905 cases, were also among the top 10 villages or unincorporated town areas in terms of positive tests, according to Health Department statistics. Continued on Page 36

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Cuomo accused of sexual harassment Rep. Kathleen Rice calls for resignation as A.G. Letitia James takes charge of probe BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Three women, including a pair of former aides for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, have accused him of sexual harassment, prompting an investigation by the attorney general. U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (DGarden City) said she supported an investigation of the allegations and later said Cuomo should resign. “The accused is still trying to control this process,” Rice tweeted on Sunday. On Monday, Rice tweeted, “The time has come. The Governor must resign.” The first allegation came from Lindsey Boylan, an employee of the state’s economic development agency beginning in 2015. Boylan said her first encounter with Cuomo occurred at Madison Square Garden to promote a Penn Station expansion project. Boylan said the next day her boss told her Cuomo had a crush on her, which she described as “an uncomfortable but all-toofamiliar feeling.” Boylan went on to describe her complaints to friends about how Cuomo allegedly touched her lower back, arms

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showed her a cigar box that he allegedly said he received from President Bill Clinton. While Boylan said Cuomo did not touch her at that time, he allegedly began to make more inappropriate gestures to her, including giving her an autographed

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executive assistant and health policy adviser in Cuomo’s administration, told The New York Times that the governor harassed her during the late spring of last year. The 25-year-old told the newspaper that in June, Cuomo asked her numerous questions regarding her personal life and if age played a role in romantic relationships, along with saying he was “open” to relationships with women in their 20s, around 40 years younger than him. “I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt horribly uncomfortable and scared,” Bennett told The Times. “And was wondering how I was going to get out of it and assumed it was the end of my job.” Bennett, who was first hired by the state in 2019, left last fall, according to The Times. Cuomo’s oﬃce claimed Boylan’s accusations were untrue, but state Attorney General Letitia James has launched an investigation into the allegations. On Tuesday, a third woman, Anna Ruch, came forward and accused Cuomo of unwanted sexual Continued on Page 37

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Jim Metzger turns losses into wins Whitmore Group CEO says he was put on this earth to ‘run with a football, sell something’ BY R O S E W E L D ON “If I was put on this Earth to do two things, that would be run with a football and sell something,” James Metzger said in a phone interview. The chairman and CEO of insurance brokerage firm the Whitmore Group has done both, and seen incredible success in

the process. His name has adorned numerous awards and funds, a high school stadium, a National Football Foundation chapter, and innumerable spaces at his alma mater, and he’s one of Long Island’s most prominent faces in business and philanthropy. But, he said, those wins came from the results of a loss.

“There’s a great irony in my life that the press clippings look good, but the reality is I fell far short of the mark, and that I struggled in certain places,” Metzger said. The loss in question occurred when Metzger was a junior at Half Hollow Hills East High School and a running back on the varsity football team. Following an undefeated season, his team was in

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the championships, but one fumble by Metzger cost the team the win. “I fumbled the ball and lost a championship in an undefeated season,” Metzger recalls. “That fumble cost us the championship. And that changed my life.” Determined, Metzger lost 20 pounds between the football and lacrosse seasons, and as a lacrosse player earned high school All-American accolades, was the League I and Suffolk County scoring leader and received the Ray Enners Award as outstanding lacrosse player in Suffolk County in 1977. “And one of my friends said to me, ‘Jim, you just got in shape and look what you accomplished,'” Metzger remembers. He continued with the sport at Hofstra University, but said that he still wishes he could have done more in football and basketball. Nevertheless, the drive that pushed him to excel on the field made him pursue a similar “adrenaline rush” in business. “I don’t think I would have been as successful in sales and ultimately business if I weren’t driven to try and fulfill my potential off the field,” he said. “Having said that, I also think that I wanted to recreate that exhilaration and excitement and success that I experienced on the athletic fields, in the basketball courts. I would say that most of whatever I’ve achieved professionally and in business is, I can thank my natural athleticism and my experience as a team sports athlete.” The Brooklyn native, who grew up in Melville, continues to be active in sports as a philanthropist for Hofstra and other institutions, a fundraiser for organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and a spectator for his nephews in their own athletic pursuits. “As Bobby Jones, the famous golfer, said about Jack Nicklaus, ‘he’s playing a game with which I’m not familiar,'” Metzger said. “And when I watched my nephews play football and lacrosse, they were playing a game with which I was not familiar. That’s how great they are.” His combined successes in athletics and business have led to Metzger’s induction into the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame and the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame, and additional awards from the Adelphi University Athletic Hall of Fame and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Even with his busy schedule, he also posts frequently on his blog, fittingly titled “Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Business I Learned On the Sports Field.” From a life where determination paved a way, Metzger has a certain takeaway. “I think you learn more from losing than winning,” Metzger said. James Metzger was one of 25 honorees at Blank Slate Media’s Top Business Leaders of 2020 event, held last month. To view the event, please visit youtube.com/ watch?v=6DQgIB2v_es&t=57s.

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Finance expert appointed to NIFA BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A longtime Nassau County resident and founder of an advisory firm that specializes in financial turnarounds for companies was appointed to serve on the board that oversees the county’s finances last Wednesday. Mohsin Meghji, the founder and managing partner of M3 Partners, was selected by Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the recommendation of Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins. “We are pleased to welcome Mo Meghji to the board of directors, as it continues to fulfill its mission of over-

seeing the County’s finances,” finance authority Chairman Adam Barsky said. “Mo’s years of experience managing complex problems and aligning interests to achieve financial and strategic goals will serve our board and this county very well.” “I am honored to serve as a member of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority Board of Directors,” Meghji said. “I look forward to helping the board and its staﬀ maintain the financial security of Nassau County.” Meghji, who has been a Nassau resident for nearly a decade, succeeded Paul Leventhal, who left the organiza-

tion after being appointed by Cuomo in 2014. Leventhal’s term was set to expire on Dec. 31. Eﬀorts to reach a representative from the finance authority to comment on Leventhal’s departure were unavailing. “We thank Mr. Leventhal for his years of service and knowledge, which have been an asset to the NIFA and the County,” Barsky said. Meghji is no stranger to financial overhaul tasks, as he recently served as the chief restructuring oﬃcer for major companies such as Sears Holdings Continued on Page 37

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The North Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism last Wednesday night. The resolution, which is in line with the town’s “Not In Our Town” initiative to combat hate and intolerance, recognizes the working definition of anti-Semitism.

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It also provides examples of rhetorical and physical hatred and intolerance toward those of Jewish or non-Jewish descent, and property, institutions and religious structures. North Hempstead joins the Town of Hempstead, Town of Oyster Bay and the City of Glen Cove as the municipalities on Long Island to adopt the working definition. “The Working Definition can serve Continued on Page 35

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North Hempstead trustees unanimously approved a resolution to incorporate the working definition of anti-Semitism throughout the town’s initiatives to combat hate and intolerance last Wednesday.

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Howard Kimmel, builder, dies at 95 BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Howard Kimmel, a longtime Great Neck resident and pivotal figure for aﬀordable housing throughout New York, died on Feb 5. He was 95. Kimmel was born in Brooklyn on Oct. 19, 1925, to Philip and Anna Kimmel. He spent his early years in Brooklyn, where he met his future wife, Sylvia, while roller skating. He and Sylvia were married for 67 years before her death on Aug. 22, 2015, at 88. In a 2019 interview with Blank Slate Media, Kimmel began telling his story by saying, “There are really three stages to my life. Three stages, but one theme: how to create aﬀordable housing.” Prior to his 40-year stint working at the state’s Division of Housing, Kimmel’s introduction to the field began at 7 years old, following his mother around while she collected rents from the 300 tenants in her real estate business. Kimmel said he rode with his mother on the trolley from their Bensonhurst home into BedfordStuyvesant to collect the rents. Kimmel sought to expand his knowledge by enrolling in Brooklyn College. World War II inter-

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Howard Kimmel, a man who was instrumental in developing affordable housing throughout New York, died at 95 years old. rupted his education, as he served stateside in the U.S. Air Force in 1946. Kimmel returned to college and graduated in 1948, a year after Sylvia graduated from the same college. That same year, the two got married and rented space in the home of a couple who

would become their best friends. After college, Kimmel’s tenure began at the state’s Division of Housing. One of his first roles in the department was overseeing the projects of Fred Trump. Kimmel oversaw a major housing project put up by the Needle Trades Union near Coney Island,

of which Trump ultimately received 5,000 units. As a result, Trump Village was created and Kimmel was the one who oversaw it for nearly four years and played a role in desegregating one of its buildings. Kimmel said then-Gov. Nelson Rockefeller awarded him commendation by writing two personal letters for his early accomplishments. Kimmel also spent time implementing a Shared Housing Opportunities Program. He and his wife moved to Great Neck, where he immediately became active in community groups. Kimmel served as the president of the Thomaston Civic Association and spearheaded the rezoning eﬀorts of a mile-long stretch of Northern Boulevard that increased the village’s tax base. Kimmel also served as president for the Great Neck Committee for Community Planning, which oversaw dozens of local civic associations throughout the Great Neck peninsula as well as chairman of the Thomaston Planning Board, member of the Thomaston Zoning Board of Appeals, trustee of the Village of Thomaston, and more. He proposed to develop a 60unit, low-income housing project

in Kings Point. The proposal met with opposition, but Kimmel ultimately succeeded in his efforts to develop affordable housing on the peninsula. The end result was creating the “Autumn Housing” on the site formerly home to the Arrandle School that provided senior citizens with affordable housing. After years of serving the community, Kimmel founded the Kimmel Housing Development Foundation, which called upon leaders from the local, county, state and federal levels to work with architects, developers, attorneys and financiers for affordable homes. Two buildings to provide affordable housing to families were built in New Cassel/Westbury. Kimmel was predeceased by his brother, Fred D. Kimmel, and sister, Gladys Hymanson. He is survived by three children, Linda Kimmel Engle, Debra Kimmel Kresch and Lawrence Michael Kimmel, and by six grandchildren, Michael and Darrell Engle, Rachelle and Jolie Kresch, and Ava and Mark Kimmel. A small graveside service was held at the Mount Hebron Cemetery, which was officiated by Rabbi Robert S. Widom of Temple Emanuel of Great Neck.

Town staffer Dennis Great Neck nonprofit Fasano dies at 41 gets $35K federal grant BY R O S E W E L D ON Dennis Fasano Jr., a Port Washington native who worked for the Town of North Hempstead for over 20 years, starting when he was 16, has died at the age of 41. Fasano died of a cardiac episode on Jan. 29, according to friends of his family. A member of Schreiber High School’s class of 1997, Fasano began working at

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Dennis Fasano Jr., who died at age 41 in January, with his wife, Victoria, in an undated photo.

the Manorhaven Pool and worked for the town for the next 24 years. The town council took a moment of silence to honor him at the Feb. 24 meeting. “Dennis was kind, hardworking and a wonderful co-worker and friend. We send our deepest condolences to his wife, Victoria, his newborn daughter and his family and friends,” North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in her opening remarks. “He will be greatly missed.” Fasano is survived by his wife, whom he wed in 2016, and their newborn daughter Addison, who was 10 days old at the time of her father’s death, and by numerous relatives. Friends of the family have organized a GoFundMe campaign to support Victoria and Addison with a goal of $50,000. “Dennis was loved by so many and will be remembered for his unwavering loyalty, limitless sense of humor and devotion to his family and friends,” family friend Sandy Blane wrote on the campaign page. “He lit up the lives of so many and will be forever missed.” Interested parties can donate at gofundme.com/f/remembering-dennisfasano-jr.

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) aided in securing a $35,000 federal grant for a Great Neck-based company that provides clothing to people with disabilities. Suozzi announced last Thursday that the grant money will come from the National Endowment for the Arts and be provided to Open Style Lab. The non-for-profit orga-

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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) aided in securing a federal grant for a Great Neck-based company that designs fashionable clothing for people with disabilities.

nization was founded in 2014 and provides fashionable, stylish and form-fitting clothing for people of all abilities, according to its website. “As a Nassau County, New York native, I am honored by the recognition from the NEA for Open Style Lab’s 2021 project,” Open Style Lab CEO Grace Jun said. “We look forward to working with the Arts Endowment to finalize the grant paperwork and appreciate the agency’s support for this project.” The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency established in 1965. The funding provided by the agency allows people and organizations across the country to participate in the arts, enhance their creativeness in their professions and prioritize equitable access to the arts. The federal agency provides funds for nonprofit organizations for specific projects, with awards typically ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, according to federal data. “Design and accessibility have typically been overlooked for people with disabilities,” Suozzi said. “Every person has the right to dress in clothing that makes them feel good about themselves.” Continued on Page 35

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ounty Legislature Presiding Oﬃcer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) recently took umbrage at a Blank Slate Media editorial that questioned Nassau Republicans’ “relative silence” about the safety of police following the attack of an armed mob incited by then-President Donald Trump on the Capitol on Jan. 6. Nicolello called the editorial “blatantly misleading,” noting he issued a statement “categorically condemning the action of those that engaged in the riot, violence and vandalism.” Well, not quite. Nicolello did call for the prosecution of those who committed criminal acts. But as we pointed out in our editorial and what is still true today is that Nicolello has said nothing about the identity of those who assaulted the Capitol and the man who incited them. Nicolello has also declined to answer a request from Blank Slate Media to comment on whether he believes Trump incited the riot and if the former president should have been convicted by the Senate for causing the insurrection. He also did not respond when asked if he believes Joe Biden was elected president in a free and fair election. It is true that Nicolello is the head of the Nassau County Legislature – not the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. But the attack against the Capitol was an assault against democracy in this country enabled by right-wing media and Republican leaders at every level of government who refused to state the ob-

vious truth – that the election was not stolen as Trump still claims to this day. This explained why, according to national polls, 65 percent of Republican voters believe Trump’s false claims that Biden “stole the election.” Nicolello said in his letter to Blank Slate Media that the position he took on the assault of the Capitol was “identical” to the position he took in response to the violence and riots that took place across the country following the death of George Floyd. But that’s the problem. The riots, although totally unacceptable, do not in any way compare to what took place at the Capitol. In the words of then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: “January 6th was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of democratic business they did not like.”“They did this because they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on Earth — because he was angry he’d lost an election,” McConnell continued following the Senate’s impeachment vote.The attack also took a heavy toll on police. At least 81 Capitol police officers sustained cracked ribs, smashed spinal disks, knife wounds and other injuries. One officer was killed in the attack. Two others committed suicide afterward. About 65 D.C. police officers also suffered injuries, including several concussions from head blows from various objects, including metal poles ripped from inauguration-related scaffolding and even a pole with an American flag

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attached. One officer lost an eye. This summer Nicolello along with many other Republicans joined the Blue Ribbon campaign to support police that he said was a “response to the attempt by extreme groups to vilify all police for the actions of a tiny few.” One of the Republicans who joined Nicolello, state Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square), said in an op-ed article following Floyd’s death that he was “deeply concerned about the damaging rhetoric, radical actions and misguided policy proposals we’ve been hearing from the left.”In other words, local Republicans say they launched a campaign to support police because of harsh rhetoric and police proposals with which they disagreed.But when an armed mob carrying Confederate flags and wearing Camp Auschwitz Tshirts assaults police and threatens senators and congressmen in an effort to overturn the presidential election a single statement will not suffice.We believe that the Blue Ribbon campaign was nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt by Republicans to counter the Black Lives Matter movement REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez

seeking equal treatment for Blacks from the police. But perhaps Ra and Nicolello were guided by their deep appreciation for police.But where is that appreciation now?To his credit, Ra did publicly state that he agreed with McConnell, who found Trump responsible for the insurrection at the Capitol.But Ra also agreed with McConnell and some other Senate Republicans, who used the excuse that Trump’s impeachment trial took place after he had left office to not convict the former president.For the record, the Senate had already voted 5545 to reject a motion by Sen. Rand Paul arguing that the impeachment trial was unconstitutional because Trump was no longer in office. In doing so, the Senate majority agreed with most constitutional experts and maintained the possibility that Trump could be barred from ever holding office again.The vote to acquit by all but seven Republican senators means that the person who incited a mob that, in McConnell’s words, “beat and bloodied our own police” in an effort to undermine one of the pillars of our democracy – the election process – went unpunished by the Senate.

To make matters worse, McConnell now says he would support Trump if he is the Republican nominee in 2024.We’d like to know if Nicolello and Ra agree with McConnell.We understand that these are diﬃcult political questions for Nicolello, Ra and other Nassau County Republicans.Trump remains the leader of the Republican Party because the large majority of Republican voters still support him. And oﬃcials who don’t support Trump face political retribution.A handful of Republican senators and members of the House have refuted the big lie that the election was stolen and supported Trump’s impeachment and the nation’s democratic norms. Their show of integrity was immediately met by attacks from Trump and his supporters with primary challenges almost certain to follow. But they have established a clear alternative to the Trump wing of the party based on supporting the Constitution.This raises the question of which side Nicolello, Ra and other county Republicans will fall on – those who support democracy or those who don’t. And how far their support of the police really goes.

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KREMER’S CORNER

LIPA vs. PSEG, a battle with no winners

he number of federal and state agencies that run our lives is endless. At the federal level, there is the IRS, CIA, CDC, HHS, DOI, FDA, FBI, DOT, DOE, FERC, and dozens more. Here on Long Island the two most prominent public organizations are LIPA and PSEG. LIPA as we have come to know it is the Long Island Power Authority and PSEG is Public Service Electric and Gas. Everybody who uses electricity should pay attention to what these two entities are doing as they are in the middle of a World War type utility battle. LIPA has been around since 1985 when it was created by the state Legislature. PSEG has been in existence since 1906 and its Long Island operation has been under contract to run the local electric system for the past six years. The dispute between these two companies dates back to early August 2020 when Hurricane Isaias hit Long Island. That Category 1 hurricane

hit the island hard causing 645,000 homeowners to lose power. In the days following the hurricane, PSEG was criticized for failing to restore power quickly enough and elected oﬃcials of both parties were quick to bash PSEG for its slow response. LIPA oﬃcials complained bitterly about the breakdown in service. Gov. Cuomo jumped into the fray and threatened to take away the company’s contract and its ability to do business in New York State. It took many days to get all of the customers back online, which added to the outrage. PSEG’s response to the crisis came in the form of an apology from the company’s top officials who promised to “do a better job in the future”. LIPA made an extensive series of recommendations on how service had to be improved, with the veiled threat that it would cancel the PSEG contract and possibly take over the electric system itself. The two sides are engaged

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in a back and forth hassles accusing each other of a variety of actions that have slowed down the process. LIPA has sent PSEG over 100 demands for program changes and PSEG in turn is accusing LIPA of bad faith. PSEG argues that it has a six-year record of providing good service and LIPA is focused on the delay in getting responses to its demands. It is possible that the two companies will need a mediator to resolve their dispute, but the

idea of LIPA again running the system is a subject that needs intense discussion. There is no doubt that LIPA is currently being run by a group of talented oﬃcials who have great credentials in the energy industry. But a look at the history books shows that LIPA has been the operator of the system before and it didn’t have a happy ending. To begin with, LIPA was born because Long Island ratepayers were disgusted with the old LILCO. LILCO had a bad attitude dealing with its customers and was saddled with the costs of a $6 billion nuclear power plant. I am somewhat of an expert on the reasons for the birth of LIPA as I was a member of the state Assembly when we voted to form LIPA. With the encouragement of Governors Mario Cuomo and George Pataki, LIPA was born and it sold a massive bond issue, the proceeds of which were used to buy out LILCO shareholders. LIPA bought LILCO in 1998, after LILCO had decided

to close its Shoreham plant. For a number of years, LIPA ran the administrative operation, but KeySpan ran the electric and gas system. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island with a vengeance destroying billions in property and creating havoc that took years to correct. LIPA was not prepared for a storm of that magnitude and it took heavy criticism for things like not having enough utility poles to replace downed poles. At that point in time, Governor Cuomo decided it was time to get LIPA out of the electric power business and solicited bids. The state had a choice between PSEG and Con Edison. PSEG had a respected national network and was considered a better choice. For the record, I have represented both LIPA and PSEG at one time and am not at this time involved with either. I am hopeful that the two giants find a way to bridge their diﬀerences because in my opinion, a 100 percent public operation could be a major mistake.

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Clues that you’re living in a small town

was calling a friend. I was very excited. I had just heard some great news — another friend of ours had just snagged her first COVID vaccine — and I couldn’t wait to share it. I dialed from my kitchen phone, the way I always had when our kids were young, and our news was about things like snow days and playdates. “Carrie? Is that you? I just heard the most exciting news…” “No, it’s Nell, but you can tell me anyway.” Oops! I had dialed the wrong number. “Oh! Um, hello, Nell. Actually, it’s all about you. I’m just so happy about your first shot I wanted to tell people! How are you feeling?” We chatted for half an hour. There’s a list somewhere of clues: “How to know that you’re living in a small town.” One clue is that when you dial a wrong number, you turn out to know that person, too. By that standard Port Washington is a very small town — and a nice one. There are other clues.

Take, for instance, my very first trip to the local hardware store. I got as far as the cashier before discovering that my wallet was missing from my purse. Clearly I was going to have to rush home and cancel all my credit cards, but first — they’d already rung me up! Two things then told me that I wasn’t in Manhattan any more: First, instead of asking for my purchases back, the cashier said, “Go ahead, just pay us the next time you’re in.” The second was that my wallet wasn’t stolen at all, but sitting on the kitchen counter at home. Another small-town clue: When you’re out for a walk, people keep pulling over and asking if you need a lift. I know that happens because I’ve been that person. Pulling over, I mean. It just never occurs to me that anyone would prefer walking if they had a choice. “You know you live in a small town when you’re surrounded by people you know whether you know it or not. “

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A Look on the Lighter Side A few years ago, a small error of judgment at an intersection landed me in an ambulance, taking a ride to the hospital where trained professionals could agree with me that I did not have a concussion. Lying flat in the ambulance, staring up at the young attendant who was taking my pulse, I found myself trying to figure out why she looked so familiar. Finally I got it: “You were in my son’s science class!” I said, loudly enough to throw oﬀ her count

and make her start over. “You know you live in a small town when your news travels faster than you do.” When I first got pregnant, I was superstitious about jinxing myself, so my husband and I told no one except the pharmacist where I went to buy my prenatal vitamins. But no sooner had I walked back in the door than the contractor working on our kitchen said, “Congratulations!” Yup. A small town. A couple of years ago — prepandemic — I was reheating the second half of a steak dinner that we’d had in a restaurant the night before. But I guess I wasn’t paying close enough attention because before I knew it smoke was billowing up from the pan and had set oﬀ our smoke detectors. Rats! I rushed to call the alarm company and begged them not to alert the Fire Department because it was only me and my smoky skillet. “I don’t want to waste their time,” I said. No dice. A few moments later, some firemen were at our

door. I assured them that it was a false alarm, just me being stupid with the skillet, but they still had to come inside, clomping all through my kitchen in boots and full regalia, armed with a medieval-looking instrument of torture (probably just to poke holes in the walls if there were hot spots, but it was very pointy). All just to assure themselves that, indeed, I was every bit as bad a cook as I claimed to be. “All clear,” they said, about 10 minutes later and piled into their vehicles and drove away. That’s when my cell phone buzzed with a text message from one of my sons, hundreds of miles away: “It was overcooked anyway, Mom.” In small towns, news of your failures travels far. But good news travels, too. Because it was the combined work of three diﬀerent circles of friends in this town that finally helped me get my own vaccine appointment. A small town like mine can be a great place to live.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Long Island must prepare for climate change “The will to act is a renewable resource in itself.”~Al Gore, 2016 Humanity must gather around a common cause, the climate crisis. Civilizations before us have collapsed, but never before has the global economy and our collective survival been at stake. Our systems are designed to meet 20th century weather events. We are not equipped for 21st century’s climate change. We must adapt quickly to the changes and act appropriately. Extreme, unheard of weather events have now become everyday occurrences. Because of global warming there’s more moisture in the air, causing unexpected weather patterns with a devastating impact on communities worldwide. Here on Long Island, we’ve experienced firsthand that the current power supply grid isn’t wellequipped to serve us in extreme weather. Remember Superstorm Sandy? My household was in the dark for two weeks after Sandy. Proactive risk management is needed to prepare for the next storm. We’re better oﬀ investing in the needed changes now rather than paying with lives lost and irreparable damages later.

Despite decades of warnings, Texan electric grid operators weren’t prepared for extreme weather, and recently millions lost power and access to clean drinking water. This climate catastrophe cost too many lives and we’re left wondering why The Lone Star State was unprepared despite warnings about it’s aging infrastructure. How could this proud energy state lose power? Had they heeded warnings and winterized their wind turbines as recommended, their governor would not have blamed renewables for the blackout. We may feel powerless toward the changes ahead, but the truth is there’s public power in awareness and right climate action. We must act now to prevent the worst of the consequences of climate change. But where do we start? Scientists agree that decarbonization of the electric grid is the most eﬃcient path forward. And it’s not too late. Even Vice President Al Gore, whose spoken to deaf ears for decades about how greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change, dares to feel optimistic that we still have time to curb the worst of the climate crisis.

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While he has observed inconvenient truths unfold, he has also witnessed how the improbable has become imminent. In Gore’s TED talk (2016) “The Case for Optimism on Climate Change,” he shares that the best predictions for wind capacity in 2000 were surpassed by a factor of 14.5 times in 2015. Likewise, predictions for solar eﬃciency exceeded 2002 estimates of 1GW per year in 2010 by a factor of 68 times in 2016. While wind and solar met skepticism at first, we find today that these zero carbon technologies are both aﬀordable and prac-

tical as renewable energy sources. They must be accompanied by other means, including alternative energy sources such as waves, hydroelectric and geothermal energy. We have most of the technology at hand to replace fossil fuels, but do we have the willingness to make the necessary large-scale changes in energy infrastructure and distribution? This systemic change is going to cost for sure, but who can put a price tag on human lives? When we installed solar panels at my home, the initial cost was overwhelming. Instead of paying the utility monthly, we agreed to spend the same amount (actually slightly less) for the loan on the solar panels that we purchased. Once the panels are paid oﬀ, we will — like plant life — receive free energy. Moreover, we produce more energy than we need with solar. This is what the future could look like for all of us. In order to mitigate the worst of climate change we must decarbonize the power grid as soon as possible and President Biden has set the ambitious goal to do so by 2035. A week into taking oﬃce, Biden promised, in his words, a “100 percent carbon pollution free

electric sector by 2035.” He stated: “Transforming the American electric sector to produce power without carbon pollution will be a tremendous spur to job creation and economic competitiveness in the 21st century, not to mention the benefits to our health and to our environment.” In this transition to clean energy sources you can help by voting for local climate leadership in governance and invest directly in zero carbon technologies. Being part of a climate-conscious community is instrumental to finding the courage, confidence and care to make the necessary changes. Transition Town Port Washington (http://www.transitiontownpw.org) inpartnership with Landmark On Mainis inviting all who are interested in climate solutions to join in a Climate Action Series on Zoom that kicks oﬀ Thursday, March 4, at 7.30 pm and wraps around Earth Day. Sign up for this FREE series of climate conversations here http:// bit.ly/ClimateActionSeries. In this five-part Climate Action Series we will introduce community-centered climate solutions while also promoting individual action.

OUR TOWN

The fame monster stalks Tiger Woods

ame is a grotesque aﬀair. It can maim you or it can kill you. When you achieve fame, you must choose which it will be. Tiger Woods had to make that choice this week as he was rolling over in his Hyundai and he chose maiming rather than death. Now he sits in a hospital bed somewhere in Los Angeles with a variety of lower body breaks and tears to his leg muscles following his most recent car crash. Tiger Woods is by no means the only superstar who has been partially or totally destroyed by the poisoned chalice of fame and fortune. In recent memory there was Marilyn Monroe, John Kennedy, Judy Garland, Sharon Tate, Michael Jackson, Princess Diana, Virginia Wolfe, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimmie Hendrix, Bob Dylan, David Foster Wallace, Robin Williams, etc. The reason that fame is dangerous is beautifully demonstrated in the 2010 film “Somewhere” written and directed by Sophia Coppola and starring Stephen Dorﬀ, who plays a famous actor who has lost himself and any semblance of a life. The acquisition of fame re-

quires that you give single-handed devotion to a single craft to the neglect of all other things in life. And when you finally achieve fame, you have a life filled with endless work, airports, hotel rooms, agents who tell you what to do and where to go, and occasional sex intermingled with very exciting stage performances in front of strangers. And while in public you also get interactions with many people who seem to know you so you resort to calling everyone “bud.” The saddest story I have ever heard of the burden of fame comes from Bob Dylan, who achieved worldwide recognition at a relatively early age. On one of his many world tours in Europe he was walking down a street in London looking for a restaurant. He looked in a window of one and saw a lively and animated room filled with laughing diners all enjoying themselves. He decided to enter and as he walked into the room all became silent and watched him as he was seated at a table. He later remarked that it was like he was death itself that came into the room and killed all its joy and fun.

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Over the years when I have had dinner with superstar athletes or actors, I have witnessed the same eerie thing each time. All eyes are on the star throughout dinner and the moment we would get up to leave, it’s as if a signal were given and several people would quickly come up and ask the star for a quick photo. This may sound like fun, but it grows wearisome rather quickly. Many of them have remarked to me “Why can’t people realize that I’m basically just a normal person who happens to have one special skill?” This is what fame comes down to and as in the film “Somewhere” they eventually wind up

locked away, hiding, seeking privacy and end up alone, overly isolated, skittish, fairly paranoid and distrustful. You forget who you are and where you are. You’re doing well if you wake up and remember what city you’re in. Despite these stories, most people would trade their average life for the glamor of fame. Over the years of working with stars, I have learned that there is a certain type of person who seeks to acquire fame. It’s true they have special talent, but they also need a special fire in the belly to endure all the stress. This fire in the belly will often have its source in a deeply troubled past. The pain of childhood can serve as a jet fuel which energizes the athlete or actor to keep on working in order to escape from the grasp of childhood shame.

The cost of fame is often high

Tiger Woods was a black child in an all-white neighborhood. Marilyn Monroe had a mom who was an ambulatory schizophrenic. Michael Jackson had an abusive dad. Early childhood deprivation or abuse set them on a course to escape the shame by undoing it with fame. So, the next time you hear of an accident or tragedy that has befallen a superstar it is probable that they have drunk too deeply from the poisoned chalice of fame and have tried to remain oblivious to their own past. But as the saying goes, “you may be through with the past , but the past ain’t through with you.” The demons of your past are like those nightmares where you can’t seem to get away from the monster that keeps on coming at you. Freud was the true genius of the 20th century whose theory is quite simple. What he discovered and what most people do not want to hear is that what happened to you as a child is of far greater consequence to your life right now than you realize. And until you face these demons, all sorts of surprising and unpleasant accidents will befall you.

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THE BACK ROAD

Kindness with courage needed from us

have been collecting quotations, pearls of wisdom and humor, for as far back as I can recall. There are no formal criteria for one to make it into my collection. If I hear or read it and it resonates, it’s in. When I write, I use other people’s words selectively — particularly when they speak to universal truths, always with attribution and sparingly so as not to obscure my own voice. For the present column, I decided to make an exception and indulge myself by choosing a number of my favorites and weaving them into a comprehensible whole. I remember the day when one of the heroes of my youth stepped outside of his box of fame and oﬀered a life lesson in humility and service. Muhammad Ali said, “helping people is the rent I pay for my room on this planet.” He was not responsible for inspiring my lifetime commitment to working with and on behalf of children, however with that one line he reinforced my decision to do so.

A far greater influence than was Ali was my father, whose almost imperceptible acts of kindness to a few children I had known, who had lost their fathers during my childhood years, left an indelible impression on me. The tenderness and attention he showed them never left me with a feeling of jealousy, only a sense of awe. Not to be outdone by the Louisville Lip’s wise words, Irish poet Oscar Wilde suggested that one way to make the rent payments that Ali referred to, begins with recognizing that “the smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” Although we can all agree that acts of kindness go a long way, of late we have witnessed the antithesis of such — an infectious swirl of deceit and cruelty. Winston Churchill colorfully described how eﬃcient the machinery of deceit can be: “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to

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get its pants on.” The logical extension of a big lie, Voltaire explained, is that “those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire’s insight was graphically illustrated on January 6 when, among the most resonant images displayed on the grounds of the Capitol were objects of hate, including a Camp Auschwitz T-shirt and a Confederate flag. The deafening silence

among millions in the face of mob violence on that fateful day, reminds me of the silence exhibited just a few short generations ago when bystanders sat passively on their front porches as millions deemed undesirable were slaughtered and fed into ovens on European soil, their ashes billowing all about. Author Isabel Wilkerson hauntingly set the scene, when she wrote that townspeople within arm’s reach of the camps, “swept the ash from their steps and carried on with their days.” Small acts of kindness can go a long way in fortifying one for a lifetime. Conversely, silence in the face of injustice brings only shame and dishonor. I believe that there is a natural convergence between kindness and courage. Standing tall and being counted is kindness with courage. I distinctly recall my mom standing up to anti-Semites and elitists during my childhood. Although there weren’t a plethora of incidents that I wit-

nessed, I can clearly visualize each one as if yesterday – the wealthy clothing store owner who referred to us as “commoners” and the neighbors who spewed anti-Semitic venom and threats. Although my mom was the wrong gender for the Texas Ranger motto, as written, she more than fit the bill: “No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that’s in the right and keeps on a-comin.’ “In the End,” Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us, “we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Maya Angelou added to that, that people may forget what you said and may forget what you did, but they “will never forget how you made them feel.” I have never forgotten how my dad made my bereaved peers feel or how my mom’s voice made the bullies and bigots back oﬀ. Or, how both of them make me feel to this day, without even a word of explanation needed.

VIEW POINT

Raising minimum wage would unleash benefits

he Senate parliamentarian made a grave mistake – born of myopic bias – in arguing that raising the minimum wage was not related to the federal budget in order to deny Democrats the ability to include it in the American Rescue Plan and pass it through reconciliation with 51 votes. Republicans, who have aligned themselves as obstructionists even on something as popular and as desperately needed as COVID relief, have said that $100 billion in higher incomes a year for 27 million people isn’t enough of a budget impact to warrant inclusion in reconciliation. I guess that’s pretty paltry if you measure it against the extra $1.1 trillion that 614 billionaires have pocketed in just nine months of the economic tumult of the coronavirus pandemic. This elite club has a collective net worth of $4.1 trillion, a 40 percent increase from a year ago, compared to $2.6 trillion in collective wealth of the bottom 150 million of us. And yet raising the minimum hourly wage from $7.25 ($2.13 for restaurant workers) — where

it’s been since 2009 — to $15 would amount to a doubling of income from $15,080, an amount that is below poverty, to $31,200, still barely enough to live. The poverty line for a four-person household is $26,500. Raising the minimum wage would boost incomes for 27 million people (42 percent of U.S. workers earn less than $15 per hour), generate $107 billion in higher wages, and lift nearly one million out of poverty, according to the Economic Policy Institute. There is another budget impact: the ridiculously low minimum wage means that taxpayers are subsidizing employers, including some of the biggest and most profitable corporations, to the tune of $153 billion a year in public support to underpaid workers. Among them McDonald’s, Walmart, Amazon, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Burger King and FedEx, according to a General Accounting Oﬃce report. Raising the minimum wage strengthens workers’ purchasing power — cumulative pay for those workers would jump as much as $509 billion over the next 10 years — which in turn, boosts the overall economy. The

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money is typically spent in neighborhoods, which has a rippling eﬀect through the local economy, creating more consumer demand (as Henry Ford well knew when he decided to pay his workers enough so they could aﬀord the automobiles they built in his factory). This increases the need for workers, creating and supporting more jobs, which, in turn, generates more tax revenue for government while at the same time reducing public spending. A virtuous cycle. Raising the minimum wage has other social benefits: reducing financial stress and insecurity on families is shown to reduce

domestic violence, mental health issues, and crimes of poverty, says Leigh Goodmark of the Gender Violence Clinic at the University of Maryland, problems that taxpayers pay for in court fees, social workers and incarceration. Also, it would help close the unconscionable, systemic racial wealth gap, which is at historic levels. So raising the minimum wage cuts poverty, lowers government spending on services, reduces homelessness and hunger, raises children’s performance in school which, in turn, results in higher earnings over a career and reduces local spending for remediation, and generates more spending, more economic growth, more jobs and more tax revenue. In essence, it is the opposite of “trickle down economics” — or giving more and more tax cuts to the richest, who can’t spend it all in multiple lifetimes. If the GOP tax scam could be passed through reconciliation, so should raising the minimum wage. The minimum wage has been raised 22 times by 12 presidents since first adopted in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in the midst of the Great Depres-

sion (with the same opposition as today), but has gone longer without an increase than in the 80 years since. Since 2009, when it was last raised, inflation has eaten up $1.56 of its purchasing power — now lower in real value than in 1956. Republicans love to cite the figure from the Congressional Budget Oﬃce that a $15 minimum wage would cost 1.4 million jobs. But that is disputed by the Economic Policy Institute because new jobs would be created with higher consumer demand. Past experience also shows in states that raised the minimum wage jobs were not lost (14 states raised their minimum wage at the beginning of 2016) and consumer prices did not rise significantly. Republicans, citing the sanctity of capitalism (the minimum wage is “socialist”), claim employers are incentivized to raise wages to compete for workers. But that simply hasn’t happened. If anything, “capitalism” enables employers to act as a monopoly in keeping wages low, as we saw even when unemployment rates fell to 3.5 perContinued on Page 31

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READERS WRITE

The Williston Times has a ‘Karen’ problem

iewPoint editor Karen Rubin is entitled to her opinion regarding whether Gov. Cuomo has been transparent about his administration’s handling and reporting of nursing home Covid-19 deaths (Williston Times, Feb. 26). But, as they say, Karen is not entitled to her own facts. In Karen’s opinion piece, she states as supposed fact: “nursing homes could refuse to take [Covid] patients if they didn’t have

the means to properly segregate them.” But Karen’s statement does not reflect the reality of the mandatory language in Cuomo’s March 25 order and the untenable situation the order created for nursing homes. The order barred nursing homes from denying admission to Covid (or Covid suspected) patients and directed that nursing homes could not test patients for Covid before deciding whether to admit them. Chris Laxton, executive di-

rector of the Society for PostAcute and Long-Term Care Medicine, said, “A number of nursing homes have felt constrained by the [March 25] order and admitted hospital discharged patients without knowing what their Covid status was. This order made an already diﬃcult situation almost impossible.” Danny Tuchman, head of Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Health Center, tried to keep Covid patients from being discharged from hospi-

tals to his facility at a time when beds were available at the nearly empty Javits Center and even emptier USNS Comfort hospital ship. In an April 9 email, Tuchman asked the Cuomo administration, “Is there a way to send our suspected Covid cases to the Javitz center or the ship?” His request was denied outright and dozens of Cobble Hill Health Center residents died as a result of Covid. Cuomo would later claim the patients Tuchman sought to isolate

wouldn’t have met the criteria for Javits or USNS Comfort, which is easy to say when his administration never even tried to intervene on their behalf. So, Karen, if you wish to opine that the bipartisan scrutiny of Cuomo’s handling and reporting of nursing homes Covid deaths is nothing more than a political hatchet job, that is your right. But let’s stick to the facts, Karen. Noreen Arralde East Williston

Conflicts ahead for Port Pandemic revived branch LIRR riders child’s play for us

ew York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Scott Stringer’s “The NYC in 6” includes promises to reduce the cost for anyone boarding a Long Island or Metro North Rail Road train at any of the 41 stations within the city. The cost will the same as a Metro card or OMNY (One Metro New York) card. How will this affect pre-COVID-19, current and post COVID-19 Port Washington branch LIRR riders? Stringer failed to provide any details to explain the capital and operating costs, funding sources or implementation time for this proposal. Thousands of current Queens LIRR commuters currently pay a premium single, weekly or monthly price for a ticket. If you also reduce their fares to equal the Metro Card or OMNY, the MTA will lose millions in annual revenue. How does Stringer propose to fund this new deficit? LIRR Port Washington branch pre COVID-19 riders from Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome and Port Washington could be joined by several thousand new neighbors boarding at Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Auburndale, Broadway, Murray Hill, Flushing and Woodside. The No. 7 NYC Transit subway rush hour express requires 25 minutes from boarding at Main Street Flushing to Grand Central Terminal or 30 minutes to Hudson Yards. Current LIRR service to Penn Station requires 17 minutes. Initiation of LIRR service for East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal should take 20 minutes. How many of the 66,000 Flushing No. 7 subway riders, if offered the same price on the LIRR under Stringer’s plan, would switch to save time? How many new riders will attempt to board trains at Woodside Station for trips to Penn Station or East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal starting in December 2022? When service disruptions take place on the No. 7 line, Metro Cards are cross honored by the LIRR. These NYC Transit subway riders are allowed to ride trains on the LIRR Port Washington branch. How would this impact the ability of LIRR to accommodate thousands of No. 7 subway riders? How will service on the Port Washington branch be affected by construction of the future new LaGuardia Air Train Station? You will

need six minutes travel time on the Air Train between LaGuardia Airport to reach LIRR and NYC Transit Shea Stadium stations. Travel time on the LIRR from Shea Stadium to Penn Station or future East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal is 17 minutes. Factor in up to seven minutes to wait for a connection at Shea Stadium for the LIRR or No. 7 subway. The new LIRR Grand Central Terminal stop will consist of four platforms and eight tracks, which will be many stories below ground. How much time will be required before reaching street level? The No. 7 subway ride to Manhattan stations is a minimum of 25 minutes via express (only runs inbound a.m. and outbound p.m. with no other service except for major events at Shea Stadium) and 30 minutes on the local. The LIRR will require six trains hourly in each direction to support 10-minute headways. This is necessary to meet the promised 30-minute travel time from LaGuardia Airport by Governor Cuomo, MTA Chairman Pat Foye and Port Authority Chairman Rick Cotton to midtown Manhattan. Even with implementation of Positive Train Control, it may not be possible for the Port Washington LIRR branch to accommodate these additional trains during rush hour. When problems occur in the East River tunnels or other locations, how often do we deal with canceled or overcrowded standing room only combined trains? Off-peak service between rush hours (temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 ridership losses), evenings and weekends on the Port Washington LIRR Branch service is once every 30 minutes. The LIRR would have to add four additional trains hourly to meet promised 30-minute travel time. With a 25 percent current reduction in overall LIRR service, it will continue to be a challenge to maintain social distancing during our ongoing COVID-19 crises. In future years, the benefits for Port Washington branch LIRR riders not having to deal with periodic problems at Jamaica Station may be offset by these other developments. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.)

hen I was 6 years old, a student in my elementary school was hit by a truck and killed. The entire school attended his funeral service. We sang “Amazing Grace.” Teachers wept in hallways and parents hugged their children in parking lots. Around the dinner table on the night of the funeral, my mother warned my siblings and me to look both ways before crossing the street. She didn’t say it outright, but we knew what she was getting at: None of us are immune from the consequences of a twisted ankle and an over-tired truck driver, and through a series of ill-timed events there could be one fewer place setting at our table. For weeks, I clutched my mother’s hand tightly when crossing the street. I suspiciously eyed passing trucks. It was the first time in my life I recall a cautionary tale having real-life consequences, as though the wolf had leapt oﬀ the page and devoured a classmate. Like many New Yorkers, I reflect upon the last year with muddled perplexity. How quickly it all unfolded. From quaint guidelines on how to wash our hands, to work from home recommendations, to a sudden whir of ambulances at all hours, to death notices from friends and colleagues, to grotesque Zoom funerals. The early days of the pandemic were marked by a myriad of coping mechanisms. There was the collective applause for our first responders from open windows and rusted fire escapes, and the constant phone calls and check-ins, but as I spoke with friends and family, I noticed a diﬀerent pattern of adaptation. It involved what I’d call “child’s play.” My own instance of child’s play arrived last March when I took up gardening. Now, admittedly, I had not planted a seed since a fifth-grade science project, yet I found myself tending to a ridiculous sea of lettuce jutting out of unmatched pots and planters. And I’m not alone. Replace the kale and spinach with puzzles and baked goods, and seemingly everyone adopted a “quarantine project.” One friend baked crumb cakes… so many, in fact, that the cakes became bird fodder. My brother set up a coral fish tank basked in blue light; I replied to photos of his Acropora with images of my Swiss chard. A work colleague drove to the beach each day to do yoga in an N95

mask. Another assembled 14 puzzles, a child’s play so common there was reported “puzzle inflation” at online retailers last May. There is no mistaking that COVID-19 had a regressive eﬀect in America; many of us navigated the early days of the crisis looking for a hand to squeeze. In its absence, we turned to puzzles, lettuce and fish tanks, the kind of rainy-day projects we would give to our children. A Nintendo Switch video game, “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” where players fish, garden, catch bugs, and furnish homes sold over thirty-one million copies and has an active adult following all over social media. Its success is no surprise; the video game simply simulated the zeitgeist virtually. And, let’s not forget the fireworks boom in June that led to a litany of noise complaints. Is there a more archetypal symbol of childhood rebellion than a lit firecracker? I noticed that this very adult pattern of child’s play has waned in recent months. The bread makers are in the cupboards, the Pelotons collecting dust. Maybe we’re just tired. Or maybe we’ve learned the risks of COVID-19, and we no longer need to play. Defining the boundaries of peril is critical for every individual – we learn it on the playground as children – but it can also be limiting. Our own classifications of risk strip out creativity so gradually that we don’t even notice when it’s gone. I think back to myself at the age of 6, standing at the curb’s edge, hearing the hum of traﬃc. When my mother observed the time it was taking for me to cross the street, she asked if I was afraid I would be hit by a truck. I nodded. I wish I could tell you her response, but I do not recall; it was something encouraging, I’m sure. All I know is that we kept crossing streets, and I’m no longer riddled with the fear of being flattened by an errant truck. But I also know that I needed to live with that anxiety for a time, to grapple with it, to grow from it. We might not know what to tell our children, our grandchildren or ourselves about this past year when we’re vaccinated and the pandemic is long behind us, but I hope we can remember what it was like to live with uncertainty, before we calculated the risks and left our sense of discovery behind again. Matt Paczkowski Glen Clove Letters Continued on Page 31

Should I DIY? How to determine if it’s best to renovate on your own

Trending Upward Renovation trends that figure to be popular in the year ahead

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Renovation trends that figure to be popular in the year ahead H

ome renovation trends are everchanging. Renovations that might have been de rigueur 20 years ago may seem dated now. Recognizing the potentially popular trends of tomorrow is a great way for homeowners to give their homes a fresh new look and put themselves in position to capitalize on popular trends when they put their homes on the market. That’s especially so after 2020, a year when millions of people spent more time at home than ever before. All that time working from home and relaxing at home gave millions of homeowners ideas about what they like about their homes and what they hope to change. The following are some renovation trends that various experts suspect could emerge in 2021.

Eco-friendly living

Climate change, and how to combat it, was a hot button issue during the 2020 presidential election in the United States. So it should come as no surprise that urdesignmag.com, a web magazine that showcases creative trends in design, architecture, art, technology, and fashion, predicts that eco-friendly living solutions figure to be hot commodities in 2021. Eco-friendly appliances, furniture and designs can help to conserve

making rooms appear bigger, helping people feel less cramped. That’s an especially beneficial characteristic when spending more time indoors at home.

Minimalism

The anticipated popularity of minimalism in 2021 may also be connected to the pandemic. As professionals were forced to work from home and many families spent more time together inside their homes then ever before, they may have recognized a need to cut back on clutter, including extra furniture. A minimalist approach is both simple and clean, which can make homes feel less claustrophobic.

energy and reduce waste, which environmentalists and government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency note are two critical components in the fight against climate change.

Large windows

Large windows can provide stunning views of the outdoors and allow ample natural light into a home. It may not be

a coincidence if large windows prove to be a hot trend in 2021. The COVID19 pandemic that dominated much of 2020 forced many people to spend considerably more time at home. Darker homes without much natural light can adversely affect mood, especially when people are spending more time at home. HGTV predicts that homeowners will seek ways to bring more natural light into their homes in 2021, and large windows naturally brighten homes while

Multi-functional spaces

Homeowners asked a lot of their homes in 2020, as rooms were transformed into multi-functional spaces seemingly overnight. HGTV notes that spending more time at home showed homeowners that it may not make sense to dedicate entire rooms of a home to a single purpose. Renovations that can help homeowners transform rooms into multi-functional spaces figure to be hot commodities in the years ahead.

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The average timelines for popular renovation projects

ome renovation projects are significant undertakings. Working with skilled and experienced contractors can ensure projects go smoothly and are completed promptly. Timing is a big consideration for homeowners as they begin renovating their homes, and the home improvement experts at HomeAdvisor note that the following are some general timelines for popular renovation projects.

• Home addition: Short of a full-

scale demolition and rebuild, home additions are the most timeconsuming projects homeowners can undertake. HomeAdvisor notes that its survey of customers who recently completed home addition projects reported that the average time from

start to finish was between three and four months. Certain

variables, including the scale of the project and the local permits process, can extend the time it takes to complete a home addition.

• Kitchen remodel: Scale is a big

factor to consider when estimating the time it takes to complete various home improvement projects, and kitchen remodels are no exception. Some HomeAdvisor users reported projects taking as long as four months, though the average time reported was roughly six weeks. Projects that require major overhauls like rearranging the plumbing and moving walls will likely take longer than more cosmetic projects that are limited to replacing cabinets and countertops.

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• Bathroom remodel: More than

1,000 homeowners surveyed by HomeAdvisor reported that bathroom remodels took about 4.5 weeks from start to finish. Small-scale remodels that focus on painting the walls a fresh color and replacing existing tiles can be completed in less than two weeks. But like with kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels that involve replacing plumbing fixtures and removing walls figure to take much longer than that.

• Siding installation:

HomeAdvisor users report that new siding projects take roughly two

weeks from start to finish.

That estimate is the same regardless of which materials homeowners are replacing and installing.

• Replacement windows:

Homeowners who want to replace all the windows in their home can expect such a project to take

roughly three weeks.

HomeAdvisor notes that such a timeline need not concern homeowners worried that they will be forced to brave the elements during the length of the project. Much of a contractors’ time during a window replacement project will be spent on upfront measuring and then ensuring a tight fit once the windows have been installed.

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Variables to consider when choosing a media room

he term “home theater” once made homeowners who love movies and sports dream of the day when they could dedicate a large area in their home to watching the big game or their favorite films. Such rooms are now widely referred to as “media rooms.” Though the terminology may have changed, media rooms are not all that different from home theaters.

hard surfaces that can reflect sound and distort audio, and the light that gets in through windows can produce reflections on the viewing surface. Each of those factors can adversely affect your listening and viewing experience. A room with windows can still make for a good media room, but you may want to invest in some blackout curtains to mitigate some of the disadvantages of having windows in the room.

Before choosing an area of their home as their designated media room, homeowners must consider a host of variables to ensure they get as much out of the room as possible.

• Location and shape: Of course the location of the room is of the utmost importance. Media rooms tend to be more social settings than traditional home theaters, which were often designed to be isolated from the rest of the home so noise and natural light did not adversely affect the film-watching experience. Homeowners may not want their media rooms to be in high traffic areas of their homes, but they needn’t be completely secluded, either. The renovation experts at the DIY Network note that the shape of a room should be considered before designating it as the media room. In general, square rooms are not ideal, as such rooms can produce

harmonic distortions. A rectangular room likely won’t produce such distortions, especially when homeowners place their screens and primary speakers on short walls. It’s important that homeowners do not downplay the importance of sound, as media rooms, unlike traditional home theaters, may be used for listening to music just as much as they are for watching films or sports. Viewers may

not recognize distortions when watching something, but homeowners may notice these abnormalities when listening to music. • Windows: Media rooms are multipurpose rooms, so homeowners don’t need to remove rooms with windows from consideration. But the experts at the DIY Network note that windows are

• Wall colors: The colors of the walls in the room is another variable homeowners will have to consider. Homeowners won’t want to host guests for the big game in rooms with darkened walls, as that can create a dreary atmosphere and potentially make people tired. But especially bright colors will reflect light and adversely affect the viewing experience. Neutral colors should not affect the colors on the screen, making them the ideal color choice for media room walls. Media rooms are high on many homeowners’ renovation lists. Considering a host of variables prior to designating an area for a media room can ensure the finished product is as enjoyable as possible.

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The benefits of working with an interior designer

• Interior designers can help you coordinate your style.

ome is where the heart is, and it’s also where homeowners express their style. Though interior design may come naturally to some homeowners, many more can benefit from a little help defining their style and translating that style into a beautiful home. In such instances, interior designers can be the most valuable investments homeowners make in their homes.

Homeowners may hear “interior designer” and immediately hear the sound of cash registers ringing in their heads. However, many interior designers offer various services, including hourly consultations, that can make them cost-effective, especially for homeowners who are still trying to define their style and decide just how they want their homes to look. That’s just one of the many benefits of working with interior design professionals.

• Interior designers can save homeowners money. Much like

it’s best for homeowners with no DIY experience to hire professional contractors when renovating their homes, paying an interior designer when you have little experience with design can help you avoid potentially costly mistakes. Interior designers are skilled at transforming homeowners’ visions into finished products, and that’s a valuable skill homeowners don’t necessarily have. Trial and error when designing a home’s interior can be costly, even if you’re not knocking down any walls or swinging any hammers. For example, after renovating on their own, homeowners may find they need to replace a new couch or dining table that they realize contradicts their design scheme. Interior designers can help homeowners avoid such costly mistakes and get it right the first time.

Each and every component of a home’s interior says something about its owner. Whether it’s their choice of lighting fixtures, furniture or even appliances, homeowners make a statement any time they choose a design component for their homes. Interior designers can help homeowners coordinate their styles so each room seamlessly transitions to the next one. An ultramodern living room may stick out like a sore thumb in a home that’s predominantly rustic, and interior designers can help homeowners avoid such mistakes.

• Interior designers recognize what’s trending. Interior

designers tend to be up-to-date on the latest trends. That can be incredibly valuable, especially for homeowners who are anticipating putting their homes on the market in the near future. In such instances, designers can help homeowners invest in updates or renovations that will appeal to today’s buyers, increasing the likelihood that their homes will sell more quickly, and potentially for more money.

• Interior designers are wellconnected. Interior designers often collaborate with contractors. Those professional relationships can help homeowners avoid the headaches of finding the right professionals to work with when renovating their homes.

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A study of home buyer preferences using data from the National Association of Realtors® found that 54 percent of home buyers were willing to pay more for a home with hardwood flooring. But that doesn’t mean that carpeting doesn’t still have its devotees. In 2019, the real estate firm Opendoor installed nearly one million yards of carpeting in its homes. Houzz reports that, in 2018, 17 percent of renovating homeowners purchased carpets and 50 percent purchased indoor rugs.

Carpeting and rugs can offset some of the shortcomings of hardwood, providing a softer texture that makes for a better landing spot for active young children. However, carpets will require more maintenance than hardwood floors. Learning how to deep clean carpets can help homeowners, as vacuuming is not enough to keep carpets in top form.

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Stores sell a bevy of carpet cleaning solutions. When applying such solutions, do so in an inconspicuous area of the room to ensure colorfastness of the carpet and that the solution does not adversely affect the fibers. If the spot is clean and the carpet is not adversely affected, you can then apply the solution to more visible areas. Homeowners who prefer all-natural cleaning solutions rather than chemicals can use a solution of white vinegar, baking soda and salt

to make a safe cleanser, according to The Spruce. Soak the stain, use a scrub brush to work in the cleanser and then blot up the liquid with a clean cloth. According to the lifestyle resource First for Women, club soda also works as a cleanser when it is sprayed on a stain.

Deep cleaning

Carpets periodically need to be revitalized, and that can be accomplished with a specialized cleaning machine. Many are available for purchase (a good investment for homeowners with kids and/or pets), while others can be rented as needed. Remove all of the furniture from a room and vacuum to clean dust, dander and any other debris. Address any darker stains first by pretreating with a cleaning solution. Let sit for around 20 minutes. While waiting, learn how to operate the machine, fill it and clean out the soiled water. Never allow the machine to oversaturate the carpet with water, as it can get into the padding and subfloor, causing problems like mold or wood damage. Spray the water-detergent solutions, and then pass the carpet cleaner over spots repeatedly until the carpet feels only slightly damp. DoItYourself.com advises running the machine at the pace of one foot per second. Removing shoes when entering the home can keep carpets clean and reduce wear and tear. With frequent deep cleaning, carpets can maintain a like-new appearance for years.

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How to add shade to a deck or patio

omeowners eagerly await the arrival of the warm weather so they can cast off the remnants of cabin fever and bask in the sunshine. However, as summer nears its dog days, the same sun homeowners once coveted can contribute to uncomfortable conditions in outdoor entertaining spaces. Meteorologists at WHAS11 in Kentucky took to their neighborhoods in July 2020 to test just how hot surfaces can get in the sun during peak daytime temperatures. Concrete sitting in the sun almost all day reached a temperature of 134.7 F, while the same concrete in the shade clocked in at just under 80 F. When air temperatures are around 90 F, unshaded concrete and asphalt can be 125 F and 140 F, respectively. While wood decking may not be as hot as asphalt and concrete, it still can get steamy underfoot. Homeowners who want to be able

to enjoy their outdoor spaces in an array of temperatures can think about investing in shade solutions. Sun-blocking ideas like awnings, shade trees and large umbrellas can help people enjoy their yards all day long. • Canopy: A patio canopy is typically a freestanding unit that can be installed over a patio or a deck. Some people prefer to bolt it down so it will not be knocked over in windy conditions. The fabric on the canopy can be removed during the offseason, helping to improve its longevity. • Awning: Awnings may be stationary or retractable. Many are installed directly onto a home and can cast shade on specific areas of outdoor entertaining spaces. • Shade sail: Similar to an awning but a bit less structurally rigid, shade sails are large pieces of triangular fabric installed over areas of a patio, pool or landscape, according to The Family

Handyman. Shade sails are light and airy and can be customized. • Trees: A natural way to increase shade in a yard is to plant more shade trees. If sun glare is an issue all year long, and it’s not just the heat of the sun that is troublesome, think about planting evergreen trees. Deciduous cousins will drop their leaves in fall and only be effective during the warm weather. • Patio umbrellas: Many umbrellas start at around $25. Umbrellas can be paired with patio tables, while stationary cantilever umbrellas sit

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do-it-yourself mentality has taken hold in millions of households across the globe. Popular television channels like HGTV and DIY Network as well as accessible home improvement content on apps like YouTube has inspired many homeowners to tackle renovation projects around their homes. Taking such initiative is admirable, though it also can prove costly if homeowners end up biting off more than they can chew.

Home improvement videos and television shows have a tendency to oversimplify renovation projects, potentially giving homeowners a false sense of confidence in their DIY abilities. A concerted effort on the part of homeowners to determine if it’s best to renovate on their own or hire a professional should always be the first step of any renovation project. No two homeowners are the same, but the following three questions can help homeowners determine if DIY is their best option.

1. Can I afford to DIY?

Professional home improvement projects are costly for a variety of reasons. Materials can be costly, but so are the tools and labor necessary to do the job right. Homeowners may not have the tools necessary to complete complicated projects. Specialty tools can be expensive to purchase or even rent, and the cost of acquiring such tools should be included in any DIY project cost estimates. Labor also factors heavily into professional projects, and for good reason. Talented contractors have unique skills that have been developed and perfected over many years. Those skills can ensure projects are completed quickly and correctly. Labor may seem costly, but such costs may ultimately prove to be a bargain compared to the cost of fixing DIY mistakes. Projects that are minor in scope and don’t require the use of potentially costly specialty tools may be better suited for weekend warriors than more complicated renovations.

2. Do I have the time?

Homeowners must determine how much time they have to complete a project before deciding to do it themselves. No one wants to spend months staring at an unfinished renovation project. Homeowners who are already pressed for time may not be able to complete projects in a timely fashion, which can make homes less comfortable and even less safe.

3. Can I pull this off?

DIY projects can instill homeowners with a sense of pride in their homes, but it’s imperative that homeowners considering the DIY option conduct an honest assessment of their skills. A lack of renovation experience does not necessarily mean a homeowner cannot successfully complete a DIY project. But in such instances, it may be best to start with small, straightforward projects and then gradually move up to bigger, more complicated projects as skills are fine tuned. And homeowners who have never been at their best with a hammer in hand should not be ashamed to leave the work to the professionals.

Television shows and online tutorials can make renovations appear easier than they actually are. Homeowners considering DIY renovations can ask themselves a handful of questions to determine if they’re ready for the challenge of renovating their homes on their own.

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Black History Month Washington decries reminiscences bigotry in letter

he term “Black Lives Matter” has been with me since I was 8 years old. Back then it meant something entirely diﬀerent. I grew up in Jackson Heights and Corona, which were very ethnically, socially, and economically diverse neighborhoods in Queens. My father was an insurance agent and always had me with him when he visited his clients in Corona. I had the opportunity of meeting the finest Black residents of the community, including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald along with everyday housewives, working men and their children. I heard their

stories about the struggles and successes in their daily lives. I am so proud that I have this background. It formed who I am today. The civil rights movement and the Democratic Party were, and are, still foremost in my life. Working for Black candidates brought me to understanding the importance of the special leadership that they would bring to the public and to their own constituents. It was uplifting to all of us. Lee Seeman North Hempstead Town Councilwoman

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Many benefits from raising minimum wage Continued from Page 17 cent (not quite lowest in history at 3.4% in 1969). The only reason wages did rise at the lower rungs was because of states that raised their minimum wage. In fact, by not raising the minimum wage, those employers who do are disadvantaged if they have to raise prices for their products and services, compared to say Walmart, which doesn’t. Because they pay their employees so little that they qualify for public benefits, these companies can pay their executives millions of dollars in salary and stock options and their shareholders dividends, further pushing up their stock prices. Another vicious cycle. So, in 2013, taxpayers spent $6 billion in public assistance to Walmart workers, but four years later Walmart mounted $8

billion in stock buybacks. “This is all possible because of the low wages they pay their workers and compliments of U.S. taxpayers,” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said. Since raising the minimum wage will not be part of the American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden again needs to do what he can to raise the minimum wage paid federal workers (which also has budget implications) and to require federal contractors to pay it as well (he has signed an executive order moving in that direction). Since the federal work force is the largest employer in the country, that should exert some pressure on private employers. It should also be part of his infrastructure plan. “No one in America should be working 40 hours a week and living below the poverty level. No one. No one,” said Biden.

here is much to be concerned about and disgusted with when it comes to supremacist’s attacks on LI’s Jewish communities, attacks on people of Asian descent in New York City, attacks on Muslims, blacks, gays, all minorities and people in whole. There is no shortage of victims. The founders of our great nation also dealt with their versions of supremacy, intolerance and cruelty whether British royal decree or coercive anti-social forces that included problems of racism, slavery, religious intolerance and misogyny. While each struggled with one of these aspects or another—were themselves not perfect human beings—they nonetheless resolved to establish the political and legal framework we are familiar with. When I think about the Preamble to the Constitution and all that followed, the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments, their purpose was to dispel superstition and seditious faction to compellingly summon support for a more perfect union. To refute antagonists and to lay the sure foundation of a just society, stripped of arbitrary and cruel influences, passions and emotions—as is so often our own trouble. “We the people” cannot be broader. It is true that life so viewed is romantic, humanistic and sublime. After all, these developed out of the Enlightenment, yet all would be dust and for naught today were there nothing of these ideals to be stirred in ourselves. At the same time, they are not cheap or artificial, subject to superficial whims or change. Prior royal decrees consisting of “because I said so” no longer applied. The outcome of the American Revolution was the determination of legal action sweeping in extent—and a process of spirit that influences and directs our reality. Fundamental in that it would come to include all citizens. It is this propitious truth that absorbs and carries us along. At the same time, we must be careful not to be imperfect psychologists, arbitrary moralists, unfair, repressive, or unjust. Patriotism, liberty, and morals must be subordinated to the rational allegiance of justice and society. In his letter of 1790, George Washington responded to Moses Seixas, warden of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, addressing the ideals of tolerance, liberty and freedom of religion in the newly established nation. What Washington renders in his typical directness, beyond

the niceties, are the self-evident truths enshrined by the new nation in law, the moral inspiration that guides us. When I read Washington’s words, it is with great emotion and I wonder what must it have been like to compose them? Gentlemen. While I receive, with much satisfaction, your Address replete with expressions of affection and esteem, I rejoice in the opportunity of assuring you, that I shall always retain a grateful remembrance of the cordial welcome I experienced in my visit to Newport, from all classes of Citizens. The reflection on the days of difficulty and danger which are past is rendered the more sweet, from a consciousness that they are succeeded by days of uncommon prosperity and security. If we have wisdom to make the best use of the advantages with which we are now favored, we cannot fail, under the just administration of a good Government, to become a great and a happy people. The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess a like liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my administration, and fervent wishes for my felicity. May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in his own due time and way everlastingly happy.” G. Washington Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

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READERS WRITE

Ra responds to recent Island Now column

’m writing in response to a recent piece published in Island Now opinion which attempts to reduce bipartisan calls for transparency and legislative oversight to political attacks on the governor. There are some major discrepancies between the arguments detailed in the column and my interpretation of the facts. I think they’re worth litigating. The author asserts that nursing homes could refuse to admit patients they could not properly isolate or care for. This is not true. The infamous March 25 DOH directive stipulated that

no resident “shall be denied readmission or admission to the nursing home solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19”. The very next sentence expressly prohibited nursing home oﬃcials from testing patients for COVID-19 before admitting them. The column fails to grapple with why there is an ongoing scandal. Lawmakers didn’t issue the scathing report that the governor undercounted nursing home deaths by nearly 50 percent — the Democrat attorney general did.

Lawmakers didn’t wildly speculate that the administration stonewalled transparency eﬀorts to stymie a federal investigation- the governor’s top staﬀer admitted as much on a Zoom call obtained by The New York Post. And NBC news reported that those very comments sparked the latest probe into the administration by the Department of Justice. The author’s insistence that the governor used scientific expertise to drive decision-making was flatly contradicted by scientific experts who used to work for him in a recent New York Times investigation.

Nine top health oﬃcials, including the deputy commissioner for public health, the medical director of epidemiology and the director of communicable disease control all stepped down, as did the director of the Wadsworth laboratory. The report makes it pretty easy to see why: “In Albany, tensions worsened in recent months as state health oﬃcials said they often found out about major changes in pandemic policy only after Mr. Cuomo announced them at news conferences — and then asked them to match their health guidance to the announcements.” That isn’t science driving

government. That’s politics driving science. The author does not seem remotely skeptical of the timing of the governor’s newfound focus on nursing home reforms. Assuming their enthusiasm for these measures is in good faith, I’m sure the author would agree that for the Legislature to authorize a plan to prevent future tragedy, we’d have to know what actually happened this time. That’s why these investigations aren’t about politics. They’re about the public interest. State Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square)

Kudos to Kaplan on ‘Ghost Gun’ bill

want to thank Sen. Kaplan for her sponsorship of legislation to prohibit the sale of kits that contain the parts needed to construct a gun. This was an underhanded way to circumvent existing gun laws and prevent unlicensed persons from the possession of such weapons. It also makes it illegal to sell or transfer

an unfinished frame to anyone other than an unlicensed gunsmith. The Senate has passed this bill and I hope it will be successful in the state Assembly..I also would like Sen. Kaplan to sponsor Invest In Our New York which is of a series of bills to create a more fair tax system and raise

needed revenue to rebuild our economy devastated by Covid 19. New State faces a deficit of 60 billion dollars over the next four years. A deficit that would curtail services and endanger the jobs of police, firefighters, teachers and health care workers.While many lower and middle-income

people have lost small businesses and jobs, have been evicted or fear eviction, are food insure and without health insurance, others have made fortunes in the stock market. I urge Sen. Kaplan to sponsor Invest in Our New York which would create a fair tax system and raise the revenue we need.

This legislation would create a progressive income tax and tax investment income at the same rate as wages. I urge all who read this letter to write or call Senator Kaplan to show their support for this legislation. Judy Ludwig Levine Great Neck

COMMUNITY NEWS

Gold Coast, Hofstra to hold film day Hofstra University and the Gold Coast International Film Festival are proud to announce their popular annual event, Youth Film Day, will take place on Saturday, March 6, 2021 and will be run entirely online in an interactive virtual format. This free day of hands-on filmmaking workshops is produced by Hofstra’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, one of the top schools in the country for educating media and entertainment professionals, and the Gold Coast International Film Festival. Youth Film Day is designed for students in grades 7 through 12 who have an interest in directing, producing, editing, writing, or acting, and wish to explore careers in film and television. This year, attendees will participate in interactive online workshops in cinematography; directing; special FX makeup, low budget special eﬀects and more, led by industry professionals including Hofstra faculty and Gold Coast International Film Festival staﬀ and

board members. Participants also have an opportunity, though not required, to submit a short film to be screened for awards consideration. “There has never been a more exciting and innovative time in the film and television arts,” said Mark Lukasiewicz, dean of the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra. “Young people are creating media at everyounger ages, and exposing them to professional-level skills and techniques is a great experience for students and faculty alike.” In addition to the workshops, Youth Film Day will also oﬀer special interactive online panels with award-winning filmmakers, and Hofstra alumni, Kieran Valla and David and Francisco Salazar. Kieran Valla’s debut feature DELINQUENT won the grand prize at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Kieran has also written and directed pilots for Comedy Central and at TBS and is currently finishing production on an animated horror/ comedy pilot for FX Networks. Da-

vid & Francisco Salazar’s first film Nowhere, was hailed by Rolling Stone as “One of the Best Colombian Films of the Year.” The film won Best First Film at the Festival Villa del Cine and Best Feature Film at the OMovies Film Festival and has appeared at many other prestigious international festivals. The Salazar Brothers have also directed a number of short films. In addition to their film work, they have collaborated with BMW, Dallas Opera, the New York Opera Fest 2018, and Lenny’s Studio among others. They are also the founders of the OperaWire, a leading opera magazine. Youth Film Day is an extension of the Gold Coast International Film Festival’s highly successful Young Filmmakers Program, which takes place every year during the annual film festival, said Caroline Sorokoﬀ, festival director. “Our goals are to give students a clearer picture of the industry and, for those who decide to pursue careers in film or television, some practical

skills and experience. Over that last three years, close to 400 students have participated in Youth Film Day. This year, we wanted to ensure students could have the same great experience, only virtually.” Youth Film Day is part of Hofstra’s Regional Scholars program, which oﬀers talented middle school and high school students the opportunity to explore new academic interests with scholars and college students as mentors, to spend a day or two on a college campus, and to gain an understanding of what collegiate-level work entails. The initiative supports Hofstra’s mission to encourage and nurture intellectual curiosity and learning through a free and open exchange of ideas. Although the event is free, participants must register in advance at https://goldcoastarts. org/event/youth-film-day-21/. The program is open to students from throughout the tri-state area and beyond. More information is available on the web page.

FCA gets grant The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation has awarded a $294,126 grant to FCA to support the organization’s Newcomers Resource Center. This collection of services will guide newcomers and those immigrants already residing in Nassau and Suﬀolk Counties on their journey to successful lives here in our communities. Msgr. Gregory Mustaciuolo, chief executive oﬃcer of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, commented, “We honor the legacy of Mother Cabrini by funding activities, programs, and initiatives that help bridge gaps in health services, bolster the health outcomes of diverse communities, and eliminate barriers Continued on Page 43

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Business&RealEstate

Realtor can be many things for you

ho will you be hiring when selling, investing, purchasing, renting, or leasing your residential or commercial real estate, a salesperson or a consultant, or both? Hopefully, you will find a professional who is a hybrid and represents a combination of both types. Everyone who is selling needs a salesperson to seek out the most serious, motivated, qualified income and the creditworthy purchaser who will fall in love with your home, right? But at the same time has the savoir-faire and astute knowledge to be a professional consultant by asking probing questions to ascertain, narrow down and pinpoint those who are the real buyers from those who are the tire-kickers and shoppers, out for a day perusing homes for whatever reason. Time is always of the essence in real estate and once it is lost or squandered it cannot be regained or reinvented. However, a salesperson is what I call the oldfashioned term we use for someone who tries to sell you something in whatever fashion or way he or she can to close the transaction. It’s the old ABC, “always be closing” as Alec Baldwin said to his agents in the 1992 movie “Glengary Glen Ross” giving a

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tough, condescending pep talk to them (Al Pacino, Jack Lemon Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Jonathan Price, and Kevin Spacey). If you are in real estate and have never seen the movie or saw it a long time ago, go watch it again, it’s a must-see! The hybrid version today is a sales-consultant, one who goes through the complete process and whatever is necessary for qualifying buyers (as well as sellers, investors, landlords, and renters, too) to zero in on their specific “needs and wants.” They are trying to hit that “home run” in finally satisfying the client’s search for what they are looking to get that tingling feeling from and fall in love with. This is something that is learned through trial and error and is defined, honed and finessed through many years of experience like a fine-tuned race engine. It is no diﬀerent than listening to those applying for a basic or high-profile position, and the probing questions that one needs to ask to know if that individual is the right fit for the job. I’m thinking about the tremendous amount of time I have spent over the years with clients, developing rapport and longterm relationships with them through poignant and pertinent fact-gathering conversations as

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one would do in an interview. This has truly reduced the amount of wasted time, although there are times some clients like to go beyond the “real estate” conversation and get into personal matters. I oblige them because like myself, there are moments in time when some of us in the real estate industry feel just like psychiatrists, psychologists and even hair stylists, who also hear the same stories, right? We do our best to listen to private personal and confidential issues, eg. husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, and children matters, and when asked we oﬀer advice from a layman’s point of view or from our own personal experiences. If handled properly, this can bring us more closely to our clients and can form extremely

tighter bonds and relationships. I have several close friends that began as clients and I now consider them very close who I, too, can rely upon when I may need their advice. This process of consulting is mainly about listening twice as much as we talk. I am sure that is why we were born with two ears and one mouth, but you would never know sometimes with those that talk more than they listen! There are those who have five mouths and half an ear if you can find it, LOL! To me, it’s never been about selling anything. But it’s always been more about getting prospective purchasers, investors, and renters to buy or rent from or through us by our consultative methods and information, guidance, and analysis that we provide. Clients can then decide through careful and thoughtful conversations while considering the pros and cons and then finally narrowing down their parameters and trade-oﬀs. At this point, that is where they can come to a final decision in making an acceptable oﬀer because they know and feel comfortable about what we have shown and guided them through by answering all their questions and meeting their desired requirements and not ours. Then we swing and hit the home run into the bleachers!

Sometimes a grand slam will occur, where we list their home, find another one and then they provide us a solid referral from a family member, friend, or business associate. As I say, it’s all about constantly and consistently listening, observing, absorbing, practicing, and applying one’s knowledge and expertise that makes a successful Broker and therefore leads to satisfied and happy clients who become your lifelong advocates and sometimes friends for future business. 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, “Free” newsletter and magazine or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 6474289 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

180 Jerome Avenue, Mineola

41 Westbury Avenue, Mineola

2 bd, 2 ba, Sold on: 1/25/21, Sold Price: $530,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

5 bd, 2 ba, 1,794 sqft, Sold on: 1/22/21, Sold Price: $580,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

193 Sheridan Blvd., Mineola

23 Smith Place, Williston Park

3 bd, 4 ba, Sold on: 1/20/21, Sold Price: $740,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

3 bd, 3 ba, 2048 sqft, Sold on: 11/30/20, Sold Price: $776,500 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

Editor’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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Main St. railroad crossing eliminated Continued from Page 1 The South 12th Street crossing, which closed in late October, remains under construction before reopening as an underpass sometime this summer. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s construction & development president, Janno Lieber, touted Cuomo’s administration for the elimination of the grade crossings to aid in the expansion of the railroad system along with providing Long Islanders with more safety near trains. “This project will save Long Islanders a huge amount of time and inconvenience, but – more important – it is actually saving lives,” Lieber said.

Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng thanked the state for its efforts in pushing these projects along. “Each crossing elimination represents one fewer potential point of interaction with roadway traffic,” Eng said. “It means enhanced safety and it also means enhanced reliability for our customers. This is all the more true on the busy main line, where train traﬃc is the most frequent.” Other projects occurring as part of the railroad expansion include the renovation or rebuilding of several stations to add modern amenities. These include new benches, public Wi-Fi and better compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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The Main Street railroad crossing was closed for construction on Friday.

Town OKs $33M bond for Roslyn district Continued from Page 2 Fuel oil tank replacements at Plant No. 1, Plant No. 5 and Plant No. 6 will cost $325,389, $198,708, and $149,700, respectively. Finally, the installation of a new 300k generator at Plant No. 3 is estimated to be $655,750. Various other potential additional improvements, including implementation of AOP, PFAS, VOC, and nitrate treatment at

various other wells in the district; plus water main and distribution system upgrades; are accounted for as well, with a $15 million budget, bringing the entire cost of the plan to $33,268,727. “Clearly, the district does not believe that the residents would have to bear the entire financial burden for this treatment as they are not the ones responsible for the contamination,” Czajka said.

He added that the district had filed lawsuits to hold those responsible for the presence of emerging contaminants in the water supply financially accountable, with it later revealed at the Jan. 14 meeting that one such lawsuit was against the 3M Co. The district would also be applying for grants, he said, including a “likely” $4.5 million in grant funding from New York state.

“Any grant money awarded or awards from successful litigation will be used to reduce the amount of borrowing against the bond,” Czajka said. The district also unveiled a “worst-case scenario” cost impact to residents based on being unsuccessful in the legal action and unable to obtain the grants. Following a hearing on Jan. 14, the district’s commissioners moved to go to bond on the project.

Town adopts definition of anti-Semitism Continued from Page 10 as an educational tool in schools and be used for training town staﬀ and oﬃcials,” American Jewish Committee Regional Director Eric Post said. “In an environment where 48 percent of Americans don’t know what the term anti-Semitism means and hate crimes continue to rise, there is a great deal of education that needs to be done.” “By adopting this anti-Semitism definition, we have further emphasized that North Hempstead is a place of unity and inclusiveness for all,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. The definition is: “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community in-

stitutions and religious facilities.” The resolution came in the aftermath of a handful of anti-Semitic attacks throughout the North Shore. A Temple Beth-El virtual Torah study event was interrupted by anti-Semitic intruders on Feb. 13. A joint statement from Temple BethEl President Gary Slobin and Executive Director Stuart Botwinick said several unknown people logged onto the Shabbat Torah study Zoom event and proceeded to “post offensive material and speak words of hate.” The event was promptly ended, according to the statement, and the police were contacted to investigate. Officials said that they did not believe Temple Beth-El, located at 5 Old Mill Road in Great Neck, was a target for any specific reason other than its role as a Jewish temple. Officials said they are working with the temple’s security con-

sultants to ensure incidents such as this do not occur again. “As Jews, we have experienced hatred and antisemitism in our history … and we know the importance of being strong and proudly standing up in our own defense,” the statement said. “While there will always be moments of darkness and acts of evil, our community will stand united, strong and never bend to intimidation. May we continue to go from strength to strength.” Oﬃcials from the Nassau County Police Department’s 6th Precinct said that the investigation was ongoing. In December, the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School’s website was the victim of a hacking scheme featuring anti-Semitic images, messages and songs. Pictures and videos from StopAntisemitism.org, a nonprofit whose mis-

sion holds “antisemites accountable” and creates “consequences for bigoted actions” were posted on Dec. 14. The video featured the home page of the school’s website with Nazi soldiers marching in the background. In October, unidentified vandals spray-painted 12 swastikas after breaking into the Port Washington Police Athletic League’s Sunset Park clubhouse. PAL Executive Director Rob Elkins said that the vandals found a can of red spray paint in the clubhouse and sprayed swastikas “all over the inside of the building, on-field equipment, on balls and bats, on the bathroom walls, on our tractor, and on the front door to the building.” Investigations of the incidents at the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School and the Police Athletic League are continuing.

Great Neck nonprofit gets federal grant Continued from Page 12 “I truly believe design can elevate people during disempowering moments,” Jun said. “Making style accessible to all people, regardless of cognitive and physical disability, has been our mission since 2015.”

Open Style Lab will use the federal funds to enhance its online presence to provide people with online lectures along with a more comprehensive video library to help people design their own fashion to coincide with their specific challenges.

“Open Style Lab continues to make tremendous strides for people in the disability community by designing clothing that is inclusive, stylish and functional,” Suozzi said. “I’m proud to see the National Endowment of the Arts award this grant to Open Style

Lab.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four, or roughly 61 million adults throughout the United States, suﬀers from a disability that impacts “major life activities.”

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Russell to run for town clerk, Troiano council Continued from Page 1 Russell has received the endorsements of the North Hempstead and Nassau County Democratic Party organizations. If elected, Russell would be the first African-American to hold townwide office in North Hempstead. She holds the distinction of being the first African-American woman elected to town office in North Hempstead, having succeeded Troiano, who was the first African-American elected official in town history. Russell represents the 1st District, which encompasses Westbury, New Cassel, Carle Place and Old Westbury, since her initial election in 2009, and has been reelected twice since then. “I am proud to be the Democratic designee for Town Clerk,” Russell said in a statement. “I believe my record of service, advocacy, and experience in elected office have prepared me well to serve effectively in this new role, in which I will represent all the communities and residents of North Hempstead. It has been a true honor representing the people of District 1 for the past 12 years and I look

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North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana Russell (D-New Cassel), left, will seek the town clerk position in November, and her predecessor Robert Troiano, right, will seek her seat. forward to continuing our work together in this new role.” Bosworth endorsed Russell’s candidacy in a statement. “As a Town Board member, Viviana Russell has demonstrated her strong commitment to the residents of her district and to the entire Town of North Hempstead,” Bosworth said. “She will be an

outstanding Town Clerk in whom the people of our community can place their confidence and trust.” Russell has also received endorsements from Wink and County Legislator Siela Bynoe (DWestbury). The councilwoman said that her goals as town clerk will include development of additional

online training resources, tutorials and enhanced technological tools, quick and eﬃcient response times for vital document Freedom of Information Law requests, and “practical and innovative ways to help reduce the town’s carbon footprint.” Troiano previously served as councilman in District 1 from 2004 to 2010 and as a Nassau County legislator from 2010 to 2013 before resigning to serve as North Hempstead’s director of operations and senior policy adviser to Bosworth from 2014 and 2017. Prior to his election to the Town Board, he served three terms on the Westbury Board of Education, where he served seven years as president. He also served as treasurer and senior vice president of Prudential Securities. In late 2017, he was tapped by County Executive Laura Curran to serve as the county’s acting commissioner for traﬃc and parking violations, but stepped down in January 2018 once issues concerning failures to disclose federal tax liens on financial statements filed with North Hempstead came to light, including a $749,264 lien on

a house he owned facing foreclosure. Troiano maintained at the time that he left the position for other reasons, and told Newsday that year that he had paid oﬀ the income tax liens and that the foreclosure had been canceled. Following the withdrawal of his nomination for commissioner for traﬃc and parking violations, Troiano was appointed as director of special projects at the county’s Board of Elections at a salary of $140,000 per year. “I am a wife, mother, grandmother, sibling, primary caregiver to my elderly mother-in-law, and an individual committed to leaving this world a better place than it was when I entered it,” Russell said. “Commitment to family, friends, faith, and community defines who I am. As I seek this new opportunity to work on behalf of all the residents of our great town, I am taking nothing for granted and I humbly ask for their support of my candidacy for Town Clerk.” Republican candidates for town clerk and the council seat for District 1 have not yet been announced.

Northwell to receive new vaccine doses Continued from Page 4 On Tuesday, Curran announced a partnership with the county and the Nassau University Medical Center to help put shots in the arms of county veterans. Curran said the initiative, scheduled to begin

this week, will allocate 300 weekly doses to veterans. The registration for veterans to get vaccinated will be conducted by the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency, and those with questions or to find out more

information can call the agency at 516572-6565. “Nassau County is home to more than 45,000 Veterans and I am dedicated to providing them with access to the COVID-19 vaccine,” Curran said. “Protecting our Vets

from this deadly disease is the least we can do as they valiantly fought to protect our freedoms. Thank you to NUMC and the Nassau County VSA for their partnership in this very important initiative to get these lifesaving doses into our Veterans’ arms.”

North Shore nears 20,000 virus cases Continued from Page 4 The Great Neck peninsula again saw an increase of just more than 100 new cases over the past week. The villages of Great Neck, Kings Point and Great Neck Plaza accounted for more than 2,500 total cases. Kings Point hit 650 total cases as of Wednesday. The peninsula accounted for 3,676 cases, according to Health Department figures. The Port Washington area, which surpassed 2,200 total cases this week, saw an increase of fewer than 60 new cases over one week, according to the figures. The town-governed area of Port Washington had 1,090 total cases as of Wednesday, leading the peninsula, and Manorhaven had 673 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 2,575 cases, according to county statistics. The Village of Roslyn’s 284 cases appeared comparatively low, but the cases per

1,000 residents, 99.58, is one of the five highest rates in Nassau County, according to Health Department figures. Despite this,

the village has seen one of the lowest fourmonth increases of any analyzed municipality, with fewer than 170 new confirmed

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Nearly 20,000 North Shore residents had tested positive for the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic as of Wednesday, according to county Health Department figures.

cases since Nov. 1, according to county statistics. The village had just three new cases over the past week. Roslyn Heights had 599 total cases as of Wednesday, and the Village of East Hills had 479. Manhasset, which has remained comparatively low since the beginning of the pandemic, had 1,448 cases, with nearly half coming from town-governed areas. It is the only analyzed area with fewer than 1,500 cases. A total of 149,251 Nassau County residents had tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday, and 2,926 had died since the pandemic began. More than 477 Nassau residents remained hospitalized due to the virus, with 80 in intensive care units and 47 on ventilators, according to county figures. All three hospitalization figures are decreases from last week. Throughout New York, more than 1.6 million people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to state figures. Of that total, more than 47,345 people had died. In New York City, 733,000 people had contracted the virus, and 29,473 had died.

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Continued from Page 6 advances during a 2019 wedding, according to multiple reports. The Times posted a picture of Cuomo grabbing Ruch’s face with both of his hands during the event. A friend of Ruch’s told CNN that Cuomo was heard to “ask if he could kiss [Ruch]” during the event. “I don’t think she said anything, but she definitely did not say yes. And then (Cuomo) proceeded to give her a big kiss on the cheek,” Ruch’s friend told CNN. Cuomo said he expressed good-natured teasing toward his employees, but never intended to cause any harm. “I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my posi-

tion, made others feel in ways I never intended,” Cuomo said. “To be clear I never inappropriately touched anybody and I never propositioned anybody and I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable, but these are allegations that New Yorkers deserve answers to.” State Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) said he has the utmost confidence in James’ oﬃce in conducting the investigation into the allegations against Cuomo. “New York State’s Attorney General will be responsible for the investigation into the troubling allegations against Governor Cuomo,” Lavine tweeted Sunday. “While there were some reactive calls for an inquiry to be conducted by the legislature, I have full confidence in our AG.”

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BY R O S E WELDON A local oﬃcial has secured a grant for a beloved community organization. Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (I-Woodbury) has secured a $20,000 grant from the county’s Hotel-Motel Occupancy Tax fund to support the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center in its eﬀorts to create a more inclusive cultural environment for hearingimpaired patrons. The East Hills-based JCC will utilize the grant funding, which was approved by the full legislature on Monday, Feb. 22, to purchase and install assisted listening devices in the facility’s auditorium. “Since becoming a Nassau County Legislator, it has been one of my top priorities

to ensure that the needs of Nassau County’s Deaf and hard-of-hearing residents are being met,” Lafazan said in a statement. “This hotelmotel grant is extension of my ongoing mission to support the creation of a more inclusive and accessible future, and I am grateful to have found such enthusiastic partners at the Sid Jacobson JCC for this worthwhile

endeavor.” David Black, executive director of the Sid Jacobson JCC, said in a statement that Lafazan was “the kind of can-do legislator that cares most about those who need the most help.” “We’re grateful to [Lafazan] and the Nassau Country Legislature for their support,” Black said in a statement.

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FCA receives grant from health foundation Continued from Page 32 to care. FCA’s Newcomer Resource Center is aligned with a mission we share to support Long Island’s most vulnerable communities.” In response to the growing needs of the immigrant and refugee population, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FCA is proud to continue to oﬀer these muchneeded empowerment services for the second year. Services include case management and referral services, supportive counseling, school advocacy, legal guidance, vocational/educational training (including ESL) and short-term childcare. The Newcomers Resource Center provides struggling young immigrants with greater access to the necessary services needed to begin and build their lives for not only themselves but also their families in their new home on Long Island. In just nine months, the Newcomers Resource Center received over 680 calls, responded to the needs of 1,900 individuals & provided case management to over 75 families. More than $2,500 in gift cards secured from FCA fundraising eﬀorts and $10,000 in relief money were distributed. Financial assistance was provided to over 50 families for the Back-to-School initiative and during the holiday season with the Adopt-a-Family Program. The Newcom-

ers Resource Center’s bilingual program staff are available to meet the needs of Spanish-speaking parents and children. FCA’s Lynn Vanderhall Nursery Co-op childcare program provides program participants with additional family support as part of this initiative. As parents attend classes and receive other WISE services, their children can thrive at the Nursery Co-op and enjoy an educational, safe, and nurturing environment. The Co-op fulfills a significant need as most of the newcomer families are young parents without the support of family nearby to help care for their children. FCA is deeply aware of the needs of these individuals and families. They come to FCA from struggling and, often dangerous, regions in Central America and around the world seeking safety and are determined to offer their children a better life. Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, FCA president and CEO, commented, “As Long Island’s population changes and community needs evolve, we remain focused on creating services that are responsive and allow disadvantaged families to not only survive, but thrive as a critical part of our neighborhoods. We are grateful for this continued support from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and look forward to achieving transformative results.”

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The Williston Times, Friday, March 5, 2021

COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

Celebrating 100 Mineola Menu app winner in days of school Congressional App contest Students and staﬀ in the Mineola Union Free School District marked the 100th day of school on Feb. 22. During what has been an unprecedented school year, reaching this milestone with school buildings open called for celebrations across all grade levels. In honor of the day, students dressed up as 100-year-olds and also wore 100 days of school shirts. In some classes, students participated in lessons surrounding the number 100, including counting activities and arts and crafts.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hampton Street School students took part in creative activities for the 100th day of school. This student used a poster to display 100 words she can read.

The Mineola Union Free School District has launched a new app that was recently named a 2020 winner in the Congressional App Challenge. The app, Mineola Menu, was designed and developed by James Nagler, the son of Superintendent of Schools Michael P. Nagler. It is currently being used at Jackson Avenue School. Mineola Menu allows students to input their lunch choice every day, eliminating paper tallies. It has streamlined the process of ordering lunches, making it easier for students and more eﬃcient for teachers. Students simply open the app and choose the items they would like for lunch. Administrators are then provided with the orders for each student, sorted by homeroom. Not only does the app cut back on using paper for orders, teachers no longer need to spend classroom time asking students to participate in lunch counts. “Digitizing the lunch menu and student selections each day was a must for a district like Mineola, where we embrace innovation, eﬃciency and contributing positively to society by reducing paper waste. As both the parent of the app’s designer and the superintendent of the district benefiting from this app, I could not be prouder,” said Nagler. The Congressional App Challenge is touted as the

most prestigious prize in student computer science. Its goal is to inspire students from every corner of the country to explore STEM, coding and computer science through hands-on practice. This year, more than 6,000 students registered for the challenge. United States Representatives publicly recognize middle and high school students whose innovative applications are announced as winners. The 2020 winners received AWS Web Credits, a gift card from Southwest Airlines and will have their app displayed at the U.S. Capitol for one year.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Presidents’ Day Williston Park Library news project at Hampton In honor of Presidents’ Day, firstgraders at Hampton Street School in the Mineola Union Free School District learned about the nation’s leaders who shaped our country. Mrs. Drinkwater’s class researched Abraham Lincoln to learn about his life and contributions to the U.S. through an interactive lesson. Students drew their own portraits of Lincoln as a supplemental activity. They also built log cabins, like the one he was born in, using common materials such as paper and milk cartons.

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Carl DelVecchio Memorial Library www.willistonparklibrary.org By: Donna McKenna, Director E-mail: wppubliclibrary@gmail.com New titles added to the collection: When My Time Comes—Diane Rehm Paris House—Alex George It’s Never Too Late—Kathie Lee Giﬀord Last Days of John Lennon—James Patterson No Time Like the Future—Michael J. Fox What You Wish For—Katherine Center When I Was Yours—Lizzie Page Historians—Cecilia Eback Under a Gilded Moon—Joy Jordan-Lake To Coach a Killer—Victoria Laurie Last Garden in England—Julia Kelly Star Crossed Sisters of Tuscany— Lori Nelson Spielman Our New Daily Hours Are: Open for Browsing: Monday-Friday: 10am5:30pm. 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 practices while in the Library. All customers and staﬀ are required to wear face coverings at all times while in the Library, per Executive Order 202.17. Face coverings must cover both your mouth and nose. Congregating is not permitted.

Two computers are available for public use. Please return items in the outside book drops. For safety reasons, we cannot accept items returned inside the Library! Thank you for cooperating with the guidelines we have in place to keep us all safe. Adult Programs Ceramic Craft-to-Go—Painted Easter Bucket—$25 material fee. Register with Chris at willistonpr@yahoo.com. The YouTube link will be sent to you. Crafts will be available for pickup the week of March 15. Reiki—March 4 & 18; April 1 & 15—7 pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $10 p/person, p/session. Book Discussion—March 10—7 pm via Zoom. Copies of The Storyteller’s Secret will be available at the Circulation Desk. Join Zoom Meeting https://adelphiuniversity.zoom.us/j/963462841 77?pwd=eXFvOXJtRUk5RFBJSmVBY3pCNW5G UT09 Meeting ID: 963 4628 4177 Passcode: WPBookClub Or just call 19292056099 and they will ask for the meeting id and password above. Knitting Circle—March 11 & 18; April 8 & 22—11 am-1 pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Long Island Reads Virtual Event—April 11, 2 pm—The 2021 book selection is The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. Free tickets on Eventbrite beginning March 1. Register via longislandreads. wordpress.com. Book Discussion—April 21—7 pm via Zoom. Copies of Landslide will be available at the Circulation Desk. Login information TBD. Please check our website, willistonparklibrary. org for this week’s DIY storytime.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Gold Coast Arts Center springs forward Gold Coast Arts Founder and Executive Director Regina Gil was honored among a stellar group of individuals as a Top Business Leader of Nassau County at a virtual ceremony that took place on February 18, 2021. Presented by Blank Slate Media and hosted by publisher Steven Blank, this award recognized and cele-

brated individuals who are influential in their field and have developed visionary ways to progress their business. “We are so proud that we are being recognized for our impact on the economic vitality of Long Island as well as for being a strong cultural and educational resource,” said Ms. Gil. Now in its 25th year,

the not-for-profit Arts Center has transitioned successfully to a dominant virtual presence in both the School for the Arts and Gold Coast Virtual Cinema Series, as well as opening its doors again to in-person classes and programs. The School for the Arts is currently open for Spring 2021 registration. In addi-

tion to its innovative classes & programs the Arts Center is renowned for its personalized, concierge service in bringing the best in art, music, dance, theatre, technology and more to families near and far. New and exciting programs have been introduced to include: • One-session workshops for kids, teens, adults and families held virtually and in-person, and will be oﬀered outside the doors of the Arts Center for spring;• Unique pod concepts for family and friends to create their own special classes, catered to a specific date, time and group size;• Vacation Arts creative one-day or one week programs for students during their school break. Private schools and academies are being accommodated with special Art Weeks for their specific vacation schedule;• Pop-up Parties — a new and unique way to celebrate special occasions with family and friends online or in-person. Choose from Art, Ceramics, Dance and more and let Gold Coast Arts create the party for you!

Gold Coast Arts in its commitment to curate the best in new independent filmmaking has witnessed the transformative power of film. A recent free online screening of Chasing Childhood, a new documentary that explored the phenomenon of over-parenting, garnered a record-breaking amount of ticket registrations from audiences near and far. In fact, from Great Neck to Moscow, including Tennessee, Oregon, Hawaii, and Alberta Canada, audiences took part in these special virtual screenings from the comfort of their homes! New films are available to stream every month from the Gold Coast Arts virtual cinema series and encompass an array of genres in both narrative and documentary features. For more information on all the programs oﬀered at Gold Coast Arts please visit our website www.goldcoastarts.org or call us at 516-8292570. Gold Coast Arts is located at 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY, 11021.

Summer Discovery acquires gifted institute Roslyn-based Summer Discovery has announced it has acquired Summer Institute for the Gifted, headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Until now, Summer Discovery worked exclusively with high school and middle school-aged students. The recent addition of SIG — which has branches in over 20 locations nationwide— will now allow Summer Discovery to expand its oﬀerings, university partnerships, and educational programs to support the academic needs and growth of students who are in elementary school. Summer Discovery partners with a wide range of universities to run programs that include UCLA, Michigan, Georgetown, Cambridge, and the University of Pennsylvania. “Our goal has always been helping students achieve their academic potential,” said Adriane Thorpe, chief executive oﬃcer for Summer Discovery. “This acquisition allows us to serve a whole new demographic of students as young as age five who are gifted, academically talented, and creative students looking to connect and grow with like-minded peers

and a supportive community.” Both companies have operations in multiple states, accept students nationwide, and have been leaders in the educational industry for decades. Since 1966 and 1984, respectively, Summer Discovery and

Summer Discovery staff

SIG have made a lasting impact on the lives of families who want to provide their children with enriching academic opportunities. Now, with Summer Discovery’s acquisition of SIG, the combined educational resources and strengths will be even stronger

than before. Families will have pathways — from elementary to high school — to help their students’ academic and extracurricular pursuits. “This acquisition is bringing two powerhouse brands in the educational space under

one roof,” said Caroline Daniel, director of Academics for SIG. “It means families have more options, and both companies can share opportunities to build quality gifted and pre-college programs in the market for the students we serve.” For over 35 years, SIG has expanded to include eight residential sessions in six states, where it has oﬀered overnight and day options for students who are ages 9-17, and 11 additional day-only programs for commuting students in the age range of 5-12. As part of the Summer Discovery company, SIG will continue to operate under its well-known name. “Summer Institute for the Gifted has strong brand recognition and is a reputable partner with universities and families,” said Thorpe. “We want to preserve this legacy as we expand our oﬀerings and brands.” Under single ownership, both companies are planning for on-campus (residential and commuter) and online programs for summer 2021. Families and partners can expect the same level of academic quality and customer service throughout the transition.

The Williston Times, Friday, March 5, 2021

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